Star Trek: Enterprise-era Series

[LUGTrekGM]

"Worlds" was a good buy for me, even though I am a LUG Trek referee.

[mactavish]

So I broke down and bought them both.

I am particularly keen on a specific section of the Mirror Universe book - the part dealing with the Tholians. It offers a really groovy idea that I'll be implementing.

I also really liked the Worlds section about creating new planets... I suspect that that piece will also be particularly useful.

As was mentioned, there are not a lot of worlds that were discovered by the 22nd century, so I'm kind of limited there. However, I do think that I'll be making some new worlds in a new sector of space near my space station setting, so the PCs will have something to investigate besides stuff going on on the station.

So, since school is ending for me tomorrow, hopefully I'll have a lot more time to work out some of my notes for this Series. I'll put some new stuff up within the week.

mactavish out.

[IceGiant]

Bout time slacker How am I supposed to blatently steal your ideas when you havn't filled in the blanks!

[LUGTrekGM]

As soon as I read the first chapter of Worlds, I loved it. Even though I run LUG, it's great.

Worlds ranks up there with GURPS: Space, Star Hero, and various Traveller and Digest Group RP books on world generation rules.

[mactavish]

I've scanned Worlds some more, and I am really leaning toward including some Rigellians and Orions in this Series. The Rigel system, with its many worlds, is rife with possibilities, so I'm really leaning toward putting the station near Rigel specifically for the adventure potential it offers.

I also think that working in some Mirror Universe elements - particularly the possible dual nature of the Tholians - is a really great idea. There is potential for the inclusion of some really evil elements, and I'm considering having one of the PCs relatives - an uncle, a parent, or perhaps a child - who died in the normal universe manage to arrive from the Mirror Universe and cause all kinds of problems.

My Hawking-class research vessel is also taking shape. I'm thinking that it will be a small precursor to the Oberth-class, which - if memory serves - showed up in the late 23rd century and had a LONG operational lifespan. Probably about the size of a "modern" Danube-class runabout, similar endurance and range, crewed by three or four people, but operable by a single person if necessary. Not sure about the configuration though... (input welcome)

I believe that I originally said Size 3, but Size 2 is probably a better choice. The Brilliance will have a shuttle, probably an experimental/borrowed defensive force field, a small complement of probes, and a forward-mounted, rotating phase cannon (but no torpedoes or missiles).

As it is set in the mid-2150s, we're talking pre-UFP. I think that - by this time - humanity is likely in trade agreements with the Andorians, Tellarites, and Vulcans as well as (in my setting) the human colony of Alpha Centauri. Maximum warp speed for humanity is probably Warp 6.2, but the other races probably have a little high speed limit (except for the Klingons and possibly the Romulans).

Okay, that's all for now. I'll try to compile some of these various components into a comprehensible PDF within the next week or two.

mactavish out.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

I have a pic of a pre-fed earth scout vessel i'll scan... gimme a minute...

[mactavish]

So I've decided that one of the first missions undertaken by the crew of ES-1 will be to negotiate with the Illyrians, the species indigenous to the Delphic Expanse from whom Captain Jonathon Archer stole a warp coil in 2154 ("Damage") in order to pursue the Xindi superweapon, leaving them stranded over a light year from their homeworld.

This will involve the Earth Diplomatic Corps with support from the Vulcans and possibly elements of the Xindi Council (with whom the fault lies in the first place). Starfleet will be involved for transportation and protection while in space, and a detachment of MACOs will also go along for personal protections of the envoys.

Eventually, negotiations will be held on ES-1, and that's when things will start to get dicey. Visiting Klingons or covert Romulan agents (posing as Rigellians or Vulcans) will impede the negotiations, leading to some unpleasantness among the involved parties.

Another Episode will revisit the Vissians ("Cogenitor"), the three-gendered race where the cogenitors are considered property. As they are roughly 1,000 years more advanced in terms of warp design and other related space exploration, they are a potential source of new and useful technologies. Again, negotiations with the Vissians will be the focus, though for the purposes of informational and materiel exchange rather than a cessation of hostilities.

I have a couple more ideas to drop into the mix, but they'll be coming later.

mactavish out.

[BraidsMamma]

Another Episode will revisit the Vissians ("Cogenitor"), the three-gendered race where the cogenitors are considered property. As they are roughly 1,000 years more advanced in terms of warp design and other related space exploration, they are a potential source of new and useful technologies. Again, negotiations with the Vissians will be the focus, though for the purposes of informational and materiel exchange rather than a cessation of hostilities.

I have a couple more ideas to drop into the mix, but they'll be coming later.

mactavish out.

1000 years... judging from what we know about the future federation that's time travel and stuff.....

Anyway..... I'm really looking forward to getting to know more about your series.... I got loads of ideas about my own series (starting 2160)

[The Tatterdemalion King]

1000 years... judging from what we know about the future federation that's time travel and stuff.....

Nah, it's obvious that the Federation's development is an aberration politically and scientifically. The Vissians appear to be roughly about 24th-century tech.

[mactavish]

Wait, wait... the Vissians do not have warp technology that is 1,000 years ahead of Starfleet. They developed warp technology roughly 1,000 years before Starfleet. Assuming that they do not develop techologies as quickly as humanity, they are probably still at least a century in advance of Starfleet's most advanced programs.

I also think that the Xindi Reptilians are still going to be a main adversary, but their betrayal of the Insectoids drove them to ally with the Primates, Arboreals, and Aquatics. Nevertheless, I'm seriously thinking that the majority of the Reptilians will have regrouped and attempted to salvage what's left of their sodality, and they will likely be excluded from the Xindi Council until they make restitution (if ever).

I've also put a lot of thought into the idea of having the Xindi Reptilians - lost since the fall of the Sphere Builders - fall under the sway of elements of the Obsidian Order. The Cardassians - not known by the Federation until the TOS era - could still prove effective as behind the scenes puppet masters for the Xindi Reptilians, particularly since they would likely blame humanity and Starfleet for their fall from grace and latch onto a more powerful ally for assistance.

Hmm, I think I'll work on that angle for a while.

mactavish out.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

You could throw in some ancient race who developed the Xindi (six intelligent species on the same planet, at the same level of development, at the same time? Hrmm...) and are coming back to check up on their experiment.