Star
Trek Pulp Alley Scenario: The Apple.
This was a 4 player Pulp Alley scenario inspired by the Star Trek Original series episode “The Apple” and other similar episodes where a primitive people are enslaved by a computer that also threatens the Enterprise. In this case other forces besides the Federation are involved.
Background:
On stardate 3715.3, the Federation starship USS
Enterprise along with Klingon, Romulan and Temporal Marauder ships arrives at
Gamma Trianguli VI, a planet that appears to be a tropical paradise with very
rich natural mineral resources and very dense jungle terrain inhabited by
primitive natives. Each ship captain is
eager to gain the mineral rights for his home world and they send down landing
parties to try to make contact with the natives but things soon start to go
wrong. The jungle is full of dangerous
plants that attack animal life, including firing poison darts, plus some of the
minerals (rocks) are explosive. It is
also difficult to navigate through the jungle and the natives prove to be
elusive. However some intelligence is
gathered, the natives are called the "Feeders of Vaal" and are
effectively slaves to Vaal who is a “god” they worship. The natives provide
Vaal with fuel (minerals) and in return it provides the natives with
all other resources such as food and shelter and moral guidance. Vaal’s temple
is in a large Moai like head statue on a hill in a jungle clearing. Spock's analysis shows that the entrance to
Vaal’s temple is protected by a force field, and it appears to lead to an
underground complex with a computer system, perhaps constructed by a long-dead
civilization.
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| From the original Star Trek T.V. episode "The Apple" Vaal. |
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| Vaal's Forcefield |
