USS Carter Season 2, Episode 2

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netcurmudgeon has started posting the log entries here. 

That session went damn well. The players peeled the onion in pretty much the way I planned for, but still threw in enough curves too keep things interesting. As usual, my episode plans got to Act III (the Resolution) and turned into a big blank to give them free, GM-unfiltered reign to solve the problems presented, and as usual they did not disappoint. We even started laying the groundwork for some of the season long personal subplots - the romance between Science Officer Pelski and Lt. Raven (who reports to him...), the promotion track for Lt. Fujita and T'prin's personal redemption - which makes me happy. 

I'm even pretty sure the players and PCs caught the thematic linkage between the colonists unwillingness to ever leave anyone behind with the energy being's unwillingness to sacrifice any of their collective to save all of them. If not, well, I just spelled it out.