You know, this probably would be better off as the skeleton for a B5 RPG campaign. If we combine elements so that the huge space battles are played out using ACTA and the more dramatic portions are driven using RP... actually, I think it'd be pretty cool...
I would like suggestions on how to mechanically write-up these scenarios. Additional scenario suggestions are also very welcome.
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Scenario: The Fall of Mars
After the Battle of the Line, it was several months before the Minbari had sufficiently subdued Earth and Luna. They then turned their attention to the remains of the EF that had gathered around Mars...
The remains of the EA chain of command faced a tough decision. There were not enough forces to fight the Minbari, and after the Line, many felt that the Minbari were an unbeatable foe. Eventually it was decided that the remaining ships, both civilian and military, would jump for the Rim, gathering at the planet others called Za'ha'dum before making one last jump rimward.
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Scenario: All Alone In The Night
The flight to Za'ha'dum was not without event. Minbari forces followed the EA remnants into hyperspace and engaged in them there. The refugee humans lost many ships, both to the Minbari and to hyperspace. The Minbari withdrew when they felt confident they had disrupted enough of the chain to reduce survival chances to nil. (Scenario A)
It was the efforts of the civilian ships that kept too many EF personnell from being lost in hyperspace. The weight of numbers provided a sufficient grouping of beacon signals that many off-beacon members were able to lock on again. Search parties were organized and conducted for eighteen hours. (Scenario B)
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Scenario: A Question of Honor
The human ships that had not jumped to the Rim fled to the borders of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, where they begged for asylum. The League remembered the efforts of the EA during the Dilgar War, and assented to asylum. In particular, the Drazi and Abbai were instrumental in convincing other League members.
The Minbari warrior caste was particularly unsatisfied with the outcome of the Earth-Minbari war. They had been promised that there would be no quarter given to the humans who had murdered Dukhat in cold blood. And yet the Grey Council had stayed their hand: subjugate the remaining humans, do not kill them. Rogue elements of the warrior caste pursued the original genocidal agenda, and attacked the refugee ships near League space.
It was known as Field of Tears, as the League fleet was terribly outmatched by the Minbari ships. It would have ended in loss for the League, had a Vorlon transport not arrived with a message. It was broadcast over multiple spectrums, cutting through the noise of battle as a thunderclap over the desert sky.
"LEAVE."
Unwilling to risk the wrath of the Vorlons, all parties involved fled.
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I would like suggestions on how to mechanically write-up these scenarios. Additional scenario suggestions are also very welcome.
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Scenario: The Fall of Mars
After the Battle of the Line, it was several months before the Minbari had sufficiently subdued Earth and Luna. They then turned their attention to the remains of the EF that had gathered around Mars...
The remains of the EA chain of command faced a tough decision. There were not enough forces to fight the Minbari, and after the Line, many felt that the Minbari were an unbeatable foe. Eventually it was decided that the remaining ships, both civilian and military, would jump for the Rim, gathering at the planet others called Za'ha'dum before making one last jump rimward.
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Scenario: All Alone In The Night
The flight to Za'ha'dum was not without event. Minbari forces followed the EA remnants into hyperspace and engaged in them there. The refugee humans lost many ships, both to the Minbari and to hyperspace. The Minbari withdrew when they felt confident they had disrupted enough of the chain to reduce survival chances to nil. (Scenario A)
It was the efforts of the civilian ships that kept too many EF personnell from being lost in hyperspace. The weight of numbers provided a sufficient grouping of beacon signals that many off-beacon members were able to lock on again. Search parties were organized and conducted for eighteen hours. (Scenario B)
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Scenario: A Question of Honor
The human ships that had not jumped to the Rim fled to the borders of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, where they begged for asylum. The League remembered the efforts of the EA during the Dilgar War, and assented to asylum. In particular, the Drazi and Abbai were instrumental in convincing other League members.
The Minbari warrior caste was particularly unsatisfied with the outcome of the Earth-Minbari war. They had been promised that there would be no quarter given to the humans who had murdered Dukhat in cold blood. And yet the Grey Council had stayed their hand: subjugate the remaining humans, do not kill them. Rogue elements of the warrior caste pursued the original genocidal agenda, and attacked the refugee ships near League space.
It was known as Field of Tears, as the League fleet was terribly outmatched by the Minbari ships. It would have ended in loss for the League, had a Vorlon transport not arrived with a message. It was broadcast over multiple spectrums, cutting through the noise of battle as a thunderclap over the desert sky.
"LEAVE."
Unwilling to risk the wrath of the Vorlons, all parties involved fled.
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