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STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATIONRoleplaying Game Adventure
“THE WAY IT IGHT HA!E "EEN# By Allen Shock
SYNO$SIS
The characters, while battling a Jem’Hadar Battle Cruiser which
jumped their task orce in the !’laron
system, make their escape "ia a black hole, but the escape lings
them into the past #how ar is unimportant$
be creati"e%& 'hen they complete what repairs they
can, they return to the uture& They will go to (eepSpace
)ine*and ind it nothing but debris loating in space& +nstead, a
(ominion station has been erected
nearby, and the wormhole is nowhere to be ound& As they
watch, a group o rag*tag ships drops out o orbit
and attacks the station Jem’Hadar ighters come pouring orth and
the battle is joined& -ne o the attacking
ships suddenly drops it’s holographic disguise$ it is the (eiant
The characters can join the battle and e"en
though their ship is damaged, they can help the attackers win
through and destroy the (ominion outpost,
although the attackers suer hea"y losses& The characters are
contacted by the Commander o the (eiant,
'or& He in"ites them to accompany the (eiant to it’s secret
base in the Badlands&-nce they arri"e there, technicians begin
repairs on the .C’s ship& They /uickly disco"er that they
emergedrom their temporal tra"el into an alternate timeline, one
where the 0ederation lost the (ominion 'ar& The
(eiant is part o a resistance organi1ation called the )ew
2a/uis, led by 2ajor 3ira )erys& +t is also the
year 4567& Historical research can unco"er the major
change to history$ Benjamin Sisko was ne"er assigned
to command (eep Space )ine& This position instead went to
Commander 8okas, an Andorian oicer who
was ar less competent than Sisko, and who did not pro"ide the
kind o leadership Sisko has& +n late 4969*
early 4965, (ominion orces took o"er (eep Space )ine& The
0ederation mounted a hastily organi1ed
-peration :eturn to take back the station$ 8okas’ tactical
abilities were not up to the task, and the station
was destroyed and the 0ederation leet decimated& The
(ominion took ad"antage o this demorali1ingdeeat and by late 496;
had con/uered the 0ederation&
+ the characters re"iew their ship’s records on Sisko, they will
/uickly disco"er that the seminal e"ent
which led to his e"entually taking command o the then*backwater
(eep Space )ine was the death o his
wie aboard the
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The inter"ention in the Battle o 'ol 9;= is the idea o ul
(ukat& He knows about the death o Sisko’s
wie and he managed to obtain inormation on 0ederation time
tra"el rom the old -bsidian -rder iles& He
persuaded his (ominion allies to allow him to send a ship
back to the past and pre"ent the Saratoga’s
destruction, since he belie"ed that Sisko was the linchpin
holding the 0ederation together& (ukat will not
appear in the ad"enture$ he has instead sent 8egate Talor, an
associate, and some crew rom the Se"enth
-rder& They ha"e a alor*class warship itted with a (ominion
cloaking de"ice&
ARRI!A'( )*+,
The slingshot maneu"er should be conducted according to the
rules on page ; o All Our Yesterdays&
Beore it is attempted, it is possible that the structural
integrity ield can be strengthened to shield the
(eiant rom some o the damage the trip will cause$ this can be a
cooperati"e task$ ha"e any ?ngineers so
in"ol"ed make a roll on their Material
Engineering #Structural/Spaceframe) skills at a
diiculty o >&
?ach point by which the roll is made reduces the damage to the
(eiant’s structure by >&+t is possible that the characters
may wish to make the calculations themsel"es as to when they
arri"e& This
re/uires a roll on .hysical Sciences #Temporal .hysics% at a
(iicult le"el& 0ailure means they arri"e either
early #*9 on a d7% or late #5*7% by 45@d7 hours& ?arly
shouldn’t be much o a problem, although it may
re/uire hiding out or awhile& 8ate would re/uire another
time tra"el attempt to get it right #or perhaps a
more creati"e solution to the problem o Jennier Sisko, but
that’s another /uestion%& Critical ailure means
the ship is 'AD o, perhaps by centuries& Critical success
means they arri"e at e@actly the moment they
wish to, and with no damage to the (eiant& -therwise, they
must wait d7 hours or the battle to begin& +you want to li"en
up the battle, ha"e a Jem’Hadar attack ship patrolling the 'ol 9;=
system when theyshow up, so they will ha"e to ight a running battle
as they attempt to make the maneu"er& #(on’t damage
anything that will make their mission impossible to accomplish,
howe"er%
'hen the ship comes out o warp, it will be a ew moments beore it
can orient itsel& -nce it does, they
will be able to conirm where they areE the 'ol 9;= system,
Stardate 55>>&5
Sensors indicate a large group o ships heading in to the system$
5> starships, mostly 0ederation along with
a ew 3lingon "essels& (eiant will want to cloak beore they
get much closer&
At this point, as the ships gather, (eiant can begin scanning to
try to ind the intruder& As they do so, they
can monitor the communications o the armada o ships preparing to
meet the Borg&At precisely the right time, the Borg Cube
appears, on schedule, and the battle commences& A message
is
broadcast on all channels$ F+ A2 8-C
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A-TERATH
'hen the characters get back to the Bajor system, they will ind
(eep Space )ine intact& + they check,
they will ind that it is indeed commanded by Captain Benjamin
Sisko& + they beam o"er, they will ind
Captain Sisko and his oicers enjoying a meal in !uark’s&
They now ha"e an interesting problem$ an e@tra(eiant& -nce they
make a report, (T+ will clear them o any wrongdoing #unless they
really screwed up,
or had to destroy the Saratoga themsel"es%$ the e@tra (eiant
will be turned o"er to Starleet, where it will be taken to
?arth and renamed the Sao .aolo #which, o course later becomes the
(eiant again%&&&&
TH? ?)(&
