Posted by Captain Sam Pennington (Gamemaster Director/ Full Gamemaster) in Sim Ideas

Posted by Robert Archer in Sim Ideas

Posted by Robert Archer in Sim Ideas
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I’m going to start a repository here, for anyone GM or not to put in sim ideas they want to share. It can be a whole outline or a one line pitch. Whatever you’ve got. This will be a resource for active GMs to lean on, and maybe help get some new people’s ideas kickstarted. Any sim idea, so long as it stays within the TOS, is completely fine to deposit here.

-Sam

Sim Idea 1: First Contact gone wrong
A new technologically advanced species has been discovered and your ship is the first to meet them, but something goes horribly wrong! Perhaps someone dies? Perhaps a technological disaster? Suffice it to say the new species you just met isn’t very happy and your crew has to diplomatically smooth over the situation!

Sim Idea 2: Transporter Disaster
It was supposed to be an absolutely regular transport, but wild fluctuations in the storm meant that the people being transported vanished. Where have they gone?
Meanwhile, the misplaced crew members find themselves on a strange, distorted version of the ship. The crew is there, walking around them, but they find themselves like ghosts, out of phase in a way that means they cannot physically interact with anyone! Whatever will they do?

Sim Idea 3: Honey I Shrunk the Senior Staff
This Sim’s Magical Macguffin is a machine that shrinks down a group of the crew to miniscule size. They must navigate through a gigantic world to reach some way of communicating with their JOs. Meanwhile, the junior officers have to figure out how to run the ship all by themselves.

=== Interestingly this is almost par for the course the same idea done in a ds9 episode, not saying its a problem long as the GM in question would give it their own spin vs what happened in ds9

Sim Idea 4: Doll House
A powerful alien race has captured the crew and put them into what seems like a house. There’s food, but it’s all wooden. They discover that they have become playthings for a massive alien. How will they escape?

=== I like this in theory, fits into the ‘god like’ aliens common in TOS!

Sim Idea 5: Engine Trouble
An encounter with a space cloud has caused engine trouble, making it impossible to travel at warp speed and shutting down all communications with the outside world. Will the crew survive or will they go crazy from space madness?

=== I’d hope the crew dont go crazy after only a week trapped lol, maybe a sim which is sectioned into different periods of time? Like the beginning is covered over a week, then the next part skips ahead to like a month later, then the third part say 3 months later, give the crew/players a chance to really mull over how they fix their problems and how they were surviving or coping!

Hope at least one of these inspires a GM :D
- Riley

Sim Idea

Murder At the Diplomacy Hall
Starfleet is hosting an important diplomatic conference at a starbase, acting as a neutral party between two groups with a long and complex history. This sim features many extravagant characters with strong and clashing personalities. It’s clear that the diplomats, their aids, and other members of their groups have many interpersonal connections and more than one motive for revenge. When the first body appears, the starbase is locked down until the killer is discovered and apprehended. Can the ship’s officers maintain calm, uncover the killer and avoid being accused themselves??

Abigail G

=== This sim idea I think would be most appropriate for one of our outpost/starbases or OED V so if it focused on those first and foremost it’d work

Robert Archer

Bounces around!!! So I wanted to bump this thread line as I feel its a great resource and idea discussion point for current, past, or even just people with good ideas! Lets keep it going!

Robert Archer

Bumping this again, until I find a better long term place for it.

-Sam

Couldn’t we just list this under the GM Assist links box on the MOTD. and maybe occasionally bump this as needed?

~Linds