STAR TREK: A Long Road (Voyager Fix It Quest)

DragonCobolt · May 8, 2022

The Dragon: Once per episode, at the beginning of combat place an Advantage on the field representing a cunning tactic or strategy devised by Danara Pel.

NAME	USS Voyager	PROF.	MULTIROLE
CLASS	Sovereign Class Heavy Exploration Vessel	CONST	2371
SHIELDS	13/13	RESISTANCE	6	SCALE	6
POWER	13/13	CREW SUPPORT	6	SMALL CRAFT	5

		COMMS	ENGINES	STRUCTURE	COMPUTERS	SENSORS	WEAPONS
BREACHES		0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6	0/6
		9	11	10	11	9	10
COMMAND	3	12	14	13	14	12	13
CONNING	2	12	14	13	14	12	13
ENGINEERING	2	11	13	12	13	11	12
SECURITY	3	13	15	14	16	13	14
SCIENCE	2	11	13	12	13	11	12
MEDICINE	2	11	13	12	13	11	12

TALENTS	Command Ship: Can give advantages using Command within range to Away Missions or to supporting ships. EMH: Has an EMH! Improved Warp Drive: When going to warp, roll 1cd on an effect, regain the power point. Quantum Torpedoes: Can use Quantum Torpedoes! (60 total) Secondary Reactors: +5 to Power High Resolution Sensors: +1 momentum to out of combat sensor checks.
TRAITS	Federation Starship – A highly sophisticated and advanced vessel, with holodecks, replicators, and similar comforts, primarily designed to handle multiple operations. Highly sensitive and requiring constant maintenance, the vehicle is less rugged than other interstellar craft Maquis Crew - a good chunk of the crew are former Maquis troublemakers. Expect discipline problems and unorthodox plans.
WEAPONS	Phaser Arrays Power Cost: 1-3 \| Range: Medium \| Damage: 9cd [+1 per extra power spent] Can Use Spread: Hit +1 time at ½ damage per effect OR Area: hit +1 ship per effect within close range. Versatile 2: Gain 2 bonus momentum with a successful hit Photon Torpedoes Power Cost: 0 \| Range: Long \| Damage: 6cd High Yield: If it causes 1 breach, it causes +1 breach Quantum Torpedoes Power Cost: 0 \| Range: Long \| Damage: 7cd (Vicious 1 - +1 damage on effects) High Yield: If it causes 1 breach, it causes +1 breach Calibrations: Requires 1 minor action to calibrate Tractor Beam (Strength 5) Power Cost: 0 \| Range: Close \| Damage: None Effect: If successfully established, enemies face a diff 5 check to escape.

CREW COMPLIMENT (Base Stat: 9 | Base Skill: 2)
CO: Captain Katheryn Janeway (Skilled: Command, Science | Weakness: Combat)

SPECIAL ABILITY: "We Can Be Better" - if you succeed on any diplomatic check with Janeway, Get +1 momentum

XO: Commander D-91 (Skilled: Command | Weakness: Socialization)
HELM: Lt. Tom Paris (Skilled: Conn | Weakness: Not Being A Fucking Up)
TACTICAL: Ensign Harry Kimm (Skilled: Gunnery | Weakness: Harry Kim)
SECURITY: Lt. JG Amy Strong (Skilled: Personal Combat | Weakness: Lying)

MAQUIS HEADBREAKER: C'nola (Skilled: Combat, Sneaking and Scheming | Weakness: Emotional Wreck)

SCIENCE: Tuvok (Skilled: Science | Weakness: Emotionless)
COMMS: Lt. Bian T'are (Skilled: Communications | Weakness: Combat)
MEDICAL: The EMH (Skilled: Doctor | Weakness: Kind of a Dick)
ENGINEER: B'lanna Torres (Skilled: Engineering | Weakness: Also a dick)

SECONDARY CHARACTERS
Ensign Steve (Useless Security Goon)
Ensign Becky (plural fighter jock)
Petty Officer Third Class Jessie (Hard working engineer)
Crewman Billingsly (Dude, Billingsly!)
Crewman Chandra (Concerned Crewman)
Bifurcate (bidimensional robot girlfriend of Harry Kim)
Princess Lyan Positron (runaway daughter of magician most foul and girlfriend of Harry Kim)
Soria Flyte (Pegasus girl and girlfriend of Harry Kim)
Mirror Universe Trevor (he's fine!)

NAME	MRSS Val Jean	PROF.	TACOPS
CLASS	Keldon Class Heavy Cruiser	CONST	2370
SHIELDS	12/12	RESISTANCE	5	SCALE	4
POWER	7/7	CREW SUPPORT	4	SMALL CRAFT	3

		COMMS	ENGINES	STRUCTURE	COMPUTERS	SENSORS	WEAPONS
BREACHES		0/4	0/4	0/4	0/4	0/4	0/4
		9	9	9	8	7	10
COMMAND	3	12	12	12	11	10	13
CONNING	2	11	11	11	10	9	12
ENGINEERING	2	11	11	11	10	9	12
SECURITY	3	12	12	12	11	10	13
SCIENCE	1	10	10	10	9	8	11
MEDICINE	2	11	11	11	10	9	12

TALENTS	Electronic Warfare Suite: Whenever making a Jamming or Intercept communications check, can spend 2 momentum to select +1 target (repeatable.) Fast Targeting Systems: No +1 diff for called shots Improved Hull Integrity: +1 Resistance Cloaking Device: Spend 3 power, and make a Control+Engineering + Engines + Security check with a diff of 2. If successful, gain the Cloaked Trait (impossible to detect, cannot attack, shields are down.) It takes a minor action to decloak.
TRAITS	Cardassian Ship – Durable, uncomfortable, close, cramped and cheap. Thinks creature comforts are for other people and technical sophistication is for people who haven't spent decades starving to death. The fact that the starving could have been avoided if the government were less...you know, monstrous doesn't seem to have occurred to that many of them. Okampan Crew – the crew are bright, perky, cheerful, and incredibly psychically powerful. Individually, they're all better than Vulcans, and as a gestalt? Who knows!
WEAPONS	Phaser Arrays Power Cost: 1-3 \| Range: Medium \| Damage: 7-9cd (Spread: Hit +1 time at ½ damage per effect OR Area) Versatile 2: Gain X bonus momentum with a successful hit Disruptor Banks Range: Medium \| Damage: 8-10cd (Vicious 1: Each effect adds +1 damage) Tractor Beam (Strength 3)

CREW COMPLIMENT (Base Stat: 8 | Base Skill: 1)
CO: Lt. Commander Brian Wacoche (Skilled: Commando Tactics | Weakness: Independent)
TACTICAL: Seska (Skilled: Being Seska | Weakness: Everything Else)
CONN: R'lash skilled: Piloting | Weakness: Romulan Fuckup)
ESPIONAGE: Kes (Skilled: Commando Tactics | Weakness: Naive)

Crewman Stadi - Age 23, Betazoid, born Beta Colony-5 to Zani and Talwyn of the House of Riis, survived by her sisters Tari and Batri.
R'mor - age 182, Vulcan, burn on Romulus to R'tan and Leslali, survived by his twelve nieces and nephews across the Empire

DragonCobolt · Dec 13, 2022

Okay! You have four momentum! Nice! That means you can all ask four questions about the planet and get me a truthful response!

Draz · Dec 13, 2022

[X] who's responsible for all this?
[X] are these real thinkin feelin people?

Edit to vote for other folks questions too:

[X] who's fault is it time is all smooshed
[X] why are there so many Earth's but ___ in outer space

[x] Is there any evidence of technology not consistent with 20th century earth? (i.e. Preserver or other advanced tech)
[x] Are the people below actually human (and other assorted alien species) - and if so, do they seem to be the products of natural evolution or are there signs of manufacture?
[x] How do we believe the people below - specifically Khan and any other notables - would react to being contacted by a more advanced human faction?

[X] Are there any non-human life signs on the planet? If there are any signs of non-terrestrial life are any native to the Delta Quadrant?
[X] Excluding divergences caused by interacting with one another, how accurate of a copy are all the various regions to their historical counterparts?
[X] When did the OOB pop?
[X] Is there any sign that a Warp capable ship was present in the system recently?

KRISF · Dec 13, 2022

[X] who's fault is it time is all smooshed
[X] would merging khan fix things
[X] why are there so many Earth's but ___ in outer space
[X] can we fire a torpedo at not emps office and call it a day?

Weird Guy · Dec 13, 2022

[X] Any strange particles or energies remaining from the OOB popping that may indicate concerning or otherwise noteworthy things?
[X] Any advanced technology beyond the 1990s that may be of concern or note?
[X] Is there any reason we may not want to beam Khan aboard to detain him or blast him from orbit?
[X] How many other continents or regions aside from Africa, Europe, North America, and presumably Soviet Asia, have had a snapshot of a time period transplanted onto them?

Rivenscryr · Dec 13, 2022

[x] Are there temporal, quantum, or other energies or particles present that may indicate concerning or otherwise noteworthy things?
[x] Is there any evidence of technology not consistent with 20th century earth? (i.e. Preserver or other advanced tech)
[x] Are the people below actually human (and other assorted alien species) - and if so, do they seem to be the products of natural evolution or are there signs of manufacture?
[x] How do we believe the people below - specifically Khan and any other notables - would react to being contacted by a more advanced human faction?

Given the sheer mess of everything going on here, Prime Directive isn't in play, at least...

Spart117MC · Dec 13, 2022

[X] Are there any non-human life signs on the planet? If there are any signs of non-terrestrial life are any native to the Delta Quadrant?
[X] Excluding divergences caused by interacting with one another, how accurate of a copy are all the various regions to their historical counterparts?
[X] When did the OOB pop?
[X] Is there any sign that a Warp capable ship was present in the system recently?

Seeing as there's another Neelix on the planet I think the fastest way for us to get up to speed is to find and contact him and I think looking for Delta Quadrant aliens might be a good way to do that. If we're lucky we might even find Jetrel.

Draz · Dec 13, 2022

I took the Neelix vignette to be a preview of something that will come to pass (i.e. whatever we choose, Neelix at least will go and interfere). I guess we'll find out who was right soon enough

DragonCobolt · Dec 14, 2022

Adhoc vote count started by DragonCobolt on Dec 14, 2022 at 3:47 PM, finished with 30 posts and 12 votes.

8 people have voted
[X] Scan the planet in more detail.
- Model DC.14F
- Indivisible
- Adnate
- Draz
- Leila Hann
- Night_stalker
- Rivenscryr
- Blackshard
6 people have voted
[x] Try and vanish from their scopes so you can observe in secret. The primitive computer and scanning systems from the 1990s are easily hacked and fooled, and your arrival can be explained away in various methods
- Adnate
- Draz
- Leila Hann
- Night_stalker
- Rivenscryr
- Blackshard
2 people have voted
[X] who's fault is it time is all smooshed
- Draz
- KRISF
2 people have voted
[X] why are there so many Earth's but ___ in outer space
- Draz
- KRISF
2 people have voted
[x] Is there any evidence of technology not consistent with 20th century earth? (i.e. Preserver or other advanced tech)
- Draz
- Rivenscryr
2 people have voted
[x] Are the people below actually human (and other assorted alien species) - and if so, do they seem to be the products of natural evolution or are there signs of manufacture?
- Draz
- Rivenscryr
2 people have voted
[x] How do we believe the people below - specifically Khan and any other notables - would react to being contacted by a more advanced human faction?
- Draz
- Rivenscryr
2 people have voted
[X] Are there any non-human life signs on the planet? If there are any signs of non-terrestrial life are any native to the Delta Quadrant?
- Draz
- Spart117MC
2 people have voted
[X] Excluding divergences caused by interacting with one another, how accurate of a copy are all the various regions to their historical counterparts?
- Draz
- Spart117MC
2 people have voted
[X] When did the OOB pop?
- Draz
- Spart117MC
2 people have voted
[X] Is there any sign that a Warp capable ship was present in the system recently?
- Draz
- Spart117MC
1 people have voted
[X] Lt Strong and C'nola teleport to Khan, they explain that it's "traditional" to the confused transporter officer.
- Draz
1 people have voted
[X] who's responsible for all this?
- Draz
1 people have voted
[X] are these real thinkin feelin people?
- Draz
1 people have voted
[X] would merging khan fix things
- KRISF
1 people have voted
[X] can we fire a torpedo at not emps office and call it a day?
- KRISF
1 people have voted
[X] Any strange particles or energies remaining from the OOB popping that may indicate concerning or otherwise noteworthy things?
- Weird Guy
1 people have voted
[X] Any advanced technology beyond the 1990s that may be of concern or note?
- Weird Guy
1 people have voted
[X] Is there any reason we may not want to beam Khan aboard to detain him or blast him from orbit?
- Weird Guy
1 people have voted
[X] How many other continents or regions aside from Africa, Europe, North America, and presumably Soviet Asia, have had a snapshot of a time period transplanted onto them?
- Weird Guy
1 people have voted
[x] Are there temporal, quantum, or other energies or particles present that may indicate concerning or otherwise noteworthy things?
- Rivenscryr

All right, lets get some answers!

Oh, I'm not going to answer one of those questions (thus, giving you back +1 momentum), which means you get 2 more questions answered for the one I'm no selling (the "who did this" question...too boring to answer it nowwwwww)

DragonCobolt · Dec 14, 2022

"Get us out of their scopes, Tom," Janeway said. "C'nola."

The two of them started to work at their consoles as the Voyager shifted its frame, adjusted its deflector field and went from being visible on radar to simply absorbing everything radar emitters put out while turning so that they were much harder to spot on scopes. They pulled to a higher orbit as well, sweeping through space faster than the locals could have possibly imagined.

"I want answers," Janeway said, turning back to frown at Harry, T'are and Tuvok. "Is this a temporal anomaly?"

"No," Tuvok said. "There are no signs of chronotons, tachyons, or other temporal effects."

"So...this isn't Earth from multiple eras being pushed together?" Amy asked.

"Yes," Tuvok said. "There is no manipulation of space-time going on here. Anything like this, even if it was done by a Q, would have created chronotons and tachyons. As for why there is a perfect replica of earth placed together like this...I cannot say." He said, shaking his head slightly.

"Are there any signs of technology not consistent with the 20th century?" Tom suggested. "Thus far, everything here looks like it's from the 1990s at the latest. Plasma bombs and old fission ships."

T'are frowned as she leaned over next to Harry. Harry shook his head. "No...i...wait, yes, I'm detecting three dilithium enriched fusion power sources in Europe."

"The Vaults!" Tom exclaimed.

"What are the Vaults?" T'are asked.

"Before World War 3 but after the Eugenics Wars, in the mid 2020s, various organizations were trying their hand at space minining or space colonization, under the assumption that the Earth was doomed soon. They found dilithium crystals in the asteroidal regions, and some of those were bought by people. One of their uses was making a long term power source for fallout shelters being built, in the assumptions that World War 3 was coming soon."

"That explains why Europe is glowing in the dark," C'nola said, dryly. "If it's right after your World War 3." She leaned back in her seat.

"Any other signs of advanced technology?" Janeway asked.

"There..." Tuvok frowned, then adjusted his sensors. "Our tachyon scans are bouncing back an unusual structure. Faint. But registered."

"Where?" Tom asked.

"In the core," Tuvok said. "There's no sign of power or active technology - just a hollowed out space made of some kind of material capable of withstanding the pressure and temperature of an M-class planet's core."

"...are the people down there human?" Janeway asked.

"From orbit they sure seem human," T'are said. "We're detecting approximately two and a half billion people down there about half split between Russia, United States, South America and Europe, and the other half in India and Asia. It's consistent with taking people from various parts of the 20th century, with its..." She paused. "Dramatic population shifts."

The console trilled.

"Oh, and one alien," she said. "We've detected an alien on an island near India. Unknown species."

"Interesting," Janeway said, frowning. "Excluding divergences caused by interacting with one another, how accurate of a copy are all the various regions to their historical counterparts?"

Tom snorted. "It all looks about right to me. The cities are in the right places, I can pick up the movement of early 20th century American ships. And...well, uh..." He tapped a few buttons. "That's pretty much what I'd expect seeing the Red Army going up against the Imperial Army." The orbital view he snapped up showed what looked like a hundred burning tanks and three chevron shaped gunships slowly hovering above the Russian steppe. Plasma arcs blasted off from the sides, shooting down at the faint dots that were running figures.

"I don't think any of them are going to blink at being contacted by another advanced faction from a 'weirdness' perspective," Harry said, considering. "They've all moved past the shock and onto seeing who's going to win. If the textbooks are right, Khan will try and use us against his enemies, and his enemies will ask us to stop Khan."

"This is one of those planets that they make up in the academy for prime directive homework," T'are muttered.

Amy chuckled. "Well, at least we can be honest about our arrival. I am curious about that non-human, can we run it by the Doctor? He's got lots of files on Delta Quadrent life that we've run into so far, right?" She asked. Nods came around the bridge, and soon, the Doctor's faintly annoyed voice was coming over the speaker.

"Ah, yes, I will simply run this basic life form scan through my magic box and just tell you instantly what it is because we all have so much detail on the dozens of new sentient species we've met, shot at, and been shot at by over the past few-" He paused. "Oh. It's half-Talaxian."

Silence on the bridge. Everyone looked faintly shocked.

"Half?" Janeway asked.

"Yes. The markers of genetic interrelationships are quite clear," the Doctor said.

"Get Neelix up here," Janeway said, frowning.

***

Neelix watched with the rest of them as the orbital telescopes brought in a crystal clear image of two figures in Imperial Uniforms walking confidently towards a large garage in the massive Imperial Compound that made up the heart of Khan's burgeoning Empire. One of them was taller and human, a woman, and when she glanced up at the sky, the telescope snapped a picture, and began comparing her to the database. The other was shorter and...also looked human, though he walked with a rather pronounced hunch and limp. Neelix shook his head slowly. "He must have been surgically altered to look human," he said, slowly. "Which means he's an infiltrator. But there's no Talaxians who are a part of any local military or intelligence service - not in this region of space. Unless...he's...half Haakonian..." He sounded faintly revolted by the idea.

"Are there Haakonian and Talaxian...ahem...Relationships?" Janeway asked.

"A few," Neelix sounded a bit affronted. "Not everyone's is able to say no to the conquerors. Not everyone wants too. And there were some Talaxians who switched sides before the Battle of Rinax for their own reasons." He shook his head. "But I've been away from my people for quite a while, on dethatched duty, I have never heard of-"

"It's Amelia Earhart!" Janeway exclaimed as the computer flashed up the facial recognition.

"Huh?" Neelix asked as the two vanished into the garage and out of range of their telescopes.

"The woman with the half-Talaxian," Janeway said. "She's Amelia Earhart, an early 20th century aviation legend and...w-well, uh...a kind of personal hero of mine." She coughed. "S-She, uh...she attempted to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, she was foundational in the early aviation industry, she pushed for female pilots..." She trailed off.

"Well, it looks like she wants to add 'fighting power mad dictators' to her resume," Tom said, cheerfully. "...uh oh."

Several dozen men in security uniforms, hand stunners out, were jogging towards the garage.

"It's a trap," Amy said.

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CURRENT TRUTHS: "Time Amok?"
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What the heck are you going to do?!

[ ] Beam them out. Right now!
[ ] Wait and watch and see what happens. They are armed with hand stunners, after all...
[ ] Write In

CyberFemme · Dec 14, 2022

[X] Beam them out. The Imperial soldiers that is. Straight to the brig.

We do a little trolling.

Rivenscryr · Dec 14, 2022

[X] Beam them out. The Imperial soldiers that is. Straight to the brig.

Its kind of amusing that the operative is also named Nelix. How common is that of a name...and is this Nelix related to the one on board?

slybrarian · Dec 14, 2022

[X] Beam them out. Right now!

DracoDracul · Dec 14, 2022

[X] Beam them out. Right now!

Indivisible · Dec 14, 2022

[X] Beam them out. Right now!

ThatGazzer · Dec 14, 2022