Roll a D20 to determine which more mundane event your archaeological survey team encounters during their mission in the Star Trek universe! (FYI, Jason is a real life archeologist, so this comes from a place of truth.)

1. Local law enforcement/military requires more “funding” to not stop the dig in order to “check authorizations”
2. University sends a new professor who has no idea what’s going on and believes they are in charge.
3. Grad students are hung over/ill from local beverages/food/other substances.
4. Grad student causes an incident through violation of local taboos.
5. Site supplies (food/water) is contaminated.
6. Tools stolen by local thieves.
7. Retaining wall falls (i.e., a meter-wide piece of ground that is never touched in order to separate parts of the site. Look at the Gobekli Tepe or Karahan Tepe dig for images).
8. Local laborer feigns injury or is actually injured (and guess who gets to pay and make other arrangements for them).
9. Grant money did not hit the expedition account.
10. University made a mistake and the expedition was sent to the wrong site.
11. Two expeditions from different universities are working the same site (they can either work together or are just in the way the entire time).
12. Combat lines get too close to the dig site for comfort.
13. Local accommodations are canceled and/or suddenly raise their prices.
14. Site security is drawn away from the dig for some reason (usually emergency) and everyone is nervously paying too much attention to the surroundings than the dig.
15. A religious group shows up claiming the site is sacred land (whether it is or not) and demanding the dig stop.
16. Grad student “falls in love” with a local (this one can go any multitude of ways, and most of them not good).
17. Venomous creature accidentally uncovered and/or decides the dig is a great place for a nap.
18. Local domesticated animal falls into dig site (problem comes from getting the animal our and/or compensating the owner).
19. Local non-domesticated wildlife gets curious (can be dangerous or not).
20. Not finding anything in the dig.