Voyage #3: The Algernon Project

1. A Day of Infamy: The PCs arrive to find the Affilitation of Outer Free Worlds (See The Triangle, hereafter called AOFW) in shambles. Their entire defense fleet has been destroyed by an IKS sneak attack. The AOFW actually had a large advanced fleet so no one is sure how the older IKS ships managed such a complete victory.

However, with the arrival of the Larson, they are about to find out. The Larson receives a burst transmission from a cloaked ship and instantly goes dark. No weapons, no shields, nothing.

Standish has no chance of stopping the computer virus, but Commander Decker does. If Decker fails however, the Larson will have to use some very unorthodox tactics. First, they will discover, oddly, that not everything is offline. The shuttlebay was apparently low priority enough to remain unaffected.

Between their stores of anti-matter and the ship’s breaching pods, the PCs should still be able to take out the enemy ship once it decloaks, if they can just get the sensors back online, which they can do with a second Computer Ops check by Decker.

If the Larson does fend off the virus, they will engage in standard combat against the enemy vessel and discover Standish’s sensor wizardry.

Finally, should all else fail, have Romulan Commander Honorius show up to save the day.

2. Investigation: Once the PCs win the fight they will no doubt want to investigate. What they find among the bodies are genetically modified Klingons who have extremely high intelligence. They were modified in a similar version to Khan and others from the Eugenics Wars. It seems someone has used the process to enhance only intelligence.

3. Sole Survivor: The PCs receive a hail from the head of the AOFW. He asks them to track down the source of the enhanced intelligence Klingons, and also to protect them until some of their ships can be repaired.

3a Disavowed: The head of the IKS makes a formal announcement that the attack on the AOFW was not sanctioned. He invites anyone harmed in the attack to end these miscreants any way they wish.

3b Tense Negotiations: Everett Jay Baker requests a meeting with Decker and asks for the Bird of Prey to help defend the AOFW. He vehemently wants the ship, cloaking device intact, to defend the AOFW.

He agrees to turn the ship over to Starfleet Intelligence after the New New Aberdeen shipyards have had a chance to repair some of the ships rendered inoperable in the IKS attack and once the PCs have put a stop to the renegades once and for all.

He also makes a personal offer to Decker: 30 highly trained marines to supplement his ship’s boarding parties, bringing it up to the 50 it had during the Four Years’ War.

4. Tracking Algernon: The PCs can do sensor sweeps and pick up a clue- they detect residual warp signatures far away from the established space lanes. A large number of ships have been passing through a large asteroid field, which they are using to break up their warp signatures and mask their trail.

5. Capture: CPO Bergmann recommends the Larson intercept and board one of the Orion vessels to interrogate the crew. The PCs can engage an Orion ship in ship to ship combat and take out its engines, then transport boarding parties over.

The Orions will try and delay the boarders while they set the self-destruct on the ship. Once set, the PCs will have to grab some prisoners and get off the ship, using transporters or shuttles.

Note: While the PCs are sitting in deep space waiting to intercept the Orion, the commander of their Vulcan operatives will request his ships depart, being close enough to the Romulan border.

6. Interrogate: The Orions are resistant to all standard interrogation methods but mind-melds work. They find that the Orions were making clandestine deliveries to a  small science station, owned by a reclusive genius. They do not know the scientist’s name, only that they deal with a Klingon named K’gara- an extremely large and vicious mercenary.

The Orions know he has a ship that he can call in to deal with troublemakers. He used it one of their clanmembers, but his ship was destroyed in the encounter, so the Orions don’t know what type of ship it is.

In fact K’Gara has a D-14A destroyer, sometimes commanded by him personally (especially during key battles) but other times lying in wait among some nearby moons, waiting for an interloper to wander by attacking their client.

Once the D-14A is dealt with, PCs will have to board the station, including facing down K’Gara and his Klingon mercenaries.

Then they will finally meet the scientist behind it all: Roger Corby. He now works as a scientist for hire and was approached by a band of renegade Klingons. The PCs will find a personal data recorder on Corby, containing a personal log of sorts. See the player handout below for information on interesting posts this log contains.

Player Handout: Corby’s Logs

Personal Log: I believe I have a lead on the location of an amazing technological terror called “The Tantalus Device”. Word is that it’s somewhere in The Triangle in an alien laboratory. Technology like that is so fascinating.

Personal Log: Approached by the Romulans for an exotic energy bottle. The specifications for the energy this device had to maintain are like nothing I’ve ever seen before. The credits were nice to say the least, and constructing the bottle was interesting.

The Romulan said his name was Honorius. He was quite a roguish character, quite unlike the typical Romulan. Had a pair of Green Orion dancing girls, “one for each arm” he said. I think they might have been twins. He said he served the greatest Praetor in Romulan history. Also, he had a Gorn bodyguard of all things.

Personal Log: I have a friend in Starfleet Research who keeps tabs on Christine for me, in return for the occasional interesting bit of alien technology. He told me Christine had accepted a post on “the oldest, worst ship in Starfleet” that has apparently been assigned to the Triangle. Could she have found out I’m here somehow?

Poor girl. She was so disappointed in me. So foolishly naive. There should be no limits on scientific research, especially when it comes to investigating the technology of long-dead alien worlds! 

Alternate XP System for FASA Star Trek

I really don't care for the XP system in FASA Trek, so I've devised a house rule: I grant 10 skill points, +5 for each game session the adventure lasts.

If an adventure lasts two sessions or longer, I allow PCs to raise one of their ability scores by 1 point.

Voyage #2: Runaway Starship

Runaway

U.S.S. Larson is in deep space, away from all normal spacelanes to pick up their Vulcan operatives. Sensors show nothing near the ship. Vulcan ships broke radio silence 5 hours ago and announced they were 7 hours away.

Prior to the Adventure

Sparring Partner: CPO Bergmann has heard of Ushaan’s desire to spar and offers himself as a partner. He most likely kicks Ushan’s ass, but Ushaan has the potential to learn from the man’s extensive combat experience.

In fact, he has more combat experience than anyone in Starfleet.

Dinner Partner: While eating in the mess hall T'Kara is joined by Dr. Chapel. She informs T'Kara that she is tired of almost everyone talking about her but no one talking to her, and so she has decided to befriend the first officer (it goes without saying that her lifelong fascination with Vulcans is in part behind this).

New Arrivals: In deep space, way the hell away from everything, especially normal spacelanes, the Larson rendezvous with three Romulan warshuttles crewed by 18 Vulcan Tal’Sorak operatives and some last surprise crew members: Dr. M’Benga, Dr. T’pok (vulcan, female, psychiatrist, M’Benga’s personal physician though she will not reveal this) and Surakir, the head of the Vulcan intelligence contingent.

Dr. Chapel is delighted to see her old friend and proclaims that he is probably the only doctor in Starfleet who knows more about Vulcan medicine than her.

Dr. T’Pok will identify herself as a psychiatrist and specialist in Xeno-psychology. If pressed, or threatened with removal from the ship, she will identify herself as Dr. M’Benga’s personal physician but insist she has much to offer the ship’s medical staff. She will not state what she is treating him for, on the basis of patient confidentiality.

Surakir requests that his 17 operatives and he be allowed to live on their vessels when they are on the ship, where they will eat Romulan food and speak only Romulan. He asks that any contact with the crew be restricted to him alone. If asked for a reason, he says the smallest thing could betray his operatives: vocal inflections, Federation smells, mannerisms. 

An Old Friend? Decker notices Crewman Rogers, his Section 31 “friend” is among the 200+ crewmembers aboard the Larson.

A Moment of Truth: While still in the shuttlebay, CPO Malcolm approaches Decker and T'Kara and asks for a moment privately. He has a confession to make. During the Four Years’ War, Larson-class vessels were equipped with two things: Mako-class breaching pods and units of marines. A breaching pod is a “shuttle”, but really it’s more of a bullet. Fired at a starship, the pod’s polarized hull plating allowed it to pass harmlessly through shields of that time. It would then penetrate the hull, allowing marines to swarm onto the ship.

During the war the existence of breaching pods and marines aboard the Larson-class starships was a closely guarded secret. The Federation used the pods and marines as an ace in the hole and surprised the Klingons with heavily-armed boarding parties that came out of nowhere again and again, both on ships, and on planets, where the Larson class would use its speed, oversized shuttle bays and complement of heavy shuttles to land troops on worlds and depart, assisting local guerilla movements and fortifying planets, then retreating before the Klingons even knew they were there.

After the war the entire program was classified and shut down. The official word was that the Federation wanted to reserve the tactic for a future conflict with the Klingons. However, given that the Klingons had learned by the end of the war that the Larsons had this capability, CPO Malcolm always believed they just viewed the entire program as “unseemly”. In effect, Starfleet had compromised their ideals and conformed to Klingon tactics to counter the heavy Klingon marine contingents that scored them victory after victory on the ground.

Because of this, the Larson’s original Captain, now retired, “accidentally” forgot to dispose of the breaching pods and a “random computer spike” wiped all records of the pods being on the ship from the ship’s computer core. The pods were then stowed in an out of the way place, behind some spare hull plating that “just happened” to hide them from inspections of the ship, which rarely spent much time in the shuttle bay.

The entire ship’s contingent of marines was also reassigned to the ship’s security force “for sentimental reasons”. CPO Malcolm tells the Captain and First Officer he is telling them as soon as he could- once the ship was out of spacedock. If the Captain does not want the pods, he can have them ejected into a nearby star and the incident will never harm Captain Standish’s service records.

Malcolm also points out that the pods don’t penetrate Federation shielding any longer but otherwise they are as functional as they ever were and have “seen action” many times. Only one of the original contingent of marines is still serving on the ship, CPO Bergmann, but that he has continued the tradition of passing on marine training to the ship’s security forces.

Malcolm concludes by saying that CPO Bergmann also has in his possession, hidden in his quarters, hand plasma units that date back to the Four Years War. These were used by boarding parties to cut through interior surfaces of ships. Malcolm again points out that the former Captain’s orders were that these be retained.

New Orders- Briefing: While on shakedown, the PCs receive urgent new orders: a Constitution-class Cruiser has been spotted screaming through Federation space at maximum warp, heading straight for a heavily populated planet.

The ship’s transponder has been deactivated so an exact identification is impossible but Starfleet suspects the ship is the U.S.S. Defiant, thought lost until “The Arkadelphia Incident”. The U.S.S. Larson is the only ship in range to intercept the ship before it reaches a world with over one billion inhabitants, a world the Defiant could turn to ash.

The PCs are ordered to intercept the vessel, attempt to identify it. If the ship is the Defiant they are ordered to engage and attempt to force the ship to drop out of warp. A task force of other vessels are on the way, if the Larson can slow the ship down, the task force will be able to engage.

Objective #1: Identifying The Ship

Wall of Sound: As the PCs draw near for a close sensor scan to identify the vessel they are assaulted by a wave of noise from the ship. After a time, Reyes is able to sort the noise out and realize almost every personal communication from the device is in use, broadcasting screams of pain and phrases like “help us”, “stop us”, “put us out of our misery” and “destroy us”.

Scanning the ship: Lt. Standish can confirm that the ship is not the Defiant but is in fact the U.S.S. Victory, missing for almost three years.

Startling Revelation: At this point Dr. Chapel and Dr. M’Benga burst onto the bridge and proclaim that they know what the creatures are: parasites that control humans through pain. The Enterprise (and then-Nurse Chapel) encountered them. Their sole goal is to spread themselves to more planets. They control the actions of their hosts through pain, but they have no concept of language, allowing the hosts free to speak, incoherently because of the pain.

Dr. Chapel believes she can cure the crew if they can gain access to the ship’s environmental controls.

She also advises that the crew’s minds are fogged with racking pain. If the Larson does not directly attack but instead finds some subtler way onto the ship, the alien lifeforms probably won’t react, being almost solely focused on reaching new worlds with more hosts.

Objective #2: Boarding the Victory

Remind the PCs that transport at Warp is not possible during the TOS time period. Also, the shields are up making the boarding pods useless UNLESS the PCs can accomplish two things:

●     First, the Larson must get close and merge the shield envelopes of the two ships (Deflector Shields check). Each time this check is failed the Helmsman has to make a Helm operation check or the Larson will take some structural damage (1-4 points).

●     Once the shield envelopes are merged, the Breaching Pod must be piloted at ramming speed right into the Victory’s hull. Shuttlecraft Piloting skill check. Failing this check will cause the shuttle crew to take some damage and put them further away from Environmental Control.

Objective #3: Navigating the Victory

Emphasize how dark the ship is. Almost all the lights are out.

As the PCs progress they hear buzzing and trilling in the distance.

Once on board the ship’s Environmental Controls will have to be hacked (Computer Ops). Once Environmental Controls are hacked, Dr. Chapel will flood the ship with a low level of radiation

As the PCs make their way to Environmental Control, they will face the 1-4 of the following obstacles (roll 1d10):

1-2 Parasites: When this encounter is rolled, the mosquito-like buzzing will get much louder. These will make a melee attack and attempt to latch onto the PCs. A graze inflicts damage, on a solid hit the parasite has attached itself to the outside of the PCs’ EVA suit and begins burning through it with a mild acid. Burning through the EVA suit takes one round and if the PCs have not successfully stunned the parasite by then it will take over the PC.

3-8 Infected Crew: These attack almost mindlessly, using clubs and melee weapons. They have no chance of surprise as they yell warnings to the PCs before and during their attacks.

9-10 Damaged system/environmental hazard: The ship was damaged during the takeover attempt and there is a chance a PC will encounter exposed circuitry along the way.

Objective #4: Long Live The Queen

Any Vulcans on the away mission have a chance (Psi check) to hear a psychic scream and know that it was directed at the Triangle. They also suffer 3d10 stamina damage.

Objective #5: Repair the Victory

The PCs will then have to help the Victory with repairs, though soon the area is crawling with Starfleet vessels when the Task Force arrives.

XP

PCs get 10+5 per night of the adventure. Also allow them to raise one attribute by 1 point. 

Voyage #1: Decision at Midnight

Decision at Midnight

The first adventure of the crew of the U.S.S. Larson actually begins before the crew has been introduced to the ship.

The crew, most of them newly minted Lieutenants, are assigned to the U.S.S. Arkadelphia, as seen in the classic FASA adventure "Decision at Midnight".

I tweaked the adventure some to make it better fit the campaign, but first a synopsis for those unfamiliar with the adventure.

Decision at Midnight Synopsis

The U.S.S. Arkadelphia is patrolling the border of the "Asparax Confederation", a breakaway region of space (with 4 planets) on the Federation-Klingon border. The ship's captain is convinced that the Klingons will exploit the situation as they did Axanar, an incident which began the Four Years War between the Federation and the Klingons.

Along the way the Captain begins showing signs of mental instability, starting with eccentricities like wearing ceremonial robes, all the way to full blown paranoia. The players are thus forced to decide whether to mutiny against the captain and how, in keeping with their oaths as Star Fleet officers.

In our version of the adventure, the Captain is actually a Mirror Universe Infiltrator and has a secret agenda: Asparaxian Space actually is an area of "weak space" between the prime universe and the Mirror Universe. His "instability" is just his naturally paranoid personality coming through.

Also aboard the ship is crewman Rogers, an agent of Section 31 who knows the truth about the captain and has a piece of advanced tech that will prove the captain is from another universe. Early in the adventure he takes the PCs into his confidence. At first they think he's insane but gradually come around as the captain gets more and more unstable.

Once the Captain's madness becomes impossible to ignore, with Klingon warships en route, the PCs made their move to remove the captain but not before he could activate the deflector dish and open a rift between the prime and Mirror universes.

As the PCs remove the captain from power a ship streaks by through the rift: the U.S.S. Defiant, thought lost in action with the Tholians but actually transported to the Mirror Universe. The old Constitution-style cruiser streaked past the Arkadelphia, in the throes of mutiny, filled with refugees from the Mirror Universe.

Dramatis Personae

The following are the main characters in the campaign.

Yes, the U.S.S. Larson is categorized as a character in the campaign. If you're a big star trek fan, you probably don't have a problem with that.

You will also note that the PCs currently have roles NOT on the Larson. We're several months into the campaign and their ship was recently destroyed in action. They are currently assigned to the Special Projects Division of Starfleet.

Fleet Admiral Grokav Tellarite (Ambitious; Self-Serving; Tunnel Vision; Ends Justify The Means)

●     Holds a grudge FOREVER

●     Refers to the Four Years War as “The First Klingon War”

●     Served brilliantly during the Four Years War

●     Actually had far more to do with the Federation winning the Four Years War than Lord Garth of Izar, but Garth got much more credit outside of Starfleet.

●     Commanded the Federation ground forces at the Battle of Kolm-An

●     Believes a war with the Klingons and/or Romulans is inevitable

Fleet Admiral Nogura (Human) (Commander Starfleet Military Operations Command)

●        Considered the embodiment of Starfleet to the Federation public.

●        Over 100 years old, appears as a quite frail Japanese man who nevertheless moves with only the assistance of an antique cane.

●        Commanded Federation space forces at Battle of Kolm-An

●        As much a maverick as Kirk

●        He and Kirk both have ties to Section 31

●        Forced to step down as head of Starfleet following Operation: Dixie, he refused to retire and was command of Starfleet Military Operations.

Fleet Admiral Skorex (Vulcan) (Commander Starfleet Colonial Operations Command)

●        Perhaps the most respected member of Starfleet Command’s upper leadership within Starfleet.

●        Seen as critical to the Federation’s growth and security.

●        Head of the ***.

Fleet Admiral Wesley (Human) (Commander Starfleet Galaxy Exploration Command)

●        First seen in “The Ultimate Computer”

Fleet Admiral Al’a’ter (Andorian) (Commander Starfleet Merchant Marine Command)

Vice Admiral Sertull (Tellarite) (Commander Starfleet Training)

Vice Admiral T’nora (Vulcan) (Commander Starfleet Intelligence) 

Councillor Satar (head of Vulcan Tal’Sorak or “the hand of Surak”)

●        Ultimate spymaster and keeper of secrets.

●        Considers the question of Reunification vital to the future of the Federation.

●        Dedicated to the return of “the Prodigals” (Romulans) to the ways of Surak, believes this can only be accomplished through the downfall of the Romulan Empire.

Councillor Valera

●        T’Cara’s mother, declared dead years ago

●        Highest ranking Federation operative in the Romulan Empire

●        Actually a member of the Praetor’s court, as a minor functionary.

●        Was once the former Praetor’s concubine (Severus and Honorius’ father)

●        The ultimate ice queen, extremely ruthless, will do anything to accomplish her mission

Chancellor Kesh (Head of Klingon High Council, engaged in civil war against Gorkon; plans a war against the Federation with Romulan support)

Praetor Severus (Searching for ultimate power; plans a war against the Federation with Klingon support)

U.S.S. Larson

●        Legendary vessel, class ship of her type and a hero of the Four Years War.

●        Test bed for a number of experimental programs during the war, most notably the Breaching Pod shuttles.

●        Has only had two Captains in her entire history- Captain Standish and most recently Commander Decker.

●        Once a year on VK Day (Victory over Klingons) the crew conducts a ceremony during Third Watch. This ceremony has fallen to the only two remaining members of the original crew: CPO Malcolm and CPO Bergmann. An Honor Roll of every Larson-class vessel lost during the Four Years War is recited.

●        Before the Honor Roll is recited, the following words are spoken: We are the arrowhead. We are the first into battle. We strike where we are least expected. The enemy underestimates us but later we are feared.

●        Honor Roll: USS Midway, USS Austerlitz, USS Pharsalus, USS Eylau, USS Buena Vista, USS Anzio, USS Iwo Jima, USS Thebes, USS Hammurabi, USS Troy, USS Demetrius, USS Alaric, USS Acre, USS Baku, USS San Miguel, USS Bayinnaung, USS de Tourville, NSS Ney, USS Scott, USS Boyacca.

●        After the Honor Roll is recited: These arrows are broken but they are not forgotten. Not by us, and not by the enemy who still bears their scars.

Crew

Captain Daniel Decker (Human; Former Commanding Officer U.S.S. Larson; Currently assigned to Starfleet Special Projects)

●        Grandson of Commodore Matt Decker, son of Will Decker.

●        Raised by his uncle in the Triangle, on Maze, which was briefly occupied by the Klingons.

●        Speaks fluent Klingon and is proficient in the Bat’Leth

●        A scientist, his background led him to be recruited into Starfleet Intelligence instead, over his strong objection and desire to explore and expand the Federation’s knowledge.

●        An enemy of Admiral Grokav since the “Arkadelphia Incident”.

●        Promoted to Commander and given command of the Larson by Admiral Nogura, current head of Starfleet Military Operations Command.

●        Science Branch

Commander T’Cara (Vulcan; Former First Officer/Chief Security Officer U.S.S. Larson; currently assigned to Starfleet Special Projects)

●        Father is Councillor Satar (see above)

●        Believes her mother is dead

●        Security Branch

Lieutenant Commander Ushaan (Andorian; Former Second Officer/Chief Navigator U.S.S. Larson; currently assigned to Starfleet Special Projects)

●        From a long line of Andorian warriors, named after an Andorian dueling tradition.

●        Very hotheaded

●        Distrusts Vulcans

Lieutenant Commander Cobalt (Human; Former Chief Helmsman U.S.S. Larson; currently assigned to Starfleet Special Projects)

●        Flies a Zero-G Castor Board in his spare time.

Chief Engineer CPO Henry “Peg” Malcolm (Proud; Loyal; Combative; Stick In The Mud; Former Chief Engineer, U.S.S. Larson; current assignment Engineering instructor Starfleet Academy)

●     Age 50, Stocky, Salt and Pepper Hair, Goatee

●     A Veteran of the Four Years War

●     Lost leg in Four Years War

●     Served Entire Career on U.S.S. Larson

●     Enlisted in Star Fleet as a crewman (enlisted man) and went to Star Fleet Academy after the war.

●     Keeps a plaque for every Larson-class ship lost during the Four Years War in Engineering.

●     Has a deep hatred and lack of respect for Communications Chief.

●     Fought long and hard to keep the Larson from being mothballed. Spent over a year overseeing its refit, which is still not finished.

●     Holds a ceremony in Engineering every year on VK Day.

Chief Communications Officer Lt. JG Anthony Reyes (Arrogant; Brilliant; Young; Untested; former Chief Communications Officer U.S.S. Larson; current assignment unknown)

●     Age 24, Rail thin, Close Cropped Blonde Hair

●     Thinks Lt. Malcolm is a dinosaur

●     Thinks the Larson is a hunk of junk and the refit is hopeless.

●     Mocks Malcolm’s ceremony

●     Refers to Lt. Standish as “One Night”.

●     The source of most of the crew’s friction.

●     Speaks 18 languages fluently including Klingon and Romulan

●     Studied cryptography

●     Has a huge crush on Dr. Chapel

Chief Science Officer Lt. Andrea Standish (Bookish; Brilliant; Wild Child; former Chief Science Officer U.S.S. Larson; current assignment unknown)

●     Age 35, Brown Hair, Glasses, Freckles

●     Loves to drink Reyes under the table

●     Refuses to file disciplinary complaints against fellow officers

●     Starfleet brat

●     Daughter of former Capt. Standish

●     CPO Malcolm is her godfather

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Christine Chapel (Living Legend; Unassuming; Secretive; Connected; former Chief Medical Officer U.S.S. Larson; currently assigned to Starfleet Special Projects)

●     Holds a rank of Commander

●     Refuses to get involved with anyone emotionally

●     Fascinated by Vulcan culture

●     Prefers to stay in Sickbay

●     Dislikes being planetside, barely tolerates starbases

●     Requested assignment on the Larson for unknown reasons. Offered way better assignments.

●     Thinks Lt. Reyes is cute. Like a puppy. The idea that she might be interested in him never occurs to her.

●     Keeps a hypospray set to thorazine on her at all times.

CPO Bergmann (former Assistant Chief of Security U.S.S. Larson; currently assigned to Drill Instructor Starfleet Academy)

●        Assistant Chief of Security

●        Certified Drill Instructor of Marines at Starfleet Academy

●        Master of numerous weapons

●        Veteran of Four Year War

●        Offered numerous chief of security assignments. Turns them down because “Security Chiefs do lots of paperwork)

●        He and CPO Malcolm have bunked together for 30 years.

●        Curses constantly

Doctor M’Benga (Compassionate; Ill; In love with Dr. T’pok)

●        Spent decades on Vulcan

●        Is secretly suffering from dementia, brought on by an inability of the brain to cope with frequent mind melds. Ironically, the only thing that keeps the disease at bay is mind melding.

Dr. T’pok (Compassionaite; In love with Dr. M’Benga)

●        Expert on game theory

●        Expert on human and vulcan psychology

●        Feels responsible for Dr. M’benga’s condition

●        Believes in Vulcan/Romulan reunification

●        Betrothed to Dr. T’pok as a child, confused at her denial of him and love for M’benga, but accepts it.

Surakir (Secretive; Dedicated; Deadly)

●        Certified master of Tal’Shia and the only living Vulcan Tal’Shiar (executioner)

●        Believes Vulcan/Romulan unification is illogical

●        Leader of the Tal’Sorak Operatives stationed on board the Larson.

These are the Voyages

Hello and welcome to the campaign site for the Larson Chronicles!

This site will chronicle the adventures of an ongoing campaign for FASA's classic Star Trek campaign. There are four PCs in the campaign, plus me, your humble game master.

The campaign is set in the period between Star Trek IV and Star Trek VI.

Praxis has not yet exploded, the Klingons are in the midst of a civil war between Chancellor Kesh and General Gorkon.

The feel of the campaign is that of the late Cold War, drawing heavily from early Tom Clancy novels, especially "Hunt for Red October". Conditions are dangerous, the Klingon Empire is still seen as a huge threat but is in fact teetering on the edge of collapse.

Recent Federation advances, especially the Excelsior ship class, are pushing an already strained Klingon economy past its breaking point.

Many Klingon officers, especially junior officers, favor a preemptive strike against the Federation, and refused by their superiors, have begun defecting to the Triangle (more on this below) as rogue operatives, seeking individual glory.

This breakdown in discipline goes unchecked by the High Council, another sign that the Klingon empire is waning.

The PCs are assigned to the Triangle, which is an unclaimed area of space bordered on 3 sides by the Romulans, the Klingons and the Federation. They are the only official Star Fleet presence in the disputed zone and are tasked with defending Federation colonists in the Triangle and serving as an early warning if one of the other powers makes a push to conquer the region, or use it as a backdoor to attack the Federation.




There are going to be four main antagonists for the campaign:

• Mirror Universe Impersonators: This group of officers was on the run from the Terran Empire when they were rescued by a Tholian scout ship. They were offered refuge in the Prime Universe. They have since infiltrated star fleet, replacing their doubles from the prime universe. Their goal is to carve out as much of a power base for themselves as they can. They are completely self-interested and have filled their crews with malcontents and discipline problems other Star Fleet captains don't want. They control the USS Defiant, thought lost, and use it as a pirate vessel, while others have infiltrated Star Fleet. 
• Rogue Star Fleet Faction: Led by Tellarite Admiral Grokav, this faction believes in Real Politic, and seeks to push the Klingon Empire over the edge by any means necessary. They also seek advancement of the Federation by any means, seeing it as the "greater good". They have numerous "mad science" projects running in the Triangle. 
• Tholian Assembly: These enigmatic aliens are able to cross between dimensions, and use dimensional weapons against their foes. While exploring the multiverse they encountered the Mirror Universe, which convinced them the Federation is a menace that will eventually turn into the Terran Empire. They rescued a group of officers from the Mirror Universe and gave them the USS Defiant. Their goal is to either push the Federation into a war with one of the other major powers, or into a civil war. 
• Romulan Praetor Severus: Insane leader of the Romulan Empire. Think Caligula but more competent. His goal is to give the Romulans psionic power equal to the Vulcans, something they have lost. He has hit upon a brilliant plan to make this happen- he has trapped some energy from the Galactic Barrier and plans to use that to gain psionic powers.