Star Trek: Perdition's Flames (Inactive)

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"Bastion, this is Lieutenant Roberts. Scans show no other Federation species. outside of the Actium."

2 Momentum, 8 Threat.

Photon Torpedoes are the right way to go if you want to destroy the wreck. Note that using Photon Torpedoes adds to Threat.

Kestra says, "Time for takeoff."

Contronl + Conn(Helm Operations) 2d20 ⇒ (7, 1) = 8

She flies the ship to the upper stratosphere and says, "Bastion, we are returning to you. We recommend sending two photon torpedoes at the Tesla."

Did Dr Faz respond? also dear god make sure there are no Lormeans in the target area if we're firing ship grade weapons!

Should we take what we can from the downed ship and then destroy it?

At this point, if we try picking through the wreckage, we will probably be shot by the minister. Should we use the Bastion's weaponry or the Actium's?

if there is enough matieral at the wreckage I could use it to destroy the remaining tech. Bring me there and scan it and then beam me in and cover me and I will destroy it from the ground as using ship level weapons is something this species has not seen T'Karra says

Kestra says, "The longer we stay on this planet, the greater danger we are in. They have heard of beaming or something but they have not seen it. To use your terminology, it is illogical to risk our lives and those of Federation Citizens any further... so, we may as well use the Actium's weaponry to destroy it. We have the crew of the Tesla here and they can tell us where to aim our phasers."

All the while Lt. Commander Kestra is maintaining a hover in the stratosphere.

As XO can he order the Bastion to train weapons and fire on the wreckage?

As XO can he order the Bastion to train weapons and fire on the wreckage?

Since you left the Captain on the bridge, it would be more of a recommendation.

As a clarification/reminder about the weapons: photon torpedoes do the same damage regardless of what they are fired from. Phasers do damage based on ship Scale.

I missed you asking Faz what he had discovered, but assuming you do.

Dr. Faz moves to a science station and accesses a PAD that he is carrying. On the screen, you see a spiraling DNA helix. "Look here, and here, and here. As you can see, my analysis of the Lormeans is quite conclusive. You are concerned about interfering with the development of the Lormeans, but the point is that their development is already the the result of interference. The Lormeans are an artificially created species. A species of primitive primates uplifted by genetic tampering. That information, combined with what you discovered about their planet and this system, tells us that everything about them is artificial. They aren't an independent species. They are a bioegineered species who lives in a zoo, or at least in a carefully controlled experiment. But that experiment is falling apart."

Spending 2 Threat. 2 Momentum 6 Threat.

Captain Taylor responds from the Bastion, "Actium, the crash site is crawling with the natives. We can't attack them from here without significant collateral damage."

Kestra asks Dr. Faz, "So what you are saying is, excuse my metaphor, but the monkeys are running the zoo, because zookeepers are not around? So it seems to me that allowing them access to Federation technology under these circumstances would cause them too pain. Dr. Faz, have you also done research on the species on the other planet in this system? Also, how long do you think it would take them to reverse engineer different technologies that may be somewhat intact on the Tesla?"

The first officer will depress his communicator.
Captain, this is Commander Jok'kem. We have retrieved the Federation scientists but their ship seems to be unsalvageable. We believe that it best be destroyed. We recommend that after a scan to make sure that there are no Lormeans in the area that a concentrated array of laser fire and torpedo's be used to destroy as much as we can in order that our technology not be gained and thus breaking the Prime Directive.

"Wonderful," Benjamin grimaces as he studies the computer simulation of the Lormean DNA helix. "Someone with more reason than sense decided to uplift a bunch of lemurs, and this is the result." He thinks for several long moments, then turns to the first officer.

"Commander, if the Lormeans were indeed genetically engineered by some unknown intelligence, then there is a small loophole within the Prime Directive. Our hands are less bound due to the prior cultural contamination by a non-Federation entity, though the extent at which we can operate is still restricted, especially since that caveat was included to cover cultures currently in existence, like the Klingons, rather than...whoever did all of this."

Kestra chuckles at the first thing Takezo said and then says, "We were able to find out how to use the technology from the core of this planet maybe planetoid... with our know-how and tech. I am more of a pilot than I am a scientist. Leaving the technology seems to be a recipe for disaster from the Tesla. Without knowing how long it would take for them to figure out how things work... I am also concerned that they may cause another catastrophe by experimenting with it as well. I think I would rather lean on the side of caution and phase the wreckage of the Tesla. I guess... Dr. Faz... In your best assessment, how long do you think it would take for the Lormeans to A) figure out our wrecked tech, B) how likely they are to do some serious damage to themselves? C) How quickly would they be able to use our technology to access the technology within the planet? and finally D) Now, that they have their planet in working order, do you think they will initiate their own plans to take over Orgun II? I ask you these questions because you have spent a good deal of time with them and it seems that you have not been compromised."

"The fact that their species has been uplifted without their knowledge doesn't make them not sentient and does not invalidate them as a species or culture. It's a factor but does not let us wash our hands of the prime directive."

"There's enough argument that can be made here for us to stabilize the issues with the planet, in time they'll hopefully travel across their system and into the intergalactic community but new technology or the origins of their species as it currently exists are hugely significant and should not be taken flippantly."

additionally the technology beneath the planet is only a temporary fix. It will eventually fail again. Also we cannot not shoot the wreckage without killing the native creatures who are right now scavenging it. In order to prevent them with taking it now we will have to take further measures which will reveal technology as well or cause destruction

Kestra says, "We can destroy the remaining technology using the phasers on the Actium without killing anyone, we can fire warning shots to let them know to leave. We will send another team to fix the planet permanently. If Starfleet does not want to do an official First Contact, we can beam scientists down to the core and fix it without the Lormeans knowing about it but of course, that is out of my purview."

She shrugs and says, "Unless Dr. Faz has anything more to add, the safest overall action is to use our phasers on the wreckage and go back to the Bastion."

Do we know approximately how long the fix should last? I think it will hold longer than a year maybe even 5. or decades. My biggest concern about the Lormeans is that with Starfleet technology they may just try and take Orgun II. It seems to me the Minister is hell bent on leaving Orgun III.

You can make a Difficulty 4 Reason+Science Task to get a firm estimate of how long the systems might hold up.

Dr. Faz, "With what is left on the Tesla, they should be able to accelerate their development of fusion reactors. They could probably copy the impulse engines outright, but their metallurgical capabilities would not allow the same level of input. The biggest advances would probably come from access to the phasers and gravity plating. They have no phased energy weapons, only plasma, and no ability to manipulate gravity."

If you guys are wanting input from the Captain, my tendency would be to go with the player consensus.

Kestra frowns and says, "The probability is too great that the Lormeans will be able to copy our technology and then colonize or conquer Orgun II. Let's not mince words here, the Slithra will not take too kindly to the Lormeans trying to colonize their world and then, escalation ensues. This is probably a reason why the Prime Directive exists."

DC 12 1d20 ⇒ 11 for an assist.

reason+science 14: 2d20 ⇒ (16, 5) = 21

Reason+Science 16: 3d20 ⇒ (4, 6, 3) = 13 Three successes or five if Astrophysics or Experimental Technologies count

"Depending on how driven they are they might start looking towards more seriously investing in interplanetary vessels. We shouldn't be hasty. We should determine if the inhabitants of Orgun II have also been experimented on, it's likely but not certain at this point."

"I'm just postulating but there might be another planet in system that could be terraformed to be habitable to the Lormeans. The population of a planet migrating to another in a short timeframe will lead to conflict. Let me do some calculations, the timeframe is a crucial factor."

It would be illogical to assume that we would not be beholden to the Prime Directive simply because another group was responsible for the advancement of this race. We are not responsible for their actions only to ours.

the most logical course of action is to reduce the technology and adhere to the prime directive as much as possible to reduce what ever will happen. What the Lormeans may or may not do does not matter. Only what we do. I concur Commander Jok'kem. T'Karra says blandly as s she attempts to design a pattern of attack on the crash site which will spare lormean life.

Benjamin nods at the commander's appraisal of the situation. "As you wish, sir," he replies. "Then lets find a way to limit their access to the Tesla's wreckage, and quick."

Lt. Commandr Takezo, Scan for any bits of Federation outside of our ownership and of the downed vessel? T'Karra, please aid him

I hope I chose our engineers :)

Kestra says, "I have already had the Bastion do that. Lt. Roberts has reported that there are not any other Federation species outside of the Actium on this planet."

Check post 1151 by the GM

"Shall we fire our phasers at the wreckage?"

I'm guessing he meant Federation tech, not life forms.

"Actium, this is the Captain. Use your phasers to make pinpoint attacks to destroy the wreckage and return to the Bastion. If you encounter local resistance, you are authorized to use stun effects against the Lormeans."

This will be our first flirtation with ship combat. I'll post details in a moment.

These are the actions that I would recommend for each of your positions:

Helm: Attack Pattern – The flight controller takes a course that will make it easier to target the enemy. The flight controller attempts a Difficulty 2 Daring + Conn Task, assisted by the ship’s Weapons + Conn. If successful, until the flight controller’s next Turn, all attacks made by the ship reduce in Difficulty by 1 (to a minimum of 1; if already at 1, then gain one bonus momentum instead). This has a Power requirement of 1. Ship's Weapons+Conn is 9

The attacker attempts a Control + Security Task, assisted by the ship’s Weapons + Security, with a Difficulty of 1 for Energy Weapons, and 2 for Torpedoes. If a specific system is chosen, increase the Difficulty by 1. In addition, if the target is not in optimal range, the Difficulty in crease by a further +1 for each range band outside the optimal range. Since you are targeting a narrow area, this is Difficulty 2 for Phasers. Weapons+Security is 8

Anyone can assist or create an advantage.Assist – Perform an activity that will grant an ally advantage. During the nominated ally’s Task, the character provides assistance as normal for assisting in a Task.
Create Advantage – With a Difficulty 2 Task check, the character attempts to create a favorable circumstance that benefits their side. Depending on how this is being done, the Ship may assist this Task.

What was the result of the Reason + Science rolls?

Daring + Conn check DC 15 2d20 ⇒ (13, 3) = 16 with Helm Operations, should be 3 successes.

She says, "Aye, Aye, cap'n."

Kestra takes the ship out of hover and puts the bird in a very advantageous place for the attack run.

How many specific systems do we need to target?

MacLeod moves to take the tactical station as soon as the captain gives the order to go ahead, arming the phasers and taking careful aim so he's disabling the technology while not hurting any of the Lormeans.

Does the small craft focus apply, or is that just piloting?

Control + Security 15, spending 1 momentum: 3d20 ⇒ (2, 5, 15) = 22

Ship assist 8: 1d20 ⇒ 13

Also, sorry for absence, I've been dealing with a sore throat again, making dictation difficult.

Reason+Science 16- Create Advantage: 2d20 ⇒ (6, 11) = 17

Manning the sensor's Gareb starts relaying information to the targeting systems to make sure that no Lormean's are harmed and making sure that the most significant components are destroyed first.

The repairs will likely hold up for only a year or, at most, two.

You only need to target one "system." I'm just using that to represent the relatively small target.

Small Craft Focus should count.

Kestra enacts her attack pattern, placing the damaged hull of the Tesla within easy reach of the ships weapons and threading between some Lormean fliers. Gareb's fingers fly over the LCARS display, highlighting the Lormeans and feeding that information to Dr. MacLeod at tactical.

MacLeod aligns the targeting sensors as phasers lance out from the phaser array, disintegrating the Federation technology without harming the Lormeans.

That is pretty much the end of that scene. We can play out some epilogues or you guys can write up log entries if you like. Kestra and/or I need to wrap up some lose ends with her people. We don't have to deal with all of the administrivia of wrapping up the mission. That stuff isn't necessarily built into the game, but we can play it how you guys want.

Kestra aggressively puts the Actium through its paces to enact the attack run and silently cheers as the explosions rip through her ex husband's ship. She then turns the Actium upwards to leave Orgum II's atmosphere and to land eventually land in the Bastion's shuttle bay.

She turns to her crewmates and says, "I hope you don't mind if my family and I could have some privacy."

After getting the privacy, she says, "Diasla, I am glad that I was able to work with you on this mission although I am sorry that it was under these circumstances. I know we do not get a chance to see each other but I hope we can do it again in the future."

She then turns to Dr. Forrester her ex lover and father of her daughter and says, "Andy, Andy, Andy, as reckless as ever. As Captain of your ship, you might be able to gift its wreckage to the Lormeans but as a member of the Federation, you should have known better than to do that and to divulge information about our technology. Sure, when you first crashed and were unsure of our coming to save you and you were marooned it is understandable that you would give away information for your survival but to undermine our negotiations and try to give away our ship which you had no right to do is inexcusable. My crew mates are most likely going to look to have charges pressed against you. Why?"

"Kestra, there is good reason for the Federation to follow the Prime Directive. But my team isn't Starfleet. Even though they are an intelligent species, the Lormeans are practical zoo animals in a zoo that is burning down. I'm more interested in compassion that rules. You are so worried about the Lormeans moving to another planet in their own system, but with warp technology they could go beyond this system, find another system. Their biological technology is advanced. They could create a new home. But none of that matters now. Starfleet will send in their team, maybe repair the zoo. That is the future your team has made."

With that, a security team takes Andrew and the other scientists away for debriefing.

She says, "It was originally a zoo, fair enough but they have been their own masters for quite sometime and they still are. You like to think you are compassionate but you are not. The minister said he was going to move to Orgun II, where another species is. In addition, you had no right to give away the Actium and you know this. As a commander, you have lost perspective and you have betrayed the trust of your employer and you also brought our daughter along for this."

She says to her daughter, "I am glad to have been able to work with you and I will try to keep in touch."

With that she takes her place on the bridge of the Bastion and says, "Where to Cap'n?"

Benjamin nods to Kestra's request for privacy, and walks with Gareb to the turbolift. "You know, I've seen quite a few things in my time with Starfleet," he says to the Andorian. "I've assisted with studying gravitic anomalies in the Kandares sector, I've helped repair the air scrubbers on a derelict alien ship of unknown manufacture, I've even witnessed the feeding patterns of a cloud-based entity that lives in the vacuum of space. And yet, I've never seen anything like the tech under Orgun III. Understanding that machine, even as damaged as it is, could take us generations ahead of any other known galactic power - including the Dominion. But so many outstanding questions. Who built the tech? Did they also uplift the Lormeans? Where'd they go?" He shakes his head. "The worst part is knowing we'll never know the answers to many of those questions."

Benjamin nods to Kestra's request for privacy, and walks with Gareb to the turbolift. "You know, I've seen quite a few things in my time with Starfleet," he says to the Andorian. "I've assisted with studying gravitic anomalies in the Kandares sector, I've helped repair the air scrubbers on a derelict alien ship of unknown manufacture, I've even witnessed the feeding patterns of a cloud-based entity that lives in the vacuum of space. And yet, I've never seen anything like the tech under Orgun III. Understanding that machine, even as damaged as it is, could take us generations ahead of any other known galactic power - including the Dominion. But so many outstanding questions. Who built the tech? Did they also uplift the Lormeans? Where'd they go?" He shakes his head. "The worst part is knowing we'll never know the answers to many of those questions."

Episode 2 of the Relaunch

Captain’s Log, Stardate 48581.4. We are in the HIP 73513 system after detecting a pair of Trojan Class-M planets. With the ship between both worlds at a gravitationally stable point, survey teams are deployed to both planets surfaces and shuttles are launched to investigate some orbital artifacts around each world, including debris near the Lagrange points of the worlds. What becomes clear is that both worlds have recently, in astronomical terms, suffered extreme asteroid bombardments and both are still in the midst of global impact winters and a mass extinction event. What will we find down there?

This is what Starfleet was made for.

We begin with a fairly routine survey mission to determine what happened to the civilizations on these two worlds. This is an opportunity for you to define what your character would be doing on such a mission. Just as examples, Kestra might be piloting a shuttle, or Gareb might be on a survey mission. It really is up to you.

Are they Federation members?

Before he goes down to engage in a survey Gareb will check the computer to see if there are any references to the inhabitants of these worlds to see if there are any records of them even indirectly.

The first officer will scan for usable materials on the planet.

You are in Federation territory, near the Romulan Neutral Zone, but this is an unexplored system. There haven't been any previous surveys of the system.

Let's go to the left or right planet 1d2 ⇒ 1... left planet

MacLeod volunteers to join the surface team, saying to whoever is leading the team, "I'm really curious if any of the life on the planet is adapting to the impact winter, to avoid extinction."

Kestra says, "Should we go to the planet to the left or right?"

"Let me perform a quick scan for transmissions, satelites etc, it might narrow the possibilities." Gareb's fingers moved over the lcars display eliciting a few chirps.

Reason+Science 16: 2d20 ⇒ (4, 8) = 12

Not sure what Gareb's rank is

Mr. th'Chiaqis, please include habitable areas or structures in your scan. Weather being what it is it would be a wise thing to know if any such structures exist in case we need to make use of them