And their personnel actually get paid (in 'credits,' naturally). In this universe, Starfleet is amply equipped with spacesuited marines, electromagnetic grenade launchers, zero-gravity toilets, clearly-defined rank structures and chain of command, and all the other accoutrements of military SF c. So they cheerfully adapted the universe for wargaming, in classic late-70s/early-80s fashion. as much as they like, and use the look of the ships and uniforms, but they can't actually mention Kirk™, Spock™, and so on. This is the license which the wargame Star Fleet Battles is based off of they can use terms (from the Old Show and the Animated Series) like Federation, Klingons, Kzinti, etc.

The published books for the game included the core rulebook, a Federation sourcebook (which has not yet been updated for the new GURPS and D20 editions), and a few adventure books.Īs I recall, the company got the license to do the Star Fleet Technical Manual… and because at the time Paramount didn't think this 'Star Trek' thing was really gonna have legs, they gave them a very favorable, long-term license. Also, since the rules were unique to this game, and only vaguely similar to other systems, many players were not willing to take the time and effort required to learn them, although the same could be said of many RPGs of that time. The greatest complaint was that character selection was limited to members of a Prime Team or a similar group, not allowing players to be captains or other important positions, although later supplements did provide this ability.

Both of these aspects provided a sense of Television Series verisimilitude that many found to be appropriate to the game’s Trek origins. PD’s most popular aspects were a multi-tiered task resolution system, where characters could achieve 'Complete', 'Moderate', 'Minimal', or 'Botch' levels of success with their actions, and the Character Reputation and Background system that allowed characters to “spontaneously” develop skills, abilities, and prior associations appropriate to the mission at hand.

Olsen, it used a D6-style system similar to Shadowrun and Star Wars. Using an in-house design by Mark Costello and Timothy D. From Wiki he original release of Prime Directive was published by Task Force Games in 1993.

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