If this is a topic that has come up before, apologies.
I’ve been running a game of STA for some time now, and been having a lot of fun making up my own little corner of the Shackleton Expanse.
I’ve been maintaining a timeline, usually taking the current date, and convert that date with an online stardate calculator for 2371, now 2372.
This is useful for me to point out events in other Trek media, namely DS9. One of the players made a Bajoran character who was on station security prior. I then compare this to a corresponding episode, maybe mention it it at the beginning of the game. Things like the appointment of the new Kai, the peace with Bajor and Cardassia, or just the Dominion situation in general.
As the thread topic suggests, by my time system we are now after the episode “The Way Of The Warrior”. This is of course where the Klingon Empire withdraws from the Khitomer Accords for a time, and relations with the Federation strain, eventually to the point of war.
Which brings us to Narendra Station/Starbase 364. A joint Klingon / Federation station, skewing slightly majority Klingon in the books. I can’t see this setup holding in this situation, though it would restore once relations normalize.
Perhaps I am depending too much on the canon. But I do have my next game planned where previous Klingon allies and friends are now adversaries. And it’s worked pretty well for us so far.
Has anyone addressed this in their game, and if so, how? I’m leaning towards Federation withdraw, as Gowron doesn’t want to lose another station after failing to take DS9. And there are other nearby stations that would serve the same purpose, especialy if the crew is mostly out in the expanse anyway.
I’m curious what others have done.