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So I've been watching Star Trek lately, and I've read a lot of good things about Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius Entertainment, and so I want to check out the quick start scenario for that game.

This will be a one-shot with pregenned characters, run off my Foundry RPG server, next weekend (26th-28th). If you're interested please drop a post here and/or DM me on Discord (SSJMarx#1619) and I'll put a channel together to talk about it. Also download the quick start guide linked above and skim the rules and characters - but please DON'T read Chapter 2: Away Mission: Signals since that's the scenario we'll be playing lmao.

You don't need to know anything about Star Trek to play - in fact it would probably be better if you come in without much knowledge of that universe's canon, since I only have a modest familiarity with it myself. All you have to know is that the Federation are Big Space Communists even if the writers of the TV shows are too liberal to admit it.

The scenario starts in media res, with the players as an Away Team investigating a missing Starfleet ship. Here's the introduction:

CAPTAIN’S LOG

STARDATE 48311.3

We’ve received a message from Narendra Station that a runabout called the Susquehanna has gone missing in the Carina Nebula, deep within the Shackleton Expanse. The Susquehanna was investigating an unusual alien signal that originated from the nebula when all contact was lost. We have been ordered to enter the nebula, find the runabout, and determine the origin and cause of the alien signal. Starfleet has also advised that Romulan and Ferengi ships have been sighted in the region, so we should exercise caution since they may well have detected the alien signal as well.