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Orion Syndicate

The **Orion Syndicate** was the largest organized crime enterprise operating within the sphere of influence of the United Federation of Planets.

## History

By 2339, the Orion Syndicate had become one of the few remaining - and by far the largest - organized criminal enterprises inside Federation space. The Syndicate itself was an outgrowth of a formerly more legitimate interstellar government, which then devolved into a mafia state controlled by the Syndicate.

## Diplomatic Relations

### Federation

The rise of the Syndicate and its supplanting of the legitimate Orion government happened largely in tandem with the increase of Federation influence over local space. As the Federation grew in size and influence, the criminal elements of Orion society resisted the new civil order championed by it. In the early 24th century, Syndicate leaders were ultimately successful in supplanting the legitimate Orion government with their own agents and interests. As a result, the Orion government and Syndicate remain the largest antagonist to Federation governance contained entirely within the Federation sphere of influence.

By 2339, the acknowledgement by the Federation and Starfleet that the Syndicate was the principle seat of power within Orion society was still a relatively recent one. Starfleet Intelligence had spent a considerable amount of time and resources attempting to successfully place agents inside the organization, but had only achieved limited success.

### Romulan Star Empire

One of the Syndicate's principal trading partners was the Romulan Star Empire, which used the Syndicate to circumvent a general embargo of the Star Empire by the Federation. The Syndicate was the largest and most effective violator of that embargo and it was believed that a significant fraction of total Romulan economic activity was connected to the Orion Syndicate in some way.

### Klingon Empire

The Klingon Empire as a whole had little interaction with the Orion Syndicate. In the years following the Praxis Incident, the Empire entered into a series of trade agreements with the Syndicate to supply resources it could not acquire on its own and which the Federation would not provide. But as the Empire regained its self-sufficiency in the 2320's and 30's, those agreements were progressively phased out. By 2339, there was little official dialogue between the Klingon High Council and Orion Syndicate leadership.

Nevertheless, some Klingons were known to work for and with the Syndicate in various capacities, particularly those that sought to engage the Federation in armed conflict but could not find a way to do so that was sanctioned by the Klingon government.
Zane Knoll

**Zane Knoll** was a human colonist on the Federation colony of Carina VII. He was considered an eccentric and sometimes unreliable personality by his fellow colonists, including colony Governor Syreeta Sebastian. In 2339, during an investigation by an away team from the USS Tempest (NCC-10535), Knoll claimed he had seen Romulan agents disturbing his property. The away team investigated these claims and discovered they were true, ultimately discovering a hidden Romulan outpost as a result.
Klingon High Council

The **Klingon High Council** was the legislative and ruling body of the Klingon Empire. An aristocratic oligarchy, the High Council was composed of the leaders of the twenty-four most powerful Great Houses of Klingon society, and was presided over by the Chancellor.

In 2339, the High Council was presided over by Chancellor Kravokh, son of J'Doq (Memory Beta).

In 2340, House M'regh occupied one of the seats of the High Council.
Starfleet Intelligence

**Starfleet Intelligence** was a department within the Federation Starfleet, responsible for and focusing on matters related to intelligence gathering, counter intelligence operations, and covert and undercover operations.

### Personnel

* Commander Marta Batanides
* Lieutenant Rhonda Garcia
* Lieutenant Cynthia Milder
USS Parnassus (NCC-18085)

The **USS Parnassus (NCC-18085)** was an Everest-class cutter assigned to Starbase 94.

In 2339, the chief of security of Starbase 94 used the *Parnassus* to dispatch a security team to rendezvous with the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) and take wanted smuggler Ash Loon into custody, though the *Tempest* ultimately ended up bringing Loon to the starbase before the *Parnassus* could reach the *Tempest*.

Loon later escaped custody and used the *Parnassus* to flee the starbase. At some point, he abandoned the vessel, though its ultimate whereabouts and fate remain unknown to Starfleet.

The *Parnassus* was named for Mount Parnassus, a mountain in the Greece region of Earth with cultural and mythological significance.
T'Lara

**T'Lara** was a female Vulcan Starfleet officer. In 2339, she briefed the crew of the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) on their mission to investigate temporal anomalies afflicting the colony world of Carina VII.

## Background Information

Admiral T'Lara was a character that appeared in the DS9 episode "Rules of Engagement" and was described in that episode's script as an "older Vulcan female." The "Entropy's Demise" mission as written in the "These Are the Voyages..." mission compendium is set at about the same time as the DS9 episode, while Star Trek: Tempest is set 33 years before T'Lara's appearance in "Rules of Engagement," given the established length of a typical Vulcan lifespan, T'Lara could easily have been an admiral as early as 2339.
USS Abaco (NCC-21470)

The **USS Abaco (NCC-21470)** was a *Merced*-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the mid-24th century. After the USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464) was damaged heavily by a Romulan attack during its patrol of the Romulan Neutral Zone, the *Abaco* assumed its patrol duties while the *Ellesmere* underwent repairs. (WOG)

The *Abaco* was named for a group of islands in the Bahamas, once home to freed African slaves that effected the largest successful slave revolt in the history of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Amoq

**Amoq** was a Klingon man, member of the Klingon Defense Force, and the member of an influential family with a seat on the Klingon High Council. By 2267, he had recently risen to command of his own ship, part of a fleet positioned to take the Archanis Sector once the Klingons began a planned war against the Federation. However, the Organians intervened before the full conflict could break out and as a result, the Archanis invasion never took place.

Amoq peripherally participated in a few small skirmishes with the Federation in the decades between the Treaty of Organia and the Khitomer Accords but never saw major action. In the months leading up to the explosion of the Klingon moon Praxis, Amoq was involved in formulating a plan for a renewed invasion of the Federation. However the moon's explosion derailed those plans and ultimately lead to the signing of the Khitomer Accords, ushering in a period of relative peace between the two powers.

Well into the 24th century, Amoq argued that peace with the Federation was a mistake but was unable to ever affect much policy change with the Klingon High Council. Though there were several skirmishes between Klingon and Federation elements over the years, Amoq was never responsible for or involved in them.

By 2339, he was nearing the end of his career, having never had the opportunity to engage in a major conflict nor to increase his standing and influence in the Empire.
Word of God

**Word of God**, abbreviated to **WOG**, is a term used by the website TVTropes.org to refer to any clarifying statement about an ambiguous or undefined element in a story made by that story's creative authority. In the context of this wiki, it is used to notate any piece of lore that Brian has created but is not from either established *Star Trek* canon nor has been established in the course of a Star Trek: Tempest mission or episode, but is nonetheless considered an established element of Star Trek: Tempest's lore.

The citation (WOG) after a piece of information indicates that it is a Word of God and is not sourced to either established *Star Trek* canon or from something established in the course of a Star Trek: Tempest episode.
Federation Diplomatic Council

The **Federation Diplomatic Council** was one of the principle sub-councils of the Federation Council. It primarily handled relations both amongst Federation member worlds as well as relations between the Federation and other interstellar governments. It also negotiated treaties and trade agreements and managed assistance to planets and other interstellar entities that request it.

Councillors on the Diplomatic Council are the Federation's principle agents in mediating disputes both amongst Federation member worlds and between the Federation and outside governments. As a result, the Diplomatic Council is in some ways considered the first among equals of the eight sub-councils and is also considered the main legislative body of the Federation government. Councillors on the Diplomatic Council are also addressed as "ambassador" in most situations.

The Diplomatic Council was divided into five principle council committees:

* Diplomatic Corps
* Trade Council
* Assistance Council
* Membership Council
* First Contact Council
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)

The **USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)** was an *Ambassador*-class Federation starship operated by Starfleet in the mid-24th century. It was commanded by Rachel Garrett and considered the "flagship" of Starfleet.

## Lineage

The *Ambassador*-class *Enterprise* was the fourth Federation Starfleet ship to be named *Enterprise*, continuing a tradition of naming one of the first ships of a new premiere exploration cruiser design after Captain James T. Kirk's 23rd century *Constitution*-class USS Enterprise (NCC-1701). The *Enterprise* was also unique in retaining its original registry code with a letter suffix, following the *Constitution*-class NCC-1701-A and *Excelsior*-class NCC-1701-B.

## Auxiliary Craft

* Everest-class cutters
	+ USS Seleya (NCC-17536)
	+ USS El Capitan (NCC-17691)
Selem Bor

**Selem Bor** was a Trill and member of the Federation Science Council in 2339. He was instrumental in persuading the Federation Council to negotiate with the Klingon High Council to secure the necessary travel permissions for an expedition to the planet Athrak V, a planet in Klingon space.

He was also aware of and helped supervise Project Sphex, a classified research group organized by the Science Council which was tasked with researching a particular and still mostly unknown alien force.

Selem was a joined Trill, which meant that the humanoid individual contained a separate symbiotic life-form that carried the memories of previous hosts, which the current host could access. However, as of 2339, this was still unknown to most non-Trill Federation citizens. According to the naming traditions of Trill culture, Selem was the given name of the humanoid while Bor was the acknowledged name of the symbiote, though most non-Trills were unaware of the distinction.
Starbase Conrad

**Starbase Conrad** was a space-based stationary facility constructed and operated by the Federation Starfleet and located on the edge of Federation space in the Beta Quadrant. The station's primary purpose was to facilitate trade and cultural exchange with other spacefaring powers located further into the Beta Quadrant on the far side of the Klingon and Romulan empires.

The USS Tempest (NCC-10535) visited Starbase Conrad in 2342 as the station was nearing completion, delivering one of the last shipments of equipment and materiel before the station was scheduled to become fully operational.

## Auxiliary Craft

* Everest-class cutters
	+ USS Ultar (NCC-17701)
	+ USS Ararat (NCC-17758)
	+ USS Erebus (NCC-18043)
	+ USS Whitney (NCC-18080)
USS Kumari (NCC-2584)

The **USS Kumari (NCC-2584)** was a Constellation-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the 23rd and 24th centuries. In 2339, it was commanded by Captain Donald Varley and was assigned to patrol the Cardassian border. (WOG)

The *Kumari* was named for the first Andorian ship to circumnavigate Andoria and several other notable ships also named for the original. (Memory-Alpha)
Caitlin Mallory

**Caitlin Mallory** was a Federation Starfleet officer in the late 22nd century and executive officer of the USS Eridanus (NCC-T117).

# Summary

In 2187, while returning from a colony supply mission, the *Eridanus* encountered an alien creature that assumed the form of *Eridanus* crew members and at approximately the same time, also became infected with a paranoia inducing psychotropic compound from a nearby planet. This combination of factors led to a descent into sectarian violence among the *Eridanus* crew. Mallory, following the death of the ship's captain, became the leader of the command faction and in this capacity, led efforts to defeat the engineering faction and capture its leader, Chief Engineer Darlene Phillips.

In 2339, after approximately two years of elapsed time within the temporal distortion, she succeeded and quickly proceeded to try Phillips in a show trial, sentencing her to death. Before the execution could be carried out, crew members from the USS Tempest (NCC-10535), who had discovered the *Eridanus* after over 150 years of elapsed time outside the temporal distortion, managed to anesthetize and cure the *Eridanus* crew of the effects of the psychotropic compound, Mallory included.

The *Tempest* crew subsequently neutralized the temporal distortion, after which Mallory and the rest of the surviving *Eridanus* crew were taken to Starbase 36 for psychiatric and temporal rehabilitation.

# Gameplay

## Attacks

* Phase Pistol
	+ Ranged
	+ 6口
	+ Deadly
	+ Size 1H

## Special Rules

* Fearless: Mallory cannot be easily intimidated. In all Social Conflicts where a character uses threats or other forms of coercion against her she may re-roll two d20s.
* Resilience: War has hardened Mallory in both the mind and the body. She suffers one less point of Stress from any damage inflicted upon her.
* Commanding Presence: When using the Direct Task to assist one of her subordinates, that individual may re-roll one d20.
* Exploit: When using the Exploit Task, Mallory may reroll any number of d20s.
SS Lydia

The SS Lydia was an early warp-capable human starship operated by Earth. The ship was part of a three ship expedition to Alpha Centauri that also included the SS Tempest and SS Acheron and lasted from 2066-2068.

The Lydia continued on the return journey to Earth after the Acheron's warp drive failed, stranding it in interstellar space. While the Tempest stayed with the Acheron, the Lydia returned to Earth, taking on fresh supplies and a repair team, which it then ferried back to the Acheron. Once repairs were completed, all three vessels returned to Earth, completing the Alpha Centauri Expedition in 2068.

Afterwards, the ship was used as a testbed for new warp technology before being retired in 2078. It was disassembled and placed in Smithsonian storage in 2101.
Episode 178 - Prison Yelp

* The induction of a Church of the Knife member

### Overall Plot

* Tokoyo's father, a Samurai, was banished, and she misses him a lot, so she sells everything to find him
* She was raised diving with the women of the village, so she's brave
* By the time she gets to the docks, she's low on money, and no fishermen will take her because it's illegal to land of banishment-island
* she steals a boat and paddles out with her hands, and is super sick by the time she gets there
* she asks a man to help her find her dad, but he says no stop asking, and then she wanders around homeless for a while
* she finds a Buddha shrine, and prays and sleeps there
* in the morning, she wakes up to find a sobbing 15 year old girl, and a priest/shrive keeper (creeper) praying. He goes to throw the girl off the cliff, and Tokoyo grabs and saves her
* Turns out there's an underwater evil god who demands a 15-year-old girl sacrifice every June 13 between 8 and 9 otherwise he causes floods and storms and kills all the fishermen
* Tokoyo volunteers to go in the girl's stead (even though she's 18), since she can't find her father anyway. She gives the priest a letter to deliver to her father, and then puts a knife from her ancestors between her death and dives in
* She sees a man, and realizes it's the statue of the guy that banished her dad, so she wants to take revenge on it, but decides to bring it to the surface instead
* then she sees a big lizard/snake monster, and it comes toward her hungrily, and just in time she sidesteps and stabs its right eye
* it's flailing, so she stabs its heart from the left, and then fights it off to keep it from retreating back into the dark cave until it dies
* she carries the carcass and the statue to the surface
* turns out the guy that banished her dad has been super sick, and then wasn't anymore, so he gets told about the statue and realizes someone had cursed the statue and drowned it to harm him because he banished them unjustly
* the monster had been drawn to the island by the evilness of the cursed statue
* dad is un-banished and all is cool

## Discussion Points

* toilets
* troughs are the scourge of toilets
* the miracle is in the effort
* shrine creeper
* breathing into drowning people
Farius Prime

**Farius Prime** was an independent planet located in neutral space near the United Federation of Planets, the Cardassian Union, and the Ferengi Alliance. Its proximity to these territories and location in neutral space made it a frequent destination for Bajorans fleeing the Cardassian Occupation.

Though significantly developed, there was a substantial organized criminal element on the planet. For Bajoran refugees, it was a dangerous destination, since the criminal elements would often prey on the refugees, promising to transport them to safety for a fee and then turning around and selling them back to the Cardassians or other slavers.
USS Hamilton (NCC-1765)

The **USS Hamilton (NCC-1765)** was a Constitution-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the 23rd century.

In 2265, its crew abandoned ship when a test of a new tachyon based weapon malfunctioned and propelled the ship forward in time to the year 2339. Having been propelled forward in time, the ship's tachyon weapon was still active, causing numerous temporally related anomalies on the nearby Federation colony of Carina VII.

The USS Tempest (NCC-10535) was dispatched to investigate the anomalies and discovered the abandoned *Hamilton* in orbit around Carina X. The derelict ship had already been discovered and boarded by nearby Romulan forces. An away team from the *Tempest* boarded the *Hamilton* and managed to disengage the weapon and prevent the ship from exploding, which would've caused a saturation of tachyon particles in the Carina system that would've rendered it uninhabitable. After a brief confrontation and successful negotiation, *Tempest* captain Rye-jae Maddox convinced the Romulan commander Merrok to allow the plans and the prototype weapon to be destroyed in exchange for taking the *Hamilton* back to Romulan space for study. Its fate following its handover to the Romulan forces is unknown.

The *Hamilton* was named for Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, architect of its first financial system, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and founder of the country's Coast Guard.

## Current Status

The *Hamilton* was taken by the Romulan forces present in the Carina system as part of an agreement brokered by Maddox and Merrok. Merrok had hoped to bring the *Hamilton* back for further study, but the ship broke up in transit in the Neutral Zone.

## Crew

### Command Crew

* Commanding Officer
	+ Tal'lek Shran
* Chief Engineering Officer
	+ Matis

## Background Information

The original registry of the *Constitution*-class USS Hamilton as written in the These Are the Voyages... mission compendium book is recorded as NCC-1145. While there are other, canonical *Constitution*-class ships with registries lower than the USS Constitution (NCC-1700) herself, their existence complicates the theory that registry numbers are sequential. As a result, Brian chose to change the *Hamilton's* registry to NCC-1765, making it a sister ship to the USS Defiant (NCC-1764) featured in the episode "The Tholian Web" from the original series. While this change does nothing to address existing canon *Constitution* registries below NCC-1700, it does at least prevent the addition of another one.
Madame d'Aulnoy

## Author

Madame d'Aulnoy, AKA Baroness d'Aulnoy, AKA the Mad Baroness, AKA Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville was a French noblewoman who lived from 1650-1705. She originated the term 'fairy tale'. Her life had intrigue in it, including having a husband who was accused of treason, which may inform the themes in her work.

As a writer, her stories tend to have a lot in common with teen fanfic, what with overly complicated plots, long descriptions of shiny things, nonsense morals, characters and events that come out of no-where, and out right copying plot points in her favorite stories, especially Cupid and Psyche. Carmen loves her and hates her. She is the bane of Tyler existence. Gordie has to deal with her every year.

## Episodes

The Green Serpent (1, 2, 3, 4)

Prince Ariel (1, 2, 3, 4)
Nevis Stone

The **Nevis Stone** was an artifact first discovered on the planet Thelon III by Andorian researcher and archeologist Silla Sh'thaasreth. The artifact was similar in nature to Earth's Rosetta Stone, a stone tablet that provided a common base of translation between three ancient Earth languages. The Nevis Stone however, seemed to demonstrate a common origin for the languages of three separate planets with no other known connections, as well as a fourth language that did not correspond to any known extent civilization.

Initially, Sh'thaasreth believed the stone's fourth language was the native language of the local, pre-warp Thelon civilization. But subsequent study revealed that the Thelon language had been independently derived using the stone as a starting point. Silla and other researchers came to believe that the artifact was of extraterrestrial origin from the Thelon point of view and that ancient Thelons had discovered the Nevis Stone at some point in their history and then used it as inspiration to spur the independent development of Thelon language and consequently, Thelon civilization.

At the time she first recovered the artifact and brought it to the Vulcan Science Academy for study, Sh'thaasreth did not realize its ongoing cultural importance to the Thelon culture. Its removal caused significant disruption to Thelon society and had its significance been known in advance, the Prime Directive would've prevented its removal and the resulting upheaval.

Following this realization, Silla argued vehemently that the artifact be returned to the planet. But the leadership of the Vulcan Science Academy disagreed and ultimately decided to keep the artifact, reasoning that because it was an extremely valuable find and that returning it would not undue the cultural damage already done, more good could be done by keeping and continuing to study it.

As of mid 2339, the Nevis Stone remained in the possession of the Vulcan Science Academy on Vulcan and is continued to be studied. Sometime in 2339, Dr. Ramsey discovered a connection between the stone and an extinct civilization that once inhabited Athrak V. Though the nature of this connection remains unknown to most, it prompted Ramsey to approach Dr. Richard Galen, who subsequently arranged an expedition to Athrak V, a difficult diplomatic feat at the time, considering Athrak V's location inside Klingon space and the state of Klingon/Federation relations at the time.
John Kearney

**John Kearney** was a Starfleet officer in the late 22nd century. He served as Armory Officer aboard the USS Eridanus (NCC-T117).

## Aboard the Eridanus

### Disappearance

In 2287, Kearney was serving aboard the *USS Eridanus* as it returned from a colony supply mission near the Romulan border. He disappeared along with the ship and was declared Missing In Action along with the *Eridanus* and the rest of its crew.

### Rediscovery

In 2339, Kearney was discovered by the crew of the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) on the surface of an uncharted Class M planet, alive and near one of the *Eridanus*' shuttlecraft. Despite the passage of over 150 years worth of time in the outside galaxy, only six years of time had elapsed since Kearney landed on the planet. The discrepancy was apparently due to the effects of a nearby temporal distortion, which affected the speed of the passage of time.

Kearney was, according to the logs found aboard his shuttlecraft, part of a larger landing party comprised of three shuttles and twelve personnel. While the other shuttles and their crew eventually returned to the *Eridanus*, engine problems with Kearney's shuttlecraft prevented it from doing the same. Kearney and three other away team members were stranded on the planet as a result. Over the intervening six years of perceived elapsed time, the other members of the away team perished, leaving Kearney alone on the planet.

Kearney was discovered in an agitated state, apparently affected by a psychotropic compound present in the planet's water supply. The *Tempest* crew subdued Kearney and, after bringing him aboard the *Tempest*, treated him of his induced psychosis.

Shortly thereafter, the *Tempest* discovered the *Eridanus* trapped within a temporal distortion close to the planet. Kearney beamed aboard the *Eridanus* with members of the *Tempest* crew and assisted in neutralizing the psychoactive compound, carried to the *Eridanus* by the other shuttlecraft that had successfully returned from the planet's surface. Kearney also assisted in regaining control of the ship and collapsing the temporal distortion.

## Current Status

Following the closure of the wormhole and neutralization of the accompanying temporal distortion, Kearney was taken to Starbase 36, where he is undergoing psychological and temporal rehabilitation.
USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)

The **USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)** was the prototype and first commissioned vessel of the Excelsior-class starships. It was ordered and built as part of the Excelsior Transwarp Project, an attempt to build a vessel with a revolutionary new propulsion system. Though the transwarp drive itself was ultimately unsuccessful, culminating in a total systems failure for the ship in its first attempt to engage the drive, the *Excelsior* was afterwards refitted with a conventional warp drive and eventually commissioned into regular service.

Captain Lawrence Styles served as the *Excelsior's* commanding officer for much of its time in engine testing. Following the failure of the transwarp drive, Hikaru Sulu replaced Styles and supervised the winding down of the project and the ship's subsequent refit with conventional warp drive. Sulu served as the *Excelsior's* temporary commander during its shakedown cruise, after which he was assigned as permanent commander as the ship entered operational service.
Mheven

**Mheven** was a Romulan warbird commander that faced off against the Federation starships USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464) and USS Tempest (NCC-10535) in the Romulan Neutral Zone in early 2339.

Her attack on the *USS Ellesmere* and the subsequent stand off was part of a plan to recover a Romulan agent aboard the *Ellesmere*. Ultimately, the gambit failed and the spy was apprehended by Starfleet forces.

## Current Status

As a result of this failure, Mheven was punished by Romulan High Command and removed from her command.
USS Tar'hana (NCC-17722)

The **USS Tar'hana (NCC-17722)** was one of three Everest-class cutters assigned to the Ivex III mining operation in 2339. It was named for the *Tar'hana* volcano in the Kir province on Vulcan.

Following the decommissioning of the Ivex III operation, the *Tar'hana* and the other two cutters were reassigned to other facilities.
The Camp Daybreak Massacre

**By:** ???

**About:** The story of Weenie Hollow 2022. "Reader beware, are you prepared for guts and gore, the likes of which you have never seen. Does the sight of slaughtered children, gruesome dismemberments and buckets of blood make your heart race with excitement? Dive into these pages and let your darkest desires come alive. Lock your doors, check under your bed and get ready for a summer you'll never forget."

**Trivia:**

* First appears in Chapter 1 of Weenie Hollow 2022.
* It is read by Artis Artisian in a bookstore in the Bridgefort.
* A small and interesting looking novella.
Ambassador-class

The **Ambassador-class** was a starship design operated by the Federation Starfleet in the 24th century. It was designed to replace the Excelsior-class as Starfleet's premiere exploration focused starship.

## Known Vessels

* USS Tempest (NCC-10535)
* USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)
* USS Phoenix (NCC-10537)
* USS Victoria (NCC-10538)
* USS Endeavour (NCC-10539)
* USS Challenger (NCC-10540)
PADD

A PADD, short for Personal Access Display Device, was a handheld computer interface. PADDs were used by multiple alien cultures and societies, including the United Federation of Planets, and Romulans.

In 2339, an away team from the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) discovered a Romulan PADD in a hidden outpost abandoned by the Romulans, which had escaped destruction. This PADD provided valuable information on the Romulans' purpose and own efforts investigating the same temporal anomalies the Tempest had come to investigate.
USS Nehushtan (NCC-8163)

The **USS Nehushtan** **(NCC-8163)** was a *Mercy*-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the late 23rd and early 24th-centuries.

In 2321, its commanding officer, Tellarite captain Grev participated in a series of ritual challenges against a Gorn starship captain that was modeled after the circumstances surrounding first contact between the Gorn Hegemony and the Federation. Grev did not survive the encounter and following his death, first officer Commander Jafor Alam became the ship's commanding officer.

The *Nehushtan* was named for a bronze staff from Jewish mythology that healed all those who looked upon it.
Task

A **Task** is the basic gameplay mechanical element in the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game rules system. It can be any action taken by a character in the narrative that is difficult but is neither guaranteed success or impossible.

## Gameplay

### Basic Task

When attempting a Task, the player declares what they want to attempt within the context of the narrative. The GM then decides what Discipline and Attribute stats apply and assigns a Difficulty level to the task. Once the GM has decided and declared these variables, the player then attempts the task:

* Adds the relevant Discipline and Attribute values together to create the target number.
* Applies a Focus if relevant.
* Chooses how many dice they want to use to attempt the task. A player always rolls two dice by default and then can use various game mechanics to add more dice or otherwise improve their odds, usually by using the Momentum resource in some way.
* Rolls the number of 20-sided die.
* Any number rolled that is equal to or less than the target number counts as a Success. The player must roll a number of Successes equal to or greater to the task's Difficulty level.
	+ A naturally rolled 1 is considered a Critical Success and counts as two successes.
	+ A naturally rolled 20 is considered a Critical Failure and incurs a Complication, which is an additional difficulty above and beyond simply not succeeding at the task. If the Complication Range is more than 1, than a die roll result within the range incurs a complication. If the complication range is 2, then a 19 or 20 result both incur complications. A complication range of 3 incurs a complication on an 18, 19, or 20 result, and so on.
* If the number of Successes is equal or greater than the Difficulty Level, the character succeeds at the Task. If the number of Successes rolled is less than the Difficulty Level, the character fails the Task. Either way, the GM adapts the narrative based on the task outcome.
Federation Interior Council

The **Federation Interior Council** was one of the principle subdivisions of the Federation Council and was primarily responsible for maintaining various infrastructure systems, developing and supporting Federation colonies, and fostering cultural exchange amongst Federation members and protectorates. The Interior Council was divided into three principle committee councils:

* Infrastructure Council
* Colonial Council
* Cultural Council
K'at

**K'at** was a Caitian male Starfleet officer that served as a nurse onboard the starship USS Tempest (NCC-10535) in the mid-24th century.

In 2339, during the *Tempest*'s mission to assist the USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464) while it was stranded in the Romulan Neutral Zone, K'at beamed aboard the *Ellesmere* along with *Tempest* CMO Dr. Aurora Teal and assisted in treating injured *Ellesmere* crewmembers. (1.3: Border Dispute)
Cutter

A cutter was a type of auxiliary craft operated by the Federation Starfleet in the mid to late 24th century. The cutter designation was used to indicate that the vessel type was larger and more capable than a traditional shuttlecraft, though still not considered a full-fledged starship in its own right.

The first cutter design widely employed by Starfleet in an operational capacity was the Everest-class, which entered service in 2333. At least two other cutter classes would eventually see widespread use, the Mojave-class, which entered service in 2340, and the Adriatic-class, which entered service in 2352.

The cutter type designation would later be supplanted by the runabout type, beginning with the Danube-class, introduced in 2368.

## Vessel Classes

* Everest-class
* Mojave-class
* Adriatic-class
Paulson Nebula

The **Paulson Nebula** was a body of interstellar gas located within Federation space near the borders of the Romulan Star Empire and Klingon Empire.

In 2339, the Romulan warbird *IRW Kimara* became stranded near the Paulson Nebula when its crew succumbed to radiation poisoning.

*In 2366 of an alternate timeline, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) hid in the Paulson Nebula after being pursued by a Borg cube. Eventually, the cube forced the Enterprise out of the nebula using magnetometric guided charges before continuing onto Earth in a failed attempt to assimilate the planet. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)*
Project Sphex

**Project Sphex** was a classified research project first organized by the Federation Science Council in 2293. It was formed to find evidence of and research a mostly unknown alien force that had been described by a group of alien refugees who had arrived in Federation space in the same year.

The project was run by independent civilian scientists and reported directly to the Science Council. The project produced very few results between its inception and 2338. But in early 2339, a survey vessel discovered an artifact that was believed to be the first piece of still active technology belonging to the alien force, in unexplored neutral space to the galactic south of the Gorn Hegemony. Upon this discovery, the Science Council immediately authorized the project to deploy four survey vessels to further investigate the area and establish a research outpost to continue studying the artiface.

All Starfleet vessels were provided with a notice that should they encounter any of the survey vessels attached to Project Sphex requesting their help, they were required to provide any assistance necessary, even at the cost of other ongoing missions.
USS Monitor (NCC-1901)

The **USS Monitor (NCC-1901)** was a Federation starship that was in service in the 23rd and 24th centuries. It was the first Federation starship to survey Turkana IV and discovered the planet's abundant geothermal and mineral resources.

The *Monitor* was named for the first ironclad commissioned by the United States on Earth and which fought in that nation's civil war.
USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464)

The **USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464)** was a Merced-class vessel in service of the Federation Starfleet in the mid-24th century. In 2339, it was attacked and disabled by a Romulan warbird after suffering a navigational error and drifting into the Romulan Neutral Zone, killing the *Ellesmere* captain and killing or injuring half the crew in the process. Though unknown at the time, the navigational error was actually the work of a Romulan spy onboard who had sabotaged the navigational array in an attempt facilitate the ship's capture.

After being disabled, the *Ellesmere* issued a distress call, which the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) responded to. Upon arriving, the *Tempest* beamed aboard an away team to assist with repairs and treating the injured. In the course of this work, *Tempest* CMO Dr. Aurora Teal discovered that the *Ellesmere* captain, Captain Laura Blake, had actually been murdered and was not a straightforward casualty of the Romulan attack.

Teal and *Tempest* executive officer TJ Goodspeed investigated the captain's murder and eventually discovered the culprit was Ensign Tellek, a Romulan Tal Shiar agent posing as a Starfleet operations officer. Tellek attempted to escape the *Ellesmere* via shuttlecraft but was prevented from doing so, eventually being beamed directly into the *Tempest* brig.

The Romulan warbird commander, Mheven, attempted to negotiate the return of Tellek in exchange for the safe release of the *Ellesmere* and its crew, though *Tempest* captain Rye-jae Maddox chose instead to open fire, buying enough time for the *Ellesmere* to successfully maneuver out of the Neutral Zone and back into Federation space. (1.3: "Border Dispute")

The *Ellesmere* was named for a large island in Earth's Arctic region.

## Current Status

Following the ship's safe return to the Federation side of the Neutral Zone, it proceeded to Starbase 324 for more extensive repair. Its patrol route was temporarily assumed by the USS Abaco (NCC-21470) while the damaged shipunderwent repairs. (WOG)

## Appearances

Border Dispute

 Technical Data

### Auxiliary Craft

The *Ellesmere* carries a standard complement of shuttle and auxiliary craft for a Merced-class vessel.

#### Type-5 Shuttlecraft

* Ansari (NCC-21464/1)
* Leonov (NCC-21464/2)

#### Type-13 Shuttlepod

* Cabana (NCC-21464/3)
* Pettit (NCC-21464/4)

#### Work Bees

* 21464-α
* 21464-β

## Crew

### Command Crew

* Commanding Officer
	+ Captain Laura Blake (-2339)
* First Officer/Executive Officer
	+ Lieutenant Commander Alison Lewis (-2339)
* Chief Medical Officer
	+ Lieutenant G'Trel (-2339)

### Personnel

* Lieutenant Dallon (-2339)
* Ensign Tellek (-2339)
Merrok

Commander **Merrok** was a Romulan officer in the Imperial Romulan Navy and commander of the warbird IRW Belorex.

## Current Status

Merrok, already deeply suspicious of Federation motives, feels betrayed and taken advantage of by Maddox. He was punished by Romulan High Command for failing in his mission, though he was barely able to hold onto the command of his warbird.

## Gameplay

### Attacks

* Unarmed Strike (Melee, 2口, Knockdown, Size 1H)
* Knife (Melee, 5口, Hidden 1, Deadly, Vicious 1, Size 1H)
* Disruptor Pistol (Ranged, 7口, Vicious 1, Size 1H)

### Special Rules

* Threatening 2: When the player characters encounter Merrok, add two threat to the threat pool.
* Unless a player character has a higher daring than Merrok, Merrok always acts first and before the first player character.
* Merrok grants all Romulan NPCs under his command an additional task each turn.
IKS Vathraq

The **IKS Vathraq** was a B'rel-class bird-of-prey operated by the Klingon Defense Force in the mid-24th century. In 2339, it participated in a failed attempt on behalf of the Romulan Star Empire to steal experimental torpedo technology during a demonstration by Angosian forces. (1.2: That Which Is Unknown)

The *Vathraq* was named for a mytho-historical figure from Klingon cultural who sheltered Kahless the Unforgettable but was later killed by Molor. (Memory Beta)
Eele Notus

**Eele Notus** was a Bajoran male Starfleet officer serving as the deputy chief engineer onboard the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) in the mid-24th century.

Eele was one of hundreds of Bajorans who fled the Cardassian occupation of their homeworld and found refuge within the Federation and one of dozens who went on to join and serve in Starfleet.

During the *Tempest*'s mission to the Carina system, Eele joined an away team that boarded the USS Hamilton (NCC-1765) by shuttlecraft. While the other members of the away team searched the ship, Eele remained with the shuttlecraft in the *Hamilton*'s hanger bay and engaged in a complicated, ongoing, but ultimately pointless back and forth maneuvering the *Tempest* shuttlecraft against an also present Romulan shuttlecraft.
IKS Praktoth

The **IKS Praktoth** was a B'rel-class bird-of-prey operated by the Klingon Defense Force in the mid-24th century. In 2339, it was attached to the IKS NaQjej near the Ivex system and was available to assist other nearby Klingon ships if needed, though it did not end up providing any during the *Tempest*'s presence there. (1.2: That Which Is Unknown)

The *Praktoth* was named for a Klingon captain who won a significant victory against the Gorn. (WOG)
Rhonda Garcia

**Rhonda Garcia** was a human Starfleet officer serving as an intelligence analyst on the Sentry Station 7 listening post along the Romulan Neutral Zone.

 Personnel File

* Name (Serial Number): Garcia, Rhonda (HG-441A-315)
* Rank (Date of Rank): Lieutenant (Classified)
* Birthdate/place: Classified
* Assignment History
	+ Classified
* Prior CO: Commander Marta Batanides, Starfleet Intelligence
* Training Facility: Classified
* Personal Details:
	+ Classified
* Commendations: Classified
* Average Efficiency/Coind Rating: Classified
Curzon Dax

**Curzon Dax** was a Trill that served as an ambassador in the Federation Diplomatic Corps in the 23rd and 24th centuries. Dax was a part of many negotiations that happened between the Federation and the Klingon Empire in the late 23nd and early to mid 24th centuries, including the Korvat colony negotiations in 2289 and the Khitomer Accords of 2293. As a result, he formed a close relationship with several notable Klingon figures, including the warrior Kang, who eventually named his first son in honor of Dax.

Though unknown to most non-Trills at the time, Curzon Dax was a joined Trill, which meant that the humanoid individual contained a symbiotic creature that included the memories of its previous hosts. In the case of Curzon Dax, the humanoid individual was Curzon while the symbiote was Dax. The two became joined in the year 2286, following the death of Dax's sixth host, Joran.

*In a potentially alternate timeline, Curzon Dax would pass away in 2367, after which the Dax symbiote would be passed to its eighth host, Jadzia Dax, who would of course become a key figure aboard the Federation space station Deep Space Nine in the 2360s and 70s. It remains to be seen whether the Tempest version of Curzon Dax will experience a different history.*
House M'regh

**House M'regh** was one of the twenty-four Great Houses that occupied a seat on the Klingon High Council in the year 2340. House M'regh was one of the houses that opposed returning to war with the Federation once the Khitomer Accords expired.

Members

Kolor: M'regh's younger brother and an overall wealthy and influential individual in Klingon society. He is also an asset of Commander Marta Batanides at Starfleet Intelligence, doing what he can to steer the Empire away from war with the Federation.

M'regh: Kolor's older brother and the head of the house (and therefore its namesake). Also the member of House M'regh that occupied the house's seat on the Klingon High Council.
Incident at Ivex (mission)

## Summary

The starship Tempest is called on to ease rising diplomatic tensions between two rival dilithium mining operations on neighboring planets, one established by the Federation on Ivex III and one by the Klingon Empire on Ivex II.

## Characters (NPCs)

* Administrator Norris Lee
* Captain Klotha
* Administrator Boq

## Vessels and Facilities

* USS Orizaba (NCC-17685)
* USS Uluru (NCC-17719)
* USS Tar'hana (NCC-17722)
* IKS Tong Vey
* USS Gan De (NCC-9918)
* Ivex II
	+ Caves
	+ Klingon Mining Facility
* Ivex III
	+ Alpha Facility
	+ Beta Facility
	+ Gamma Facility
Ivex III

**Ivex III** was the third planet in the Ivex system, located in unclaimed territory between Klingon and Federation space.

In 2339, the Dytallix Mining Company, under license from the Federation, established a dilithium mining operation on the surface of Ivex III. The operation consisted of three principle facilities spread across the surface of the planet: Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.

## Current Status

The mining operation has been stood down and the creatures discovered on Ivex II and relocated by the *Tempest* are currently exploring and settling their new home. There is also currently a Federation science team using the mining facilities and infrastructure, studying and furthering contact with the creatures.
SS Cormorant (NAR-27483)

The **SS Cormorant (NAR-27483)** was an Aerie-class survey vessel operated by the United Federation of Planets in the mid-24th century. In 2339, it was assigned to special research by the Federation Science Council.

The *Cormorant* was named for the type of bird native to many different regions of Earth.
USS Seager (NCC-25013)

The **USS Seager (NCC-25013)** was a Miranda-class starship operated by the Federation Starfleet in the mid-24th century.

It was named for the human astronomer Sara Seager, who revised the Drake Equation to estimate the number of potentially inhabited exoplanets based on the presence of bio-signature gasses in a planet's atmosphere.
Sentry Station 7

**Sentry Station 7** was a listening outpost operated by the Federation Starfleet along the Romulan Neutral Zone. It monitored Romulan activity for potential incursions and served as an early warning system for potential invasion.

In 2339, Sentry Station 7 suffered a series of malfunctions that indicated potential sabotage. The USS Tempest (NCC-10535) was dispatched to investigate, make any needed repairs, and resolve any security breaches.

## Personnel

* Lieutenant Commander Robert Slocum
* Lieutenant Siral
* Ensign Dorun Chax
* Lieutenant Rhonda Garcia
* Lieutenant Cynthia Milder
Khitomer Accords

The **Khitomer Accords** were a peace agreement signed between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire in 2293. The negotiations that would result in the accords were prompted by the Praxis Incident, which devastated the empire's ability to field an interstellar fleet and threatened the habitability of the Klingon homeworld Qonos.

The peace conference was almost derailed by the assassination of the Klingon High Chancellor Gorkon and attempted assassinations of his daughter, Azetbur, and the Federation president, Ra-ghoratreii, the result of a conspiracy of Starfleet and Klingon personnel. Ultimately, the subsequent assassinations were thwarted and the conference was a success. (STVI: The Undiscovered Country).

The Accords stipulated that the Federation would provide aid and relief to the Empire in exchanged for a sustained peace and abolition of the Federation/Klingon Neutral Zone, and would last for a period of 50 years, at which point they would expire or be renewed.