====== Starship Odyssey ======

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===== Content Warnings =====

  * **Discrimination on the basis of nationality, religion or faith**.
    * Certain members of each sentient race may discriminate against other sentient races, and may not respect their religions or faiths. All religions and faiths depicted are fictionla.

  * **Extreme violence and gore**.
    * Conflict between the sentient races involved may result in severe injuries or deaths. Descriptions will not be overly graphic.

  * **Genocide**.
    * Threats of large-scale violence against any of the sentient races may be made. Any actual depiction of these events (beyond the destruction of individual ships) is outside the scope of this Vignette.

  * **Indiscriminate violence**.
    * Attempts to kill the entire crew of any ship may be made.
 
===== Plot =====

Captain Erica Forthwright is the captain of the Earth Alliance Starship //Odyssey//. The //Odyssey// is a flagship of the Earth Alliance, its current mission one of exploration on the fringes of known space. While passing close to the border between two known sentient alien races - the Skraw and the Imm - the Odyssey picks up a distress call from a Skraw cargo vessel which has come under attack from an Imm cruiser. The Skraw are allies of the Earth Alliance, while the Imm are not and are known to be aggressively territorial. While the Skraw ship is close to the border, they are very much on their own side of it which means the Imm are also trespassing. Captain Forthwright and the crew of the //Odyssey// decide to investigate, and uncover a terrible plot...
===== Landscape =====

The Vignette takes place in space, aboard the ships involved in the conflict. The setting is the far future, so a variety of futuristic technologies are common such as faster-than-light travel, energy weapons and universal translators. As a flagship of the fleet, the //Odyssey// is spacious and well-maintained.

The Skraw are a humanoid species with bird-like attributes such as a beak and wings. The Imm are insect- or arthropod-like, with multiple sets of limbs and thick exoskeletons.

===== Key Impressions =====


  * **Captain Erica Forthwright**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. Captain of the //Odyssey//.

  * **Aakra**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. Captain of the Skraw cargo ship.

  * **Trrum-Intura**: <color blue>**Playable**</color>. Captain of the Imm cruiser.

  * **Graal-Farrow**: <color red>**Not Playable**</color>. Captain of the Imm battleship.

  * The **bridge crew** and **division heads** (e.g. Chief Engineer, Ship's Doctor) of the //Odyssey// are currently un-named but are <color blue>**Playable**</color> as Key Impressions.

===== Scenes =====

  * **1**: The EAS //Odyssey// picks up a distress call from a Skraw cargo vessel and sets a course. While the //Odyssey// is //en route//, the Skraw ship is disabled and boarded by their Imm assailants.

  * **2**: When the //Odyssey// arrives, the Imm claim the Skraw are at fault and are hiding something. Despite the complaints of the Skraw, the crew of the //Odyssey// come to an agreement woth the Imm which lets them aboard to tend to the wounded Skraw as well as search the ship for answers.

  * **3**: The Human and Imm search party break into a hidden compartment to find evidence that the Skraw have been secretly developing and testing a genetic weapon capable of wiping out the Imm.

  * **4**: An Imm battleship arrives and their now far superior firepower is enough to take complete control of the situation. They demand the //Odyssey// leaves while they hold the Skraw vessel and its crew captive.

  * **5**: The //Odyssey// returns to an Earth Alliance space station. While diplomatic relations between the Earth Alliance and the Imm have, if anything, improved, the political situation with the Skraw is dire indeed. There is an imminent threat of war between the Imm and the Skraw which threatens to drag the Humans in as well.