In this new series I intend to make one dream card mission for each episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. So without further ado, here is the first mission from "Encounter at Farpoint."
Farpoint Negotiations Deneb IV: Negotiate with Bandi leader for use of Farpoint Station.
(Diplomacy x2 OR Acquisition x2) + Empathy + Exobiology Must seed at spaceline end. 35 points, span 5
I'll try to follow each dream card with a quick commentary on why I made it the way I did. First of all the Federation attempt is pretty obvious (though I'll try not to make every mission attmeptable by the Feds for game balance) and the episode said that the Ferengi were also interested so I made it attemptable by them also. Diplomacy and Acquisition are two ways that the respective governments would probably go about this sort of negotiation. Empaty is to discover the true nature of the station and Exobiology to study that aspect. The points seem reasonable for the skills and the span represents how Farpoint actually was far from the rest of the Federation. The phrase "Must seed at spaceline end" was added to add to the effect that it is far from everything. (Thanks to two of five from decipher's BBS for that idea.) Also watch the dream cards section of this page for a dream card of Farpoint Station that seeds here.
Any questions or comments, e-mail me. If anyone has a better name for this series please let me know, the current one doesn't sound very good to me. Thanks,
Captain Targ
Deneb IV: Negotiate with Bandi leader for use of Farpoint Station.
35 points, span 5