My "soft" theme for May is going to be Sci-Fi games. I am dedicating all month to it, but a good portion of the month to be sure. So for this I am starting with a the character I played WAY back in the day under FASA Trek. I wanted to pull out my FASA Trek rules I got as a gift, but I forgot how damn involved character creation was for that game! So instead I am going to pull out the newer Star Trek Adventures from Modiphius.
Plus I like the Star Ship creation rules from Modiphius.
While I am still excited about the prospect of doing my BlackStar game set in the 2350s, right now it is my "Starfleet Doctors Without Borders" idea, Mercy, set in 2295 that has me excited today.
Plus I needed to work some of the details of the titular starship, the NCC-3001 USS Mercy.
The Game: Star Trek Adventures (and some FASA Trek)
Star Trek Adventures has a lot going for it right now including a ton of material out there, support by the publisher and the rules don't have me reaching for the Tylenol. At the same time there is a nice feel of continuity here. I do feel like I could play any era of Trek I wanted and these rules would cover me. Plus the Modiphius Trek has the advantage of me being able to add some material from John Carter of Mars and Dune if I later choose.
If my only game was BlackStar then I'd add in some of the material from their new Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 be done with it. But Mercy needs something a little different and I am going to borrow heavily from FASA Star Trek on this one. BTW the 2d20 Achtung! Cthulhu looks amazing. I am going to grab it the moment I can.
FASA Trek had a more ship combat emphasis than Modiphius Trek does. I think for my Star Trek Mercy game that will be important. Not that the Mercy is going to fly into combat with phasers hot, but more like they will be needed in situations where there is plenty combat happening. I am toying with the idea of the Orion Syndicate as the big bads, but no idea just yet.
I do know that the captain of the Mercy will be a promoted FASA Trek Character.
The Character: Cmdr. Scott Elders, MD
Scott Elders was the CMO of the USS Andromeda, the last ship I used in FASA Trek all the way back in the later 1980s. My game play covered the time between the TOS Movies and the TNG TV series. So that is the time I like to think of him in.
For Mercy he has been promoted to Commander and is now the "Captain" of his own ship, the newly christened USS Mercy, NCC 3001. Second ship in the Asclepius Class medical starships. Something of a cross between the Daedalus Class and the Olympic Class. The ship is designed to be a state of the art (for 2295) medical transport and emergency response.
Though I guess given the time the registry would be more like 25xx or something.
Before I get to the ship here is her Commander.
I do like these character sheets.
The Ship: USS Mercy
The Mercy is a new ship. But unlike the Protector, she is built on tried and true technologies.
Not a bad little ship.
Now I just need to kitbash or 3D print a Mercy starship!
Links
- New Year, New Character Posts
- Star Trek: Mercy
- Star Trek: BlackStar
- Star Trek Character/Starship Generator
- Memory Alpha Federation Starship Registry
As a big fan of Alan Nourse, Murray Leinster, James White and SL Viehl I always thought the Trek franchise missed out on the opportunity to do more spacefaring medical stories. Seems like such a perfect fit for the optimistic view of the future the best Trek holds, and you could do an entire series around the kind of xenological puzzle stories that featured in White's Sector General/Ambulance Ship work. So - sounds like a great idea for an RPG campaign. Heartily approve.
ReplyDeleteFASA requires at least an hour to make the character, I love FASA but Modiphius got this right!
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