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Today, Modiphius debuted a new Actual Play series for the second edition of Star Trek Adventures.

If anyone wants to get a feel for what the game is like, this is probably a good place to start.

that’s kind of the whole point of the Section 31 storyline in DS9.

Again, no. That's not the story they're telling, and there's no episode that tries to make that point. It's a massive leap of logic to try to make that case.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

All I'm doing is accurately describing the way the organization was depicted on DS9.

Only on Sunday, after everyone's gone home.

To me, "redemption" implies forgiveness, while "atonement" implies reparation or sacrifice, without actual forgiveness being in the equation. I think it's an interesting notion, if they can pull it off.

Georgiou has great potential to be a sort of nature/nurture story.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've said elsewhere in the thread that I think there's a difference between redemption and atonement - I had the impression from the season 3 two-parter that they'd be taking the latter route with Georgiou. I think that could be really interesting, should they go in that direction.

This teaser really didn't provide any information as to whether they will, though.

I've never tried it, but the game has been around since 2009, which seems like a pretty good shelf life for a licensed game.

It's also picked up a couple of awards - the Grog d'Or for Best Roleplaying Game 2010 and the UK Game Expo Best Roleplaying Game 2010.

All in all, it sounds promising, though I swore years ago not to buy RPGs I would likely never actually play.

I think "Prodigy" did something similar in season one, when Dal's various genetic traits were asserting themselves.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looking at the Play store entry for Lost in Time...it appears to have all Doctors in it. Maybe this is just what they went with for promotional purposes (which would be dumb, but when did we start expecting them to do things that aren't dumb)?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

From the trailer, I don't get the impression that they're trying to come back from it - rather, they're leaning in to it.

Notaro likely didn't have a contract at all for Discovery, but I doubt that would have affected anything. I don't get the impression that Wiseman would be overly expensive, either - Notaro is still the bigger star.

Maybe Wiseman just didn't want to commit to a full season or something.

Does anybody play this game? Is that just...who the game's about?

I tried the Lower Decks game when it came out - it's an idle game, which didn't exactly interest me.

But hey, it led to me learning what an idle game is.

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