The Hottest Blood of All was a roleplay module for FASA's Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game. It was the eighth of eleven licensed adventures published in FASA magazines, this one in Stardate Magazine vol.3 #1. In this adventure, a sequel to TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Voyage Home, a Federation science team studies George, Gracie and baby humpback whale Jessie in the Pacific Ocean.
Description[]
- This is an adventure for five to seven Star Fleet characters of relatively low rank. They are serving as consultants and liaison between Star Fleet and the personnel of Federation Ocean Monitoring Platform Onizuka; officially they are part of Project Nursery – the study and the security of the only three whales left on Terra. In the course of the adventure, security is breached, and a potentially murderous crime is committed. The characters must remedy the injury and bring the perpetrators to justice — if they can be found. Along the way they may also discover some things no one else on Earth or in the Federation knows about the whales and the mysterious probe sent to contact them.
Summary[]
Shortly before Gracie gives birth to Jessie, the Federation initiates Project Nursery to monitor and study the whale family from a safe distance, aided by an Arcadian attaché. But after three months, little has been learned about the species that saved Earth from the Cetacean Probe. The whales have migrated to Hawaii and are feeding several miles offshore. The Molokai government demands that the whales be removed from the region, as they are harming local fish populations. During a confrontation with their officials, zoologist Margaret deSilva discovers that the whales are stationery and not breathing, and will drown if not rescued in the next 15 minutes.
Sea skimmers use cargo anti-gravity units and ropes to lift George and Gracie to the surface, but Jessie is missing. When her parents awaken, they are agitated, break free of their cradles, and begin diving in circular search patterns looking for their child. Arcadian Maha Naree slips away underwater, listening for any signs of Jessie. After 30 minutes, the whales start heading east. Maha reports a faint sound in that direction that may be Jessie, and asks if Onizuka should follow.
- Subsequent events depend on gameplay, including whether Starfleet is able to uncover the details of Operation Motherlove. The module includes detailed biographies of Onizuka staff as well as maps of Hawaii and southern California.
References[]
Characters[]
- Luther Birnbach • Lorne Conners • Margaret deSilva • Andrea Foreman • George • Gracie • Michael Holokaue • Jessie • Manuel Lund • Maha Naree • Malag sutai-Nort • Matan Veresht
- Referenced only
- D.H. Lawrence • Kamarag • James T. Kirk • Satan
Starships and vehicles[]
- aircraft • antigrav cargo hauler • antigrav transport • Onizuka (Federation Ocean Monitoring Platform) • outrigger canoe • sea skimmer • skimmer
- Referenced only
- hot-air balloon • truck
Locations[]
- California (Los Angeles • San Francisco • Santa Barbara Island) • Hawaii (Halawa • Halawa Bay • Honolulu • Molokai • Pailolo Channel) • Pacific Ocean
- Referenced only
- Arcadian Embassy • California (Klingon Embassy on Earth • Long Beach • San Diego • San Francisco Bay • San Miguel • San Nicolas • Santa Barbara • Santa Catalina • Santa Clemente • Santa Rosa) • Easter Island • Hawaii (Kahakuloa • Kahului Harbor • Maui • Mokuhooniki • Nakalele Point • Wailuku) • heaven • Italy • Japan • Mediterranean Sea • Mexico (Baja • Guadalajara) • Polynesia • South America
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Cousteau Institute • Federal District Court of Molokai County • Federation • Honolulu Air Traffic Control • Imperial Klingon Marines • Nuke the Whales • Scripps Institution of Oceanography • Sons of Earth • Starfleet • University of Bologna • University of California, Los Angeles • World Human Church
Science and classification[]
- anti-gravity unit • binoculars • bomb • Cetacean Probe • communications • communicator • computer • decompression chamber • disruptor • fusion reactor • helmet • hydrophone • knife • life support • manipulator arm • memory tab • phaser rifle • power pack • radio • rebreather • security armor • sensor • sensor array • sonar • spear • speargun • translator • transponder • type-II phaser • weapon
Areas of study[]
- botany • chemistry • ecology • exobiology • genetics • hydrology • linguistics • marine biology • meteorology • oceanography • physics • psychology • zoology
Lifeforms[]
- dolphin • fish • orca • Pacific bottlenose dolphin • sea lion • whale
Languages[]
- Cetacean • Galacta • Klingonaase • Vulcan language
Ranks and titles[]
- adjunct • admiral • ambassador • consultant • doctor • engineer • Federal Marshal • geologist • liaison • lieutenant commander • major • officer • scientist • sergeant • technician • terrorist • undercover operative
Other references[]
- 20th century • 23rd century • beam • carbon dioxide • civilization • day • diving • emotion • Federation Starfleet ranks (2270s-2350s) • flag • flower • food • government • hour • kilometer • language • meter • mile • military • mind meld • minute • month • music • ocean • Operation Motherlove • oxygen • police • Project Nursery • quarters • science • second • security • species • swimming • telepathy • transparent aluminum • water • weather • Whales Weep Not!
Chronology[]
- 2239
- Lorne Conners is born.
- 2245
- Manuel Lund is born.
- 2249
- Margaret deSilva is born.
- 2252
- Malag sutai-Nort is born.
- 2254
- Maha Naree is born.
- 2263
- Matan Veresht is born.
- 2283
- Maha Naree becomes a cultural attaché to the Arcadian Embassy on Earth.
- 2286
- Cetacean Probe visits Earth.
- George and Gracie are transported to the 23rd century.
- Project Nursery begins. (3 months prior to story)
- Jessie is born in the Pacific Ocean.
- Operation Motherlove begins.
- Jessie is whalenapped.
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- The humpback whales also appeared in:
- Language translation challenges were also faced in:
Background[]
- This story takes place in 2286 about three months after the birth of the baby whale in TOS comic: "Debt of Honor", which occurred not long after TOS movie, novelization & comic adaptation: The Voyage Home as Gracie was "very pregnant" in that movie.
- The author for this adventure went uncredited, but the title page art was signed.
- Greenpeace was thanked for assistance in creating the adventure.
- The baby whale was identified as a male named Harpo in TOS - Strange New Worlds short story: "The Hero of My Own Life".
- Klingon Ambassador Kamarag was not named in the story, though he had been referred to as Kiltarc zantai-Neygebh in FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update.
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Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous story: Orion Rising |
FASA RPG modules (Stardate Magazine) | Next story: Operation Kingmaker |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: A Matter of Priorities |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Timetrap |