Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ENT:Extinction

While still on the search for the Xindi, the crew sends an away team to an uninhabited planet. Soon after landing, all of the party but T'Pol begin to change. While Phlox tries to discern the best way to deal with the issue, an alien ship and threatens to destroy the Enterprises infected crew members. The aliens are instructive however as the Enterprise crew learn that the planet's long gone inhabitants, the Louque'que, had become sterile and in a bid to avoid extinction, introduced a mutagenic virus into the planet's atmosphere that turned other humanoids into members of their race. Naturally they are able to retrieve their crew without any losses, while sending a cure along with the aliens.

Monday, October 12, 2009

ENT: Xinid and Anomoly

Part of the ongoing story arc of Archer's search for the Xindi home world. Archer gets word of a miner who has a Xindi worker. As Trip and the Enterprise crew deal with the challenge of The Expanse's quirks, Archer and Malcolm attempt to gather information about and from the Xindi miner. The mining operation turns out to be staffed with less than willing workers, and the foreman is not ready to let the Xindi- or a ship full of potential labor- escape.
The Anomaly has the Enterprise fighting both the laws of physics and pirates. Archer gains important information about the Xindi, but at the prise of a piece of his humanity.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Book: DS9: Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods

A book in two parts- one, the story of Kira Nerys; the other, of Illiana Ghemor. Two women- one a privileged daughter of the occupiers upper class, the other one of the occupied. The Obsidian Order attempts to intertwine their fates, but Skrain Dukat steps in and their plans go terribly wrong.

ENT: Bounty, The Expanse

In Bounty, Archer is taken in by a Tellarite who charms him with his friendly, helpful attitude ( yes, we're suspicious already). The Tellarite turns out to be a bounty hunter working for the Klingons, who had impounded his ship some years ago. When he finds out what the Klingons have done to his ship, his loyalties change.
The Expanse starts out with a probe launching a horrific attack on Earth. When watching the opening, we debated whether it was actually Earth- as the DM pointed out, "if such an attack had taken place on Earth, it would have been mentioned. Surely they wouldn't add such an event to Earth history retroactively." But oh yes, they would. The Suliban arrive and take Archer to hear a message from the future- the attackers are the Xindi, and it a a preemptive strike against an attack the Federation will make in 400 years. The season ends with Archer and the crew of the Enterprise in search of the enigmatic Xindi.