Season 10 Outline

[Jen]

Plot Sketch

The story occurs after the timeline shift in the new Trek movie. Romulus has been destroyed. The Lucas Virus (see Season 5, FYI Spoiler to Star Trek Boldly in this sentence) occurred two years prior and separated most of the crew after Tiberius was destroyed. The USS Arabella is a new ship and is now staffed by a good portion of the surviving Tiberius personnel. Our story begins a few weeks after the loss of the Romulan Homeworlds.  The Star Empire is in chaos. Vulcans still have not fully recovered their numbers since the loss of  their own planet. All vulcanoids are an endangered species and the universe is more dangerous. The Seventh Fleet, and its flag ship the Arabella, is tasked with performing humanitarian missions in Romulan space and to explore it while there.

Seventh Fleet: http://www.treksinscifi.com/forum/index.php?topic=6714.new#new


The Beginning:

The newly minted Arabella and the Seventh Fleet have been in Romulan Space for a week. See the thread entitled "Seventh Fleet" (link provided above) for individual ship missions and crews for reference. Pirates and Rogue Warbirds prowl in the sector the flag ship occupies. The Arabella encounters a vessel damaged by pirates, carrying evacuated Romulan Senators. The vessel is not repairable, so the passengers are taken aboard Arabella.

Another damaged ship is detected nearby (attacked by the same pirates). The Arabella takes them aboard as well.


Subplot Threads:

Among the passengers the Arabella is carrying, are a multitude of Romulans with different political ideals. There is a mix of people: defectors, Unification Romulans and loyalist aboard. They have a private little war of ideas with the crew of the Arabella stuck in the middle. They clash, keeping security and medical busy.


Main character side stories could be additional subplots. Work together with other writers to brainstorm how your characters could be intertwined. Remember that what makes our stories interesting is the people who live in them. Don't forget to bring them to life. Those side stories make our RPG rich.



Main Plot Tension:

The deeper the Arabella travels within Romulan space, the more chaos they discover. The disillusioned military is patrolling the crumbling boarders in search of the remnants of their former government. Their mission is to assassinate officials and assume power over whatever remains of the Empire. They encounter the Arabella and insist on inspecting her, to make sure she's not carrying defectors or members of the senate. Arabella must protect their passengers without causing a diplomatic incident. They must also deliver the senators them to their new throne world.


Downtime:

Reintroduce the RPG characters and begin revealing their new histories.

Crew learns that the Cardassians are making overtures to Romulans for a united empire.



Black moment or climax:

A very important senator is found murdered in her quarters on the Arabella. There is an uproar as the news spreads to the Romulan passengers. Some blame the Federation for assassinating her or failing to protect her, some believe it is the Romulan defectors others believe it is the Tal Shar. The Romulans who believe it's the Federation (and/or the defectors) form a group and try to take the ship.



Resolution:

This senator was murdered by the aide of another senator. She was actually going to defect and that would have hit the empire with a serious blow to its pride and honor at point when moral is necessary to rebuild their Empire. Arabella security and medical (working together) uncovers the plot and solves the crime.



After effects:  

The Arabella is successful in maintaining peace on the ship. She avoids an all out war with remnants of the Romulan military and delivers the senators to their new thrown world without much bloodshed. Because of the rift between military and state, after the senators are returned, the Arabella and the Seventh Fleet is granted special status to operate in Romulan space by the 'Empire', and continues to operate as a humanitarian vessel by assisting the migration of Romulans and their subjugated neighbors.

[Bryancd]

Can I place my new Romulan character on that second ship they encounter?

[Jen]

Can I place my new Romulan character on that second ship they encounter?

Certainly. :)