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BRIEFS
TRADE LEDGERS
TALES FROM THE NEXT GENERATION ERA

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01.00 INTRODUCTION 002

01.10 DILITHIUM DIRGE 003
01.20 THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN MANDOLINI 004
01.30 THE GEMULON RUN 005
01.40 BEDLAM ON BAHAM 006
01.50 SQUIRK’S SCHEME 007
01.60 S.S. TRANQUIL 008
01.70 DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL 009
01.80 LIFE’S GAMBLE 010
01.90 BANDITS OF ZANTHICA 011
01.100 DEAD MEN CLOSE NO DEALS 012

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CHAPTER
01.00 TRADE LEDGERS
INTRODUCTION
Starfleet isn’t the only organization exploring the cosmos
and warping from system to system. The Galaxy is full of
independent trader crews, smuggling rings, mercenary
groups, and more, most of which do not share Starfleet
values or Federation ethos. During their tours of duty,
Starfleet crews must be prepared to encounter any number
of ruthless and cunning adversaries.
This packet presents ten detailed mission briefs oriented
around encountering independent merchants and smugglers,
each of which you can modify for use in your Star Trek
Adventures campaigns set during The Next Generation
era (approximately 2360–2379) or any other era of play with
minor modifications. Each mission brief is designed to stand
alone, though they could be strung together into a story arc
or added to an existing campaign.

ELEMENTS OF A MISSION BRIEF

A mission brief contains several elements that collectively create a high-level outline for a Star Trek Adventures
mission. Each element may be modified as needed to suit the needs of your particular game and group of players. The
elements of a mission brief include:

§ Title: An evocative title for the mission.

§ Suggested Era of Play: The Star Trek time period in which the mission is recommended to be set (Enterprise era,
original series era, The Next Generation era, etc.).

§ Suggested Spotlight Role: The suggested focus player character role. This can be used to help you and your
players plan milestones and character arcs.

§ Synopsis: High-level summary, detailing key points such as location, antagonists, the plot, etc. The synopsis
generally explains how the story might relate to the player characters and provides the essential details needed to
start developing the story.

§ Opening Log Entry: A captain’s log or a personal log, usually written with the suggested spotlight role in mind.

§ Major Beats: Key scenes or encounters to include, leaving room for you to bridge them as needed with material
unique to your cast of player characters and campaign events.

§ Minor Beats: Secondary plot elements or suggested subplots that you could weave into the mission as a side
scene or subplot.

§ Key Non-Player Characters: Brief descriptions of key NPCs, including the main antagonist(s). This element may
also suggest specific NPCs from the core rulebook to use or adapt. Note that any page references listed in this
document refer to the Starfleet-oriented Star Trek Adventures core rulebook.

§ Conclusion: The intended ending of the mission, with suggestions on how to adjust the conclusion if the players
move the story in unanticipated directions.

§ Adding This Mission to Your Campaign: Advice on how you might fit the mission into your ongoing campaign.

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01.10 DILITHIUM DIRGE
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Engineering Officer
SYNOPSIS
The crew is asked by the chief engineer’s cousin, Jolene, to
assist in the affairs of her deceased mother who owned a
dilithium mine in the Rhomboid Dronegar Sector 007. Jolene
negotiated Starfleet’s assistance to get the mine up and
running. In exchange, half of the first year’s mining yield will
go to Starfleet. The crew must transport supplies to restore
the mine’s operations. Standing in their way is a greedy
Pakled captain.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
My eccentric, yet business savvy, aunt has passed.
My cousin inherited her dilithium mine. She’s asked
for assistance in retrofitting the mine to Federation
standards. Jolene astutely solidified an agreement
with Starfleet. Coincidentally, our crew has been
asked by Starbase 186 to pick up a supply of alluvial
separators, tritanium roof bolters, and magnetic
draglines, and deliver them to the mining colony.
CHIEF ENGINEER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
BREACH
The crew may scan the Class-K mining moon and
communicate with Jolene. Upon arrival, they learn that one
of the mining domes has a structural breach that will prevent
the transport of supplies. The workers are safe but trapped
within an interior part of the facility. Some might be injured.
The player characters must form an away team to fix the
breach before transporting supplies into the dome.
FEBERNOD
Suddenly, a vessel comprised of a mishmash of technology
decloaks. It is a Pakled vessel controlled by Captain
Febernod. He claims that the dilithium mine is now in his
possession since the original owner has passed. The Pakled
ship uses a sophisticated transport system to bypass shields
and steal the supplies from the mining colony. He commands
the players’ ship to leave the sector. Players may want to
scan Febernod’s vessel, assess any potential weaknesses, or
have the away team prepare for an attack.
RECOVERY
Febernod cares little about intergalactic law. He will take
violent action with powerful weapons and technology if he
feels that the crew is a threat (though he wants to preserve
the miners since “they are smart” and he needs them to
run the operations). He might take hostages, even beaming
Jolene onto his ship. The goal is to repair the mining dome,
recover the stolen equipment, and rescue any abductees
from the avaricious Pakleds.
MINOR BEATS
Some Pakleds might beam into the dome to interrupt repair
operations, allowing security officers to act.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt D7 Battle Cruiser on page 259 for the Pakled’s ship.
Use Ferengi Salesman on page 326 for any Pakleds but
reduce Reason by 2 and increase Daring by 3.
CONCLUSION
This is an opportunity for players to develop a strategy to
win the day so that Starfleet’s contractual obligations can be
fulfilled. This might involve negotiation or new trade options
with the Pakleds. If the mining colony is severely damaged in
this encounter, Jolene’s business could be ruined. She and
the colonists might need to be evacuated. Febernod might
become a recurring villain.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This mission can be easily adapted to fit any solar system the
players are already going to for other reasons, in any era of play. The
Federation science team can be swapped for a team of any species
from a local planet who ask the players for assistance in recovering
their people.
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 CHAPTER
01.20 THE FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN MANDOLINI
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Captain
SYNOPSIS
The crew arrive at Hemzor Station to pay respects to
a comrade who died on a secret mission. Vekkor, the
commander of Hemzor Station, is an Orion Syndicate
member who allows Starfleet vessels to dock at the station
per a non-aggression pact. The crew learns that the Orions
have discovered a pre-warp civilization tucked away in a
nearby nebula from which they have been kidnapping people
to supply slave labor to the Gorn. The crew must make an
ethical decision with the Prime Directive in play.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
Captain Mandolini must have had good reason to
stage his funeral on this unaligned space station
so close to Gorn territory. I always thought he
wanted to be buried on Earth, his home planet.
The fact that his will requested to have his
ceremony on this backwater station sounds more
like a first clue than a last wish.
CAPTAIN’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
A TIME OF MOURNING
Mandolini’s funeral is only attended by the tight-lipped crew
of his ship, the kaJama, and the player characters. Characters
may interview standoffish members of the station’s community
who claim to be unfamiliar with Starfleet personnel. If players
think to review Mandolini’s logs, they learn the kaJama
frequented the station while on surveillance missions along the
border of Gorn territory. Vekkor wants Starfleet off the station.
The characters must intervene to stop a bar fight between
the crew of the kaJama and Vekkor’s people, perhaps using
nonviolent means to do so. Wishing to end the violence,
the kaJama’s Vulcan first officer, Commander Issik, quietly
approaches the player characters’ commanding officer.
DATA
Issik informs the officer that he covertly installed beacons
on Orion vessels to track their movement in the dark nebula.
Mandolini had ordered the kaJama into Gorn territory to obtain
scans of illegal activities figuring that Starfleet would authorize
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them to take action against Vekkor. However, a Gorn vessel
attacked the kaJama. Mandolini was killed in action. Issik took
command and ordered them to withdraw to Federation space.
Any sensor data their vessel collected would be inadmissible
as evidence due to the border violation. Player characters
should convene to review the data, which verifies Mandolini’s
suspicions of illegal trafficking.
THE CALL
A distress call comes in from the pre-warp civilization wanting
liberation from the Orions. Characters must track down the
signal and decide on a course of action. The distress might
come from a native located on the home planet or they may be
trapped on a transport ship. Entering the treacherous nebula
to locate and rescue abductees will come into play.
MINOR BEATS
Characters will be treated inhospitably while on the station
but may find new friends among the kaJama crew. Players
well-versed in law or first contacts might find space to
explore these themes.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt Vekkor from Major Verohk on page 321. Use the
Romulan bird-of-prey on page 262 for the Orion ship. Omit
the cloaking device.
CONCLUSION
The crew may receive permission from Starfleet to disrupt
the trafficking operations or might take matters into their own
hands. This mission may have political ramifications leading
to all-out war with the Gorn. On the other hand, the crew’s
actions could garner acclaim from Starfleet and create new
allies with the pre-warp civilization.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This adventure can be dropped into most campaigns and could be a
springboard into a campaign featuring the Gorn.
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01.30 THE GEMULON RUN
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Medical Officer
SYNOPSIS
The crew is called in to settle disputes between Federation
members and the Ferengi Alliance regarding trade routes
between Volchok Prime and the Gemulon system. A Ferengi
named Bloog has been purchasing shipping contracts in the
name of several wealthy people who have fallen victim to
a coma-inducing virus. The player characters can turn the
tables on Bloog by reviving one of the neurovirus victims to
expose the Ferengi as a crook or using medical forensics to
determine Bloog’s guilt.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
I smell a rat. And we are still one light-year from the
mediation hearing on Gemulon V. It is more than
coincidence that each contractee who sold their
interest to the Ferengi Bloog is now in a coma. Bloog
claims that they all caught the Zartoolian neurovirus
at the celebratory gala in his honor and that Ferengi
are immune to the plague. I am suspicious.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
MEDIATION AND MOTIVE
While some officers meet with Bloog to learn more about
the trade deal, the chief medical officer receives permission
to take a shuttle and visit Michelle Johnson, the Human
daughter of a comatose contractee who owns a palatial
residence on the forest moon of Clarius II. Michelle had
alerted Starfleet to shady business after her mother, Livia, fell
comatose following Bloog’s gala. Livia is being cared for in
Michelle’s home. Medical or science officers may want to run
tests on Livia. Tests rule out inhalants, consumption, or an
injection as to how she contracted the virus.
NAUSICAANS
While the medical officer is studying the virus, two
Nausicaans enter Michelle’s home and try to murder
the Starfleet officers. They will fight to the death or until
incapacitated. An investigation of the area reveals the
Nausicaans’ small transport ship nearby. Flight logs show
that it came from Rog, a rainy planet in Ferengi space.
Michelle says that Bloog’s mansion is on Rog.
NO MORE MEDIATION
After learning of the incident on Clarius II, the crew may
decide to continue their investigation on Rog. They will
need to negotiate with the Ferengi Alliance for the right
to pass through their space, survive an attack from
Nausicaan vessels, access Bloog’s huge residence, and
locate a hidden lab in his home. Once there, they can
uncover clues connecting Bloog to the virus.
MINOR BEATS
All roles should be able to take part in various tasks including
shuttling through Ferengi space, engaging in space battles,
diplomacy with the Ferengi Alliance, research into the
neurovirus, and the opportunity for security officers to bypass
Bloog’s residential security systems.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Use stats for Ferengi Saleman on page 326 for Bloog,
Klingon Warrior on page 317 for Nausicaans, and Maquis
Fighter on page 269 for Nausicaan attack ships.
CONCLUSION
Medical officers need to create a cure that can be
transmitted to medical institutions to save victims. They
get three intervals to do this, each taking one day. Any
complications could mean the death of a victim. Computers
indicate that the virus was introduced to the victims via a
rigged transporter system when they departed the gala. Once
Michelle’s mother is revived, she will testify against Bloog.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This game should highlight the forensic capabilities of your starship
crew. For earlier eras, replace Ferengi and Nausicaans with Orions.
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01.40 BEDLAM ON BAHAM
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Science Officer
SYNOPSIS
The crew receives a distress call from the Bazhool. They need
help defending against an alien ship out to destroy them for
no apparent reason. The perpetrator is an alien whose father
decades before robbed a Tzenkethi gene bank and buried the
biorepository beneath Bazhool’s central city. The alien wants to
use the biorepository to concoct a bioweapon to kill Tzenkethi.
Players need to help the Bazhool evacuate the city, confront the
attacker, uncover his motives, and find a diplomatic solution.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
Our vessel has arrived in the Baham system
in response to a distress call from the Bazhool
people, a civilization of sentient fungal life-forms.
They claim to be victims of an unprovoked attack.
The Federation is considering the Bazhool for
Federation membership so we have been ordered
to intercede on their behalf.
CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
THE BAZHOOL
There is no sign of the attacker when the characters arrive at
Baham Prime. An away team can visit the fog-enshrouded,
coastal city to learn more about the nature of the attacks.
The Bazhool explain that a triangle-shaped, ebony ship
appeared in the sky and with no warning, destroyed their only
two starships, fired on the city from orbit, and sent a single
message telling them to evacuate in seven days. That was
six days ago. Characters must study the Bazhool’s sensor
logs to learn as much about the attacking ship as possible.
Security officers may assist with evacuation planning.
TRIANGLE SHIP
The characters have one day to prepare for the return of the
alien ship. When the vessel arrives, it will ignore hails, instead
broadcasting a message that the city will be eradicated if
not evacuated by the end of the day. Characters may try to
establish contact with the ship and to scan it. Attempts to
transport aboard the ship will fail. The ship will only attack
the characters’ starship if provoked.
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SCANS
Sensor sweeps indicate that the alien vessel has been
actively scanning the city. Scans of the central city will detect
Tzenkethi DNA located 500 meters beneath the surface but
no life-signs. Upon investigation, the characters discover a
vault with an interface that reports that it contains a Tzenkethi
gene bank. The contents of the vault are shielded from
transport or more detailed scans. Once the biorepository is
located by the characters, the alien transports to the surface
to acquire the biorepository.
MINOR BEATS
Characters may research Bazhool culture. Conn and
command officers may engage in ship-to-ship battle.
Science and medical officers might be eager to learn about
Tzenkethi genetics.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt Borg Sphere on page 266 for the attacking alien vessel
and Moq’Var on page 319 for the alien.
CONCLUSION
If the alien is subdued, he will reveal how, a century ago, the
Tzenkethi committed genocide against his people. His father
was a survivor who later infiltrated the Tzenkethi Coalition’s
borders and stole the biorepository to create a bioweapon
with which to exact his revenge. Coalition agents tracked
his father down and killed him, but not before he could hide
the repository on Baham and send an encrypted message
to his son to continue his quest. The mission ends when it
is discovered that the vault failed to properly refrigerate the
DNA and 99.8% of the genetic material contained therein
was rendered useless.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
Use this story to delve into the themes and complications of
genocide, justice, revenge, and the secretive Tzenkethi Coalition.
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01.50 SQUIRK’S SCHEME
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: First Officer or Security Officer
SYNOPSIS
Orion Trader Tezek seeks aid from the security officer while
the crew is on shore leave on Fellebia, a popular Federation
vacation spot. Tezek asks the officer to help rescue one of
her fellow traders, Nissaassaa, who has been abducted by
Squirk, a Ferengi drug cultivator and criminal gang leader.
Squirk demands that Tezek signs over her controlling interest
of the business to secure her business partner’s return.
The crew must destroy the drugs and battle Squirk’s forces
to drive them from the area. Unbeknownst to Tezek or the
Starfleet officers, Nissaassaa made an underhanded deal
with Squirk to share drug profits.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
It’s been years since I’ve seen Tezek. She still
comes off as strong-willed, but for a flaw in the
company she keeps. As an Orion trader, she is
forced to align herself with questionable associates
and she is embroiled in another odd dilemma. Her
business partner, Nissaassa, has been abducted
by a Ferengi gangster who works in the illegal
psilocybin drug trade. Tezek has asked our crew for
help. I guess shore leave is over.
FIRST OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
PSILOCYBIN
Starfleet approves of a rescue operation since the drug
trade has been wreaking havoc in this part of space. The
crew needs to interview underworld contacts to try and find
Squirk’s hideout on Fellebia. Investigation will lead to Squirk’s
well-guarded facility, a garment factory that is a front for her
psilocybin production lab.
SHOOT OUT ON THE SURFACE
Squirk will not take kindly to Starfleet intervention. A shootout
ensues as the player characters join Tezek in trying to bypass
security lockouts while fighting Squirk’s Orion henchmen. Squirk
will evade capture, keeping hold of Nissaassaa, transporting
them to her starship in orbit, and fleeing at warp speed. The
Ferengi has plenty of crafty tricks to fool ship sensors, so the
crew will need to work through sensor-related complications.
SHOOT OUT IN SPACE
The players must find a way to keep track of Squirk’s ship
as she tries to evade their vessel in a network of violent and
erratic gravitational distortions. Squirk will not give up without
a fight, so players can expect ship-to-ship battle if they are
to rescue Nissaassaa. Squirk will surrender before her own
vessel is destroyed.
MINOR BEATS
This is an opportunity to flesh out the security officer’s
background. How did they meet Tezek? Under what
circumstances? Other player characters may enjoy downtime
on Fellebia before being called to action. Players can work
with local authorities to provide information that might lead to
the dismantling of Squirk’s drug operations.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Use the stats for Ferengi Saleman on page 326 for Squirk,
Klingon Warrior on page 317 for Orions, and D’Kora-class
Marauder on page 267 for Squirk’s ship.
CONCLUSION
The story takes a twist when Nissaassaa, who is a
co-conspirator in the plot, is “rescued.” Once on the
characters’ ship, Nissaassaa will try to sabotage their vessel,
free Squirk from captivity, and return to the Ferengi vessel
to make her escape. This will reveal that Nissaassaa was
conspiring with Squirk the entire time to gain a controlling
interest in Tezek’s business.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This mission provides an opportunity for players to explore their
characters’ backgrounds and personalities as they engage in
recreational activities on Fellebia. If your campaign setting is in an
earlier era, swap the Ferengi for Humans or Orions.
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01.60 S.S. TRANQUIL
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Flight Controller

SYNOPSIS
Starfleet Command has ordered the crew to board a
Federation pleasure ship suspected of transporting explosive
compounds to rebels on Iza V. The crew must board the S.S.
Tranquil as tourists and collect incriminating evidence that
is held in a cargo bay shielded from scans. When the player
characters’ cover is blown, they must escape the brig, take
control of the cruise liner, and bring the crew to justice.
INTERROGATION
Once evidence is found of the illegal operations, the
Tranquil’s captain, Evsei Agron, orders that the ship be
rerouted into a nebula. He argues that they have a private
deal with rebels on Iza V, a non-Federation world, and
Starfleet is out of its jurisdiction. Characters can argue that it
is Federation property that has been stolen and a Federation
ship is transporting the contraband, which gives Starfleet
authority. Though some on his crew might be swayed by
arguments, Evsei will be relentless. He switches his goal to

OPENING LOG ENTRY disposing of the evidence and the witnesses.

When I enrolled in the Academy, I hardly thought I

would be going undercover with my fellow officers to MINOR BEATS
stop smugglers from trafficking contraband through
Players need an opportunity to get to know the people on
Federation space. We’ve been on board for five
board the Tranquil and engage in pleasure activities onboard
days now and we still haven’t managed to locate the
the luxury liner. Characters’ true identities might be exposed
explosive compounds. But I do as duty calls…not
as they meet a person from their past who comes on board
that life on a luxury cruise liner is all that bad.
sometime during the mission.

FLIGHT CONTROLLER’S LOG

KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
MAJOR BEATS Use the stats for various Starfleet officers on page 314–315
for Tranquil crew members. Use Maquis Raider on page 268
for the luxury liner but keep only one energy weapon.
LIFE ON A CRUISE SHIP
The insertion team has been ordered to maintain radio
silence with their starship except under the most extreme
circumstances. They each have a cover story and will
CONCLUSION
want to mill about the ship to convince the crew and other This adventure could end with characters escaping the brig,
passengers of the legitimacy of their cover story, discern who keeping Argon from sabotaging the vessel, rescuing hostages,
might be in on the illegal operation, and gather any evidence or taking control of the ship and remanding the criminals to
of illegal activities. Starfleet. If things look bleak for the player characters, you
may allow their starship to arrive and effect a rescue. Perhaps
COMPLICATIONS Agron will escape to exact revenge in the future.
Any complications should be directed toward the insertion
team being discovered and apprehended. But this should
not occur before the conn officer has a chance to download ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
a copy of trade routes from the flight computer, evidence
Take care to work with the players to build the conditions in which the
that logs have been falsified. Once this has been completed,
characters were inserted on the Tranquil, their cover stories, and the
some of the player characters (especially those who have
type of criminal activity they are out to uncover.
complications) are exposed and detained in the brig. Other
player characters might manage to maintain their cover.

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01.70 DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Medical Officer
SYNOPSIS
The crew is asked to rescue Lindame, the son of a Pakled
Big Boss. The child was abducted by a rival Boss who is
demanding ransom be paid. The crew rescues Lindame
but is caught off guard by a cybernetic trap that threatens
their vessel. The bridge crew is transported off their ship
and left stranded on a deserted planet. The father comes to
their rescue. The crew must recover their vessel before the
villainous Pakled can escape with their ship.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
Starfleet has authorized us to assist a Pakled Big
Boss whose son was abducted by another Boss.
We are to help return the child safely to their family.
Starfleet feels it in the Federation’s interest to render
aid in hopes of fostering peaceful relations between
our societies. Amazingly, we have been invited to
Grebnesie Station, the heavily-armed citadel from
which the Pakleds direct their missions.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
GREBNESIE STATION
Allow the player characters to tour the large, cobbled-together
station before the victim’s father, Hobtort, describes his plight.
He explains that, though his ship’s armaments are “very
powerful,” the long-range sensors are not. He promises to talk
to the other Bosses about ceasing hostility with the Federation
if they help him get his son back. (Note: Hobtort should not
join the player characters on their vessel as he plays an
important role later in the story.) Players will need to perform a
series of sensor sweeps to locate the other Pakled, Pubabab,
and his ship. They will find the vessel hiding in the rings of a
volcanic planet a day’s distance from Grebnesie Station.
RESCUE
A short ship-to-ship battle will encourage Pubabab to
surrender Lindame, at which point he can be transported to
the player characters’ vessel. Pubabab has secretly implanted
a cybernetic control unit in the child that allows him to send
neural suggestions. Lindame is excited to see the holodeck.
Once there, he locks down the holodeck, infiltrates the ships’
systems, and creates a dangerous labyrinth in which to hide.
CONTROL
After commandeering the computers, Lindame transports
the bridge crew to the volcanic planet, locking the rest of the
ship’s crew out of the bridge and key systems. The crew will
not be able to survive on the planet for long. In addition to
fighting off hungry arachnids, they will need to locate shelter,
find a water source, and endure super-heated hurricane winds.
MINOR BEATS
Pakleds often concoct elaborate plans to steal technology.
Allow science and engineering player characters to explore
the station where they will see a jumbled conglomeration of
technology stolen from known and unknown civilizations.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt the D7 Battle Cruiser on page 259 for the Pakled
ships. Use Ferengi Salesman on page 326 for Pakleds but
reduce Reason by 2 and increase Daring by 3. Use Talarian
Hook Spider, page 341, for the hungry arachnids.
CONCLUSION
Success for this mission means player characters will find a
way to survive on the planet until Hobtort arrives to transport
them onto his ship. The characters must take back their ship,
perhaps by creating a way to distract Lindame or discovering
and deactivating the neural link. Characters may try and
detain Pubabab and provide medical assistance to Lindame
to remove the cybernetic control unit.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
Use this adventure to explore the Pakled’s culture, political
configuration, and family structure. For earlier eras, the Pakleds can
be swapped for another species looking to join the Federation.
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 CHAPTER
01.80 LIFE’S GAMBLE
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Any role
SYNOPSIS
The crew are called to Ferenginar by Trader Mota to help
search for her mentor, Professor Lorpax, the developer of
the perfect gambling system. The crew must rescue him
from Stosh, an unprincipled entrepreneur. However, the
crew’s success is cut short when Lorpax is found dead.
The characters become prime suspects when the Ferengi
Commerce Authority (FCA) accuses them of orchestrating
Lorpax’s death to steal his technology. With a bounty on their
heads, the crew must figure out who killed the professor.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
We were about to depart Ferenginar after
transferring the Ming delegation to the U.S.S.
Axel Mark when one of my old colleagues, Mota,
reached out for my assistance. Since our next
mission doesn’t begin for a week, I have decided
to assist her. I have always held Mota in high
regard. Not many Ferengi females have done as
well in business as she has.
FIRST OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
STOSH
Underworld contacts inform Mota that Stosh is holding
the professor somewhere near his dingy cantina in the
rainy, coastal suburb of Yank. Characters need to travel
to the cantina and search the area. Goons in the cantina
will try to stop the characters while Stosh makes a run
for it. Once captured, he will give up Lorpax. He explains
that his dimwitted technicians couldn’t understand the
tech specifications for Lorpax’s gambling tech. Research
reveals that the program uses a tachyon-infused processing
system that can predict probabilities with a 99.9% accuracy,
therefore allowing the house to adjust its bets accordingly.
FALLEN
Lorpax invites Mota and the characters to his residence to
celebrate his rescue and prepare for the unveiling of PUGS,
the Pre-eminent Universal Gambling System. Lorpax lets
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the characters play PUGS while he retires to his quarters.
They play until the wee hours of the morning until an outcry
summons the characters to Lorpax’s quarters where they find
the Ferengi dead.
TRIAL
The FCA arrives. PUGS was to be the next big gambling
revolution, making the owner of the system inestimably
wealthy. The FCA accuses the characters of murder and theft
of Lorpax’s intellectual property, since “they who own the
rights to PUGS could bring the Ferengi Alliance to its knees.”
The FCA places a bounty on any officers who try to escape
the trial. The characters must attempt to prove their innocence
and uncover the facts around Lorpox’s untimely demise.
MINOR BEATS
Building a legal defense in the trial should prove an
interesting challenge for player characters adept at forensics,
conflict resolution, or law. The night spent gambling could
allow players to discuss career events.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt the Ferengi Salesman stats from page 326 for Mota,
Stosh, and cantina goons.
CONCLUSION
Mota’s motive is to acquire rights to PUGS for herself. She
arranged the murder months in advance, having paid Stosh
to abduct Lorpox. While Lorpox was imprisoned, Stosh’s
technicians swapped out Lorpox’s emerald brooch (which
would be Lorpox’s payment) with a replica brooch outfitted
with a deadly, close-range sonic emitter. Mota could then
work with Starfleet to stage a rescue knowing her murder
weapon was in place.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This campaign can give insights into the Ferengi legal system,
which might allow for bribery or deal making. If your campaign is set
in an earlier era, feel free to replace the Ferengi with Orions.
 CHAPTER
01.90 BANDITS OF ZANTHICA
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: First Officer or Security Officer
SYNOPSIS
A member of the away team is critically injured while pursuing
Orions who have been using a pre-warp planet as a place to
hide stolen Starfleet weapons. Bereft of their equipment and
without a starship in orbit, the crew seeks help in a pre-warp
town. The local doctor, assuming that they belong to a group
of bandits that have been pillaging the village, calls the local
constable to interrogate the uninjured crew members. The
player characters must find a way to save their injured team
member, recover Starfleet weapons, and uphold the Prime
Directive until rescue arrives. Apprehending the Orions and
extraditing them off Zanthica would be a plus.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
Shortly after our base camp was set up, we were
informed that our vessel was ordered by Starfleet
to pursue the Orion command vessel responsible
for weapons trafficking in this region. Apparently,
Starfleet intercepted a communique in which the
Orion vessel is planning to rendezvous with a
Romulan warbird intent on purchasing a load of
quantum torpedoes. I am confident that we will be
able to complete our objective of tracking down the
Orion smugglers still on this planet and securing the
cache of stolen Starfleet weapons by the time our
ship returns.
FIRST OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
BASE CAMP
The story opens at the planet of Zanthica, home to a pre-warp,
green-skinned, humanoid civilization, where team has disguised
themselves as natives to track down the stolen weapons. The
Orions, however, attack the characters’ base camp. During the
firefight, a member of the away team is injured and much of their
equipment is destroyed by an EM grenade.
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
The characters must stabilize the injured officer, utilize
survival skills, travel along a treacherous cliff, and concoct a
plan to enter a village where medical supplies are available.
Gamemasters might spend Threat to have the away team
split up. After speaking with some townsfolk, the characters
learn that Zanthicans believe the smugglers to be forest-
dwelling bandits who raid the town for food and supplies.
The away team locates a doctor, Tyd, willing to render aid.
THE CONSTABLE
Tyd grows suspicious of the strangers as the crew tries to
uphold the Prime Directive. Assuming them to be bandits,
the doctor summons Constable Jym to question them. They
characters must convince Jym that they are not smugglers,
find a way to contact their ship, and survive another attack
from the bandits who have come to finish off the job.
MINOR BEATS
One of the characters might form a connection with
Doctor Tyd.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Use the stats for Starfleet security officers on page 314 for
Orions, Starfleet Science Officer on page 315 for Dr. Tyd, and
Romulan Centurion on page 320 for Constable Jym.
CONCLUSION
The goal is to get off the planet with the stolen weapons and
as little cultural contamination as possible. The characters
might use different types of social conflict to convince
Dr. Tyd and Constable Jym that they are not bandits.
Characters may need to acquire weapons, set booby traps,
rally the townspeople to defend themselves, or jury-rig
communications with their starship.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
This adventure can be dropped into any era campaign as an
opportunity for testing your player characters’ survival skills.
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01.100 DEAD MEN CLOSE NO DEALS
Suggested Era of Play: The Next Generation Era
Suggested Spotlight Role: Medical Officer
SYNOPSIS
The medical officer meets Pehava, a Ferengi female, who
is in a contract dispute with Jigar, her late father’s Orion
business partner. After the medical officer finds a temporal
anomaly in Pehava’s physiology, the crew must track
down the cause of the oddity. This leads them to uncover
an elaborate plan by Jigar to take control of the business
through nefariously ingenious means.
OPENING LOG ENTRY
The medical conference on Starbase 718 is coming
to an end. My presentation on Immune Activation
Syndromes in Antedean Pediatrics was well received.
While the starbase awaits the return of its CMO, I
have agreed to step in to help the short-handed team
before our starship departs for our next mission.
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER’S LOG
MAJOR BEATS
PEHAVA
The medical officer meets Pehava, the daughter of Ploom,
when she comes in complaining about having difficulty
swallowing. Pehava speaks openly about Ploom’s death and
the contract dispute between her and Jigar. Pehava claims that
the contract giving her controlling interest was electronically
signed by her father aboard his ship, the Ferbok, shortly before
he died of a heart attack and before the ship was docked at
the station. However, when she went to produce the document
the timestamp had been altered to appear like it was signed
after his death. Research reveals that she is suffering from
stress-related symptoms along with temporal dysphagia. This
anomaly should intrigue the crew and, if they contact Starfleet,
they will be ordered to investigate the matter.
INVESTIGATION
Characters may investigate. Pehava claims the contract was
signed at 1032 hours, Ploom died of a sudden heart attack at
1034 hours, but the contract indicates it was signed at 1037
hours, which would make it invalid. Jigar cites Ferengi Rule
of Acquisition #15, “Dead men close no deals.” Characters
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can engage in social conflict with Pehava or the crew of
the Ferbok, who also show decreasing traces of chroniton
particles in their system. Jigar, however, seems unaffected
by the condition. If pressed, the pilot will admit that he was
bribed by Jigar to make a deviation in their flight path.
HICCUP IN TIME
Players must concoct theories and investigate this hiccup in
time. This could include examining the Ferbok, though Jigar
will protest since he now claims to own it. Characters with
focuses in business, law, or negotiation might find a way to
procure a search warrant. Examining the Ferbok’s sensor
logs will indicate five minutes of missing data in addition to a
deviation from the plotted flight plan.
MINOR BEATS
Player characters can explore Starbase 718, perhaps running
into old friends or romantic interests.
KEY NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS
Adapt Pehava from Ferengi Menial on page 325 and Jigar
from Major Verohk on page 321.
CONCLUSION
Jigar knows the location of a chroniton pocket in space, which
the characters’ starship can confirm. He times his contract
negotiations with business partners for when the ship passes
through the pocket. As time freezes for five minutes and right
before contracts are signed, Jigar uses a temporal wristband to
remain unaffected by the anomaly and makes key alterations to
the contracts giving him an advantage. His greed got the best of
him this time; he murdered Ploom with an injection of steroids
to the old Ferengi’s heart and, therefore, gave himself controlling
interest in a business worth billions in latinum.
ADDING THIS MISSION TO YOUR CAMPAIGN
Use this mission to explore the intricacies of Ferengi law. For earlier
eras, make all relevant NPCs Orion.
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