prime directive starting rank etc

8/12/2019 Prime Directive Starting Rank Etc

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multi%talented*" a mission re+uires a specialist "or which the team hasneither a Team member nor suitable back%up character# thenthe /rie"ing '""icer will provide the Team with a Non%Player&haracter (NP&) specialist *n certain circumstances# the

/rie"ing '""icer can also allow a player to actually play theNP& rather than his own character*n a normal military operation# a 0unior N&' wouldsupervise anywhere "rom 2 to 62 people and a 0unior o""icerwould supervise anywhere "rom 62 to 27 nd yet PrimeTeams# being created "rom the best o" the best# have only 8%9people# and you cannot even get onto a Prime Team without

T ,:ST the 0unior N&' rank ,t &ommander (a typicalrank "or a Prime Team leader) could be supervising a hundredpeople or more on a starship People assigned%to PrimeTeams as members are normally capable o" "unctioning as

supervisors o" supervisors (or higher) in the !regular! military/ecause a Prime Team must have people o" this eperienceto "unction# and because the !regular! military cannot see all o"its o""icers running o"" to be members o" a Prime Team# thereare 3:4Y "ew Prime Teams'n the various $ederation planets# the players mightencounter o""icers o" the local military de"ense "orces These"orces are under control o" the planetary government "or localsecurity duties# and while nominally under $ederation supervision#neither Star $leet nor !local! o""icers (regardless o"rank) could give orders to each other without some agreement

on the speci"ic operation being reached between thelocal government and the $ederation council*n many (i" not most) cases# these local de"ense "orceswill be described as ;Planetary -uard#; ;National -uard#;;rmy#; or ;erospace $orce; o""icers and will use the samerank structure and titles as the $ederation Marine &orps (eg#,ieutenant -eneral# Ma0or#


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:nsign%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)Second ,ieutenant%Marine '""icer= :N,*ST:D@N'N%&'MM*SS*'N:D 4N>S.&hie" Petty '""icer%Naval 4ank

(5hich is e+uivalent to)SgA Ma0or%Marine N&'Senior Petty '""icer%Naval 4ank(5hich is e+uivalent to)Sergeant%Marine N&'?unior Petty '""icer%Naval 4ank(5hich is e+uivalent to)&orporal%Marine N&'The "ollowing ranks are not available to your character# butare listed "or re"erence= B*-B:4 4N>S. bove ,t &ommander@Ma0or# which is

the highest rank a Prime Team character can achieve# therank structure# "rom highest down# goes like this.$*3: ST4S.-rand dmiral%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)Marshal o" Marines%Marine '""icer$'C4 ST4S.$leet dmiral%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)&olonel%-eneral%Marine '""icerTB4:: ST4S.

3ice dmiral%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to),ieutenant%-eneral%Marine '""icerT5' ST4S.4ear dmiral%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)Ma0or%-eneral%Marine '""icer'N: ST4.&ommodore%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)/rigadier%-eneral%Marine '""icer$leet &aptain%Naval '""icer(No Marine e+uivalent)&aptain%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to)&olonel%Marine '""icer&ommander%Naval '""icer(5hich is e+uivalent to),t &olonel%Marine '""icer


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= ,'5:4 4N>S. The ranks below &orporal@?unior Petty'""icer include.&rewman%Naval :nlisted (Several &lasses)(5hich is e+uivalent to)Private%Marine :nlisted (Several &lasses)

= 544NT '$$*&:4S have the pay and privileges o"commissioned o""icers but are technical specialists ratherthan ;leaders; The $ederation epects its o""icers to showleadership and a wide range o" skills# and the only 5arrant'""icers are a hand"ul o" specialists who appear in PrimeDirective only as Non%Player &haracters (*n the >lingon DeepSpace $leet# one%third or more o" the o""icers will be 5arrant'""icers)Cse the "ollowing tables to determine your charactersstarting rank (*"# rather than trusting to the luck o" the die roll#you want to allow your Team members to simply pick their

ranks# that is also acceptable within the parameters o" thisgame)Dice Roll Field Commander: Naval


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Dice Roll Naval Medicalnowledgeappropriate to the mission *t may even turn out that the entire

reason your Prime Team is assigned to that particular missionis because o" &o%r previous eperience with the cultureA4emember that when you have a /ackground NP& contact#or previous &ultural >nowledge# you must play it asthough this has ;always been the case; "or your character:ven though it may be new to you as the pla&er7 rememberto play your character as i" it were old newsThe true bene"it o" coming up with an association in the/ackground test is that you will o"ten be privy to in"ormationthat your team might otherwise have to try to dig up on theirown

'ver the course o" the game# your /ackground 4atinggrows slowly and erratically 5henever your character ispromoted# roll a 7 *" the 7 roll is less than or e+ual to hisN:5 Pro"essional 4eputation# increase his /ackground4ating by L 6Some missions may speci"y that more or "ewer dice berolled# and the number that you need to roll may be altered

"ENIORIT+"ter every mission in which your team receives a "avorablemission review (a Moderate or &omplete Mission S,)#

your character!s Seniority rating goes up by 6 ny mission "orwhich your team received a Minimal S,# or below# does notcount toward the missions total Your character never losesSeniority "or poor mission reviews (/ut you might have toworry about being drummed out o" your Prime Team# or evenStar $leetA) 5hen your character has achieved enoughSeniority in his rank# then he may be Promoted 4e"er to thechart below to see what Seniority ,evels are re+uired "orpromotionNaval Naval Marine Marine "eniorit&O00icer Enli$ted O00icer Enli$ted re8d1 0orromotion:nsi n ?unior P'


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roll a D *" the result is less than or e+ual to his currentPro"essional 4eputation# he is promoted to the net highestrank *" the roll is greater than his current Pro"essional4eputation# he must wait until he ac+uires either additionalSeniority e+ual to 67 o" the Seniority 4e+uired $or

Promotion "or his current grade (6# E# 2 or 1 points# respectively)'4 until his Pro"essional 4eputation increases again5hen either o" these occur# the character may then test "orPromotion again5hen a character is promoted# his Pro"essional4eputation does not necessarily increase Bis Pro"essional4eputation will only increase i" it is below the level listed in thecharacter generation section "or a starting character o" thatrank *" his current Pro"essional 4eputation is below that level#due to poor prior mission reviews# his Pro"essional 4eputationis raised by L 6 (only)

5hen the senior Marine Ma0or or ,t &ommander characterbecomes eligible "or promotion# the player controlling thecharacter must decide i" he wants to retire by accepting thepromotion '" course he doesn!t have toG he can ;loiter; in hisrank# holding up the advancement o" his subordinates andbeing considered "or subse+uent promotions less and lesso"ten /ut by the time a player character is ready to be promotedbeyond Prime Team &ommand rank# that characterwill have achieved a great dealA Star $leet could use aneperienced character like that elsewhere# ND the playercontrolling him is going to have been ;in%charge; an aw"ul

long time Maybe it!s time to let another player run the show*" the current $ield &ommander does accept the promotion#then the net senior Team member automaticallyassumes command o" the TeamA The promoted charactergoes on to bigger and better things in Star $leet Maybe heeven becomes the Team!s /rie"ing '""icerA *n any event theplayer surrenders control o" his character to the -M and generatesa new character to 0oin the Team This replacementcharacter will now be poised to eperience the adventure o" aPrime Team mission "or the very "irst time

MI""ION )ERFORMANCE E(AL6ATION ANDA'ARD"

t the end o" each mission# the /rie"ing '""icer will tallyup how well your team per"ormed on the mission in terms o"how many o" your mission 'b0ectives you achi:lved and towhat etent you completed them You may have &ompletely#Moderately# or Minimally achieved each o" your ob0ectives# oryou might have $ailed or /otched some or all o" them s a


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result o" which# you will be awarded &*Ps and Pro"essional4eputation Points The amount that you are awardeddepends upon the &riticality o" the mission and how well youdid on it The various Mission &riticalities are listed on the&riticality Table

EMER5ENC+ MI""ION CRITICALIT+ TA2LECODE 3 Threat to $ederation as a whole $ederationintegrity or security is at stake This includesuardin the $ederation PresidentCODE , Threat to ma0or $ederation population orproperty# such as a planetary population# a$ederation dmiral# senior Diplomat# or non$ederationBead o" State# or a capital Star$leet vesselCODE 9 Threat to the insular integrity o" a cultureunder the aus ice o" the Prime Directive

CODE Threat to an important $ederation populationor property# such as a colony population# Star$leet captain# non%$ederation senior Diplomat#or $ederation non%capital ship lso# threat toCODE"CODE.a ma!or non%$ederation ro ert or lro ert E;)LORATION!RECONNAI""ANCEMI""ION CRITICALIT+ TA2LECODE 3 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is o" supremeimportance to continued integrity@stability o" the

$ederation as a wholeCODE , 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is o" greatspeci"ic importance to priority $ederationresearchCODE 9 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is o" greatimportance to important ongoing $ed:lrationresearchCODE 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is o" somespeci"ic importance to ongoing $ederationresearchCODE " 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is o" g:lneralim ortance to on oin $ederation researchCODE . 4ecovery o" ob0ect@in"ormation is "or general$ederation data banksThe Pro"essional 4eputation (and thence the &*P award)"or an :ploration@4econnaissance Mission is 27 (round up)o" the amount listed on the /ase Mission ward Table:ploration@4econnaissance Missions are o"ten 0ust as dangerousas :mergency Missions# but the level o" r:lward# alas#


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You MY elect to use Beroic 4eputation to in"luence theoutcome o" the &aptain!s 4eview table roll# but the "ollowingprocedures are used$or :&B S, that you wish to raise the result o" your&aptain!s 4eview Table roll# you must P:4MN:NT,Y mark

o"" 6 o" your Beroic 4eputation levels These dice may berecovered later through the award o" additional Beroic4eputation points4oll ED 3ersus a 8@@9 tricode

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*" the -M rules that# ok# you got some good shots in# andthe mission wasn!t 4:,,Y as botched as it looks on paper#then you still have to try to sweet talk your /rie"ing '""icer intobuying it# too This is a special application o" Pro"essional4eputation# as discussed above. :ach character# in turn# may

try their hand at 5heedling "or Points :ach character mayonly attempt this task 'N&: per mission (a"ter that their4eputation ,evel dice are gone# remember)# and charactersmay N'T combine their Pro"essional 4eputation levels intoone big task test :ach character# in turn# may try the task# buteach successive try adds the Successivettempt mods to thetricode "rom the previous attempt *" NY attempt to wheedleresults in a $ailure or a /otch# then the /rie"ing '""icer is nolonger interested in entertaining "urther discussion on thetopic and the matter is closed /y the way# you cannot useBeroic 4eputation to in"luence the 5heedling Task test

(5hat would the udience say i" they saw their "avoriteheroes begging "or points)

'HEEDLIN5 TRICODE TA2LEInitial A$$e$$ed Level o0Mi$$ion "%cce$$ 'heedlin Tricode&omplete5hadda you want already

lollipopModerate @9@67Minimal 1@F@66

$ailure 9@67@6


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/reakThe -M should "eel "ree to add sub0ective mods to thetask tricode# depending upon etenuating circumstances The-M!s call on the matter is "inal

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