Let's face it. Dealing with "the thing" is not what most persons
would consider entertainment. Maybe a few crewmembers on the edge
would really enjoy confronting the vampire like entity, but not me,
and not most of the crew. It's time for a change of pace...
Something that would take our minds off what we had to contend with
recently. It was with this in mind that I requested some down time
for the crew. Noting our current position, and the short travel time
to the nearest planet, Omicron Delta, the Admiral approved. Within
days, we will be in orbit around the planet. All crewmembers not
required for basic services are directed to transport to the surface
for shore leave.
A brief summary of the information available from the
ship's library follows:
A wondrous place discovered by Captain Kirk and the
Federation starship ENTERPRISE nearly twenty-five years ago - discovered quite
by accident.
Omicron Delta is a play world originally created
purely for the amusement of a race of beings that were far more advanced than
the human race - and far more sophisticated. The below-ground computers were
designed to read the desires of the visitors and then turn those thoughts into
reality.
It would have been all well and good if their thoughts
could have been carefully controlled! Unfortunately, the crew of the ENTERPRISE
had some pretty perilous moments before things settled down and a good time was
had by all.
Since humanoids seemed to have populated this section
of the galaxy, the strange aliens who had created this world have evidently
moved on to "greener pastures", abandoning the planet with it's subsurface
computers and factories.
The computers, not designed to sit idly by with
nothing to do, have regenerated themselves to provide recreation more in line
with the 24th Century Starfleet personnel. Shore leave parties now must only
select the "world" they desire to be in and they are transported to it. Like a
skiing weekend? Or maybe ride a horse off into the sunset in the Old West? Go to
an old Terran carnival? Select it and you're transported there! Whatever your
desire, it's available. One thing you might want to keep in mind, most but not
all of the people you meet in this world are manufactured... Other starships
personnel may be on shore leave in the area.