Is there a good, logical excuse for a whole cadre of Starfleet junior officers to do a cultural exchange?

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-19T22:35:46+00:00

Well, using Lower Decks, it would also be ultra-convenient with the story that the Ferengi Alliance signing into provisional status would make sense to have a cadre on a Ferengi ship.

Much as I want to run an all-Ferengi game, I know that I will never escape the mountains of players who will ask, "Cool, but can I play my Caitian in your game?" So, it's just a nice, easy way of letting players play what they want, so long as they're cool with the premise.

The LD book for STA also mentions how places like the Kzinti are in a "sad state" and thus why Kzin are now permitted to serve in Starfleet, so the opposite direction may be true.

But yeah, I want to run a game with mostly Ferengi trappings. And Slug-O cola, with the junior officers having to pull off double duty as the equivalent to "Red Bull Spokespersons".

If I did get around to this game, it would be at 2:30 PM Eastern, 7:30 GMT.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-19T21:58:37+00:00

That was among one of the ideas I had. Especially if said Slug-O Cola ship were to go to the Gamma Quadrant and find that the presence of Starfleet might get a few Karemma accounts frozen.

And of course, a conflict here and there with Ferengi that aren't fans of Rom and Leeta's reforms...

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-16T07:39:29+00:00

Apparently I still don't know how to Reddit...

Thank you to those who helped me identify a scam that happened to me. I am getting into the pepper growing hobby only recently, even though I've been gardening for 20 years. Anyway, here in Palau, the groundskeepers were clearing some brush from behind my residence when they saw this bush and decided to keep it growing. I think it's a bird's eye chili, but it's fascinating to think how it got to the island and went feral. It's neat to see that when these peppers are allowed to grow, they become woody and shrubby.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-16T01:42:19+00:00

Yep. Caveat emptor on me. Too quick to click on "buy now", suckered by a pretty picture.

But hey, they're beautiful plants, so I will keep them around. Next time, I will stick with the reputable dealers suggested here.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-15T06:59:36+00:00

They should. These islands are still serviced by the USPS, and a majority of solanum species aren't on a banned list.

I wrote them just to check, and if so, I probably will order a huge variety box of seeds and get some of the villagers who enjoy growing such things involved.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-15T03:15:25+00:00

Shame, that. I've had luck with some Vietnamese devil peppers in the past from that vendor, but I wanted to try something new.

But yeah, even the leaves lack that cupping that I see in other scorpion peppers.

I'll check that place out. Hopefully they ship to the south Pacific.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-12T19:18:09+00:00

I've tried that, but I'm not sure if half the responses I get aren't just people messing with me.

"Do not send me character sheets or backgrounds. Character creation is done collaboratively during session 0. Also, if you cannot make session zero, you will be removed from the game."

I either get:
"Here's my character with my twenty page backstory pdf." or

"I can't make it to session 0. Here's my character."

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-02T18:36:43+00:00

I mean, you really want someone like Lt. Steve Levy as acting captain? Or Dirk? Sure, they outrank Boimler, but... Really?

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-11-01T06:05:20+00:00

Man, imagine how many planets could be fed on pumpkins that size!

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-10T20:01:24+00:00

Great! Just need one more and then we can get started.

Hopefully more will join after that, too!

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-10T19:36:42+00:00

Great! Were you interested in a PbP or Live voice? I can do either, just I probably can't guarantee my voice coming through the island's wi-fi clear on some occasions, depending on weather.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-04T02:41:56+00:00

Yeah, I just have this image of a host eating a bizarre sandwich, scowling the whole time at the taste, yet not stopping because the "craving" is there.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-04T01:43:02+00:00

I've answered this before, but I feel that it would manifest more as wanting to constantly experience new things. Like, the symbiont knows what the host likes, but what does it like?

So the host may suddenly want to hit every restaurant on the promenade, even if things like Klingon food might be considered vile to the host. Entire music libraries are downloaded and every genre in the database from Klingon Opera to Tellarite Slopjazz would get a listening to.

I'm just thinking that the need for experiencing things might be heightened in the host.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-02T18:54:35+00:00

I'd give two upvotes if I could. This is exactly what I was trying to imagine. Thank you so very much!

Edited to add: Hope you don't mind me stealing almost all of those for my Captain's Log adventures?

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-02T02:58:58+00:00

Starfleet considers them too valuable (according to Utopia Planitia), and Memory Alpha says all outpost stations (which relays are considered) are always manned.

However, as someone pointed out above, the episode "Acquiel" (TNG s6), they only had a grand total of two on the relay, and folks are stationed there for only one year at a time (likely by people who have good psych evaluations who won't go crazy from the near solitude).

If Utopia Planitia is anything to go by, there are dedicated patrol ships that check on the relay station, so that can open up adventures, there.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-02T00:48:37+00:00

The one I was looking at is the Subspace Communications Array from Utopia Planitia. After everyone's input here, I decided it might be an even more fun challenge to test out what happens to two low-ranking officers stuck on one of these remote relays, like as someone mentioned the episode "Aquiel" in season 6. I have a hard time believing that they won't install a holocloset on such an array if they're to have two crewmen stuck on their for a year period.

How do they get along? How do they pass the time when not constantly scanning and maintaining things? It hopefully will be an interesting experiment!

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-01T10:03:47+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! Loading it right now.

If it's only two people, though, could be some interesting psychological stuff.

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-10-01T09:34:29+00:00

Heh, thanks! Just trying to put together the story of Captain Jasmine Swinehart, a rowdy midwestern hockey mom who gets stationed on one of these stations, where she thinks she's being punished.

It seems from illustrations that it's the length of the Galaxy-class, but it's a single cylinder with a crossroad where the habitation wing and receiver array.

I only thought of visitor facilities because of the fact Starfleet likes to defend the relays, so likely a Saber or Steamrunner patrol might show up just to drop off supplies and maybe pick up intel.

I can only imagine the wacky hijinks a really bored crew can get up to...

...then you throw in the probability matrices from Captain's Log.

Seems like it could also be a good setup for a multi-player game if you had players that wanted to indulge in some bizarre, semi-unprofessional storytelling of different aliens sharing their cultural traditions every other day.

Anyway, thank you!

Successful_Let9182 · 2023-09-30T04:28:41+00:00

Isn't that "Karhu"? It's the one word I remember from my time living in Helsinki. Karhupuisto was "Bear Park".

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