Both Sides Now (Artemis)
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Thirty years ago, the Interstellar Commonwealth made first contact with the Shint, a mysterious race with possible extragalactic origins. The warlike, technologically-advanced Shint have no desire for peaceful coexistence, and after a brief cold war between the two, the Shint launched an all-out campaign of terror against the Commonwealth. Their first target, Cardassia, was wiped off the galactic map within minutes. The next day, Bajor was destroyed, along with the recently-discovered wormhole.
Now, after three decades of nonstop warfare, the Shint have all but prevailed. The Commonwealth has only a handful of ships and star systems left under its control, and even the most optimistic projections show the Commonwealth will fall to the Shint within a year. The crew of the CIC Desdemona, one of the last functioning Commonwealth ships, wonder how much longer they can defend their collapsing state against a vastly superior and ruthless enemy.
The Shint have a weapon capable of manipulating the fabric of reality, against which the Commonwealth have no meaningful defense. Using this tenebrous, evil weapon, the Shint have chipped away at the Commonwealth’s territory, conquering one planet after another. With all other options exhausted, the desperate crew of Desdemona must steal one of the reality-warping weapons, in a last-ditch effort to tip the scales of war in their favor.
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Conclusion
Crew Manifest
Character name | Rank equivalent[1] | Duty post | Notes |
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Addison MacKenzie | Colonel | Commanding officer | Counterpart of Addison MacKenzie |
Yogan Yannick | Major | Executive officer | Counterpart of Yogan Yalu |
Ares 'Romeo' Dakora | Major | Air group commander | Counterpart of Talos Dakora |
Genkos Adea | Lieutenant Colonel | Chief physician | Counterpart of Genkos Adea |
Victor 'Vik' Olivera | Captain | Tactician | Counterpart of Vitor Silveira |
Luana Yellir | Captain | Engineer, cyber-warfare specialist | Counterpart of Hallia Yellir |
Harry Yancey Sato | 1st Lieutenant | Counselor | Counterpart of Hiro Jones |
Jovenan | 1st Lieutenant | Science officer | Counterpart of Jovenan |
Flint Johnathan Kader | 2nd Lieutenant | Navigator | Counterpart of Flint Kader |
Savel | 2nd Lieutenant | Counterpart of Savel | |
Lux | 2nd Lieutenant | Special ops, Quantum mechanics specialist | Counterpart of Luxa Lorana |
Gila Thevn | 2nd Lieutenant | Physician | Counterpart of Gila Sadar |
Kuva | 2nd Lieutenant | Liaison officer to the Unified Resistance | Counterpart of Kuva |
MSNPCs
References
- ↑ The Interstellar Commonwealth uses a rank structure similar to that of the prime universe Starfleet Marine Corps. Not all crew members are graduates of the Commonwealth Fleet Academy; some hold field commissions or provisional ranks.