Pyramid Review
Starfleet Operations Manual (for Star Trek Roleplaying Game)
Published by Decipher, Inc.
Written by Ken Hite
Illustrated by C. Brent Ferguson and David Pipgras
96-page full-color hardback; $20
Bar the recently released Star Trek Roleplaying Game Narrator's Screen, Decipher Inc has been somewhat remiss in providing support for the roleplaying side of its Star Trek license since the publication last year of the Player's and Narrators Guides. They rectify this with the Starfleet Operations Manual, a sourcebook that expands upon and acts as a companion to the Player's Guide. Written by Ken Hite, its material is not wholly restricted to the province of the player, as the Narrator will get as much use out of the Starfleet Operations Manual in creating and adding elements to their own series. If there is a restriction, it lies in what it covers. It is primarily designed for use with Starfleet characters rather than with civilian groups, but that said, much of the Starfleet Operations Manual could just as easily be applied to a series built around personnel serving aboard the space fleets of other species, such as the Klingons or Romulans.
The Starfleet Operations Manual is a slim-but-attractive tan volume. Inside its full-color layout is pleasingly clear and lacks the clutter of the two core books. It also isn't as heavily illustrated as either of those, but it does make more use of photographs taken from the current Star Trek series, Enterprise. Despite these images, the emphasis . . .
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Article publication date: April 4, 2003
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