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CAMPAIGN GUIDE
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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 002 CHAPTER 06.00 113
Introduction Starships and Vessels
00.00 .Make the Leap ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 002 06.10 F. ederation Starships �������������������������������������������������������������� 114
06.20 .Klingon Starships ������������������������������������������������������������������� 128

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CHAPTER 01.00 007 06.30 .Other Starships ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 141

State of the Galaxy

01.10 . he 23rd Century ������������������������������������������������������������������� 008
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CHAPTER 07.00 147
01.20 .The United Federation of Planets ������������������������������������������ 014 Gamemastering
01.30 .The Klingon Empire ��������������������������������������������������������������� 022 07.10 P. lanning Missions and Campaigns ��������������������������������������� 148
01.40 .The Romulan Star Empire ������������������������������������������������������ 031 07.20 .Planning Story Arcs and Milestones �������������������������������������� 154
01.50 .Other 23rd Century Factions ������������������������������������������������� 034 07.30 .Mission Briefs ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 157

CHAPTER 02.00 043 CHAPTER 08.00 171

The Federation-Klingon War

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02.10 .The Federation- Klingon War ������������������������������������������������� 044

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Allies and Adversaries
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. he Federation and Starfleet ������������������������������������������������� 172
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.The Klingon Empire ��������������������������������������������������������������� 179
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08.40 .Creatures................................................................................ 190
Post-War and The Red Angel
03.10 T. he Post-War Federation ������������������������������������������������������� 056
03.20 .The Post-War Klingon Empire ����������������������������������������������� 062
CHAPTER 09.00 193
03.30 .The Red Angel Crisis ������������������������������������������������������������� 064 Mini-Campaign
09.00 “Yet, Wonders in the Jaws of Defeat”.................................... 194
CHAPTER 04.00 079 09.10 “. A Bridge to Everywhere” ������������������������������������������������������ 196
09.20 .“Home and Hearth” ��������������������������������������������������������������� 206
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The Terran Empire 09.30 .“One Step Beyond” ��������������������������������������������������������������� 214

04.10 A. Dark Reflection ������������������������������������������������������������������� 080
04.20 .Terran Weapons and Technology ������������������������������������������� 086
Index�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 224

CHAPTER 05.00 089

Player Options
05.10 N. ew Lifepath Options ������������������������������������������������������������ 090
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05.20 .Science and Technology �������������������������������������������������������� 098

05.30 .Gear and Weapons ���������������������������������������������������������������� 107

CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION

MAKE THE LEAP

“Welcome to Discovery.”

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- CAPTAIN GABRIEL LORCA

A NEW ERA BEGINS This guide provides you with a sandbox setting, one that can
Welcome to the Star Trek: Discovery (2256–2258) house nearly any story you wish to present in this era of play.

Campaign Guide, where you, the gamemaster or player of a
Star Trek Adventures mission or campaign, can learn more
about this era of play and get your fellow players involved
in the events depicted in the first two seasons of Star Trek:
Discovery, including the dramatic Federation-Klingon War,
the challenging post-war recovery efforts, and the search for
the mysterious Red Angel.
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Star Trek as an intellectual property can support virtually any
genre of story, and this guide carries on that tradition to your
roleplaying game experience. No matter what genre of story
you want to collaboratively tell with your group, whether it is
wartime drama, political tension, mystery, horror, exploration,
romance, diplomatic intrigue, or some other, they can all fit
within this era of play.

Within this guide, you’ll also discover a wealth of information In addition, the 3-part campaign provided in this guide

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that builds on what’s found in the game’s core rulebooks and
supplemental materials, which should help you plan and tell
evocative Star Trek stories with your group.
was designed to give you and your fellow players many
hours of great gaming experiences. The setting information,
mission briefs, and plot hooks woven throughout this guide
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adventures or campaigns just within the period of 2256–
2258, or even the decades prior to that span as well as the
few years after the first two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery
leading up to the beginning of the original series.
SUPPLEMENT
STRUCTURE
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This Star Trek: Discovery (2256–2258) Campaign Guide
provides detailed information you and your fellow players
can use to tell amazing Star Trek-style stories in the time
period depicted in and around the first two seasons of Star
Trek: Discovery, specifically the years 2256–2258, though
the campaign guide does include information that spans the
larger period of time in between Star Trek: Enterprise and the
original series.
CHAPTER 1: STATE OF THE GALAXY
Provides a primer on the setting during the early and mid-
2200s, and provides detailed information on the status of the
Federation, Klingon Empire, and other polities of this time
events from 2256–2258.
CHAPTER 2: THE FEDERATION-KLINGON WAR
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period. This chapter also includes a short timeline of key
Describes the events leading up to the war with the Klingons
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that sparked in 2256 and details the progress of the war
through 2256 and 2257. Suggestions are provided throughout
the chapter on how to get your crew involved in the war and
how the war may impact your crew of player characters.
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While this campaign guide is rooted in the early
to mid-2200s, and specifically oriented toward
the years 2256–2258, much of its contents can
be ported to other Star Trek eras of play with little
difficulty. The setting information can be used in
games set in the Star Trek: Enterprise or original
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series era, while the starships, weapons, and
technologies detailed herein could be found and
used in any era of play, from 2151 to 3189 and the
years in between. Likewise, the information on the
Terran Empire parallel universe could find use in
any era of play.
If an item of equipment, a technological or
scientific advance, or piece of information should
be unavailable in a certain era, you’ll find a note
within the text or in a sidebar like this one.
THE EVER-EXPANDING
STAR TREK CANON
This campaign guide was developed and released
while Star Trek: Discovery was in active production.
As a result, the details contained within this guide
regarding characters, locations, and situations
may be contradicted or amended based on future
episodes and seasons of the television series.
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While Star Trek canon consists only of what
appears on screen, your group’s game canon
is what you choose to make it. Feel free to use
as much or as little of this campaign guide as you see fit, whether it
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remains adherent to official Star Trek canon or not.
CHAPTER 3: POST-WAR AND RED ANGEL
Lays out the events of 2258, where the Federation was
recovering and rebuilding from the war and also deeply
involved in the hunt for the cause of seven strange red bursts
created by the Red Angel.
CHAPTER 4: THE TERRAN EMPIRE
Briefly details the Terran Empire residing in the so-called
Mirror universe and how a game group might fold the
alternate setting into their ongoing game. The chapter also
describes an array of weapons and technology found only in
the Terran Empire’s parallel universe.
CHAPTER 5: PLAYER OPTIONS
Presents new lifepath options, including five playable
alien species (including Kelpiens and Saurians) as well as
several other player character options. This chapter also
provides information on the science and technology of this
era of play, along with a selection of new options for gear
and weapons.
CHAPTER 6: STARSHIPS AND VESSELS
Arms gamemasters and players with detailed information
and statistics for 10 new Starfleet and 11 new Klingon
spaceframes, ready to be adapted for use as your crew’s
“hero” ship in your campaign. This chapter also provides
insights into Federation and Klingon starship design
philosophies of this era, as well as a selection of vessels from
other polities.
CHAPTER 7: GAMEMASTERING
Provides you with advice and inspiration for planning and
running adventures and campaigns during the Federation-
Klingon War, the post-war period, and the overall period of
time spanning the late 2100s and early to mid-2200s. This
chapter also provides twelve mission briefs (eight Federation
focused and four Klingon focused), spread across the years
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and use as missions in your campaigns.
CHAPTER 8: ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
Presents many non-player characters (NPCs) you can use
to support the player characters during missions, or to act
as adversaries during combat encounters and dramatic
scenes while gaming in this era of play. These NPCs hail from
the Federation, the Klingon Empire, and a variety of other
polities. This chapter closes with statistics and information
their characters, in your very own Star Trek-style episode or
ongoing series set during the time period depicted in the first
two seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.
Gamemasters and players are encouraged to use as much
or as little of this campaign guide as you desire for the needs
of your group and campaign. Feel free to use or adjust the
setting details as desired, and use as much as or as
little of the 3-part campaign as you see
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on a pair of creatures that may prove to be interesting provided on the Terran
challenges for your player characters. Empire as a one-time
experience
CHAPTER 9: MINI-CAMPAIGN
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of Defeat” that can be used to challenge a crew of player
characters through an amazing adventure that can be woven
through the events depicted in the first two seasons of Star
Trek: Discovery. The three adventures also provide guidance
on adapting them for use in other Star Trek eras of play and
with various types of crews.

USING THIS GUIDE

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With this campaign guide and a Star Trek Adventures
core rulebook of your choice, you can plan unique Star
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allies and adversaries for your group, and collaboratively
tell dramatic and engaging stories with your players and

USING THIS GUIDE FOR

NON-STARFLEET CAMPAIGNS
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While this guide was written with the assumption that the majority of
gaming groups will be playing Starfleet crews, you can use the contents
of this guide to run adventures and campaigns featuring non-Starfleet
crews as diverse as the Star Trek setting. Starfleet collectively is a tiny
organization compared to the hundreds of other vessels and starships
plying the space lanes of the era, and the Galaxy is big enough for all of
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Federation and main characters in their own right. Entire
campaigns could be crafted from the Klingon point of
view before, during, and after the war. Select or build your
House, follow the unifying call of T’Kuvma, and tlhingan
maH taHjaj (Remain Klingon)!

them to have their stories told around the game table.
Review the following guidance when using this guide with a non-Starfleet
crew, and be sure to get your group’s consent before running this type
of campaign. Additional guidance on planning and running non-Starfleet
campaigns in this era of play can be found in Chapter 7.
KLINGON CAMPAIGNS
Pair up this campaign guide with The Klingon Empire core rulebook
and pummel the Federation to its knees! While such a game would be a
significant departure from the tone of a traditional Star Trek series, the first
two seasons of Discovery show the Klingons as significant adversaries to the
INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGNS
Using a core rulebook of your choice and the optional
character roles detailed in the Player’s Guide, you and
your fellow players have the opportunity to create and
play virtually any type of non-Starfleet / non-Klingon
character depicted in the Star Trek setting. This provides
an opportunity to emulate Harcourt Fenton Mudd and
find ways to survive and thrive during this dramatic era
of play, whether you’re an independent merchant crew
struggling to make ends meet, a mercenary band willing
to work for either side for the right price, or something
else entirely unique.

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during the course of your adventures,
or drop your player characters into the alternate
universe and set an entire campaign within it.
Every character role, from commanding officer to counselor,
can find things to do in this era of play. Commanding officers
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Unlike most Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery presents a serialized
story, where characters, situations, and events build upon each other
episode after episode. Because of this focus on sequential storytelling,
it is difficult to cherry-pick specific episodes to watch without watching
everything to understand the fuller context in which events occur.
With that being said, if you are a casual fan curious about the series,

will find their tactical expertise regularly put to the test during
the war, and their diplomatic skills challenged during the
post-war recovery. Engineers and scientists will be kept busy
discovering and researching scientific concepts and strange
anomalies. Security personnel will be regularly engaged
in battle and in providing protection to those in need from
hidden dangers and ruthless adversaries. Conn officers will
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or a gamer pressed for time who wants to get a feel for the overall
tone and style of this exciting period of Star Trek lore, consider
watching the episodes detailed below, grouped into two categories
depending on which period of time suits your needs.
THE FEDERATION-KLINGON WAR (2256–2257)
§ “The Vulcan Hello”

have to keep a steady hand on the helm to maneuver in § “Battle at the Binary Stars”
battle. Medical personnel, meanwhile, will have to endeavor § “Into the Forest I Go”
to keep their crewmates and allies healthy throughout the § “The War Without, The War Within”
war. No matter the composition of your crew of player § “Will You Take My Hand?”
characters, everyone will have plenty to contribute.
POST-WAR / RED ANGEL (2258)
§ “Brother”
It is a period of great danger, but also one of amazing
§ “New Eden”
discoveries. There are heroes and villains on all sides;
§ “An Obol for Charon”
countless souls seek their true calling. Discover adventure.
§ “The Sound of Thunder”
Discover courage. Discover your destiny.
§ “Project Daedalus”
§ “Such Sweet Sorrow”
Now, gather your players, your dice and other gaming gear,
and your favorite snacks. Let’s fly!

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