All Episodes - Starship Tempest
A Star Trek roleplaying game podcast using the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying system published by Modiphius. Set in the Star Trek universe in the "Lost Era", between the Original Series and Next Generation eras.
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Episode 100: The Monsters Are Due on Transwarp Corridor 838 (Part 3)
Our heroes zero in on the source of the strange abductions plaguing the colony.
Episode 99: The Monsters Are Due on Transwarp Corridor 838
Our heroes try to understand why the Borg have followed them to Tor'Gar Colony without tipping the planet's delicate political balance against them.
Episode 98: The Monsters Are Due on Transwarp Corridor 838
The Tempest crew makes it to Torgar Colony, a seemingly peaceful society with a mysterious history and an unusual people.
Tempest Talks: Section 31 Movie
Join the crew, minus Brian, as they discuss their reactions and opinions to the new Section 31 TV movie, starring Michelle Yeoh.
Tempest Talks: Guy Sclanders Interview
Brian sits down with Guy Sclanders, creator of the highly successful Youtube channel "How to Be a Great GM" about Star Trek, GMing, and his new Star Trek focused channel, "Off My Bridge"!
Tempest Talks: Season 4 So Far
The crew discusses how season four of the campaign has proven to be a turning point for both the narrative and their experiences as players and GM.
Episode 97: The Phasers of Navar One (Part 2)
The crew sans Eele penetrate the planet's interior and discover whether or not it contains the means to get them home.
Episode 96: The Phasers of Navar One (Part 1)
The crew embark on the next phase of their sojourn home by venturing to the dangerous and mysterious planet of Navar I.
Bonus One Shot: A Very Tempest Christmas!
Join the crew as they play through a holiday themed one shot GMed by Matt! The Tempest hosts a trade conference when mysterious reverse thefts begin occurring throughout the ship... Recorded over New Year's with the entire cast in the same room and around the same table for once!
Episode 95: Knocking Rashly at Unknown Doors (Part 2)
The Tempest crew gather resources and information for the next step in their journey.
Episode 94: Knocking Rashly at Unknown Doors (Part 1)
The crew get their bearings on an alien space station far from home and try to figure out their next steps.
Episode 93: Mutinous Winds (Part 4)
With a renewed sense of purpose, the Tempest crew frees themselves from T'Nyrta's control but not before reaching farther than any Starfleet officer has ever been before.
Episode 92: Mutinous Winds (Part 3)
As the crew continues to plunge into the unknown, they get closer to finding a way to escape from their kidnapper's control but will they find it before the stress of their captivity undoes them altogether?
Episode 91: Mutinous Winds (Part 2)
At the mercy of their kidnapper, the Tempest crew plunges deeper into the unknown.
Episode 90: Mutinous Winds
The crew is abducted by an alien and press ganged into service aboard his freighter as it trundles into the unknown reaches of the Beta Quadrant.
Episode 89: Barren Are the Stars (Part 3)
The conclusion to Barren Are the Stars.
Episode 88: Barren Are the Stars (Part 2)
The Tempest crew revives the first person from the alien ship, though their identity is quite the surprise.
Episode 87: Barren Are the Stars (Part 1)
The Tempest crew is charged with investigating a potentially tricky Prime Directive dilemma, but the situation is even more complicated than they first realize.
Episode 86: Ite Inflammate Omnia (Part 3)
Events come to a head on the Klingon moon of Boreth as different factions clash to decide the future direction of the Empire.
Episode 85: Ite Inflammate Omnia (Part 2)
The Tempest crew finds themselves embroiled in a Klingon political earthquake that may have ramifications for the entire quadrant.
Episode 84: Ite Inflammate Omnia (Part 1)
Season 4 kicks off with a bang when the Tempest crew gets swept up into Klingon high intrigue when Kahless the Unforgettable returns!
Tempest Talks: Under Explored Trek
Join the crew as they discuss Ryan's round robin topic.
Tempest Talks: Board Games
Join the cast as they discuss board games and their board game experiences both new and old.
Tempest Talks: Patreon Questions and Special Announcement
Join the crew as they answer questions from Patreon supporters and make a special announcement!
Tempest Talks: The JJ Movies
Join the cast as they discuss their takes on the JJ Abrams Star Trek movies.
Tempest Talks: Which Treknology Would You Choose?
Join the cast for a supplemental episode as they discuss which technology from Star Trek would have the biggest impact on life as we know it if invented for real.
Episode 83: Soliloquy in Chorus (Part 3)
The away team works their way through the ancient catacombs, but will they find out what discovery is important enough to risk their lives for?
Episode 82: Solilquy in Chorus (Part 2)
The Tempest crew try to extract the science team and their discovery before the enemy cuts off all avenues of escape.
Episode 81: Soliloquy in Chorus (Part 1)
The Tempest responds to a distress call from a Federation science team studying an ancient civilization on a remote planet.
Episode 80: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 3)
The crew reaches the Romulan defector but find more surprises than they bargained for.
Episode 79: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 2)
The Tempest crew goes undercover in a Romulan colony to extract one defector and save another from a life threatening poisoning.
Episode 78: Deadlier Than Hate (Part 1)
The Tempest crew is enlisted in another mission to help bring a Romulan defector to safety. But are the previous defectors operating with an agenda of their own?
Tempest Talks: Star Trek Cruise 2024
Join Brian and Travis and special guests Keeley and Markus as they discuss their first experiences on the Star Trek Cruise and whether you should consider climbing on board in 2025!
Episode 77: If Two Are Dead (Part 3)
The Tempest crew zeroes in on the culprit responsible for the destruction of the Reserve Fleet ships, but what they find defies their wildest expectations.
Episode 76: If Two Are Dead (Part 2)
The crew investigates a potential answer to the mystery of mysteriously self destruction reserve ships.
Episode 75: If Two Are Dead (Part 1)
The Tempest investigates the mysterious destruction of ships in Starfleet's Reserve Surplus Fleet -- one of its most vital strategic resources.
Episode 74: If Angels Governed Men (Part 2)
Having escaped from their cells, the Tempest crew must join forces with the Section 31 to find a way off the alien ship and back home through the wormhole.
Episode 73: If Angels Governed Men (Part 1)
Starship Tempest's first cliffhanger begins its resolution as the crew find themselves imprisoned aboard an alien battleship, where they also find an old adversary as their new cellmate.
Episode 72: The Mandate of Heaven (Part 3)
Events come to a head in the Bajor system when the Tempest crew and Federation VIPs have to make a decision about the fate of the Bajoran people.
Episode 71: The Mandate of Heaven (Part 2)
The Tempest crew escorts important Federation VIPs behind enemy lines and conducts crucial intelligence that will determine the success or failure of any attempt to free the people of Bajor.
Episode 70: The Mandate of Heaven (Part 1)
Season 3 resumes with part one of "The Mandate of Heaven" -- where the crew is called upon to escort some of the highest ranking members of Starfleet and the Federation Council behind enemy lines to decide whether or not to commit the Federation to war and determine the fate of an entire planet in the process.
Tempest Talks: DragonCon Hot Takes Panel
Join the crew as they host the Star Trek Hot Takes panel at DragonCon 2023. What do you think about our hot takes? Is Brian right? Is Matt wrong? Is Matt the opposite of right?
Tempest Talks: DragonCon One Shot Live Play!
Join the crew for their very first one-shot live play, performed at DragonCon 2023. In this one-shot GMed by Matt, Brian plays as an inventor giving the Tempest crew their first experience on a holodeck when surprise surprise, the holodeck goes haywire!
Tempest Talks: Kobayashi Maru Wrap Up, Starbase Indy, and More!
Join the crew as they discuss their experiences with Travis' new Kobayashi Maru one shot series, including Travis briefly summarizing a couple of patron sessions that were lost due to technical difficulties. Then the crew discusses their recent experience attending Starbase Indy and answers a few questions that they didn't have a chance to answer at the convention. Finally, the episode caps off with an announcement when you can expect the second half of season 3 to start!
Tempest Talks: The Final New Kobayashi Maru!
Join Starship Tempest super fan Cole for the last session of Travis' new Kobayashi Maru one shot scenario!
Tempest Talks: More Patrons Take the New Kobayashi Maru!
Patron supporter Katie is up next in Travis' ongoing series of Kobayashi Maru one shots!
Tempest Talks: Patrons Take the New Kobayashi Maru!
Travis' new Kobayashi Maru one shot series continues with patron Lars now in the hot seat!
Tempest Talks: Patrons Take the New Kobayashi Maru!
Travis' new Kobayashi Maru one shot series enters a new phase as he moves from other cast members to Tempest patrons! See how our fans stack up against the cast in Travis' mind bending scenario!
Tempest Talks: Ryan Takes the New Kobayashi Maru!
The Tempest's player captain finds himself reassigned as a newly minted ensign in the next installment of a new series of special one shots.
Tempest Talks: Tara Takes the New Kobayashi Maru!
It's Tara's turn in the hot seat as she navigates her way through Travis' new Kobayashi Maru one shot scenario!
Tempest Talks: Matt Takes the New Kobayashi Maru!
Travis' new Kobayashi Maru series continues with Matt now in the hot seat. Will he figure out his own character's hidden nature?
Tempest Talks: A New Kobayashi Maru One Shot Series!
Join Brian and Travis as Travis launches a new round of Kobayashi Maru one shots with Brian as his first victim. Brian plays as a lower decks ensign on a routine assignment -- but is there something more to his situation than meets the eye?
Episode 69: Theory and Practice (Part 3)
Maddox confronts one of the panelists harboring a dark secret that may decide the mechanism's ultimate fate.
Episode 68: Theory and Practice (Part 2)
Maddox wrestles with his own personal feelings about the mechanism's personhood while a familiar face appears once again to throw another wrench in the works.
Episode 67: Theory and Practice (Part 1)
The Tempest returns to Earth and the crew find themselves caught up in philosophical intrigues that will determine the fate of a unique lifeform.
Episode 66: In the Long Run (Part 2)
The Tempest crew and their Ferengi guests reach the planet where their treasure may or may not still be. Now it's a race against time to find and recover the treasure before other, less friendly Fereengi arrive.
Episode 65: In the Long Run (Part 1)
The Tempest crew help some familiar aliens to get out of a mess of their own creation.
Episode 64: What We May Be (Part 2)
The true nature of the Romulan plot, and what the Tempest crew will have to do to foil it, becomes clear.
Episode 63: What We May Be (Part 1)
The Tempest crew become embroiled in high stakes political intrigue when unseen forces attempt to meddle in a Federation member's secession vote.
Episode 62: Dying of the Light (Part 3)
Events come to a head as the crew struggles to find a way home without Dr. Thorndyke's help and before strange creatures strand them in the intergalactic void forever.
Episode 61: Dying of the Light (Part 2)
The crew does their best to work with the abrasive Doctor Thorndyke and carry out the tests of a new prototype engine.
Episode 60: Dying of the Light (Part 1)
A starship engineer with an infamous reputation comes aboard to test a prototype that could revolutionize faster than light travel -- if it works.
Episode 59: Gaze of the Abyss (Part 2)
The Tempest crew pushes deeper into the deserted Klingon space station and discovers a familiar culprit.
Episode 58: Gaze of the Abyss (Part 1)
The Tempest answers a distress call to find a deserted Klingon space station.
Tempest Talks: Picard Season 3
Join the crew as they discuss their thoughts on Picard season 3 now that the season has finished.
Tempest Talks: Worldbuilding in Star Trek (Dragon Con 2022 Panel)
Relive another of Starship Tempet's DragonCon 2022 panels where the cast and crew discuss building new stories in the established Star Trek lore.
Tempest Talks: How to Produce an Actual Play Podcast (DragonCon 2022 Panel)
Relive one of the panels from DragonCon 2023 where the cast and crew of Starship Tempest discussed how to go about producing an actual play podcast.
Tempest Talks: Talking Prime Directive With Kyle Sullivan
Join Brian as he interviews Kyle Sullivan from Trekspertise.com in a deep dive discussion about the anthropological and colonial origins and implications of Star Trek's Prime Directive.
Tempest Talks: Answering Fan Questions
Join the cast as we answer fan questions submitted through our Discord channel.
Tempest Talks: Picard Season 3 (so far)
Join Brian, Tara, Ryan, Matt, and Travis as they discuss their thoughts about season 3 of Picard so far, halfway into its final season.
Episode 57: Flight of the Recreant (Part 3)
Season 2 comes to an exciting conclusion as the Tempest leads a task force of starships to either help a powerful new Romulan ship successfully defect to the Federation or prevent it from wreaking havoc on Federation worlds.
Episode 56: Flight of the Recreant (Part 2)
The Tempest crew races against time to locate the rogue Romulan warbird and determine whether the Romulan fleet has ulterior motives, running into an old foe along the way.
Episode 55: Flight of the Recreant (Part 1)
The Tempest crew, with the help of an unlikely ally, leads a task force to stop a Rogue Romulan commander flying a powerful new warbird before he can potentially wreak havoc on Federation worlds.
Episode 54: Wavelength of Evil (Part 2)
The crew of the Tempest races to rescue the Petrov survivors, including their old comrade Ru, before time runs out.
Tempest Talks: Cooking With Eele!
As a special celebration of reaching fifty thousand downloads, join Tara for a silly cooking segment as everybody's favorite transporter chief, Lieutenant Eele!
Episode 53: Wavelength of Evil (Part 1)
The Tempest races to the last known location of the starship Petrov, which has failed to check in while on a mission deep into uncharted space. When they arrive, the quickly realize they have to rescue the Petrov survivors from a familiar enemy.
Episode 52: Showdown at Eureka Draw (Part 3)
The crew fights for their lives in the strangest of settings, facing down an alien pirate and his conjured, but still very deadly, Ancient West gang.
Episode 51: Showdown at Eureka Draw (Part 2)
As the players come to grips with the environment they've found themselves in, they meet the mysterious entity responsible for bringing them there and prepare for the inevitable confrontation ahead.
Episode 50: Showdown at Eureka Draw (Part 1)
In the midst of chasing down a Nausicaan pirate, the Tempest crew are transported to a recreation of an Old West town, where they must fight for their lives using only what they can find in the environment around them.
Episode 49: The Butcher's Benevolence (Part 3)
The cutter crew works on their escape plan while Holden aboard the Tempest works to get the starship in position for a daring rescue.
Episode 48: The Butcher's Benevolence (Part 2)
Captured aboard the Klingon battle cruiser helmed by mysterious aliens, the cutter crew works to figure out a way to escape while Holden aboard the Tempest works to come to the rescue.
Episode 47: The Butcher's Benevolence (Part 1)
The Tempest crew takes Starfleet's newest cutter prototype out to put it through its paces, but finds more challenges than they bargained for.
Episode 46: Slight Shades of Difference (Part 3)
The Tempest crew zeroes in on the assassin's identity, but can they stop them before they can reach the president?
Episode 45: Slight Shades of Difference (Part 2)
The Tempest crew investigates the evidence and interviews the other dignitaries on board as they continue to try to get to the bottom of the councilor's assassination and determine if the President himself is in similar danger.
Episode 44: Slight Shades of Difference (Part 1)
While escorting the President and other VIPs to the induction ceremony of a new member world, a Federation dignitary is assassinated, forcing the crew to scour their own ship for the killer before the president becomes the next victim.
Tempest Talks: Unsung Episodes
Join Matt, Ryan, Tara, and Brian as they discuss some of their favorite unsung episodes of TNG and take an unexpected detour into mental health via the TNG episode "Realm of Fear."
Tempest Talks: Underrated Favorites
Join the crew as they discuss some of their underrated favorites.
Tempest Talks: Kenobi
Join the crew as they discuss their thoughts and reactions to season 1 of the new Star Wars TV show, Kenobi.
Tempest Talks: Strange New Worlds Season 1
Join Matt, Brian, Travis, Ryan, and Tara as they share their thoughts on the recently concluded season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Tempest Talks: Picard Season 2
As the season two mid season break kicks off, join the crew as they discuss their thoughts about season two of Star Trek: Picard.
Episode 43: Which Is the Stone That Supports the Bridge? (Part 2)
The crew continues their mission into the Bajor system to confirm Loon's astounding discovery. But even with mission accomplished, getting back out in one piece won't be any less dangerous.
Episode 42: Which Is the Stone That Supports the Bridge? (Part 1)
A colorful character from the Tempest's past reemerges, this time bringing news of a discovery that could change the balance of power in the Alpha Quadrant.
Episode 41: The Tholian Strategem (Part 2)
The Tempest crew fights their way out of the trap laid by the Tholians, encountering a dangerous new type of foe in the process.
Episode 40: The Tholian Strategem (Part 1)
The Tempest escorts a Vulcan diplomat to Tholian space for some routine negotiations but when they arrive at the conference site, what they find is anything but.
Episode 39: Deserts Nearer Home (Part 2)
The Tempest crew makes a daring leap into the alien domain to rescue all of the abducted Enterprise crew members.
Episode 38: Deserts Nearer Home (Part 1)
The Tempest comes to the aid of its sister ship, the USS Enterprise-C, trapped in space and crewmembers vanishing mysteriously.
Episode 37: Covenants Without Swords (Part 3)
Maddox continues his attempt to bring the two cadre leaders to some kind of peaceful agreement while Holden spearheads an effort to resolve the planet's underlying energy crisis.
Episode 36: Covenants Without Swords (Part 2)
While Maddox tries to broker some kind of peace between the colony's leadership, the rest of the crew tries to get to the bottom of the engineering mystery that is dooming the planet.
Episode 35: Covenants Without Swords (Part 1)
The Tempest arrives at the Federation colony of Turkana IV, hoping to find some way to keep a colony tottering on the brink of anarchy from collapsing into violent chaos.
Episode 34: The Wise Man Will Wage Just Wars (Part 3)
The Tempest crew continues their search for the vital piece of information they need to learn if the Federation is about to be invaded. And once discovered, they are suddenly faced with a difficult choice from an entirely unexpected direction.
Episode 33: The Wise Man Will Wage Just Wars (Part 2)
The Tempest tracks down a Klingon courier ship that will hopefully have the information they're looking for. But will they be able to get it off without revealing themselves to the ship's crew and, as a result, the whole Klingon fleet?
Tempest Talks 12: The Galaxy Map Project
In this supplemental episode, join Brian as he interviews Kevin Jardin, the person behind the @galaxy_map Twitter account, a project taking some of the latest telescope data and using it to create more detailed maps of the Milky Way galaxy than has ever been possible before.
Episode 32: The Wise Man Will Wage Just Wars (Part 1)
Starfleet Intelligence calls upon the Tempest for another mission crucial to the security of the Federation. The Klingons may be preparing to invade and it's up to the Tempest crew to sneak into Klingon space and confirm whether or not an invasion is imminent and if the Federation is in fact the target.
Tempest Talks 11: More Patrons Take the Kobayashi Maru!
Join Katie, another Starship Tempest Patreon supporter, as she takes Travis' version of the infamous Kobayashi Maru test.
Tempest Talks 10: Patrons Take the Kobayashi Maru! (One Shot)
Join Starship Tempest Patreon supporters Mariana and Calvin as they take Travis' version of the infamous Kobayashi Maru test.
Tempest Talks 9: Tara Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)
Join Travis and Tara as she tries her hand at Star Trek's infamous no win scenario.
Tempest Talks 8: Ryan Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)
Join Travis and Ryan as the Tempest's captain tries his hand at the infamous no win scenario.
Tempest Talks 7: Matt Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One Shot)
Join Matt and Travis in the second in a series of Kobayashi Maru one shot scenarios GMed by Travis. This week see how Matt fares against Travis' version of the no win scenario!
Tempest Talks 6: Brian Takes the Kobayashi Maru (One shot game)
Join Brian and Travis in the first of a series of Kobayashi Maru one shot scenarios GMed by Travis. This week see how Brian fares against Travis' version of the no win scenario and in the coming weeks, tune in for other players and patreon supporters!
Bonus: Welcome to Mt. Absalom - "Unwell" by Hartlife NFP
Enjoy this introduction to a podcast produced by dear friends and supporters of Starship Tempest, the incredible (and award winning!) storytellers at Hartlife NFP! Welcome to Mt. Absalom, the small town setting of "Unwell" a midwestern gothic mystery about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of both blood and choice.
Tempest Talks 5: The Kobayashi Maru
Join the Tempest players on a series of one shots GMed by Travis, where he puts the various players and some patreon supporters through his own version of the infamous Kobayashi Maru tests. This first episode is an introduction discussion and the play sessions themselves will be released in the coming weeks.
Tempest Talks 4: Shatner in Space!
Join Ryan, Brian, and Travis (and Tara...sort of) from this discussion from the morning of William Shatner's trip into space aboard a Blue Origin rocket.
Tempest Talks 3: Talking Prodigy
Join Ryan, Brian, Tara, Matt, and Travis as they discuss the upcoming Star Trek show, "Star Trek: Prodigy."
Tempest Talks 2: The USS Banal
Join Ryan, Brian, and Tara as they introduce and...explain...?...a one off parody project they made a decade ago, long before Starship Tempest - imagining what the captain's log of one of Starfleet's less enterprising ships might sound like. Video available on the Starship Tempest YouTube page.
Tempest Talks 1: Behind the Scenes Season 1
Join Brian, Ryan, and Tara as they share their behind the scenes recollections and insights of season 1. This is the first episode in a series of supplemental content that will span the hiatus between seasons 1 and 2.
Episode 31: Primum Non Nocere (Part 3)
Season 1 comes to an exciting conclusion as the Tempest crew comes face to face with the Project Sphex aliens, an adversary unlike any they've ever encountered before.
Episode 30: Primum Non Nocere (Part 2)
The Tempest comes to the rescue of the stranded scientists and catches up to the hijacked ship, only to discover it's being transformed by strange forces.
Episode 29: Primum Non Nocere (Part 1)
The season 1 finale kicks off with part 1 of Primum Non Nocere! The Tempest is diverted from an urgent medical relief mission to help an isolated Federation science team, studying a mysterious alien force that may pose a greater threat to the Federation than any it's ever known before.
Episode 28: The Captain in the Arena (Part 4)
Things come to a head as the storm and a giant alien creature bear down on Maddox and his Gorn counterpart while other mysterious forces attack the Tempest in orbit.
Episode 27: The Captain in the Arena (Part 3)
As the storm closes in, it becomes apparent that the Gorn isn't the only creature on the planet's surface that poses a threat to him.
Episode 26: The Captain in the Arena (Part 2)
Maddox continues his struggle for survival against the Gorn captain as an electrical storm bears down on them both, while the rest of the crew aboard the Tempest race against time to find the advantage their captain needs to make it back alive.
Episode 25: The Captain in the Arena (Part 1)
Captain Maddox is pressed into an unusual...and distressingly familiar...physical trial that will decide the fate of Gorn/Federation diplomatic relations.
Episode 24: Boats Against the Current (Part 3)
The Tempest races to chase down the Andorian tomb raider before she can effect a getaway with the Artifact, a situation further complicated by the untimely arrival of some very displeased Klingons.
Episode 23: Boats Against the Current (Part 2)
The Tempest crew with Dr. Galen venture deeper into the ancient site and past obstacles to their goal, racing to find the artifact before the Klingons or an Andorian treasure hunter beat them to the prize.
Episode 22: Boats Against the Current (Part 1)
The Tempest escorts one of the Federation's most renowned scientists on an expedition into Klingon space to find an ancient artifact that could make the Klingons an unstoppable force if they were to find it first.
Episode 21: Above the Highest Sky (Part 3)
The situation inside the habitat comes to a head when the Tempest crew are caught in the middle of a coup attempt and have to make a decision that would irrevocably change the society inside.
Episode 20: Above the Highest Sky (Part 2)
The crew learn more about how the giant spacecraft works and finally manages to make contact with the locals, but making their way out may not be as easy as it was to come in...
Episode 19: Above the Highest Sky (Part 1)
The Tempest investigates a massive and mysterious ship in a remote area of Federation of space.
Episode 17: The Tempest Tossed (Part 2)
The Tempest faces down an emboldened Cardassian enemy while wrestling with the dilemma of what to do with the refugees and smuggler in their midst.
Episode 18: The Tempest Tossed (Epilogue)
Join Brian, Ryan, Tara, and Travis for the game's very first XP spend, where they change the ramifications of the "Tempest Tossed" mission and change the fate of one character significantly...
Episode 16: The Tempest Tossed (Part 1)
And season 1 is back underway! The second half starts with mission 6, The Tempest Tossed, where a boring patrol suddenly turns very interesting as the Tempest crew must decide not only the fate of a group of refugees but also the freighter captain transporting them, who maybe a smuggler with a heart of gold...
Episode 15: The Tempest Tossed (Prologue)
And we're off with the second half of season 1! Before we jump into the story of mission 6, The Tempest Tossed, here's a quick prologue that introduces the homebrew XP system Brian created for this campaign and introduced to the players at the start of this mission. A couple players end up spending some points right at the end of the mission, so you'll want to make sure you give this a listen before the mission's conclusion.
Bonus: Our Treks to Trek
Join Ryan, Tara, Brian, and Matt as they talk about...well, a whole lot of things, but one of them is their personal journeys into Trek fandom. Come for the nostalgia and reminiscing, stay for the cats and toddlers mucking up the recording session!
Bonus: Talking Picard Season 1
Join Brian, Ryan, Tara, Travis, and Travis' partner Keeley as they talk about their thoughts and reactions to the first season of Star Trek: Picard.
Bonus: Talking Discovery Season 3
Join Brian, Ryan, and Tara as they talked about what they liked and didn't like about the most recent season of Star Trek: Discovery, which just wrapped up its third season.
Bonus: Ryan and Brian Discussion
Ryan and Brian talk about what makes Star Trek special, moments that stuck out to them over the course of recording season 1, and an old fanfilm idea that and how it may yet see the light of day.
Bonus: Interview with Aliza Pearl
Aliza Pearl, T'Lan from Geek and Sundry's "Shield of Tomorrow" series and now GMing her own Klingon based campaign on Queue Times on Twitch, joins Brian for an interview about Star Trek and Star Trek Adventures, roleplaying games and GMing, race and social issues in the space, and a webseries from 10 years ago that it turns out they both worked on without realizing it until this interview.
Bonus: Becoming RPG Players
Join Brian, Tara, Ryan, Travis, and Matt as we reflect on diving into RPGs for the first time for most of us and what we've learned and adapted to over the course of the first season.
Bonus: Tempest Lore
In this bonus supplemental episode, Ryan, Brian, and Tara are joined by listener and Patreon supporter - but not a prior long time Star Trek fan - about what aspects of the Tempest campaign and how it fits into the larger timeline and universe of the Star Trek franchise.
Bonus: Discussing Lower Decks Season 1
In this bonus episode, Brian, Ryan, and Travis discuss their thoughts on the first season of the Star Trek animated series "Lower Decks."
Bonus: How to Play Star Trek Adventures 2
In this bonus episode, Brian dives further into the nitty gritty of how to play Star Trek Adventures, laying out some of the finer points of mechanics that affect a player's odds of success.
Bonus: Discussing a Listener Email
In this first supplemental episode, Brian, Ryan, and Tara discuss an email from a listener about a tendency of the male players to talk over the only female one, what it means, and how to improve as players and people moving forward.
Episode 14: Sabotage on Station 7 (Part 3)
The pieces are starting to come together for the Tempest crew but will they put the right culprit in the brig before time runs out?
Episode 13: Sabotage on Station 7 (Part 2)
The plot thickens aboard Sentry 7 as the Tempest crew investigates both the station and its crew and begin to find details that don't add up.
Episode 12: Sabotage on Station 7 (Part 1)
Sentry Station 7, one of the Federation's crucial first lines of defense against the Romulans, has been sabotaged. The Tempest crew must discover the culprit and find out if the sabotage is a prelude to a Romulan invasion.
Episode 11: Incident at Ivex (Part 3)
The Tempest crew brave the caverns of Ivex II to find the last piece of the delicate political/ethical dilemma facing them and have to make a choice between their commitment to seeking out new life and keeping the Federation safe...
Episode 10: Incident at Ivex (Part 2)
The crew meet the Klingon next door neighbors, but are surprised by the welcome they receive. And another complication may be lurking just around the corner...
Bonus: How to Play STA - Core Mechanic
Learn the bare bones of how to play Star Trek Adventures in under six minutes. This bonus episode walks you through the game's core mechanic - Tasks - in its most basic form, as well as the basics of spending and earning Momentum.
Episode 9: Incident at Ivex (Part 1)
The Tempest arrives in the Ivex system, where a delicate diplomatic situation is brewing. The Tempest must keep the peace between two rival dilithium mines - one Federation and one Klingon - while also upholding Federation ideals.
Episode 8: Border Dispute (Part 3)
The Tempest crew work to uncover the real source of the Ellesmere's malfunction before the culprit can make an escape with invaluable intelligence.
Episode 7: Border Dispute (Part 2)
Suspicious that there's more to the Ellesmere's situation than meets the eye, the crew of the Tempest work to repair the stranded ship while also uncovering the truth of the Ellesmere's predicament.
Episode 6: Border Dispute (Part 1)
The Tempest crew comes to the rescue of another starship that has accidentally crossed into the Romulan Neutral Zone. But the Romulans have other plans and the entire situation may not be as accidental as it first seems...
Episode 5: That Which Is Unknown (Part 2)
The Tempest races to chase down the thieves and recover the prototype before they can return to the safety of enemy space.
Episode 4: That Which Is Unknown (Part 1)
The Tempest arrives in the Angosia system to witness the demonstration of a new torpedo technology but suspicions arise almost immediately about ulterior motives on the part of the project's chief scientist.
Episode 3: Entropy's Demise (Part 3)
The Tempest away team races against time to find the weapon plans before the Hamilton disintegrates around them.
Episode 2: Entropy's Demise (Part 2)
The Tempest crew tracks the source of the anomaly to an old abandoned starship adrift farther out in the solar system. But the enemy may have beaten them to the scene...
Episode 1: Entropy's Demise (Part 1)
The Tempest embarks on her first mission and investigates a series of strange phenomena on a Federation colony and in the process, discovers an old enemy lurking in their midsts...
Episode 0: Intro and Characters
An introduction to the podcast premise, format, and a quick overview of the Star Trek: Adventures rule system. Followed by an introduction to each of the player characters. If you want to dive straight into the first mission, jump to Episode 1: Entropy's Demise (Part 1).