Episode 1: The Alcubierre

The ensign tried to stand at attention, but seemed wobbly and sighed as he leaned back against the console.
"Ensign James LaSalle, Astro Sciences, sir!. " Frowning, he continued. "I'm fairly sure I'm the only one left alive from the crew. We were just a skeleton crew, and things were going fine. That is, right up until the warp field test. As the warp engines engaged, they overloaded and caused a several series of cascading system failures. While we were drifting, the subspace interference built while we tried repairing the damage by working around the clock."

He closed hie eyes with a deeper sigh before continuing. "Shortly after we drifted into open, unclaimed space a Romulan Warbird decloaked and sent a boarding party over. Captain Kelly and the rest of us fought, but it was hopeless. Once the Romulans got control of engineering, they locked out most of the systems, transferring all the ship controls down there. About that time, the boarding party called for reinforcements but for some reason, the Warbird was gone. From what I can tell, they received some strange signal before turning away and cloaking."

The ensign sat down and gestured at the various consoles. "I've been trying to subtly work past the lockout and get these systems up and running so I can track the signal. I know the coordinates, I just don't know what's out there. I'm a Physicist, not an engineer yet so it's been slow going. The only thing I've been able to do was get enough control to give you all the opening in the Shuttlebay and some door controls here and there."

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Momentum: 3
Threat: 8
Directives:
* Starfleet's Prime Directive is in place
* Recover the missing Oberth-class starship U.S.S. Alcubierre.
* Prevent Starfleet technology from falling into enemy hands.

Traits in Play
Subspace Interference: Sensor scans and communications are severely disrupted by the Subspace Interference being generated from the Alcubierre.
Subspace Interference (away team): Combadges will not work due to this interference. Tricorders only function on people and objects within Reach (arm’s length of a Player Character).
Emergency Lighting: This Trait increases the Difficulty by 1 for ranged weapon attacks and Tasks to observe or identify characters or objects at Medium range and beyond.
Disabled: Most ship systems are offline. This affects turbolifts, doors, transporters, sensors, communications, replicators, warp and impulse engines. Life-support and other vital functions are operational via auxiliary power.

Ensign LaSalle shook his head, sighing. "I'm definitely happy to see you all Lieutentant. Until we can get control back from the Romulans, none of us are going anywhere. The limited control I had to help you with the landing bay is not available any more."

He took a deep breath. "Ever since that Warbird left, I've been afraid it was just going to pop back up. As such, I've been trying to track the source of the signal, but with everything locked out, I can't quite get the power I need for the cartography systems to get a lock."
His fingers flew over the controls. "But, if you all can give me a hand, I think we can get enough power around the lockout to get these cartography systems fully operational again to see just who may be helping the Romulans... " He looked up expectantly.

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Momentum: 4
Threat: 8
Directives:
* Starfleet's Prime Directive is in place
* Recover the missing Oberth-class starship U.S.S. Alcubierre.
* Prevent Starfleet technology from falling into enemy hands.

Traits in Play
Subspace Interference: Sensor scans and communications are severely disrupted by the Subspace Interference being generated from the Alcubierre.
Subspace Interference (away team): Combadges will not work due to this interference. Tricorders only function on people and objects within Reach (arm’s length of a Player Character).
Emergency Lighting: This Trait increases the Difficulty by 1 for ranged weapon attacks and Tasks to observe or identify characters or objects at Medium range and beyond.
Disabled: Most ship systems are offline. This affects turbolifts, doors, transporters, sensors, communications, replicators, warp and impulse engines. Life-support and other vital functions are operational via auxiliary power.