Greetings,

I have an idea for a temporary bridge officer character for missions. A guest star that is specific to the mission. A character that foundry authors can create that plays the mission with the away team as a temporary bridge officer.

This means you could have a character on your team that could actually run the risk of dying.

A character written by cryptic or foundry authors that would not conflict with your expectations of your officers.

Thoughts?

I like it. While I usually hate the idea of escort missions, in the Star Trek verse, they would make sense (though, the option to make their "death" non-permanent needs to be in place). Plus the series had Guest Stars all the time. This has some great potential for story missions, +1 to you.

Doesn't have to be an escort, it could just be an option related to story. Not just from regular game play combat. Like sending Geordie to his death to save the ship.

I just Love this Idea

Get William Shatner he will do it.

Yeah he guest-starred and died in a movie.

Fascinating. Will the creativity of the human mind never cease to amaze and delight us.

+1 to you, sir. Good form.

I like it. And this could be used to improve some past missions involving NPCs that follow you around (like Zelle in "Divide et Impera" and Drake in "Suspect").

Yup - being able to create party members the mission author can control is a vital story-telling mechanism. Been calling for this for ages now!

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