Campaign of the Month: January 2012
Star Trek Late Night
System: Star Trek LUG Icon System plus house rules.
The Star Trek universe offers many great role playing possibilities but for me the best stories have always been the ‘What If’s’. So with the help of the players and friends, we will answer many What If’s that have plagued gamers and sci-fi geeks for ages. Through careful integration of many sci-fi sources – shows, books, and movies – we will explore an extremely expanded universe. So, to begin…
What if HBO had written Star Trek? We would have seen a darker, deadlier edge to the universe. Sex, language, and violence would have colored every level of the ST universe. That’s what we’re creating with Star Trek Late Night: Beyond the Federation.
Series 1 Season 1
It is the year 2390 and the United Federation of Planets is experiencing a change brought about by two terrible wars that have destroyed entire worlds and left tens of billions dead. On a distant planet located deep within the Romulan Star Empire is a penal colony where the most horrible criminals known to the galaxy are sent to spend the remainder of their lives. Our story began here.
As the season progressed the Jedi Knight was killed, the Merchant ran away, and the remaining crew went on to become the most wanted people in the Federation. They faced the Empire, Starfleet, Peacekeepers, Borg, and even a God. Finally they parted company to seek personal fortunes and agreed to meet at Deep Space Nine one year later.
Series 1 Season 2
One year later, the galaxy has not changed much. Wars are still being fought and a pervasive evil still seems to be growing. With the discovery of the Nevereen Logorythmic Engine, the party gains an almost limitless ability to travel the galaxy. They embark on treasure hunting and piracy to make ends meet. Ultimately each action leading them towards a discovery that will rock the Federation. After 50 Episodes the story came to an end.
Series 2 Season 1
Following a quantum shift we join a new group of adventurers. This time the story resolves around a cadre of Starfleet officers as they make discoveries exploring the final frontier.
We are very grateful for the honors given us by Duskreign and Obsidian Portal.
Winner of the Pit Droid Award of Diligence for its massive amount of information on the Star Wars Galaxy and beyond.
Star Trek Late Night Comments
I haven’t been on OP in forever and now that I am back I find out Star Trek Late Night is off the air! I am really bummed out. This sucks the big Kahuna. I will check out your new campaign but with much regret. I shall miss that Crazy Eight bitch and that rapist bastard, Karr, more than I can tell. The death of Star Trek Late Night is a true blow to OP. You guys should at least keep writing stories to keep us fans happy. I want to see what happens when Karr and Eight hook up. You know it was going to happen. My bet was that she was going to make him go POOF!
I want to thank my players and everyone who followed this campaign. You have made it great and helped keep me motivated enough to continue through to an epic conclusion. I hope those that have followed will continue to do so with Drifters
Thanks for the kind words everyone. The new campaign has begun; it’s called Drifters, and Steve’s first logs have been posted.
My only hope is that the next campaign is half as enjoyable as this one has been. Ending at 50 episodes is pretty epic- looking forward to reading the final entries.
Make sure you let us all know when the next campaign is live!
Alas, I hear it all comes to an end. Thank you all for the space/sci fi/adult entertainment that has been STAR TREK LATE NIGHTS. It has been most enjoyable!
We believe all sci fi shows should have a group of gamers on the staff to tear the show apart and make it more likable. If we ever got the chance to merge the two shows on film we would be ready to go break every stereotype.
The way you have interwoven Star Trek and Star Wars, as well as several others, is impressive to say the least.
Really wish this WAS a TV show on HBO, to watch.
Thank KVP we too were rooting for A God Rebuilt. We had a long conversation about the campaigns nominated this year and we universally agreed that the only campaign we would not be upset with winning was A God Rebuilt. As usual, Dungeons and Dragons wins against all other RPGs.
Congrats on finishing second in the COTY voting- if I was rooting for any other campaign other than my own, it was yours (you were robbed)
Awesome. Note to self “Have auto-lube cyber implant installed”.
ERP is Erotic RolePlay – you know those scenes where the girl gets thrown to the pits, gang raped, and then sold off to the scum Hutt. Oh wait that is what is going to happen to the player with the sexual prey flaw, I am getting way ahead of myself.
Thanks Gaitkeeper! BTW – What’s ERP?
thanks KVP
Other good news is that Clockwork Drama has finally gone to print. You can buy it here
Congrats on joining the Century Club!! Well deserved!!
Highly enjoyed several parts of it. Though I am not a fan of erp, the rest of the world and story is friggin awesome. Thought I’d help you out a bit with the fave. =D
We are sorry to see Askaval leave our group due to real life interefering with game life. His character HECATE was an integral part of our story and will be missed. Hopefully when life gets less complicated he will return.
The drama cards we designed for this setting have been retooled for use in any game system. Check them out and help us go to print. Clockwork Drama
Hey Dudes, I just stumbled upon the COMEDY section. Some funny stuff there. Nice idea!
OP logs from the great sites, like yours, have taken the place of other light reading for me. Keep it up guys!
I am still amazed people are reading our stories.
Glad to see the Church of Gaga is spreading its wings across the universe. As HECATE states, interaction with the GAGA CULT can only be good. I am interested to hear from THANOS that he learned some invigorating sexual rituals at last but sad to hear that KARR’s lower half is still getting him into trouble. Must make a note to MATT to keep an eye on that! Thanks for the Log 24 Updates, Chaps!
twigs
we only send you to bed with several sets of those tits. 8)
Nice TITS in “Transformations” Am I allowed to say that without being sent to bed???
Damn. Shame I had to miss it.
in case I failed to mention this, One of the best games in a very long time. I havent laughed so hard in forever.
I actually played a card from Steve’s Drama Deck which led to Jacen’s death, no reprisal possible. But hey, at least I went out with a whimper! Now I get to bring you the tales, trials, and tribulations of Matt.
Jacen- we hardly knew ye… One episode missing, next episode dead- no explanation…
Also, if you have been following. My ex-porn star character is working his way up the Federation’s most wanted list. And, he’s Public Enemy Number 1 for the Necromonger’s. Ah, what an interesting life Alyr has lived.
The Heart of Gold was a wonderful ship. Alas, she is no more. Long live the Starlight, may we know ye longer.
Fear leads to anger…
Anger leads to stress…
Stress leads to doobies…
Doobies lead to Twinkies…
Twinkies are therefore the key to enlightenment.
too soon?
Obi-Wan was wearing a hoodie… Really? I laughed at the rest of the comedy stuff…
at least I am getting some emotion out of my players
Did I mention to any of you that I hate my GM?
Heart o’ Gold seems like a nice ship!
Zaphod is most likely hanging out with Barty Banks on Alyr’s ship. 8)
killvp- yeah I know but running every log as a seperate entry into the log section is insane. Posting comments by episode seemed a good happy medium.
Comments on posts would be nice. As soon as Zaphod shows up, Alyr wants a Pan Galatic Gargle Blaster!
“The stupid woman couldn’t control her emotions and this is why women shouldn’t be allowed to serve on a ship. They are crazy, every Fraking one of them.” That one won’t get you in trouble at all…. Did I mention I hate not being able to comment on the individual logs? Grrr.
hes around just havent found him yet
The Heart of Gold? Where is Zaphod?
Happy Birthday to Pete and John!!!
Hi Stephen
Nice Image for the COTM link!
Many thanks guys, your comments are most appreciated and we are very glad to hear people are enjoying the campaign.
Wow!!! Was sent here by KVP and he was not kidding!! You just occupied 5 hours of my time! Just simply an amazing site… I could write a book about all the wonders!
Wow – there are so many great thinds about this campaign that it seems unfair to just mention a few. The timeline is genius, completely blows me away. Your integration of multiple sci-fi universes is spectacular. The wiki is magnificent – great image quality
Yeah I like it too, feel free to copy and redo it for your campaign, you know you will get it soon, maybe even next month. If you dont I will be very upset.
I absolutely love, love the placeholder for the COTM from Obsidian!! That is awesomesauce!
Wow! More accolades. Thanks guys. I am still in shock that we made campaign of the month before our first game session. I think that bodes real well for the future of this campaign.
I totally knew this would get campaign of the month eventually when I first favorited it. Congrats, Stephen!
Félicitation Stephen !
Yeah I know about the Rumors. I needed a placeholder for a later addition and rumors was as good as any. Since the Rumors are suppose to help the players discover adventure hooks I figured it was a win win for the game.
As for the Uninformed Hogmoneys, I cracked up and the pic was great too.
also wasnt sure if intentional but u have two links to Rumors on the main wiki page ^^
Grats again on the extremely well earned CotM! Can’t wait to see your adventure logs! If the rest of your setting is anything to judge by they should be pretty awesome :) and with your permission i would love to steal a quote from your wiki page. it mad me laugh quite a bit lol
“Here you will find common knowledge that all the players have access to. If you don’t read it, you can only blame yourself for being an uninformed baboon.”
thanks guys, We could not have done it without the passion and dedication my team put into this project. I truly feel I have one of the best gaming groups in the nation.
Biggup for COTM! Kool!
Congrats on the COTM!! Very well deserved!
Congratulations on being selected Campaign of the Month! Very well deserved.
I hadn’t thought of others commenting but I guess I should. I will post each episode as an individual adventure log entry. Players personal logs will be added as links. Should work nicely to keep it all organized.
As for the Christmas story, that was mostly borrowed from someone else. I wish I knew who to give credit. I modified the story to fit Denchar.
My favorite xmas line:
“subconscious visual hallucinations of variegated fruit confections moving rhythmically through their cerebrums.” Nice work, and welcome to actually playing! Miss not being able to comment on adventure logs… You may want to adjust before to far in…
I’m excited! First time I have put this much work into a character.
Our first game day is tomorow!!!!
I just popped in for a quick Christmas look at the site and am amazed at how deep it goes! Foods, Beverages, Drugs, Games – all very comprehensive. I love the Darkside section too – that sounds challenging! Excellent work! I look forward to being able to read more adventure logs in the future!
We hope so too, with all the work my team has put into making this page great, I am certain the adventures will be exciting and quite interesting.
Looks good, I hope it does well.
First game is December 30. Look for Adventure log updates with the new year.
Final days are counting down. Get me your finalized character by Sunday if possible. Call me if you wont be able to finish by then and at least give me a heads up.
Thanks for the kind words. It has been alot of work and I could have done it without all the help from my team of players and the help a a number of OP members who know coding better than me.
I am totally blown away by the amount of work and dedication that has gone into this site. I generally do not like Star Trek but I am make this a favorite this page as I cannot stop reading all the stuff you have. An inspirational site.
Cool deal dude, thanks for the honor. It was most unexpected.
Star Trek: Late Night – Duskreign’s Favorite Campaign of the Month, December 2012
http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaign/wyrmshadow/wikis/122011 (use this url to link to your status as my CotM for December. You’re on the home page as well, but it will change in January, and I wanted to give you an archived proof that I, Duskreign, am a huge-ass fan of your game.
7 weeks till game day and we still have a bit of unfinished work on the page. I am glad things have grown so much and I couldnt have done it without the aid of my players. I cant believe how many fans we have and we havent even started playing yet. As for details, well details can make or break a game. Deykaris and Myself have been tag teaming the GM job for years and both of us come from detailed oriented backgrounds. We tear everything apart and rebuild them, hopefully better than before. STLN has the advnatage of decades of source material to draw upon.
Wow, and I thought I had lots of stuff on mine! This has become one of, if not the, most detailed site on the Portal….
Awesome work, and a lot of work!!
less than eight weeks till game day. All players need to get your stuff in order as time is running out.
At some point in the future we may expand our gaming group but at this time it is not possible. We prefer tabletop whenever able but are open to online gaming at some point in the future. We are still working out the kinks needed to make it streamlined with the group that always meets face to face. Thanks for the compliment as well as the request to join.
Killer campaign, I wish I was local to your guys. I would love to play a Star Wars bounty hunter in the Federation that works for the Ferengi Alliance hunting down deadbeats who don’t pay their bills. Crazy world you got going and I can just see the more adult scenes that would be possible with a criminal slaver campaign and all the races you are making possible. If you ever open up to online play shoot me a line. I would sooo luv to join.
I’d like to add my thanks to all of the kind words given to us here. It’s blowing my mind that we’re getting this much support and we still haven’t even played a session yet!
Only ten more weeks till we start (January 6, 2012). I know some of the players are chomping at the bit but we need a grand finale for our World of Darkness Campaign before we can start on this one.
Such a badass campaign. You have my vote for a cotm.
Keeps getting better. You might win COTM before a single session is played!
glad ya like and steal what you wish, I am certainly stealing some ideas from your avatar campaign. That is one of the great things about OP, we get to share ideas and all of our games get better for it.
This is such an ingenious setup, and it gets so much better every time i visit! i might have to steel some of these awesome ideas if my friends ever decide they wanna start up a star wars campaign! (the HBO quote on the banner cracks me up every time)
Its the best of both worlds, we get two universes with rich histories to build upon. The conflict I have planned will be horrifying and yet truly enjoyable. My team of players loves the Sandbox approach and having two whole galaxies to explore will grant them many opportunities to be the heros or villains they desire to become.
Incredible detail in the wiki. I like how the Star Wars galaxy history is tied into the more “contemporary” Star Trek world. I imagine every Star Wars fanboy and trekkie out there has thought about pitting a Star Destroyer against starfleet at least once (me included). Fun concept.
I’m off to see the Wizard, The wonderful Wizard of . . . Oh crap, wrong game!
I’ll be doing ALL my shopping in K-7 from now on!
Duskreign did the coding for our timeline and for that I am very grateful, It was killing me trying to get it right and he nailed in a matter of minutes.
Beaver is one of the best tasting meats I have ever had. I need to pick up my trapping liscence for this year so I can get another one. The last one was 70 pounds and 70 pounds is alot of fraking food. I will tell Leslie to put it on the menu.
Awesome! I hope Beaver is on the menu because I have never had that before.
Yeah we will be up my house and leslie will be cooking up Venison and maybe Beaver Stew. Make a feast of the whole thing.
Is the first game set at your house Steve? It would be most fitting.
You guys are too kind. We have been busting our ass trying to get this thing ready for game day (January 6). I cant wait to begin but we have to close out our current World of Darkness campaign first.
I love this wiki! Words fail to encapsulate the awesome.
Hi Stephen,
I wanted to thank you for your comments on my campaigns, and now, I want to congratulate you for your work in the Star Trek Late Night ! The wiki is very impressive, awesome and spectacular !
Et encore merci d’avoir fait l’effort de parler français.
A bientôt
-Mathieu
Thanks for all the great comments. The game is due to begin the first week of January. Hopefully by then we will have the entire site properly formatted and loaded with enough information.
great campaign site! you have obviously spent a lot of time putting content in here which i greatly admire, your players have quite an impressive world to explore keep up the good work :)
HAH! I love this idea. But you know what would be even better? “STAR TREK Late Night Cinemax”. >:)
Good luck with the game, this one I wish I lived close enough to play in! :)
Very cool concept here. Can’t wait to see how the story goes.
Happy Gaming!