Astral Projections – Supporting Characters for Star Trek Adventures Set 1

December 3, 2018 Linda Whitson Astral Projections, Character Stats, Lore Check 0

Although it doesn’t use the term, Star Trek Adventures (STA) does use the concept of a “troupe,” characters that are held in common by the players. Any given troupe character may be controlled by any player. STA calls them “Supporting Characters” (SCs) and they are created similar to Main Characters (the players’ respective PCs) but have fewer abilities, although they can gain more, when making a repeat appearance or spending a Main Character’s Milestone. STA recommends using SCs to fill out parties, when a player can’t make a session, or so a player will have something to do when their PC is not in the current scene/encounter.

This set and my upcoming sets are a variety of SCs your group can use in this way, made using the rules on pages 134-5 of the core book. The abilities followed by “–” are those an SC doesn’t start with. I also included a very short background just for fun. Set I is a Transporter Chief, a Ship’s Counselor, and a Yeoman. I am not including a security officer in either set. My writeup of Security Officer Gareb th’Zynes does include an SC version of his stats, however.

Supporting Character Set 1: Transporter Chief, Ship’s Counselor, and Yeoman

Supporting Character Set 3: Nurse, Comms Officer and Ship’s Captain

Symmé

Species: Denobulon
Gender: F
Age: 25
Rank: Chief Specialist
Department: Engineering
Assignment: U.S.S. Hadfield

Description: Symmé is one of the rare Denobulons who likes offworld travel, and intends to get her fill before returning home to find a few spouses.

Traits
Denobulon

Attributes Value
Control         10
Daring            9
Fitness           9
Insight           8
Presence        8
Reason         10

Disciplines Value
Command      2
Conn               3
Engineering  4
Security          2
Science           1

Stress: 11
Determination: —

Values
⦁ —

Focuses
⦁ Composure
⦁ Physics
⦁ Transporters & Replicators

Talents
⦁ Technical Expertise

Equipment
Communicator, Starfleet uniform

Konal Dulas

Species: Betazoid
Gender: M
Age: 40
Rank: Lieutenant
Department: Medical
Assignment: U.S.S. Hadfield

Description: Konal joined Starfleet in the middle of his career, wanting a mid-life change after a couple decades in academia.

Traits
Betazoid

Attributes Value
Control          9
Daring           7
Fitness           8
Insight          11
Presence      10
Reason          8

Disciplines Value
Command       2
Conn                2
Engineering    1
Medicine         4
Security           1
Science            3

Stress: 9
Determination: —

Values
⦁ —

Focuses
⦁ Anthropology
⦁ Linguistics
⦁ Psychology

Talents
⦁ Telepath

Equipment
Communicator, Starfleet uniform

Antonio Barrios

Species: Human
Gender: M
Age: 21
Rank: Yeoman 2nd Class
Department: Conn
Assignment: U.S.S. Hadfield

Description: Tony hails from Ybor City, an historic area of Earth’s Florida Gulf Coast peninsula, where his Cuban-, Spanish-, & Italian-American ancestors have lived since the 19th century.

Traits
Human

Attributes Value
Control          8
Daring           9
Fitness        10
Insight          8
Presence       9
Reason        10

Disciplines Value
Command      2
Conn               4
Engineering   2
Medicine        1
Security         3
Science           1

Stress: 13
Determination: —

Values
⦁ —

Focuses
⦁ Geology
⦁ Hand-to-Hand
⦁ Persuasion

Talents
⦁ Tough

Equipment
Communicator, Starfleet uniform

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