Star Trek: Fistful of Dilithium - The Covid Nebula Campaign

The Covid Nebula contains a Fluidic/Subspace Convergence Anomaly, and unbearable levels of Ionized Trillium particles, substantially hindering scanners and making Transporters all but useless. Away Teams must rely on Shuttlecraft to reach the surface of even the most accommodating planets inside the Nebula.

What this means to us as players is that we need a shuttle to place in our Deployment Zone. The Shuttle marked not only a starting point, but also a our point of Escape. We decided that simply running off the edge of the table was akin to going Out of Action, and thus required rolls on the OoA tables at the end of the game, whereas returning to your shuttle allowed your model to exit the table and be safe.  If someone didnt have shuttlecraft we could slap down a piece of Pattern Enhancer terrain  to denote their entry/exit point.  (How did the Pattern Enhancers get there? It’s Called a Plot-Hole, Steve. You loved Into Darkness, but suddenly – in a war game, of all places! – a little hand-waving convenience is just too much to bear? [we did mention that part of the fun is arguing with your buddies about Trek while you play with your army mans])

Many of the scenarios that we play also rely heavily on objectives related to shuttlecraft: Do XYZ, take it to your shuttle; Defend your Shuttle; etc. And most importantly: they just look damned cool on the table.

The Current Teams that have shuttles are: The House of Kosq, Prak-Tarr Heavy Industries, IRW I’tirex, IRW Perutix, USS Hermes, USS Artemis, USS Ares, Assault Squad Theta, Halvor Caju, Black Crest Cluth.. and Larry’s Borg have wreckage…so we count that.

Below is a couple of the Shuttles, I’ll add more photos the others as I  remember to take pictures of them.