Elsewhere in the Galaxy: the Setup

 [not related to the RPG I'm developing here, but this seemed a more relevant place for a sci-fi war game report than my D&D blog]

CAPTAIN'S LOG – STARDATE 2891.2

We have been ordered to investigate an interspacial anomaly in the uninhabited Gamma Hydri system. A working group has been assigned to my command to assist in the investigation, namely the USS Argo (Excelsior-class), the USS Antigone (Miranda-class), and the USS Hornet (Constitution-class). Reports have indicated sightings of strange ships of unknown origins in the vicinity of this anomaly and we are tasked with making first contact and establishing a rapport with any strange new civilization we may encounter.

Hornet (top), Argo (middle), Zulfiqar (left),
Antigone (bottom right)

CAPTAIN'S LOG – SUPPLEMENTAL

Our initial investigations revealed that the interspatial anomaly is some kind of breach in the local space-time fabric, perhaps leading to a galaxy far, far away, perhaps to another mirror universe entirely. On a close pass to gather better scans of the anomaly, Hornet was pulled through the anomaly, and I ordered the working group to follow through and effect recovery.

Passing through this anomaly—perhaps a wormhole of some kind—we arrived in a locale of stars and star-formations unknown to our databases. We were no longer in the Gamma Hydri system, but in some other star system entirely. Star type and initial planet surveys included in the detailed report.

Most importantly, other than the survival without incident of all ships of our working group, we discovered another starship in orbit of the major world, a ship that was clearly damaged and in distress. We established contact—the crew we observed was similar in composition to our own Federation crews, a mixed complement of apparent humans and a number of other hominid-type alien species. We offered aid and, despite vast differences in our technological apparatus, were able to assist in repairing their ship.

They proved gregarious and quite grateful for our aid, but we found ourselves unwittingly participants in some greater conflict wreaking havoc across this strange sector of space. It is uncertain at this point just how broad that conflict is, but before anything further could be negotiated (and the commanders of this ship emphatically desired that we should come into the conflict on their side), another task force entered star system and is approaching aggressively, with shields up and weapons armed.

The ships of these peoples are vast compared to our own, yet from the repairs we assisted with, it seems that they are far behind in various classes of technology—most specifically in using laser cannons, rather than something like our own phaser arrays or the disruptors of the Klingon Empire.

We are now hailing the incoming fleet in an attempt to establish peaceful relations, but my hopes are thin as the situation develops.

~Acting Commodore Mehmet Elqataani, Captain of the USS Zulfiqar