Teething Troubles

[Gorn]

[font=startrekbt]From: Starfleet Command, Space Station K-17
To: Captain Kirk, USS Enterprise NCC-1701
Subject: Investigation of Metron Planet
Orders: Captain, proceed at maximum Warp to the sector you’ve just left. Federation diplomats are in peace talks with the Gorn Hegemony for development of Cestus-3. We would like you, however, to investigate the new planet you flippantly named “Arena” that the Metrons created. See if it can be settled by the Federation, or if it is in Gorn space. I don’t need to ask you to tread carefully with the newly encountered Gorn, but all indications so far are that they are impressed with how you handled the situation on this planet. Try to contact the Metrons if you can, to ask for the planet. We should offer to share it with the Gorn for development if we can both have it, as a gesture of good will.
- Admiral April, sector 17.[/font]

[font=batmanforever]Communication from Tal Shiar to Commander T’annik,
IRW GALLANT WING & IRW Klingon bird
Commander, the Federation has recently befriended a small star empire: the Gorn hegemony. You will tear this nascent alliance asunder by provoking the aggressive reptilian Gorn. your plasma attack has wiped out the transport with one salvo. Use your guile to make the Gorn think it is the Federation. we have engineered a Federation transmission that declares war on the Gorn. (secretly tell the gm when you want it transmitted.) Otherwise, you will have to destroy both ships and make it look like they destroyed each other. Cloak the D-7A in the asteroid field and the warbird on the far side of the new planet. The D7A will relay any arrivals to the warbird. Our ships cannot be captured.
Jo Lan Tru, Commander.[font]

[font=ocra extended]Commandant Noskene: Tholian Assembly.
Ruby Light Cruiser / Quartz Escort class star transports.
System: United Federation of Planets/Gorn Hegemony contested Planet: “Metron1”. 1. Capture: Gorn transport ships. Purpose: M-class worker capture. To promote amity, offer Federation aid in defeating their enemies.
2. Contact: Metrons. Purpose: obtain advanced technology.
3. Negotiate: Metrons. Purpose: Annex Metron1 else obtain mining rights to Metron1 with Gorn labor force.[/font]

[font=terminator two]Messsage to NESssT commander ssneem,
MD-8: Dimorphidon.
Commander ssneem, you will invessstigate the new Metron planet on which captain S'salk encountered the humann KirKK. If humanss arrive, you will act with friendship and co-operr-ation. Make allowancess for any lack of honor displayed by the humanss, but do not allow them to harm any gorn; you are a nessst commander in the sstrongesst Gorn sship. Do not mate with the mmammalien captain unless you deem it necessary - not desirable.
Fleet alpha male SShRON.[/font]


[font=startrek film bt]Scenario: Teething Troubles (3 to 4 players)
Setup: Desert looking planet (Arena Planet of the Metrons, very high in PURE dilithium!) close to one corner of the mapsheet, (try to get a larger one), allowing a little space behind for moving. You can put some asteroids on the opposite part if you like. Let Romulan player know his Gallant Wing is behind planet, beaming up men from the surface in sensor shadow – this info being relayed to the D-7A cloaked anywhere among the asteroids. Enterprise arrives halfway to Arena planet on other side. System scan finds wreckage of a transport, very near Enterprise arrival. Roll for check Sci officer determines Gorn bodies. Must scan wreckage in detail to determine, with another Sci off check: “They were destroyed by a weapon consistent with the Romulan plasma device.” MD-8 arrives turn 2 opposite planet on other corner; they have heard a distress call, and assume it was the Federation that destroyed the transport. IF the Feds give them information about the plasma device, the Gorn will scan the wreckage in detail, confirm it, then tell the Feds that some Gorn ships are similarly armed.
Arriving turn 3 opposite corner from planet: Gorn Transport: (use a deep space merchant ship) 15 SS; 15 engine power, 1 aft blaster 0-5, shield 2/3, 6 max.
If present in this game, Tholians arrive turn 4 opposite side of Enterprise. Let all players see the faked Romulan transmission by Jacques DeL'eau.
Metrons never speak, nor do they appear. Complete mystery as to where they are. Nearest star systems (rather far) do not show any sign of civilization.
Federation: Primary Goal: +2/-2 uncover Romulan plot. +1/-1 repulse Tholians vs Gorn +1 !!!!!!!! (yet another) Green Bitch. Unprovoked attack = -2 each.
Romulans: Are there to get Gorn to fight Enterprise +3/-2 and start war. IF Tholians present, try to arrange a temporary, or more long term pact +1.
Gorn: Protect transport from destruction/web capture +3/-3 pts. “Perhaps we can come to an agreement between the Gorn and the Federrration in order to develop the Arena planet.”
Tholians: IF present, their only concern is to capture the Gorn transport +3/-3. +1 If they can add the crew of the MD-8. They may enter a temporary alliance with the Roms in order to capture Gorn. If that falls short, they might try to capture Roms. This Scenario happens BEFORE the episode “The Tholian Web”. They don’t want humans. They cannot understand why humans might protect Gorn.[/font]



[font=startrekbt]“This is fleet commander Jacques DeL'eau. The Gorn are a disgusting and inferior species. Yes. The Federation declares WAR on them. They will not have the new dilithium planet nor Cestus-3. Those are claimed for the Empire of the Federation. We were there first! All Federation ships must attack any Gorn ship on sight. Pretend to be friendly, then strike when they get close, like Kirk did at Outpost 4. Be sneaky like Kirk, the hero of all the Federation, when he stole Romulan technology. The Federation must destroy all rival star empires for a safe and secure society. Either they join us…or die.”[/font]

[Gorn]

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[Gorn]

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[Gorn]

Ya. those are micromachines. Already decalled / painted, so I thought why not? The D7 however is a resin copy of the FASA one. With the amount of drunkenness that night, it was a good thing!