2107 The /54"!#+ THE OUTBACK A supplement for use with FASA’s Star Trek: The Role Playing Game Concept 6767&66WDႇ Design FASA Guy W McLinmore, Jr. Greg Poehlein David F. Tepool Writing STSTCS Contributors (GLWRULDO6WDႇ 3URGXFWLRQ6WDႇ 6767&66WDႇ Cover Art Kenny Mitchell Atolm Treybor Fabio Masao Prologic9 STAR TREK is a trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation. STAR TREK: The Role Playing Game was published by FASA Corporation under exclusive license from Paramount Pictures Corporation, the trademark owner. Copyright 1966, 2017 Paramount Pictures Corporation Table of Contents INTRODUCTION A Brief History of The Outback .................................................................................................................4 A Time Line of The Outback ......................................................................................................................5 OUTBACK GOVERNMENTS United Federation of Planets Overview of Position..................................................................................................................................5 Goals .........................................................................................................................................................5 Planets & Government ..............................................................................................................................6 Trade Policy ..............................................................................................................................................6 Military Policies / Overview ........................................................................................................................6 Gorn Hegemony Overview of position ..................................................................................................................................6 Goals .........................................................................................................................................................6 Planets & Government ..............................................................................................................................6 Trade Policy ..............................................................................................................................................7 Military Policies / Overview ........................................................................................................................7 Romulan Empire Overview of position ..................................................................................................................................7 Goals .........................................................................................................................................................8 Planets and Government...........................................................................................................................8 Trade Policy ..............................................................................................................................................8 Military Policies / Overview ........................................................................................................................9 Nicorri Republic Overview of Position..................................................................................................................................9 Goals .........................................................................................................................................................9 Planets and Government...........................................................................................................................9 Military Policy ..........................................................................................................................................10 Orion Holdings Overview of Position................................................................................................................................10 Goals .......................................................................................................................................................10 Planets and Governments ....................................................................................................................... 11 Trade Policy ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Pirates and Pirate Fleets ......................................................................................................................... 11 The Klingon Empire Overview of Position................................................................................................................................12 Goals .......................................................................................................................................................12 Trade Policy ............................................................................................................................................13 Pirates and Pirate Fleets .........................................................................................................................13 Combat Operations .................................................................................................................................13 Introduction to The Outback Atlas World Logs ..............................................................................................................................................14 Undeveloped Worlds ...............................................................................................................................14 NICORRI ....................................................................................................................................................15 GORN HEGEMONY ...................................................................................................................................19 ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE ........................................................................................................................23 INDEPENDENT WORLDS .........................................................................................................................28 PERSONALITIES .......................................................................................................................................39 CORPORATE PROFILES ..........................................................................................................................44 GAMEMASTERING THE OUTBACK ........................................................................................................45 MAP ............................................................................................................................................................46 Introduction Unlike it’s traditionally compared counterpoint, Where the Triangle is a region of lawlessness and frontier the Triangle, the area of space know as the Outback or mentality, the Outback is a region of stability. Where Outmarches was not a region of space that was colonized the Triangle is rife with colonies and new planets, the suddenly, or thrust into the political spotlight as war broke Outback is established and nominal. While pirates and out. The Outback was a slowly explored region of space, political intrigue dominate the landscape of the Triangle, which had few habitable planets, limited resources and trade agreements and political stability are the order of RQO\ D PDUJLQDO LQÀXHQFH LQ WKH JUDQG VFKHPH RI WKH the day in the Outback. galaxy. Yet, like the Triangle, the Outback has been And sadly, where the Triangle is protected from thrust onto the political stage as two great powers vie for major invasion of the three major powers by it location, expansion on the few habitable worlds in the region. the Outback has had no such luck, and war have come to While the Outback is as dense in stars as any the region. The Gorn and Romulans have geared up for other region of space, there is a disproportionately low war and have made the region a major battle ground as number of habitable worlds. Currently, there are only 20 both vie to claim the uninhabited and easily conquerable habitable worlds in the region, and less than 50 other planets in the region. systems that have been explored or claimed, mostly for their mineral resources. None the less, the Outback is something of a HISTORY OF THE OUTBACK crossroad, where the Federation, Romulans and Gorn all The history of the planets and races found in the vie for position, and others expand their hold in the region. 2XWEDFNLVDVGLYHUVHDVDQ\LQWKHJDOD[\$WRWDORI¿YH Most notable of these are the Nicorri, who continue to worlds in the region are believed to have been seeded by H[SDQG DQG JURZ DV D XQL¿HG ORFDO JRYHUQPHQW :LWK the mysterious Preservers well in the past. Even farther several colonies, ties with the Gorn Hegemon and open back, one world is believed to have been a colony to the WUDGHUHODWLRQVZLWKWKH)HGHUDWLRQWKHÀHGJOLQJHPSLUHLV DjKen. Evidence suggests that the Ancient Humanoids VXUSULVLQJO\LQÀXHQWLDOZLWKLQWKHUHJLRQ who once spread human DNA throughout the galaxy may The the Nicorri are not the only major players in have been responsible for the rise of the Nicorri race. the Outback. Unbelievably, at one point, several major :KRPHYHUZDV¿VWLQWKHUHJLRQWKH2XWEDFNUHPDLQVD Orion colonies