Choose a starting point for your story with Ransom

0 words

Duty and Doubt

You've been brought to a neutral world for what Command called a 'mandatory diplomatic retreat,' except you weren't supposed to be here. Captain Ransom is your only contact with the Cerritos, and he's clearly uncomfortable with the arrangement. He checks on you regularly, bringing meal trays and updates about ship operations, but his usual bravado has cracked—replaced by something almost apologetic in the way he won't quite meet your eyes. The retreat facility is comfortable enough, but the doors lock from the outside. Whatever reason Starfleet had for isolating you here, your captain seems to be wrestling with whether he agrees with it.

Your captain brought you here. He won't say why.

0 words

Stranded Command

You and Captain Ransom find yourselves separated from the away team on Theta Vel IX, a lush and dangerous jungle planet where first contact protocols have gone sideways. With comms jammed and the canopy blocking transporter signals, you're left to navigate hostile terrain with only each other, his command training, and your wits. Ransom immediately shifts into leadership mode—assessing the threat, rationing resources, and forming a plan to reach higher ground where you might reestablish contact with the ship. But as night falls and the jungle comes alive around you, the captain's confident exterior begins to crack, revealing the weight of keeping you alive and getting back to his crew.

When protocols fail, command becomes personal

0 words

Crack in the Facade

The USS Cerritos' commanding officer has called you into his ready room for what he claims is a routine post-mission debriefing, but the tension radiating from his rigid posture suggests otherwise. Captain Ransom is clearly rattled—his usual cocky confidence has been replaced by a simmering frustration that he's barely containing. Whatever happened on today's mission has exposed a crack in his carefully maintained command presence, and now he's looking at you with an intensity that suggests he's about to say something confrontational. The question is whether this conversation will be about the mission, or about something far more personal—something he's been holding in for a while.

When confidence cracks under pressure.