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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.

Chief engineer of the USS Tempest (NCC-10535), Nicholas Holden, had a background in Starfleet Intelligence before transferring to starship duty, though the specific details of his history there were not widely known.

Rhonda Garcia and Cynthia Milder were both agents of Starfleet Intelligence, operating undercover in the Orion Syndicate. Following their time in the Syndicate, both were transferred to Sentry Station 7, Garcia in an attempt to plant herself as a double agent for the Syndicate within Starfleet Intelligence and Milder as part of an effort to expose her. (1.5 Sabotage on Station 7)

Following Ash Loon's encounter with the starship *Tempest* and the loss of his ship the SS Kelebek, Holden made elements within Starfleet Intelligence aware of Loon's existence and his activities helping Bajoran refugees escape the Cardassian Occupation. Despite Loon's escape from custody, Starfleet Intelligence was able to eventually track him down, at which point they offered him clemency and a new ship, the SS Aesalon, in exchange for continuing to smuggle Bajorans into and out of the Cardassian Occupation. Through this initial contact, Starfleet Intelligence began surreptitiously training and equipping Bajoran elements to resist Cardassian occupation.

Starfleet Intelligence, through Marta Batanides, gave the starship *Tempest* its first mission of 2340, to penetrate Klingon space and confirm the existence and intended target of a Klingon invasion fleet. (2.1 The Wise Man Will Wage Just Wars).

The head of Starfleet Intelligence, Admiral Sarah Hamidi personally presented another mission to the *Tempest* at the end of 2340, this time intercepting Romulan Admiral Remius in his prototype warbird, the IRW D'Deridex. (2.10 Flight of the Recreant)

The following year, 2341, Milder would enlist the aid of the *Tempest* crew again, this time posing as a Federation diplomat while working undercover to prevent a Romulan plot to tamper the outcome of a referendum to leave the Federation by the planet Tiburon. (3.3 What We May Be)

### Personnel

* Admiral Sarah Hamidi
* Commander Marta Batanides
* Lieutenant Rhonda Garcia (-2339) (court martialed)
* Lieutenant Cynthia Milder

## Former Personnel

* Lieutenant Nicholas Holden (-2339) (transferred)
IRW Kimara

The **IRW Kimara** was a Ha'Feh-class Romulan warbird involved in recovering the remains of a stolen torpedo prototype in 2339.

The *Kimara* managed to retrieve the remains of the stolen torpedo prototype, but radiation contamination killed the crew while it was attempting to return to Romulan space, leaving it stranded in space near the Paulson Nebula. When it became clear that the Romulans would not be able to successfully bring either the torpedo prototype or the *Kimara* back to the safety of Romulan space, the *Kimara's* sister ship, the *IRW Keras* destroyed the *Kimara* before returning to Romulan space itself.

The *Kimara* was named for a historical figure in Romulan culture who codified the teachings of D'Era and helped stabilize the newly formed Romulan state. (Memory-Beta)
2.10 Flight of the Recreant (mission)

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The Romulans have developed a powerful new warbird with an unprecedentedly effective cloaking device. But on its maiden voyage, its commander appears to have gone rogue and may be on a mission to wreak havoc and destruction upon worlds of the Federation.

Admiral Hamidi comes aboard with a mysterious companion, a member of the Romulan Tal Shiar who claims that the commander of their new state of the art warbird has gone rogue and is planning to strike Federation planets. She's there to offer her help in tracking the ship down and stopping it before it can do so, averting an all out war between the two powers. She provides technical schematics and the *Tempest* begins a search, leading a task force of other starships in the process. Romulan ships have also crossed the border to help with the search, though the crew doubts the real motives of the Romulans, suspecting that the commander might be in fact defecting. The *Tempest* is able to eventually track down the warbird but not before entering into a confrontation with one of the other Romulan commanders, Merrok, whom the team met (and Maddox bluffed) in 1.1 Entropy's Demise. Merrok and the *Tempest* are about to come to blows when the defecting warbird decloaks above the *Tempest*, forcing Merrok to withdraw and making the defection attempt a success.

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Tachyon

**Tacyons** were a type of subatomic particle often associated with both time travel and cloaking devices. Tachyons were a product of an experimental weapon tested by the USS Hamilton (NCC-1765), which propelled the ship several decades into the future and subsequently began causing accelerated aging effects on the nearby colony of Carina VII.
Mackley Family

The **Mackley family** was a family of human colonists residing outside of Morgan's Hope on the planet Carina VII, consisting of husband/father Wes, wife/mother Aurelia, and son Efren. In 2339, the Mackley's were afflicted by the same temporal phenomenon that affected the rest of the planet and its population. Efren in particular was noticeably affected, having progressed to a physical age of two years old while mentally only being two months old.

Following their examination by an away team from the *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)*, the Mackleys were beamed aboard the *Tempest* and placed in quarantine for study until a solution to the anomalies could be found. Once the source of the anomalies was discovered and neutralized, the Mackleys were returned to the colony before the *Tempest* departed the system...probably.
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)
* USS Tizona (NCC-26156)
Jemer Prikor

**Jemer Prikor** was a Rigelian starship captain in command of the Ambassador-class USS Tizona (NCC-26156). In 2339, Prikor had spent considerable time training for a unique diplomatic challenge with the Gorn Hegemony in anticipation of being picked by the Gorn. Unexpectedly though, the Gorn selected Rye-Jae Maddox, captain of the *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)* and as a result, Prikor was dispatched to the *Tempest* to take temporary command and assist Maddox and the *Tempest* crew for the duration of the mission.
Dilithium

**Dilihtium** was a natural, crystalline element that was a crucial component in regulating the energy transfer of matter/antimatter reactors. Because of that function, dilithium became a key strategic resource for any interstellar race.

In 2293, the Klingon moon of Praxis exploded in an industrial accident as part of the Klingon Empire's dilithium mining operation. The disaster decimated the Empire's ability to field an interstellar fleet, precipitating an interstellar crisis and ultimately peace talks between the Empire and the United Federation of Planets that led to the signing of the Khitomer Accords.

The Dytallix Mining Company was a private enterprise focused on prospecting and mining dilithium for the Federation. In 2339, it was setting up a significant operation on Ivex II, a planet in unaligned space between the Federation and Klingon Empire. The operation was stood down shortly before activation after the discovery of sentient aliens on the neighboring planet Ivex II and relocated to Ivex III to avoid their eradication by a Klingon mining operation. (1.4 Incident at Ivex)
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)
Koa Duwal

**Koa Duwal** was the commanding officer of the Federation starship *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)* during its first 15 years of service. Duwal retired from Starfleet and stepped down as the *Tempest's* commanding officer in 2338, at which point Captain Rye-jae Maddox was assigned as its new commanding officer, following a major refit.
Kalveron

**Kalveron** was a planet in the Beta Quadrant located in neutral space in the vicinity of the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, and the Gorn Hegemony. It was the site of the 2339 diplomatic trial between Federation and Gorn forces, in which Captain Rye-Jae Maddox faced off against Gorn captain S'Lahris to determine the degree to which the Hegemony would engage in diplomatic activities with the Federation.

## Biology

Kalveron features an ecosystem largely based around electrosynthesis, where biological processes are powered by drawing electrical potential from the environment, usually from frequent and intense electrical storms.

Cactus

Spider-lizard

Wyrm
Genla

**Genla** was a male humanoid Zandaran occupying the position of Otho or leader of the society in the Zandaran generational ship. In 2339, he encountered Captain Maddox and Dr. Teal of the *USS Tempest (NCC-10535).* Shortly after, he subjected another Zandaran to a machine which erased that person's memory in the belief that such a sacrifice was necessary to keep the universe as he knew it from ending.

Genla was challenged by another Zandaran claiming the position of Otho for himself, Otho Harnot. At the same time as Genla's encounter with the *Tempest* crew, Harnot launched an insurgency against Genla in an attempt to seize power from him. The crew used the opportunity to escape but did not learn whether Genla was able to hold power before they left.
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.
3.1 Gaze of the Abyss (mission)

The Tempest receives an automated distress call from a Klingon space station and shows up to help. They find a deserted station but detect some tetryon particles and indeterminate but non-Klingon life forms, as well as a power surge. Away team beams over to the station and retrieve the station logs, learning that the Klingon crew was mysteriously disappearing. Teal detects somebody telepathically and the crew eventually find a lone Klingon survivor, HetaQ. hiding in a closet. He storms off and the crew follow after but abandon the chase when he disappears into some large artificial hunting grounds. Instead, they check out the power surge and realize a docked battlecruiser is overloading and will explode soon. Holden and Mayfly succeed in undocking the ship and the *Tempest* slingshots it away before it explodes. The *Tempest* reviews the station data and confirms the culprits are the same aliens first encountered aboard the Enterprise (in 2.3 Deserts Nearer Home). There’s a surge of tetryon particles in the hunting grounds and when the away team investigates, they encounter a huge gorilla like alien encountered on the planet Athrak V (1.8 Boats Against the Current). Teal fires her phaser at the gorilla to no effect. The gorilla attacks and the away team is saved at the last minute by a pack of targs, a la the end of Jurassic Park. The away team finds a portal to the alien dimension and Smythe and Mayfly jump through the portal to surprise a pair of aliens. They capture one alien and its equipment, then return through the portal. The away team returns to the *Tempest* with the captive alien and the Klingon survivor, who admits that he is the last “dishonored” Klingon in his family line but is afraid that now he will bring dishonor for another seven generations. Maddox gives him the station data/info to take back to Klingon High Command which will make up for him being the sole survivor.
USS Uluru (NCC-17719)

The **USS Uluru (NCC-17719)** was one of three Everest-class cutters assigned to the Ivex III mining operation in 2339. It was named for the large sandstone structure in central Australia on Earth.

Following the decommissioning of the Ivex III operation, the Uluru and the other two cutters were reassigned to other facilities.
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.
B'rel-class

The ***B'rel*-class** was a class of bird-of-prey built and operated primarily by the Klingon Empire. It was a smaller version of the K'vort-class and was often employed as a scout or an attack ship in formations of multiple ships.

## Known Vessels

* IKS Tong Vey
* IKS Hegh
* IKS Krell
* IKS Vathraq
* IKS Praktoth

## Appearances

* 1.2 That Which Is Unknown
* 1.4 Incident at Ivex
* 1.8 Boats Against the Current
* 2.1 The Wise Man Will Wage Just Wars
1.10 Primum Non Nocere (mission)

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## Summary

The Tempest is en route to deliver urgently needed medical supplies when the science ship SS Kiwi demands their help. The scientist on board, Doctor Rutter explains that he’s part of a research project studying a mysterious and potentially extremely dangerous alien race. They’ve been studying a recently discovered artifact, which one of the other scientists, Budala, recently stole and ran away with on a hijacked science ship, the Monarch. The *Tempest* travels to the *Monarch’s* last known location and rescues some scientists stranded nearby, deposited there by Budala when he hijacked the ship. The *Tempest* crew have to get past some nasty alien creatures to reach the stranded scientists, which they take a lot of time to do and ultimately do so by throwing fruit snacks as a distraction. With the scientists rescued, the *Tempest* catches up to the *Monarch* and uses a prefix code to stop it remotely. Goodspeed an Holden beam over and investigate and retrieve the artifact while Budala is taken to Sickbay and treated for some kind of weird pathogen. Maddox orders the *Monarch* destroyed and the *Tempest* proceeds towards the alien signal the *Monarch* was moving towards. Holden studies the arm-artifact and discovers it’s sending out a subspace signal and, while taking a break, is confronted with an old colleague from his clandestine days, Wolfgang. Wolfgang wants Holden to give them the artifact but Holden refuses, instead leaving a datapad with all of the info he’s collected up to this point. In Sickbay, Budala explains he was trying to join the Borg on purpose and asks that he still be allowed to do so, but Maddox refuses. Holden notices Budala is tampering with the ship’s computer from Sickbay and alerts Teal just in time to see Budala trying to leave Sickbay on his own. The Borg ship arrives and attacks, sending over drones to help Budala escape. But the *Tempest* crew defeats the drones, the last one being defeated by Teal attacking it with a defibrillator. Maddox orders the *Tempest* to retreat, the Borg ship pursues, and the *Tempest* eventually loses it in the corona of a star.
Excelsior Transwarp Project

The **Excelsior Transwarp Project** was an attempt by the Federation Starfleet to develop a new form of propulsion. The project was the brainchild of Dr. Carter Thorndyke, an engineer and theoretical physicist with the Daystrom Institute.

In 2269, Thorndyke convinced Starfleet Command to support his project and to even take the extraordinary step of designing an entirely new class of starship expressly for the project. Two spaceframes were ordered at the project's outset, including the frame that would go on to be commissioned as the *USS Excelsior (NCC-2000)*, and Lawrence Styles was promoted to captain and assigned to oversee the project.

Almost immediately, the project began to run into significant delays and setbacks. Early tests of drive prototypes were marred by failures and accidents, including the loss of the spaceframe NX-2001. Progress was further hampered by a difficult working relationship between Thorndyke and Styles, whose personalities clashed and caused a great deal of friction between the project's civilian and Starfleet elements. In total, it would be ten years before the *Excelsior* prototype would take form as an actual starship and another five before the ship would begin integrated system tests.

In 2285, the ship was preparing to undergo final drive tests when Admiral James T. Kirk and the former command crew of the *USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)* (including Hikaru Sulu, future captain of the *Excelsior*) stole the *Enterprise* from Earth Spacedock. The *Excelsior* was ordered to pursue and prepared to use its transwarp drive in an operational capacity for the first time. But upon engaging the drive, the ship suffered a total systems failure, stranding it mere kilometers from Spacedock, and allowing the *Enterprise* and its fugitive crew to escape. (*Star Trek III: The Search for Spock*)

After years of delays, this embarrassing failure proved to be the final straw for Starfleet Command and it immediately cancelled the ETP and had the *Excelsior* towed back to Spacedock to be refitted with conventional warp drive. It also reassigned Captain Lawrence Styles and placed newly promoted Captain Hikaru Sulu in command (following a trial and acquittal for his role in the theft of the *Enterprise*). Sulu supervised the winding down of the ETP and the refit of the *Excelsior* with conventional warp drive. In 2289 and with Sulu in command, the *Excelsior* underwent a shakedown cruise with a conventional warp drive and finally entered operational service in 2290, a full 20 years following the official start of the project. (*Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*)
Syreeta Sebastian

**Syreeta Sebastian** was a female human and the governor of the Carina VII colony. In 2339, Sebastian guided an away team from the USS Tempest (NCC-10535) during their investigation of temporal anomalies that had adversely affected the colony. She introduced them to the Mackley family with their age accelerated son Efram, showed them both withered vine plants and crumbling artificial walls and introduced Zane Knoll when he approached the group.
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.
Merrok

Commander **Merrok** was a Romulan officer in the Imperial Romulan Navy and commander of the warbird IRW Belorex. In 2339, he was in charge of a covert mission to investigate and retrieve an experimental tachyon weapon designed and tested by the Federation Starfleet. Ultimately, he encountered a similar team from Starfleet and, after a tense standoff, reached an agreement with the Starfleet captain, Rye-jae Maddox, that would allow Merrok to return to Romulan space with the derelict Starfleet ship. However, the ship broke up in transit back to Romulan space and was lost.

## 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.
Allison Lewis

**Alison Lewis** was a human Starfleet officer serving as the Executive Officer aboard the *USS Ellesmere (NCC-21464)* in 2339. She assumed command after the *Ellesmere's* captain, Laura Blake, was killed when the ship was attacked by a Romulan warbird.

As the officer on duty when the *Ellesmere* crossed into the Neutral Zone, she initially blamed herself for the incident, but felt more ready to take command after the incident was revealed to be sabotage by a Romulan agent aboard.

## Current Status

2339: Lewis is currently in provisional command of the *Ellesmere* while the ship undergoes repairs to damage suffered during the attack in the Neutral Zone. She expects to be given permanent command once repairs are completed and the *Ellesmere* returns to active duty.
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 establish a base of operations at Rotwang Station and four Aerie-class survey vessels.

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.

## Personnel

* Dr. Nathan Rutter
* Dr. Roger Budala
* Guyral

## Attached Vessels

* *SS Kiwi (NAR-24788)*
* *SS Secretary (NAR-27483)*
* *SS Monarch (NAR-28576)*
* *SS Merlin (NAR-28577)*
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
Starship Tempest Wiki

## Welcome to Starship Tempest

Welcome to the wiki for Starship Tempest, a roleplaying game podcast based in the Star Trek universe and which uses the Star Trek Adventures roleplaying system, designed and published by Modiphius. The podcast is centered around the command crew of the Ambassador-class *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)*, sister ship to the *USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)*, and their never before explored missions and adventures.

## These Are the Voyages...

Starship Tempest is set in the year 2339, 25 years before the launch of the USS Enterprise-D and the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation. For every event occurring before the time when this game is set, *Tempest* attempts to adhere as closely to established on-screen canon as possible, and even the beta canon of licensed Star Trek works. However, since this is a roleplaying game in which player decisions affect the outcome, actions taken by the players in the course of various missions may alter the course of events depicted after this time period. In other words, our players may dramatically alter the future history of Star Trek as we know it.

## Seasons, Missions, and Episodes

Seasons are defined as ten missions, each of which are recorded in single sessions and then edited into approximately two or three podcast episodes generally between 45 minutes and 1 hour in length. Each season covers one Earth year of in universe elapsed time, with Season 1 taking place in the year 2339.
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 Institute storage in 2101.
Gorn

The **Gorn** were a humanoid species with reptilian characteristics native to the world of Gornar and the principle species of the Gorn Hegemony.

While the Gorn were fiercely territorial of their established territory, they generally did not exhibit expanionist behaviors. Gorn territory was mainly concentrated to the galactic south of the Klingon Empire and to the east of the United Federation of Planets. First contact with the Federation was made in 2266 after the Gorn attacked a newly established Federation colony on Cestus III, the result of a misunderstanding of territorial boundaries between the two powers. The initial conflict was resolved by a trial combat between a Starfleet and Gorn captain. Though the initial encounter was induced by a third party, the Metreon Consortium, the Gorn patterned their ongoing diplomatic contact with the Federation around the circumstances related to first contact. Every 18 years, a Gorn and Starfleet captain would engage in a ritual contest with each other, with the outcome determining whether or not the Gorn would engage with Federation diplomats for the next 18 years. The first two encounters of this type were won by the Starfleet captain, though in the third contest, held in 2321, the Tellarite Starfleet captain was lost and killed. As a result, relations between the Hegemony and the Federation were almost nonexistent between 2321 and 2339, when the fourth contest was held between Starfleet captain Rye-jae Maddox and Gorn captain S'Lahris.

People

* Captain S'Lahriss
* Unnamed Gorn Gladiator
2.6 Slight Shades of Difference (mission)

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The *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)* is assigned to transport the outgoing Federation President on one last diplomatic mission before he leaves office.

The *Tempest* is escorting the President of the Federation, Hikaru Sulu, and several other dignitaries to the signing ceremony for a new world entering the Federation, one that has only recently discovered warp drive but which has been in a protracted civil war for decades. The Alpha Centauri dignitary is found murdered in the *Tempest's* nacelle control room. Maddox puts a security team around Sulu while the crew begins to investigate, questioning the murdered councilor's assistant and an Andorian councilor with a difficult personality. Eventually, they discover the culprit is from the world they are traveling to, seeking revenge because the Federation chose not to act until recently and not in time to save his family from becoming casualties in the planet's civil war. A chase through the decks of the *Tempest* ensues, with the assassin crawling through the Jeffries tubes and ultimately up to Sulu's quarters, where a security team is waiting for him.

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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.
2.5 Which Is the Stone That Supports the Bridge? (mission)

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The *Tempest* receives an urgent message about an important discovery that may change the balance of power in the quadrant and must sneak into hostile territory to confirm the discovery without tipping off potential adversaries.

Ash Loon, the smuggler who the crew first encountered in 1.6: The Tempest Tossed smuggling Bajorans out of the Cardassian Occupation, returns to the *Tempest* crew with a surprising discovery -- there is a stable wormhole in the Bajoran system, one that the Cardassians don't know about and which would be very bad news if they did. He offers to show them since, though he is not a fan of the Federation, he knows the galaxy would be better served in their hands rather than the Cardassians'. Wolfgang, a Section 31 operative from Holden's past that we first met in 1.10: Primum Non Nocere, offers the use of an illegal ship with a cloaking device. Maddox declines and instead chooses to use Loon's new ship (provided by Starfleet Intelligence after his first ship was destroyed by the *Tempest* in 1.6). They sneak into the Bajoran system and confirm the wormhole's existence. But once they do, a Bajoran with Loon turns out to be a Cardassian spy and makes an escape attempt to bring the information to her bosses, but the *Tempest* crew foil her attempt before she can succeed.

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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.*
Alpha Quadrant

The **Alpha Quadrant** was one of the principle four subdivisions of the Milky Way Galaxy used by the United Federation of Planets. It was the location of multiple significant interstellar powers.

## Locations

* Interstellar Governments
	+ United Federation of Planets
	+ Cardassian Union
	+ Tholian Assembly
	+ Breen Confederacy
	+ First Federation
	+ Tzenkethi
* Planets
	+ Bajor
	+ Cardassia Prime
	+ Farius Prime
Alpha Centauri Expedition (2066-2068)

The **Alpha Centauri Expedition** was the first effort by humans to reach another star system with a crewed, warp-capable vessel. The expedition included three ships, the *SS Tempest*, *SS Acheron*, and *SS Lydia*.

The expedition departed Earth orbit on June 1st, 2066 and traveled under impulse power for three days before engaging their warp drives after reaching a sufficient distance from Sol's gravity well. Beginning on June 3rd, 2066, each vessel traveled at their maximum cruising speed of warp 1.5 in 12-day intervals, periodically stopping and performing maintenance checks before resuming warp speed.

On June 24th, 2067, after 385 days of travel, all three ships arrived in the Alpha Centauri system, where they surveyed the planets and surrounding space for the following three months. On September 17th, 2067, the three ships began their return journey to the Sol System, repeating the pattern of 12-day intervals of warp travel.

On July 6th, 2068, the *SS Acheron's* warp drive failed and the ship was stranded in interstellar space. The *Tempest* remained with the stranded ship while the *Lydia* continued on to Earth. Once in Earth orbit, the ship was restocked with fresh supplies and equipped with a team of engineers. The *Lydia* then returned to her sister ships, where the engineers transferred to the *Acheron* and conducted repairs. All three ships returned to the Sol System on November 23rd, 2068, marking the official completion of the expedition.
2.7 The Butcher's Benevolence (mission)

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The *Tempest* is tasked with conducting certification trials of a new class of cutter, the Mojave-class.

An engineer from Utopia Planitia, Lt. Theodorich Patterson, arrives with a new cutter shuttlecraft design, the *Mojave*-class, that the *Tempest* crew must put through its paces before it can go into service. The *Tempest* travels to a nearby star system to run an obstacle course in the cutter. Maddox, Goodspeed, and Patterson put the ship through its paces but when beyond the protective safety of the *Tempest*, an unknown alien ship captures the shuttle. The shuttle crew have to find a way to escape even while the aliens are trying to steal the replicator technology from the cutter. They manage to escape but in the process, another even more powerful Ferengi ship arrives and joins the chase. But the cutter successfully returns to the *Tempest* and the Ferengi ships flee.

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Turkana IV

**Turkana IV** was a Federation colony that experienced an ongoing and worsening power shortage in the mid-24th century. By 2340, the shortage had escalated to the point where civil order was beginning to significantly deteriorate. The colony's constabulary was no longer sufficient to maintain order so the governor, Uzoma Mitra, deputized the two largest of the colony's cadres, the Alliance and the Coalition.

Turkana IV was intended to serve as a new manufacturing hub for the Federation, with its abundance of natural resources and cheap geothermal energy making it ideal for refining raw materials into useful alloys and materials. Multiple factory complexes were built before the power shortage forced their abandonment and a large orbital shipyard was started before construction was paused.

The starship Tempest visited the colony in early 2340 in an attempt to bolster the civic stability until a full evacuation could be completed. However, during its visit, officers from the *Tempest* investigated the power shortage and were able to uncover its root cause. *Tempest* captain Rye-jae Maddox also managed to force a meeting between the leaders of the two largest cadres, Nigel Pedrossian of the Coalition and Amun of the Alliance.

## People

* Governor Uzoma Mitra
* Nigel Pedrossian
* Amun
* The Yar Family
	+ Tasha
	+ Tasha's mother
	+ Tasha's father
* Gorn Gladiator
USS Tempest (NCC-2020)

The **USS Tempest (NCC-2020)** was one of the first batch of *Excelsior*-class starships commissioned by the Federation Starfleet. It was ordered in the early days of the Excelsior Transwarp Project along with several other spaceframes, but which was put and kept on hold once the project began running into setbacks and delays. Construction finally began in 2290 and the ship was commissioned and entered service in 2293.

The *Tempest* was named for the *SS Tempest*, an early warp capable human starship part of the first crewed expedition to another solar system. It would itself be supplanted by the *Ambassador*-class *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)*.
USS Manaslu (NCC-17679)

The **USS Manaslu (NCC-17679)** was an Everest-class cutter attached to the *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)*. It was lost with all hands in 2337 during an attempted hijacking by Orion pirates. It was replaced on the *Tempest* by the *USS Fuji (NCC-18089)*.

The *Manaslu* was named for the eighth highest mountain peak on Earth, part of the Himalayan mountain range in Nepal.
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.
3.4 In the Long Run (mission)

On its way back to Earth, the Tempest responds to a distress call from a small alien shuttlecraft. The shuttle runs from the *Tempest* at first but the crew beams the shuttle’s occupants aboard, who turn out to be the Ferengi first encountered in 2.7 The Butcher’s Benevolence, only Daimon Smeet is now Grand Nagus Smeet and his former XO Gaxor is now his First Clerk. The two Ferengi try to buy a ride to the Sigma Ma'dray system but won’t say why they want to go there. After Maddox gives them a gift of gold, they explain that they’re trying to recover a treasure and ask the *Tempest* crew to help them, offering to trade “knowledge” for their help. They explain that after they failed to steal the replicator from the Mojave cutter last year (2.7 Butcher’s Benevolence), they had to buy a gently used one on the black market. It broke and wouldn’t stop literally printing money, which crashed the Ferengi economy. Their only hope now is to recover a kind of plant pollen used as currency in ancient times and use it, since it can’t be replicated (they hope). The *Tempest* takes them to the planet and an away team starts searching the planet, surviving an attack from pterodactyls before finding the right site. A huge Ferengi ship arrives in orbit and attacks the site the away team is searching, but Mayfly manages to hold them off. The away team discovers a huge abandoned greenhouse overflowing with the plants Smeet and Gaxor are looking for. They recover some plants and Gaxor shows the away team one of the tulip bulbs — it’s where latinum comes from! Maddox lets Smeet and Gaxor go to set up a latinum production line. Smeet tells Maddox they owe him a favor and it’s a very good thing for a Ferengi to owe you a favor. Maddox makes a play for transportation rights for latinum production.

#### Characters

* Grand Nagus Smeet
* First Clerk Gaxor
* Daimon Grek

#### Ships

* Ferengi shuttlecraft
* Marauder Arbitrage
* USS Bretton Woods

### Locations

* Tanatha System
	+ Abandoned Greenhouse Complex
		- Entrance
		- Greenhouse
Ivex II

**Ivex II** was the second planet in the Ivex system, a solar system in unclaimed space between Klingon and Federation space. In 2339, the Klingons established a small mining operation on the surface of the planet at approximately the same time as a similar Federation mining operation on Ivex III.

## Current Status

Following the events of Incident at Ivex, the Klingon mine remains in operation, while the lifeforms discovered by the *Tempest* crew have been relocated to Ivex III.
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 T.J. 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 ship underwent repairs.

## 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) (killed in action)
* First Officer/Executive Officer
	+ Lieutenant Commander Alison Lewis (-2339)
* Chief Medical Officer
	+ Lieutenant G'Trell (-2339)

### Personnel

* Lieutenant Dalon (-2339)
* Ensign Tellek (-2339) (Romulan Tal Shiar agent)
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.
Cardassian Occupation

The **Cardassian Occupation** was an effort by the Cardassian Union to control and exploit the Bajoran people for their labor and natural resources. The Occupation began when the Bajoran government invited the Cardassian Union to provide aide and assistance, a situation which quickly devolved into a hostile occupation. By 2339, millions of Bajorans lived under extremely poor occupation conditions, while hundreds at least attempted to escape the occupation by reaching other nearby interstellar powers.
SS Kelebek (NBT-11004)

The **SS Kelebek (NBT-11004)** was a civilian, Whorfin-class freighter and transport operated by Ash Loon, who used it primarily to smuggle illegal substances across interstellar space.

The ship was destroyed in mid-2339 after being heavily damaged by a Cardassian warship and seeking the protection of the *USS Tempest (NCC-10535)*, which destroyed the ship in an attempt to distract Cardassian forces during an incident along the Federation/Cardassian border.
Which Is the Stone That Supports the Bridge? (mission)

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The *Tempest* receives an urgent message about an important discovery that may change the balance of power in the quadrant and must sneak into hostile territory to confirm the discovery without tipping off potential adversaries.

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