Starship Odyssey

• 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.

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, but find more questions than answers…

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.

• Captain Erica Forthwright: Playable. Captain of the Odyssey.

• Aakra: Playable. Captain of the Skraw cargo ship.

• Trrum-Intura: Playable. Captain of the Imm cruiser.

• Graal-Farrow: Not Playable. 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 Playable as Key Impressions.

• 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. Meanwhile, the Skraw claim they are delivering crucial medical supplies for a viral outbreak. 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 Odyssey detects some abnormalities with the cargo on the Skraw ship. However, a biohazard aboard the Skraw ship forces the Humans and Imm to evacuate before they can complete their search.

• 4: An Imm battleship arrives but, despite their now far superior firepower, they are forced into a tense stand-offdue to the political situation. Eventually they allow the Skraw ship to leave, after taking extensive scans themselves.

• 5: The Odyssey returns to an Earth Alliance space station. The political situation with the Skraw is dire indeed, as the mystery of the cargo ship leaves many questions unanswered. There is an imminent threat of war between the Imm and the Skraw which threatens to drag the Humans in as well.