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Some new openings in this game. It has evolved into a more traditional 2022 campaign (not 1981). There are some elements of classic Champions; VIPER is playing a big part. Contact me on the forum with your character idea. We are focusing on 5th Edition.

Just to be clear, I've used Professor Muerte and his crew a lot over the years, but I have a hankering to do them right instead of shoehorning them in like I have in the past. I actually bought Enemies II in the Eighties when it was new. I have a campaign set in the 1980's right now so I'm going back to the beginning. That's where this is coming from. (Not sure if it helps, but I just didn't want anyone to think I was a newbie!)

Is there a module starring Terror Incorporated? (Professor Muerte, Giganto, Scorpia, Feur) I have read a few threads discussing this villain group. I'm just looking for a module or detailed adventure laying out how they operate(d). If there is no module, how would you set up a multi-session storyline involving this group?

Haha. These were Dennis Mallonee's characters, according to the module. I didn't see the Aaron Allston article, but now I gotta read it!

Yeah, I used The Dash a lot. Yes indeed, from the Great Supervillain Contest.

C'est rien, as the French would say. I was slow to warm up to 6th Edition, but your book made me finally get it. Don't get too hung up on these small things--we need you to make more stuff like this!

Thank you, Duke. Your treatise came at a good time for me. I was trying to figure out some stuff in my own life and this really helped me put things into perspective.

The Magneto thing makes sense to me (I'm not saying that you don't think so too--you just made me have a realization). Magneto sees his people as Homo Superior, and sees the humans trying to say that mutants are subhuman, and he's saying, no, they're the opposite. So he's working towards wiping out the Homo Sapiens to make way for the Homo Superior. (David Bowie said it better.) So it's this angle that makes Magneto more admirable as a villain. He sees himself as preventing genocide by wiping out the mutant-hating humans. I think that's why I always liked Magneto--his agenda made sense. Sorry, Tjack. I thought I was taking your ball and running with it. But you did indeed clarify my thoughts, then! Thank you!

I think a lot of good points have been made so far. Liaden and Christopher are circling in on it. But the word that triggered an "aha" moment for me was "arbitrary." That's it. That's exactly what I was grasping for. The Marvel mutant thing feels very arbitrary, but also very...authentic? The guard/prisoner experiments do have that same feeling, IMO. Maybe it's just that Tjack and I are on the same wavelength? Or is it more? So if Tjack is on the right track, it would kind of imply that someone has planted this idea, that there was anti-mutant propaganda that preceded the prejudice? Does Marvel explore the roots of mutant paranoia? Is there an agency that started the rumors and fans the flames? I know that there's the government agency that has the Sentinels (you know, those giant mutant-hunting robots that Chris Claremont stole from Genocide's Minutemen ). But is it part of that secret agency's agenda to promote hatred? Weren't they just trying to capture mutants to experiment on for military purposes? Or wait...maybe that is it. The agency would have to sow the seeds that the mutants were subhuman in order to justify their agenda. So if you had a child, as Lord Liaden mentioned, and it started exhibiting superhuman abilities, you'd turn in your own child because it has been dehumanized by the propaganda. Whoa!

First let me say that I was always onboard for the idea of mutants. In Marvel, there are all these people with powers but for some reason mutants are singled out to be feared and hated. But, to me, it always worked. I bought into it. Captain America could be high-fived in public by a little kid, but someone suspected of being a mutant wouldn't be allowed anywhere near that kid, even if that mutant just saved the day. I guess what I'm asking is, What is the psychology of this situation? Why does it work and ring true narratively?

The base character makes sense, but I'd be tempted to forego the micromanaging and just tell the players "You have 75 points to spend and up to 75 in disadvantages" and let them have at it. Anything that was Starfleet protocol would be a free PS. Maybe a 20-point Social Limitation disad "Restricted by Starfleet protocols" which would include the Prime Directive and having to follow orders.

I'm not so sure. I thought Lower Decks was about lower-rank crew members on a ship called the USS Cerritos. They don't seem to be following behind the Enterprise in TNG to tie up loose ends...? I haven't seen any of the episodes yet, but I intend to try it out. Then again, since I haven't seen the series, I could be wrong. Are they "damage control" for the Enterprise?

Here's a Starfleet Officer written up (from page 204 of the pdf linked above) HUMAN STARFLEET COMMAND OFFICER Value/Characteristic/Cost/Roll/Notes 13 STR 3 12- 2.5d6; Lift 130 kg 14 DEX 12 12- OCV: 5; DCV: 5 13 CON 6 12- 10 BODY 0 11- 16 INT 6 12- PER Roll: 12-/ 13 EGO 6 12- ECV: 4 17 PRE 7 11- 3.5d6 PRE Attack 10 COM 0 11- 4 PD 1 3 ED 0 3 SPD 6 Phases: 4, 8, 12 6 REC 0 26 END 0 24 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 45 Powers & Skills Personal Development: Starfleet Brat 5 SS: (INT-Based; choose) +2 5 SS: (INT-Based; choose) +2 Professional Development: Star Fleet Command 9 Bureaucratics +3 2 Tactics (Starship) INT 12- 5 Fringe Benefit: Membership - Lieutenant 3 Computer Programming 3 Deduction 1 SS: Astronomy 8- 3 SS: Physics (INT) 6 Electronics: (Communications, Sensors, Transporter) +1 5 Mechanics +1 4 Systems Operation: Communications, Sensors, Transporter 2 SS: Warp Drive Theory 11- 5 SS: Starship Engineering (INT) +2 2 WF: Starship Weapons 2 WF: Advanced Small Arms 1 KS: Federation History 8- 1 KS: Federation Law 8- 2 PS: Star Fleet Officer 11- 4 KS: Carousing 13- Species/Cultural Abilities [6] Adaptable: choice of +3 to CON, +2 to DEX, or +3 to EGO at time of character creation* 3 The Human Spirit: 1d6 Luck, only when performing courageous deeds Professional Abilities 6 Starship Command Duty: +2 with all Leadership/Command skills [5] Commanding Presence: +5 to PRE at time of character creation* Edges Lieutenant JG (already included as part of Star Fleet command package) [2] Fit: +2 STR at time of character creation* 7 Resolute: +1 with all skills, Only when performing heroic deeds (-1/2) Other Skills 5 Mediation +1 5 Oratory +1 96 Total Skill Cost 141 Total Cost * Items in [ ] already counted in CHA cost. Disadvantages 75+ 10 Psychological Limitation: Reckless 5 Distinctive Features: Star Fleet Uniform (Easily Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable) 20 Social Limitation: Subject to Orders (Very Frequently, Major) 10 Psychological Limitation: Pacifist, v1 (Won’t attack to kill, or leave others to die, but will defend self) (Common, Moderate) 21 To Be Determined

Thanks. I'd set it during the timespan of TNG but have them not cross over with the Enterprise or any of the established characters. Maybe there would be a few instances where an established canon character would be involved, but I'd try to avoid it. So everyone on the USS Canterbury or whatever hears about the exploits of the Enterprise but they're not in awe because they're doing the exact same thing elsewhere. It just occurred to me that it would be funny to have a campaign where the PCs are the "clean-up crew" for when the Enterprise leaves loose ends. You'd have to know the TNG episodes pretty well for this. But I just want a game where my intermediate level of knowledge is enough and the players have enough pre-loaded info to play the game without too much preamble.

I actually found this in a thread on our own forums: https://web.archive.org/web/20040603010804/http://www.starherofandom.com:80/h_trekhero/index.php It's TNG focused, which is how I would go anyway. But my new question: Has anyone ever been a part of a Star Trek campaign of any kind that was ongoing? What made it successful? (There are lots of group writing Star Trek games online, but they don't have a combat system, rules, etc. The success of these group-writing games makes me think an ongoing Star Trek campaign could be fun. So I would also want to hear comments about these group-writing games.) What works in making an ongoing Star Trek campaign?