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Any similarity with actual people and events, past or Modiphius Entertainment Product Number: MUH052130 present, is purely coincidental and unintentional except for those people and events described in an historical context. 2 CHAPTER 01 CHAPTER 01.00 432876529283235 2397-2435232 01.10 INTRODUCTION 04 01.50 Q 08 01.20 GORN CAPTAIN 05 01.60 LOCUTUS 09 01.30 KHAN NOONIEN SINGH 06 01.70 LORE 10 01.40 GENERAL CHANG 07 01.80 GUL DUKAT 11 Sample01.90 BORG QUEENfile 12 ICONIC VILLAINS 3 CHAPTER 01.10 ICONIC VILLAINS INTRODUCTION Trying to understand the history of an organization as vast as I’ve discovered more about the Gorn, whose first instinct the Federation is almost impossible. With so many planets was to see the Federation as a threat, launching a pre- and species each having their own hopes, fears, and goals emptive strike against the colony of Cestus III in a show of that interact and conflict with each other in countless ways, devastating force. following the actions of just one being has threads that weave through the unseen structure of the universe. I myself I’ve read about Khan Noonien Singh, the augmented Human have tried to focus my research on those individuals and who in the late 20th century plunged the Earth into darkness species that have this galactic scale “knock-on” effect and during the Eugenics Wars. Millions were killed but Khan and attempt to chart their activities in the hopes of understanding his cohorts survived to threaten the Federation hundreds why they became such an important part of our history. of years later using its own technological breakthrough, the Genesis Device. Over the course of my career, I have gone out of my way to try and find records from people that have had a direct I’ve studied the original Klingon accounts of how General interaction with these important figures hoping to find details Chang worked with the Romulans and rogue elements within and opinions left out of the official reports. This has meant Starfleet to frame Captain James Kirk and Doctor Leonard that I’ve had to call in a lot of favors to acquire these records, McCoy of the U.S.S. Enterprise by blaming them for the even sifting through the computers found in the carcasses of assassination of Chancellor Gorkon. They then supposedly wrecked starships and in secure facilities in order to uncover attempted to kill the Federation President, all in the hope of the information. It is for these reasons, dear reader, that I reigniting hostilities between the great galactic powers must remain anonymous. Were my identity to be revealed, I’d be wanted for a number of admittedly minor transgressions I’ve seen records of the strange individual known as Q, a throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. seemingly omnipotent being from another dimension that, if the true extent of his powers were known to the wider What you find here is but a small sampling of my findings, Federation outside of Starfleet, would be sure to cause although many more exist. I hope to someday reveal more of untold panic and alarm. them to you. I have seen disturbing information about the U.S.S. Enterprise’s Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s subjugation by the Borg, how he was given the name Locutus and then how the knowledge they stole from him contributed to the deaths of hundreds of 9874321068 963 09840 Starfleet crewmen at the battle of Wolf 359 and very nearly 7920 256 65408 costing the lives of everyone on Earth. 966333 741 07895 WARNING SYSTEMS 32165 524 969 I’ve managed to find evidence from other civilizations 6219876954 369 1190 RESTRICTED INFORMATION that have encountered the Borg before falling under their 02498763 458 884 control. They are all seemingly under the instruction of a INSUFFICIENT SECURITY Borg Queen who drives the Collective forward with a single- 159517357 458 46882 LEVEL DETECTED 798621 963 1089 MODE SELECT minded need to assimilate or destroy every other living being in the universe. 9354477856 159 68712 RANKING OFFICER INFORMED 7390-4504 58550322 753 556 PLEASE STAND BY FOR I’ve gathered all of this information in the hope that others 06858756 852 21080 SampleFURTHER INSTRUCTION may learn from the hidden detailsfile found within and start to 451554 050 235 LCARS see the patterns that run throughout the universe in order to CONSOLE 26 ADGE reveal any new threats to the safety of the Federation. 4 CHAPTER 01 01.20 THE ORIGINAL SERIES ERA VILLAIN GORN CAPTAIN MAJOR NPC STRESS: nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn RESISTANCE: 2 (Tough Hide) ATTACKS: There has been very little communication with the ● Bite (Melee, 7A, Size 1H, Piercing 1, Vicious 1) Gorn Hegemony since Kirk’s encounter with them ● Unarmed Strike (Melee, 6A, Size 1H, Knockdown, Vicious 1) secured the safety of Cestus III and the expansion ● Gorn Disruptor (Ranged, 8A, Size 1H, Vicious 1) of the colony there. Their isolationist stance has curtailed our observations but we are aware that SPECIAL RULES: while the Gorn may be quiet they are always ● Claws: The Gorn Captain’s Unarmed watching, monitoring not just their own borders strikes gain the Vicious 1 but the Galaxy at large. All we know is that they are damage effect. aggressive, with strong hunting instincts coupled ● Dauntless (Talent): with a technical ingenuity that seems almost Whenever the Gorn out of place. They exhibit strong willpower and Captain attempts a determination and have an almost single-minded Task to resist being approach when pursuing their objectives; whether intimidated or this same approach is taken with any mental threatened, he may challenges is unknown. add a bonus d20 to his dice pool. —Admiral Cartwright, Starfleet Command ● Reptilian Skin: The Gorn Captain has TRAITS: Gorn 2 Resistance, and gains an additional VALUES: +3 Resistance against ● Brute Strength Wins Non-Lethal attacks. ● Fiercely Territorial ● Threatening 2: The ● Plodding Determination Gorn are powerful and ● Strike First, Strike Hard dangerous, with a vitality and drive that allows them ATTRIBUTES to triumph where others might fail. The Gorn CONTROL 09 FITNESS 12 PRESENCE 10 Captain begins each scene with 2 Threat, DARING 11 INSIGHT 08 REASON 09 that may only be used to benefit himself, and DISCIPLINES which are not drawn COMMAND 04 SECURITY 05 SCIENCE 02 from the general Threat pool. CONN 02 ENGINEERING 02 MEDICINE 01 FOCUSES: Feats of Strength, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Leadership, SampleMilitary Tactics, Planetary Survival, Tracking file ICONIC VILLAINS 5.