Star Trek Encounters : Story Synopsis

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This story synopsis is being expanded as I play through the game.  Please choose an era:

ENTERPRISE
TOS
TNG
DS9
VOY
SOVEREIGN
 
 ENTERPRISE ERA

MISSION TITLE: Incursion
Location: Jupiter Station.

William Shatner Voice Introduction: Following the unprovoked Xindi attack on Earth, the Enterprise NX-01 sits in space dock undergoing a major refit to its engine and weapons systems. The time has come to put the newly refitted craft through its paces. Okay Captain, "She's all yours".

Description: The mission is a series of tutorials. A race followed by targeting and destroying objects like asteroids and cargo containers. The Xindi end up attacking so you have to protect Jupiter Station by laying mines before destroyinng some fighters and capturing a Xindi Cruiser.

MISSION TITLE: Xindi Superweapon

William Shatner Voice Introduction: Following the failed incursion at Jupiter Station, the last remnants of the Xindi invasion armada flee. Hidden aboard four Xindi cruisers is a partial schematic of the Xindi's planet killing superweapon. Locate the cruisers and retrieve the schematics then destroy the superweapon before it is launched for Earth.

Description: The mission consists of following the warp trails of the Xindi cruisers and destroying the ships to get the schematics.  You then head out to destroy the superweapon.

MISSION TITLE: The Expanse

William Shatner Voice Introduction: Enterprise is on a mission to destroy the Xindi spheres and end the production of Xindi superweapons. The Expanse is an unstablen region, dense nebula clouds will interfere with your scanners. Use these nebula clouds to your advantage, the Xindi will not be able to detect your presence. The region is heavily guarded. Stealth is recommended over a frontal assault. Scanners indicate seven spheres in the network, with one sphere showing signs of damage. Locate the damaged sphere, it may contain the key to the destruction of the entire network.

Description: You navigate to each of the spheres using nebulae for cover.  Once you find the damaged sphere, you dock with it, and take the information back to Jupiter Station.  You protect Jupiter Station while the Xindi attack it to prevent the information from being analyzed.  When the analysis is complete, Jupiter Station upgrades you, and you head off to destroy the spheres.
 
 TOS

MISSION TITLE: Savior
Location: Klingon Space

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The Klingon Empire is on the verge of civil war. Enterprise's mission is to protect and escort the mediator to the peace talks at a nearby starbase. Orion Raiders have been reported in this area, they should be considered hostile. Fly ahead and intercept any Orion craft.

Description: After you dispose of some Orion ships and a minefield, some renegade Klingons drop in. They damage the Vulcan ship holding the mediator, so you have to use your tractor beam to tow the ship to the destination, while fighting off Klingons. When you arrive at the starbase, you must defend it against more Klingons.  When you defeat them, the mission is complete.

MISSION TITLE: Cat and Mouse
Location: Debris Field

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The renegade Klingon cruiser responsible for the attack on the Vulcan mediator has been tracked to a debris field. Enter the debris field, locate the cruiser and bring the ship and its crew to justice.

Description: The mission consists of using warp trails to find the Cruiser in the debris field. Once you locate it, you must disable its engines and weapons and then tow it to the extraction point safely.

MISSION TITLE: A Specter's Shadow
Location: Klingon Territory

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The crew of the Enterprise has taken control of the captured renegade Klingon cruiser. Their mission is to find the location of rebel shipyards. Then lead a Federations taskforce in the attack upon it. The rest of the Federation taskforce are hiding in the nebula. Rendezvous with these craft for further instructions.

Description: Once you rendezvous with the taskforce, you are set out to beam aboard a Klingon vessel and steal the location of the shipyards. Upon verifying illegal activity at the shipyards, you must beam away teams onto the shipyards to plant explosives. Once all shipyards and Klingon ships are destroyed, you finish the mission.

MISSION TITLE: Dead in the Water
Location: Deep Space

William Shatner Voice Introduction: Responding to a distress signal from a Vulcan ship, Enterprise drops from warp and hails the stricken craft. But before the Vulcan can respond, Klingon ships decloak and open fire. The Vulcan is destroyed and the Enterprise is left dead in the water.

Description: You must defend against several waves of attacks while stationary. First your torpedoes don't work, then your phasers, etc When you are fully repaired you head out with two other Starfleet ships to destroy the Klingon presence.

MISSION TITLE: Battle at Genesis
Location: Planet Genesis

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The Klingons are attempting to retrieve fragments of the Genesis device. They believe they can use the fragments to construct a powerful weapon. The Genesis planet has become unstable and time is of the essence. Use the warp conduits to reach the Genesis planet and prevent the Klingons from retrieving any fragments.

Description: To reach Genesis, you use warp conduits. Once there, you go around destroying a lot of Klingons before the Genesis planet explodes. When it does you have to use warp conduits to escape the shockwave.
 
 TNG

MISSION TITLE: Shadows and Dust
Location: Federation Space


William Shatner Voice Introduction: The Romulans have discovered a wormhole into Federation space and are planning an attack. Three Romulan scouts have already passed through the wormhole. Between them, the scouts hold data showing the wormhole location. Track down the scouts and retrieve the data.

Description: After retrieving the location of the wormhole from three scouts, you must prevent Warbirds from entering it. A heavily shielded Warbird loaded with antimatter is then detected on a collision course with a Federation station. To disrupt the Warbird's shields, you must target radioactive asteroids in close proximity to it. Once the Warbird is destroyed, the mission is complete.

MISSION TITLE: Into the Wormhole
Location: Alpha Quadrant

William Shatner Voice Introduction: After the recent failed invasion, a large Romulan presence remains on the other side of the wormhole. This Romulan presence poses a threat to the Federation. Enterprise enters the wormhole to destroy all Romulan craft.

Description: After taking on some waves of Romulans, you set out to destroy radioactive asteroids that are blocking Starfleet communications. When you contact Starfleet, they trasmit the location of a Romulan command center, which you must destroy. To destroy it, you must beam an away team onto a Warbird loaded with antimatter, and redirect it to collide with the command center. Upon destroying the Command center, you must defend two damaged Federation starships and two them to the wormhole. This completes the mission.

MISSION TITLE: See No Evil
Location: The Neutral Zone

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The Romulans are using a black hole to destroy evidence of illegal technology. Secure three pieces of evidence and return them to the Federation starbase for analysis.

Description: Once you collect the evidence and tow it to the Starbase, the Romulans plan an attack on the Starbase to destroy the evidence. They are jamming transmissions, so you must find three Starfleet ships and recruit them for the defense of the station. Once you destroy the Romulans, the mission is complete.

MISSION TITLE: Behemoth
Location: Alpha Omicron Sector

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The USS Enterprise encounters a strange space faring lifeform while on a routine mission.

Description: While orbiting the lifeform, you detect Orion raiders attacking the lifeform. You must stop them. Once the Orions are dealt with, you are sucked into the organism's wound and in the process lose engine power. You must defend yourself against the organism's immune system until you regain engines. When that happens, you must help heal the organism by charging its nodes. The last part of the mission is escaping before the wound heals.

 
 DEEP SPACE NINE

MISSION TITLE: Into the Badlands
Location: The Badlands

William Shatner Voice Introduction: Intelligence reports that the Jem'Hadar are using the Badlands as a staging place for an attack on Federation space. It is believed that the Jem'Hadar are responsible for the abduction of multiple friendly ships in the region. Your mission is to enter the badlands, destroy hostile craft, and recover the missing friendly ships.

Description: After you recover the friendly ships, you must navigate through a plasma storm. Once you do this, the Jem'Hadar attack fleet is located by Starfleet Intelligence. The larger ships are unmanned but have heavy shields and are protected by fighters. You have to use mines to destroy the larger ships - once done the mission is over.

MISSION TITLE: Fire at Will
Location: Bajor System

William Shatner Voice Introduction: The USS Defiant is ordered to investigate reports of hostile Jem'Hadar activity at a nearby nebula.

Description: You encounter some Jem'Hadar in the nebula and have to destroy them. You are then told to check into Jem'Hadar activity near Bajor, where you find more Jem'Hadar. Once they are destroyed, you receive a message that DS9 is under attack and must help defend it. You then dock with DS9 and take control of the station's defenses to drive off the Jem'Hadar attack. The Jem'Hadar begin using tractor beams to propel asteroids towards DS9, which you must destroy. The Jem'Hadar then attempt to enter the Alpha Quadrant through the wormhole and you must hold the invasion back. Starfleet sends a ship with an anitmatter bomb which you must protect until it enters the wormhole. Once it does, it destroys the invasion fleet, ending the mission.

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