Lost and Presumed Dead is a roleplay module/adventure for FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game. It was published in 1984 in the Star Trek III Sourcebook Update and was envisioned to take place in 2287 so as to utilize the updated information provided in the sourcebook.
Description
- Module introduction
- This adventure is designed to be played with Star Trek: The Role Playing Game and this supplement. Adventurers are assumed to be officers aboard an Enterprise-class heavy cruiser, but any major Star Fleet vessel may be used as the basis for this scenario.
- The adventure takes place in an unoccupied fringe area of the Federation, and well away from either the Klingon Empire of the Romulan Star Empire. On routine patrol, when the player characters' vessel investigates a distress call, they find the long-lost USS Republic with the ship and crew intact…
Summary
- Captain's log, stardate 8097.3.
- Captain Preye reporting. USS Excalibur on routine patrol along edge of the area known as the Styx Rift. We are twenty days out of Cerberus and proceeding at warp four. All systems functioning normally.
Excalibur picks up a distress call deep within the rift and ten days later locates the USS Republic, which has been missing for 15 years. Captain Richard Masterson responds to their hail, apparently a bit disoriented, and invites a landing party aboard. He says they've been stuck in the rift because their ship's navigational data was erased. Oddly, Republic's crew don't appear to have aged.
- Subsequent events depend on gameplay, including whether Excalibur crew discovers that a type of neural parasite similar to the blastoneurons has taken control of Republic's personnel.
References
Characters
- Bahrrr • Chal'n Dax • Talia Janovich • Richard Masterson • Preye • R'randrr • Juliet Rodriguez • Samuel Rodriguez • T'Narra • Xepesna
- Referenced only
- James T. Kirk • Leonard McCoy • Spock
Starships and vehicles
- USS Excalibur II (Enterprise-subclass refit Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Republic (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • BWCC98-IV starship
- Referenced only
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
Locations
- Styx Rift (BWCC98 • BWCC98-IV)
- Referenced only
- Beta Portalan • Cerberus • Deneva • Ingraham B • Lavinius V • Theta Cygni XII
Races and cultures
States and organizations
Science and classification
- astronomy • astrophysics • bionics • botany • chemistry • class M planet • communications • distress signal • ecology • exobiology • flare • genetics • helm • hail • hydrology • laboratory • mathematics • meteorology • physics • psychology • satellite • star chart • subspace communications • surgery • weapon • zoology
Technology and weapons
- astrogator • astronautics • computer • computer core • disruptor • disruptor rifle • food synthesizer • Gorn blaster • Gorn sonic stunner • intercom • laser • life support • memory bank • phaser • phaser rifle • photon torpedo • police stunner • recreational tape • scanner • sensor • stunclub • subspace radio • transporter • tricorder • type-1 phaser • type-2 phaser • warp engine
Occupations and titles
- captain • chief engineer • security chief • chief surgeon • commander • communications officer • crewman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • medical officer • officer • science officer • security chief • security guard • technician
Other references
- animal • antimatter • atmosphere • beam • bridge • captain's log • chess • corridor • court martial • day • desert • gas • gravity • group intelligence • kilometer • Klingonaase • landing party • lifeform • light year • log entry • magnetic field • map room • Medal of Honor • medical • minute • moon • neural parasite • parasite • plant • Romulan language • science officer's log • sick bay • soil • SOS • space • Starfleet Citation for Conspicuous Gallantry • suicide • transporter room • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • Starfleet uniform (2278-2350s) • telepathy • warp factor (warp two) • year • zero gravity
Appendices
Related media
- TOS episode & novelization: Operation -- Annihilate! – Appearance of similar parasites, the blastoneurons.
- FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update – Notes that Republic was found by the Excalibur on reference stardate 2/2304.
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Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous game: Star Trek III Sourcebook Update |
FASA RPG adventures | Next game: The Triangle |
| Previous story: Star Trek III Sourcebook Update |
Stories by: Greg K. Poehlein |
Next story: The Triangle |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: The Dixie Gambit |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Repercussions |