GURPS 4e - Prime Directive - Core Rulebook

Roleplaying in the Star Fleet Universe 2nd Printing

updated or GURPs 4th Edition

Compiled by Gary Plana. Additional mateial by Stephen V. Cole, Matthew Fancois, Loren Knight, and Alex Chobot. Edited by Steven P. Petrick and Leanna M. Cole. Cove by Dennis Caleo. Illustations by Alvin Belflower, Dale McKee, Peter Bakija, and Robert Hubby. Computer Graphics by Ted Geibel, Aaon Hendricks, and Stephen V Cole. Deck Pans by Nick Blank .starfleetgames.com/pime GURPS System Design by Steve Jackson. GURPS Une Editor: Sean "Dr Komm Punch SJ Games Playtest Review by Robert Gson m bck l w y c f   f  f Prime irective by Ty D. O  Mk C. ayss: Nick Blank, Ken Burnsde, Aex Chobot, Gah Getgen, Andrew Hardng, Davyd Atwood, C. J. Beting, Jake Bernsten, Eric Braden, Braden, Ku Brown, Br own, Jake Brume Brumey, y, Asan Co as, Andrew Cookson, Sebastan O Couture, Marcus Evenstar, Jamar Fuelen, mothy . Freeby, Thomas Gambe, Fred Greene, J P. Haey, Douglass E Howard, Christopher Kng, Bran Kreuznger, Robn Lamond, Jonathan ang, Dwght brdge, Jm Morgan, Mchae Nichoa, Ro Padia, Kenneth Peters, Crag Pichach, Jonathan Rhee, Steve Schonberger, Bi Schwaz, Rchard Sho, John Sckels, and David Teemann G layss James B., Genn Francis 11, A. Davd Merrit, Jarrett M. Meyer, Dan Thompson. URS and the a-seeng pyramd are regstered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorrat. and the names o al products publshed by Steve Jackson Games ncorrat are registered trademas or trademaks o Steve Jackson Games ncorporated, or are used under cense. URS     is copyrght © 2005 by Amarilo Desgn Bureau, nc.; al rghts reseed. Printed in USA URS    s pubshed under license rom Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Some Some eements of ths product are copyrghted by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated and are us wth permssion under that icense. RS    s a product of the  S F F  n Publication Date  May 2006 Mnor ixes  Apri 05 on page 6 42 45 Mnor ixes  May 06 to racial tempate costs. Eements o the Star Fleet Universe are the propey o Paramount Pctures Corporation and are used wth ther permsson.

Roleplaying in the Star Fleet Universe 2nd Printing

updated or GURPs 4th Edition

Compiled by Gary Plana. Additional mateial by Stephen V. Cole, Matthew Fancois, Loren Knight, and Alex Chobot. Edited by Steven P. Petrick and Leanna M. Cole. Cove by Dennis Caleo. Illustations by Alvin Belflower, Dale McKee, Peter Bakija, and Robert Hubby. Computer Graphics by Ted Geibel, Aaon Hendricks, and Stephen V Cole. Deck Pans by Nick Blank .starfleetgames.com/pime GURPS System Design by Steve Jackson. GURPS Une Editor: Sean "Dr Komm Punch SJ Games Playtest Review by Robert Gson m bck l w y c f   f  f Prime irective by Ty D. O  Mk C. ayss: Nick Blank, Ken Burnsde, Aex Chobot, Gah Getgen, Andrew Hardng, Davyd Atwood, C. J. Beting, Jake Bernsten, Eric Braden, Braden, Ku Brown, Br own, Jake Brume Brumey, y, Asan Co as, Andrew Cookson, Sebastan O Couture, Marcus Evenstar, Jamar Fuelen, mothy . Freeby, Thomas Gambe, Fred Greene, J P. Haey, Douglass E Howard, Christopher Kng, Bran Kreuznger, Robn Lamond, Jonathan ang, Dwght brdge, Jm Morgan, Mchae Nichoa, Ro Padia, Kenneth Peters, Crag Pichach, Jonathan Rhee, Steve Schonberger, Bi Schwaz, Rchard Sho, John Sckels, and David Teemann G layss James B., Genn Francis 11, A. Davd Merrit, Jarrett M. Meyer, Dan Thompson. URS and the a-seeng pyramd are regstered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorrat. and the names o al products publshed by Steve Jackson Games ncorrat are registered trademas or trademaks o Steve Jackson Games ncorporated, or are used under cense. URS     is copyrght © 2005 by Amarilo Desgn Bureau, nc.; al rghts reseed. Printed in USA URS    s pubshed under license rom Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Some Some eements of ths product are copyrghted by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated and are us wth permssion under that icense. RS    s a product of the  S F F  n Publication Date  May 2006 Mnor ixes  Apri 05 on page 6 42 45 Mnor ixes  May 06 to racial tempate costs. Eements o the Star Fleet Universe are the propey o Paramount Pctures Corporation and are used wth ther permsson.

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Th following  ulbooks and manuas pub ishd by Stv Jackson Gams w b found usful by pays of   t Thy can povid ad ditional skils uls actons and tactcs. Som wl po vid nonplay chaacts and quipmnt that whl not spcfically atd to th t Ft U, coud b adaptd by GMs (phaps to populat a nw plant fo xploation). Th  systm s vast and contnuay xpand xp and ng and you can oftn oftn fnd an an xsting     ok that covs th sting you want to to us fo you campaign .

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GU s a olpayng gam (RPG) A opaying gam is on n wh ch a f f (th Gam Mast) guids sva plays though an advntu" n which thy play th pas of fctona chaacts. Lk any hobby gaming has its own unqu languag To h lp you un dstand th concpts conc pts and tms usd n ths gam (and oth RPGs) w' sta wth a fw dfntons dventure: Th basc basc unit" of play play in a R PG som tims cad a scnao" A RPG s nv ov untl th plays want to nd it but a sing advntu wll hav a bgnning and an nd. t may last though sval ss sons of pay o b don don n a sng vning. ttrbute: Pat of a chaact's mntal motional o physical phys ical makup (g . stngth intlignc). Campaign: A contn u ng s s o f advntus by a goup. g oup. A campaign wl usually hav a contnung cast of play chaacts and th sam Gam Mast (o tam of GMs). A campagn may mov fom on gam wold to anoth anoth  with a logica ason. Th oval goa is fo cha acts to an fom ach advntu so that thy can hand ha nd tough changs in futu advntus. Character: Any bng (pson animal whatv) playd by th GM o a play n an RP G scn"" of an advntu a mting Encounter: On scn btwn th pay chaac chaact tss and on  o mo N PCs. Game aster G): Th f who slcts o wts th advntu advntu  talks th plays thou gh t a nd judgs th sults H s simultanously th nmy commandng offic off ic  and u mpi Game World: A backgound fo play th stting fo fantasy sy caton o a pu blshd an advntu. A GM's own fanta sttng catd spcfcally fo gaming a both xampls Non-layer Character NC): Any chaact playd by th GM. Th GM may conto many chaacts majo and mino. In som campa campagns gns  th paty mgh t boow an NPC who s a tchnical xpt ndd fo a mission th GM supvss such us to pvnt pvnt th paty fom msus ing o sacificng th N PC Somtms a gust play thi nk boowd N PC so that ing of joni ng th goup mght us a boowd h dosn't hav to cat a chaact bfo staing arty: A goup of PCs taking pat n th adv ntu layer Character Character C) : Any chaact playd playd by on of th plays plays  Typically Typically ach play contos a sngl  cha act but som goups pf to to hav ach play conto two o mo o to hav two o mo chaacts and pick on fo ach advntu. Race: Th spcis to which you blong Nonhuman chaacts (lvs dwavs dwavs Kl ingons and Ma ans fo x amp) am p) a co common mmon in RPGs. Roleplayng Game RG): A gam in which th play s tak on th psonatis of imagnay ndivdua ndivduas s o chaacts in a fictonal o histoical gam wod and ty to act as thos chaacts would. Skill: Somthng a chaact knows how to do. Stats Sta ts or stats statstcs: tcs: Numbs ating a chaac chaact's t's ab ts usd to dtmn what ach ach on can and cann ot do. Epanded Gl ossary stafltgams.com/pm stafltgams.com/pm

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Oth GU Poducts            Glossay            Rescue Res cue  R R    

[.0]  What s GU    What is  t?    ntoducton to th t Ft U U    

[2.0]   h Advntu Paty omats           Chaact Cation        Racia Tmpats            Acadmy Tmplats          

[3.0] A D & Qk Advantags         Pks           Modifss       Modif Dsadvantags           Quks          

[.0] Sk La ning Sklls       Laning Lstt of Sk s    Ls

[50] w  P Di R oi ng Basics                    Physica at atss      Combat      njuy Ilnss and atgu   Oth Hazads    Jobs       

[6.0]  m Aw Rputaton  Snioty Ponts         daton Mdals    [] Pomotion      

70] h Tchno logy Lvs        Ship Equipmnt          Psonal Equpmnt      Psonal Wans           Intspcs Intsp cs Mdcin      

[80] h Star Fleet Unverse Gams of th t Ft U     Map of th t Ft U   Tav          Using FB fo Spac Spac  Combat           Backgound         Pm Tad Dck Plans          Advntu Sds          t Ft U min       Pubish's Infomaton    

[90] S Sh Sum may of Stashps               Shuttlcaft         

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Rescue On oon 000   Sw D    P  Lt m gt you anoth ound" th watss sad whskng away th mpty glasss. Chstoph Plmmons noddd vaguly and tu nd h s attnton to th gl acoss th tabl Sh was swt and ptty and smd gnu nly ntstd n hs pght. I cant blam Fath too much fo bngng m  h" Ch stoph sad at ast not snc I mt you."  f th sam way" Kalyn pd. I was happy n th county wh I coud wak and d my noth acoss th flds b ut Daddy got a bg pomoton and daggd m h to Roon Cty wh I don't know anyon. Th locas a such snobs. Thy won't hady tak to m snc I am just a county gl ' and don't know anythng about th cty.  havn't had a sngl fnd untl l mt you." Lost sous cn gng togth" Chstoph  pd tak ng th fld gasss fom th watss. H s fath's cdt cht woud stand a fw mo ounds and fo daggng Chs toph to ths backwat pant that wasn't vn a mm b of th Fdaton yt Fath owd mo than just dnks Chstoph had bn bod ony and angy fo th th months h had bn h but snc mtng Kalyn two nghts ago th ngs had dfntly  mpovd. Not that hs fath had notcd Hs convsaton wth Kalyn wandd fom ght to dp fom whch stauant thy mght ty tomoow to what thy aly wantd to do wth th vs Chstoph mntond that h woud b gong to a unvsty n an oth ya and Kayn mn tond that sh had appd fo th off-wold x chang studnt pogam that was pa of th Fdaton's povsonal tad msson Mayb th was hop that somthng sous could com of th chanc mtng? Hav you sn th  wnt ghts yt?" Kayn ask d. No what a thy?" Chstoph pd ntgud. I can't bv you don't know" Kayn xclamd. Thy' lk f n th sky k shmms of colo. It's got somthn g to do wth ctons and hgh alttud wat va  and  . . w t dosn't matt. Thy' . . . just pty and I want to show thm to you" So .   do w fnd a m on to? .   o go outsd?" No sy you cannot s thm n th cty Al of th g hts h mak thm too had to s W'd hav to dv a fw klo mts out nto th county. I know a plac wth ts and gass qut and omantc   " sh t h voc tal off. OK how do w gt th? Is th  a oca shuttl?" No slly.  ." Kalyn laughd thowng back h ha n a way that msmzd hm  hav a gound ca. Lt's go." Now?" Chstoph sputtd as h took anoth dnk  Now s always th bst tm" Kayn sad   don 't hav to wok tomoow and you sad you fath woud stll b td up  n th tad talks. W can watch th wnt 

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00  ' O   USS Tasmania,     Com n Gssom and st down" Ys s" Lutnant Command Gssom pld takng th cha th Captan had ndcatd. You know that w hav just changd cous?" th Captan askd I notcd" Gssom pd watng f o th Captan to xplan th st. t dd not pay to huy on's com mandng offc. You'v ad th f on Roon I tust" th Captan askd ClassM plant nsd Fd spac W'v bn watch ng t fo som tm. Th  tchno ogy achd wap capa bty ast ya so th Fdaton snt an nvoy to wl com thm to th gaactc comm unty. By al accounts th populaton took t ath w. Som ndcaton that Oon tads hav bn dong candstn busnss th f o a dcad o mo I do bv th s a Fdaton tad dlgaton on th plant ght now and that w a schd ud to stop by' somtm nxt month and gv th loca bg shots a joyd aound th  sola systm  R oon?" Th vy on" th  Captan pd. S ms that som on kdnappd th son of th dgaton lad and s pssung h m to walk out of th talks"  smll Oons" Gssom spondd. Th Captan fownd at th ntupton and sumd hs bfng. Rath than followng  nstuctons and kpng t qut nvoy Pmmons told th Fdaton Ambassado and togth thy cald m Th ambassado cad th local govnmnt and askd thm to snd th spcal polc un t to gt th kd back." Snsb nough" Gssom pld Any cvlzd plant has a hostag scu capabty of som k nd. What's n ths fo us?" Appanty a hostag scu job" th Captan pd. Th local c don't want to go n th  and tak a chanc on gng th hostag klld Sms that n som cnt mat on wth no ntplantay mpcatons th Roon hostag scu tam blw t and som hostags w xcutd Al th poc wl do  s ngotat and th nvoy told thm h would do that hmsf " Plas lt m know how th ngotatons tun out" Gssom pd as th snk ng f ng stld nto th pt of hs stomach Not an opton appanty" th Captan sghd Th kdnapps st a dad n and t h a mbassado has askd us to do th scu tonght ." Th Roon govnmn t sn't gong to lk that" Gssom sad I can s th oca tvdo covag of th Fda ton nvason' of th sacd so Th  opposton pay wl hav a fd day" You onl y hop" th Captan spondd No th  Roon govnmnt s mo than wlng fo u s to ntvn. Thy

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actually want us to go n and scu th kid. hy just don t want to gt blamd if th scu gos wong o f no scu is td at al" As Hndnbug sad snd th poic to ast thm Com o n Captain w mi litay his s a poic matt. Nobody on this shp is tand fo a hostag scu job h Fdation has poic fo this hy hav thi own patol shps and thy a tand fo jobs k ths on Hll th local polic flagshp pobaby has a Pim  am on boad fo thngs ik this" Stangly nough" th Captan xpand th two Fdation poic sh ps in th s scto hav both n cad away du to incasd Oon pat activty n th Dlaam systm Convnint snt it?" OK w al swo th oath to dfnd th Fdation Chat" Gissom sghd. I psum  that youl snd Lu tnant Yahnk and hs Mains? What suppot can my wapons dpamnt povid fo thm?" Actuay Comm and you wl b l adng th msson You can pick you tam and you pobably want Liutn ant Yahn k and on o two of his toops ak to h im about who ls you want to tak but kp th tam smal no mo than fv o six n tota If things go wong I will want to gt you out of th  n a sing tanspo lft" Why m?" Gssom askd h Captain stpld hs fings. M st Gssom  ths mission nds a snio offc who can thnk on hs ft and impovis whn thngs go wong who can dal with things  cannot antcpat n my ods Whl Lutnant Yahnk s quit apab hl xpct and w suppy d ction fo him. You a command-quaifd offic of th unstictd ln. Sta Ft dosnt hand out gold tunics fo nothng. And of my command gad offcs you in th bst physcal conditon and you shot Expt wth a phas pistol two months ago" h Captan managd a fant smi l. No good dd gos un punshd Command." h i ntcom chmd Captan soy to intud" cam a voc ov th comm but you askd to b told whn Liutnant Yahnk got to th bidg" Excllnt " th Captan pid. Snd hm in " h doo whooshd opn and th buy Main utnant stppd into th oom and snappd to attnton Fist Lutnant Yahn k potng as odd s" Blay that Lutnant and sit down" h Captain qucky bfd th Main o n th stuaton Nd int" Yahn k fownd. Wh is th hostag? What knd of guads a holding hi m? How many?" Evyhng s i n ths fil" th Captan xpland hand ing both offcs datapads h young M Plmmons was sn aving a nghtcub wth a young lady h had mt cnty. Poic found out that th watss had hlpd st up th kidnapping. Sh gav thm a lad on a local busnssman polc confimd it h young adys a was foun d pakd na on of h s wahouss" And what a wahous it is" G ssom wh istld Non of th locals notcd that its sitng on an outcopping of tithallium o?" hat matal w ould bock tanspots and most snsos making any undgound faciits mpos-

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sbl to pob fom outsid  Wahous wasnt built unti . . . hm m two local yas ago th standad" Yahnk ottd down a not. Roon dosnt  ou advancd sns os th ons that  pob though tthallu m not that ths can th so th loals dont az th signifcanc h company pad though th nos fo th popty and loatd th fom tnants nto nw houss  kilo mts away."  sml Oons" Gissom said h oths noddd hyv pobaby got hm undgound" Yahnk snt data to th oth pads.  Iv an notatd th blupints thy fild with th plan ning offc pobably bn chang s snc th was wnt up. Exavation pmit says wahous num  b ght s    h" H pausd to think t though. H s what w do . anspot to th bas m nt of ths wahous stun a fw guads cack th locks into that lvato sach th und goun d complx dal wth mo guads find th hostag pck up any vdnc and gt back up th lvato shaft to a pont that tanspos can pick us up  .  Sounds doabl." Sounds snaky" Gssom sad. I would hav x  pctd bazi ng phas s and th  d gla of ockts." A main foc scu woud b too noisy" Yah nk x paind. hylI kil th kid if thy ha us comng his taks stalth W hav to snak n not bast ou way in." hn  want Danc-n" Gissom said Hs an ngining tc hncan w ho spnt two yas woking on a slf-containd colony wold H an fgu out thi va tos and vntlaton shafts And I want Stuak." Hs th ju nio scnc offic . .  anda h Captain objctd Hs Vu/ca whch wil l m ak i ntogatons a lot fast f w nd th passcods fo a lockd doo o hav to find out anything ls s a h uy" And Copoa Kilathi" Yahnk said. Nobody is bt t at sl nt tak-downs if w hav to go that out And  want Pivat D ik out of th big mmdiatly"

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No chanc !" th Captain snappd. Sh's a thif and  won't hav h un ni ng loos on my shp I 'm holdng h u ntil w can nvstigat who accptd h  nlstmnt. Sh can swt tak any man out of his mony whi staling his phas at th sam tim." You said t Captan" th Main pid  st my cas. ' nd you authoization to gt h out of th bg. f sh hlps us and gvs a full statmnt w ought to nsid a gna dschag and lav h on som pant Cal it an ncntiv" And Captain" Gssom mindd sh did put back vyth ing sh  stol bfo w caught h. It's just a gam to h W can't hav that on a stashp of cous but sh's not a c mi nal just a ally good thif" Ppostous! " h sputtd. Ok but I' m hodng you two psonaly sponsb fo h conduct." Dal" Yah nk spondd. I nd som fashbangs." W don't hav any on ad" Gissom advisd. Mak thm" Yahnk odd . . .s." Not tim thy' too complx" th Captan advsd. Yahnk gowd ' nd cago bay th until plantfall with no nt uptons. Command f you'I gath up th Navy haf of ou tam and ask ngnng to snd a cw of pa tchncan s to th cago bay with damag contol kits I wil gt my popl and s you th." What?" Gssom askd. Why?" Sm uatons Th  ngins wll bash togth a mock up of th tagt and w'I un hasas al th way to plantfal." That's sx hous" Gissom obctd. Evybody pickd fo th misso n s on th day shft W nd to fd thm and bd thm down." Nic thoy" th Man xpland Don't hav tm f w ht th gound aft ocal dak w'lI b back in an hou and that won't b too much past vybody's bd tim. uck up Mst Gssom you' gong to gt ti d Dd you th nk that vy mssion was gong to b schd uld f o just aft bakfast? You'  n th Mans now"

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Is th bat stil whn ng?" M lka askd Ys" h sist Anntha spondd f th at's an x ampl of daton manhood  stck to th locas." Not m" ssith answd. Lutnant Kahl s go to ng tak m with hm on his nxt un and  knock th dust of ths pant off my ft fo th last tm ." You and you Oion lov" M lika snd. You cant ally think h's sous H's pobably got a gilfnd on vy plant. ath told you not to gt involvd with hm. hy' ust businss associats. Thy buy thy sl and thy av" Dd I say anthing about maying hm?" sslith an swd.  want spac not a husband a nd h ' gt m to th nast Oon bas wh I can gt a woking pas sag on a shp and sta lan ng how stashps wok y th tm I'm  I b th  captan of my own ad. " Th Oons an't gong to ik ths kidnappng bus nss" Anntha sad Daws attnton Why do you thnk thy ddn't ty to stop th dation fom giving Roon a tad da? Thy can sm uggl  n mo stuff f ga pod ucts a aving as w. Th ony on who pofits fom blockng th tad da is ou fath who wants to kp th off-wold tad lga and und  hs xcusiv conto. Onc th Oons fgu out what h dd h's gong to os hs fanchs f not a ot mo" Th Oons won't ca on way o th oth" a mal voic intuptd. Th both Michak had wakd nto th undgound offic as h s sists agud. Su wth opn tad thy can sm uggl  n mo  but thy won't mak as much pofit on ach shp mnt. Sam coin  ith way." How a th ngotatons gong?" Mka askd him. Vy w. ath s wokng though a sis of int mdas but th d ation psntatv is ng vy agab. Sms h ddn't aly want a tad da any way it was just a daton ploy to gt mo concssions out of ou nlightnd govnm nt ov a pod of yas. H's gong to gv th Psdnt a laund y st of conditions fo any tad dal vythng fom cha nging th m inm um wag to stctng th  ag o f woks. T h ida sms to b som knd of vl playng fild' that th ds want to stablsh so that pcs wl b fa Ou govnmnt is con cnd about high tch mpots making nt busnss sctos obsolt wh th daton tad p sms tfid of th ida that w might ch ag two cntos ss a ton fo gan than som oth plant s chagng." Sounds pomsng" Mlka said Mayb w didn't hav to kdnap th bat aft al" May not" Michalk admttd Th tad p has askd fo anoth day but at h s stckin g to his dadlin of noon tomoow. H  wants th daton Rp to mak mssbl dmands of th gov nm nt and th n wthdaw fo consultation s and go back to whv h cam fom." H'l do it" Mka said Th bat is th kind of kid who got vything h v wantd whch mans that hs daddy is going to b vy wl ng to do anyth ing to gt hm back. Obvously a v cosly knit famly."

PS PIM DIV 

Spaking of family" Mchaik changd th subct wh is Kalyn?" Down th hal havng a paty  Bsslith pld. Shs not wth th pison is sh?  Michalk askd t was all ust an act?" Hll no" Annitha snd sh bought Dahl down h to kp h company" To kp you company too A nn itha " Bssith tasd Want to plain wh you w an hou ago?" WHAT?" Mch aik oad you bought that dimwt td stab boy down h? Cant you gs kp focus fo on singl night? W nd to b alt.  ft Ch ucst guad ing th gat upstais but w cant ly on hm alon On of you nds to gt a pistol and a ado and g t back to th lvato and stand guad" Why?" Annt ha askd. Th polc  a hady going to snd in th i hostag un t whn nobody has told thm th s a hostag to scu And th tad p is had ly going to isk his pcous boy o  th tad da h  dosnt want by snding Fdation toops n h. Th doo  s ockd th bat s tid up ths bouza i n th cool and a w hav to do is wat fo fath to cal T hn w thow th bat n th goundca and lav hm td to a t somwh." Cool you dvs both" Bs sth advsd. W ust hav to wait a fw mo hous. But ' go play guad f t plass you"

300   B #3 h  USS Tasmania    R Ecus m Command" Fist Sgant Boun said allow m to adust ths stap fo you It wi id much asi this way." Thank you top" Gssom pld. Whi Fst Sgant Boun was not gong on th msson h was th snio Man sgant on boad and h nsstd on nspctng vyons ga to mak su  t was popy fastnd and ding sculy .   and silntly . . . on th back shoul ds and wast. Gssom hadnt had a sgant fussing ov hs ga snc suvva schoo a dcad bfo and found himslf altnatly annoyd and gatful at bing shown that h had won th ga won g th ast fw tms h had gon on a tactcal landng (and had put t back wong aft Boun had coctd t al) Boun movd on patng hs apoogy to Dl lk that sh  was not bng issud a phas. Th hasals had stad off pooly a al comdy of os as vybody did vythi ng wong  got into ach oths way doppd qupmnt wi thout azng it o  took up a poston facing th wong way. F st Sgant Boun without bng tod to had oundd up a fw Mans to stand in as scuty guads and a puffyfacd nsgn to ptnd to b th hostag. Onc thy had th hang of th qupmnt and th ms son th Mains bgan thowng cuv bas Th hos tag wasnt h. Th hostag was aady dad Th hostag was unc onscious Th w  two hostags. Th guads w at. Th g uads w aslp Onc a main tnanc tchncian wandd nto th cs without

RPS PIM DITIV 

anyon knowng t and G ssom was poud that his tam had stunnd th man and bundld hm out to th vacua tion point wthout mssng a bat. Thy wnt a a hos tag scu tam but thy w a lot btt than thy had bn a fw hou s ago. Gssom a you ady?" th Captan askd as h walkd nto th compatmnt. Ys s i" Gissom plid. Good.  Th Captan motond fo th tam to bak anks and gath aound. W in a paking obt ov th facity and Iv got th snso cw scannng t. No acton no aams. Thy pot that amost no on  s th ts had to gt adin gs against th tthalium backgound but thy can only fn d a fw guads on th gats and n two of th buldngs plus what ooks lk a nght claning cw n th offcs" " want to vw th  scans mysf" Liutnant Yahnk ntctd.  s ou  plann d amdown pont cla?  Nothing th that w can s" th Captan plid. Wv scannd vy spctum w can thnk of but th coud b physcal alams motion dtctos hat snsos and th k." Not ikly in that aa" Dllik said Thy hav th out walls wd and th aa aound th lvato but you cant affod to put snsos n eve oom of a wa hous compl that bg. f th buglas gt past th out wals and oom s and nto th ntio its too lat to catch thm Thats why I pckd that oom to land n " I dont know" Gssom said ubbng hs nck if th Oons a nvolvd in this thy know what w can do and thyI hav alams on vy squa mt of th whol budng" f thy do w abot" th Captain said. W wont ac compsh anything by gttng caught o by gttng a bunch of pop kld WI snd down a snso pob fst to s f t tggs a action" Mind f  look at th scans Captain?" Dk askd  mght s somthng" I hav st up Au ay Contol fo you us " th Cap tan advsd. You can accss and contol th shps sn sos fom th. " Fn. Dllk com wth m" Gssom said Th st of you stand by n Tanspo Room Two" Bggng you padon Command" Liutnant Yahnk sad but w al nd to go to Au Con Evy body nds to know th lay of th land and anybody mght s a soution to a pobl m "

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230 h Ax  h  USS Tasmania      suspctd that much" Dllk sad png nto th snso scop at dancn g  ns of lctomagntc n gy. Thy' usng a Bnks-Baxton  That's a fay com mon alam systm commcal gad sold all ov th daton But whn w nstall on w us substat chps and cysta tansdods th Oons downgadd ths on to us th local tchnology bascally tansconductos and fb optcs and oth stuf M ust n ot hav wantd to gv thm hgh tch."  don't vn want to ask how you know that " th Cap tan muttd. Study study study" Dlk gnnd. All of whch mans   ?" Comman d Gssom askd. That w can us a tachyon bu st to fus th s conto nod h" Dllk xpland and th whol systm fas ngatv' and wont pot anyt hng t dtcts" als ngatv?" Yahn k askd  t fas and thy don't know t fald" Gssom x pland. Th systm wll pot that vythng s wokng f thy u n a dagnostc" Won't wok" th snso tchncan sad Th bypass oop wll dtct th shot" Thy ddn't nstall on " D k sad. Th snso tch ncan gav h a supsd ook Chck th scan S? Th's wh t should b and t's not th" Lowst bdd" th tchncan smld shakng hs had Th s a lowst bdd on vy pant" That's not you poblm" Dllk sad pontng out somthng lsThy hav old fasho nd camas watch ng th font of th lvato th ns d of th  lvato th nsd of th mantnanc shaft and I can't tl but  bt watchng t h doo of th low lvato obby Psum ng somon s watchng th scuty m ontos thy'lI s us as w mov n" Soluton?" Gssom askd I v dtctd th sgna lays and hav alady stad copyng th tansmssons fom th camas Gv m fftn m nuts and wI hav nough of th sgnal that  can boadcast a codd pctu back nto th sys tm and thy'lI nv know." Won't thy cognz t's a loop?" Gssom askd  man an mpty oom s on th ng but ths cama s show-

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ng th guad pacng back and foh n th upp vato lobby Thy'l fgu out thy' watchng a loop" Ony f w' amatus" th snso tchncan chuck ld wnkng at Dlk. W' just un th data stam w cod though th comput and hav t gnat mn o vaatons n a andom pattn. H'l stop h thn th tun aound and go back and so foh Should foo thm fo half an h ou mayb mo." What f thy call h m fo somthng?" That's a chanc w w  hav to tak."  can't tap nto th montos n th low lvl" th snso tchncan sad. W'l us a tcod to bank thm" Gssom sad and w' ust hav to mov fast." Ths guads concn m" Copoal Klath sad. f thy gt wnd of us thy can bng two dozn amd mn on top of us n a mnut" Just hav th Captan stun thm wth th shp's phass" Dllk shuggd What's th poblm?" You watch too much tvdo" Gssom laughd  Shp phass cannot b usd to stun humanods at 200 klomts. Th pow sttngs don't go that ow and a bam that wak couldn't punch though th atmosph anyway" Tacto bam?" D ll k td agan Contols a not that accuat" Gssom notd W can us tacto flds n th shp's cawl spacs caus th dstanc s sho and you do not nd much pow. But fom obt w woud upoot nt buldngs And w don't want to kl a lot of popl f w don't hav to" So whats th pan?" W could just lock onto th guads and tanspo thm a fw mls away" Dan cTn suggstd W don't want to do that f thy havn't notcd us" Yahnk wand and onc thy do notc t would b df fcult Lockng onto a unnng man sn't that asy But w mght kp that da on standby fo any of thm actng slowy no ugh o stayng at th  sts" Tanspot spol s?" K lath askd Sta lt p sonnl cad smal l scambls that mad t had but not mpossbl fo an nmy to tanspot thm. Ths wokd btt nsd a daton shp wh th scambls w td to th shps ntgty fld Non n vdnc" th snso tchncan pd Can w tp an aam on pus?" Danc askd. In on of th oth buldngs to gt half of thm unn ng to th wong that?" Th sn so tchncan noddd and b gan pckng snsos to st off wth Dlk H's a thought" Gssom sad W can pck up a cubc mt of wat fom som lak wth a tanst and dop t o n t h m   . tans t t a fw mts ov th hads spad out ov a th mt squa Sh ould knock a man down mayb out wthout hutng hm too much and wat dosn't av a daton sgnatu" " hav that st up" th Captan sad W' vn flt th fsh out of th wat By th tm you'v walkd down to Tanspo Roo m Two w'lI hav th nod fusd and th vdo channls spoofd Good luck al of you "

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8  S B F x W #8      Down and saf no action " Gis som said quitly nto hs communicato Hs tam had tanspotd down alady in a couch and aft matialzing had fozn solid fo 30 sconds waitng to s if aams wnt off o guads bust n. Th smal snso pob that had gon bfo thm though th tans was sittin g on top of a cat Danic movd to flip th swtch that would s nd it back to th ship  Nothng moving no ctonc spons" cam th voic fom on of th ships snso tchnians Lts mov" Gissom odd Th tam movd to th doo G issom in th ad with Stuak scanning with hs tcod. Danic-Tn and Dllk folowd whil Kilathi and Yahnk scannd th fanks and a Thy w in a oom of aut 30 by 50 mts and anyth ng fom a slp ing guad to a slping dog could b in th oom with thm and mssd against th tithallum backgound. Stulak scann d though th doo with hs ticod. Th guad s psnt H waks a path about fv mts ong fi st facing towad us thn away" How fa?" Kilathi askd At hs closst appoach 562 mts" Stulak an swd. Can you tak him?" Yahnk askd If Klath could not tak out th guad sl ntly thyd hav to us a phas on stun and dischaging an ngy wapon might tigg oth alams thy hadnt bn abl to fool Evn th fi aam would bng mo action than th tam could handl Klathi noddd. Gssom mad to opn th  doo but Stulak clampd his hand on th commands wist mo toni ng with hi s ys to th ight wh  Dan icTn was busily applying lubicant to th doo hi ngs Whn Danic noddd his OK Gissom lookd back to Stulak who sig nald whn th guad had tund away fom th tam and th doo thy hid hnd Klathi xplodd out of th baly opn doo and was on th guad n a split scond wap ping a stangl cod aoun d his n ck. Th guad stuggd fo a fw sconds hs scams s ilncd by th cod untl h sumpd to th gound. Yahnk an foad past K athi to scan aound th con. Gssom dov foad lvling hs phas down th coss coido. Nothing No alams" Stulak said obsng hs ticod No action " cam th voic of th sn so tchncan in Gssoms a Standad kypad scuty lock on t h vato" Dllk obsvd I can b though th s i n a fl ash " Sh statd to unsng h ticod but G ssom signa d h  to stop Passiv ony Pvat" h w and. I dont want to tg g anythng f w dont hav to t was no ugh sk having Stulak us an actv scan thoug h th doo" Gssom m o tond to Stulak who lt hs tcod swng back to hs sd and appoachd th fld guad Dl ik and Danc watchd spbound as Stulak ntatd a mnd mld but th oths kpt th watch  n d iffnt dctons fo any on appoachng. A momnt lat Stuak sat up

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h hostag s indd bow" h pod along wth sva mmbs of th guads famly. Thy a all th chldn of th own of this stabishmnt a man who has had dalings with th Oons. I hav th cod fo th doo but th s a hdd n tap Th guad must pss his th um b aganst a ctain spot on th mta plat o an alam wl sound." Lts do t" Dlk said but Gissoms glanc mindd h that sh was gttng ahad of th plan. n th many hasas thy had opnd th hatchs into th vntilat ng shaft and snt Danic-Tn down on a op to ob s th low vato lobby fo any guads. Thy didnt want to opn th lvato until Danic had achd th bottom and chckd out th scn With Gssom to hp h m DanicTn quickly pulld th bolts scung th pan Danc notd that most of th bolts w mssn g as thy w in most industial fa it s aoun d th g alaxy Evydy got td of havng to mov and pac that many bolts on a nonpssuzd hatch thy accssd vy fw days and on y mitay ds iplin kpt all of th bolts installd n v hatch on th smania Danc-Tn usd quickst gu to attach a hook to th sh afts i nsd wal ov th hatch htchd hs op to th hook and to th applng hanss h alady wo a nd d oppd as si nty as h could down th shaft. Th dawings on f wth th govnmnt said th shaft was 1 5 mts dp but snsos couldnt pob it du to th tithalu m adaton Gssom and D ik put th plat back wth two bolts to ho ld t Bottom" cam th mumu nto Gssoms apc Sca nn n g . .  humanoid ifsgn aut tn mts away fom m not moving. Dosnt sm to hav an lvatd hat at Pobaby sittng in a cha. Nothng btwn th guad and t h l vato doo" Thy had studid si x vaiations of this situaton n th hasas By th tm Danic could gt th low hatch opn von in th basmnt woud b nd up with

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sv ply, but o cam. I h xt scod, sh as sumd that M ichal ik was o his way ad that sh would b haig a doo op, but o soud cam om dow th coido Ad  th xt scod, sh alzd that stag s w  th opg vato As sh bt dow to  tv th pisto that was o th oo at h  t, K ilaths phas bust stuck ad h moto cotiud ut il sh  was spawld o th oo Yahk ad Gissom,  a much pactcd mov, xtd th lvato ad took stato ac ig  ach dicto Dlik apt owad to pick up h pistol, but Stu lak dty took t om h had ad pocktd it. Sh  shuggd ad movd to olow Gssom , wh l Stulak movd to m d-mld with th al guad hs was, aga, a hasd pa o th pla, ad hs mssio was to gt a compt ist o who was  th  subtaa compx ad, i possbl, just how big t was

236 h Bm  x Wh #8     

wapos daw y th tim  Da c could phas a hol  th hatch cov to stu t h guad, th guad woud hav movd out o th way and soudd th alam. Gssom thought quckly, as thy had st up two choics o ths poblm O was to smpy go dow th vato ad ho to stu th guad bo th aam coud soud th oth was to id dow o th lvato oo ad ty to u th guad ito t ad stu hm om abov. ut Gssom had v lkd that da, as th  guad was too kly to adio  a aam bo tg th ca. Sigalg hs sctd pla, Gissom motod to Stuak to sta t ig th cod o th lock whl h movd th guad ito positio wh his u coscous thumb could  pssd to th mtal pat Th cod was good ad Stuak had th doos op  just a w scods th was o aam Th tam si tly id  to th ca ad took up th stios thy had pactcd. Gss om ad Yah k w at ith sid o th doo, th  phass ady to swp th low obby  both dictos . K lathi was o th oo, his ks bt bcaus th was ot oom o hm to i u lgth, his phas at th ady ad hs bows bacd o th loo. Stuak ad Dl lk w at th back cos o th ca, tyg to kp out o th way

235 h Bm   x Wh #8      ssith ookd up om th ovl-pad sh had b adig as sh had th lvato Wha was do in coming down unanno? Mchaik would  quit agy wh h had ths, which was a pct aso o h to t . Michalik," sh bga as sh pssd th tasmit butto o th small ado, Ch ucst s o h s way dow wth out xpaato" Sh waitd o a py but th was o Sh kw that Mchalik must b uious ad had xpctd a xplo-

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Did you ha that?" Mchaik askd, puig dow th adio. sslith had spok hs am but th th tas mssio stoppd, whch could hav  sim pl adio a u, o mo lky sh had ot paid atio  to which but to sh was pssg o had thought bt o callg him ut th h had a clat om dow th haway Th ha o th backs o hs hads had spug ct hs sss w uly al. H hadd o th doo. Go wth him, Atha," M ika odd, tu g to chck th scuty scas Not hig was s o th upp os xcpt Chucst pacg back ad oth, but th o o th low lvato obby had go black. Somo s dow h  s to th hostag." Sh sammd h palm o a alam buo , gabbd a psto, ad hadd o th doo to th adjoig bdoom as Michalk ad Aitha hadd out th doo

237 h Bm  x Wh #8      Mcha lk bust out o th oug ito th coido, ad to th si ghts o Yah ks phas H wt dow wth th stu chag so ast that Aitha, clos o hs hs, as sumd h had tippd. Sh d h psto, sdig ts c amc pojctil scamig ov Yah k's had as h s sc od shot doppd h as w Mchak, oy pataly stud, tid to t hs pstol ito g sitio ad s t aoth bullt scamg past th Ma  iutat, but colapsd wh Yahk's th d stu shot hit hm. Ths pa o th msso had  hasd, but ow th w too may optos , too may vaabls, ad v  thy had hasd thm, obody could so though th optos ast oug h to gasp th ight o  Fom ths poit, th tam wt to a dlld outi. Yah k wokd wth Stulak, o p g ach doo i tu , o covig th co do wh th oth scad th just-vald oom. Wok ig th oth way om th vato lobby, Gissom ad Kiathi also wokd as a tam. Dlik dd h assigd job, tyg up th guad at th vato wh waitig o

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something that wold need her taents Wthot a phaser, she was a lability in a firefight. She cold hear Danerc Tren, no l onger tryng to be qi et, scrambng hs way back p the ventilation shaft Ths was wrong n rehearsals, he had ct hs way throgh the hatch cover and oned the eam on the search Dan, where ya gong?" s he asked over her com m nicator. He grnted something abot a problem to solve and ignored her second qestion. rssom and Kilrathe had opened one door to find a storeroom, ten meters to the back wal, stacked wth boxes. A qick scan with a trcorder showed nothing sentient Yahnke and Stak plled open a door to find another storage room , th s one q te arge and filled wth stacks of large bags The room had a pngent aroma, and Stlak hostered hs phaser and began adjstng hi s tricorder Anythng ave?" Yahnke asked Negative," St lak reped, bt these bags appear to contain a sbstance . . ." Later," Yah nke ordered.  Next door. Once the area s secre, yo can come back and scan that stf" Of corse, forgve me," Stlak reped, shiftng hs tricorder back to hs sde and drawng hs phaser. They moved to the next door and took p positions, Yahnke covering the door and Stlak the corridor and the wo sl mped bodies near th e far door Yahnk e p led th e door open and fet a psto bllet smash nto his body ar mor and a second one roar over his sho lder Stnne d, h e forced hiself to fre hs phaser nto the room, hopng it wold stale hs opponent, bt t was Stlaks shot that ook down K aelyn Yahn ke noted that she was naked, bt this ony made it easer to see she was not conceaing another weapon Forcng his eyes to focs throgh the pain of the psto shot (whch, he now knew, had not pen etrated h is arm or), Yah nke noted a cowerng naked fgre behind the bed. Weve got the hostage," Yahnke reported, retrnng to the elevator." rissom acknowledged the transm sson , and both teams met at the eevator a few seconds later The hostage was shakng wth fear and nable to speak, bt rssom was back to a pa of the plan they had re earsed et a postve ID ," h e snapped at Dellik, wh o had read ied her trcorder when she heard the ca that the hostage ad been fond.

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t ant hi," she snapped before even bringng the tricorder to bear. When rssom gared at her she said I stded hs photo. Rght hegh t, age, and ha r, bt not yong Mster Plemmons" rissom started to arge, bt she ponted to the trcorder readngs. He's native to Roon , not to Mars Hes  not Plemmons." rissom swore as Stlak dd a sperfcal mind scan. Confirm," Stlak said, ths man is not or hostage. Hs prpose here is not crm ina , bt recreatona. " Withot even a shrg, Stak gripped the yoths sh old er and se nt hm to the foor n a swoon Back to work," rssom ordered, headng back the way he had come with K ilrathe. Yahn ke, cearly aboring to breathe, waved his phaser for Stlak to follow hm Were gong to skip the next rooms and go to the door those two came ot of," Yahnke said This is not accordng to the plan for ths part of the operaton," Stak pointed ot Were mprovsing. ts takng to long and that mst be some kind of control room That shold gve s  ntel." Stlak folowed withot argng as Yahnke moved to the door, scannng what h e cold see. Wit h Stlak cover ng, he sd nto the room, noting the tabes loaded wth food, and a contro consoe with screens s howing the vari os cameras, assorted frn itre, a nd an open door to an other room. A qck scan showed nothng n this room, whch meant that the door to the next room was the key target. Yah nke began movng to the sde, watchin g the door and the room beyond As he had been drled snce boot camp, everywhere Yah nkes eyes ooked, hs phaser was aready ponted, and everywhere hs phaser ponted, his eyes were already focsed. When hs eyes locked on those of Meka, they both fired at the same  nstant Hs phaser stn bast was paaly blocked by the cab net she was croched behnd , bt eno gh of t strck her in th e face to pt her down. Yah nke was n ot so lc ky The ble t hit between hi s sk and t he protectve hemet, driv ng a redhot ceramc proectie aong his scalp to expode ot the back of the hemet The pain was ncredbe, a thogh strangely the thoght came to h m that the ceramic blet had probaby caterized the wond that t made Whch was cky, he noted abot the time he hit the floor and passed ot, snce scalp wonds on hm ans tended to beed a ot.

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2353  Bm m x W #8     

2359  Bm  x Wh #8     

 rissom scanned the storage oom while Kil rathie cov ered his back Somethin g aive is i n he re h e advised the corporal something hmanoid. The oom was a large one  fied with storage lockers fi le cabinets with racks of datapads and the drawers that held datachips. Thee were several desks some accompanied by we pho stered chairs. This was a woking office and some one was woking. Moving slowly down th e ais leway scanning from side to side with his eyes bt not his phase  issom searched the room. Behind the second ow of fil ing cabinets he fond a man cowering with hi s hands ove his bald head Dont shoot me  the man cied not looki ng at his cap tor Please dont shoot me Its on stn rissom apoogized as he fied He moved on to check the rest of the room bt the tricorder confimed what his eyes told h im . No one ese was there. Hostage secre  came the c lipped words of Stlak in his earpiece Identification confim ed  this is yong Mister Pemmons. Lietenant Yah nke is down. Shot in the head His condition is seios

The area is sece issom anno nced on his com m n icator. o back and do a qick search and gab any thing interesting  rissom headed fo the office aea. He checked on the bald man who was breathing normaly and began going th ogh his desk. The compter termin al was stil on ine and rissom was abe to tel that it was acnti ng records bt not mch moe His trcorder wasnt set p to handle tanslations so he codnt tel what he was ooking at Can l assist yo Commander? rissom  mped at the sond of the Vlcan  who had arived silenty. My task in this phase is to interogate the pisones he expain ed. Th e others are mem s of the owning fam ily They were in voved in the kidnapping and the ir family is indeed involved in ilegal tading with the Oions Most of them however are simpy passengers on the family bsi ness taki ng a share of the pofits bt doin g little wok. One female knew a g eat deal abot the Orion s and I have marked he for possible evacation as a materal witness Thee are also considerabe stocks of ilegal materias in this complex incl ding some narcotics and som e electron ics that are beyond what this panet can make for itsef  yo know who this man is? No  rissom said maybe so me ki nd of accontant See what yo can find ot. Stak genty resitioned the small man so that he cold condct a min d m eld. The process took a cope of mintes. This man is Ted NKorl. He is by trainin g an attorney specializ ing i n taxes bt he is empoyed by this company to do all of the acconting for thei i legal off-world trade. He is very nhappy in his ob feeing sch trade to  immora. He is vially a pisoner in this complex a de vice attached to h is ankle wi ll case hi m geat pain if trig geed by an aarm field which he knows is within the e  evato. This is to prevent him from leaving He wold  gatefl fo resce and wod be happy to testify against the famiy.  get the coa off of his ankle issom said. Yo see if yo can wake him p HeI  easie to move if he can do it fo himsef and he can hep s find the right ecords to take with s Vey we Stak answeed I shal se the medica kit provided by Docto Kildaie to evive hi m   issom had decided against inclding a docto o medic in his team expecting to complete the mission fast enogh he wod not need one. Yo might want to give him something to keep him cam rissom advised. He was terified when I fond him . We need him fn ctioning Vey we Th e Vcan moved to teat his patient. We got troble Com mande came the voice of Dellik in his eapiece I can hear a ot of nding and some shooting going on pstais. Somebody p thee is tying to ct thei way in here. I bocked the eevato door open bt

Stand by rissom replied. Dan eic go hep Stak he ordered. Dan isnt hee came the wods of Delik. I heard him going back p the sevice shaft May he codnt get the panel on from the inside.  dont know o help Stak rissom ordered He left the stnned man on the floor and went back with Kirathie to check the other ooms. At this point enogh had happened that he wold leave no doo n  opened. The last rooms in clded an eaboate bt empty droom and storage rooms filed with boxes.

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the warning bzzer s going off and some recording is de manding that the door be cosed" Is Yahnke stll ot?" Yes sir" Where's DanercTren?" My trcorder fond hm halfway p the a ir shaft. He's conscos and workng on something bt he doesn't an swer his rado  was workng on getng the pane removed frm the hatch; t's got all the bolts in t Kilrathe is moving some stff that Stlak told hm needs to go with  s." Carry on" rssom ordered.  wi be right there"

0005 h B h  SS Tasmania     Sitation?" the Captain demanded  ve transpored three gards to other locatons knocked a cople ot with water bombs a nd several have responded to the false alarms  trggered" the sen sor tech nician reported. Bt there are at least six at the pper eevator obby sing some pretty serios toos to try to get n ctting torches power saws and frearms." Optons?"  can kill the man power to the complex" the techn cian sggested. That wold at east sht dow n the r heavy tools. Shold by a ew mntes before they can get nto the elevator shaft wth the re axes That shold aso let me transpor a few more of them somewhere else." Have yo reestablshed contact wth the team?" Negatve. When that alarm went of twenty mntes ago some kind o field ired p bockng my view down the elevator shaft and some kind o heavy metal plate slammed sht over the ventaton shaft." Transporer Room One ths s the Captan." Sergeant Borne here sir" Stand p the l andin g force. The team s trapped and  may have to have yo get them ot of there. " We are ready Captain" the sergeant reported twenty-fo r oaded p and ready to d rop  n two ifts " Stand by Borne" the Captan sad and stn only. This is gong to be bad enogh as t s." Aye aye sir" the sergeant resnded we won't eave any o o r people behnd" Techncian" the Captan ordered by rssom as mch tme as yo can bt let me know when the gards have broken n to the elevator shaft" Power s off and I broke the emergency fire hose valves sprayng water a over the pace. And I jst trans poed two more gards ot of there"

0009 h Bm   x Wh #8      rissom arrved at the lobby jst as De ll k got the metal pate of o the ventilaton shaft hatch. Yah nke was startng to sit p Plemmons was standng nearby shakng and Klrathie had jst arrived with a crate to pace next to the large bag al ready on the floor Th e naked oca had been p ed ot o the way

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Dan!" Delk caled p the shat. What are yo doing?" Mnte Bsy" was all he repled. Can we go now?" Pl emm ons asked Shortly sr" rssom answered. Krathe do yo know which of the kidnappers Stlak wanted as a prs oner?" Yes sir " the corporal gestred that one the irst one we took ot when we got down h ere." Excelent" the comman der repied What are these?" he gestred at the bag and crate Contraband that Stl ak said we needed as evdence" Klrathie repied. That bag s fll of some knd of weeds and ths box s fl o transstators" rissom whstled. rans-stators cold be sed n any nmber of advanced devces and were abot 50 years ahead of Roon's cr rent technoogy. Jdgng frm the stacks of boxes he had seen rssom knew there mst be thosands of these devices in ths basement. rssom's reection was ended when Danerc-Tren clmbed ot o the air shaft. On the way down  saw somethng odd" he said and went back to check s a jamm ng feld generator desgned to block the eevator shaft and ventilaton shaft and prevent anyone from sng a transporter" Dd yo disarm t?" No" Danerc-Tren sad hen  was stang to a metal plate slammed down on my head knocking my commn cator of" He hed p the device which was obvosly bro ken. That was jst abot the tme those alarms went of topside. Apparenty s so me backp devce to ock down the ventaton shat I gess the elevator locks itself" xplosives?" Kirathe asked Not going to work" Danerc answered the ed s ave the metal plate and we dont have enogh expo

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plosion erpted ar above them, and pieces o meta and concrete began to pond the roo o the eevator ar n ergize!" rssom ordered. Negatve," the shps techn ician repled I can't get a good ock on yor signa. Too mc h radiation" Kilrathe had to shove Pemmons aside to reach the sti dazed Letenant Yahn ke bt h e thrst h is hands i nto the Lietenants backpack and was obvosly trying to wok somethng Beacon on" Kilrathe annonced ood lock," the shp's techncan said rom the ear pieces energzing." The thd o a grenade landin g on the roo o the elevator car was the last so nd the team heard on Roon.

 D   m h  USS Tasmana    

sves to blast throg h the b kheads wthot colapsing the whole shat." So were trapped?" Plemmons wailed. ood ord, what kind o diot resce team are yo people? Yo mean yo didn't eave a whole company o Marines gardng the way ot o this place? What morons!" Sht p," rissom barked We're not done yet" How ar p?" Kilrathie asked DanercTren. Abot ten meters." ve me a boost p throgh the hatch o that eevator ar," Klrathe sad, ping a grenade rom his vest  open the door or s " Wth Danerc-Tren's hep K ilrathie got his torso p throgh the hatch. Standng on the engneer's sholders he steaded hmsel and plled the pn on the grenade, diang the ze as he dd so. Placing his et hand on the hatch tse he oted the grenade straght p and, in the same moton, stepped o o the engineer's sholders alowing himsel to al. Hs weight p led the hatch sht jst as the grenade went o. " smania, this is  rssom, an yo hear me?" Lod and clear, Commander" the technican an swered. What's yor station?" We're gong to get eveybody nto the elevator car. There wll be the six o s and three others, ps some cargo. Wde ield on the transter." R eady when yo are, Commander" Stand by," rissom advsed Where s Stak?" Here, sr" the Vcan said as he ronded the corner, a waste bn ll o compter dsks in one hand and the collar o NKorl's jacket n the other. The accontant was alternately sobbng and screamng . verybody nto the car no w" rissom ordered This pat had en covered n the rehearsals, bt there were too many optons and havin g three passengers and a load o baggage wasnt one o the m t took some dong to make everthing it, and wth both Plemmons companng and N'Kors walng, t took longer than t shold have An ex

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The ocal poce are qite peased with the evidence yo colected" the am bassador said B y the tme they got into the ndergrond complex, eveything had been de stroyed bt with sam pes o the o rigna l mateia l, an d Fed eraton technology they were able to prove conclsvey what had been there" xceent" the Captan said The entre ami ly is n der arrest I take t?" Most o them, " the Ambassador said. Th e Roo n gov ernment is qte distressed to hear that ther electronics ind stry almost became obsolete overn ght An d they were almost as pset to hear that comm on weeds on ther panet are a powerl narcotc or Rigeians We had been won derng where that new drg came rom. Now we know" And we can stop it," the Captan responded Are yor personne recoverng?" the Ambassador asked,   know that dong a mssion wthot asng as ates can mean takng heaver osses. " etenan t Yahnke wil   ne, " the Captain explained. veythng ese was jst strans and brses" Then we were lcky" the Ambassador sad They wll be rewarded?" Co mmendatons or everone " the Captain said, a Bronze Star and a wond badge or the Lie tenant a com mand medal or rissom. The comm endations will be wt ten p as a resce not combat, as yo reqested" The Ambassador nodded hs th anks And the trade deal?" the Captain asked Wl proceed in a good tme, " the Ambassador said There are sses to be resolved, a nd d pomacy demands patience. My sta s working throgh the problems By the way one o my sta has asked  he cold speak wth Prvate Delik." I don't need to ask which member o yor sta that was do ?" the Captan reped with a strained smie 's better  yo don't," the Ambassador said, bt  th nk  an get her o o yor ship  It seems that my Marne detachment can se another gard" I wod be grate," the Captan sad,  yor sta member." *** I thn k he wl consder t an even trade"

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WAT IS GURP U stands fo eneic Univesa oleplaying System" the P that these ues ae condensed fom Why is it called that? We .  eneic" GU stats with sim pe ules and buids p to as much optional detail as you like. Thi s abidged vesion pesents the coe ules" that most Ms stat with . Univesal" The basic ule system is designed to em fanphasie eaism . Theefoe it can fit any situation tasy o histoica past pesent o futue . oleplaying" This is not just a unand-gun" game. The ules ae witten to make tue oeplaying possible  and to encouage it. GU is a game in w hich you take on the pesona of anothe chaacte and peten d fo a little whie to  that chaacte. System" Ove 1 60 diffeent books have been pub lished fo GU, in eight diffeent languages (so fa).  is one of the ecognized woldwide standads fo olepaying games.

A S PRIME DIRECTIVE?  t is a oeplaying game set in the t lt U Availabe fo seveal RP systems it is based on the histoy and backgound seen in the classic boad game t Ft Btt/ fom the same pubishe  FB is a sh ip-toship combat boad game based on ele ments of the oigin a Star televi sion se ies

h tar leet Univrse The t Ft U is the histoy and backgound mateia geneated ove the ast 22 yeas fo FB All of the aces empies and othe backgound mateial found in U  t ae taken fom th e t Ft

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U It is i mpotant fo science fiction fans to unde stand the diffeences between the t Ft U and the oiginal souce mateial. FB (the oiginal SFU poduct) was done when The Oiginal Seies" was a syn dicated pogam popula on colege campus es an d no new mateial had been done i n yeas. FB quicky ceated hun deds of pages of new ma teial an d gew in its own diec tions Late when Star began to geneate new mate ia they went in thei own diection and the t Ft U continued to gow aong a diffeent path Thus the backgounds ae not 1 00 compatibe and tue Sta Tek fans will fi nd nu meous di feences between the late souce mateial and the S FU  See page 183 The SFU  being a game uni vese" whee the eades can make thei own histoy has been foced to be consid eably moe consistent (within itself) than the puely ite ay univese of tue Star 

PRIME DIRECVE h   oleplaying in the t Ft U is not new. Two decades ago w he n t Ft Btt/ was sti in its eaiest editions games wee adapting vaious oleplay ing systems to constuct thei own Ps set in the t Ft U None of these eached oficia status o wee actually pubished but many of them wee played at conventions and at least one based on a Chaosium game engin e was played by seveal goups fo nealy a decade When the fouh set of ownes of Task Foce ames (the pevious pubishe fo t Ft U poducts) took ove in  99 , they indicated a stong desie to po duce a oleplaying game that would exploit this impotant maket segment. While AD B suggested that we shoud sim ply license GU, Task Foce ames fet that it woud  bette to ceate thei own unique game engin e that could be used fo othe nonSta Feet poducts. They hied the team of Mak Costeo and Tm Olsen to ceate a new sys tem fo  t

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Tm and Mark created an inteestng game engine, pbished as  t (now known as PD ) n 1 993 Whi e it had loyal playes and deseved to fnd a ma ket, it did not gain enogh of a foowing to remainn development, and othe factos n the indstry and withn Task Force ames boght the release of new prodcts fo ths game to a halt far too soon Even so, PD1 (a core lebook and fo expan sions of vai os types) emans a mi estone in the t Ft U. ADB Inc plans to pbsh pdate and conversion nfomation fo PD1 prodcts n a fte prodct n ode to hono those who payed (and wrote) these ost chaptes of Star Feet hsto] While t hei game engine d idnt find the sccess t tly deseved, m and Mak were proific and ceative wrtes, adding a h nd red pages of backgon d to th e t Ft U, incldng many tems of eqipment, several hand weapons, and a plethoa of Federaton Associate Races Many of the pages of G reprise ther e arier work, n cd ing the backgronds for many of the m no  Federaton aces It shod not be a sprise if Mark and Tm wite new and excitng items for G Mak and Tm also created the concept of P me Teams (mltimisson teams capabe of condctng exporation, mbat, diplomatic, scentific, or even esponage mssi ons), trly the ir greatest contbtion to the t Ft U ADB endorsed ths concept wholeheaedy, even adding Pme Teams to the r board games t t Btt and Ft & Ep as special nts with many niqe modifers and bonses In 200 , ADB Inc even added a Prme Team card to the t Ft Btt F card game  Bt Pri me Teams may have been one so ce of the problem with maketing PD 1 ; not everyone wanted to be a commandodipomascientst Plans to expand PD1 nto othe areas neve came to frtion, bt the need to do so remaned a gven fo G

PRIME DIRECTIVE h w  When Amarilo Desgn Brea was ncoporated n 1 999 and became the new pblishe of the t Ft U we had a pan Phase 1 (get or exstng prod cts back into pint) went wel, and we moved nto Phase 2 (Ianchng entiely new prodct ines) A maor pa of this was to be a new RP From the fist day, we wanted th s to be GU and fond a receptive ea in o old fiend Steve Jackson It was a maiage made n Texas (which be heaven) as SJ ames wanted to icen se GU and we wanted the best RP system arond We pblished GU  t n Jy 2002 to critical accaim, followed by GU K in No vembe of 2003 When GU moved nto its forth editon drng 2004, we faced a maor decision as to what diecton we wod take After mch debate, it was decded to do a new 4th Edton veson of GU  t and GU K n orde to seve the needs of the gamers, who had made t cear that they wanted to move forward into the new 4th Edition We are prod to have been invited by Steve Jackson ames to on the trip

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T E STAR FL EET N IV E RSE : AN INTROTION Many players of GU  t wl be new to the t t U, and wi come to the game with dfferent expectations of what t s  ike based on the diffeent expeiences with Star Trek n any of ts varios foms The t Ft U is somewhat diffeent fom what has been seen on film, de to its being better and more ogically organized and consideraby moe conss tent i ntenally This chapter will help to orient new payes to the shape and histoy of the t Ft U. It is witten from the point of view of the United Fedeaton of Planets, bt, of corse, all m anne r of campagns nvovng othe races ae ssb le Neary al of the adventres set n GU   t wl take pace n the Apha Octant (consstng of the Alpha, Beta, and amma sectors) of the Milky Way gaaxy Drng later perods of the SFU, there is an nva sion from the Andromedan alaxy by way of the Lesser Mageanc Clod  The fna  battles that defeated this n va sion took place n that sand galaxy The map s a sightly abstact tactical one from the sta of the eneral Wa (Y1 68) showing the elative si tions of the varios empires A more detaed map of the Apha Octant is in Chapte ight The gray area of the A pha Octant s that shown on the maps n Chapter 8 Fo qick efeence, the map on the facing page shows the Fedeation (F), Kingon Empre (K), Roman Empre ( R), Kzinti Hegemony (Z), Lyran E mpire (L) , Hydan Kngdom ( H ) , on Confederaton (  ) , a n d the Interstear Concordim (I) The small aea on the rim near the Fed eraton is the Thoa n Ho dfast, the sma l aea at the Lyran KngonHydran bode s the indendent Lyan Demo catic Repbc, whie the sma aea near the Lyran Kngon-Kznti border is the WYN Sta Clster The center of the M lky Way gaaxy s bascaly a hge back hoe srronded by a zone of ntense and deadly radaton (whch i s m passabe) Srondi ng this zone s the Stom Zone" n which starshps and otsts can sr vive ony biefly Thee are few planets thee, none of them habtable Vay al civiizatons and fe exsts n the area between the Stom Zone and the edge of the galaxy, and ths s whee the Fedeaton, the Klingon mpie, the Romlan mpie, and the othe ltical entites of the SFU exst Paradoxcaly, the Mlky Way gaaxy in the t Ft U s both a small and a arge place It is smal in that some starships, traveling at fast speeds thogh a network of bases abe to refel t hem feqent ly, can travel great dstances n farly sho perods of tme A warship goin g at fast dash speeds can cross the entire Federation a dstance of some 9500 parse in at 20 days However, t is a arge pace n that even known space s st sbstantaly nexpoed The ndaes of the maor powers (seen on the map hee and those n Chapter 8) were set by teaty and wa at Y 1 20 and ocked nto

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place by a sees of bases. place bases. The varos empes pshed ther borders as far as they cold and paced ther bases far beyond sta systems syste ms actally expoed, colonzed, and developed Any gven 5 parsec hex on the map  n Chapter 8 nc ldes pwads of 5 nhabted colony planets, and thosands of other sy syst stems, ems, ncdng at least a h ndred hab table panets (a few have smal colones  or otposts)   Prodcng a  detaed map of each hex s mpos sble, and game Sgss mastes mast es need on ly Strm Sctr create maps re red by the ad ventes Nor shold a game master worry overy abot conss tent nomenclatre: Federaton Feder aton stelar maps are the compled the records of dozens of races, and, whle genealy accrate, are a mshmash of names, styles, and conventons For example, stars may have proper names (Rgel), or be named for ther pos ton ton n constelatons (Alpha Centa), o may smply have a nmerc desgnaton. Smary, planets may have a proper name (Pacfca, Strongpot), be named for the poston n a soa system (olx X), be named for ther dscover dscoverer er (Shermans Panet), o sm py hav have e a catalog nmbe r (PX 23).

 Bf Bf t t f th t Ft Ft U Ths s gven n mch greater greater detal detal n the Tme Tme ne n Chapte Chap te Eght, bt a bref ovev ovevew ew w set a context for the remander of ths ntrodcton. As each race has ts own caendar, Federaton recods arbtrarly begn n Y1 (the Yea One), when hmans of Eath fst reached warp speed and were notced by the Vcans The Kngons, Hmans, and most othe races acheved wap space ca pab pa bty ty drng Y1 -Y1  The Unted Federaton of Planets (UFP o smply the Federaton) was formed n Y4. Sector,, the orns destoyed the Rom lan In the Apha Sector ablty to b ld tactcal wa starshps n Y67, extemnated the Paravans (by accdent) n Y94, were contacted by the Federaton (at Cests ) drng Y1 57, and became became Fed erat er ato onn ales aganst aganst the Rom ans n Y 74 Secto to,, the Federaton expanded steady, n the Beta Sec cont co ntac actng tng the R omlan s n Y4, the Thol an s n Y84, and the Klngons n Y85. The Kznts attacked the Fedeaton

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n Y88 Y88 and agan n Y1 36. The key moment was the Fed eraton border decaraton of Y 2, whch clam ed tertoy tertoy that ha had d been contoed by the Kznts and Kn gons Sev ea was estabshed ths as the foma bode boder r The amma Secto s hoe to the Fo  Powes, those beng the Klngons, Kznts, Lyrans, and Hydrans The Klngons and Lyrans met frst (n wa), and th encon teed te ed the Hydrans  n Y4 and the Kzn Kznts ts n Y48 Y48 The fene Lyrans Lyr ans and Kznts (despte be ng deadly eneme s of each each other) smtaneosly annhated the canne Canvons n Y  . The Klngons and Lyr Lyran anss eventally eventally became aes aganst the Kznts and Hydrans Seveal wars ed to the mao For Powers War mao War n Y58162. The defnng peod of the t Ft U s the enea Wa, whch began as yet anothe Kznt-Lyran conflct n Y168 and eventay nclded a of the majo ace a cess by Y 74. Facng econo mc colapse, the empres empres ended the war n Y 85 when the ntes ntestea tea Concordm Concordm establshed the peacekeeper lne between them Ths peace asted ony two scant years befoe the Andomedan nvason broght the ente t Ft U to the vey edge of annhlaton.

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EM PI RES OF OF THE STAR ST AR FLEE FLEET T UNIV ERSE Th Ut Ft f t The United Federaton of Panets s a mlti racia politcal entity with its headqa rters on the planet Eath Sever Several al races races hold seats on ts r  ng conci many other races are affiate mem bers and coonies or stations have been estab ished o n over a thosand other planets Most of ts ships are manned by crews composed of 8090% of one race, with the remainder beng a mitre of al others. The Federaton Federaton s dominated by the Hm ans, ncld parentage who were born on other pan pan ing those of Eah parentage ets. Hmans prov provde de more tha n 70% of Star Fleet person ne and domnate every phase of its operations. Hmans are regarded as the most mitarstic, bt not the most war war lke, of the member races of the Federation The Federation is probably the most deaistc of al attack withot warn the emp res Federation ships ne ver attack Federation tion has foght wars wth al of ts ng , and whle the Federa neghbors, it has never staed one. The Federation has negotiated borders wth a of its neighbors and has not soght to epand them military. Economcally, Ec onomcally, however, the Federaton is the most aggressive ra race ce in its sector of the gaay Federaton merchant shps are fond almost everywhere d ng ace ti me, and the Netra Zones" Zones" between between the Federation and its neig hrs and with with Federati Federation on coonies set p wthn the strct letter of the reevant treates. The Federaton con access ess to the markets and sders peace to ncde free acc rts of all other races. races. Snce the Federat Federation ion has the stron gest economy, t has the most money to by thngs with and the most prodcton prodcton capacity capacity to bd t hi ngs and tends to domi do minate nate the galactic economy. economy. Other O ther emp res may scof, scof, bt n the end the nmbers dont li e The Federaton i s the most economcally effcient system system n loca space, and the Hmans are the ones who rn it. Not even Tellarites can sccess! cess! arge with sc For more informaton, see GU Ft Ths prodct is sched led for Agst 2005 O  th O t The Orons are are a greenskinn ed h manoid race. Ther planet s a sem-atonomos member of the U FP n deed, some Orons see as crew on Star Feet ships  the member races of the Federaton, the Orons are perhaps the most economicaly aggressve, both withn and ot side Federation terrtoy. Offcially (ac cordng to the Oron government, any way), the famed Orion Pirates are sim ply ndivida prvateers and criminas, many of whom ar are e not even Orions, wth no formal organi organizaton zaton It is believed that the precrsors of the Oron Pirates were mega-corpora tions based on the Oion homeworld. homewo rld. The

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pirates later organized into cartels, pirates cartels, each controll controll ing a l p rate operations in a gven area Many shps are operated by each cael, bt abot 3rds of all pirate shps are n dependent" ships. These lease an operatons area from a cael ca el lord and prchase prchase their needed sppies, weapons, weapons, and maintenance from cael facties. Some Oron prate ships have a arge nm ber of crewmembers crewmembers who are non Orion a few have no e thnc Orion cre crews ws at al The Oron Pirates are eqal-opponity epoiters of all the galactic powers, powers, ecept for the N C ster ster,, whose atonomy they protect in order to se it as a base of op eratons. era tons. See GU O t (schedled for 2006).

Th K Ep The Klngon Empre arose on the rns of a previos empire of whch the Klingons had been a sbject race. The Old Kings" had sed Klngons primariy n their starshp crews, and when the Old Kngs disappeared the Klngons qickly pcked p the peces. Klingons are generally reg regarde arded d as a brtal warror race, bt this char acterizaton is not entirely far or ac crate. cra te. Ki ngons are h manoids very similar to terrestri terrestrial al h mans , bt ony a tiny potion of th er pl anetar anetaryy plations are selected as warriors, so those Klngons typcay encontered by other races are soldiers and have a militay mindset frst and foremost. They are not brtal, bt they wll not spare cvilians to attan a miitary objective The Kngon Empire s a or one, and it can only match the Federaton i n m ili ta wer at the cost cost of a lowerstan lower stan dard of ivng for ts peo ple. Any attempt to to match the Fed eraton standard of ivng wod reqire dsbandng the mlitay forces, eaving the Empre vnerabe to a host of enemies The Klngon Empre is also a mtracial one, wth more than a dozen sbect races. Over 60% of the al Kingonn Em pre starshi Kingo starshi p crews crews are, in fact, from nonKlingon sbect races For more information, see GU K. Th  t Ep Romlans are an offshoot of the Vcan race, wth pointed ears and copper-based bood (gvng their skn a slightly greensh tinge). The most mant thing to the average Romlan s hono r,"  e, their own own rsonal rep taton for dong the correct and hon orab orable le thng. For some some Romlans, however, ambton overcomes honor and re places t with greed, revenge, or perhaps perhaps hbris. The R om lan s are the mo st aggressve aggressve of the severa severa empires. Thei r terrtory terrtory i nclde s even fewer fewer habitable plan etss than the orns an d n o other sentent et races (at least, none are known to the UFP) The Romans seem to honesty believe that they are desti ned to re the aay and are constanty workng to ward wa rd this end . For more nformation, see GU .

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 Ct  t G Te orns are large sarans wit a ig degree of ntelligence and per sonal bravery. Tey are pyscally as large as (or larger tan) Kzintis, beng taller tan (and wt peraps twce te blk of) Hmans. Te orn Confederaton ( te two versons of te name are intercangeable) consists of tree ntelgent races oined nto a single poltcal nit. Al developed on sepa rate ra te planets bt are so near ly dent ca tat t ey obviosly come from common stock teir templates are identcal and tey can interbreed. T e r area of space incldes rela tively few abtable planets and, apparently, no natve n telligent races races beyond temseve s. Te orns did enconter a sentent race (te birdlike Paravans, aso descended from te orginal orn gene pool) closer to te core of te galaxy i n te perio d after after te end of te Frst ornRomlan War. Te Paravans, be lieving te orns to be demons, attacked tem wit n paralleled pa ralleled savagery. savagery. Te o rns accdental accden tally ly destroyed destroyed ts tramatc git amo ng te entire orn race. ace,, casng tramatc ace srgical srgi cal strikes strikes aganst Roml an researc facl Previos tes ad dened te Romlans Tactical Warp tecnoogy, and an d wile te orns cold ave sed te r sperior sips sips destro troyy or conqer te R om lan s, te y cose not to to do to des so becase of te Paravian Paravian  lt. are famos for anytng , t s or te stingi f te orns are ness ne ss of of tei r legslatre, w c avoids provding te mi  tay wt sfficient ndng. Te orns wold be a mc greater power n te nverse if ter percentage of ross ational Prodct devoted to te miltary matced tat of Federation tion (let alone te Romlans or Kngo Kngons). ns). te Federa Te orn Confederation as been at war wit te Romlan Empi re snce tey met, bt (after an nta period of tenson) as been frm frends wit te UFP. Te sorcebook GU G s scedled for pb lcaton at a ftre date.

Th L t Ep Te Lyrans are a feline race wose fr coats and featres bear a stro ng resemblance to tat of a Terran ynx, and tei r temperaments temperaments are also sim lar. Federation scientst scientstss ave determined tat Lyrans and descended from commo n Kzints are descended stock, bt f ts detal is mentioned in te presence of a member of eiter race, te dscssion is lkely to become eated (and boody). Te atred of tese two races s so tremendos tat every attempt attempt at ace negotations breaks down nto n to and toand combat. Federation dplomats attending interna tional conferences ave been advised to not stand pysi cally between Kzint and Lyran diplomats, even wen te dscssions are proceedng calm ly. Te Te fact tat Kznti and Lyranss someow coexst peacefl Lyran peacefl ly nside t e WYN Cls ter s an embarrassment to bot empres. Te Lyran Lyranss ave engaged n constant warfare wit te Kzint and Hydrans. Tey also fogt wars wit te became allies, alto g te strong cen Klngons, bt later became tral organzation of te Kingons kept te Lyrans as te nior ni or paner n te alance. Tey ave engaged n at tempts to rentegrate rentegrate te LDR nto te E mpre, and wold love to see te WY Cster destroyed, bt ave been nable to do so de to te sppo te WYN receve from ter enemes. Tere s a good deal of conflict wtn te Lyran Empire, wic as kept te race as a wole from domnatng a mc larger area area of te gaaxy gaaxy For more nformaton, see GU F Ep, sceded for ftre pblcaton.

 t g Te Kzints are arge felnes over seven feet tall and eigng over 300 ponds. Tey are carnvoros, and sto ries es of of Kznts eating t eir captves are cea nly tre. Ts distas dis tastefl tefl abt prevented prevente d te Federaton from acceptng tem as alles for many decades. Te Kznt Hegemony Fleet s aggressve and igly profes sional, s ional, bt as spent mc of ts tme n varios civil ars a rs over over te sccession sccession to t e t rone . Te most notable Kzinti Cvl War (Y1  6) res reslted lted n te fg t of te Usrper to te WY Clster. Te Kznts ave engaged i n con stant warfare wt te Lyrans and Klingons. Tey also fogt sever severa a lti ars it te Federaton, bt ately alied wt tem drng te enera ener a War War,, and benefted be nefted from fr om Fed eratio era tionn tecnologcal assstan assstance ce to p grade ter mltary. Tey wold like to see te WY

Th  Kg Hydrans are among te few nonbi pedal rac races es i n known space space.. Tey are sma l 4.5 feet tal) bengs, g reen sg ray n color, wit a bar resaped body sppoed by tree stbby egs wt tree eqally spaced ten tacles sproting from te pper torso. Tey ave tree sexes sexes Mae, Femae, and Matria Matriarcal, rcal, te latte latterr of wic s abot as ntegent as a seeog and s rarey seen off planet. evoved ed and ve on ClassS planets; ter atmo Tey evov spere s ric in metane and wold be ncomfortable ncomfortable (or fatal) to most oter speces. Wie tis mgt be togt to alow tem to coexst in te same systems as oxygen ti ng races, tis typcaly does not appen becase of breati brea te competton for resorces sc as asteroid lts, etc. A ftre GU manal, or te 3rd Edton GU M  ph wil nclde more nformaton.

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becase se it selter selterss a pretender to te Clster destroyed beca Patriarcy trone, bt ave been nable to do so de to te sppo te WYN receve from oter powers. For more nformaton, see GU F Ep, scedled for ftre pbcation.

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Th Th ft The Tho lan s are are not native to the Milky Way galaxy, but once dominated the M8 galaxy. The Tho lian s were were overthrown overthrown n a galaxy-wide revolt some 200 years ago, led by the Setorans. The Thoians n our galaxy are the descendants of a group that escaped that debacle and managed, by means yet yet un known, to brng th eir planet" which was a provncial capita and a smal Dyson sphere (e, a huge holow structure with a small star nside) wth them. Thoans are crystaine creatures who requre very high temperatures. If they have to nteract in person with other races, they use specia envronmental suts They setted on the edge of our galaxy at the end of the Orion Arm i n what was was then Klingon territory Despte a nature that s alen even by galactic stan dards, the Thoans are exs at playing the Klingons and Fe deration aganst each each other. Extensive Thol ian pa tros prevent Oron pracy n their space Seltorian forces followed them to ou r galaxy galaxy durng the eneral War and and became alled wth the Klngons against the Thoans. Ther e have been rumors that Thol ians have kept Fed eraton and Klingon personnel prsoners and used them as save labor on worlds that were too too cold for Tho ans to ve on For more information, see the future manual GU Th Th tt C   The ISC i s an organization organization by of severa races associated treaty, treat y, sm il ar to the Federaton. Al of these races are are native to different planets wthin a rea tvey sm al area at th e center of SC terrtory The varous races discovered each other, fought severa minor wars, and formed the ISC before the era of tactica warpwere warpwered d star starship ship s. There, the resembance to the Federation ends concept of a Prme Drectv The ISC has no concept Drectve, e, and wl ntervene n the development of any race to bring t up to ISC standards. The S C's prme convction convction s that a ace fu, harmonous and we-ordered universe s the duty of collapse whe n that duty al sentient species Civizatons collapse is ig nored, the re refor fore e it must be requred requred of al T he dark un d ersde of the I SC s that they have no respect for ndi vidual or cultu ra rghts that vioate this principe, and wll go to any engths to enforce ther idea of peace, order, do not try to conquer other and good government. They do adopt ISC phiosophies powers, or force th em t o adopt When the SC became aware of the other empires were shocked at the eve of con wthin known space, they were fct they encountered The SC bult a huge fleet and, at the end of the enera War War (Y1 85), i msed themselves themselves as peacekeepers between the warrng factons (Those factions regarded the ISC forces as buyng them tme to bul d new fleets.) Wth ther forces forces scattered as they were, the huge SC fleet (wh ch mght have defended th e sector) became easy prey prey for the nvading Andromeda ns. Th e SC wi  be the s ubec ubectt of a future GU manua

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 it Ett he R: One of the 21 Lyr Lyran an counties rebelled i n Y145 and became the indepen dent and neutral Lyran Democratc Repub lic The tiny enclave remaned independent mostly because the Lyran For emost Duchy welcom ed the reduction in power of its rival, the Lyran Enemy's Blood part) t) The LDR ater Duchy (of which the LDR had been a par red d some sign ificant Hydran technology as a br to acquire acqui stay neutral n the eneral War. The LDR s an offcially neutral power, but it has fought a mno r war with each of its neighborng powe powers, rs, the Hydrans and the Kngons. It attemptng temptng to expo revoluton to the Lyran Star has been at Empre and has fought at east two mnor wars with it, in addtion addt ion to remanng n constant tensi tensi ons wth it he WYN Star Custer: Located at the pont where the Klingon, Lyran, and Kznt borders meet, . .. the WYN Star Cluster was surrounded by a dense den se coud of hghly radioactive dust, and  was ong consdered saturated with deadly radiato radi atonn and thereby thereby un in habtable. Not u n ti Y116, when a Kzint D uke fed to the WYN Cluster after a faled bid to seze the Patrarcha throne was it dscovered that the radioactve shel surroundng the custer could be breached by a fast warp approach. Later, groups of Lyran, Klngon, and Orion refugees also arrved arrve d n th e Custer at various ti mes. Renegades and the dsa d saect ected ed of every race in know n space began to tricke nto the Clust Cluster er C ommon enemes and a common cause forced these groups to set aside past rivaries and form a rare multraca cuture. planetss and asterods with n the cluster are are rch n The planet rare metal metals, s, makin g the WYNs a wealthy group. They would no doubt be destroyed by ther neighrs but for the fact that entry nto the Cus ter causes such damage to outside outside ships that any nvading feet is easy prey for the small WYN navy. Fuhermor Fuhermore, e, none of the Kzint, Kngon, and Lyran governments wants to see any one of their rivas control the vast wealth of the WYN C luster. The WYN attempt to mantan strict neutraty neutra ty,, despite despit e the fact that an entre Orion operatess fro m the Cluster prate cae operate GU F Ep wll have more nformation on both the LDR and WYN The Jndarans have been in space 1 00,000 years years or more, and dozens (perhaps hundreds) of their fleets of hoow asterod ships crss C C cross the gaaxy (gnorng wars, bor ders, aws, and treates) to mne whatever asteroid belts they find valuable They often trade with the conventional starfaring races There is no Ji ndaran government ev ever eryy carava car avan n has its ow n style of operations S ome make (and keep) kee p) contracts contracts wth varo us em pres. From tme to time, a given empre wi fnd one particular cara van to to be so so  nurous that t sends a fleet to wpe them out or force them to depart. The Vudar are a Kingon subject race that beca became me sem-i ndependen t late late in the eneral War.

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EIGENT E IN THE AR FLEET UNIVERSE There are several orders of intelligent life n the t lt U. The Unted Federation of Planets class es inteligent races along the folowng rough scale

l  These races exst in remote areas wth Tech Leves ove 1 6 effectvely off the scale. These races are usu  lly omnipotent and mmo rtal. Founately for the SF U most of these have little nterest in the affars of lesser races. To exceptons are the Masters and the Organians. A memaster can feel free to create others. e asers who kdnap" entire starships and some imes ndviduas or small groups to play in ther games" re seen only as dsemdi ed voices. The Masters arrange ot only starshp duels and hand-to-hand battes but uzzle-solving compettions Every group of adventurrs eserves the chanc e to be kidn apped by the Masters who (for purposes of ther games) can provide any equpment or technoogy. A trp to the Masters realm can provide ad enturers wth th e opportunity to meet races from farflung empres they mght never meet otherwise Th e gamemaster ould easy add any alen species or monster from any ource as the Masters are known to collect game peces" from all over the galaxy and even from the Magelanc louds. The M asters are known to allow those of ther vc tims who show skl  bravery cunn ng or cleverness to re tun to ther lves. e Organians live a pastora life on a panet in the ederation-Klngon Neutra Zone (hex 193) or so t eems They are in fact non-corporea beings who take humanoid form to dea with other races. They brokered rther than enforced the Federation-Klngon Treaty When he Organians disappeared in Y 1 7   the treaty colapsed  the Kngons nvaded the Federation. Pr  These races existed n the t me before the current era. ust how many there were and what time perods they eited and what they dd is not cearly understood. The best known of these are the Old King s " who ruled ederaton and Klingon space unt about two centures eore the eneral War. This race used the Klngons (as e as the Dunkars Hlldarans and other races) as trhip crews. When the Old Kngs" left leaving aban one starshps n orbt over Kinshai the Kngons built hemal-energy rockets to regain access to space The Spirit Kngs" took the Hydrans nto space in much he sme way but when they depaed (at the same t me  he Old Kngs") they left the Hydrans  n possesson of mitie starshps. The orns refer to the Lizard Kngs" as the race that trnted them to their three homeworlds (and to the oomed planet of Paravia) a t least  3000 years before he enera War

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The Lyrans and Kzntis are known to be genetcally related to each other (and to the Jwarund is and th e dog like Carnvons) and may have been seeded on thei r plan ets by a race known ony as the Leopard Kngs" at some tme perhaps  00000 years before the en eral War. Whether any of these races still exist s a maer of conecture and great nterest to the powers of the SFU

tf  These races or emp res i nclude the Federaton (wth its humans Vulcans etc.) the Klingon Empre (nclu dng the r subect races who arguably did not reach space flg ht on ther own) the Romulans Kzints orns Orions Hydrans Lyrans WYN ISC LDR J indarians and Vudar. The birdlke Paravians and wolflike Carn vons became extnct eary n the hi story of the t Ft U, al  tho ugh reports of lost colones of both continue to appear. A sub-category of starfaring races nclude the extra galactc races who have apared  n th e Apha Octant from varous other locatons. The Thoans arrived as refugees from th er galaxy wth the Seltorans (ther for mer slaves) n hot pursut (only a century b e h  n d t h e m ) . T h e Andromedans are i nvaders from the M3 gaaxy and their true nature s un known. (T her robots are comm only seen but only one man a Federaton Marine has ever seen a vng Andromedan and suved and he could never brng himself to speak of what he saw.) The Xorkaeia ns are from the Mlky Way and are masters of a huge empre on the opposte edge. They invaded the Alpha Octant m uch later in hi story. Dozens of races occupy the Ome ga Sector and wl be presented n a future GU manua. Ntf  NonStarfarng races are those whch for whatever reason have never et their ho me world. Al most al are of Tech Level 9 or lower wth most beng TL 6 or lower. The many empres have dferent practces when it comes to ther encou nters with Non-Stararing races wh ch range from explotaton (Kl ngons) to enslavemen t (Kzin tis) to patronage (the SC) . The UF P is un usual  n that it quaran tnes N on-Starfarng races under the famou s Prme Direc tve to allow the m to deveop on thei r own. tf Ths s a catchal headng for nterstellar life forms not necessarly ntelgent that can travel through the enor mously hostie envronment of space under their own power. Some observed types of astrofauna nclude large clouds known as energy bengs massve protoplasmc bengs that resembe sngle-ceed ife-forms and more complex organsms that have been ncknamed eels" snakes" or dragons." Organisms whch are powerful enough to qualfy as astrofauna are usually powerfu enough to pose a threat even to the ships of stararng cvzatons. A sub-category of astrofauna ncludes non-lving starcrat whch appear from t me to tme. There are many of these (the game master s wecome to borrow them from any sou rce) incl udng the Death Probe and Juggernaut.

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THE ERAS O THE STAR LEET UNIVERSE Athogh the t Ft U covers some two hndredodd years of history, those years are not mono ith c and schoars have dvided hsto ry into seven dstnct eas The defat assmption s that payers of GU  t wil be membes of the UF P adventrng drng the Main Era years Most of the maps and eqp ment descriptions ae created with th s phase of hstory n min d Howeve, the SFU s a bg un verse, and campaigns in other eras, o as othe races, ae ceainl y possble

tt E ( Y4 Th L  ) The Precontact era s the ealest phase of UFP his tory Most of the planets that wo ld reach the stars dung the next era managed to resolve ther poblems (usally after new energy soces made comtit on for esoces less intense), form wold governments of vaos types, and reach warpcapable sta fli ght  The Vulcans had been n space for centres (bt as exploes unnterested n economc development), and the Klingons and Hydrans had been in space as the crews of aen staships Adventres in the Precontact Era are possble, bt wod be limited by the availabe means of tave to the singe starsystem of the adventurers The fst cude powe cells made energy weans pactcal fo the fst tim e dr ing thi s rod Space ships ae slow,  mited n range, and rey on spin chambers for aifca gavity NTt Wp E (YY Th L 9) The Non-Tactcal Wap Era represents two trends, n  ward and otward I n ths era, the UF P gew from an ali ance nto a govenment  The tem nontactical wap re fers to the prmtve fist starshps whch cold move at transight speeds bt coud ony fi ght at sb-light speeds Two very signfcant events mak the Non-Tactca Warp Era the first contact with the Oions (Y2  ) whch brought abot the fst mao ntestea tade agreements, and the contact with the Romuans (Y40) whch esuted n the Federatons first  ntestela wa Oon s was needed for the srvva of the Federati on, b t then , the Oons had provoked the war by tyng to colonize panets n space caimed by the Romu lans Adventes (for UFP members) n ths Ea ae best centeed aound contacts wth the Oons and the Romu ans (Usin g other soucebooks, adventes among the For Powers are eqally plasbe) amemasters nterested n a mlitay campagn have the exctng back dop of the First Federaton-Ro mulan Wa, whie those in terested n exploation can have playes nteract wth the Byzantne machnatons of the Orions, who wi dobtess n time have playes sayng, Wth al lies lke these    The first primitve starshps can make abot n ne pa ses per day, enough to each hndeds of new worlds, bt can only fght at sblight speeds avty compensa tion alows hgh- maneuvers Wh le mi ltary and govern-

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ment stashps w have cews fom a single wold, the frst of the free taders may have crewmen from many plan ets An advente dung ths peiod woud hang hs beam pisto in a hoste  from h s fabrc body amor, have a rathe smple PADD , and cay a comm n icato good for 25 mles

Tt Wp  (YY7 Th L ) The Tactca Wap Ea was marked by few potica developments, bt many technologcal ones The chef deveopment was, of cose, the inventon of the Tactica Wap engine, whch allowed combat at warp speeds, thogh only p to Wap 32 Whie the Federaton was the fist to develop ths technoogy, other aces deveoped t on ther own o copied i t q icky, and the Fedeaton (even had t wanted to) could not have conquered anyone else befoe they matched the technoogy This development dove the Federation nto fl l power as a government, since only ships of the Federation fleet (not ndvidual planets) in itiall y had the technoogy Star Fleet assumed the offica dty of defending all member planets, but those planets eventualy bit th e own tactica wap ships for oca de fense and to train recruts for Star Fleet Adventres n t hs Era can cente arond the deveop ments of Tactca Warp dve and Star Fleet A good cam paign could cente aound the crews of the first Star Feet shps, wth tue artficial gravty, tractor beams, low-tech replcators, and the first fncky transporters These shps wll have to contend wth dsunity among mt-acal crews concerned over the eosion of panetay soveegnty An adventue n this perod wold hoster his phaser pisto next to the earlest scanne" (or monocorde) and wold have a mited transato next to his commnicato Th E Y E (Y79 Y9 Th L ) The Ealy Yeas Ea marked the begnnings of the UFPs in teractons wth the wide gaaxy Th s was the era in whch the Federation en contered powes whch could not be absorbed (as had the Orons) or defeated and ig  noed (as had the Romans) These ncded the recl sive Tholians, and the mltastic Kngons (who wee in volved n other was and became tacit alies of the Fed eraton, provding advisors to those Sta Fleet ships fight ng the Kzints) Unfonatey, good elations tween the Klingons and the Fedeation did not ast de to compettion over coony wolds between expanding otposts UF P efforts to define a borde n Y 02 succeeded a decade ater at a cost n bood The Romulans nealy nvaded the Federaton n Y1 1 0 but caled off the offensive at the ast mi nute when Empero Ramlus ded wthot an he The Fedeaton did not ean of ths event unti l decades ate Durng ths perod, Oron starships began to dsappear from the en clave and take up pacy as a vocaton The wars with th e Kznts and Kln gons ed to severa mpoant changes wth in the Federaton Star Fleet formed ts own Mane Cops, Prme Teams (a tobleshooting unt of commandoes, scentists, and diplomats), and the National ad (a foma command structre for the neary fogotten vestiges of membe panet miltary forces)

RPS P IM DV 

Advnts in thi s ra cold focs on th frst ntrac tons with th Tholians, Kzintis, and Klingons. Mch cold b mad of a UFPKlngon campagn, with mta coop ation mard by growng comptiton and mst st Hnt ng (or opaying) Oon prats bcoms a favoit actv ty for advntrs D ring t his priod, th hgh tchnology plant Cygns changd fom bng a Kzinti slav world to a Fdraton mmb (d to th bord dclaation) Th advntr i n ths a wl find h s qpmnt ight and mor ffcnt, and his Monocord has bcom a Bcordr ab to colc t and ntprt two diffrnt typs of data at th sam t im . Stas hips ar fy capab of tacti cal wap combat, with mpovd tacto bams and i abl tansports. Th first mat rpcator dsgns a abl to transmt lmnts, rathr than smply rpocss fdstocks Powrfl sbspac tansmitts allow adm ras to ntf n th daily lvs of starship captains, and allow advnts to gathr nws of opponits on dis tant pants

 M E (Y Y 79 T L/ ) Th Main Ea is th dfalt stting for GU  t, and most qipmnt dsciptons n ths book a st to it. Ths is also th tm that wll b most famliar to plays famlia  wth th arlst tlvison srs (Y1 56Y1 59). Th Main E ra s a tim of Fdration xpanson, xploraton, and conflict, and nds dring th gigantc nral Wa (Y1 68-Y 85) that affctd nary vry po litical ntity in known spac. In som sorcs, th piod frm Y 20-Y 1 50 is known as h Midd Yas". Th Main Era was a tm, paradoxicaly, of both trri toial soidifcaton and xpanson for th Fdaton. Lk ts nighbors, t bgan b ldi ng a ntwork of hg starbass and smar bord statons As th UFP had no hosti nighbors in th corward drcton, it bgan a massiv prgam of xploration n that gon n Y 25 Frth mor, althogh most of th mions of stas within th tritoral bods of th UFP had bn syd, only a handfl had rcvd dtaild xp loraton and stdy, and UF P aso bgan mor ntns fforts to map ot ts own ntrna" trtors. nconclsv was wr foght wth th Kznts (Y136-Y142), Romlans (Y54-Y155), and Klngons (Y56). Th war wth th Kngons ndd whn th god lik Organ ans stoppd a mao flt bal nar thi r plant and brokd a taty covrng th nt Ntal Zon. Ths was followd by a Kngon-Romlan allianc, which boght th Rom ans at a strok fom TL9 (whr on commandos h ad lft thm ) to t h TL  2 noyd by th st of th gaaxy. Facd wth thi s staton , th Fdraton fomd allancs wth th ons and th prvos rivals, t Kzntis. Ths intrlockng alancs nsd that th nxt Lyran-Kzint bordr skirmish wold xplod nto th nra War, covrng th nti Alpha Octant Th is war lastd byond th Man Era,  ndi ng i n stalmat, xhas ton, and rn in Y1 85. Almost nnotcd ding th nral Wa w two vnts of ftr import, th first scots from th Andromdan nvason , an d th fist fforts by th Intrst la Concordm to bld a flt that cod nforc ntra

PS PM DITV 

ity and lat pac. Advnt s n th Man Ea can b of any typ imagin abl to anyon famiia with any form of Tk. Thr is oom fo xploration and first contacts, mchant advntr, spionag, and warfa Pm tams com  nto th own at ths tim , and a sd  n a vaty of fnctons Advn trr s hav accss to any knd of tchnoogy dscbd n ths book (ncldng trcordrs ab to rad and ntrprt m tp spctra at onc) and th ir starshps hav rachd th p nnacl of th tlvson and mov prsntations

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E (Y T L / ) Mch as ncla wapons wr dvlopd n Earths Scond World Wa bt proply bong to its Thid, ad vancd X-tchnology" appard n th last yars of th na Wa, bt propy bongs to th sbsqnt Andromdan War Wh l thr w ativy fw Xships dri ng ths yas, thy wr always prsnt in th most dcisv battls. Th fin a yas of th  nal War wr mo bloody and dstrctiv than vr bfor; vn fll  sizd sta shps cold b dstoyd by on volly from th massiv fts dployd n thos yas Th  daistc and somwhat id iosyncatic ISC bcam packprs ndr an Oganianbrokd taty Th ISCs highhanddnss and aln standards of stc wold dobtlss hav povokd a sios action aganst thm, had not th Mlky Way galaxy sffrd an nvason fom th mor tchnologically-advancd Andomdans, which bgan in Y 1 88 A of th mprs scrambld for srvival ntl a chanc vnt xposd th scrt of Andromdan tchnoogy, th Rapid Tanspo Ntwok. Andromdan shps wr slowr in statgi spd than alactc shps, bt by sing thr RTN cold mov sva tms as fast, allowing th m to dploy th i la tvly smal forcs to strk targts of opportnity. Onc th RTN was discovd and th mpirs and to d tct t, thy w abl to dstoy th Andromdan bass and with it, th RTN. Th Fdaton, onc mor ntd with th Kngons (and oth acs), bcam an xtagalactic pow dring Opraton Unty, sndng shps to th Lss Magllanic Cod to dstoy th tmns of th Andromdan link to th hom galaxy With that victory (wh ich sht down th Andromdan nvasion ot), th Fdation and oth mp irs bcam awar of (and abl to ach) mch larg aras of th galaxy, ncdng th Omga Sctor, Sgma Scto, Sargasso Scto, Maglla nic Clod s, and th far som Xorkalian Empi Advnts in ths prod can xpor th wrckag of wolds dvastatd by war and no nd of floatng hks that w onc pod shps of th lin  Trad inks sm, as dos th nd (and opportn ty) to xplo nw worlds and fi nd nw rsorcs. All of th q pmnt of prio ras has now rachd ts tchnoogcal pak (for xampl, th qadricodr). No nd of lftov nral War gnboats (now convd nto sma ll stashps abl to ca a crw of tn comfoably on ong ornys) a availabl chap to thos who a wllng to find th sorcs dmandd by th hngy makts of th post-war galaxy

TTI

SO YS S O  S There are many mysteries f the t Ft U that have been eft ndefined. There are no officia an swers to the foowng qestions, bt enterprsing game masters might want to take a stab at handling them n their own campagns Indeed, solvng one of these mysteres mght be the focs f an entire campaign.

Wh  E  Fghtg  th  f there s any cnstant n the t t U, t s that of war. At any given point n th e 200+ years f SFU history, there s saly a border skrmsh or otrght war going on between at east two powers. This may be be case al of the staaring races (nclding hmans) are descended frm predators, bt t s more ikey a contest over cntro of potential resorces (the case of most wars on Ea h). t shol d aso be noted that any gven rder s qiet at least three or fo r times as ften as there is a war in progress, and fore the eneral War there was a om ng ndstry of Federaton torsts vistng Kngon worlds. Wh  h /t   Of a the member races f the UFP, only the Vlcans display psychc abi tes as a racial trat. Indivd al psychcs are fond among most races with vaying degrees of fre qency Certainy, the nhabitants of the t Ft U  regard this as the way t s and do not find it any great mystery at al. Bt perhaps yo do? Is there some force, some entity, some genetc qrk, that s restrctng the latent psychc abil ties f al races? Or did some  ong forgotten race given the Vcans a niqe gift? Wh    G p  Ept The Roman Star Empre occpies an area f space that stretches for tho sands of parsecs to the gaactc rm , and the orns occpy a somewhat smaer area toward the gaactc center. Whl e there are many Class-M panets in that area, there are no known intelligent races there, despte the fact that the neghborng Federaton and ISC are popos powers with many sentient races who be came starfaring races ndependenty. Cold the cams of crackpot of cnspiracy theorsts that the Romans (and orns) engage n systematc genocde have any trth t them? GU  has srprsng new nforma ton on ths mystery.) Wh Bt th t K At several tmes n hstory, the empres have encon tered cone-shaped pl anet destroyers and hge starshps known as Jggernats. Who con strcted these monstros tes, and why? Was it the same race, r tw dfferent races? f t was tw races, dd they fght each other, or dd they never even meet? Are the planet kllers advance prbes frm an invason, or helsh leftovers from so me now-ex tn ct race that foght a nw-forgotten war? And why wold any race create sch a destrctve weapon? What threat did they fear that was worse than these weans?

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Wh  th ppg t G There are n mero s cases of lost colonies . Some ex ampes ncd e Aberdeen  (a Federaton coony that ds appeared n Y 1 05), Arra (an entre Federation star sys tem that dsappeared n Y1 30), Stplch 's Ark (a chan of colonies planned by an exporer named St pch , the last of which were never located), the SC mnng cony of PX13, and the Kngon pena colony at Kraknra Where dd they go? Are any other coonies mssin g? Did th e Thoians, the on y race known to have moved a planet, have anythng to do wth it? Fr that matter, the Carnvons are thoght to be ex tinct, bt dd any f ther clonies sve in the far-flng reaches of space? Whie the Paravians were kn wn t have never planted colones and to have becme extnct when ther homeworld was destryed, did any of ther raiders avid the orn blockade and fond new conies in ds tant realms? Some of these answers wll  n the ftre s rcebook GU OMEG ECTO gamemasters need nt wat fr those answers and can deveop ther wn Wh' th Tht Ft The t Ft U appears smewhat retro gven c rrent trends n science fiction Where is the arge scae genetc maniplaton? Where are the nanoma chnes? Hw abot the sapient compters and rots? They smply d nt exst to any extent beyond aficial mbs and organs The inhabitants f the t Ft U  do not find this to be a mystery, bt jst the way thngs trned t. enetc manip aton was fo nd t case more probems than advantages, nanomachnes never reay wrked ot, and integent compters, cntrary to expectatons, smply ddnt work vey we. Bt s there some force at work? Or s there some distan t panet where these thngs  work? Wh  Th  The Leopard Kngs, Sprit Kings, Old Kngs, and iz ard Kn gs are jst the bestknown of the races that ran the Miky Way before the rise of the Federaton. They a left, to pas nknown, for reasns nknown Where are they now, and are they ke ly to retr n? I s there an y way to cn tact them? Wod anydy realy want to? Wh th Cgt Thg Et Most of the powers of the t Ft U attaned sm lar leves of technological development at roghly the same time. No race made any sgni fcant advance witht other races copying t within a few years This seems ve ry cnvenient to conspracy bffs, alth gh ndstral and in  teligence analysts find t nremarkabe. They nte that spies, combat repos, and good odfashoned research can ensre that one race cpes any new technology  fore the orgnaydscovering race can deploy enogh of t to gan a decsve advantage i n war r trade Ths cre ates no end of pportnities for adventrers to steal aen technoogy, or dscover the secret consp races hi nd the verall qeston

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Creatng a character s the f irst part of the game, and one of the most mportant. The whole idea of roleplaying is to take the part of anoth er person a character" that yo create. GU lets yo decde exactly what kind of hero yo wll become The sal way to create a character is to design him or her, jst as thogh he was a character n a story yo were writing. Start by decidng what type of person yo want to be Yo can take yor nspration from a fictonal hero or heroi ne or create yor new self" from the grond p Once yo have some idea what sort of person yo want to pay, its tme to bring hm to fe! A character story" is th e hi story of a game character, written by the person who pays that character. This s a great aid to rolepaying. Yo may even want to write the stoy first or at east some of t), and t hen work ot yor characters acta stats A stoy can really help brng yor character to fe Yo don t  to do it bt ts recom mended. f yo write th e story down, yo sh od show it to the M, bt not necessary to the other players. After all, yor character probaby has som e secrets, even from hs friends. The folowing sections descrbe things yo can spend yor character nts on  Postve trats e.g . great strength, wealth, better tha n average appearance, skls ) cost points n prortio n to th er va e. Negative traits e.g weakness, ad sight, poverty, fear of heights) gve yo extra points that can be sed to by more positve traits In a standard campai gn, each character receves 125 character nts to be spent on desgnng and bd i ther character. Ms may set the tone of the campaign ifferenty by seectin g a different n mber of stang char ater ponts, bt ths shold be approached with caton ormaly, all payer characters n a gven campaign are iven the same n mber of ponts to spend. There cold be eceptions to this n some cases f the M agrees), to reserve ogcal consistency. A starshp captan wol d, roably, have more ponts than most of h s officers Campagn Tone onts adet .   ............   75 reen      .   ........... 1 00 Standard ..........  .. 1 25 Veteran ..........  ....   150 lite .................. 175 Heroic .. . .  .  .  .....  ...... 200+

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AD PAY OAS Yo have gotten together a grop of payers and are ready to begn adventrng n the t Ft U Yo dream of rescng attractive peope, fghtin g the Kn gons, finding ancent civlzatons, and maybe grabbing some loot or at least a good time) aong the way. st how do yo organize yor team grop, party, or what ever)? Jst who are yo? Wel, in case t hasnt been mentioned, yo can be anyone or anythng yo want to be Here are a few sg gestons feel free to ignore or modify them t shold be noted that n rare cases on e or mo re ch aracters might have more ponts than the baseine for yor campaign. While these are wrtten for Federation characters, they can  easiy adapted to any race or empre Ftre books wl i nclde more sggestions for party creation and campaign frames to ft a varety of backgronds and power evels

Th B C O  C Yo are the offcers of a starshp, incldng the cap tain, his first officer, the depament heads engineerng, science, medca, marin es, navgaton), and perhaps a vis tng civan expert Yo r m ssons inc de space combat, scentfic exploration, a litte diplomacy and bar hopping, and so forth Fssy reasts will complain that the bridge crew of a starshp jst doesnt do a ot of planetside ad vent rng , bt they are only an gry that are hogging a the fn for yorseves. Yor sh p has a few h ndred peope on board, so yo can saly borrow an NPC expe for any misson , and there are tons of eqipment so yo can load p with whatever todays adventre reqres  n ths case, somebody wl need to be the captain perhaps with an extra 25 points of sklls related to space combat and comman d) and the first officer rhaps an extra  5 ints), whie everyone else wll have to by at east some sks reated to their real job e.g., medcal, engneering, etc). Having to pay for these shipboard sklls may make yor characters harder to pay n a planetside adventre, bt then yo have a starship load of help not far away. Yo are a miltary personne, and yo wont have to pay for fel and pkeep for yor shp althogh yor  M may imt how mch of eithe r yo can have). A varation of this s that yo are a grop of jnio r off cers or senor petty officers on a starshp whom the cap tai n often cas pon to go r n e rrands or attend to speal missons. And whle on a misson, things mght trn p that yo need  or want) to look nto The grop n the story Rescue o Roo fits this category. The payers and M

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might or migh t not agree that one character will get a few extra points and be oe rank higher than the others.

p t  f th You are a gr oup of Star Fleet offcers and sen or pety officers on a contn ui ng special assignment dong odd obs" for the Federato n. (O e or more characters mght be Fed eraton Marsh als civ lan law enforcement offcers em powered to nvestgate crmes One or more could be a civian specalist) You have a small ship you mght be the entre crew, o r there mig ht be a small nu mber of NPCs who handle thngs ke cookng and laundry and actually drivng the spaceshp ar ound. Whie you are your own ss, you do keep gettng assgnments from Fleet H Your group coud focus on missions of its lking (science, dipomacy, commando, espoage, etc.) or seek a wider varety of ssbe mssons. A varant of thi s concept is that you are al retred" or resee" mi litary personne who own the shp and make a lvng out of odd obs (transrtation, profit-makng adven tures). You do receve occasional contracts from Star Fleet H or a Federaton planet to do speca obs for them, and they w pay to get the obs done rght and on tme. You need to avoid actually committng a feony on a Federa tion planet o r you r contracts wont be renewed. (At least, dont get caught.)  T Th Bt f th Bt You are the elte of Star Fleet, a Prme eam, a smal band of mult-tasking expes who are the best that the Federaton can sed on varous specal mss ons A Prime eam [see page  65] is a combnaton of a commando team, gang of spies, dipomatc negotiatng group, scien tfc exporaton party, hostage rescue squad, an d specal mssios force Members of a Prime eam are  75-point characters wth a wide variety of skls they draw the tough est obs. As you are mlitar personne, you dot pay for transation (and Prim e eams dont have to for h igh speed trave) and you are ssued al of the equip ment you eed. So me Pri me eams are assgned to key starshps (wh ch often leave them on one panet to solve one prob em w hile t he s hip goes to another planet to sove another probem) , others have t her own (smal) ship to carry them from ob to ob, and others htch a rde with whatever starship s gong  the genera drection of their next as signment. Some Pri me eams specialze   cean areas, but all are expected to be ready for k ind of m issio n. Fht t W fht W t I the t Ft U, the key starshps of a fleet are the carrers, oaded wth specalybut sh uttlecraft that function as fghters. Your group is as rowdy a bunch of fghte r ockeys as you have ever seen, as likey to get into a bar fght as a dogfight, and as kely to sneak off and t to find a itte fun (or a few souvenrs) as they are to fy off and attack a Kln gon dreadnought. You can easly use t Ft B to portray your fighter combat mssons. (See Chapter 8.) As pot characters are stl limted to the stan dard number of ponts for your campagn (eg, 125), the

T A H T

ponts spent for plot sklls wo t be avaable for planetside sklls (or ust dont count these ponts). Othese you func tion as a group of offcers o a starshp. Just rememr the three thngs every plot needs when entering a dive m rrored sunglasses, an expes ive watch, and lots of cash

  h W T You are cvians, perhaps with a m il itary background but probably not currently mem bers of the mi litary others might have a scentific, crimnal, busess, or other back ground. Your group mght own a sh p or buy passage on other shps You are lookng f or profit, adventure, and high risk work. You m ght be described as m ercenar ies or free booters. he government, the mlitar, or eve the alac tc ntellgence Agency might hre you now and the for something, but mostly you are on your own (he less at tenton you pay to the aw, th e ess  ikely you wl l get gov ernment contracts. You can always turn down an offered contract, unless the governme t has somethng on you and can force you to agree.) n ths knd of group, you mig ht want to buy disadvan tages like warrant for your arrest" on some Federation panet. hs would be handled as the disadvatage E emy (U FP aw enforcement, 6 or ess)" woh -  0 nts. A mnor wanted for questioning" type of Enemy mght be woh -5 ints Your past ca the come back to haunt you durng any adveture, perhaps requirng you to spend time i n al whle some distant government decdes whether or not they want to exradte you (probab y not) o r a shorter time in poice custody gving yet aother version of the statement you have gven on two or three other planets Your frends mg ht even have to break, bri, or bail you out of the hoosegow, or perhaps the governme nt wl offer you a dangerous cotract that wil  cear your record. One or more characters could have been cashiered (i.e, thrown out of the mta for some offense). hs s handed as Reputatio -2 (D isho noraby discharged only to the mlitary, 1 0 or less) 2]." A cvilian scentist might have a simar dsadvantage, h avig once had his tenure revoked, or havg bee fired from a ob, for faking re search data, making other scentsts less kely to lsten when you discover somethng new hs type of grou p coud focus o  expl oraton , larceny, mssionary or hum anitaran work, archaeoogy, nvestga tve ournalsm, smugglng, or an ythg ese that suts your facy. And of course, that mght be ust a cover stor for your real msso (wh ch even th e M mght not know). Oth    he above is obvous ly ot a com plete lst A campaign ca be anythng that keeps the players nterested. If you think of something not on ths ist, tell us and, if we ike the idea, we w prnt t n a future product. he t Ft U incudes a meine (page  74) You are free to set your campaign at ay pont n the melne (or to gnore the  meli ne ent irely and wrte your own histo to sut your campagn) his book assumes the perod ust before the eeral War for most cases

URPS PIM DIV 

CHARACTR C RATION SC RIBES For n mbers called attribtes defne yor basic abl ties Strength (ST) Dexterty (DX) nteligence () and Health (HT) . A score of  0 in any attrbte s fre and rep resents the h man average.

tgth (T)

SECONDRY CH RCERSCS Secondary cha racteristcs" are qanti ties that depend directy on yor attribtes. Yo can rase or ower these scores by adjstng yo r attrbtes. Yo can modiy some o them directy start with the va e calclated rom yor attrbtes and spend the reqired ponts to adjst t away from that base leve. This does not affect the reated at tribte scores

0 pointslevel Dexterty measres a combination of agli ty coordi na tion and fn e motor ability. It controls yor basic abilty at most athetic fightng and vehcleoperation sks and at craft sks that call fo r a delicate toch. DX aso he lps de termne Ba sic Speed and Basc Move.

g (g) Yor ST determnes how m ch damage yo do n n armed combat or wth a melee weapon . Two types of dam age derve from ST damage (abbrevated th rst or th r) is yor basc damage with a pnc h kck or bite or an attack with a thrsting weapon sch as a spear or a rapier. damage (abbreviated swing or sw) is yor basc damage with a swn g weapon sch as an axe clb or sword anyth ing that acts as a lever to mltpy yor ST Conslt the Damage for yor basc damage. Note that specific attack forms and weapons can modfy this Damage s often abbrevated Dmg" On yor character sheet ist thrst followed by swng separated by a slash e.g . if yo had ST  3 yo wold list Dmg  d2d-  

ntg )

g T

±0 pointslevel Strength measres physica wer and bl k. Hgh ST lets yo dsh ot and absorb more damage in handto hand combat. Any adventrer wl fnd ST sefl for liftng and throwng things movng qickly with a load etc ST irectly determines Basic Lift Basic Damage and Ht Points and affects yor character's Bild

xtt (X)

0 pontsleve Inteigence broady measres branpower ncldng creativity inttion memory rception reason santy and illwer. t res yor basic abiity with al menta sks  scences socal nteraction etc. Any scientist needs a hih  frst of al. The secondary charaterstis of W  Perception are based on .

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th (T) ±0 pontsleve Health measres energy and vitality t represents tamna resstance (to poson dsease radiaton et)  basi grt. HT determnes Fatige Poi nts an d helps etermne Basic Speed and Basc Move.

eeation Battcuis S PIM DTIV 

T  HT

B Lft (BL) Basc Lift s the maxi m m weight yo can lft over yo r head wth h and i n seco nd. It s ea to (ST x ST) 5 Ibs If B is 1 0 Ibs o r more, rond to the nearest whole nmber. Dobing the tme lets yo t 2 x B overhead in one hand. adrpl ng the time, and sing hands, yo can ft 8 x B  overhead The amont of e ipmen t yo can carry  armor, back packs, weapons, etc  s derved from BL For more on ths, as we as a ST-toB tabe, see Encumbrance and Move Basc t and Enc umbrance abe Encumbrance leves

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W  ponts per ± W Wil l measres yo r ablity to withstand psychologica stress (branwashng, fear, hypnotism, nterrogation, se dction, tore, etc) and yor resistance to psionic at tacks By defalt, Wl is ea to . Yo cannot raise Wil past 20, or lower it by more than 4, withot M permisson. pt ()  points per ± er Perception represents yor genera al eness T he M makes a Sense ro" against yor Per to determ ne whether yo notice somethin g By defat, Per eals  Yo can not rase Per past 20, or lower it by more than 4, withot M permission.

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t t ()  ponts per ± H Ht Points represent yor bodys abiity to sstain in ry. By defalt, yo have HP eal to yor ST. Yo can temporarly lose H P to physical attacks, energy attacks, dsease, poison, hazards, and anythng ese that can n jre or kl  Yo can aso brn" HP to power certain abl tes If yo lose enogh HP, yo will eventaly fa nco n scios if yo ose too many H P, yo wll die ost HP do redce ST, despte beng based o n ST In ry is often compared to a m ltpe of yor HP ; e.g , 2 x HP" or HP2." Where this s the case, se yor basI H P score n the forml a, not yor curren total Those with non hman physologies may, wth the Ms permssion, by additiona H P wth the folowng imi taton Size rge creatres may prhase H P more cheaply - 1 0% x Size Modifer, to a max mm mitation of -80% (for Sze Modifer +8 or hig her)

TI  HT

± ponts per ± F Fatige Points represent yor bodys energy sppy." By defalt, yo have FP e al to yo r H T Yo brn FP gradally drng strenos actvity Ds ease, heat, hnger, missed sleep, and the like can aso sap FP Yo can deberately spend" FP to f el extra efo and psonic powers. As wel, some attacks case F P dam age nstead of or n addtion to HP damage. If yo lose enogh FP, yo wll slow down or fall nconscios  and f yo lose too many, yo rsk death from overexeon ost FP do  redce HT, despite b eng based on HT Fatige is often compared to some mltple of yor FP; e.g, 2 x FP" or FP2." Where this is the case, se yor basic FP score n the forma, not yor current FP tota.

B p  ponts per .25 Speed Yor Basc Speed is a measre of yor reflexes and general physical ckness t helps determin e yor rn n ng speed (see BaI Move below), yor ch ance of dodg ing an attack, and the order  n whic h yo act n combat (a hig h Basic Speed w let yo otreac" yor foes) To cacate Basc Speed, add yor HT and DX to gether, and t hen dvde the total by 4.  not roundI�  A 525 s better than a 5!  Yor Dodge defense eals Basc Speed +3, drop png all fractons For nstance, if yor Basic Speed is 525, yor Dodge s 8 Encmbrance redces Dodge; see En cumbrance and Move Yo mst r ol n der yor Dodge on 3d to dck or sidestep an attack. B M  ponts per ± yardsecond Yor Basic Move s yor grond speed n yards per second. Ths s how fast yo can rn  or ro, sl ther, etc. w�houtencumbrance  yo can go a little faster if yo sprnt" in a straght line). Basc Move stats ot eal to Basc Speed, less any fracton s; e g., Basic Speed 575

GRPS PIM DV 

gives Basic Move 5 An average person has Basc Move 5 theefoe, he can run about 5 yards per second f un encumbered. You r Move scoe n combat i s your Basc Move modi fied for your En cumbrance Level

NCMRNCE ND MOVE Encumbrance s a measue of the tota weight you are carryng, relative to your S The effects of encum brance are divded into fve encumbrance evels All but the lowest level wil educe your actua Move to a fracton  you Basc Move and give a penaty to Dodge as fol los o Encumbrance Weght up to Basic Lift. Move  asic Move. Fu Dodge Lht Encumbrance Weght up to 2 x BL. Move  asic Move x 08 Dodge  1  MediumEncumbrance Weght u p to 3 x BL. Move = asic Move x 0.6. Dodge -2 HeavyEncumbrance Weig ht u p to 6 x B  Move  asic Move x 0. Dodge -3. ExtraHeaEncumbrance Weight up to  0 x B ove  Basic Move x 02 Dodge -4 Drop al factions. Encumbrance can neve reduce ove or Dodge below 1 . Note that these evels are num bered from 0 to 4 . When a rue tes you to add or su btract yo encumbrance level from a die roll , this  s the nu mber to use. For instance, encumbrance gves a naty to Clmb g, Stealth, and Swimmi ng sklls.

LD You are fee to seect any heght and weght the M dees reasonabe fo a member of you ace. These choces occasional y matte i n pay  for n stance, when you attempt to impersonate an enemy, wear someone eses amo , coss a ickety bidg e, each a high ledge, o hde behn d cove. f you ae lghte  or heavier than usua fo your ST, you may quaify for a buld-related dsadvan tage. The followng table gives the thesholds for these disadvantages fo normal humans.

B T Build S Height Skinny vg OverW Fat 80-1 60 44-52 4080 601 20 90-180 1 -6

8

VFat 120240

41058 60-1 00 90-1 50 120-195 135225 1 80-300

1 0 53-61  80-1 20 115175 150-230 175-265 230350 1 2 58-66 951 50 1 40-220 1 85-290 21 0-330 280-440 1 4+ 62-7

1 1 5- 1 80 1 70-270 225355 255-405 340-540

Buld-eated disadvantages are descibed below In some settings, the M may equre you to take reacton modifiers if you select these traits, but thi s is not automatc.

 o Gt ravity is measured i n s. The gavity of you r hoe orld is specifed n th e Racial Template fo r al races All weights ae multpled by loca gravity so to func tion like someone wth a given BL on Eah, multpy the desed BL by your hoe gavity and buy the ST coe ding to the adusted B. Fo nstance, to operate n 1  as if you were a ST 1 0 person n  , start with BL fo  1 0, which is 20 bs., and multipy by 1 .2 fo gavty to get a L of 2 Ibs Ths BL coresponds to ST  1 , so you'd eed ST 1 1 in 1 .2 to functon as we as a ST  0 person   ov  Oth  Move is nomally Basc Move5, ounded down. o can incease water Move drectly for 5 ponts pe yad econd, or educe t for -5 ponts per yardsecond. Mem bes of land-dwelng races must have Swmmng skill to icrease water Move, and can not bu y more th an 2 yards ecod. If you'e Amphibious, both water and gr ound Move eal Basic Move, and changes to Basic Move adust  scoes f youre Aquatc, water move equals Basic Move ad ground Move s  Move is 0 wthout special advantages f you have igt, ai ove equas Basic Speed x 2 ( not Basc Move x ) o can incease ar Move dectly for 2 po ints pe yad secod, or educe t for -2 ponts pe yadsecond.

S IM DITIV 

5 points You have approximately 23 the average weight fo you ST This gves you 2 to ST when you resst knockback You get 2 to Disguse  or to Shadowng, if you ae tyng to folow someone i n a crowd You  HT may not be above 1.

Oh  point You have approxi matey 1 30% the average weight for you S You get 1 to Dsgus e  o to Shadowng, if you are tying to folow someone n a cowd. However, your exta fat gves you   to Swm mn g ols, and  1 to ST when you esst knockback. 

Ft * - points You have approximately  50% the aveage weight fo you S You get 2 to Disguse  o to Shadowng, f you ae tying to follow someone n a cowd However, your exta fat gves you 3 to Swmmng rolls, and 2 to ST when you resst knockback. Your HT may not be above 15

V F * -5 points You have appoxmately e the average weight fo you S You get -3 to D isguse  o to Shadowing, if you

C  C

ae tyng to folow someone in a cowd Howeve the ex ta fat fat gives yo +5 to Swim mi ng oll s, an d +3 to ST when yo esist knockback. Yo Yo H T may not be above above 1 3.

SIZE MODIFIER (SM) Size Modifie ates a peson o object's most signifi cant dimenso n ength, width, o heght. It is a modifie to os to hit yo n combat and to Vision os made to spot yo. Ths, it s a bons fo lage ceates, a penaty fo tagets, a smal ones . Athog h lage ceates ae ease tagets, positive SM qaifes them to by ST and HP moe cheaply itation ion Most hmans  and h man by taking the Size" lim itat ods, ob obots ots etc. that can pas passs fo hma n  hav have e SM 0 , and can ignoe ths le. Nonhmans se the SM on the acal template.

z Mf T L z  005 yad yad ( 1 8 8)) 007 d 0. 1 5 yad yad (5") (5")

Mf 0 9 -7

6 05 yad yad (  8 8))

-4 -3

1 .5 ya yads ds (4. 5) 2

-1

5 yya ads ds (1 5') 7 ds 1

+2 +3

 5 yads yads (45') 20

+5 +6

50 ya yads ds (1 50) 70 0

+8 +9

50 yads (450)

+1



SRING GE Yo ae fee fee to pck any age age withn th e sa fespa fespann fo yo ac ace. e. H mans saly fal somewhee betw between een  8 to 70, bt fiction fiction s f ll of heoic yoths and shap 90yea 90yea old veteans. Fo no nh mans, adj adjst st the age cate categoies goies i n popo ton to the ace's ace's ate of development development . If yo stat at an advanced age, yo have no specia disadvantages Not eveyone ages ag es wel, bt heoes ae exceptiona, and yo ae fee to make edely chaactes as ft and as capabe as yo wsh 

Federation Battlecruiser

TI  T

PHYSCL PHYS CL PPERNCE Thee is moe to appeaance than good (o not-so good) looks. Yo may take any combnation of the folow ng taits in con nc ton wit h appeaance leve. leve . Apa efect ct  yo may choose choose any ance is mostly a speca efe physca phys ca appea appeaance ance yo k e. At min im m , note the coo of yo skn, hai, and eyes (o othe feates feates appopiate to yo ace scales feathes, pant ob, etc). Howeve, cean tats cont as advantages o dsadvantages.

pp L V Appeaance s ated in evels. Most people have Av eage appeaance, fo 0 ponts. Reaction modifes de to apaance only aff affec ectt me m bess of yo be yo own ace, a ve si mil a ace, o a dissima ace a ce that find s yo ac ace e attactve (fo whateve eason) wod is fina l hmans ae ve  n all case cases, s, the M's wod vey y sim i la to AphaCentaans, bt Kl ingon s ae n kely to ca cae e abot a hmans appeaa appeaance. nce. Horic * Yo ae ndescibably monstos o n speakably fo, and cannot nteact with nomal moas. -24  This gves -6 on eaction eaction ols. -24 Mo n  ns strous s* * Yo ae hdeos andcleay nnata Most peope eact to yo as a monste athe than a sapi ent being This gves -5 on eaction ols. 2ints. Hideous * Yo have a ny sot of dsgs tng looks yo can come p with a sevee skin dsease, waleye   pef pef eaby seveal thngs at once. This gives -4 on eacton poin ints ts ols - 16 po Ug/ As above, bt not so bad  maybe ony stingy ha and snagge teeth teeth Thi s gves -2 on ea eaction ction olls    Unaractive Yo look vagely nappealing, bt it's anyone ne can can p ptt a finge on  This gves 1 on eac nothng anyo tion ols - 4 ints AverageYappea appeaance ance gives yo no ea eaction ction mod cowd. ints. fes ethe way yo can blend easily nto a cowd. ractive Yo don't ente beat contests, bt ae Aractive A defnitey goodookng. This gives + 1 on eacton olls 4 points Handsome (or (or Beautifu Y Y cou/ cou/d dente aty con tests. This gives +4 on eaction ols made by those at tacted to membes of yo sex, +2 fom eveone else. 12points Ve Han Hand dso some me (or Ve Beautifu u Yo cold win  beaty bea ty contest contestss  e egaly galy Th s gves + 6 on eaction os made by those attacted to mem bes of yo sex, +2 fom othes. Exception Membes of the same sex with eason to diske yo (moe than -4 n eacton penalties, egad less of bonses) resent good ooks, and eact at -2 nstead. As wel talent scots, fiend ly d nks, slave tad tad es, and othe nsances ae iable to become a poblem fo yo. 16 16points points anscendentY ae an idea specimen specimen . This gves +8 (!) on eacton olls made by those attacted to mem bes of yo sex, +2 fom othes, and all the tobesome effects cts of Vey Vey Handso me . 2 points sde effe

GURPS PIM DITV 

HER PHYCL FERE h  5 ponts Yo r oo k s always one step ahead of the crowd Yo ave the ability to create a fashon statement ot o the cheapest and most nondescript mateias This gves +  to eaction eaction ols n social statons whe n yo have a chance to plan yo r atte n advance Yo Yo can also gve someone else a +  eacton bons when yo p t togethe the otfit

d  t * -5, -0, o r 5 po ponts nts Yo say or always behave in a fashon repgnant to others. An Odios Persona Habit (OPH) s worth 5 points or evey - to eaction rolls made by people who otce yo poblem. Specfy the behavo when yo ce ate yo chaacte, and work ot the pont vale with the

 Examples Body odo, constant scratchng, or tne eactions, tions, and are worth worth -5 less h mm ng wold give - 1 to eac points apece. Constant bad pns or spitting on the floo old give 2 to reac reactions tions , worth  0 points a piece. We leav le ave e -  5-pont habi habits ts (-3 to reactons) to the imagnation of those depraved enogh to want them The eacton penaty penaty for an OPH appl ies on ly to mem es e s o o yor race It s  p to the  M to handle t he rea reactions ctions of othe races. races. A constant doo wl l r ritate othe  h mans, t a Kzinti mght not even even notce  and a Vergaran might thnk it was cte ace e   behave in a mann e e e  cose, an entre rac pg p g nant to most othe races. These os Racial Hab its ae priced identcaly to OPHs

iti 5 ponts Somethi ng abot yo yo makes people pty yo and want o take care of yo Yo get +3 on all eacton rolls from tose who consider yo to be in a postion o hepless ess, weakness, o need (whch ncldes those wth te Callos disadvantage). Taken in conjncton wth aveaverage ooks,

t Ft * - pontleve  are speficialy normal" bt have one or more Yo istrbng cosmetc feates. feates. To To qa fy fo r ponts , these st be nnata for your race. Ponted ears and eyes lie ot coas wold  nnatal or a hma n, bt not or a specy cy the orgn of yo Un nata Fea Fea yan Yo must spe yan tres. Each leve, to a maxmm o fve levels, gves gves -1 to yo Disgise and Shadowng sks and + to othes at tep te pts ts to to identy ident y o follow foll ow yo ((nc nc l ldi ding ng   Obsea tio o and and Shadowng rolls),  nless al most eveyone else in te crowd happens to shae yo featres.

add Decide whether yo are right-handed o let-handed. eeve yo try try to do anything sign icant wth the othe

 PIM DITIV 

hand, yo are at 4 to ski . Ths does not apply to thngs  no ormal  with yo off off hand, ke sing a sheld. yo  n decide GU assmes yo ae ight-han ded n less yo decide otherwse other wse o  by Am bidexteity bidexteity f yo choose to be let handed, any com bat est that wod damage yo right hand affects yo et i nstead, and vice vesa. Let-hand edness s a eatre woh 0 po ints.

OCL BCKGROND The next ew secton secton s dscss yor socetys leve of technologica deveopment, cltes, and langages. t is an advantage to  technoogically advanced, ctrally literate, o lingstcay taented taented naduacy n these ar eas can be a crpplng disadvantage ECHNOOGY EVE  L) L) echnoogy leve" (or ech evel") is a nmber tha Technoogy T thatt ates technological development. The moe advanced the and d Stai Staing ng socety, the hghe ts TL see ech L e vel an Wealth The M wi ll tel yo the TL of yo homewold. Be sre to to note this , as t affects yor access to ceain traits  notaby skls  and eqpment Charactes also have a TL, eqal to that of the technology wth whch they ae most amiiar. Uness yo are especialy pimitve or ad vanced, yo shod recod the TL of yor game wold as yor peso pesonal nal TL and move on.

L* -5 ponts below campagn  Yo persona T L is below that o the campaign word. Yo start with  no knowledge (o defat ski ) relatng to eqpment above yo pesona TL Yo wil be abe to (pertainng tainng to vehces, DX-based sed t echnoogica sks (per ean DX-ba weap we apons, ons, etc.) in pay pay,, if yo can find a teacher, bt fnd a menta differences n thnking pevent yo om leanng IQ-based technoogca sk ils. To ovecome ovecome ths lim ita itation tion , yo mst by of ths tait, inceasing yo personal TL. e-edcaton. ton. Ths say eqies a en gthy peod of e-edca

h  5 ponts above campag n  Yo  persona TL s above that of the campaign world. Yo may enter pay with sklls reatng to eqipment p to yo pe peso sona na TL. This s most sefl if yo aso have ac cess to high-TL eqpment, bt the knowedge of a high tech doctor or scentist can be very sef n a owtech setting, se tting, even wtho t specaized eqpme nt! CUURE Yo are atomaticall y faml ia with the soca peciai peciai tes of one major clt re o y or choce. Yo sf sfer er no skl penaltes when nteactng with people om that ctre The M wi l povide a list of ct es to choose from (o let yo invent yo r own  man y Ms appeciat appeciate e players players con tribtions to the game world!). When dealing with with an unfa miarcltre, yo have -3 to se any sk with a sgnifcant cltral component To get id of ths penalty, by the fo lowing advantage:

T  HT

Ct Ft  or 2 pointcuture Yo ae fama wth cltes othe than yo own, and do not sfe the 3 penalty fo nfamaty. Ths costs 1 pont pe clte of the same (o vey sm a) ace, o 2 ponts pe ae n clte  To To pevent pont-cost nflat on, the M sho ld se boad boad defntons o clte. LNGUGE The est of ths secton s ony mpotant f yo can mmncate n moe than one langage (an advantage) commncate co o have dffcty wth yo natve tonge (a dsadvantage)

 GU W  t  p Sentiience Sent ence  sef-awa sef-awaeness. eness. Any beng wt h a GU   of at least 1 s sentent o p pose posess o ths le. Sapience   defned as the ablty to se tools and lan gage. n GU ths eqes at least  6. Those wth  5 o less cannot ean technoogcal sklls o possess Langages not even the ntal Langage that most cha actes get fo fee They can stll commncate pmtve concepts (sch as hnge o dange) th ogh geste o vocalzaton, and may be taned to espond to a few com mands See page page  67 fo spec speccc FU defntons. The Language les ae o sapient chaactes. Yo mst have at east  6 to eceve a natve tonge f o fee and be abe to ean new angages. Sapence does not gaantee the phys physcal cal capac capacty ty o speech speech , thogh  yo mght need to ely on sgn langage Those wth  5 o nott get a nat native ive tongue tongue or or ee and cannot lea less do no la n  ng guages. They can ony commncate basc concepts They can be taght a few commands, howeve. GU assmes that most chaactes can ead and wte the natve angage. Ths abty costs no ponts, bt yo sho ld note yo natve langage on yo  chaacte sheet. All Fedeaton chaactes have both the planetay an gage and Fedeato Fedeatonn Standad fo fee. Cph L addtona langage dends dends The pont p ont cost to ean an addtona a on yo compehenson leve mease of how we yo fncton n that angage angage oveal. oveal. Thee ae fo  evels  Yo Yo ae complete&ncapable of fnctonng n the angage f yo do not spend ponts on a nonnatve angage, ths compehenson compehenson leve s assmed  the thee e s eve e angage yo don't know!  no need to note t fo ev

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 Y Yo can ec ecogn ogn ze  mpot mpotant ant wods a nd n  destand s mple sentences f they ae spoken sowy sowy Yo Yo have 3 when sng sklls that depend on langage. Ths dobles to -6 fo atstc skls that ey o n the beaty o the langage (Poety (Poety,, Sn gng, et etc.) c.) . n ste stessfl ssfl statons  combat at o eac eacton ton olls  yo e.g, encontes nvolvng comb mst o aganst  to ndestand o make yosef n destood n the langage. On a fale, yo convey no nomaton, bt yo may ong g   ty agan. Ctca fae means yo yo convey the wron on ! Fo h e ed d sech, bad bad phone connectons, etc., omaton omat ths o s at 2 to -8 Natve speakes who aleady dske

  H

oegnes (see ntoleranc ea eact ct to yo at an exta exta  1 . 2 pointanguage Accente Acc ented d: Y can commncate clealy, even nde stess H oweve stess oweve,, yo  speech and wtng ae dosyncatc, and t s obvos that th s s not yo natv natve e langage. Yo have ha ve  when sng sk lls thatdend that dend on langage, dobled to 2 o atstc sk s  Yo Yo eceve no eacton penay om natve speakes, bt yo w l l be na ble to pass pass fo a natve spes ). 4 (ths can be a mao pobem o wod-be spes language. ativeY have f  mastey o the angage, angage,  ncld ng doms. Yo can think  n the langage Yo have no penalty to se sks that depend on langage Yo sta wth one angage at ths evel fo fee. f yo by Natve compehenson  n a foegn tonge, yo can pass fo a natve speake. 6p

L L To ean a new lang age,  se the les fo leann g sks 200 hos o leann g gves yo yo one pont to spend. Note that langage stdy s our times as hard wthot a teache! If yo lve on anothe wod and speak ts lan gage at al tmes, that s the atomatc eqvalent o  ho s ho sday o tan n g; thee s no need to allocate specfc stdy tme  ness yo want to get m oe than ths dea. Ths, evey 50 days, yo get a ch aacte aacte nt to spend n that angage Note that as a sde-effect o ths le, any chaacte pchased an A cademy emplate s assmed to that has pchased have leaned the pmay langage of that academy pon compe com peton. ton. Fo exampe, a Telate who et hs homewold speakng Tella wold, pon gadaton fom Sta Fleet Academy, be assmed to have eaned Fedeaton Stan vaant o Eng sh) at Natve leve. dad (a vaant

WL Wealth s elatve A mddle-cass Amecan ves n moe xy than a medeval kng, thogh he may have fewe god cons n hs basement t al depends on the Staing ng Wealt Wealth h  n most game wold wold  see ech L e vel and Stai wolds, the ange o standad statng wealth and ncome s elatvely elatvely geat, and yo s klls detemne yo job and and ncome; see fo moe nfomaton Pesonal Peso nal wealth s ated n weath leves A level of Aveage" costs no ponts, and lets yo sppo an ave age ag e estye o yo game wold

Wth V Aboveaveage Aboveave age Weath s an advantage; t means yo sta wth two o m oe t m es the aveage stang wealth o yo game wold. Beow-aveage Wealth s a dsadvan tage; t means yo stat wth only a acton of aveage statng sta tng weath . Dead Broke: Yo have no job, no soce of ncome, no money, and no popey othe t han the cloth es yo ae -2points. points. weang -2 Yo stang weath s only 15 o the aveage fo yo socety  1points.

GURPS PIM DIV 

aver Struggng:Y staing wealth s on ly  2 of the aver Struggng:Y e for yor society.   points. omfoab/e: Yor starting wealth is twce the aver e. points. startng rtng wealth s 5 x average. ts. Wea/ We a/thy:Y Y  sta e Wea/thy: Yor startng wealth is 20 x the aver e points average  thy Rih: Y Y starting wealth is 1 00 x average its m onaire: e:   evey 25 ponts yo snd beyon beyond d u/tim u/ti te t e 50 50 points to be be Flthy Fl thy R c ch, h, in crease yor staing weath anotherr factor factor of of  0 points y anothe

Srt Wth Stang S tang wealth covers both mone y and po poper perty. ty. Sta ith the amont of money yor weath level entites yo t. y the possessons yo want to start wth. Any n nt money is yor bank accont. e L L   tt tt Wth Tech level determnes startng weath, as technoogi ly adv advanc anced ed soceties tend to be r cher. Below is a com rison of TLs and sggested staing weath  $250 $250..   $5 $500 00..  $750.  $1 00 000. 0.  $2000.  $5000.  $10000. 5000 00  $1 50  $20000  $30000.    $50 $50000. 000.    $7 $75 500 000 0   $ 00 00000 000..

REPUIO It s possbe to be so well-known that yor reptaton becomes an advantage or a disadvantage. This affects reaction ros made by NPCs. A reptaton has for ee ments Detai/s Reation ; Peop/e Ae and Frequeny of  Deta Det ai/s: T   detas of yor reptaton are entirey p bravery, ferocity, ferocity, eatng green to yo ; yo can be known for bravery, snakes, or whatever yo want. However, yo must gve specifics. speci fics. Reptation is, by defintion, s omething notewor there e is n o sch thing as a generc reptaton thy; ther Reation ·S ·Sci cify fy the t he reactionroll modifier that yo get from people who recognze yo Ths determines the base cost of yor reptaton reptaton For every  1 bons to reacton rols (p to 4) the cost s 5 ponts For every  1 penalty (p to -4) the cost is -5 ponts. Peop Pe op/e /eA A e T sze of the grop of people who might have heard of yo modifies the base cost  nott those Amost everyone in yor game word (bt  no niverses  at least, least, not ntl they meet yo) : from other niverses x  Almost everyone everyone n yo r game world except large cass (everyone bt the Klingons, everyone except Star ound nd down Fleet) x  (rou Large Larg e class of o pe (everyone from a scfic planet, etc) c)  x  (round (rounddown a mercenaries, a tradesmen, et down Wazoo, al ite Smal class of peope (al priests of Wazoo, itera rate te Vergarans): x  (round down f the class of people affected is so smal that, n the aver Ms opinion, yo wod not meet even one n the aver age adventre, adventre, yor repta reptaton ton isn 't worth nts

ble the startng startng wealth for each TL over TL 1 2. For eml e mle, e, TL  4 has a starting starting wealth of $400000 GU ie wealth and prices in "$ for convenence.

e L  Eqpt o enter ay wth star starting ting weath approprate to to the an TL. If yo are from a hgher TL, yo may start it access to the eqipment of yor persona/T How ee, the p pe e of an I�em of i is doub/ed for ev ev   by whih I�  exeeds that of of the ampan ndeet  o have a sorce of ncome that does not reqre y to work. Yor monthly ncome is 1 % of yor stang elt r evel of ths trait, to a maximm of 20%. Ths tit ssmes tha thatt yo cannot or w il not  nvade yor capi capi t. ndependent ncome most oen means yor occpa tin is something like diettante, retree, or welfare recpi ent  not an acta acta ob ob However However,, yo can have I ndepen ent ncome and a ob; jst add the income from both   es. es. The cost cost s 1 pont per lev e

 PIM DIV 

T  HT

Fq f t Either yo name or yor face s eno gh to tigger a reptation rol l" to see if the people yo meet have head of yo. Ro once for each peson or sma grop yo meet. Fo a arge grop, the M may rol more than once f he kes The freqency wth which yo are ecognzed modi fes the cost of yo eptaton All the tme x 1 Sometimes (rol of 1 0 or less) x 12(rounddown) Occasonaly (oll of 7 o  less) x 13 (round down) Of corse, yo reptation extends only within a certan area If yo trave fa enogh away, the M may re q ire yo to by off the dsadvantage  nts yo eceved for a bad reptation (There s no coespondng bons fo osing a good eptaton.) Yo may have more than one eptation, and yo reptations can oveap; fo example, mitay pesonnel wl have both Professiona Reptaton and Heroc Rep taton The M sho ld check each one befoe detemnng how an NPC reacts to yo Yor total reaction modfer from reptations cannot be bette than +4 o worse than -4 n a gven station. A single reptaton can gve dffeent reacton modif es with different grops, provided the gops do not over lap Set the eacton modife fo each grop, modiy the cost for the sze of the gop, and the n add p the est ng costs. Modfy ths total fo feqency of ecognton. The reptation s an advantage f the net po nt cost s pos tive, a dsadvantage if negative The final pont cost may be 0 bt yo shold stll ecord t on yo r characte sheet Fedeaton Fgate

Oon Battlecuse

C  C

MPORNCE Yo fomally recogn ized p/ace n society s distnct from yor pesonal fame and fone. To nf ence othes throgh estabshed channels (as opposed to relying on plarty or bbey), yo mst prchase one or more types of social rank, each of whch has niqe benefts and draw backs

tt 5 po ntslevel Stats is a measre of socal standng f yo do not specficay by Stats, yo have Stats  Stats costs 5 ponts pe leve Stats also costs money to mantain . Stats is not the same as pesonal poplarity (see Reputatio or the popaty of yor acia or ethnc gop (see  Regard Soa/Stigm Stats can some tmes nfence othes eactions, bt its main effect is to spe ot whee yo stand in the socia pecking orde. In shot, Stats represents powe High Status Stats geate than 0 means yo are a member of the rin g class n yor clte. As a reslt, oth es inyourcu/ture defer to yo, givng yo a bons on all eaction ols Note that any highStats person s a lkely taget fo kidna ppes and soca cli mbers, and t hat some cim na  types  the rlng class" Low Status Stats less than 0 means yo ae a ser o a save, or sm py ver poor. Membe rs of Sbgated o Sbject races often have Low Stats. Th s is not the same thing as Soca Stigma.

 5 o 0 pontslevel Specfic sectos of society  eg , the civl servce, the mi tar, and certan powerl reigons  often have inte nal rankng systems, dstnct fom Stats. If an oganiza tion ke ths has sgnifcant social inflence, o access to sefl esoces, then its members mst pay points for the ank withn the organzaton Rank comes i n evels ach Rank has athorty over those of owe Rank  egardless of pesonal abilty In most cases, thee are si x to eight levels of Ran k. The M shold detemne the highest Rank avaable to stating charactes, s ally R ank 3-5 Unke Stats, Rank costs no money to mantain. On the othe hand, almost al forms of R ank come with a Dty. Rank often has strngent peeqisites, too typically one of the traits given n der o  a mn m m skll eve. These thngs have the own point costs, not nclded in the cost of the Ran k. Rank may coexst wth Stats If so, then high Rank grants addtonal Stats at no extra cost  to Stats at Rank 2-4, +2 to Stats at Rank 5-7, and 3 to Stats at Ran k 8 or high e. Thi s epesents socetys respect fo se nio membes of mant social nstttions. f yo hold mltipe types of Rank, then yo may clam a Stats bo ns fo each of the m Aternatvey, one fom of Rank might replace Stats; fo nstance, Religos Rank in a theocacy n socetes

GRPS P D 

ike ts, Status does ot exis Eac eve of Rank gives a its usual benefts plus te effect of an equvalent level of Status (page 3) Rank i s wot 5 points pe eve f t coexists wt Sta tus, or  0 points per eve if t eplaces Status Common vareties of Rank nclude: Admiistrative Rak Poston wtn a governmental bureaucracy. Wen de aln g wt oter admnistratos, df ferences in Rank wok ust ke dffeences n Status. At TL5 and ige, a large bueaucracy migt ave several vaeties of Rank: one pe govenment depatment, and pos sibly exta categores for te senate, udicay, etc ( e fense o awenfocement officias use Miltay or Polce Rank nstead) Note ts on your caracter seet e.g , dmin istrative Rank (udciay) Merchat Rak P o s t io n w t   n a n at o n a  o  transnationa oganization of mecants. Tis could be ayting from te mecantile cultue of te Aztecs (were ercant Rank veged on beng Status) to te mecant arne of a modern o futu ristc society (were Mercant Rank often parales Mil itary Rank du rng wartime) �a Rak Postion wtin a mita organizaton. a oganzation s structured diffeently. n gene a, pe sonne tat are not specifically leades will be Rank 0-2, ile loweve ofcers and senor ensted men wil be Ran k . Rank 5 and ge s nomaly mted to mao com ands and dutes wee te ofce is esponsibe for ex treey vauable o rae resources. Lmitedduty oficers, sialsts, and personne wt ittle actual esponsbiity or ommand aut oty ave a lowe Rank in te ms, despte possibly possessing ttles dentca to tose of a er Rank represent tis wt one o more levels of ourtesy Rank Poe Rak Positon n a polce force Eac agency as its own vaety of Rank. You must buy Lega Enforce et Powes befoe you can buy Police Rank tis s te difference between a patol office (Poce Rank 0 fo 0 points) and an ordinary ctzen o Polce Rank, aso 0 oints) Note tat n a polce state, tere s no diffeence beeen Poce Ran k and Mlitay Rank empora Rak Tose of iger Rank may tempo ncease your Rank fo a pedetermined amount of ie  unt te end of a proect, battle, etc. Ti s pocess is alled breveig te case of Ml itay Rank To keep tem rary Rank, you must meet al te usual equrements ad pay te appropate pont cost. ouesy Rak Tose wo ave formey eld Rank ay retain tat Rank as Couesy Rank fo ony  pont per level. Tose wo curret a title tat cares litte real autority may aso take Coutesy Ran k. Couesy Ran k is for social stuations only t gives you a fancie title kor Spies cers of inteligence servces oten ossess a specia categoy of Mitay Rank, dstnct fom tat of ine soldies. Empoyees of cvian nteige nce agen ies usually possess some vaiety of Admnstative Rank istead. Fnally, so me counte rinte lligen ce ofcers ae ac tualy police, and old Poice Rank.

 PIM DITIV 

MI LIRY RNKS, GRD E & SENORIY NO hiss oappes to characters who are i Star eet or some other mIa orgaizatio ( e char acters that have bought oe o theAcademy templates.  youaregeeratig a omi�a characte feel ree to sk this sectio! Just as Status (page 3) eflects you poston in soci ety, Miita Rank efects your postion i n a m ta o para mtary oganzation Eac level of Mitay Rank encom passes one or more gades, w ic ae commony eferred to as anks Tey ae caled grades ere to ep avoid confuson wt te Rank advantage Eac gade as au toty over lesse grades, regardess of pesona ablty. All mltary caacters ae assum ed to ave bougt an Academy o ote Tempate wic gves t em t e speci fied statng gade, Mitar Rank, Professona R eputation , and Senoty Ponts Playes may impove te startng gade by buyng te Mitay Rank advantage appropate or te desred gade see Rank n Capte 3 Players sould ceck wt te  M to detemne wat gades and correspondn g lev els of Mltary Rank ae suitable fo te campagn f te goup s playng a oug and tumbe squad of Marine grunts, te M may lm t tem to a max grade of E6 and Ml itar Rank   weeas f tey ae playng te comman d sta of a sector admia, t en tey soud buy a muc ger grade and Mili tay Ran k. Payers soud aso buy addtiona ev es of Pofessiona Reputation as requred by te Promo tion Table fo te seice at ts time, at te cost of 5 points pe leve. Tey may buy more o ess ta n ts wit te Ms appoval, if dong so fits te caacter's back gound  n addtion, tey sta wit a num be of Senoity Ponts as equired fo te r desred grade. (N ote Te ba sic GU ules provide ony eigt mta rak te t Ft U uses more tan 0 grades Te costs ae adusted n G so tat it al comes out te same, but you get to od a promoton pay muc moe oten  Example: A player decides to ceate a caacte tat is a Marne  st Lieutenant (02. He m ust buy tee eves of Mtary R ank, and wile e as te oppounty during caracte gen eation also buys tee eves of Profes sona Reputation wit te M's appova, epresentn g sevea ncidents of exemplay servce in te caracters young caee (peaps two Commendaton Medals and a Bronze Star o MS M see Capter 6). Te  M and playe discuss wat tese were, and te mpact on te c aacter. Ts costs m 22 caracter ponts   5  75, ounded down), not n cudng te cost of te Academy tempate T e c a acte stats wt  0 Senioty Ponts, and some big expec tatons fom s supeos Note tat un ke te oter Fedeation servces, te IA as e nlsted pesonn e  IA agents are always ofcers.

T  HT

tG T Thi s table s sed for Federaton m l itay sevces and others wth a smlar grade strctre Other empres may have their own Promotion Tabes representng the niqe natre of their servces whch wil be presented  n ftre sorcebooks G E

 0

t 0

ptt 0

tt 0

E3

0

0

0

0

E5



30





E7

2

50





E9

2

00

2



WO

3

75

2



2

3

0









50





6

6

90

2

2

8

8

30

+3

3

0

8

200



3

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Eplanaton o Terms an d Notes Rank The nmber of leves of the Mitay Rank ad vantage needed to advance to ths grade Senority The n mber of Sen orty Ponts needed to advance to this grade Reptaton: The level of the Professonal Reptation advantage needed to advance to th s grade Stats The n mbe r of free levels of Stats ths grade  receves  WO  Warrant Ofcer I n Star Fleet  Warrant Ofcers are civiian s who are gven tem porary stats as ofcers for the dration of a specific msso n I n othe r sevices a War rant Ofcer was prevosly Enlsted and de to seniorty and high eves of competence was granted a comms sion  Warrant Oficers generally specialze n one skll or area of competence for example warp engine mainte nance commncations or sh tlecrat plot  There are ony three   s i n the Federation  the rand Admi ral of Star Fleet the Marsha of the Star Feet Marnes and the Field enera of the Nationa ard These are normally NPCs makng ths rank nobtanable by payer characters in most campagns  The E 0 and  0 ranks are extremey senior and not generay available as payer c haracters Feet Captain and Regmenta Colonel are honoray titles sed n special cases

TI  HT

G Tt OcerStar Fleet    arnes    rand Admiral        Marsha 0   Feet Admira         Coone enera 9     Vce Admral        Lietenant enera 8   Rear Admra          Major enera 7  Commodore   Brigader eneral 7  Fleet Captan                       Regimental Colone 6  Captain          Coonel 5    Commander                        Lietenant Coonel     Lt Commander   Major 3   Senior Lietenant      Captan 2   Jnor Lietenant                 st Let enant    Ensign  2nd Letenant 0   Midshpman          Cadet Enlisted. Star Fleet  arnes E 0   Command Master Chief  Command Sgt Major E9        Master Chef Petty Ofcer  Sergeant Major E8     Senior Chief Petty Ofcer    Master Sergeant E7     Chef Petty Ofcer      nney Sergeant E6     Pety Ofcer  st Class  Staf Sergeant E5  Pety Ofcer 2nd Class  Team Sergeant E     Petty Ofcer 3rd Cass     Corporal E3  Crewman       Lance Coporal E2     Crewman Apprentce  Private Frst Class E      Crewman Recrt         Private GI tles ocer only)     arsha Ttles S 0  Director    Chef Marsha S9     Depty Director  Depty Chief Marsha S8  Divison Chef        Divison Marsha S7   Branch Chief         Sector Marsha S6  Section Chief        Secton Marsha S5  Agent n Charge       Marsha in Charge S   Senor Agent           Senior Marsha S3     Specal Agent          Marsha  st rade S2   Agent  Marsha 2nd rade S   Probatonal Agent         Marsha 3rd rade

Hydran ongo War Cruser

GURPS PIM DTV 

ABOU HE R CIL EMPLE

Unitd Fdation of Plants

Every playe character (ndeed, every chaacte) i n U  t comes from a race (e., s a member of a specific species from a specfc planet, or in ome cases, from a grop of nearby planets where they ere seeded by a precrsor race) Members of a ace have cetain general taits that ap ly to almost all members of that race. Hence, to play a lingon, yo sta ot with a lst of attbte modifes and othe nformatio n n most cases, yo can by off (spend nts to emove) a given trait For eample, most of the argantine ace freeze  p i n combat, bt a few wth nat a abiites and a few thosand more who have nder one rgoos training (which few of ther race pass) can fnction nomaly n combat. A given payer chaacte might be gven an n sal ackgrond" with the permi ssion of the  M Ths might be a matter of genetic s (e g ., h man dwarves est as a sb et of the hman racial genome), pevios damage o n ry (e.g., oss of mbs), psychologica damage (e. g., fea of combat), nsa pbringng (e.g., a Klingon who was lot on Vcan as an infa nt and aised by a Vlcan family), ecial tran ng (e g , a Sta Feet Marine who went to spe ia forces schoo befoe being d ischarged fo faing a psy hologica evalaton) , o  as many other nqe stoies as there are people in the galay

The membe races of the UF P that appear in GU  t are Hmans, Vcans, Andorans, Rgeans, Apha Centarans, Cygnans, Tea tes, Becon, Pearans, Mynieni, Deians, A ctians, Orons (page 48), and Skoeans (page 47) There ae many, many more the nm bes ae growing all the time ( and wl be presented n sev ea ftre podcts). The Fedeation mita consists of Sta Fleet (a miltay force answering to the Fedeaton pesdent and conci ; mch of ths force s sed n peacetme for eploration and colon y bld ing) and the Natonal ads (planetary selfdefense forces incl d ng grondbased weapons, fighters, and even some sh ips controled by each panets government ). T he Federaton Mashas Service is a branch of the civilian govenment which investigates cimes that go fom one planet to an other;  t aso handes conter-esponage. Th e Fedeation Poce (which has nmeros small stashps) handles tar iffs, cstoms, and most antipiracy work. (W hen the piates in a given area get ot of hand, the police ca Sta Fleet for backp.) The Federation Polce cold be consideed the eqivalent of the US Coast ad The aactic I ntel igence Agency s a civili an agency focsed on spes, co vert operations, and nteligence gathering otsde of the Fedeaton.

aat  ht Players can fi nd a downl oadable version of the player eord sheet for GU 4th Et at httpw.sgamescomgpsesoces CharacterSheetpdf

nt Strke Carrer

n SkyHak War Destroyer

 PIM DIV 

Humans  ponts Hmans are the most nmeros race in Federaton space and among the most adaptabe Whle most of the other races dont paicarly go n for Tera"-formng and dont ke to loni ze wolds that ae drasticaly dfferent from their homewolds, H mans are wilng to sette and wok jst abot anywhere n the gaay Ths, and ther strong tr adition of nnovation and coopeation, has broght H mans to the forefront of the cre nt  nterstea staton. It s considered fonate by some of Teras neigh bors that H mans ae not oented m ore towards m i itary epansion t wold be a dantng task for even three or for of the loca cltes to hat a determined Hman e panson drve f the formdable ndstria capacity were tooled p an d di rected to that end. Homeod ClassM,  avty 1 .00 , Atmospheric pressre  .00, mean tempeatre 7�F, Zosk rop I-a.

TI  HT

Vulcans

Rgellians

70 oints The Vcans are descended from a mch more prm  tve and warke ace; the Romu lans ae a parale but sepa rate spr fom a common ancesty o perhaps a retro gade atavstc spln te from the c rent Vlcan stock The Vlcans ae bascaly a pacfstc people who do not beleve n the asseve se of overwhelmng foce to esove dsptes. The cltral devoton to p re logc at the cost of greaty repessng the emotonal dentty s wel known. A remakable sde effect of ths ogc based atonay s the enomosy hgh nc dence of psonc abty fond n Vlcans. t s n terestng to note that by way of comparson Romans are no more kely to show stve pson c potental than the average rate for the oth e aces whch s abot one n eve 2.5 mon heathy aduts. Whe al Vucans possess pson c tenta onl y at one n every 20000 has the potental to become a tre Pson c Master. A Vcan ch aacte ceated wthout Pson c Power s stl a latent psonc and may by Psonc Powe durng campagns wth no restrcton.

1 1 ponts Rgel ans are lage hmanods often reachn g seven feet o more n heght and are renowned for the r strength and stamna . Due to the nsally hgh UV outpt of ther sn Rgelans ae daky pgmented. The r skn featues a knd of dermal tatoong whch shows p as a network of ble nes coverng the entre body n a andom paern, and ther body har s often a stark whte n colorn g. Rgeans ae stongly bond by the notons of Fam ly and Hono Famly tes ae nsay strong n Rge lan cltre wth thee or more generaton s often lvng and workng together. Rgeans mate fo fe and husbands and wves neve separate nor do they e-mate f the spose des. A Rgella ns word s hs bond  and t he whole famly shaes n th e dshono r of any famy me mbers break ng of a pomse o oath. C me and dsho nesy are vu ally nheard of n Rgean clte and famles provde fo the matea and emotonal needs of ther m embers. The Rge lan P rmacy Fa thers and mem bers of the soc ety n geneal wee aghast to dscove the na tres of some of the other nte stellar socetes sch as the Kn gons and the Romulans. They wee horfed to fnd that advanced nterstellar empes wee fonded o n the pncples of conqest and ensave ment pncples abhoent to Rg ean clte. Ths caused so mch of a cultra feo that wth n the frst decades of Rgelan memrshp n the Fedeaton a f  30% of the panetary poplaton appled to jon Star Feet Even to day whle Hmans may repesent the lagest nmercal comnent n the Federaton and Star Fleet the Rgelans have by far the agest propoon of ther poplaton n sece wth the Federaton. Ut the stars are at ace, they say ad all the childre the heaves are togethe the Rgea ns cannot est or fosake the geater dutes.

ttt Mf ST+   1 0]; IQ+2 40. t Acte Hearng  2]; Extended fespan  2]; ndomtable 15; Lghtnng Calcator 2; Ncttatng Membrane  ; Photographc Memory  1 0; Less Seep 2 4]; Regeneaton ( Regla on ly whle n Atotrance -30%)  1 8; Talent 1 (Vcan Ps) 5; Unfazeable  5.  Atotance   ]  t Code of Honor (Logca behavor) -1 0]; Honesty ( 1 2) - 1 0]; I ntoleance (Emotonal o llogcal behavor) -5; N o Sense of Humo -1 0]; Pacfsm (Sef Defense Ony) - 5; Tuthf ness (1 2) -5. T Tt a forms of Ps except those ncded n Talent (Vlcan Ps).  Class-K avty  . 1 8 Atmospherc pressue 0.83 mean temperatre 92°F Zorsk rop I-a.

tt Mf ST+2 20].  Chtt Mf FP+2 6]. t Combat Refexes  5; Rapd Healng 5].  U ltravolet Tolerance   ] . t Fanatcsm (Spread of cvzaton) -15; Honesty ( 1 2) - 0]; Sense of Dty (to Famy) -5]; Tthflness (12) -5  Hmble -1].  Cass-M ravty  05 Atmospherc pressre  04 mean temperate 80°F Zorsk rop I-a.

Federaton War Destroyer

TI  HT

PS PI DIV 

gnans

lpha-Centaurans

 6 ponts Cygnans as a rac smb Hum an albnos with on ajor dffrnc whr a Huma n albino's ys ar pink ish, th Cygnan's ys ar jt black, with no discrnibl hts or pu pls It cannot b confrmd or dsprovd that ygnans dscndd fom Eathhuman stock, but thr ar no fossl ancstors on t h own pant, man ing thy r tanspantd thr wthn th last 50,000 yars Th Cygnan sun, Shrsha, s a K3 oang dwa; its output of ultaviolt missons s much owr than that of th suns of othr Fdration wods As a rsult, th ygnans hav lost th us ua pigmntaton that would s to protct thm fom th sun's harmfu ffcts Whn visit ing othr wolds, Cygnans protct thmslvs at all tims y th us of a spcial longastng chmca sunscrn Th Cygnans hold a firm bif that thy ar th d scndants of an xrmly advancd, stafarng ac Thr rligions ar cntrd on th num rous halfmmbd yths and lgnds aut th lost Sky athrs and thi gifts and tachings h gifts a r brd as ons of scnc and tchnology; th tachings ar r brd as ons nonng thm to plor and shar thos gifts Just as th Sy Faths cam fom t h stas to ght th C ygnans' ay to a mor advancd socty, so too do th Cygnans f th urg to nlghtn lss advancd opls Bcaus of ths (and th Kznt occupaton), Cygnus is th da tion mbr most vocaly opposd to th Pr m Di rctv spit offcia polics, Cygnan adhnts to Th Ways of th Fathrs hav stabishd licit Sranaya Mssons" on or than on pr-staflight world Th a nu m rous systms and componnts now n standard us thr oughout th dration whch a th d rct rsut of Cygnan rsach and tchnoogy Th ygnans ar xtmy adpt at all foms of tchnologcal ndavors, considring thm to b forms of a h Cygnan homwold was n Kzntdomnatd spac fro about Y70 unt th Fdaton took ovr that ara ith th Bordr Dclaraton of Y 02 Cygnan chaacts ung that priod must buy th Disadvantag: Subugatd (inti) wh ch ducs th  tmpat cost by 20

50/24 ponts Apha-Cntaurans ar almost dntcal to H umans, and thr s littl doubt that th two acs shar cnt com mon ancstry Gnal moto rspons n Alpha Cntauans s markdly high  tha n n Hu mans, howvr; an incrasd rat of actvty n th banstm and cntral nvous systm sms to b th caus Th fmals of th rac dominat Apha Cntauran cutur at al vs, and th form of govrnmnt is dfnty a matrachy A  p h a  Cntauran mn a not mntay or physcaly infio to th womn, but th socty has vovd aong diffrnt ins than that of arh Mal AlphaCntauans a almost nvr found in th govnmnta, ga, or m l itar stuctus of Alpha Cntauan cultur, and only rarly i n th scintfic, tchni cal or mcanti profssions Mals ar found prmarly n th agaran and unskil ld labofocs o  a not mpoyd at a Th hom plant of th Alpha Cntaurans  s argly agarian and pastoral Th popu aton is fairy low, and th plant s not a maor cono mc l m nt of th Fdraton

Advantag Talnt  (Mathmatica Ability) [ 1 0]; Talnt 4 (hysical Scnc) [20; Vrsatl 5] Disadvantag Grgarious [-0; Waknss (Sunlght; 1 d30 mnu ts; varabl 0%) [-9 oe CassM, Gravty 1   G, Atmosphc prssur  03 , man tmpratu 8°F, Zosk roup -b

Femaes 50 ponts

ttt Mf DX+2 [40 tg Chaisma 1 5]; t [5 ales 24 ponts

ttt Mf ST+  0]; DX+ 1 [20]  Chtt Mf W2 -1 0] tg Ft [5]  Humbl [-1]  ClassM, Gavity 098G, Atmosphric prs sur 1 05, man tmpatu 76°F, Zorsk Goup Ia

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Federaton Battlecruiser

relfaras

Deas

3 pots Prlarans ar Associa Mmrs of h draion rnownd for hir masry of hgh -gra and nu l-grav ch noogy A squa h umanod rac hy ar a ho m in un nls Thir powfu frams and chnoogical nclnai ons ar a dirc rsu of h r prfrnc for high g raviy hab as (som masuring as high as 25 G) Rarly growing o a high of grar han f our f h Prlarians ar highly prizd no onl y for h r chnoogca knowldg bu aso for hr ably o crawl hrough gh condus and crampd accss pors  Th Prarans dvlopd h rainng nvironmn on dra ion Prm Cnra whr nw Prms r cv hr Zro-G Ma nuvrng ranng Prarians hav a dply ingraind far of hghs ha s dfficul for hm o ovrcom vn in ow gravy nvronm ns Tchni cians who nss un xcs sv safy hrin g wh n opraing ovr an opn ara or a som hgh ar ofn rfrrd o as acng ik scard Prllarians" Th Prarans hav mpad an amos ri gious signifcanc o ma ny of h mnrals and gms ha ohrs mr ly hink of as valuabl Thr dscovy of sigma sron um for xamp wih is uniqu aracon/rpul sion quaiis ld o h dvlopmn of boh Nu-Grav and High-Grav gnraors Th Prarians hav a dp rvrnc for hs mi nra w hl h rs of h draion who com ino conac wih i smply look a i as usfu

37 pots Th Dians (pronouncd DA-nz) ar an Associa Mmbr Rac closy rad o humans Th Dans had sabshd col onis o n h r plans wihin hr hom sar sysm and wr acvy sking conac wih ohr racs whn a draon Gaacc Sur vy Cruisr h USS  (N CC  804)  nrd orbi around hir homworld i n  1 50 Thy ca hr homworld KaTyar Srra Nri lar whc h can b oos y ranslad as irs and Tru Hom"  is h hrd plan of h sar known as Pakar Th firs rpord conac wih h Dans dwlld havily on hir amazng godlk bauy and h nam Dans nauraly folowd Thy rsmbl humans n many ways ahough hir rac dos no shar h var ancs n pigmnaion found  n h uma ns Al Dans hav h sam pa-bu skin coorn g and  or no faca har Thir ovrwhlmng bauy boh ma l and fm al is aso hir mos dauning disadvanag as hy f nd i dffcul o convinc ohrs parculary humans o ak hm sri ously Thy hav no problm wih hos racs ha do no apprcia humanod bauy Th Dans rfr o hm slvs as Tru Nla In pubic hy us h raca dsignaons Human Cygnan c bu n pr va rfr o hm  n h ordr in wh ich hy wr firs ncounrd Hu mans ar Scond Nril lar Cygna ns ar Thrd Nllar and so on Dians bliv ha a ohr humanoid racs ar rlad o hm i n som way

 Mf ST+ 1 0]  Ch Mf SM-   Improvd GToranc (± 0 G) [ 5]; nuion [5] Prssur Suppo [5  Phobia (Highs) - 0  Cass-E Graviy  98G Amosphric prssur 1 0 man mpraur 82° Zorski Group -b Mye 67 pots Th Mynn (pronouncd my-NNE-) ar a non humanoid draon Assoca Mmbr rac rsmbng upsd-down pars suppod by many srong ropy n drls sprouing rom h boom of hr bodis (in gam rms 24 ffciv mbs) Th Mynn's dy which is mos ofn a purpsh-gray color is au hr f from op o om and abou four f in circumfrnc a is wids poin Two vry pal d in nrpla sizd ys com p h pcur Thy ar incudd hr (along wih h us ncssay o opra hm) as an xamp of som of h srang racs o b found n GU F Condiions on hr homworld Myni hav causd h Mynini o dvop a compy nocurna fsy

 Mf Q+  [20  Charisma  [5]; Handsom/Bauiful 12]  ClassM Graviy  08G Amosphric prssur 1    man mpraur 80° Zorski Group I-a

Th Mynn only vnur abov ground durng h moonlss nigh and as such hav vovd ys amos n nchs  n damr wh a rracab shah o conr h siz of h r corna As a rsu h ir sn siviy o igh s a mos 20 ims ha of a Hu man Sarligh is mor ha nough for a Mynin o opra undr normal rus Th Mynins hun drds of cii a l mbs al ow hm  rform xrmy sub and prcs man pulaons Ths muip lmbs also gv h Mynni a supror abily  ravrs dfficul rran and o mana n h r balanc Th Mynni showd il inrs in h dra u n jus bfor h Gnral War whn far of an nvasi compd hm o ak a mor acv ro Whn nquiris hav bn mad abou h Mynn abrup chang  n sanc and bh avor hy wl ony rpl

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Arcturas

45 pots e recon are four-armed goldensknned human  f average buld wth an average he ght of 7 to 8 feet ey re a unque race wthn the Federaton  n that there ll lays be pars of recon assgned to a shp or none t ll  te dstant past the renpahk and the Sorel (the  rrg factons of the recon race) fnaly ended the etre-og confct that had ravaged ther homeword y g te Jyrahk Accord. Ths agreement stated that t enre tat ther ethnc dfferences never agan cause te to go to war tey woud henceforth have equa stand  d representaton n all endeavors  as led to a voutary partnershp agreement to re an equal representaton wthn Star Fleet Snce tr leet as suc rgd rereets for entry (tr away many re appcants than re cepted) te re could not de  tat an equa r of renpahk be tte for every Sorel tt s accepted n te te recon apply t tr leet  par; f eter one f the par l t a admttance te ter deces to on  e.  ts way te r re ecuraged to fr  close terrela t tyn and usually seng togeter fuhe r cement  te crosscultura bond that the Brecon have worked   t establsh f one of a par s ked or dsabled he l rably be replaced by anothe r Brecon volunteer r oe wose paner was dsqua lf ed

35 pots Wth ther wde eyes and slght features the Arcturans can best be descrbed as beng smlar n appearance to the Elves found n Hu man foklore Arcturans are a smal yet hardy race They rarey exceed 5.5 feet n h eght and they average 1 20 pounds Centures of rely ng on ther wts rather than ther sze has heped them to de veop a profcency wth both weapons and marta arts and Star Fleet has added Sncaht an Arcturan martal arts phloso phy to currculum at Prme Centra All Arcturans n Star Feet are traned n basc Sncaht and are able to aptly de fend te mseves Very very few Arcturans have any ponc ablty; those that do so woud be treated as genet c freaks by ther own peope Arcturans of the Ferkte order are traned from bh as warrors and do not share t e Pac fsm dsadvantage of ther brethren (the r tempate s 50 ponts). Many of these see n th e Star Fleet Marnes and n the Speca Forces; some servce on Prme Teams Sady a few of that order have joned the Oron prates

Secondary Ctt Mf SM+ 1  Advng Extra Arms 2 20]; Extra Attack 25] Homewrld: ClassM ravty 098  Atmospherc rere 1 . 1 0 mean tem perature 79°F Zork  roup -b tt e rshers are now known to be returnng We t ll e ready to meet them and o n the r terms." The ye refue to elaborate on th and many n the Fed et Coucl ave ds e ts a beng a etr Tere s no t wever tat the ye teselves are t te nous pro eet to ea and tere  evdece tat the ere trtre f Mynen e  nergo g drast es Were ths e ll ltatey take

ttt Mf ST- [- 0]; DX+2 [40]  Ctt Mf Basc Speed + 1 20]. t Pacfsm (SefDefense Ony) [-1 5].  ClassM ravty 1    Atmospherc pressure 0.90 mean temperature 65°F Zorsk roup . the Mynen or what the exact meanng of ther warnng about he Buishers mght mean s currenty a mystery

tt Mf ST3 [-30]; D X+  [20]; +  20]  Ctt Mf SM-1  t Extra Arms 1 0 (Sho No phycal attack) 20] ; xtra Legs  0 (Can not kck) [8]; Flexblty [5]; Hgh Manua Dexterty 4 [20]; Nght Vson 9 [9]; Perpheral Vson [1 5]. t nveebrate [-20]  Ft Normal ght leve for Mynen s very ow; Per-8 for hu mans. Myn en eyes take a second to adjust to sudden  ght changes .  ClassM ravty 0.85 Atmospherc presu re 1 .20 m ean temperature 60°F Zorsk roup V-c

Adoras

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50 pots Andorans a tal slndr hman oids wth bu skn whit har and obvos annna" pordng rom h top o thi hads. As a ac Andorians ar nownd o th hghtnd prcpv acuy which sms rom h grat numbr o pdaoy cratrs tha popa thr hom world h antnna" ar actually xtnsons o th r s nus cavtis allowng th Andoran a gra snsitivty o mn vaaions in pssr and tm prat hy po vid  mprovd harng and an nomosly nh ancd sns o sm. h actal rcptors a siatd wthin h d pssions a th tps o th ant nna" and a protctd by th hard cartiagno s iss tha kps th antnna" rigd hir vsua abiiy s also wl av hu manod standads hr is a common msconcpon abot Andorans  tha hy ar h mor lss and asy ritad; hi s s no qi coc. h harsh history o aly Andoran civlza ton has lt a strong so ca taboo against h ap paranc o rivoity o wasd ot h cu rusals otn mak thm sm prdish or unso ciab whl in ac hy simpy don' hav a strong cutra nrst in such actvis. hy ar otn cons idrd a war ror rac" b hs s not nily accrat. Many o thm ar cruitd n th Sta Ft Mains whr th prcpon  s a major advantag Andoian clur s prdicatd o n h Cooatv. A Coopratv ths days is a group o 60 to  00 amly groups who hav bandd ogthr o pool thi  rsourcs and abi s o provid or h whol o thir nmb. Coopratvs nd o gow around si ng lns o ndavo or a nu cs or co ait and attac ndviduas o amis hat a invovd with his so o ndavor or somthing cosly ratd to  hr ar chnca Cooraivs Mrcantil Coopa tvs Enanmn Coopatvs Miltay Coopraivs and vry oth so o coopratv hat yo cold th n k o. I n act mos Andorians consdr Star to b a om o cooprativ; cran ly h ons who jo n Star Flt th nk so!

27 pots llarits a socky hmanoids wh an avrag hght o approximatly v  hy a covd wih a sma b ogh lay o woolik mang ovr most o h r dy and thi hands a o stubby ngrs; hi hads and acs a on compad o ha o a ran pg h laits ar a hardy ac owng o th ga abn danc o calcum and oth havy mn as in h r bods (sulting n h lis" roo o hi Fdaton nam). arit n and cart lag srcus ar mu ch mo massiv than hr Hman contrpas r suling i n a mch grat physica strngh and in nat rssanc o bodiy damag. hs aso  suts n thir body mass bng  .5 tms tha o a norma Human o tha high. h llat rac r gads th plan Hahnohk7 as thr hom world. Alt hough ovragr Fd aton psntaivs conrd h nam ars on thm bor Univsa ransatos w ab to ranslat hr anguag th l arits  to hmsl vs smp ly as hos o Hahrnoh k" h s vdnc howvr whch suggss that h l arts as a rac dd no oginat on his plan Archaological digs on th hr man cont nnts on Hahnohk7 hav yldd no vidnc o h llart rac dating back rth r than  5000 yas. his is a myst wh ch ascinats  h Fdraion bt wh c th llats thmslvs do n sm too concn d aut Although h ars hav ond vigoousy or Full Mmbrship stats n h past th ir m ian pocis in additon o thr contnud and vrally undnid con tacs with th Orion Pia Cals has not sd th wl n h hals o h Fdraon Hgh Counci his is paticularly ru or h Andorians who hold a signiicant and un wavrng dsik or h l lats. Stl h ats natral adpnss wih mchanca dvcs has put th n hgh dmand  n ngi nng abs and shipyads throug ou h Fdatio n and byond .

ttrt Mfr DX+  [20  Chrtrt Mfr Pr+5 [25 t Dscimnao Sm   5]; Subsonic Haring 5]; Ulahaing 5]; Vibraion Sns   0. t Hidund 5; Lonr (2) [5; Low Pain hshold [ 0]; No Sns o Humor  . r CassM Gravity  .07G Amosphrc prssr    5 man mraur 34°F Zorsk Gop  Ib

ttrt Mfr S+  [  0; H+2 [20.  Chrtrt Mfr HP+3 6. t Fassnss 2 [4; Damag Rsisanc  (ough Skn 40%) 3; Rsstant o Disas 8 5] r Fur   t Buly (  2) [  ; os Racia Habit (Argmntav) 5; Slsh (2) [5] r Edgy     ; Nosy [  Ftr Exra dns body strctu add 00 pounds o wght canno loa r ClassM Graviy  .24G Atmosphric prssur 0.9 5 man t mratur 67°F Zoski Grop .

The lingon Empi Th Klingon Empr ncluds a as 1 2 plans wh iv snin racs al of hm subsrvn o h Kn  hmsvs Th rm hnc Ki ngon s" is usd whn i s cssary o dffrnia bwn Kingons and lin Empir Forcs." Amos 60% of a Klngon m  i rship crwmn ar non-Kl ngon . Th Kngons nvr rlly rus h subc racs wh ich s why al l Kingon shps h curiy saions" and a dachmn from h Em  i Scuriy Srvc (an organzaion ha pus h G  o sham). Only a fw subc rac prsonn r i fficr commissions.  s somhing of a mysry hy lingon warriors woud rahr fil  ou  hr crws wih liicly unrliabl non- Klin gons han simpy d raf hnic li civians or ha ro.  n arly im  h Vrgarians (hr subjc rc) rvold and wr bom bd no h  g an ampl  o ohr subjc racs o bhav Th Klingons hav hr major nms h Kzinis  h Hyrns wih who m ma ny wars hav bn fough  h Fdraion whch has no ofn bn an aciv y bu whch hrans h Empir wh conomic inion Thr minor powrs h Thoian s (who occupy l Kingon rriory) h LDR (a rngad Lyran ric) and h WYNs ar on h K ngon bordrs Th lis hav alliancs wih h nghborng Lyrans (a rac hy hv ugh in h pas) and h Romulans. Th lis wr alid wih h Fdraion durng h ary r n duri g h An dromdan War i  go Warrors 44 pots Atribut Mf ST + 1 [1 0]; DX + 1 [20]; T + 0. Advantag F [5; igh Pain Thrshold [  0 ] ; ighr Purpos (mprov hroic rpuaon) 5. Perk cohol Tolranc     Disadvantag Calous -5, Sho Lfspan 0 Qirks Proud [  1  ; Said [-1 S U KLNGON for mor informaon.

Kngons ar gnraly rgardd as a brual warrior rac bu his characrzaon s no accura. Thr ar wo primary Kln gon socia cl asss warrors and civians. Virually al K ingon s ncounrd including sarship bas ground crws Marns ground forcs c. wll b of h warror cass Klngon youhs mus ak spcal raining and pass a srs of ss o bcom warriors and whi l hr ar n o forma barrirs o sons of civans bcomng warriors fw who grow up i n a cviian nvronmn show any nrs.  s radiona l for sons o f warriors o folow n hir fahrs foosps alhoug h such hriag wll no mak hr passag hrough  h ranks any asir Mos Kingons ar born and raisd on hr ho plan whch s known as Knsha A fw bilion lv on major Kngon coony words Four colony words ar run by h mi iay and on  by h poic and ar placs whr rird warriors can run farms or busnsss and rais fin  chidrn wh o ar srongy ncou ragd o join h mlary Klingons from h hr sourcs (Kinsha warrior colo nis and ohr colon s) som ims rgard ach ohr as diffrn soca classs No ha Kingons n GU  t and h t Ft U ar basd on h orignal sourc maral and appar vry m uch lik umans. Som hnc Klngon civiians sv on sarships mosy in chnca or suppo posions (docors scn iss suppy offcrs ngnrs). Klngon warriors ar no sadsc Thy do no hsa o us forc f i is h mos appropra cours f acon bu do no ncssarily hnk of forc as h firs or ony alrnaiv. Kl ngo ns w l no aack cvlan args simpy for h hrl of king dfnslss popl bu nhr wll hy hsia o aack a mary arg us bcaus  is surroundd by civilians. Th Klingons hav bn known o dsroy Fdraion cv lan coloni s n h Nural Zon (whn hy can g away wh ) o prvn hos plans from bing clamd as possssions of h Fdraion Th Klngon govrnmn ncluds h Empror hr appond Prncs h Chancllor (a prim m inisr who handls civan and ndusra affars) h Council  and a milary hadquars. Th Councl consss of h mos powrfu ladrs n all filds and has approval ovr mos apponmns (nc udin g h Pri ncs) and many dcisions Th Klingon miiary forcs nclud  Th Dp Spac Fl ( DSF) whc h is h naval (sar ship) branch of h rgula r mi iary  Th Kin gon Army wh a hun drd divisions of ground roops hands pla nary dfns and major invasons  Th Klngon Marins providd dachmns on sar ships. Thy sv as boarding pas and raidng forcs  Th nrna Scury Forcs (SF)  h poic  Th Emp ir Scuriy Srvic (ESS) whi ch is h s cr poc o prvn rason and ns urrcion.  Th Klng on Galacic Bu rau h forgn nignc svc handls covr opraions i n nmy rriory  Th Galacic Rsarch Un h mliary nlignc branch.  primarily analyzs snsor daa and nrcpd communcaons and has lil if an y  nvovmn n ou rgh sponag

Dukars 19 poits Dukars ar orangsknnd hum anods whos hom world has ong snc bn pa of th Em pr Dunkars ar qut gntl popl who xc n admnstra tion and njoy abov al ls th tln g of a good tal or yarn , Of a l l t h  subjct racs controlld by th Klngons th Dunkars ar th most passv and accptng of thr stua ton and hod a status scond ony to th thn c K   n g o n s thmslvs Numrous Dunkars hav rsn to postons of rsponsb  ity and vn authorty n th mpr du to thr lvlhadd and cam mannr. Som vn sv as offcrs

tt Mf ST [ 0] +2 [40]. t arlssnss 2 [4]. t Soca Stgma (Mnorty group) [1 0] Status  1 []  ClassM Gravty 0.98G Atmosphrc prssur  .0 1  man tmpratur ° Zorsk Group . lirdarias -6 poits Srdarans ar a hulkng barap rac whch quals th Gorns and Kznts for physcal sz and powr n a hu manod fform Th Kngons onc trd to conqur th Slrdaran ho plant but wr dfatd aftr two d cads of gurrlla warar Th fghtng btwn th two racs ngndrd a flng of mutua rspct and  n th nd th Kl ngons wthdrw xcpt for a handfu of tradng statons whch bcam th focus or rcrutmnt Most Srdarans ar of blowavrag ntll gnc but thr ar many notabl xcptons. Thr ar mor Slrd aran srgants and utnants n th Kngon ground forcs than an y rac othr than th K ngons thmslvs and mor than a fw hav attndd th Acadmy and rachd postons of company or vn battaon com mand . Th on y no nKl ingon to vr rach lag" rank was a Sr daran Brgadr Gnral Razmond Kobol Tsumasoln known to hstory as Kobo/ Roc H hd th ra nk of Maor but took ovr an ntr dvson of ground troops whn th snor Kl ngon offcrs wr kid Hs prsonal lad rshp nsprd th dv son to rsist a twoyar Kznt sg of th plant thy wr dfndng. On ly th bravst (or crazst) n my groun d troops wl accpt hand

tohand combat wth Srdarans ast strong  and abl to oprat all but th most hghtch qupmnt Slirdaans ar th frstln shock troops of th Empr.

ttt Mf ST+2 [ 1 8] ( 1 0% for SM+ 1 ) DX+  [20] 2 [40]  Chtt Mf SM+   HP+2 [4] t Damag Rsstanc  (Tough Skin 40%) [3] Sharp Claws [] Sharp Tth [] Tmpratur Tolranc 2 [2] Vy t [1]  ur [ 1 ] t Brsrk [1 0] Bloodlust [1 0] Socal Stgma (Mnorty group) [1 0] Status  [].  ClassM G ravty 1 .20G Atmosphrc prssur 1 .2 1  man tmpratur 88° Zorsk Group IVc. Hilidarias 41 poits Hdarians ar a rptan rac sm lar  n outward ap paranc to th Gorns or Pronh outs atho ugh closr n physcal sz to th lattr and not d rctly rlatd to thr. Hlidarans ar amphbous wth wbbd ft and hands but can functon mor than adquatly on l and Whl thy wak rct whn rqu rd t hy ar mor comortab (and much fastr) whn on al fours. Thy ar capabl of grat bu rsts of spd n ths mod al though on arrval at th dstn aton thy wl hav to stop and draw th r wapons. Hl darans ar a subjct rac mployd mostly n ground forcs although som srv as tchnc ans in starship crws. A fw obtan battlfld commssons and a handful hav attndd acadm s or srvc schoos It s uncommon for Hdarans and Srdarans to  n th s am company and unusual for thm to b n th sam platoon  caus of a longstandng rvaly or an mosity twn thm Thos slctd for srvc wth spcal tams (ncludng Daggr Tams) ar carfuly pckd to avod prsonaty conflcts with othr racs Physcay qua to Kngons or othr humanods thy ar not narly as powrful as th Srdarans but thy ar mor   ntllgn t and clvr

ttt Mf ST+  [0]. t Amphbious [1 0] E nhancd Mov 1 (Ground Tmporary Disadvantag No in Manpu  ators 30%)   4] arlssnss  [ 0] Damag Rsstanc 2 (Tough Skin 40%) [6] Sharp Tth [1 ] Sngl Mndd [] Strkr (Ta) [] t SmUprght [] Socal Stgma (Mnorty group) [1 0] Status  [].  ClassM Gravty 1 .04G Atmosphric prssur  .0 man t mratur 89° Zorsk Group Vb

margs 34 pots Crmargs umanid dwafs ws bcy skin is a esu f  muc radia tin xpsur n tir / m plan ar  tragic remnans f a nce prud ce. Wil umans wr drgging tmslvs u p ut f  Dark Ages  Crmags wer xpri ening wi amic n egy nd elecrnics. ving buil a cn lgical sciey  Cr rgs nvr develped ' te drive t g in spac. Tey bgan  bicker amng emslves vr piical mattrs. In e nd a terrib tic war ravagd eir wrld  d riving t  satred rm nnts undergrund. Ty kd u a margin al existenc r undrds f yars until  Kingns arrived. As ey d rtaind ig tcnlgy  Crmargs sv t Em ie as ecnicians. Many Klingn gunnrs cntring a stsip pasr ave a Crmarg cnician  kp  aser wrking. Kingn infantry battalin s av Crmargs  man  rcket launcers and r avy wapns.

Aribut Mf 2 [40] 2 [20]. Se Chtt Mf SM   P2 [4] Advtg Rsistant  Psinics  3 [ 0]  Taent  (atmatica Ability) [ 0] Vrsatil  [5]  X n daptability [20] Disvtg Scial Stigma (Mi nrity grup) [ 0] tatus  [5]  Suscptibl t Diseas 3 [ 2 Ril Ftu Dying Rac [0]. ol CassM Gravity 0.99G Atmspric ressure 0.99 mean tmpratur 9F Zrski rup . Z es  4 pots lis are an dd umanid race rcruitd by t lingns fr ir unusual nigtim capabiiis. Zlis e tw sts f ys ne r dayligt and ter largr pair r se in ta darknss. (Tese eyes can se it te inrared spc tr nd can gar e mbint lig. ) Te Zlis ar igy prcptiv y Klingn cm nd ams includ lies and sm r sed xcusivy   lies bu Zis rely appear ls ere in te Klingn

military. A andfu s as mcanics r tcnicians n sars  ips wre y can us ir nigt visin in  darkr bws f t s ip. Many K ingn Dggr Teams includ a Zli a prstigius assignmnt.

tg Acut Visin 5 [ 0]  nfravisin [  0] Nig Visin 9 [9]. tg Scial Stigma (Mi nrity grup) [ 0] Sa tus   [5]. l CassM Gravity 0.95G Amspric prs sur 0.9  m an mpraur 9F Zrski Grup Ib. Yitlas 23 pots Yitlians ar umanids teir ny utwardlydistin guising rai is sigly yllw skin and dub nstrils. tlia tir  mwrld i s sigtly argr tan Ea . Ric b agriculturaly and in minrals te pant as vast d psis f stragic mi nras. e Ytian m plant is nt insid Kli ngn trritry but far away in t utr racs f  Lyran Star Em pir w er a ray allws t Klingns  xpi nw wrlds. I is praps frtuna tat i was t Kingns rar an t Lyrans w mad first cntac as  Yilians av an antipaty t al ings flin e tians ar assciad by treaty wit t Kingn Empir ty ar n cnsidrd a subc rac bu fr al inn and purps migt as w be. (T Lyrans d n ftn allw r spcis i n t ir rriy t ave ir pans  Ytian situain is uniqu ) Rcrdd Ylian i sy gs back abut 000 yars. Abu 4000 yars ag  Yilians bgan t war wit anr sntin specis ta arse n tir m wrld.  Akalanaita (vie ns) wr a spcis f intlign felins dscendd frm prdary cas tat ramd  vast plains.  r is n evi dnc a Akalanaita wr rlad   Lyr ans r Kzinis al ,' ug sm Klingn resarcrs iv ty may av n a resut f a sd ing prgram by t Lpard Kings. T war btwn t spcis asd nary  900 yars nding aut 2000 yars ag wen e tl ians xerminatd t Akalanaita.

tt Mf DX  [20]. tg Acute ast  Sml l 4 [8] Discrimin atry Sml [  5] ig  Manua Dxrity 2 [0]. tg I mpusivnss [ 0] ntlranc (Flinids) [5 Scial Stigma (Minrity grup) [ 0] Staus  [5].  CassM Graviy  .09G Atmspric prssur  .09 man tmpratur 79F Zrski Grup Ib.

Romulan Sta Empi 33 pots

R o m u l a n s ar a mor warl k offshoot of th Vulcans wth pointd ars and cop pr-basd bood Ovr thousands of yars thy hav com a sparat sis with physca as w as cultura di ffrncs as a study o th Racal Tmplats wil rval. Romuans lack th psonc abiltis of Vucans as w as th rgnrativ powrs. Thy ar howvr not bound by rgd logic far lss pacifstic noy a good jok l to thr nms with out a scond though t and ar ( n som cass) capabl of drn kng too much Rom ulan al. Th Romuan Cod of Honor s dtad n Chaptr 8. Two Romulans could hav honst disagrmnts as to how bst to srv it and som smply don' t subscrib to t Th Romul ans ar th most aggrssiv of th mprs Thr trrtory ncluds vn fwr habtabl pants than th Gorns and no othr sntnt racs Th Ro mulans sm to ho nstly bv that thy ar dstnd to rul th Gal axy and ar constantly working toward ths nd.

Kzinti Hgmony

h Romulan gov rn m nt ncuds th Empror th rator th Snat th M il itary Command and th Cvl Admnstraton Th Grat Houss" (xtndd fam s that functon in som ways as poltcal actons) hav grat inlunc ovr th govrnmnt .

 Mf ST+ 1 [ 1 0]; DX+ 1 [20; IQ+ 1 [20]; HT+ 1 [0] g Acut Harng  [2]; Extndd Lfspan  [2] Ig Cod o Honor ( Romulan) [1 0; Duty (Romuan mp r 1 2 or lss) [- 0]; Intolranc (non Romulans) [-10]  Carfu [- ] / Class-M  G ravty  .05G Atmosphrc prs sur 1 .02 man tmratur 79° Zorsk Group IIIa. S GU / or mor nformaton Maes

Th Kzints ar larg (svn ft ta and ovr 300 pounds) humanoids of clar  n ancstry. Th Kznti govrnmnt s a monarchy; th rulng h rdtary sovrgn s known as th atriarch. Thr ar our prncpal di vsons of Kzinti trritory ruld by th Duk (Kngon bordr) th Marqus (dration bordr) th Count (Lyran bordr) and th Baron (nwly xpord trr tory). Cou ntss civil wars coups and assassinatons pay a ro n slcting th  succssor to any h rdtary post. Thr hav bn numrous wars wth th Kngons yrans and (i n arr tms) wth dration . Just bfor th Gnra War bgan  n Y1 66 th Kzn ts alid wth th draton against th Klngons Not Dspt suprfcal sm larts  ths Kznts ar not th Kzn found n anothr scinc iction u nvrs. Th Kzints of th SU hav cat ars and n o tals. Kzntis n th SU w l almost nvr alow thr tru nam s to b known by outsidrs and ach adopts a battlnam " by wh ch h is known to orignrs. S GU F Ep

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35 pots  Mf ST+2 [  8 (- 1 0% for SM+ 1 )  Ch Mf SM+  ; Basic Spd +2 [40]. g Damag Rsstanc 1 (Tough Sk n 40%) [3]; Night Vison 9 [9]; aralic Harng 2 [8; Sharp Caws [5; Sharp Tth [     ur []. g Bad Tmpr [ 0]; mpusvnss [- 1 0]; Incrasd Consumpton 1 [-0; ntolranc (Lyrans Carnvons) [-5]; Odou s Raca Habts (Eat othr sntint bngs) -3 [- 5] / (h  & f/) CassM Gravty  .25G Atmosphrc prssur  . 1 9 man tmra tur 79° Zorski Group IVa. Feales 23 pots  Mf ST+ [9] (0% or SM+).  Ch Mf SM +   g Attractv (Ara Efct 4 yards+  00%; Accssbility own spcis ony 0%; Emanation 20%; Sns-Basd s ml  20%)[6] and Afflcton (Ara Efct 4 yards +  00%; Dsadvantag Lchr ousnss +  0%; Accssibty own spcis on ly 1 0%;  manaton -20%; Sns-Basd smll 20) [  6] tota [22; Damag Rsstanc 1 (Tough Skn 40%) [3]; mpathy (Snstiv) [5; arlssnss 3 [6; Nght Vson 9 [9]; arac Harng 2 [8; Sha Claws [5; Sharp Tth [1  ur []  g Intolranc (Lyrans Carnvons) [-5 Odous Racia Habts (at othr sntints) 3 [1 5.  Chauvnstc [-1 

 Confdation of t Gon Gorns ar rptilan humanois, tallr than (an th rhaps tc th bulk of) Hu mans  h Gorn Confra tion conssts of thr sntnt racs on into a singl olitcal uni t Al vlop on spa rat plants bu t ar so narly ntca that thy must hav com from common stock; thir tmplats ar intica hs ar knon as th Gray Scas (ho ha rach th h ghst tchnologcal lv an but th starshps that runit th racs), th Bron Scals (ho ha rach L8 bfor bng ontact), an th Grn Scals (ho r a L agrarin rac) t took narly a cntury bfor th ori gina socal strotypng as lminat by ntnsv programs to brng th Grn Scas an Bron Scals up to th lvl of th ray Scals. Durng th first cas, Bron Scal busnssmn took passag on Gray Sca shps to th Grn a homor, hr thy st up n ustris using chap rn Sca labor. Pror to Y120, you cou stl fn rsntmnt an pruc in so m aras an ni viuas. h Gorns r not aays th only sntnt rac n thir spac. h Paravians r scn from a spis of Gorns stroy by an astroi mpact, an othr lnts r foun to hav tinct populatons of trnsplant Gorns A unknon prcursor rac, nrally lab Lizar King s, s though t to hav trnsplant th Gorn s to ths ors from som nknon bithplac. h Go rns ar vry nt rst (t not obses sive) about th is . Many adventurers  nd scntsts sarch plants for signs of th Lizrd Kngs or othr tinct Gor n ratvs  n Go rn as  as dration an Romulan trritory. S GU G for r information on th Gorns, Skoans, a n Paravians s 18 onts Atribut Mfi S+3 27 (- 1 0% for SM+ 1 ); DX-1 20] Seo Chtt Mf SM+ 1 ; HP+2 4; Basc Mov-2 [- 1 0 Advtg Damag Rsistanc 2 (ough Skin, 40%) ]; High Pan hrshol [ 1 0]; Sharp th [1 Hor (th  h) Class-M, gravity 1 01 09g, atmosphric rssur 1 .081  1 1 , man tmpratur 82-87°F, Zorsk G roup V-b.

koleans 2 ponts Skoans ar a Fraton Associat Mmbr rac. hr homorl Skolos s in Fraton spa, vry cos to th borr ith th Gorns hy rsmbl  a rran ch amlon both  n apparanc an n spcia ablts. Whi thy rarly c fv ft in hight an ar not patcu larly strong, thr an an iy buil allos thm to ract qucky ith a hgh lvl of y-han coornation. Whn th various gaactic pors bgan vopmnt of fightrs, th Gorns ralz that thy ha a probm themse/ves. A fightr built larg nough to fit a Gorn plot oul lack manuvrabity an sp, factors ssntal to succss Skoan mrcnars ha bn svng ith Gorns for yars, an thr as a strong bon btn th to un rat rptlan racs. t oul hav ma goo sns for th Gorns to sign an bui l thr fightrs aroun a Skolan plot, but th Gorns nt on bttr an simply bult Fration fghtrs unr cns (hy also bought th ntir assmby n for th Fration F-1 2 fghtr aftr th Fraton pick th riva F- 1 8, bul ng thousans as G-1 2s.) Whl thr m ght hav bn lgal problms in volv th Fraton citizns sving n th Gorn ml tay, ths as carful ly gnor by th sis in a fashon rmnscnt of Amrcan pilots srvng n Britans Royal Air Forc uring th arly yars of WW on Earth, or th Gurkhas srving n th Brt s h and I nda n Armes  Skolans ar somtms foun sring n Star Ft or othr Fraton jobs, an ar rarly foun sving n th Marns an othr highy physica occupation s hy can b consr avalabl as anothr Fration mmbr rac, alth ough most Skolans ho s off plant o so th th Gorn s, not th Fration  Skoan mrcnars srv th Gorns n many capacitis, not just as fightr piots. Som s as nava crman an a f hol commssons o r vn comman ships

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 Mf S-1 -10]; DX+ 1 20; H1 [-10. tg Chamlon 2  1 0; Enhanc racking 5]; Priphral Vsion [ 1 5; Rsstant to Acclration +8 [3] tg Unft -5]; Vuln rabilty (cr 2) [-30]  Gravity ClassM, 0.81 G, Atmosphrc prssur 0. 9, man t mpratur 72°F, Zorsk Group Vc

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olian Holdfast

Oion Piats

0 pots Th Thoans ar crystall n craturs who v n vry hgh tmpraurs. Thy ar not nav o ou r galaxy but onc om na h M8 Gaaxy. A sma  group of Thoans sca th Soran Rvouton an brought thr plant" wh ch was a smal Dyson sphr (  a hug hollow sruc ur wh a small afcal sar ns) wh h m arrvng n Y79. Whl th orgna group of Thoans was small an thr only sarshps wr ny poc cutrs hr tchno ogy was so supror tha hy wr abl o conqu r a small pc of Kngon trrtory sroyng (or nslavng) sv ra Klngon coons n h procss Th raton whch was brfy a to h Thol ans  n h G nral War nvr as what ha happn o th Kngon colonsts Th Klngons manan a prptua sa of war aganst th Thoans an th Klngon fl on th Tholan borr was us for combat tran ng u o h constant fghtng hr. Durng h Gnral War th orgna Tholans wr on by a f of thr orgna  warshps (nown at frst as NoThoans" to Star l ntgnc) Not long afr hat an xpon of Slorans arrv an (wth Kngon hp) s up a bas an bgan aacng h Thoans n a combnaton of a rlgous crusa an a bg gam hunt. Th Tholans ar masrs of playng off on s aganst h ohr no from cowarc but ncssty (hr forcs ar oo small to stan osss). Th frs prncpl aught n h r acamy s 's you an h  fgh."

2 pots Th Orons ar a grn-snn rac rsmbng th Humans Although h Orons as a ra c ar m m rs of h Unt raon of Plans (an som s on Sar t shps) th Oron P ras ar frcly n- ! pnnt Offcaly th prats ar sm ply prva rs an crmnas. I s bv howvr ha th orgna Oron P rats wr a clans t n arm of h Oron govrnmnt usng shps prov o hm an mann  by rguar offcrs an crwmn of thr own fl. Snc thos ary yars h Oron Prats hav x n thr opraons o covr mos nown aras of h Alpha Octan If h Oron govrnmn vr  contro h prats  conroll ony a fw of hm by th tm of th Gnral War (Y 8) Th prats ar organz  nto cals ach controng a gvn ara s pag  5. Each ca w hav many shps un r ts rct contro atho ugh twothrs of all Oron Prat shps ar nnns. No: Many pop on Oon Pra shps ar not hnc Orons" but ohr racs (Humans Romuans Kngons an vn Vulcans). Som prat shps hav no hnc Orons a al Prats (of ay rac) ar r qur o ta th savanag Socal Sgma (outaw) [- 5 ponts]. S th futur boo GU O t

 ttt Mf +  20] HT- 0]  ttt Mf Hgh T +2 (Thoan physology an mcn ony -50%) [5] tg Boy of Ston [ 40] h DR 5 s xbl (20%) an Smablatv (20%) [  0] Dtc (Ectrc an Magnc fls) [20] gh (paramag nc 25% low cng 5 f -25% vsb 20%)   2] Ultraharng [5] tg Incras f Suppot (Exrm Hat) 0] Intolranc (Non -Thoans)  0] No gs (ara) 0] Wanss (OxygnAnarobc   pr mn u vry common) [-0]  Outs of hr natv nvron mn Tho ans raat hat (an lgh as a sof gow) wh ch mas thm asr to s: +  noors + 4  n arnss an +  0 wth Infravson  ].  ClassT Gravy 088G Amosphc prssur 085 man mpratur 400 Zors X.

Males or Feales o the "  rate caste 2 pots

ttt Mf DX+  20] tg arlssnss 2] XnoAaptablty 20] tg Gr [ 5]  nolranc (gal systms) 5]   Extravaganc ]. Feaes o the Courtesa ("lave G rl) caste  3 pots ttt Mf ST [0] DX+  [20] tg ashon Sns 5] arssnss 2] Ptab 5] Vy Bautfu ]. tg Jalousy [- 0] chrousnss [- 5].  ClassM  Gravty 0.95G Amosphc prssur  .0 ma n mratur 75 Zors Group IIIb. No ha Sav Gr" s a job (for a f an for a tm) no acuay slavry"

Othr Orons us a mpla n GU Ft

an ingdom  0 poits ydrans ar sma ( 4.5 t tal) b ngs , grn sh-gray i clr, with a barrl-shad body, thr stubby lgs, thr eually spacd tntacls, a  ecks her methan atmo here wuld b uncomort ale (r ata) t most othr ies. Thy brath mth ae (which prvids most o thir ood) and culd surviv  iually any mthan plant Thir homworld s som hat malr than ranus and o owr dnsty. Thy ar hhly ntint. Thr smal statur puts thm at a minor iavanta in ground cmbat, but thir starshps ar a th most rspctd in spac and ar dsignd or lserang cmbat. h ydrans hav nvr gottn along wl wth th lins r yrans. Whi  ydrans and Ki ngons (or yr as) annt iv on th sam words, nthr has bn illi t shar systms wth th othr. Th ydran King  was cnqurd by th Kingons and yrans n Y8 and h d as a cint stat u n t   Y 35 Powrul mrchant guids stab l shd thmsvs n thr c o   n y pants (Atrth, Mnxtth, and Kroth) that th Kl ngons and yrans had ovr lookd. Ths wr knwn at th tim as th ost Con is and cam to b kn wn atr th r stablshmnt as th Old Coonis, trms that hav bcom ntr changab ydrans cm n thr sxs Ma, Fma, and atiarchal. As th Matri archas have th ntl lign c o a heepdg, thy ar not otn sn as payr charactrs. he tmplat blow wrks or mals or mas. h ydran govrnmnt is a monarchy, but th bu reauracy hl s th ral powr as dozns o roya prncs spir r th thron h ydran t uss vast num brs o ightr-shuttls, a st  thir shps ar hybrid warshi p-carrrs.

ndomdn Invds Th Andromdans arrivd rom th M3 gaaxy about Y  and wr littl mor than a nu sanc u nti th nd o th Gnral War, whn thy aunchd a major  nvason that vry narly con qurd th Miky Way Gaaxy ntllignc estimats that svra dozn sh ps wr launchd rom Andromda two cnturs prior to Y  Analyss ndicats that th Androm dans hav scurd a bas n th ssr Mag lani c Cloud and bgan probs nto th Mky Way Galaxy tsl som tm n at Y 5 Thr wapons ar argy  unknown typs and tch  noogs that wil b dtad in a utu r book. Nothn  is known about th Andromdans as bngs; th only Star Ft Marin wh vr saw on and livd could not spak o t, nr culd mdica scinc hp hm do so. Andromdan boarding pas ar composd n  trly o robotic cm bat systms, ladng som to thorz that th Andromdan s ar thmsvs robots or computr soar Othr thoris run th gamut rom pants to an mas to mn rals to vl sprits. Thr ar no Andromdan charactrs n GU   Andromdan robots may b approximatd or us as N PCs As thr ar dozns o typs, GM s may us thr i magnation u nt th utur GU  4 pro vids th basis or dsgning thm. On m ght  magnthat any robot dosn't nd ar, has comm uncations (rado) to othr robots, s mmun to dsas, and cannot arn" Thr common Andromdan rbots includ Geeral oardg Robot Ths oats on anti-gra systms (sx yards pr turn), has two manipuator arms, has armor qual to Marin Batt Armor, and has our phasr pstols bu lt i n (ach with a 90° arc o ir) all cout roe: This oats on ant-gra systms (tn yards pr turn), has snsors qual to a tricordr, s on ly lghty armord, and has on phasr pistl but i n. Heavy Weapos Robot avy armord, ths walks n lgs (sm  hav tracks or whls, a l ar airy noisy) at thr yards pr turn t has v mtal tentacls (3 yards lng) plus a havy wapon (and nough powr to ir t tn tms ). It is ary rar; at most  0%  boardng robots n any gvn g roup wl b o ths r sm lar havy typs. cout roe

Aibu Mf ST- [ 0; Q+  [20 Adanag Ambidxtrity [5]; Extra Arms  (Extra lexibl+50%, ong (SM+  ) +  00% [25 two diied arms Extra Fxib and ng) [30; Extra es  [5] ; I njury Tolran c (no nck) [5. Diadanag: Incrasd  Suppor (Nitron ethan atmsphr at cryogn ic tmpraturs) 0; Waknss (Oxygn/Anarobic, d pr mnut, ery cmmn) [-0]. m: ClassS, Gravity    3G, Atmsphrc ressur 3.  , man tm pratur  40C Zorski a.

Heavy Weapos

Boardg Robot

Lan ta Empi T yan Sa mp i locad on  fa id of  Klingon mp fom  Fdaon. T yan a Klingon ali oginally of conv nnc and by  m of  Gn al Wa fim fnd wi  muua pc of waio. T mp  d vdd no 21 couni (on of wc ld o bcom  nual  DR). On couny  un by  Kng-m po wi  o dvidd no fou Duci (ac un by a Duk). T yan (lk  Kzn and unik  Klngon) do no allow nin ac win i mp ino pac. ras

43 p ints T yan (ponouncd a un) a Human -zd calik umanoid w ga pycal ng T fu coa and fau ba a ikng m banc o o of a Tan ynx wi om vaiaon and i mpamn a alo imila. yan av o fu covd a. Mal and F  ma a qual. Fd aion cin av dmnd a  yan and Kz n a \ dcndd m com mon ock dd by  opad Kng cou n ya ago T ad of  wo ac i o mndou a v amp a pac ngoiaion bak down no and-o-and comba (Kzin and y an omow cox pacfuly inid  WYN Clu o   mbaamn of bo mpi.) T  a good da of conflc win  yan m p wc a kp  a c a a wo fom domnaing a muc lag aa of  galaxy. T man nmy of  yan (o an ac o)   Kzini Hgmony bu y alo fg  Hydan and ond n  Coaiion n vaion of  Fdaion in Y  7  .

ttt Mf ST+  1 0]; DX+  [20]; IQ+ 1 [20] tg Damag Rianc 1 (Toug Skn -40%) 3; Diciminaoy Sm [15]; Nig Vion 9 [9; Sap Claw [5; Sap T [].  Fu [1]. tg Calou -5; Cu ou [5; Ggaou -10; Inolanc ( Kzin Canivon and o yan clan) [-5]; ou Racal Hab (a o Snn bing) 3 -1 5]  Cauvinic [1 ].  CaM Gavy 1 .  G Amopc pu  .02 man mpau 70°F Zok Goup IVa.

 p (Cq) ladn i a cla-M pan wiin yan o.  gav bi o wo ac  Ran and  ln. Af val wa y acvd a unfd adin Rpubic and ad aci vd T9 wn y w dcovd by  yan mp n Y130. T yan quckly ducd m o a ubjc ac Sinc n Ra nl and  n a aly fou nd offwold A fw a cuid ino yan vc; a fw wo canno ola yan ul on  Oon ia. Rael  0 p its T Ranl a umanod mbing Tan accoon and a a p ci ab of c uoy. T Ranl a mu and al know  Ranl ign languag ( naiv languag no co). To Ran  wo mu nac w ain pci wa a  anlao dvic A a Mu ac al Ranl cv a +3 o Sign anguag l.

ttt Mf DX+  [20. tg Baciao 5]; Cafal  1 0; Damag Rianc 1 (Toug Skn 40%) 3; Flxbiy (Doublond) [  5]; Sap T  1    Fu [1 . tg Mu -25]; Soca Sigma (ubjugad by yan) -20. Lgg Ran Sign anguag (nav) 0. hele

40 p T l n mbl Tan dopin . A i flp av Bad Gp y bu T8 aifical and (and u i mou fo fin m anipulaion). a  Ran made T9 aficia am fo m . Ty can pak in i o ongu o  mu Ran.

ttt Mf ST+2 20; HT+2 20.  Chtt Mf Wa Mov +2 [0 tg Damag Ranc 2 (Toug Skn -40) [6]; Don' Ba (Oxygn Soag 200x nomal -20%) [  6; u Sup 2 [ 1 0; Spak nd wa (Inac Coing +50%) 8]; Sk (Ta) 5]. tg Bad Gp 2 -1 0]; Dndncy (mm ion n wa daiy) -1 5]; No g (Aquaic) 0]; So Am [- 0; Soca Sgma (ubugad by yan) [20]  Ca-M Gaviy 0.97 G Amopic pu 0.95 man mau 72°F Zok Goup Vc. O ubc ac w b n GU F Ep

he WYN Cl uster

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Th WYN Star Custr stands as a • • g (50-parsc dia mtr) bacon a th rssroads of th galaxy Marng h in whr th Kingon Lyran and Kz it bordrs m h custr itsf was lng considrd uninhabitabl. Surroundd by a dns ld of highy radioacv dus it was assumd hat th etir clusr was saturad wth dadly radation. Th plan ets and astroids wih n h  clusr ar rch  n rar mtas ad sotops mang th WYNs a wathy rac. Thr is n o racal  mpat for th WYN bcaus thr ar no thnic WYN. Al l rsidnts of h WYN Clustr ar igrans from oh r racs and mp irs dscrbd n t his o. Kzint and Lyran charactrs from h WYN Clustr d not hav th mutual ntolranc rang oward ach tr. Thy both hav a 5-p ont i noranc ratng oward all znts and Lyrans from outsid of h WYN Clusr. aracrs from Kingon subct racs" who wr fr r in th custr do no hav th Socia Stigma or Low tas dsadvantags Kli ngons born n h  custr do no a th sam attud toward subct racs n Y 1 6, th Kzni Du fald n an ffo o sz h atrarcha hron . Pursud by h vctoous Patriarch, th spr ld h raggd suvors of h s fl o th dg of t WYN Cusr and lgd drcy no i livng it btr o di a b tan prisonr. t t Usurpr sur id. Th radioacv lds wr a ratvly ti shll, bu ony by dg into thm at warp  ld vn tha brif esr b olratd.  insd, th pop ere saf. Gvn up for dead by hs rac, th sr scrtly bgan s tctng a socty wihin h clusr atr, a arg group of Lyrans (on th losng sid of e f thir cvl wars) aso flw  no h clustr o d, and sisngy, mad an allianc wth hr had nms, te zints Lar, Klingon rngads aso ond th mix . e rions (fl ng pursuit) ntrd th clustr (xpc ig t di) thy found th WYNs rady o da. Onc th s wr involvd (an nr Oron carl opras from te lstr) rngads from viually vy snnt sp ies  th galaxy o nd h WYNs T WYN posion was pfct for dfns for wo ra ss irst, nt hy rcovrd from h ffcts of h ra dati nvadng shps would suffr contnuous malfunc tis tat drastcally rducd thr ffctvnss in com at, ad t small WYN fl coud asly dfa much larger forcs. Th scond rason for WYN dfnsiv suc ss was that non of th bordring racs coud afford to see t rs gan control of th fabulously walthy ara

e Interstellar Concordium (SC) h Inrstar Concordum (SC) is an organzaon of svral racs associatd by raty, simar o th Fd ration. As is ypca of th astrn rgons of th Alpha Sctor (pag 156) a of ths racs ar nativ o diffrnt pants, bu most of hs sysms ar wih n a ravy small ara a th cntr of ISC trritoy Th various racs dscovrd ach othr, fough svral mnor wars and formd th SC bfor h ra of warp-powrd starshps Th SC bcam awar of h Gorns and Romuans in Y 1 60    whn h nrgy flashs of a  batt wr dcd by a far rangng suy misson As h D SC ar sing uarly pacifsc any way (havng found wars vry unprofitab), t hir first ncountr with  h two warrng racs lf a scar on h SC psych. Thy h ad assum d tha th dvlopmn of warp-powr would lad a racs o a highr undrstandng basd on h raizaion hat thr wr nough words for vryon  Th  outworldrs" wr con sdrd o b dangrously violn and no ntry san h ISC trad both nighbors with th sam disdain and considrd both to b dangrous unati who could nvr b rusd. Thr was nvr any hought of alyng wth on agains th othr boh wr considrd (mta phorcay spaing) to b wld anmas ha shoud b pt outsid of h civizd ara of h ISC tslf. h Romu lans and Go rns, howvr, consantly rd to ns th SC on th ir sid Th two ancint nm s nvr had nough com ba powr o spar o ma any srious mov agains th SC (byond rsnding o hr  ncursons) Durn g his prod ISC dpo mats mt wih both racs, and ambassadors wr snt o th Fdraion and othr capias. Wha h SC found shocd thm vn mor dpy. Th galaxy had not us two dangrous lun atc ras on th oos bu, n fact, had a las ght, and thy ap parntly bcam mor and mor barbarc th farthr hy wr from th ISC. Th ISC bu ilt a hug fl and at h nd of h Gnral War (Y85), mposd thmsvs as pacprs btwn h warrng factons. (hos fac tons rgardd h SC forcs as buyng thm tim o buld nw flts.) Wh thr forcs scatrd as hy wr h hug SC f (which mght hav dfndd th sctor) bcam asy pry for h  nvadng Andromdans

Veltressa 79 pots The Veltressai ae humanoi ds and the cear leaders o the  SC Th e polcy o stoppng con icts emanates rom their origina ole n untng many races nto the SC.

ttt Mf ST 1 1 0; Q +2 [40. tg Commo n Sense [ 0; Fearlessness 2 4] ; ntution   5]; Xeno-Adaptabilty 20].  ClassM, Gravty 078G, Atmosphec pres sure 095, mean temperature 77°F, Zorsk Grou p  Veltressa uads 36 pots One o every 20 Vetessa brths conssts o  dentical quaduplets who are empathetcaly and telepathcay lnked and, whle ou ndvduals, have one personality. Anyhing known o et by one s relayed telepathcaly to the othes (wthin  5 mies maximum) within minutes and is pa o thei r common expeience. A memory bue a lows the our ndivduals to unction wthout dstracton, maintan ripheral contact, and catch up at convenience I sepaated by dstance, un conscous ness, o r a telepathic sheld , each Quad unctions ndependenty but the Tee pathc Addiction penalty starts ate 24 hours As soon as the lone Quad re-establshes contact, t wl merge back nto the goup mnd and exchange memo res quckly. Med catons wth a psychologcal efect wil aect all our when they Mndshae; one HT role is made o al our Quads.  one Quad des, the su vors cannot spend character nts or anyhng u nti they buy of a porton o the Advantage: Ally Goup.  one player character s a membe o a quad, the GM controls the othe three (o the same pont eve). As above pus

tg Aly Goup ( alies, same nt cost, appearng almost al the tme, x, Sympathy, Med catons wth psychological eects have same effect on othe Quad membes when m ndl nked, -1 0%)  4 1 ] ; Mindli nk (Only to othe members o Quad, Nuisance Eect; dstracted du rng peiodc telepathic contact with other membes,  1 0%) 9; Telesend (B roadcast, +50%, Accessibi ty, Only to othe members o the Quad, 60%) 27 tg Addcton (M nd in kng wth other Quad members, expensve, can ony n k with othe membes o Quad, totaly additive, ega) [-  5]; Chummy [5] Naaba 2 pots The QNaabans oned the  SC more out o a sense o cuiosity than anyhng else and are its top hstorans They tend to keep to themseves, gving the i mpession that they are snobs, but n act they simply peer the company o ther own race in the own environmen taly controed, sub-zero, nitogen ammona atmosphere l ivng cabns 

ttt Mf Q+2 40; HT+  10]. tg Extended Liespan 1 2; Hghe Purse (In ormation gatheng) 5; Intuiton  1 5; Racial Memory [5. tg Curous -5; Honesty -1 0]; Inceased Lie Suppo (Ntrogen-ammoni a atmosphee at subero temperatures)  1 0] Weakness (Oxyge Anaeobic, 1 d per mnute, vey common) [60]  Class-R, Gravity 0. 88G, Atmospherc pressu re  , me an tempeature 200°F, Zosk Group VII-a. rohoultes 43 po ts

The Pronhoultes are land based, bidaly erect, eptian hu  manoids, perhaps distantly related to the Gorns (or not). Ponhou ltes are not as powefu as the Gorns, but ae much aster They ae not technoogicaly advanced or nu merous enough to become a maor wer wthn the SC, but they ae aggressve and adapt able and are ver adept at m lta mattes

ttt Mf ST+   0; DX+ 1 20  Chtt Mf Basic Speed + 1 [20.  tg Damage Resistance  (Tough Skn, -40%) [] tg Cold Booded [-0. T Tt Tempeature Toerance  Class-M, Gavity 1 45G, Atmosphec pressure  25, mean temperature 95°F, Zosk Group Vb Rovlas 8 pots The Roviians ae a psionicay active aquatc race, somethng lke a coss between a tule and a dolphn They have vestiga exo-chit n on th ei backs and heads and s sess aticulated digits on thei prs While ungainly on dy and, the Rovlans are  nhu manly graceul and acro batic n the native element. A l  Rovans have atent  psionc abltes Many (but not all) Rovllans who make t nto space have developed th em to some ex tent, especaly telepathy (to im pove communcation wth the dry" ISC aces) and Psychokne ss (to compensate o the ack o ne m anip uatos). Payers who wish to buy these skll shoud see Chapte 4.

 ttt Mf ST+2 20]; HT+2 20  Chtt Mf Water Move +4 [20] tg Doesnt Beathe (Oxygen Stoage, 200x normal, -20%) [ 1 6]; Pressue Supr 2 0];

Tlsnd (Tlpah i - 1 0%) 27] Tkinsis 5 (Psychokinic   0%) [23] Srikr (Tai ) 5] aatag Bad Grip 2 [- 0] Dpndncy (I r sion i n ar daily) [15] No Lgs (Aquaic) [0] Canno Spak ( u) [-25] Shor Ars -1 0]  ClassN G raviy  51 G Aosphic pssu  47 an paur 79° Zorski Group V-d ovlar   pots

Th orli vilar a a in rac hi high on asurs lss han 6  Th orlivil ar a h undispud ass o spd and racion i and os on srv in ground coba and sp ial os unis

ttrut Mf ST+2 -20] DX+4 80] a Chaatt Mf P+2  0] atag Absolu Dircion 5] Clas (S harp) [5]  Coba Rlxs 1 5] Daag Rsisanc 1 ( Tough Skin -40%) 3] Enhancd Mov 1 (Gound) 20] nravision [ 1 0] Vr i 1 5] rk u  ] aatag arulnss 2] Ligh Spr [-5] Lon 5] Spy [- 1 6]  Class-M Graviy 098G Aosphic prssur 1 05 an praur 75° Zorski Goup V-a

an Dmocatic Rpublic n o h 21 Lyran counis r d in Y1 45 and bca h indpn dn and nura Lyan Docaic R puli Th iny nclav raind ind pndn osy bcaus oros uhy lcod h ducion i n por  is ival h Enys Bood Duchy (o hih h LDR had bn a pa) Th LDR la acquid  Hydran chnology h Hydans  bribing h  ay nural in h Gna Wa Ehni Lyans o h LDR ill b idnical o ohr Lyans xcp ha hy ill avag abou a n inh shor in high LDR Lyans il l hav h sa bad racion o zinis as oh Lyrans hy oud hav h sa bad acion o h Canivons i any had bn sill aliv hn h LDR as sablishd So Ranl and Phn ork in h LDR in vaious jobs

Sltoian ibunal Th Soians rsbl ag huanoid inscs Thy rah a high o 5-6  and igh  001 50 pounds a u auriy This ss o b a acial consan xcp o h arg Quns Thr ar o sxs and iv cass Th Slorian ac sids in h original Tholian Ho Gaaxy (M81) Pio o h donal o h Tholians h Sorians (gnicaly-nginrd by h Thoians o loyay) occupid h posiion o os usd subjc ra" ihin ha gaaxy and nord Tholian rul o hi ohr subjc racs Au a dcad bor h Rvouion Slorian si niss subld upon a apon ha ould disrup s Whn h Thoians ralizd ha as going on hy d sroyd h sabas ha had originay invnd h apon Bu hundrds o h coponns (and buprins o bu d or) had a lrady bn disri bud o ohr bass and  quickly id o Sori an ships Th nir Sl rian Rvouion lasd only a  yas as h Tholans os bas ar bas o going b s Ar h rvo uion as cop h Sorians siply rplacd h Tholians as asrs o a galaxy id pi  as knon ha so Thoian orcs had scad h dbac Various aions o h Sloians dbad ha shou d b don ih on g oup aning o l h suiv ing Tholian s go in pac hi  ohs and o hun don h had ovrsrs Svra grou ps r knon o hav scapd o (o  a as oad) o hr narby galaxis and h ribunal rsolvd o rack h don Hiv Ships o incrdi b si z  assbld and sn on long voyags o any di n galaxis includi ng boh h Miky Way and Andoda gaaxis Wih h xcp ion o h Hiv Ship ha rahd h Miky Way galaxy nohing is knon o h ohr xpdiions (ahough i an b iagind ha h Hiv Ship ha n o Androda did no ar ) Scous ro his Hiv Ship oloing h ion rail l by h Thoian 3 1 2h Bal Squadon conacd h lin gons in Y 82 Thy announ d hi  psnc and is sion and h ingons  on y oo happy o pon ou h locaion o h Tholian Hodas

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T Sloans askd t Klingons i ty coud s up a bas on any conv nin pan and con duct combat opa ions agans  To lans. T Klingons acng a gowng stal mat in  Gna Wa  w only too appy o accp t of of co-big ncy T Soan Woke Ram oc wic ad a ivd as a oly cusad and functiond as a wa cims tibuna quickly took on  t aspc of a big gam unt T ISC Pacificaton Focs avd n at Y1 86 and nssd ta  o ans an d Sltoians sop igtng m mdiaty. Wn ty dd not  SC assaud t Stoian bas dsoying it Wn  as mnants o t scapng Soians fld to t Kin gon sabas n ta scto t Klingons dsoyd m W t Gna Wa ov  Ki ngons did no want o nd t fas-bding Sltoans witn t  m p A w ndvduas may av suvivd on pia sps o n mot aas. uees -1 pots T ony i l mals a t Quns wo mak up lss tan 1 % o t population and iv mo an a cn tuy. Quns n inu to gow tougou  long lifspan and can ac ngs of naly 1 6 f. On mang ss sion can poduc undds o tousands of ggs and Quns usuay ma many ims duing t i span. gg poduction can b contolld by imng dtay intak wc aows t Stoians to im i i popuaion (o to incas i apidy wn ndd) Quns do no possss a pacualy g lvl of nllgnc.

ttt Mf Q-6 -1 0] HT+5 50].  Chtt Mf HP+5 [] SM+3 tg xndd ispan 1 ] Fit Lungs 5] Damag Rssanc  (oug Skin -40%) [6]. tg No Lgs (Sssi) 50]. Rams  poits

Fi mals cald Rams iv ony unt y ma wt a Qun af w ic ty di n an  ou Rum os ta  Quns a  mats appa o b incoc. Play s sould no play R ams ty mat tn y di (T Obssson dsadvantag s obvous and no n Cap 3.)

ttt Mf ST+ [0] tg Damag Rsistanc  (Toug Skn 40%) 6]. tg Incuous (6) -1 0] Obsssion Mat wit Qun (6) [0]

ag es 30 pots Tos Rams wo do not mat win a fw wks of sxual mauiy bcom i nfi an d lv fo wo cntus o mo as Sags (us ty do no av o mak Agng ols untl ty ac 00). T Sags un t govnmnt av  igs i nignc povid mos of   sasp ocs and industia admnistaos and ak a muc long vw of acial dvopmn Wi  would sm a t coc btwn t s o lspan o a l Ram and t long mo ulfing fspan o a Sag woud b a simpl on tis coc is no on gvn to  Rams. It s mo a cas of no bing  n  g pac at t gt tm.

ttt Mf Q+ [40].  tg Damag Rssanc  (Toug Skin  40%) 6]  xtndd Lispan  [4]. tg Incuious (6) [- 1 0] Sf-Dsuc -1 0].  Ft Si 0] Workes 21 pots T intl mals a t Woks wo mak u mo tan 95% o  popuaion and liv onl y a w yas on auotatv souc cs a l span o v yas but suggss at w Woks di naual das Woks a asonably ngnt and povid most of t stasi cws a ob fo w c y a tand pactcaly om bi. y a bon wi  knowdg ta ty wl not la long vs bu ty wok mostly wiou compaint Ty ac matuiy in ony a w monts .

ttt Mf S+ [0] DX+ 1 [0]  Q+ 1 [0] HT+ 0] tg Damag Rsistanc  (Toug Skn -40%) 6]. tg ncuious (6) [- 1 0] Sf-Dsuc [1 0] So Lfspan 4 [-40] Wokaoc -5].  Ft St [0] Expes 65 pos Fo un known asons a t ny pcntag of  fma Woks av ifspans as ong as  mal Sags a du o i yas of xinc bcom xps in i asks Nv aspng to ads p (n ot ta Sags woul olat t anyway) xps conin u   ad wok wit out complan

ttt Mf ST+ 0] DX+ 1 0] Q+ 1 [0] HT+ 0] tg Damag Rssanc  (Toug Skn -40%) 6]  xndd Lifspan  4] tg  ncuous (6) - 1 0] Sl-Dstuct [-1 0]; Wokaoic [-5].  Ft Stl 0]. Al etoras  Unknown  data is om si ps: G aviy 0.98G Amospc pssu 1 .0 1  man ma u 65°F Zosk Goup VI-b.

Jndaian Caavans 141 pots h Jndarians ar an ancnt ac w adatd to living n widlvang gravitatona conditons Of aticular ot is th Jndaran sklton (comosd of an ntricat variablossiorm carag) and an advancd rsiato stm that actvl adats to th oxgn/carbon d oxd atio of th surounding atmosh h Jndarians hav bn n sac fo rhas 100000 as and hav no known homworld (or ndd o nown natonal govrnmnt"). t is not known i th ginatd wthn our sctor of th Gaax o arvd rom eswhr To som xtnt th Jndarans aar to o erat as Gss" stabishng thmc c elvs n a sstm's astrod ild a nd ltr movng on.   Th ag Jindaran shis ar ilt rom astrods rddld wth tunels and d wth war ngns and o thr sst. Ths teroid shs ar vrua indistingushabl from othr troids at ast unt  th sta movng or fightng. Th Jindaans aar to orat  n go uings fd t as caravans" whch can b anwhr fom 3 to  2 o ther astroid shis. Fo rasons that a unknown it ars that an caravan aut to bcom arg than  2 his w suivid nto two o mor caavans ach moving i a diffrnt d ircton. Most Jndaran caravans oat n sstms that ar not nhabtd hnc thi activts go on amost u n n o t  c  d . Whn th mov nto an inhabtd sstm howvr obms quick sut Whn Jndarans mov into a sstm th tr to driv out an mnrs alrad th rathr than torat ntrfr nc wth thr" cams In an unnhab itd sstm th os tors sm mov on to lss dsutd staks. In an  n hitd sstm th fct is gnral u no us to th loca eom as th Jndaran s k most of th uts of thr lrs and what th s s at rcs ust blow what th teria can b imord o. Most Jndaran astrod shs hav onl vr smal nts of gravt (0.1 G or lss) and n man aras this l to as ow as 0.02G. Whil walkng s ossib most idarians mov around insid thir own shs b swm i" through th ai. Th Jndarans us a gavit suit" he forcd to go to anoth sh or a lant This sut s d for at most a fw hours of orations n an  nvron et  to  .5G T h Jndaans hav had this tchnoog  thsands o ars but th Galactc Powrs hav nv r thd its qua lt.

ttt Mf DX+3 60]. tg Ambidxtrit [5] Dosnt Brath (Ox gn Stoag 200x norma -20%)  1 6 xtndd Lifsan 1 2] xta Arms 2 (Foot Mani uators  30% No Phsica Aack -50%) 4] Flxbiit 15 Gxinc (A) 10] mmunit (to advrs ffcts o McroGravt) [5] Prha Vson [ 1 5 Rada ton Toranc 20 20]  Sald [1 5 3D Satal Sns  1 0 Vacuum Suo 5]. tg Bad Smll 1 0 Dndnc (Mcro gravit common constant mtigator uss gravit sut to ntact with othr racs -60%) -20] Msrli nss 1 0  Accraton Waknss [1 ]  Class u nknown Gravit 008G Atmo shrc rssu 0 67 man tm ratur 55°F Zorsk Grou V c.

Vudar Enclav 65 pots

Th Vudar a bida rtan rac iv na th dg o th galax n an ara wh r a waknss n th n g barr known as Th Hol" roducd io niz ng radaton that was hazadous to most scs but on whch th  Vudar th ivd. Th Kngons had to oc and coonz th aa but th radaton mad ths dangous fo thm so th rachd an accord of ncssit unq u n th histor of th Kngon m Th alowd th Vudar to buid and orat amd star s h   s (u to d strors bfor th Gnral Wa to ight cruiss as th Gnral War daggd on). What th Klin gons dd not raliz was that th rada tion ld mad it im ossib to accuatl tack Vudar shis So long as th Kngons coud not tack mor than th au thoizd num b at an on tm th Vudar could buld as man as th wantd. Th  Vudar bu t a rathr ag flt and ths rsultd n Vuda ndndnc n Y 1 78

 ttt Mf +  20. tg Acut Vsion 2 [4] Amhbous  1 0 ]  Nictitating Mmbran 1 1 Radation Toanc 200 35 Rsistant to Poson +3 [5] tg Sho Lsan -1 0.  Class-M Gavit 0.89G  Atmoshic rssur  .0   man tmratu 75°F Zorsk Grou Vc NO: Pior to Y 77 th Vudar wr a Subct Rac of th Klngon mi charactrs rom ths iod must tak Status -1 -5 and Soca Stigma (M nor Gou)  0

aravian Raidrs 1 7 pots Th aravias wr a bpdal bidlik rac, whos homworld was  a systm locatd btw th Gor homworlds ad th Galactic Cor. Thy lost a savag wa with th Gos, ad th rac is xtict  th Alpha Sctor. Th Gors ad aravas fst mt  Y2, at th vry stat of th spac x plorato priod for both racs, th frst cotact for ach rac ay discssos xposd that both shard a gat mystry thy wr ot ativ to thir hom worlds Th fossi rcord dcatd that both had b traspatd to thr plats by forcs o bgs kow abot  3,00 yars ai. th x ploatios povidd a v gratr srpris th aravas wr dscdd fom a spcis vitaly idtcal o th Gors which had bcom xtct aft a astoid mpact o thi hom world 2,600 yars a lir Th arava rac to to th palotological vidc was a faatical hatrd for th Gors, as th foss Gos of thr ow wold had for ct ris hd th postio of dmos ad dvils. Th aavias achd a campaig of hatrd sch as th kow galaxy had vr s bfo ad has oy arly s sc Th War lastd fo 1 0 yas tl th Gos sccdd i blockadg th aavia homworld  Y85 ad th h tg dow al l of th srvvig rads Rathr tha wp ot th aravias (who fsd to gotiat), th Gos imiatd a aravia facilitis rlatd to spac tav A sqadro of waships th kpt th aavas atly trappd o th homworld. Ths p a workd fo a do yars, bt i  Y9 a Ssak dov to th  aavia star, casig it to go ova. Th Gor garso shps wr abl to v attmpt a rsc, ad th aavias wold ot hav accptd th hlp. Th w occasoa r pos of aavias aftr th ova cidt rhaps ths w th dscdats of rads who had scapd th Gors No of ths rpos wr vr cofrmd. Whil aavias hav wigs, thi abity to fy was imtd. Most cod gd from a hght o rg stat; som athltic  divdals cold actay fly fo svral do mtrs. Som o athtic dividas cold ot fly at al.

 Mf ST [1 0]; DX+ [20]; HT+ 1 [0]  Ch Mf Basic Spd +  [20] g light (Glidg, 50%; Wigd, 25%) [ 1 0] g Itolrac (Gors) [5]; Vabty (cr x2) [30] / ght at HT [2]  ClassM, Gavity 0.80G, Atmosphric prssr  .33, ma tmrat 90°, Zorski Grop Va

Carnivon Hord  pots

Th Carivos wr xtrm atd by th Lyras ad Ktis at Y11  This data applis bfo that dat Th Caiv o rac was oft dscrbd as wolfk, bt thy w i fact gti cally rlatd to th Ktis ad Lyas ad a thr appartly dscdd fom som acsta rac. Cosly, th flod acs (dscdd from solitay htrs) wr ab t o crat fairly ifd st ar mprs, wh th Carivos (dscdd from pack hts) w a spcis rath tha a atio. Cavos stood abot  ft tall ad massd at 1 20 pods, ad wr covd wit h coars fr that ragd fom black to gray to bow Car ivos walkd rct ad had opposab thmbs, st as thir floid coss do Cavos rachd physcal matrty wth a yar, bt wr rgardd as vils  til th hormo s balacd at th r yars old. Cavos w rgardd as too old to fght by thr 25th bihday ad fw svvd ito thr 30s. Thr was o sch thi g as a Cariv o govmt. Thr w, at ay giv ti m, fom a do to two do Hods (ach of ml os of mmbrs) sbdvdd to acks. ach ack was a fdal stat, with its ow shps, coos, ad itr sts. Som w atocatc, som dmocatc, ad oth s had famiial strcts acks (ad v Hords) w kow to di vd o mg, somtms vol ty. Warlords trid to ify th Hords bt o sccdd  mgg mo tha a fw, ad o f th mrgrs svvd th warord Th was o sgl hom plat for Caivos . Th oly thg th Lyas ad th Ktis v agr po was thir hatd of th C avo s, who hatd th  rt Th floid acs dstoyd al of th Cariv worlds ad ihabitats thy cod fd by Y11  Rmr that Cavos svv  rmot aas a cofimd

 Mf ST+ 1 [  0]; DX+ 1 [20]; HT+  [1 0]. g Combat Rflxs [ 1 5]; Damag Rsis tac  (Togh Ski, 0%) [3]; Dscrmiatoy Sll [5]; Night Visio 9 [9]; Tth (Shap) [1]  r [1]  g Ggaios [1 0];  tolrac (Kitis, Lyas, ad othr Hords) [5]; Sho Lifspa 2 [ 20].  Chavistc (othr packs wthi  yor Ho rd) [1 ]  ClassM, Gravity 1  1 8G, Atmosphc prssr 1 .  5, ma tm prat 75°, Zoski Grop IVa.

ADEMY EMLES A charactr ma bu an Acadm Tmplat but is not rqd to do so. ormall onl on ma b purchasd haractrs who ar nit ia gn ratd as ni std chaac trs and lat attnd officr trainng should onl pa th diffrnc n charact pont cost btwn th n lstd and ffcr tmplats whi ch wr purchasd Al of ths tmplats gv th charactr som lvl of sstant to Disas ths rprsnts th mmunatons and othr pvntatv mdica tratmnt cvd durng tranin g. Th  bnft grantd b Rsstant to Dsas (and its cost) is dpndnt upon th Tch Lvl of th soct as a rsult th lvl of Rsstant to Dsas grantd n ths tmpats s at th most basc lvl wh ich s TL 9 s should f fr to incras th vl of Rsistant to isas if thir campaign is st at a hgh r Tch Lv. Th smbo * ndicats itms not aowd fo mltar rsonn t h smbol  n dcats itms not allowd fo rchant Main psonnl. n most cass acial tat ds advantags ar not a bar to such svic ot that if th charactr should acqur suc h a dsadvantag dur ng th crs of pla th charactr is no long qualfid to r an n that srvc. Th c haractr must it hr bu off th disadvantag o lav th srvic possib as a mdcal rtr. GMs hav som lattud on ths Th individual iht b kpt on dut bcaus of hs xtraordnar skills r culd b trd thn hrd as a cvilan advsor and in a warrant" rank and alowd to sta wth h s group

  Th acadms listd abov ar found w th n th Fd ration. Othr racs and mpis hav th own acad s whch wl b dtald  n th r sourcbooks and  n thr suppmnts Each pant has ts own slf-dfns ilitar foc wth ts own Acadm ths wl b dtald n  F but ar basicall Star Flt Acad  packags withou t som tms suc h as x nolog r sarch o dplomac thir scut clarancs a i mtd t th own atonal Guard focs. Sar l  27 points raduats bcom offcrs at Gad 1 (Ensign) pa rs a ncas th starting Gad of thr chaactrs t not bond 5 (Command) uggested Miimums ST 9 DX 9,  1 2 T 9 dvtges Ft [5 Mlita Rank 3 [15] Rsistanc isas) 3 Social Rgard (Rspctd) [ 1 5. isdvtges  of onor (Sta Flt) [- 0] Dut tar Flt) (  5 o ss) [1 5] Sns of Du (Fdation) [1 kis: Admnstraton -1  ]  AstronomL 2 [1 ] a WaponsTL (Pistol) DX [   Computr Opraton/ T  [ ] Computr Progamm ingTL 2 [] Dpomac  1 ] Elctronics OatonTL (Trans)  2] Ec trncs Opraton/TL (Trcord)  [2] Engn/TL chs on) 2  1  EngnrTL (Elc troncs) -2 1]  Skil (Xnolog) 2  ]  Frst AidTL   1 ]  Fr

Fal X- 1  isto ( Rcnt Fdration) -2 [  Judo DX2 [1] Law (Fdation Militar) 2 1 Ladrship - 1 [  ]  MathmatcsTL (Appld) -2   ]  MchancL (choos on) - ] avgationTL (Spac)  [2 Op ations (Spac)   1 2] P hscsL (spcialt optiona) 3 1] PiotngL (Arospac) DX1 [1] RsachL   SavorFar (Mlta)   1 ]  ShphandlngTL (Starshp) -1 [2] SpacL    ]  Stratg (Spac) 2 [ Suva (choos on) A P- [1] Tactcs -2 1 Vacc SutTL  [1]

F M  52 ponts Graduats bcom offics at G rad  1 (Ensign) pla rs ma ncras th staing Grad of thir charactrs but -not bond 5 (Command). SuggestedMiimums T 1 0  DX 1 0   2 T  2 Advtges Farssnss 3  Militar Rank 3 1 5] Rsstanc (Disas) 3] Social Rgard (Rspctd)   5] Vr Fit [1 5 Disdvtges Cod of onor (Star Flt Marins) [1 0 Dut (Sta Flt Mans) ( 5 o lss) 5] Sns of Dut (Fdration) - 0 Admn straton  1 [    Amo urL (Small Arms) 1 ] am WaponsL(Pstol) DX+2 [4] am Wap onsTL (Rfl) DX+2 [4] Camoufag    Climbing DX 2] Comput OprationL   1 ]  Elctroncs Opatio/ TL (Communcations)  2] Frst AidTL +1 2] F Fall DX1  1  GunnrL (ams) DX 1   istor (Rcnt Fdraton) 2 [1 Karat DX-2  Knif DX   Law (Fdration Mita) 2 ] Ladrship  [2] Opra tions (Land)  -1 [2 ParachutngL DX  Runnng T- [ SavorFar (Militar)  [1] SpacTL  [1] Stalth X1 1] Statg (Land) - 2 Swmmng T [1 ] Suival (choos two) Pr-  [2] Tactcs - 2] Throw ng DX-1 [ ]  Tonfa DX-1    Vacc SuiTL - 1 ]

F M B Cp 27 ponts Graduats bcom nlistd prsonnl at Grad E (Privat) plas ma  ncras th starting Grad of thir charactrs but not bond E5 (Tam Sgant) Suggested Miimums ST 10 DX 10  1 2 T 1 2 Advtges Falssnss 2 4] Miltar Rank [0] Rsistanc (Dsas) 3 Socal Rgard (Rspctd)  1 5] Vr Ft 1 5] Disdvtges Cod of onor (Star Flt Marn) [1 0 Dut (Star Flt Mans) (  5 or ss) [- 1 5 Sns of Dut (Fdaton) [-  0 AmourL ( Sm al l Arms) 1 1 am Wap onsL (Pistol) DX+2 4] am WanL (Rfl) DX+2 [4 Camouflag  1 ] Cmbng DX [2 Comput Ora ion/L  [1   Elctoncs OrationTL (Commo)  2 Fst Ad/TL  [ 1  Fr Fall DX-  1  G unnTL (ams) DX [ 1 ] stor (Rcnt Fdation) -2 1] Karat DX-2 [ 1  Knf DX 1 Law (Fdration Mltar) -2 ] Ladrship -1 [ Parachuting/TL DX 1] Runnng T-1 [1] Savor-Fair (Mitar)  [ SpacTL  1] Stalth DX ] Swm ming T [1 Suval (choos two) Pr- 2] Tactcs 2 [ Throwing DX     Tonfa DX-1   Va SutTL -  ]

Mht M 

Mht M B Tg

33 ponts Graduats bcom officrs at Grad  (Ensign); play rs may incras t statng Grad of tr caractrs but not byond 5 (Command). SuggestedMiimums: T 8, DX 8,  1 0 , HT 8 Advatages: Mrcant Rank 3 5] Rsstanc (Ds as) 3]. Disadvatages: Cod of Honor (Mrcant Marn) 5]; Duty (Mrcant Marin) ( 12 or lss) -10]; Sns of Duty (Mrcant Main Crw) -5]. Skills: Accontng 2 1]; Admnistation  2]; As tronomy/T 2 1]; Bam Wapons/TL (Pisto) DX 1]; Brawing DX  1 ] ; Computr Opraton   1 ]; Dpomacy  4]; Economcs 2 1]; Elctroncs Opaton/L (coos o n)  2]; Elctroncs Opraton/T (Trcod)  2]; Expt Skill (Xnology) -2  1 ]; Fast-Talk -1  1 ] ; First AidTL   ]; Fr Fall DX-1  1] ; Frigt Handlng 1 1]; Law (dration Trad)  4]; adrsip -1 ]; Mat matics/T (Applid) 2 1 ] ; Mcani c/TL (coos on) 1 1]; Mrcant  2]; NavigationT (Spac)  2]; SipandlingL (Starsp) - 2]; SavoiFai (Mr cant Marn)   ] ; SpacrL  1 ] ; Vacc SuitT   1 ]

3 ponts Graduats bcom nlistd prsonnl at Grad E1 (Crwman Rcrut); playrs may incas t stating Grad of tir ca ractrs but not byond E5 ( Pty Offcr  Class) Suggested Miimums ST 8, DX 8  9, H T 8. Advatages Mcant Rank 0 0]; Rsstanc (Dis as) 3] Disadvatages Cod of Honor (Mrcant Man) -5]; Duty (Mrcant Marin) ( 1 2 o lss)  0]; Sns of Duty (Mrcant Marn Crw) -5] Skills: Admnstration -1 1]; Astronomy/TL -2 ]; Bam WaponsTL (Psto) DX  1 ]; Bawlng DX  1 ] ; Com ptr OprationL   ]; Diplomacy 2 1] ; ctronics OpratonTL (coos on)  2]; Exp Skll (Xnoogy) -2  ]; Fast-Talk - 1   ] ; First Ai    ] ; Fr Fall DX-1  1] ; Frigt Handlng -1  1 ]; Law (draton Tad) -2  1 ] ; Matmatcs (Appid) -2  1 ]; M cancTL (coos on) -1 ]; Mcant - 1]; Savoir-Fai (Mrcant Ma n)   ]; Spacr  1 ] ; Vacc SitTL -1 1].

PROFESSIONL CERIFCOS

Operatios ·C om pt OprationL-1 8; Elc tronics Opration (coos on) - 5; Elctroncs Opration (coos two)- 2 ; Elctronics Rpair (coos on)- 5; Elc troncs Rpair (coos on)- 2 Propulsio Egiee· Elctr cianT-1 5; Eng in /TL (Ectrcal)- 1 2; Mcan icTL (Warp Engi n)-1 5; Mcan TL (mpuls)1 5 Sciece e·Comput  OprationTL1 5; lctron cs Oation (Scintific) 8; Elctroni cs Rpar (Scntfc) 1 2; Any on scnc skl (prma discpl n)1 5; Any tw scinc ski l (scondar discip ns, or rlatd)- 1 2 Forces aiig Armoury/T (Sma Arms)-15; Bam WaponsTL (Psto)- 1 5; Bam WansT (Rfl)  5; Camouflag-1 5; C imbng- 1 5; Ectoncs Opration T (Commu nicatons)1 2; Eng n/L (Combat)1 2; E posivs/T (Dmotion ) 1 2; First Aid/ 5; Foard Ob srT1 2; Jumping12; Karat-15; Knf1 5; Navga tion (and)- 2; Oprations- 2; Stalt  5; Stratgy-1 ; Swmming12; Tactcs1 2; Trowing-12; Traps1 2 OperatoEctonics Oraton/T (Sn sors)- 5; lctronics Oatona (Tansr)-1 8; El troncs Rpai/L (Tanspo) 1 6; l ctroncs Rpai (Snsors )   2  ctica e· Armo TL (Havy W ons)- 2; Armo/T (Sma  Ams)1 2; Ectroncs Or ton (Ectonc Wafar)- 1 2; Ectoni cs Opraton (For Slds)- 2; Ectronics Opration (Snsos)- 2; Ectrn cs Rpai (coos two of t abov)1 2; Gunnr (Pick on of: pasr, racal avy wan, acal skng wa) 1 5; Gunnr (Pck maining two of: pasr racial  wapon, acal sking wan) 1 2; actics1 2.

Unik t Acadmy Tmplats abov, ts profs siona ctifications lst t m nm m skl vs tat a pr son sol d av for a givn sit ion. No cost can b givn fo tm, as t cost for ts skls a compty dpn dnt on t caractrs' atributs Howv, at last on caractr point must b spnt on t skl n qsti on; sim py avng a ignoug dfalt is not sufficint. Playrs wo wis to av ti r ca ractrs consdd comptnt" in t profsson s ould prcas t sks blow; t s no absolut rqrmnt to do so, but a ca ract wt ow lvls of Navigaton/ (spac) is liky to nd up a cook's assistant, not a Hmsman! Commuicatios Ocer Cyptograpy/L- 1 2; Elc ton ics Opraton/T (Com mun catons)- 1 5; Ectonics Rpa/T (Comm uni cations) 1 5; Matmatics/T (Cptology)12 amage Cotrol Armoury/T (coos on)  2; Ectronics Rpair/TL (coos on)  5; El ctoncs RparTL (coos on)1 2; Mcanc/T (coos on) 15; Spacr/1 5 HelNavatio AstronomyTL 2; El ctronics Op ratonL (Snsors)  5; El ctroncs Rpai/ (Snsos)1 5; NavgatonTL (Spac)- 5; PlotngTL (Arospac) 1 5 Assistat: Diagnoss/T- 2; Elctron cs Op raton (Mdica)-1 2; Ectronics Rpar (Mdcal) 1 2; ist Ad/T- 5; Pyscan/1 2; Pysoogy/ (nativ rac) 12  DagnossL- 5; Ectronics Opra tion (Mdica) 1 2; Ectroncs Rpair (Mdca) 2 ; First Aid/ T- 8; PyscianT-1 8; Pysoogy/L (nativ ac)-1 5; Pysio logy/L (on otr rac, if appicabl to mp)- 1 2; SurgyT-1 5

DVANTAGES  dtg" is  usful trit tht gis you  mtl, physi cl, or socil dg" or somo ls who othrwis hs th m bilitis s you Ech dtg hs  cost i chrctr its This is fixd for som dtgs othrs c b bought i ls," t  cost pr ll (.g, cut Visio costs 2 poit lvl, so if you wt cut Visio 6 you must py   poits). tgs with Vribl cost r mor compictd rd th vtg dscriptio for dtils You c st out with my dtgs s you c fford  hough som dtgs r forbidd to ci kids of chr ts You c lso dd dtgs i ply, if th G M prmits or istc, l th bficil soci trits (Sttus, Wlth, tc.) r dtgs, d you could rlisticlly cqir y of ths i th cours of th gm

TE OF VGE S dtgs fll ito srl brod ctgoris, ch of which  ffcts who c ssss thos dtgs d how thy ok i ply. eta  dtgs origit from your mid. Thy sty th you  if your mid ds u p i  w body. Most mtl tgs work utomticlly, but  fw rquir  rol gist  rcptio, or Will to us. Mtl dtgs r mrkd • ysa � dtgs r p of your body You los ths trit if your mid mos to  w body  d if othr mid s or your dy, th body's w owr g is your physicl gs. dtgs proid by bioics d similr implts ly f ito this ctgory Mk  HT roll to ctit y physi l dtg tht dos ot work utomticlly. Physic d s r mrk by th strogm syml f Soci  dtgs rssitd with your idtity This ory icuds Rk, Sttus, Wlth, d rltd trits. So l dvtgs r mrkd by  hdshk symbol  xotic t dtgs r trits tht ordi hums cot v (i most css). Nohums wil ot h xotic d s s p of thir rcil tmplts, but this dos ot titl tm to dd othr xotic trits frly. You d th GM's prmis i to dd xotic trits tht do ot ppr o your rci tm t xotic dtgs r mrkd with th i sym t y xotic d dtgs could blo g to mor th o f th ctgoris. This is otd (g , s f_ whr sp lly pproprit. Th GM hs th fi sy Th  , f d  rs r mt to ssist GM judgmt, ot rplc it

E O PLYERS Th ruls i this chptr (s w s Chptrs 4 d 5) r  stright rom GRP 4h Ediion For plyrs of G4e ths ll   coit xtrct of stdrd ruls, icludi g oly thos  tht woud pply to  scicfictio uirs For w ply  ths r l of th G4e ruls tht you d. W h st  i  smllr typsiz to rduc th  mout of rptitio

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You h  xcllt ss of dirctio. This bility coms i two ls: A Dection: You lwys kow wh ich wy is oh, d you c lwys rtrc  pth you h followd withi th pst moth, o mttr how fit or cofusig. This bility dos ot work i iromts such s i trstllr spc or th limbo of th str pl, but it does wor udrgroud, udtr, d o othr plts This gis +3 to Body Ss d Nig tio (ir, d, or S). 5 D SatlSense: bo, but works i thr dimsios. This bility is usful i dp spc  lthough it dos ot hlp you if you tr cross dimsios. You gt th skil bouss gi or bsolut irctio, plus + 1 to Pilotig d +2 to ro btics, Fr Fl, d Nigtio (Hyprspc or Spc) 1

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stlit twork (ik Ehs G PS) or similr systm. Your biity dos ot uctio i th bsc of such  systm, d it c b jmmd. 20%. Aue enses f

2 pots/eve

You h suprior sss Ech cut Ss is  sprt dtg tht gis + 1 pr ll to l Ss rols you mk  or th GM mks for you  usig tht o ss Acute Heang gis you  us to hr somthig, or to otic  soud (for i stc, somo tkig th sfty off  gu i th drk). 2ve Acute Taste and gis you  bous to otic  tst or sml (or istc, poiso i your drik). 2pinteve Acute Touch gis you  bous to dtt somthig by touch (for istc,  cocl wpo wh pttig dow  sus pct). 2ve Acute Visiongis you  bo us to st thigs isuy, d whr you do  isu srch (or istc, ookig for trps or footprits). 2ve With th GMs prmissio, you my so buy cut Ss dtgs for spciizd sss such s Scig Ss d Vibrtio Ss You c ot usul y buy cut Sss i ply  ris your ercetion istd Aion f t

10 pots/eve

You h  ttck tht cuss  bfu, nondaaging f f blidss, prlysis, wkss, tc Siy th dtis wh you buy th dtg. By dfult, fflctio is  rg ttck with 1 2 1 0 Mx 1 00 cc 3 RoF 1  Shots N, d Rcoil 1  lthough you c pply modifirs to chg ths sttistics. f you hit, your ictim gts  HT+ 1 roll to rsist pply  p lty qul to th l of t h ffictio (so fflictio  gis  umodifid HT roll). Th ictim gts  bous ul to his R

 th ffcti hs  1 th llwig mdiirs Bld gt, Ctct gt, Fllwp, Mldicti , Rspirtry gt r SsBs. Th ictim gts  uhr +3  h s byd 1 / 2 rg. I th ictim mks hs HT rll, h is uctd.  h ils, h suffs th cts 1 th fflicti. By dult, h s stud. H my rll s. HT + 1 c pr scd t rr, but c gi t  plty qul t th ll f th fflcti (D R hs  ffct  this rll) If yur fflcti cuss  ffct thr th stuig, this s  spcil hcmt (s blw). Yu c iflict mr th  ffct by gg yur fflcti multipl spil hc mts. Ths ffcts ccur simultusly, xcpt whr td. Succss fflctis tht prduc th sm ffcts r t rmlly cumulti us th sigl ffct s th spcil hcmts blw t crt spciic fflicts. f  fflicti prducs tw r mr ffcts du t th sp cil hcmts blw, sm 1 ths ffcts my b   Sd ffcts ccur ly f th ctim ls hs H  rll by 5 r mr, r rlls  criticl ilur.  scdy ffct s wh 1 / 5 s much .g., Sdry H ck is +60% rthr th +300% h ictm immditly xprics th ffcts

f  spciic physicl r mtl dtg dtgs wth i sttus ffcts ffct th trgt  s s s h is ht, f h ls his H rll. dtgs tht c b swtchd  d ff (such s Isubsttilty) r utmtclly  fr  mut pr pt by which th ictim ls his H rll, d r udr th subts ctrl. his is wh + 1 0% pr pit th dtg s wh lf th dtg cms i lls, spcify th ll.  h ictim suffrs tribut lss. hs s +5% pr  1 t ST r HT, r + 1 0% pr 1 t D r  Fr stc,  ttck tht cusd D d 2 wuld b +50% Lwr ll skills bsd  rucd trbuts by  lik mut. S pltis ls ruc BL d dmg, whil  ructs ls pply t Will d Prcpti Sdry chrctristcs r t ths ffctd r istc, HT ruct ds t ffct Bsic Sp r FP. Pltis lst r  mut pr pt by whch th ictim fils his H rll  h ictim cllpss, prudly ucscius, d will lkly di i dys u lss trtd. +250%. Rpt ttcks cumulti Yu must tk this  cjucti with ttribut Plty, r with  dtg, Dsdtg, r Nt dtg Ehcmt tht iflicts  Ild trit. +400%  h ictim tmprrily gs  r mr spic physicl r mtl disdtgs (but slmpsd mtl disdtgs). his is wh + 1 % pr pit th tmp r disdtgs r wh  g., Pri [-10] s wrth + 1 0% If  disdtg cms  lls, spcify th ll. h dsd tgs lst r  miut pr pit by which th ctm fls hs HT rll.   h ictim suffrs  cpcittig h t tck, d will di i  m uts ulss trtd. +300% � h ictm s icpcttd fr  umbr 1 muts qul t th mrgi 1 ilur  hs H  rll. r tht, h is stud utl h c mk  HT rll (rll c pr scd). If yu cmb cpctti with thr ffcts (such s Irrtt), ths ffcts ccur ftr th Icpctti wrs ff thy r plc th stug d lst r th sm lgth  tim th c pcitti did. Icpcitti c tk th frm f y f th fl lwg Dz, +50%; Hllucitg, +50%; Rtchig, +50%; gy, +100%; Chkg, +100%; Ecstsy, + 1 00%; Sizur, + 1 0; Prlyss, + 150%; Sp, + 1 50%; r csciusss, +200%

�h ictim suffrs  impirig but icpcitt g cdt  bg stu. It lsts r  umbr f miuts qul t th mrgi 1 lur  hs H rll. Th pss bilitis r ipsy + 1 0%; Cughg, +20%; Druk, +20%; Mdr

t Pi, +20%; Euphri, +3; Nust, +30%; Sr P, +40%; r rribl P , +60%  Th ctim   spcifc dtg r  miut pr pit by which h fild hs H rll. Thr is  ffct if th ictim lcks tht dtg  his hcmt s wh + 1 % pr pt th dtg s wrth. f th dtg cms  lls, yu must spcfy th ll gtd. My ly ccmpy dtg, ttrbut P lty, Dsdtg, r Ngtd dtg. f th ictim fils t rsst, h is stud (pr  u mdid fflicti)    th ffcts  th thr hcmt(s). + 1 0% Aes  Vaab

My ictil hrs h prs  lyl cmrds, fth ul sdkicks, trustd rtirs, r lilg rids  wh ccm py thm  dturs. Yur lly is usully grbl t yr suggstis, but h is t yur puppt. H disgr with y rm tim t tim.  lly my try t dssud yu frm  pl tht sms lsh t hm  d if h c't tlk yu ut f th pl, h my rfus t cprt.  lly my  cus prblms fr yu pickig ights, ldig i l,  sultg  high bl ...  curs, th lly will ls t t bl yu ut wh  mk mis tks. Th pit cst fr  lly dpds  hs pwr d fr qucy f pprc. Oly PCs wh tk NPCs s llis py ts fr th pril.  lly is spcifclly  skill NPC ss cit fr  PC. A ys Po: Csult th fl lwig tbl t dtrmi h my pts yu must spd  yur lly. Pit tl s th lly's pit ttl xprssd s  prctg f th PCs stig ts Cst s th cst 1 th lly If th lly's pit ttl flls btw tw prctgs, us th  Po ota 25% 50% 75% 100% 150%

os 1 pt 2 pts

 pits 5 pits 1 0 pits

llis built  mr th 1 50% f th PC's stg pts r t llw Fry o Appara: Whthr yu py pits fr  usful rltship with  NPC r cllct pits fr  trubl sm , it is u likly tht th N PC wll   cstt prsc. Ech rid r  hs  d wll igr t  gi dtur ly if th GM rlls lss th r l t tht umbr  d t th st f th dtur. Hw th NC itrcts wth yu f th rll succds dpds  th tur 1 th rltiship. Frqucy f pprc multplis th pit cst fr  ssitd NPC dtrmiig pwr ll d grup si (s pplicbl), but yu pply y scil mirs Csttly ( rll rurd) h NPC is lwys prst hs ll s rs fr NPCs tht r mplt, wr lik clt g, tc x  lmst ll th tm (rll f 1 5 r lss) x uit  (rll 1 1 2 r lss) x Frly  (rll 1 9 r lss ) x  uit rrly (rll f 6 r lss) x   . Ay ops

Yu my purchs s my IIis s yu c ffrd.  lly is rmlly  sprt dtg, but yu c trt  gr 1 rltd lls s  sigl trit t s spc  yur chrct sht Fr  grup f  with thr w uiqu bilit d chrctr shts  dd th csts 1 th idiidul lls t

fi t cs 1 th gru adust the ttal cst fr rquncy 1 aaranc and then aly any secial mdiiers. r a gru 1 mre than ive identil interchangeable allis tat share a single character sheet  r instanc an army 1 lgrad thugs r a swarm 1 rbt drnes  ind th int st  have ne member 1 the gru as an Ay and then mul ily that cst as lws t find the cst 1 the gru:

z of roup

ulipli

x6 610 1120 x8 x10 2150 x12 51100 d x6 t the multil ier er tenfld increase in numbr  GM may ruire an Unusual Backgrund if yu wish t a rdes 1 AIIies r even rhibit grus larger than a cer ai si  althugh h might ermit an army r thr larg gru as a Ptron rquncy f aearance mutiiers and secia iirs (if any) aly t the f ina cst f the entire gru hse a rquency f aearance f yur Aly aars at t a 1 a advnture he accmanies yu fr the duratin f ta adentur xtri

5 poi

u can fight r therwise act equay we with eiher hand ad r sufr the 4  enalty r using the ff" hand. Nte at tis ds not alw yu t take extra actins in cmbat  tats ExtraAttack Shuld sme accident befal ne f yur arms or as assum it is the le ne. ous � 

 0 po

u ar wlladatd t mvment in the water. Yu d nt sfr ski naltis fr wrking underwater and yu can swim  r full Basic Mv. Yu stil rquire air yica featurs in cl smth saike skin and webbd fingers and tes I u can mv on in the water take the Aquatic disad ata instead tr � ,

5 poi

u can travl by swinging n vines tree branches res alrs tc Yu get +2 t Cimbing skilI and can mve at alf ur Basic Mve while brachiating  of Sto �

140 poi

ur dy is made f rck his metatrait includes h 1 i advantags: snt Breathe [20; R 5 [25; mmunty t ali aards [30; Inury lerance (Hmgenus N 8 45; Prssure Su 3 [ 1 5; Sealed [ 1 5; Vacuum Su  [; and ragile (Brittle) [15.  � ,

1 0 poi

 subtract iv yards rm a al autmaticaly (treat this as  amati Acrbatics success  dnt check again r it) In ai a succssfu  rl halves damage frm any fal   ts bnits yur imbs must be unbund and yur dy Ir t ist as yu all  � 

5 poil

u can change yur surface attern t bnd int yur sur gs. In any situatin whre being sen is a actr yu gt +2 r vl t Stath ski  when erfectly sti r +1 er level if  lthing reduces thi s bnus t  +1 er eve when yu

are mtinlss with n bnus i yu are mving (unless the clth ing is in the GMs inin camuflaged relativ t yur current nvirnment) Chameen des nt nrmally hel in the dark r against smene relying un senss thr than sight Hwever yu can secify that yur ability is eectiveagainst a aicular visual r scanning sense (eg. nfravisin r Radar) instead nrma vn Yur a bility afects mre than ne visual r scan ning sense Each sense beynd the first is +20% Always Yu cannt turn this abiity f. Strangers react at 1 ; the flickering effect is irritating. -10% Charisma 

5 pol

Yu have a natura abiity t imrss and ead thers. Each leve gives + 1 n al reactin rlls mad by saient beings with whm yu actively interact (cnverse cture etc); + 1 t nflu ence rls; and + 1 t une-eling adershi Panhandling  and Public Seaking skil s. he GM may rue that yur Charisma des nt afect members f extremly aien races. Clinging  

20 poi

Yu can walk r crawl n walls and ceiings Yu can st at any int and stick t the surace withut fear f falling Neither feat requires a r against Cimbing skil rvided th surace is ne yu can cling t. Mve while cinging is haf yur Basic Mve. f yu are faling and t t grab a veica surace t break yur fa the GM must first dde whether there is anything in reach If there is make a  rll t tuch the srface and then make a S rll at 1 er 5 yards already fallen. f yu succeed yu st yur fal. Otherwise yu cntinue t fal  but yu may subtract 5 yards rm the height f the fal thanks t the slwing effect f the ailed Cing ing attemt Variatins in g ravity afect these distances; e.g. in 05G the S rl wuld be at 1 er 1 yards Claws  

arabl

Yu have claws his advantage mdifies all yur hands and feet; there is n discunt fr claws n nly sme f yur limbs here are severa variatins: Blunt Claws Very sh claws ike thse f a dg. Add + 1 er die t the damage yu infict with a unch r kick; eg 2d3 becmes 2d-1   Hard hves like thse f a hrse Add + 1 er die t the damage yu inflict with a kick and give yur feet (nly) + 1 R  Sha Claws Sh claws like thse f a cat Change the damage yu infict with a unch r kick frm crushing t cutting 5 lons Lnger claws  u t 1 2 lng. Chang e the damage yu infict with a unch r kick frm crushing t yur chice 1 cutting r imaling (chse bere yu rll t hit) 8pints Long lons Huge caws like swrd blades extnding frm yur bdy reat these as alns but damage is + 1 r die 11 pints

Cmba Reees 

1 5 poi

Yu have extrardinay reactins and are rarely surris r mre than a mment Yu get + 1 t al active dnse rlls + 1 t astraw ski and +2 t ght Chks Yu never free in a surrise situatin and get +6 n al  rlls t wake u r t recver frm surrise r menta stun Yur sle gets + 1 n initi a tive rs t avid a surrise attack +2 i yu are the leader Cmbat Reflexes is incuded in Enhanced me Sense.

Cmmn Sense .

0 pots

Ay time you sta to do somethig the GM feels is SUPI he wll oll agaist you  A successful oll meas he must wa you Hadt you bette thi about that?" hs advatage lets a impulsive tae the pa of a thoughtful harate Cuural Adapabiy 

10 o 20 pots

You ae familia with a boad sptum of cultues Whe dealg with those cultues, you eve suffe the -3 cultual u familaity" pealty Poit cost depeds o the scope of you fa mliaity CultulAY ae familia with all cultues of you ace 1 ts enoAdatab You ae famlia with all cultues  the Sta Fleet Uivese, egadless of ace. 2pints Damage Resisance � 

5 p tsee a Damage Resstace scoe Subtact You body itself has this fom the damage doe by ay physical o eegy attac aer the DR of aificial amo (you ca omally wea amo ove atu al DR) but  multiplyg t he juy fo damage type Nomal humas caot puchase DR at all Ceatues wth atual amo ca buy DR  to  hic si o a pelt would be DR  ; a hea o scales lie those of a lizad would  DR  amo plates would be DR 3; alligato scales o elephat hide would be DR 4 ad a gat toose would have DR  May spial modifes ae available to chage the basc assumptos of this advatage Absotion You ca absob damage ad use t to ehace you abiltes Each pot of DR stops oe pot of damage ad tus it to oe chaacte pot that you ca use to mpove taits (aythig but sills) temaly You stoe these poits i a bat tey" wth capacity equal to DR ce ths battey is full, each poit of DR wll still stop oe pot of damage, bu wll ot cove t to a chaacte poit You do ot have to use stoed poits mmately, but you caot eallocate poits oce us You lose absob its  uus oes fst  at the ate of oe poit pe sod You lose ehaced ablites as the ts dai away f you ae missi g H P o FP, you ca heal you self Restoig oe HP dais  sto poits  e stoig oe FP dais 3 pots Such healig s pemaet ly HP o FP  ecess of you usua l scoes da away) You caot absob damage fom you ow S o attac abilities +80% if absob ts ca oly ehace oe tait (detemed whe you ceate you chaacte) ca oly heal; +  00% if you ca aise tat   You DR taes the fom of a field pojected a sho distace fom you body his potects you etie body  cludg you eyes  as wel as aythig you ae caig, ad educes the damage fom attacs  amo D Effects that ely o touch oly affect you if caied by a attac that does eough damage to piece you D +0% Each level of Hadeed uces the amo div so of a attac by oe step hese steps ae,  ode igoes DR 00 0  3  ad  (o divso). +0% pe level Ablative You DR stops damage  Each t of DR stops oe poit of basic damage but s destoyed i the pess ost DR heals" at the same ate as lost HP (icludig the effects of Regeeato. 80% Can ' WearYou dy s desiged   such a way that you caot o will ot wea body amo o clothig 40% You DR oly potects agast aacs fom oe dectio 0% fo the fot (F); 40% fo the bac (), ght (R), le (), top (), o udeside (U) Humaods may oly tae this lmitatio fo fot ad bac

öYou DR is ot igid his leaves you vuleable to blut tauma 0% You DR apples oly to ceai attac foms o dam age types PaialY  DR oly potects a specific hit locatio. hs s woth 0% pe  pealty to hit that dy pa Fo stace, a aimal with buttig hos ad a thic sull m ght have Sull oly," fo 70% oso ol y" s 0% ad also potts the ital ogas Whe you tae ths l imtato fo ams, ls, hads, o feet, the DR potts limbs of that type If t oly potts oe lmb, the limitato value doubles (eg , ams ae  to ht, so a sigle am would be 40% If you have ams, legs, etc with dffeet peal ties, use the least sevee pealty to calculate l mitatio value SemAblative Whe a attac sties semablative DR, evey  0 poits of basic damage olled emoves oe poitf DR, egadless of whethe the attac peetates D ost DR heals as fo Ablative (ad you caot combie the two) 0% ugh Skin y default, Damage Resistace is had": a mo plate, chti, etc With ths lmitatio, you DR i s meelytough si Ay effect that equies a scatch (e g, poiso) o si co tact (eg, electical shoc o Pessue Poits slI) affects you f the attac cayg it peetates the DR of ay amo you ae weaig  eve f it does eactly 0 damage You natural D, beg livg tssue, povides o potecto at all agaist such at tacs hs limitatio icludes all the effts of the Fleible limta tio (see ave); you caot tae th t s mutual ly icompat ible wth Foce Field 40% You may have multple Iayes" of DR wth diffeet comb atos of modifies You must spify the ode of the layes  fom outemost to iemost  whe you ceate you chaacte You may ot chage ths ode oce set Deec . / �  Vaab

You ca detect a spfc substace o coditio, eve whe it is shielded fom the fve huma  seses. hs uies oe s od of cocetatio, afte whch the GM will secetly mae  Sese oll fo you. he age modifes fom the Size  Range ble apply You may buy a specal Acute Sese to im pove the oll, theeby iceasig you efftive age  a success, the G M tels you the dito to the eaest sigificat souce of the substace, ad gve you a clue as to th quatty peset  a falue, you sese othig Detect also icludes the ability to anaze what you dett his equies a  oll; the bete the oll, the moe pecise th details Fo stace, if you had Detect (Meta), you could tell gold fom io o a successful  oll, ad might lea details  such as whethe the gold is  the fom of oe o bas, ad t pecise puty  o a citical success he base cost of Detect s as folIows: Rare (dlithum, gold , ada, adio) 5pints asional (pecious metal, eltic felds, magetc field, ada andado): 1pints Common (humas, supeatual pheomea, suatul beigs, metal, eltic magetc fields): 2 pin. Ve Common (al lfe, all supeatual pheomea and gs, all meals, all eegy):  Prise a successful Sese oll, you also lea the di tace to whateve you dett +  00% Snal You ca detect a actve tasmissio  some so, such as a adio, ada, o lase; see  ad m ge 2) You suffe o age pel ties, but must be wthi twice the sigal s ow age ad (if th sgal is dtioal) with i its path +0% You ca oly detect the pesece o absece 1 th taget substace Diectio ad quatity ae eveal oly o  ctical success, ad you caot aalyze what you dett hi limitato s mutuall y eclusive wth Pise 0%

rmnto Hrng � ,

1 5 pots

ou ae a superuman ablity to dstingus between unds. ou can /wys identify people by oice, and can recog nize indiidual macines by teir sound signature" ou may eorize a sound by lstenng to  for at least one minute and ing a successful  roll On a falure, you must wait at least ne ull day beore maing a repeate attempt ou get +4 (in addtion to any Acute Hearng bonuses) on ny tas tat utilizes earing, and receie +4 to Sadowing sill en ollowng a nosy target o simulate te passie sonar  by submarines, add a  Accessibility lmitation, Only underwater." rmnto Sm � ,

1 5 pots

our sense of smel s far beyond te uman norm, and can iter dstinctie ors for practically eeryting you may en ounter s allows you to recognze people, places, and tings y ent ou may memorize a scent by sniffi ng it or at least one inute and maing a successful  roll. On a falure, you must t at least one full day before mang a repeated attempt. u get +4 (in addition to any Acute aste and Sm el bo nues) on any tas tat utilizes te sense of smell, and reie +4 t racing sill. motion Sense: ou can detect a person or anmals emo nl tate by odor s functions as te Empaty adantage, t you must be witn  yards of te subject +0% rmnto Tst � ,

10 pots

is talent unctions in most ways lie iscrimnato Smell e), but enances te sense of taste nted, so tracing s not ssible. ou must inet a sall quantity of t e material to be ein; for a ling subject, ts means ily fluids s ges you an  roll to r nize te taste, identfy weter a sub tne is safe to eat, etc ou can perform a detil analyss" wit a roll against a sut e sill (emisty, ooing, Parmacy, Poisons, etc) ou get 4 (in ddtion to any Acute aste and Smell bonuses) on any t tat utilizes te sense of taste nt Brth � ,

20 pots

ou do not breate or requre oxygen. ong and strangu tn ttempts cannot arm (or silence) you, and you are m une to inal toxins. is ou can extract oxygen from water, allowing you to ein suerg indefinitely. ou are immune to strangulation d e nds." I you can onsuie underwater, and suffo te in air as qucly as a normal uman would drown underwa ter, esnt Breate (GIIs) s a -point feature; oterwise, 0% yen Absotion: As Glls, but you can absorb oxygen tu te surface of your body our by does not absorb onous gases, but you will suffate if tere i s oxygen aal le ou can use breating uipment in space (your lungs are le of woring normally). ou may not ae te Sealed ad e. % en ombustion: As Oxygen Absorpton, but you n rete undewater or anywere else re cannot burn. 0% en Stoe: ou need to breate, but you can go for eended periods 01 time witout doing so. s dffers rom etoding i n tat you are completely immune to te bends"  our oyen hods ou If you can effectiely old ur reat or  tmes as long as usual, ts s 0%; 0 times, ; 00 times, 30%; 00 times, 0%; 300 tmes, 0%

Dosnt Sp � ,

20 pots

ou do not ae to sleep at all. ou can ignore all ll effects rom misse nigts 01 rest. Edtc Mmo 

5 or 1 0 pots

ou ae an exceptionally go memo. Anyone may at tempt an   roll to rall te general sense 01 past eents  te better te rol l, te truer te memo, but detals are oten setcy. Wt tis talent, you automatically succe at tese memory rolls, and you oen recall risedetals is trat comes in two leels: eti  ou automatically remember te general sense 01 eeryting you concentrate on, and can recall specic details by maing an  roll. t is possible to Iearn tis adan tage n play (bards and salds oen acquire it to rall poems and songs).  hotrhi Memo: As aboe, but you automatically re call specic detals, too. Any time you, te orget a detail your hrter seen or eard, te G M or oter players must remind you  trutfully 1 is trait affects recall, not compeenson, and so does not beneit slls. Howeer, it ges a bonus weneer te GM re quires an  roll for learnng: +5 or Eidetic Memo, +  0 for Po tograpic Memo. Empthy 

5 o 1 5 pots

ou ae a feeling" or people Wen you irst meet some one  or are reunit ater an absence  you may as te GM to roll aganst your  He wll tell you wat you eel aut tat person. On a aled   roll, e will s talent s excellent for spottng impostors, possession, etc, and or determining te true loyaltes 01 NPs. is adantage comes in two leels our ability s not entirely reliable; te  roll is at 3 ou get +  to your ett ies and ouneelling sill s, and to Psycology rolls to analyze a subject you can conerse wit. 

pints Emthy our ability wors at full l, and te bonus to e tect ies, ouneellng, and Psycology is +3 1 is adantage wors only on sapient ( 6+), ntur/

ings. e equialent talents or animals, pl ants, and supernatu ral entties are Animal Empaty, Plant Empaty, and Sprt Em paty, respectiely Enhncd Mov � ,

20 pots/v

Eac leel of Enanced Moe doubes your top spe n one enironment Ar, Ground, Space, or Water. ou may aso tae a alfleel 01 Enanc Moe, eiter alone or wit any woe number 01 leels; ts costs  0 points and multiplies Moe by  our multplied Moe is your to  Rord it n paren

teses ater your Enanced Moe trait Enanced Moe does affect Basic Speed, Basic Moe, or odge. Its benets apply only wen mong along a relatiely straigt, smoot course. Most orms 01 Enanc Moe ae preruistes Enanc Moe (Water) requres Ampibious or Aquatic. Enanced Moe (Ar) requres lgt Enhncd Trckng � ,

5 ptsv

ou can rac" more tan one target  weter wit a bult n sensor array or eyes tat can swiel ndependently, lie tose 01 a cameleon. An Am or Ealuate maneuer normally applies to a single target Eac leel 01 Enanced racing allows your maneuer to apply to one additional target ou can only trac

targets that you can detect, and you cannot Aim at more targets than you have ready weapons to Aim with Extene Lifespan � ,

2 pots/v

An average life cyce is defined as maturity at age 1 8, with aging effects staing at age 50 and accelerating at ag es 70 and 90 Each leve of Extended Lifespan doubes a these values Extra Arms � , Varab

n GRP a limb with which you can manipulate objects is an arm, regardess of where it grows or what t looks ike A nor ma arm can strike a blow that inflicts thrust crushing damage based on S he human norm is two arms for 0 points. Extra arms have a base cost of 1 0 ints apie. You can use extra arms freely for multipe noncombat tasks. For instance, with three arms, you could perform a onehanded task (e.g., use a computer mouse) and a two handed task (e.g, type) simutaneously. You need Enhanc racking to perform tasks that require attention to events in more than one place at a time, however. You can also use all of your arms in con ce for a singe combat maneuver where extra arms would be helpful; e.g , grappling in lose combat. And if you have at least three arms, you can use a shiel d normally with one arm and stil wield a twohandedweapon, ust as a normal human fighter can use a shield and onehand weapon at the same time. N o mat ter how many arms you have, though, you do not get additiona attacks (or other extra maneuvers) in combat uness you buy Exra Attacks (see at right) Extra arms give a huge advantage in lose combat You cannot punch with more than one arm at a time unless you have Extra Attack, but you may grae (use Jud with al of your arms at once. Each extra arm of regular length or longer, over and ave the generic set of two, gives +2 to any attempt to grapple or break free from a grapple. Having more arms than your opnent also gives +3 on any attempt to pin or resist a pin. EraFexibe: Limbs with this enhancement are more flex ible than human arms, like tentacles or an elephant's trunk hese limbs can always reach and work with other imb, regardless of body positioning, general layout, or right" and Ieft." +50%. Long: Your arm is longer in to your than a human arm relative to the human body his increases your ef fective SM for the purse of calcuating reach with that arm (see Se 7 and Reac 11. his affect the reach of melee weapons wielded in that hand. Each + 1 to SM aso adds + 1 per die to swinging damage. + 1 00% per +1 to SM Foot : Your arm" is realy an unusualy dex trous eg You cannot wak while you are manipulating objects with it (although you can sit, float, or fly). his is a emrary Disadvantage limitation, the disadvantage being Lless his kind of arm is usually  but not always  Sho (see below). 30%. No Physica Aack: he limb can manipulate but cannot punch or wield meee weans, and gives no bonus in cose combat It can sti wied a firearm or similar rang weapon 50%. he arm has reach C" (lose combat only), and lacks the leverage to use any weapon that must be swung Subtract one yard from the reach of any melee wean wielded by that imb. f of your arms are sho, you are at 2 on any attempt to grapple. 50% eak: he arm has ess than your ful body S for lifting, striking, and grappling . 25% if the arm ha s haf your dy S, or 50% if it has 14 your by S (round down in both cases) Beings with one or two arms  use the spial modifiers

above. oint cost is equal to 1 1 0 the percentile mifier r af ected arm. hus, enhancements bome advantages and limi tations bome disadvantages For instance, Sho is 50%, so it is woh 5 points per arm. Someone with two sho arms would have a  1 point disadvantage hose with one arm can only apply these modifiers once, but aso get the 20 ints for One Arm For instance, an elephants trunk would be ExraFlexibe (+50%), Long (+ 1 00%), and Wea (50%) hese modifiers tota +  00%, for a 1 point advantage. he 20 points for One Arm would make the net cost 10 ints. Extra Attack �

25 potatta

You can attack more than once r turn. he default as sumption in GRP is that you can make attack per turn,  matter how many limb s you have. Each Extra Attack allows on additional attack per turn. You may not have more attacks tha you have imbs (arms, ls, etc), natural weans (Strikers, th, etc.), and attack powers (Aflictions, Bindings, and nnateAacks) with which to attack. he GM's word on what constitutes an at tack" is ina. A norma human can purchase one Exra Aack. his let him attack with both hands at once, and represents unusually good coordination; nonhumans have no such imitation (but must get the GM's permission). Exra Attack is exacty that: an extra Aack maneuver  your turn in combat t does not eliminate the 4 penaty or a off hand (see Ambidee) or let you take multiple Aim ma neuvers (see E ckin. You may use some 01 yur attacks or Feint maneuvers, but you many not take mutiple a tions 01 other kinds  that requires Alter ime Rate (see  Exra Legs � , Vara

I you can walk on a limb but cannot use it to manipulat objts, it is a leg in GRP (or egs that double as arms, se Extra Arms) A norma leg can kick or thruscrushing damage  your usua reach (1 yard or a human). he human norm is o legs, which costs 0 points. t costs points to have more than o legs e or our  f you ose a leg, you can continue t move at haf Move (round down). Loss of a second eg cause you to fa. 5ts. ve or six  Each leg lost reduces Move by 20% util ony three egs are left. At that int, your Move is 40% norma Loss 01 another eg causes you to al. 1ints Seven or more s Each leg lost reduces Move by 1  unti only three s are e. At that point, your Move is 40% r mal Loss of another leg causes you to fall. 15ints You can apply the following mifiers to your legs: Long: Your egs are longer inroion to your tha human legs relative to the human dy his increases your  fective SM for the purpose of calcuating reach when kicking a when ambering over obstacles. + 1 00% r +  to SM Cannot Kick: You cannot use your egs to kick for dama 50%. he modifiers above  be appli to creatures with l two egs Point cost is equal to 0 the rcentile mifier. r instance, a human with Cannot ick (50%) would have a 5 i disadvantage Fearlessness 

2 pots

You are difficult to frighten or intimidate! Add your levl 1 Fearlessness to your Will whenever you make a F right Chk  must resist the Intimidation ski  or a surnatural power that i duces fear. You aso subtract your Fearessness leve o al ntimidation roll s made against you.

Filter us � t

5 pots

our respirato system can filter out ordinary contamnants; ., dust, pollen, smoke, and even tear gas (but not neve gas oot contact agents). You suer no I eects from such thngs is is especialy useful in pIluted cities and on alien worlds ottat if you have Doesn Breathe you do not ne this advan ta! Fit�

5 o 1 5 pots

ou ave better cardiovascular health than your H alone ould indicate. hs comes in o eves: �You get +1 to al H  rolls (to stay conscous avoid death, sist disease or poison etc.). his does not mprove your H aiute or Hbased skls You also recover F at ce the nora rate 5ints. Ve � As above, but the bonus to H ros is +2 In addi tion, you lose F at ony half the normal rate 15ints. In both cases, this advantage applies ony to F lost to exer tion, at etc. It has no effect on F spent to power psi Flexibi/i �

5 o 1 5 pots

level means you ony lose 0.5 yardsecond in leve flig ht); specify which when you buy it 50%. You use arge wngs or skn flaps t o fly. Wingspan is at least twice your height In order to take off land, or maneuver, you must have an on area with a radius equal to your wng span n all drections If your wings are bound, or if a wng is crppled (more than 13 of your wings, if you have more than o), you cannot fly reat wings as arms for the purpose of tar getng and crippling If you wsh to strike bows or manpulate obects wth your wngs, you must pay for them as Strikers or Extra Arms n additon to the cost of Fight 25%. G-Ernc •

1 to 1 0 pots

You have experience working in one or more gravitationa fields other than your native one, and your reflexes adapt quickly to the way obects move and fal n those fields. You suffer only half the usua DX penalty for Dierent Gvi n situatons where low gravity would make a task easie you ro at full DX , plus the bonus for low gravity, plus an extra + 1  For instance f a normal person would get +2 to catch a ball in low gravty, you would get +3 his trait costs 1 point per gravity fied wit h wh ich you have experience. For nstance an Eath natve who woks on the mn might have GExperience (0.16G) o enoy the benefits of G Experience n  gravity fields, buy GExperience (Al) for 10 ponts.

our body is unusually fexibe. his advantage comes in o vels You get +3 on Cimbing rols; on Escape rols to t fe of ropes, handcuffs, and smlar restraints; on Erotc A and on all atempts to break free n close combat You may nor up to 3 n penaties for workng n cose quaers (incud  in any Explosives and Mechanc rols). 5ints. bleJoin As above, but more so You cannot stretch o ueze yourself abnormally, but any pa of your body may nd any way. You get +5 on Climbing Erotic A, and Escape os and on attempts to break free. You may ignore up to 5 n nats for cose quaers. 15ints.

You have remarkaby fne motor skil ls. Each leve (to a max mum of four) gives +1 to DX for tasks that require a deicate touch hs incudes all DXbased rolls against Artist eweler, notyng, Leatherworking, Lockpickng, ickpocket, Sewng, Sleight of Hand, and Surgery, as wel as DXbased rols to do  work wth Machni st or Mechanc (e.g. , on clkwork).

FlIght � t

Hih Pan Thrshold �

40 pots

ou can fy. he default" s fulfg, selfpowered flight ot wngs or gliding surfaces. his works at any altitude where  is stil signifcant atmosphere but in the upper atmosphere, oul ne a way to survive n very thin, cold ar (e.g., Doesnt ate and emperature olerance). You nnot fly n a trace osphere or vacuum. our fight Move s Basic Speed x 2 (drop all fractions) As ain n Move in ther Environments you can adust this for ± ints per ±1 yardsecond For vey high speeds, take En an Move (Air) Flight includes the abity to hover at Move 0  l. nno Hover:Y must always move at east 1 4 your top r (round up) when fl ying. hs s incompatible with Con tol liding and Glid ing.  1 5% nroedGding Like Gliding n most respects, but you n ain altitude by riding updras or hermals."Atypical ascent at is one yard per second. You can locate thermas, f any are snt, on a successfu Q or Meteorology roll (one attempt per ine) 45%. You cannot ga in atitude. With a running leap, you n launch yourself with an ar Move equal to Basic Move. Each tu ou can change velocity by up to 1 0 yardsecond x local ai in s. o accelerate, you must descend by 1 yard for a 1 adsecond added to veocity; top speed s Basc Move x  o delerate, you must fy leve. f you do not descend at la 1 ard, you decelerate by 1 yardsecond that tu en working out turnin g radus your basc air Move s 1 0 x Il ravity n Gs. Each level of Enhanc Move (Ar) e�her us top speed haves deceleration n leve flght (e.g , one

Hih Manal Dr �

5 potv

10 pots

You are as susceptibe to inu as anyone ese, but you dont it as much You suffer a shock penalty when you are nured. n additi on, you get +3 on all H rolls to avoid knk down and stunning  and if you are toured physically, you get +3 to resist he GM may let you ro at Will+3 to gnore pain in other situations. Hhr Prpos •

5 pots

You are driven to exceed your normal limts n one scific pursuit You must state ths exactly as i f it were a Code of Honor disadvantage: Defend al women," Slay al znti, " etc. If, in the GMs udgment, you are unfalterng in your pursuit of your Higher urpose, you get +1 to al die rolls that peain dir to the pursut of your cause. If you deviate from your Hgher urpose you ose ths bonus .. and the GM is free to penaize you for bad rolepayng ust as if you had ignored a Code of Honor. A Hgher urpose must be  n additio n, a Higher urpose must entail genune risk and inconvenience Improvd GTolranc �

5 to 25 pots

You can functi on under a wide range of gravities. For a nor ma human, the penalties for nonnative gravty accrue in incre ments of 02G; see Gvi A arger increment costs nts: 5 points for 03G 1 0 points for 0.5G, 1 5 ints for 1 G, 20 ints for 5G, and 25 ponts for G. Norma humans are mited to 1 0 ponts in ths trat

You are impossible to influence through ordinary words or actions hose who wish to use I nfluence sklls on you must s ses a suitable advantage f you are a human or smi ar beng Everyone else  however convincing  fails automati cally.

to have No Neck N o Eyes or both. 7  N You have no neck As a result you have no nk hit location and cannot  daptat choked or strangl 5 .   You have no vital organs (such as a hea or en gine) that attackers can target or extra damage reat hts to the vitals" or groin" as torso hts. 5

Infra vson � t

Intton .

Inomtable .

1 5 po

 o 10 po

You can see into the n frared on o the spectrum al low ing you to detect varyng degrees o heat his lets you ght at no penalty even in absolute darkness your target emts heat It alo gve you +2 on all Vision rolls to spot such targets snce their heat stands out from the background. You can follow a heat trail when tracking: add +3 to rackng rolls if the trai s no more than an hour old. Infravsion does  let you distnguish colors and only al lows you to judge the general size and shape of heatemittng obts including livng ngs Roll at 4 to dstnguish between objts of similar size and shape. he GM may aso rure a Vision4 roll to read by reflected heat Sudden flashes of heat (eg. a flare fiery explosion or nfrared laser) can blind you ust as a flash of light can blnd ordina vson. Cost depends on your capablitie You can only see usng Infravision and are subject to its limtations at all times:  You can switch freely tween normal vision and Infravision:   Inj Tolerance � t Varab

You have fewer physiological weaknesses than ordnary liv beings. he cost of thi advantage depends on the prise ing railties eliminat. Note that some forms of njury olerance n clude others and that Diuse and Homogenous are mutually ncompatble. Diuse: Your body s fluid or paiculate composed of a swarm of smaller enttes or perhaps made of pure energy his makes you immune to crpplng injuries and ruces the damage you uffer from most physical blows. Most foes (GMs decsion) cannot sam o r grapple you! Dffuse includes all the benefits of No Blood No Bran and No Vital  Your body has no vulnerable interna organs bones muscle or other mhanisms. As a result you are less susceptible to percing and mpalng attacks Homogenous in cl udes the benefits of No Brain and No Vitals. his trat is in tend for entities such as amoebas trees and sli mes .  You do not rely upon a vital bodly luid (Iike blood) or survival You do not bleed are unaffected by bloodborne tox in and are immune to aacks that rely on cutting off blood to pa o your body. 5  Your bran  i you have one is distribut through out your body or isn't your true seat o conscousness. Your op ponents cannot target it for extra damage You may have a head but a blow to the skull o r eye s treat no dfferently than a blow to the ace (except that an eye injury can still crpple that eye). 5    You lack eyes or other vulnerable optcs but can somehow see despite this (unless o course you suffer rom Blnd nes). As you have no eyes they cannot be attack. You are also imm une to blindi ng attacks. 5  You have no head at all. his incudes beneits of No Brain. A wel you lack skulI" and ace" hit latons and have no need or head armor You can still see speak hear smell taste etc. unles you take the appropriate disadvantages. Spiy how you do this (thnologcallyvia organs on your torso etc.) t is common  but not mandatory  or those with No

1 5 pos

You usually guess right When ac with a number of alter natves and no logical way to choose among them you can ask the GM to let you use your ntuti on. he G M makes a secret  roll with a bonus equal to the numr of good" choces and a penalty ual to the number of bad" choices. On a success he steers you to a good choce; on a critcal success he tels yo the  choice. On a alure he gves you no nformation; on a critical failure he steers you toward a choice he GM ca modiy ths as he sees t or other situations where  ntuition might logcally help. Only one roll per question is all ow. Langage Talent .

10 pos

You have a knack or languages. When you lea a languag at a comprehension level above None you automatically unc tion at the nexthighest level; thu  you can purchase a languag at Accent level or 2 ponts or at Natve level for 4 points. Legal Enforcement Powers 

5, 1 0, o 1 5 pos

You are a law enforcer with the aompanying powers a restrictions he pont cost depends on the kind of laws yo enforce the size of your urisd iction how answerable you are for your actons and the degree of rept you must show for t civil rights of others: You have local ursdiction the ability to arrest suspt crmnals the wer to perform searches wth an appropria warrant and the right to cary a concealed wea.   As above but you also have national or international ui dcton are not obligated to resct the c ivil rights of others are free to engage in cove investigaton may kill wth rela tve impunity 1 0  You have three or more of the above abilities. 1 5 int. Legal Enforcement owers almost alway require an a propriate Duty In some cases a Reputation (sitve nativ or mixed) is also approprate All levels of Lal Enforce owers inude olce Rank . o come a seni or law enforc buy more Rank. Less Sleep �

2 po

You need less sleep than most people. A normal huma r qures 8 hours of sleep per night Each level of ths advantag to a maxmum of four level  lets you get by with one hour l than thi gvng you a few extra hours each day  n which to st or work on other proects. Lghtnng Calclaor .

2 o 5 t

You have the ablity to do math  n your head nstantly  talent comes in two levels:  Cacuator: Y  the  may use a calclat at any time to fgure anyhng you want  even if your  s fleeing or his le For imple mat h problems the GM ay j say that your character knows the answer. 2. Intuitive As above but your ablity is ot li ted  arthmetic. You can perform astrogation wthout a 

r, do any level of engneering design in your head, and solve ierntial equations al most instantaneously You never need a lulator; you yourself are far faster than that, and even faster t any computers. 5oints.

You may use Mnd Probe to ask as many questons as you wish, but each question is a new use of your ability, and requres a sond of concentration and its own Quick Contest. he specal enhancements and limtations gven for Mind Readng (below) are aso avalable for Mind Probe.

Mind ontrol ' ,

 pots You can mentally domnate those you can see or touch o

 this ability, concentrate for one sond and the n rol a Quick tst your Q vs. your subect's Wll. Range penalties to the subect; - per slave a under your control; +2 if you concentrate for a ful minute,  4 if you concentrate for a full hour. If you wn, your victm will obey your every command untl  free him. Your control persists for as long as you take unin trrtd Concentrate maneuvers. Once you stop, your control liers for one minute per pont by which you won the Quick est; to increase this, add Extend Duraton f you are nca itaed (stunned, knock out, etc), or atempt to force the bct to act aganst his princples (e. g , commit suicde or harm  l one), roll another Quick Contest f your vctm wns, he rks free. Roll at the moment of truth  you can march him to  ge of a cliff, but he doesnt roll unti he's about to leap f you lose, you cannot attempt to control that subect agan f 24 ours, and he feels a sense of mental coercion emanating r you. On a crtical faiure, you also lose contro of anyone  uder the influence of this ablity Mind Control often has imitations Accessiblity (Only on ose sex), SenseBased (or hypnotc voices, eyes, scents, e), and so on. t may aso have attack modiiers, subect to the rtrictions that apply to attacks with Malediction onioning:Y can ronstruct the subects psyche and int suggestions In effect, you can add or remove mun  enta disadvantage. Add Deusions or fase memories, r nesia to wipe memories. Your victim must be under your trol, cooperative, and conscious Rol a second Quick Con t You are at -  per full 5 points of disadvantages changed, t u may substitute Brainwashng skil for Q. Duraton in days i ual to your margn of vctory. If you win and rol a critica css, the conditoning is permanent A conditioned subect  is no longer under your d irect control imposes no penaty on  e of Mind Contro on others. Note that another person wth i bily can use it to undo your wo +50% No Memo: Your victims have no memory of anyhing that cred while under your contro +  0% ondioning ny: You cannot use regular Mnd Control  l Conditonng (above). Uncooperative victms must be re tied before you can use your ability 50% PuetYour victms have no initiative whil e under your con trl, ad temporarily acqure Slave Mentaity 40% : Your ability s pa of the elepathy (or Vulcan) i er. 1 0% Mnd robe ' ,

20 pots

You can perform a deep mind probe" n effect, you can f te subect to answer any spific question that he can r wth a brief sentence o atempt a probe, you must frst ir touch your subect or successfully read his mind with Mind dig (below). You must also share a language with him o use Mind Probe, you must concentrate for one sond  rll a Quick Contest of your IQ (or nerrogation sk, if higher) s or subects Wil If you win, you rip the answer from his i he answer s what the subect  ves to be true  if he t know, heI tell you. If you lose, you may ty again, at a lative 2 per repeat attempt to ask the (or very s m r) estion in the past hour Should you crtcally fai, you can t rbe that person agan for 24 hours

Mind Reading  ,

30 pts

You can eavesdrop on others surface thoughts You must be able to see or touch the subt to affect hm Concentrate for one second and roll a Quick Contest of IQ vs the s ubts Will. Mody the rol for range penaties to the subect f you wn, you can hear" everything the subect says, subvocalizes, or ativethnks about as a voice in your head Receved thought comes at the speed of speech f you do not understand the language, or if your subect isn't sapient, you only pick up feengs, mages, and genera intent. You can maintan Mind Reading for as long as you wish without fuher concentra tion f you switch to another person, you must stop reading your current subt and roll a Quick Contest with the new subect. o read multiple subects at once, take Compamentaliz Mnd f you ose, you may t again, at a cumulative 2 per re peated attempt on that subect n the past hour. Should you crti cally fal, you cannot read that person again for 24 hours. he SenseBased imation  especially ouchBased  is common If you take HearngBased, you can only read the thoughts of someone whose words you can hear, but can func tion as a truthreader" or (with U niversal) a unversa transator" Senso: You can also tap nto your subects senses hs lets you experience everythng he experiences f he s tour, knked out, or killed, the GM may require a Wll rol to avoid stunning  or perhaps even a Fright Check +20% Universa You automaticaly understand thoughts, even those of nonsapient subects and those wih whom you do not share a language. +50% RaaY ablity ony works on those of your own race or a ve similar race (for instance, humans are smilar to Alpha Centaurans, but not to dogs or trolls) Combine this with the SenseBased limitation (ouch or Scent) to represent a race that can share thoughts through biochemica means 20% Senso nAs for Sensory, but you cant read thoughts at al 20%  Your ability only works on those with whom you are presently n contact via elecommuni caton 20%  Your abil ity is pa of the elepathy (or Vulcan) ps power.  0% Mind hield ' ,

4 potv

You have a shield" that was you of and defends against menta atacks Add your Mind Shied level to Q or Wil when ever you resst an advantage wth the elepathic limitation Your shield aso resists attempts to locate your mind usng magic or psionics Such ablities must win a Quick Contest against your Wll + Mnd Shield level to find you You may voluntary lower your Mnd Shield f you wsh  for instance, to let a friend read your mnd Lowerng or raisng your shield is a free action, but t must take place at the sta of your turn. Mind Shield does protect you while you are asleep or un conscous, unless you fell asleep or were knked out whle your shield was voluntariy lowered Your ablity is pa of the elepathy (or Vulcan) psi power 10% Mindlink  Vaab

You have a permanent telepathic rappo with someone  often a twin, oved one, hive mem ber, etc. Youautomatically suc

 at all attmpts to ontat him with snd s  mncato and Mnd Radng, proidd h hooss not to r sist or has Sla Mntality Mindn dos not allow automati ontat aross intrstlar distans mor than 0. 1 light-yar, nor an it rah othr dimnsions, parall words t Mindin osts 5 ponts for a sngl prson, 1 0 points for 29 popl, 20 nts for 1 099 popl, 30 ponts for  00999popl and so on  add  0 points pr tnfod inras in th numbr of popl As a rul, th G M should only prmit PCs to buy Mindins with Ais, Contats, and Dpndnts and othr PCs if thir playrs prmit. On pton is marrid and mindbondd Vulan oupls You may g Mndlin th sam modifirs as your Mind Rading or lsnd adantag n most ass th GM should re this Nictitating Membrane � 

1 pot/v

You ha a transparnt lns or your ys that you an opn and os li an ylid his lts you s normally undr watr and protts your ys from sand, irrtants, t Eah ll of Nittating Mmbran proids your ys only with DR  and adds +  to al H rols onrn with y damag Night Vision �

1 pot/v

Your ys adapt rapidy to darnss Eah ll of ths abil ity maimum nin lls allows you to ignor 1 in ombat or ision pnaltis du to darnss, proidd thr s at last som light Rgardss of l, Ni ght Vson only wors in partial dar nss It has no fft on th  1 0 for total darnss for that, gt  51°0 Parabolic Hearing � 

4 pots/v

You an zoom in on a paiular sound or ara, and an fltr out baground nois from sounds of intrt to you Eah l of Parai Harng th dstan at whh you an arly har any gin sound Patrons 

Vaab A Patron" s an NPC  or n an ntir organzaton that

srs as your adisor, mployr, mntor, or prottor An m ployr must b ptonal to qualiy as a Patron, though a Pa tron is muh mor than an ordnary boss! h bas int ost of a Patron dpnds on its powr Us th atgoris blow as a guid, but not that som Patrons wont ft natly into any of thm. h GM's word s fna A powrful indidual usually built on at ast 150% of th PC's staing points or a fairly powrful organzation assts of at last 1 ,000 tims staing wath for th word 1pnts An trmly wrul ndiidual bult on at last tw th PC's stang nts or a powul organzation assts of at ast 1 0,000 tms stang walth. 15pnts. An utra-powrful ndiidua built on as many ponts as th GM wants! or a ry powrful organization assts of at last 100000 tims staing walth 2pnts. An trmly powrfu organzation assts of at last  mi lion tims stang walth 25 A natonal gomnt or giant multinatonal organzation nt woh basially nalulabl.  pnts. Choos a fruny of aparan, as paind undr  q  f th GM dtrmins that your Patron appars at th sta of an adntur, h  dsign th adn tur to nlud an assignmnt or aid from th Patron H may also hoos to la out your Patron, if its apparan would

ma no sns or disrupt th adntur Howr, f th GM dtrmind that your Patron ha appard, and you try to ontat your Patron during th an tur for hlp, adi, t, thn th ontat s ily to b su ssful and you may ri aid Within rason  f your lo in a prison without any mans of ommu niation, you wont  ontating You will not now whthr your Patron i aalab" on a gn adntur untl you atmpt to requst aid As a rul, you should only b abl to rah your Patron for hl on pr adntur Rmmbr that a powrfu Patron ould b hlpfu withot atually ntning A Chiago hood who an say, I'm from Big Eddi, or a rimfightr who an flash a laran ard, may arry som ra wght in a tough spot On, sral PCs  prhaps th ntir pay  shar  Patron No mar how many haratrs shar a Patron, th ot is shard; ah haratr must pay ful pri for th Patron On th othr hand, th GM will ma a n apparan rol for a haratr at th sta of ah antur  and if th Patron a pars for any thm, thn it i s usually aailabl for of th h GM should sal th quaity and quantty of th aid proid n propoion to th numbr of sussful apparan rolls If your Patron s an army, orporation, fudal lord, t, yo may ow it a Duty, and aso a stringnt  of bhaor n rtu for its aid A Patron might also ha wrful fos that ar now y fos ths an gi you an Enmy Suh fators an ut th ff ti ost of a Patron signfiantly, and turn t from a bnfit t  onsidrabl i ablty You an apply th following modifirs  multiplying fr frquny of apparan: EqmnYour Patron suppli s usful quipmnt that y an us for your own purss, and that you would othrwi ha to buy hs nhanmnt ony appis f th quipmnt i  on gin A soldir with a military Patron would not y tra for hs wans, sn whn h gos off duty, h ant ta thm along An adnturr n th mploy of a gnrous no who hands out usful gifts" pay tra +50% f th i mnt is woh no mor than th arag staing wath in t ampaign, o r + 1 00% if it is woh mor than that Your Patron wlds powr out of propoi to its walth or pont au +50% if your Patron has tnsi soa or poltia wr g, th Gornor of Nw Yor or t Pop, or +  00% if your Patron has magial powrs n a n magia world, posssss uipmnt from a L gratr than yor grants you spial powrs, or has unusu al rah n tim or sp g, a supr, spirit, or god Your Patron is lss usfu than its  l would suggst. On a sussfu apparan roll, th  mas a ration roll for your Patron to dtrmin whthr it  tualy proids aid On a Nutral or bttr raton, you ri th aid your Patron thins you whih may or may not  what you wan 50%. Peripheral Vision �

15 pots

You ha an unusually wid fild of ision You an   1 80 ar in front of you without turning your had, and ha  of prphra ision to ithr sid of tha his gis you a 2 ar of ision" for obsaton and rangd attas. h figr abo shows th ar of ision for a normal haratr whit  for somn with Prphral Vision gray plus whit If you ar paying with a battl map, you an ma  attas into sid" right" and l hs as w as fron  athough a on-handd atta to th opst sid g  tang your lft h with your right hand is lumsy and  rd a Wld Swng You stl annot atta a fo dirtly i you pt with a Wild Swing