Cast of Characters

Captain Nathan Van De Velde, Commanding Officer (CO)

Lieutenant Merlin Drayton, Counselor

32 years old human.

Professional Abilities

Battlefield Comfort

Starfleet counselors know better than most what kinds of stresses other Starfleet officers face in a crisis. Once per game session, the counselor can make an Influence test (TN 15) to restore a fellow officer's morale and urge her toward greatness. If successful, the subject may spend a "free" Courage point immediately afterward, even if she has no Courage left. "Free" Courage points do count against the 4 Courage spending maximum. On an extraordinary success, the subject may spend two "free" Courage points. The Influence test makes two minutes. The characters must be in the same room, and the subject must be able to hear the counselor.

Infinite Diversity

Starfleet is the most multi-cultural environment in the known galaxy, and Starfleet officers have met still more species on missions of diplomacy and exploration, and learned about still others at the Academy.

Intrepid

Starship officers boldly go where no one has gone before. When spending Courage to improve professional skill rolls, the starship officer gains a +5 Courage bonus instead of the normal +3.

Pathos

A counselor makes people feel at ease, encouraging them to talk more freely. Whenever the counselor makes an Inquire (Interview) skill test, ignore all social penalties.

Professional Demeanor

Starfleet counselors are trained to remain calm and not be surprised into revealing their own emotions. This comes in handy during most gambling contests; nobody bluffs like a psychiatrist. When the counselor makes a Gaming test, he gains an affinity bonus equal to half his Medicine (Psychology) skill level, rounding down.

Ship's Counselor

The ship's counselor is an expert at psychological medicine. When the counselor makes any Medicine (Psychology) skill test, he gains a +4 bonus to the test result.

Sense Motive

As trained psychologists, Starfleet counselors can often tell what a speaker's motives are for his actions. During an Inquire (Interview) test, the counselor can also make a Medicine (Psychology) test to sense the speaker's motive. The Medicine (Psychology) test gets a +1 bonus to its result from a marginal success on the Inquire (Interview) test, a +2 for a complete success, and a +3 for an extraordinary success. It takes a -1 penalty for a complete failure on the Inquire (Interview) test, and a -2 penalty for a disastrous failure. Discerning a general, emotional motive (revenge, lust, pride) is a TN 15 task; discerning a specific motive (Senator Pardek's blackmail; Yeoman Barrows, a promotion) is a TN 20 task.

Starship Duty

Every starship officer has a specific duty aboard a starship or starbase—flight control officer, transporter operator, engineer, communications officers, and so on. When choosing this ability, select one starship officer elite profession to represent your character's shipboard position. This ability substitutes for all of the prerequisites for entering that elite profession. This ability may be chosen more than once, but the character may never advance more than two elite professions at a given time.

Therapy

Counselors help others through their emotional or psychological problems, enabling them to perform their duties better. The counselor can make a Medicine (Psychology) skill test (TN 15) to calm a patient and refresh one spent Courage point. The therapy session has a base action time of 1/2 hour. Therapy may be administered to any number of patients in a given day, but an individual patient can undergo therapy only once per game session.

We Come in Peace

Starfleet officers are trained in non-violent conflict resolution, and firmly believe in giving peace a chance. This sincerity impresses others. In Influence, Negotiate, and Persuade tests, Starfleet officers can reduce interaction stance penalties by half (rounding down); for example swaying a hostile/violent crowd would thus only be at -5 to TN.

Lieutenant Vivian del Pozo, Flight Controller (NPC)

Professional Abilities

Atmospheric Craft

The flight control officer has learned to pilot various atmospheric craft, including not only shuttles, but also archaic fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The character gains a +2 bonus to System Operation (Flight Control) tests made to pilot atmospheric craft. Each upgrade increases the bonus by +2.

Evasive Maneuvers

The conn bears the responsibility of getting the ship out of danger or maneuvering it into a better tactical position. When required to perform maneuver actions in space combat, she rolls an additional die (3d6), but keeps the highest two rolls. The rule for rolling double 6's still applies.

Starship Duty

Every starship officer has a specific duty aboard a starship or starbase—flight control officer, transporter operator, engineer, communications officers, and so on. When choosing this ability, select one starship officer elite profession to represent your character's shipboard position. This ability substitutes for all of the prerequisites for entering that elite profession. This ability may be chosen more than once, but the character may never advance more than two elite professions at a given time.

Lieutenant Eustacio Carballal, Flight Controller (NPC)

Professional Abilities

Astrogation

While anyone with the proper skill can enter coordinates into a flight control station, Conn officers receive extensive training in space navigation. When the conn makes System Operations (Flight Control) skill tests, he gains an affinity bonus equal to half his Space Sciences skill level, rounding up (+4).

Starship Duty

Every starship officer has a specific duty aboard a starship or starbase—flight control officer, transporter operator, engineer, communications officers, and so on. When choosing this ability, select one starship officer elite profession to represent your character's shipboard position. This ability substitutes for all of the prerequisites for entering that elite profession. This ability may be chosen more than once, but the character may never advance more than two elite professions at a given time.

Systems Technician

While qualified engineers usually make any repairs to the flight console, the conn has sufficient training to recalibrate equipment, reprogram the controls, and make minor repairs in emergency situations. When making repairs, the conn can reroll one Systems Engineering (Flight Control) test and use the better of the two results. This ability may be used only once per game session.