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garaks31
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a captain proton eps. with optional black and white setting
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While it's a short, fast mission, I think they should consider updating it a bit with new rewards or even a little twist to break the repetitiveness a bit.
And I'm all up for a Captain Proton mission (or more), even if it's unrelated to Halloween.
This topic comes up every October.
Been some good ideas in the past.
I liked the derelict freighter idea that was floated by someone last year. (Basically you gotta go in with EV suits and flashlights because all systems are offline.) The mood of the mission would be a similar feel to Dead Space/Event Horizon/Aliens
You'd be tasked with restoring power in the different ship sections, while also trying to uncover the mystery of what killed/incapacitated the entire crew.
You'd learn what happened to the crew by finding various crew logs aboard the ship. (Sort of like artifacts in Resident Evil/Last of Us/Dead Space). There'd be multiple logs for each crew member, and they'd go from regular duty notes/boring stuff, to something more and more sinister as you realize something terrible has happened aboard this ship.
Could have an immediate threat like the crew is in a zombie state and must be put down. PeWPeW.
Or more of an "Aliens" angle where we zap bugs as we go.
End of the mission has you haul the freighter to a Section 31 base and held in quarantine. "For study"
In following years if they ever wanted to continue on with the story, they could pick it back up at the Section 31 base. Quarantine failed and similar chaos ensues. The base suddenly goes offline, and no longer responds to hails.
Of course you'd be sent in to investigate since you're the only one with experience on the matter. And one of the few people in Starfleet to know about the situation and what happened on the freighter.
But for the feel of Halloween...
I'll just say...
Bonnie-kens. Bonnie-kins. Dressed... all... in... red...
Yet another clone of Dr. Sibak in my DOFF roster... Don't think i'm going to run it this year.
For instance since they have drawn a few things from books (Luna and Vesta classes) they could draw some inspiration from the Invasion crossovers with the Furies.
great now I want to reread those. well, I have a couple days off to do so.
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
Say the Enterprise-B gets found after so long adrift. The PC's ship is sent to investigate and board the ship to find out what happened. Something interferes with the transporter so you have to shuttle in. The ship is empty and power is fluctuating like crazy. Any Vulcan or other psi-active character or BOFF starts seeing and hearing things once the party reaches the bridge. Starts saying that everyone needs to clear out now. Lights go dark. Laughter.
Too late. What started as a run of the mill STO mission just went full Event Horizon. See you on the other side, captain.
-Dedication plaque of the Federation Starship U.S.S. Merkava
Though for specifically halloween type event I would really like to see a full on halloween event. Something like three main factions (KDF, Fed, Romulan) are being attacked by monsters/creatures/beings from their history or mythology (like the Fek'Ihri for the Klingons in the KDF), with these creatures than attacking the main faction's homeworlds in a new stf, which has the type of enemy an mechanics of the stf depend on which homeworld you are task to defend. While the players could than thru doing missions an events in a halloween zone that these enemies are both linked to each other, and also to the Hur'q as well. This could be used as a nice enjoyable event for players, while also to tie up the loose end that happens in the end of the Fek'Ihri story arc for the KDF.
Though I may still toy around with this idea. Just for the potential to have some holiday episodes in the foundry, that only appear during the month of that holiday.
Sounds pretty great. Liking the mythology angle myself.
Lore + scary stuff, would make for a fun mini holiday mission.
Perfect.
Wish they'd go ahead and devote some resources to something like this.
Could be a short mission..
Get the player to go trick or treating.. Give them a list of 13 npc's to go visit (each will give you a different gift for coming to see them).
The npc's could be dressed up in cheesy Halloween costumes during the event. They'd even tell you a little story about some of myth and horrors from their homeworlds...
Some NPC's would opt to trick you though, and spawn in a few enemies for you to clobber. Other will give you goodies..
Examples of goodies:
Ferengi on Drozana gives you 13 lobi
Security officer on ESD gives you 13 Contraband
Worf on First City gives you a trick ! a Holodeck simulation of Fek'Ihri, you defeat them, he gives you a ceremonial bat'leth..
Ect ect..
There's many possibilities.
The trick or treat list could even come in the form of an endeavor task.
It's a simple idea, and would get players moving about in the game to 13 different areas.
A foundry creator could probably easily whip this up (minus the rewards)..
I even have a Foundry mission name for it they could use;
"Trek or Treat"
Yeah, scatter some of the "new Klingon" dead torn up bodies around in the dark corridors, there and it would double as a "ST:Discovery" mission.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
And an homage to TOS The Undiscovered Country. Nice.
I already do this. Everything after Breen invasion is just a bad trip within the Nexus. Or you could use where they currently have Beyond the Nexus placed for this. As the episode before or after Temporal Ambassador.
We come in peace, SHOOT TO KILL!
Ehhh. I mean, the crash was already happening. She managed to bring the saucer section down in a casualty-less landing. I'd say that's a pretty successful flight.
I really like the derelict ship idea as well. I would suggest though that they use a new haunting musical score for it.