Star Trek Roleplaying Game : Starfleet Operations Manual [Hardcover]

Kenneth Hite (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 80 pages
• Publisher: Decipher (May 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582369046
• ISBN-13: 978-1582369044
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #839,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Slim but definitely worth it, January 21, 2004

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R. Spottiswood (Western Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek Roleplaying Game : Starfleet Operations Manual (Hardcover)

Let me point out that I am a collector, not a player. I found this a really good read, and I think players would enjoy it even more, even at less than a hundred pages. On the technical side, there is a chapter that demonstrates specific skill use for Starfleet officers and introduces new skills, including combat skills like fencing, martial arts and Original Series brawling. There is another chapter on new abilities for Starfleet officers, which at least doubles the numbers, and includes much better packages for developing advanced characters, including traits. There are chapters on equipment and starships. These really capture the feel of Starfleet officers, especially the Original Series, at least in skills. There are also eight more species: Bolians, Centaurans, Deltans, Grazerites, Regulans, Tellarites, Tiburons and Zaldans. On the information side, there is a chapter on standard mission types and starship operations, a chapter on fleet organisation and history, and the starship section contains a lot of information on individual ships. There is also a section on starbases, their positions, characteristics and use. This all made fascinating reading. There is an amazing amount of information on Starfleet, through history, operationally and for interesting places crammed into this thin book. Also, there were very few technical flaws this time. In contrast to the Player's Guide, the chapter layout made a lot of sense. The only important (or at least obvious) flaw is that the table for the settings of the `isomagnetic disintegrator' is missing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get this great book while its available!, September 19, 2005

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J. D. Day "JD Day Grognard" (Buckeye, AZ) - See all my reviews
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What your getting in this book: more abilities, skills, and advancement package picks to round out your Starfleet characters. Also more gear and more starships(10) as well info on playing intelligence operatives such as in Section 31 campaigns and eight new starfleet races like the Bolians and Tellarites. What this book misses is more info on actual starfleet ops spending only 2/12 pages on fleet ops and fleet command with no mention of the Academy, Starfleet HQ, and Starfleet medals and decorations to fill the new space on the new Starfleet personnel jacket. Also where is the Constellation class ship such as the U.S.S. Stargazer the mainstay of Starfleet during the Lost era? For more info and errata on the TREK CODA sytem go to forum.trek-rpg-.net/index.php?.