Here are three possible candidates for the Pilot of<em>Flight of the Vanguard</em>:<br/><br/><strong>#1. The Bright Silence </strong><br/>A team of Federation archaeologists is salvaging the wreck of an incredibly ancient, incredibly alien vessel when they seem to vanish in mid-communication with the nearby Vanguard. The crew must investigate... but can they avoid joining the ranks of the vanished themselves?<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">#2. Death's Other Kingdom</span> is confirmed as our Pilot Episode!</strong><br/>The Vanguard is sent to investigate reports of strange visions among the work crews attempting to build a new research station, and discovers a bizarre artifact that radiates weird, haunting phenomena... almost like ghosts. But it turns out that mere ghosts might be the least of their problems...<br/><br/><strong>#3. Til Human Voices Wake Us</strong><br/>The Vanguard intercepts a distress call from an aquatic research outpost on Samaris IV, and finds it under attack by strange tentacled creatures from the depths of the world's vast oceans. But is there more to these seeming monsters than meets the eye?<br/><br/>Players, please feel free to discuss your preferences in-thread, and PM me your votes. I'll supply as much non-spoileriffic information as I can about each option on request.<br/><br/>As we're waiting to launch our voyage in early October, this is also a good opportunity to discuss relationships among our cast's core members -- remember that with our action-oriented game format, we won't have a lot of time for relationship-related dialogue in the game itself, so it's a good idea if we work out in advance, even just in really broad strokes, some of the basic elements of how the characters will see and react to each other.<br/><br/>(EDIT: As Saria alludes to, a factor in those relationships will be exactly<em>when</em>we're starting. So it would be great if players can also weigh in on whether they'd prefer a Pilot at<strong>Beginning of Voyage</strong>(first few weeks) or in<strong>Early Voyage</strong>(first few months), when the characters' attitudes to each other would be a little more fixed.)