Mission Briefs: Cold War is a collection of Star Trek Adventures roleplaying scenarios published in November 2023. Each scenario is one page long and focuses on the cold war period between the Federation and the Klingon Empire during the TOS era.
Description
- The later 23rd century was a dynamic period when bold Starfleet captains and crews waged a cold war with the Klingon Empire and other polities across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants while also conducting Federation business across the known Galaxy. Ships and crews were often pushed to their limits while attempting any number of missions, from exploring new worlds, encountering new civilizations, or endeavoring to avoid sparking off a war.
References
Characters
Gunboat Diplomacy characters
- Hajjen-Merall • Koth • NahQun
- Referenced only
- Samuel Constantine • Hurg • K'meq • Brian Quigley
Nor Iron Bars a Cage characters
- Orzeth • monkey-turtles
The Shape of Beasts characters
This Royal Throne characters
- S'lekk
- Referenced only
- James T. Kirk
In Pale Battalions Go characters
- unnamed Romulans
- Referenced only
- Koth
The Final Wound characters
- none
Ghost Ship characters
- Marie Sandoval • T'Veth
Refugees characters
- Orr-venn • Vix-Im
The Edge of Eternity characters
- Koth
A Question of Loyalty characters
- Solek • Thyran
- Referenced only
- Lance Cartwright • Gorkon • Koth • Ra-ghoratreii
Starships and vehicles
- Captain's Fancy • (NX-class museum ship) • USS Hood (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • K'kethess (Gorn cruiser) • Krid longships • K't'inga-class battlecruiser (unnamed D7 class starships) • Shenn-ma system defense cutters • alien juggernaut (unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant starships)
Locations
- 74 Orionis (74 Orionis II • Shenn-ma homeworld) • Earth • Earth Spacedock • Epsilon Theta • Federation-Klingon border • Iota Persei (Iota Persei IV) • Krid's system (unnamed stars and systems) • Port Royal (space station)
- Referenced only
- Argolis Cluster • Gamma Quadrant • Hasper Nebula • Orzeth homeworld
Races and cultures
- Andorian • Gorn • Klingon • Krid • Orion • Orzeth • Romulan • Shenn-ma • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Chessauni • Cyreen
States and organizations
- Chessauni Confederacy • Cyreen Empire • Federation • Gorn Hegemony • Judge Advocate General • Klingon Empire • Starfleet • Tal Shiar
Science and classification
- artificial intelligence • biofilter • chronometer • class M planet • class Y planet • computer • coordinates • cutter • flight recorder • G class star • gas giant • grappler • gravitic lens • hail • laser • life support • missile • phaser • polarized hull plating • primate • reptilian • scientific method • sensor • shield generator • shields • solar sail • space-borne animal species • stellar converter • telescope • temporal wormhole • tractor beam • transporter • universal translator • warp engine • warp field • warship
Occupations and titles
- administrator • admiral • captain • chief engineer • citizen • commander • communications officer • engineer • Federation President • first officer • helmsman • Imperator of the Gorn Hegemony • Klingon Chancellor • lieutenant • master of the hunt • medical officer • operations officer • science officer • security chief • tactical officer
Other references
- alert status • beam • black hole • captain's log, USS Hood • cargo bay • civilization • clan • communication • court martial • culture • dilithium • diplomacy • energy • event horizon • exile • Federation-Klingon Cold War • fever • gormagander • government • gravitational field • gravity • headache • hive mind • homeworld • hour • hunting • Khitomer conspiracy • landing party • language • law • lifesign • light year • logic • monkey • museum • orbit • preliminary hearing • Prime Directive • radiation • Romulan ale • shore leave • singularity • space • species • subspace • tachyon • turtle • virus • war • warp factor (warp seven) • wormhole
Appendices
Related media
- TOS - Year Four comic: "Issue 3" – Encounter with the Ur, a more peaceful viral species than the Orzeth, but with similar biology and propagation methods.
- ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing – Alternate fate of .
Background
- The module "The Final Wound" seems to have adapted TOS comic: "A Mirror for Futility" for gameplay use, its only difference being the names and ages of the warships' creators.
Connections
External links
- Mission Briefs: Cold War article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.