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. [email protected] . Halfway Station presents… Stargate SG-13 . A GURPS Lite Campaign Set In The World of the TV Show Stargate SG-1 Season 6 Edition . Stargate SG-13 A GURPS Lite Campaign Set In The World of the TV Show Stargate SG-1 Season 6 Edition Chevron four encoded... Deep under a mountain in Colorado, the US Air Force has a big secret: A portal for travelling to other worlds, left here by a vanished alien race - the Stargate. Chevron five encoded... The player characters are present-day soldiers, explorers and scientists, members of the teams who travel through the Stargate in search of knowledge and resources. Chevron six encoded... Along the way, they will meet primitive humans transplanted by aliens centuries ago, enigmas left behind by vanished races - and the Goa’uld, parasitic aliens who want to take over their bodies and destroy the Earth. Chevron seven locked... You’re clear to go, SG-13. Good luck. Original material © Andy Slack 2001-2003. Playtesters/additional material by: Abby and Ruth Goodlaxson, Jenny Pearce, Anna and Giulia Slack, Esther Miller, Mark Bruckard, Shawn Carnes. GURPS is a registered trademark of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, and is used by permission under their online policy. All rights reserved. Stargate, Stargate SG-1, and all associated characters and devices are TM & © 2000 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. All Rights Reserved. Their use in this document should not be construed as a challenge to MGM’s copyrights, nor does it imply any endorsement by MGM. Think of the document as another kind of fanfiction. The Traveller and 2300 AD games in all their forms are owned by Far Future Enterprises. Copyright © 1977-1998 and 1987-2003 respectively, Far Future Enterprises. Traveller and 2300 AD are registered trademarks of Far Future Enterprises. Far Future permits websites and fanzines for these games, provided they contain this notice, that Far Future is notified, and subject to a withdrawal of permission on 90 days' notice. The contents of this document are for personal, non-commercial use only. Any use of Far Future Enterprises' copyrighted material or trademarks anywhere in this document should not be viewed as a challenge to those copyrights or trademarks. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Jaffa! Kree!.....................................................................................................................6 Timeline ................................................................................................................6 Stargate Command.......................................................................................................9 SG Teams ............................................................................................................9 SGC Bases.........................................................................................................10 Organisations .....................................................................................................11 Life in Cheyenne Mountain.................................................................................12 Transport ............................................................................................................14 Wealth ................................................................................................................14 Prices..................................................................................................................15 Jobs and Income ................................................................................................15 Gazetteer ......................................................................................................................15 Classifying Worlds..............................................................................................16 Major Worlds ......................................................................................................16 Minor Worlds ......................................................................................................18 Characters....................................................................................................................27 Major Species.....................................................................................................28 Minor Species.....................................................................................................38 Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills ..............................................................39 Templates...........................................................................................................44 Equipment ..........................................................................................................49 The Stargate.................................................................................................................60 Peculiarities ........................................................................................................60 Defensive Measures...........................................................................................61 Plausible Deniability ...........................................................................................62 Spacecraft ....................................................................................................................62 Sample Spacecraft .............................................................................................63 Space Combat....................................................................................................65 3 Campaigns and Adventures .....................................................................................66 Campaigns .........................................................................................................66 Adventure Seeds................................................................................................67 Appendix A: Dramatis Personae..............................................................................70 SG-1 ...................................................................................................................70 Stargate Command and its Visitors....................................................................74 Appendix B: Tactics 101............................................................................................77 Standing Orders for Rogers' Rangers ................................................................77 Two Up, One Back .............................................................................................78 Offensive Gestures.............................................................................................78 Appendix C: Resources.............................................................................................79 On the Web ........................................................................................................79 Movies and TV....................................................................................................79 Games................................................................................................................80 Books..................................................................................................................80 Appendix D: Armour and Weapon Ratings............................................................81 Vehicle Armour Ratings......................................................................................81 Weapons ............................................................................................................81 Appendix E: SG-13 .....................................................................................................82 Team Members ..................................................................................................82 Friends and Foes................................................................................................83 Mission Logs.......................................................................................................84 Appendix F: Classic Traveller Stargate ..................................................................86 Characters ..........................................................................................................87 Equipment ..........................................................................................................87 SG-1 Rated for Classic Traveller........................................................................88 Appendix G: Stargate 2300 AD.................................................................................88 Characters ..........................................................................................................88 Equipment ..........................................................................................................89 4 Alien Races ........................................................................................................90 SG-1 Rated for 2300 AD ....................................................................................91 5 Jaffa! Kree! Welcome to the universe of Stargate, where contemporary soldiers and scientists brush shoulders with spacefaring aliens, monstrous parasites, and beautiful damsels in distress. This is a great universe for role-playing adventure, for several reasons… • Most Player Characters are present-day humans, which makes them easy to role-play. Likewise, most of their equipment is late 1990s off-the-shelf technology, so the players need little