Below are my various somewhat random notes about creating Star Trek role-playing game adventures and stories. In addition to the TV shows and movies, ideas have also been cribbed from several RPGs…
* Star Trek: Adventure Gaming in the Final Frontier (Heritage Models, 1978)
* Star Fleet Battles / Star Fleet Universe (Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., 1979)
* Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA Corporation, 1982)
* Star Trek Roleplaying Game (Last Unicorn Games, 1998)
* Star Trek Roleplaying Game (Decipher, 2002)
* GURPS Prime Directive (Steve Jackson Games/Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., 2002)
* Prime Directive d20 Modern (Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc., 2008)
* Far Trek (Mike Berkey, 2009)
* Star Trek Adventures (Modiphius Entertainment, 2017)
…along with past “technical manual” books and these websites:
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/
https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/
https://www.st-minutiae.com/
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STAR TREK FASTER-THAN-LIGHT SPEEDS
How It Works: Starship projects an artificial “warp bubble” around itself, negating its mass while still being able to monitor normal space in real time. “Transwarp” adds the use of spatical “shortcuts” via conduits or other portals, such as stable wormholes.
* Standard Orbit (synchronous orbit around Earth) … 9,600 kph
* Impulse Power (speed open to a lot of debate, often considered 0.25c)
* Warp Factor 1 (1c) … 0.02 light years per day
* Warp Factor 2 (10c) … 0.03 light years per day
* Warp Factor 3 (39c) … 0.1 light years per day
* Warp Factor 4 (102c) … 0.3 light years per day
* Warp Factor 5 (214c) … 0.6 light years per day
* Warp Factor 6 (392c) … 1.0 light years per day
* Warp Factor 7 (656c) … 1.8 light years per day
* Warp Factor 8 (1024c) … 2.8 light years per day
* Warp Factor 9 (1516c) … 4.1 light years per day
* Warp Factor 9.2 (1649c) … 4.5 light years per day
* Warp Factor 9.6 (1909c) … 5.2 light years per day
* Warp Factor 9.9 (3053c) … 8.4 light years per day
* Subspace Radio, Warp Factor 9.9999 (200,000c) … 547 light years per day
* Transwarp (7912c) … 21.6 light years per day
In the ST:TNG episode “Force of Nature,” evidence of subspace damage caused by warp drives led the Federation to impose a “speed limit” of Warp Factor 6 except for emergency use.
(Source: There have been various “warp factor” scales listed in different “authoritative” guides over the years. This one comes from Star Trek The Next Generation Technical Manual published in 1991, with “Transwarp” added from later series.)
VARIOUS FTL DRIVE SYSTEMS IN STAR TREK
* Warp Drive (requires dilithium crystals; high warp speeds damage subspace and spawn unstable rifts)
* Hyperwarp Drive (late 24th century experimental system found on the USS Protostar)
* Spore Drive (technology lost in mid-23rd century; requires mycelial network of extradimensional fungal filaments)
* Quantum Slipstream Drive (late 24th century tech; requires artificial slipstream in subspace; unstable)
* Transwarp Drive (requires transwarp conduits and hubs through subspace)
* Coaxial Warp Drive (alien tech, unstable and not understood by Federation scientists)
* Soliton Wave Propulsion (pushes ships via a warp “wave” but dangerous and unstable)
* Wormholes (usually unstable portals, but the one near Bajor was kept stabilized by The Prophets)
* Iconian Gateways (extremely rare alien teleportation gates)
* Subspace Corridors (like transwarp; used by Vaadwaur species only)
* Dimensional Shift Drive (Scalosian tech, more like time travel)
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STARSHIP OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS – COMPARATIVE RANGES
Per various technical manuals (not consistent)…
Beams and weaponry…
* thousands km … tractor beams (from ships; longer from starbases)
* 40,000 km … transporters (personnel transport without pattern enhancers)
* 100,000 km … optimal range starship phaser banks (Type X and Type XII Phasers)
* 300,000 km … maximum range starship phaser banks (Type X and Type XII Phasers)
* 4 million km … maximum effective range of photon torpedoes
Scanning…
* 100,000s km … high-resolution scans (life signs, energy fields, molecular compositions)
* 2 million km … short-range sensors (navigation, tactical, close-proximity of asteroids, ships, or survey of a planet)
* a few light hours … detailed scans identifying ships
* several light years … long-range sensors (FTL subspace scans for spatial anomalies, star systems, fleets of ships or space stations)
* many light years … deep-space probes from specialized platforms (science vessels)
Broad range bins…
* Close (within 1 km)
* Short (1,000s km)
* Medium (10,000s km)
* Long (100,000s km) … Earth to moon, one light-second (about 300,000 km)
* Distant (millions km) … Sun to Mercury, Venus
* Subsystem (100s millions km) … Sun to Earth, Mars, outer planets
* System (billions km) … Sun to Nepture, Uranus
* Parsec (trillions km, 3.26 light years) … Earth to Alpha Centuri (4.367 light years)
* Subsector (10s light years) … cluster of neighboring systems
* Sector (100s light years) … cluster of neighboring subsectors
* Domain (1,000s light years) … cluster of sectors, or one major space government in Star Trek or Star Wars
* Galactic Arm (10,000s light years) … Earth to center of Milky Way galaxy
* Galaxy (100,000s light years) … width of Milky Way galaxy, distance to both nearby Magellanic Clouds
* Short Intergalactic (millions light years) … distance to Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
* Medium Intergalactic (10s millions light years)
* Long Intergalactic (100s millions light years)
* Distant Intergalactic (billions light years)
* Universe (10s billions light years) … limits of observable universe
So, using the above abstract scale…
SHIP-SCALE RANGES
* CLOSE (within 1 km) … grapplers (from a ship)
* SHORT (1,000s km) … tractor beam (from a ship)
* MEDIUM (10,000s km) … personal transporter range (ship-to-point)
* LONG (100,000s km) … high-resolution scans (life signs, energy fields, molecular compositions), transporters (with pattern enhancers), starship phaser banks (Type X and Type XII phasers)
* DISTANT (millions km) … short-range sensors (navigation, tactical, close-proximity of asteroids, ships, or survey of a planet), photon torpedoes
* SUBSYSTEM (100s millions km) … distance between inner planets
* SYSTEM (billions km) … light-hours, mid-range sensors (detailed scans identifying ships)
* PARSEC (trillions km, many light years) … long-range sensors (FTL subspace scans for spatial anomalies, star systems, fleets of ships or space stations)
INTERSTELLAR-SCALE RANGES
* SUBSECTOR (10s light years) … cluster of neighboring systems, deep-space probes (specialized platforms, science vessels)
* SECTOR (100s light years) … cluster of neighboring subsectors
* DOMAIN (1,000s light years) … cluster of sectors, or one major space government in Star Trek universe
BEYOND INTERSTELLAR-SCALE RANGES
* GALACTIC ARM (10,000s light years) … Earth to center of Milky Way galaxy, a galactic quadrant
* GALAXY (100,000s light years) … width of Milky Way galaxy, distance to both nearby Magellanic Clouds
INTERGALACTIC-SCALE RANGES
* SHORT INTERGALACTIC (millions light years) … distance to Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
* MEDIUM INTERGALACTIC (10s millions light years)
* LONG INTERGALACTIC (100s millions light years)
* DISTANT INTERGALACTIC (billions light years)
* UNIVERSE (10s billions light years) … limits of observable universe
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STARSHIP SIZES – STAR TREK UNIVERSE (Original Timeline)
90 tons … Typical shuttlecraft
8,600 tons … typical Subspace Relay station (2 crew)
200,000 tons … Regula One (Research facility) (10 to 50 crew)
20 million tons … typical Federation Starbase (5,700 crew)
18 billion tons … Federation Earth Spacedock
(22nd century, Enterprise series)
280,000 tons … Enterprise (NX-01) (80+ crew)
(mid- to late 23rd century, Original Series/movies…)
600,000 tons … Starfleet heavy cruiser ship (USS Enterprise NCC-1701) (400+ crew)
620,000 tons … Starfleet Constitution-class ship (Enterprise NCC-1701-A) (400+ crew)
520,000 tons … Starfleet Miranda-class ship (The Reliant) (200+ crew)
2.1 million tons … Starfleet Excelsior-class (NCC-2000 Excelsior) (700+ crew)
(mid-24th century, TNG/DS9)
700,000 tons … Starfleet Intrepid-class ship (NCC-74656 Voyager) (140+ crew)
3.5 million tons …. Starfleet Nebula-class ship (NCC-65420 Phoenix) (700+ crew)
4.9 million tons … Starfleet Galaxy-class ship (Enterprise NCC-1701-D) (1,000+ crew)
3.5 million tons … Starfleet Sovereign-class ship (Enterprise NCC-1701-E) (700+ crew)
45 million tons … Deep Space Nine (orbital refinery/support base) (500+ crew)
(early 25th century, after Star Trek: Picard series)
3.2 million tons … Starfleet Constitution III-class ship (Titan-A/Enterprise NCC-1701-G) (650+ crew)
Non-Federation ships from various time periods…
30,000 tons … Klingon small Bird of Prey (B’rel class) (crew 12+)
800,000 tons … Klingon large Bird of Prey (B’rel class) (crew 390+)
470,000 tons … Klingon battle cruiser (D7 class) (440+ crew)
490,000 tons … Klingon battle cruiser (K’t’inga class) (510+ crew)
2.2 million tons … Klingon heavy attack cruiser (Vor’Cha class) (1,900+ crew)
1.6 million tons … Cardassian heavy cruiser (Galor class) (300+)
200,000 tons … Romulan original Bird-of-Prey (150+ crew)
4.3 million tons … Romulan B-type warbird (D’deridex class) (1,500+ crew)
3,500 tons … Borg Probe
5 million tons … Borg Sphere (11,000 crew)
90 million tons … Borg Cube (5,000 crew)
STAR TREK UNIVERSE (Kelvin Timeline)
35 million tons … Alt. Star Fleet heavy cruiser (Enterprise NCC-1701)
500 billion tons … Romulan mining ship (Narada)
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STAR TREK PLANETARY CLASSIFICATIONS
The following planetary classifications are stolen entirely from the fiction of STAR TREK, as explained here: https://memory-gamma.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary_classification
Class-A (Geothermal – barren but volcanic)
Class-B (Geomorteus – thin atmosphere of helium and sodium)
Class-C (Geoinactive – cold dead rockball)
Class-D (Dwarf – subplanet/moon of rock or ice)
Class-E (Geoplastic – molten surface, thin atmosphere of hydrogen and helium)
Class-F (Geometallic – partially molten surface, some shallow water seas)
Class-G (Geocrystalline – oxygen and nitrogen atmosphere, algae in seas)
Class-H (Desert – less than 20% surface water: Tatooine, Arrakis)
Class-I (Gas supergiant – liquid metallic hydrogen surrounded by hydrogen and helium)
Class-J (Gas giant – liquid metallic hydrogen surrounded by hydrogen and helium)
Class-K (Adaptable – mostly desert, some life)
Class-L (Marginal – rocky, forested worlds devoid of animal life)
Class-M (Terrestrial – “Minshara-class,” Earth-like oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere)
Class-N (Reducing – super dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, no life)
Class-O (Pelagic – water world, 80% of surface covered by water)
Class-P (Glaciated – ice world, 80% of surface covered by ice: Hoth)
Class-Q (Variable – eccentric orbit with unstable ecosystems)
Class-R (Rogue – rockball in space)
Class-S (Small ultragiant – liquid metallic hydrogen surrounded by hydrogen and helium)
Class-T (Large ultragiant – liquid metallic hydrogen surrounded by hydrogen and helium)
Class-U (Ice giant – rocky core surrounded by atmosphere of methane, water, and ammonia)
Class-V (Tachyon – weird time distortion effects on world)
Class-W (Stygian – dark world)
Class-X (Chthonian – rockball with dense metal-rich core)
Class-Y (Demon – toxic radiation, extreme temperatures)
Class-Z (Erratic – very unstable ecosystems)
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STAR TREK TIMELINE
Short version, at a glance…
* 20th CENTURY: Various visits to Earth by aliens and time travelers kept secret.
* 21st CENTURY: Earth’s Eugenics Wars/World War III, dark age, Earth gets warp drive, Earth-Kzinti wars.
* 22nd CENTURY: Earth-Romulan War, founding of The Federation, NX-01 missions.
* 23rd CENTURY: Federation-Klingon War, NCC 1701/1701-A to C missions.
* 24th CENTURY: First Borg encounters, Klingon Civil War, Federation-Dominion War, fall of Cardassian and Romulan interstellar powers, NCC 1701-D to F missions.
* 25th CENTURY: Borg Starfleet Frontier Day incident, expansion of synthetic lifeforms, NCC 1701-G missions.
* 26th CENTURY: NCC 1701-J missions.
* 26th to 30th CENTURY: Untold adventures?
* 31th CENTURY: “The Burn” ruins dilithium, fall of The Federation as interstellar power.
* 32nd CENTURY: Slow rebuilding of interstellar governments.
Long version, not complete but includes historical benchmarks useful for setting up an RPG campaign…
ANCIENT HISTORY
* 15 billion years ago … universe begins (“big bang”)
* about 4 to 8 billon years ago … Guardian of Forever born/built
* about 4 billion years ago … species called The Seeders spreads humanoid genetics across galaxy
* very long ago … A species of intelligent machines from another universe attempt to invade the prime universe and destroy organic life
* 22 million years ago … Organians transcend physical bodies
* 900,000 years ago … Tkon Empire rules the galaxy
* 700,000 years ago … Tkon leave known universe
* about 600,000 years ago … Arretan species travels galaxy, seeding worlds (including Vulcan)
* about 500,000 years ago … Arretan homeworld destroyed
* 200,000 years ago … Iconian civilization forms
* 150,000 years ago … Medusans begin space exploration
* 50,000 years ago … “First Federation” forms in galaxy
* 40,000 years ago … first Orion Empire destroyed by robotic planet killers
* 35,000 years ago … second Orion Empire fights “federation” of allied planets
* 27,000 years ago … earliest Klingon settlements
* 25,000 years ago … Trill begin living as symbiotes
* 12,700 years ago … Borg collective begins assimilating other species in Delta Quadrant
* 8,000 years ago … 12th Orion Empire merchants expand into Alpha Quadrant
* 5,500 years ago … Klingon nations become “Houses” of allied people
VERY OLD HISTORY (dates B.C.E.)
* -3600 … “First Federation” fleets wiped out, alliance fades away
* -2700 … savage “Years of Chaos” across Vulcan civilization tamed by the teachings of peace and logic by Surak
* -2500 … Apollo and other “Greek gods” visit Earth
* -776 … Apollo and “Greek gods” relocate from Earth to Pollux IV
OLD HISTORY
* 300s … The Dominion gains power in the Gamma Quadrant
* 312 … “Time of Awakening”/”Great Awakening” on Vulcan supports peace and logic through suppression of emotions;
* 369 … Vulcan faction that rejects “Awakening” teachings leaves homeworld
* 399 … Vulcan Science Academy founded
* 557 … Vulcan faction relocates to the planet Romulus (later becoming the Romulans)
* ???? … Romulans start secret Zhat Vash conspiracy to wipe out all synthetic life and prevent hostile AIs from another reality coming here to eradicate organic life
* 375 … shapeshifters escape persecution in Gamma Quadrant (later becoming the Founders)
* 579 … Gorn gain warp drive, begin conquering neighboring systems
* 810 … mythic reign of Kahless “The Unforgettable” unifies Klingon Empire
* 938 … Romulan militant factions unite to found the Romulan Star Empire
* 1220 to 1370 … Vulcan-Romulan War, planet Zeta sterilized
* 1140 … Vulcans gain warp drive, begin observing other worlds
* 1591 … Cardassian homeworld united under one government
* 1595 … Bajorians discover the Orb of Time
* 1670s … Cardassians gain warp drive
THE 18th to 20st CENTURIES
* 1750 … species called The Preservers transport North American first peoples from Earth to the planet Epsilon Corvis III
* 1781 … The El-Aurian named Guinan is born.
* ???? … The child Guinan visits Earth during a trip with her parents
* 1861 … Biowarfare on Alpha Centauri IV
* 1867 … first Tellarite astronaut launches himself into space
* 1893 … Enterprise-D crew briefly appear in San Francisco, encounter the El-Aurian Guinan who is on Earth to hide from her father
* 1906 … Andorian warp drive experiments go badly, create Andorian wormhole
* 1925 … Orion-Tholian first contact
* 1934 … Andorian-Orion first contact
* 1930 … Enterprise (TOS) crew in New York City briefly cause a time paradox
* 1947 … three Ferengi from 2372 accidentally time travel to Earth (Roswell UFO incident)
* 1957 … Vulcans crash on Earth and secretly live among humanity for awhile
* 1957 … Earth’s Soviet Union launches Sputnik I into orbit
* 1968 … Time-travelling Enterprise (TOS) is briefly seen above New York City, encounters 24th century time traveler Supervisor 194/Gary Seven
* 1977 … Earth’s NASA tests the space shuttle Enterprise
* 1986 … Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (middle of movie)
* 1990s … Eugenics Wars begin (ST:TOS “Space Seed,” STII: Wrath of Khan)
* 1994 … S.S. Birdseye launches, carries cryogenic passengers into deep space
* 1999 … launch of Voyager 6 (later evolved into the V’ger entity)
THE 21st CENTURY
* early 2000s … Eugenics Wars/World War III continue; Khan Noonien Singh conquers a quarter of Earth but is defeated, flees Earth in slower-than-light spaceship
* 2001 … construction begins on the Millenium Gate archology in Indiana, USA
* 2002 … launch of the AI-driven space probe Nomad MK-15c
* 2012 … Millenium Gate archology completed, opens in Indiana, USA
* 2022 … Lake Ontario Bridge destroyed by saboteurs (time traveling Romulan agents)
* 2024 … The El-Aurian Guinan poses as a human and runs a bar in Los Angeles
* 2024 … Bell Riots (time travelling Starfleet officers from 2371 are present)
* 2024 … Q transports Jean-Luc Picard to Los Angeles where he meets a younger Guinan and a time-travelling “Watcher”/”Supervisor” named Tallinn (akin to Gary Seven).
* 2041 … first Klingon-Romulan War
* 2047 … Nausicaan species uplifted to industrial society by Romulans
* 2050s(?) … possible Kzinti incursion into Earth’s solar system
* 2053 … Colonel Green biowarfare and nuclear attacks on Earth
* 2063 … Star Trek: First Contact (middle of movie), Zefram Cochrane’s first human warp ship, Vulcan encounter (time travelling Starfleet officers from 2373 are present)
* 2070s into 2100s … Earth fights (and wins) four wars against the Kzinti
* 2069 … death of last Klingon emperor leads to formation of the Klingon High Council
* 2078 … first Earth human colony on Alpha Centauri worlds
THE 22nd CENTURY
* sometime this century … The El-Aurian Guinan has further dealings with Q, somehow tricking him and frustrating his schemes
* sometime this century … Berlinghoff Rasmussen steals a 26th century time pod from a time researcher, uses it to visit the 2368
* 2103 … Earth colonizes Mars
* 2112 … Bajorian gains warp drive, begin contact with Cardassians
* 2117 … Zefram Cochrane disappears from Alpha Centauri
* 2130 … Earth’s South American Union and Eastern Coalition join New Earth Republic
* 2130s … Earth creates Starfleet (despite Vulcan objections)
* 2050s … development of subspace radio technology
* 2151 … Klingon agent survives crash on Earth, returned to Qo’nos by Enterprise NX-01
* 2151 to 2155 … Star Trek: Enterprise (Seasons 1 to 4), Temporal War
* 2152 … Starfleet first contact with Romulan ships
* 2156 … start of Earth-Romulan War
* 2160 … end of Earth-Romulan War, creation of first Neutral Zone
* 2161 … creation of The United Federation of Planets (Andorians, Earth/Terrans (humans), Tellarites, Vulcans)
ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE
* 2233 … Star Trek Kelvin Timeline split (J.J. Abrams movies)
THE 23rd CENTURY
* 2200s … The Federation bans all genetic augmentations (esp. Illyrians)
* 2227 … Federation adopts “credits” as a form of currency
* 2245 … Capt. Robert April commands USS Enterprise mission
* 2250 … Capt. Christopher Pike commands USS Enterprise mission
* 2254 … Planet Talos IV placed under Starfleet quarantine due to native psionic inhabitants
* 2256 … start of Klingon-Federation War
* 2256 to 2258 … Star Trek: Discovery (Seasons 1 and 2)
* 2258 … USS Discovery “destroyed” (actually enters wormhole, exits in 3188)
* 2258 … end of (active) Klingon-Federation War, neutral zone extended
* 2259 … Federation formally adopts General Order 1 on non-interference with non-warp capable species (the “Prime Directive”)
* 2259 to 2264(?) … Star Trek: Strange New Words (Seasons 1 and 2)
* 2265 … Borg destroy the El-Aurian homeworld and decimate the species
* 2265 … Capt. James T. Kirk commands USS Enterprise mission.
* 2265 to 2269 … Star Trek: The Original Series (Seasons 1 to 3)
* 2266 … Starfleet discovers shared lineage between Vulcans and Romulans
* 2267 … Organian Peace Treaty imposes peace between Federation and Klingon Empire
* 2268 … Klingons and Romulans begin sharing military technology
* 2269 to 2270 … Star Trek: The Animated Series (Seasons 1 and 2)
* 2270s … Star Trek: The Motion Picture, V’ger encounter
* 2285 … Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Genesis Project planet
* 2285 … Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
* 2286 … Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (start/end of movie), probe encounter
* 2287 … Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
* 2289 … Klingon armada destroys the tribble homeworld
* 2292 … relations between Klingons and Romulans break down
* 2293 … Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, moon of Qo’nos explodes, Khitomer Accords
* 2293 … Star Trek Generations (start of movie), Nexus encounter in Federation space; 415 El-Aurian refugee (including Guinan) affected but rescued
* 2294 … Betazed joins the Federation
THE 24TH CENTURY
* sometime from this century … Supervisor 194/Gary Seven and his cat/woman companion Isis time travel to 1968 New York City on Earth to protect the prime timeline
* 2328 … Cardassians begin full occupation of Bajor (after decades of influence)
* 2326 … Star Trek: Section 31; a man from the Mirror Universe tries to sell a stolen superweapon in the Prime Universe
* 2347 … Cardassian-Federation Wars begin (more like a series of border clashes)
* 2353 to 2360 … Federation-Tholian War
* 2363 … Cap. Jean-Luc Picard commands USS Enterprise NCC 1701-D mission
* 2364 to 2370 … Star Trek: The Next Generation (Seasons 1 to 7)
* 2364 … bug-like parasites mind control several Starfleet leaders before being discovered and eliminated
* 2365 … Guinan becomes the bartender of 10-Forward onboard the NCC 1701-D Enterprise
* 2366 … Romulan Admiral Alidar Jarok defects to the Federation
* 2366 … Klingon Civil War across Klingon Empire
* 2367 … Borg attack on the Federation, Battle of Wolf 359, but invasion repelled
* 2367 … Federation-Cardassian Armistice (false faith by Cardassians)
* 2368 … recovered Borg drone (“Hugh”) introduces individuality into the Borg collective
* 2368 … 22nd century time traveler Berlinghoff Rasmussen arrested by Starfleet
* 2368 … Cardassians destroy Federation colony on Solarion IV and attempt to blame Bajorian resistance
* 2369 … Renegade Borg led by the android Lore attack Federation outposts
* 2369 to 2375 … Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Seasons 1 to 7), stable wormhole to Gamma Quadrant discovered
* 2370 … Federation-Cardassian peace treaty adopted, Bajor fully freed of occupation but some colonists form the Maquis Resistance movement
* 2370 … captured changelings subjected to secret Project Proteus experiments at Daystrom Station
* 2371 to 2378 … Star Trek: Voyager (Seasons 1 to 7)
* 2371 … Star Trek Generations (middle and end of movie), another Nexus encounter in Federation space
* 2372 … Starfleet’s Section 31 designs a morphogenic virus targeting changelings
* 2373 … The Federation has 150+ member worlds, thousands of colonies, plus non-aligned worlds within Federation space
* 2373 … Star Trek: First Contact (start/end of movie), second Borg invasion repelled
* 2373 … start of The Dominion’s invasion of the Alpha Quadrant, conquers Cardassian Union; Federation and Klingon Empire ally to resist (Romulans would later join this alliance)
* 2373 … The Maquis group crushed by Cardassian/Dominion forces
* 2373 … The Borg come into conflict with the Undine (aka Species 8472), beings from another dimension
* 2374 … USS Voyager encounters the Krenim Imperium in the Delta Quadrant, interstellar government that spans more than 200 systems, 900 planets, and thousands of ships over 5,000 parsecs
* 2375 … the Breen Confederacy allies with The Dominion
* 2375 … Julian Bashir creates a morphogenic virus cure, gives it to the changeling Founders to save their homeworld
* 2375 … treaty ends war with The Dominion (largest conflict in Federation history)
* 2375 … Star Trek: Insurrection
* 2376(?) … Federation begins using synth worker androids to rebuild Starfleet ships
* 2377(?) … derelict Borg cube (“The Artifact”) found adrift in Federation-Romulan neutral zone
* 2379 … Star Trek: Nemesis, failed Reman uprising on Romulus. Lt. Cmmd. Data destroyed.
* 2380 to 2382 … Star Trek: Lower Decks (Seasons 1 and 2)
* 2383 to 2385 … Star Trek: Prodigy (Seasons 1 and 2)
* 2385 … hacked synth workers on Mars destroy Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards (secret plot by Zhat Vash conspirators)
* 2387 … supernova destroys Romulus/Remus, Spock “killed” (Spock actually sent back in time, creates Kelvin Timeline parallel reality), Romulan Star Empire (up to 100 worlds) fractures into successors states (Romulan Free State and others)
* 2390s(?) … former Founder changeling Vadic infiltrates Starfleet with superior shapechanging spies (Project Proteus escapees)
* 2399 to 2402 … Star Trek: Picard (Seasons 1 to 3)
* 2399 … discovery of Coppelius, a hidden colony of fully synthetic beings
THE 25th CENTURY
* 2400 … El-Aurian Guinan returns to Earth to again run bar in Los Angeles.
* 2401 … former Founder-turned-terrorist changeling Vadic steals the corpse of Jean-Luc Picard
* 2402 … corrupted transporters help turn young Starfleet officers into Borg drones, but their Borg Queen is killed before they can destroy the Federation
* 2402 … Seven of Nine becomes captain of the NCC 1701-G Enterprise
THE 26th TO 30th CENTURIES
* in the 26th century, the NCC 1701-J Enterprise is in Starfleet service
* 2544 … Time researcher leaves for 2100s, time pod gets stolen by Berlinghoff Rasmussen
* 2658 … Kal Dano invents the Tox Uthat quantum phase inhibitor (superweapon), time travels back to hide it on 22nd century Risa
* 2862 … Starfleet timeship Aeon commanded by Captain Braxton
* The Breen Confederacy becomes the Breen Imperium (empire).
* other stuff happens; at least humans, Andorians, and Orions survive
THE 31st CENTURY
* 3069 … “The Burn” ruins the galaxy’s supply of dilithium (ST:D Season 3)
* 3070s … collapse of galaxy’s interstellar governments (The Federation, others)
THE 32nd CENTURY
* early 32nd century … The Breen Imperium fractures into civil war among six rival royal primarchs.
* 3189 to 3191 … Star Trek: Discovery (Seasons 3 to 5)
* 3191 … Chronophage (“time bugs”) available on the interstellar black market
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GALACTIC ATLAS
Alpha Quadrant – Federation heartland, Cardassians, Bajorans, Ferengi.
Beta Quadrant – Klingons, Romulans, and parts of the Federation.
Gamma Quadrant – Dominion territory, accessed via the Bajoran Wormhole.
Delta Quadrant – Borg-dominated, mostly unexplored by the Federation.
THE ALPHA QUADRANT
* Home to he United Federation of Planets, the Cardassian Union, the Bajoran Republic, and the Ferengi Alliance.
* Bajoran Wormhole leads into the Gamma Quadrant.
THE BETA QUADRANT
* Trailing/east of the Alpha Quadrant.
* Some parts of the Federation, also the Klingon Empire and Romulan Star Empire.
* Separated from Federation by neutral zone along frontier border.
* History full of many regional wars (Klingon civil wars, Klingon-Romulan wars).
THE DELTA QUADRANT
* Spinward/west of the Alpha Quadrant.
* Dominated by the Borg Collective.
* Site of the Ocampa homeworld.
* Full of transwarp conduits.
* USS Voyager was transported here (70,000 light years from home) by The Caretaker.
THE GAMMA QUADRANT
* Opposite site of galaxy from Alpha Quadrant (other side of galactic core).
* Dominated by The Dominion, ruled by shapeshifting Founders from their homeworld, The Great Link.
* Bajoran Wormhole leads into the Alpha Quadrant.
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RANKS IN STARFLEET
Commissioned Officer Ranks
1. Fleet Admiral (commands multiple starships or fleets)
2. Admiral (commands sectors or major operations)
3. Vice Admiral (commands large-scale missions or starbase)
4. Rear Admiral (commands task forces or specific divisions within Starfleet)
5. Commodore (commands a squadron of ships or a major installation)
6. Captain (commands a Starfleet vessel)
7. Commander (second in command on big ship or command over a smaller ship; may be a department head)
8. Lieutenant Commander (typical department head)
9. Lieutenant (mid-level officer in charge of key ship functions)
10. Lieutenant Junior Grade (lower-ranked officer)
11. Ensign (junior commissioned officer, often fresh from Starfleet Academy)
Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Ranks
1. Master Chief Petty Officer (oversees NCOs)
2. Senior Chief Petty Officer (specialized expertise)
3. Chief Petty Officer (significant experience)
4. Petty Officer (First, Second, and Third Class) (various ship operations)
5. Crewman (First, Second, and Third Class) (general duties)
Cadet Ranks (Years 1-4) (students at Starfleet Academy)
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STAR TREK ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS (FROM FASA’S STAR TREK RPG 2nd Edition)
Attributes…
Strength (STR)
Endurance (END) (also main Hit Points)
Intelligence (INT)
Dexterity (DEX)
Charisma (CHA)
Luck (LUC)
Psionics (PSI)
Skills…
Administration
Artistic Expression (by type: Painting, Vocal Performance, Jazz, Saxophone, etc.)
Carousing (includes gambling)
Communication Systems Operation
Communication Systems Technology
Computer Operation
Computer Technology
Damage Control Procedures
Deflector Shield Operation
Deflector Shield Technology
Electronics Technology
Environmental Suit Operation
Gaming (by type: Three-Dimensional Chess, Simulations, Wargaming)
Instruction
Language (by type: Galacta and others by species or world)
Leadership
Life Sciences (by type: Bionics, Botany, Ecology, Exobiology, Genetics, Zoology)
Life Support Systems Technology
Marksmanship, Archaic Weapon (by type: Slings, Crossbows, Firearms)
Marksmanship, Modern Weapon
Mechanical Engineering (includes jury-rigging)
Medical Sciences (by type: General Medicine, Pathology, Psychology, Surgery)
Negotiation/Diplomacy
Personal Combat, Armed (by type: Bat’leth, Club, Mace, Sword)
Personal Combat, Unarmed (including martial arts)
Personal Weapons Technology
Physical Sciences (by type: Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics)
Planetary Sciences (by type: Geology, Hydrology, Meteorology)
Planetary Survival (by type: Arctic, Cool Temperate, Warm Temperate, Tropical, Desert)
Security Procedures
Shuttlecraft Pilot
Shuttlecraft Systems Technology
Small Equipment Systems Operation
Small Equipment Systems Technology
Small Unit Tactics
Social Sciences (by type: Archaeology, Economics, Law, Political Science, Racial Culture, Federation History)
Space Sciences (by type: Astrogation/Starship Navigation, Astronautics/Starship Engineering, Astronomy, Astrophysics)
Sports (by type: Swimming and Diving, Gravball, Zero-G Handball, Bowling, Track and Field, Weightlifting, etc.)
Starship Combat Strategy/Tactics
Starship Helm Operation
Starship Sensors
Starship Weaponry Operation
Starship Weaponry Technology
Streetwise
Transporter Operational Procedures
Transporter Systems Technology
Trivia (by type: a period of art or history, an author, whatever)
Vehicle Operation (by type: Aircraft, Ground Transports, Water Vehicles)
Warp Drive Technology
Zero-G Operations
COMMUNICATIONS/DAMAGE CONTROL
Communication Systems Operation
Communication Systems Technology
Computer Technology
Damage Control Procedures
Language (Galacta)
Language
Language
Culture/History (Federation)
Culture/History
Culture/History
ENGINEERING
Astronautics (Space Science)
Communication Systems Technology
Computer Technology
Deflector Shields Technology
Electronics Technology
Life Support Systems Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Personal Weapons Technology
Shuttlecraft Systems Technology
Small Equipment Systems Operation
Starship Weaponry Technology
Transporter Systems Technology
Warp Drive Technology
Specialties (from above skills)
HELM
Starship Combat Strategy/Tactics
Starship Helm Operation
Starship Sensors
Starship Weaponry Operation
Starship Weaponry Technology
Warp Drive Technology
MEDICAL
Computer Operation
Language (Galacta)
Language (Other Species)
Life Support System Technology
Life Science (Bionics)
Life Science (Exobiology)
Life Science (Genetics)
Life Science (Zoology)
Medical Science (General/Own Species)
Medical Science (General/Other Species)
Medical Sciences (Pathology)
Medical Sciences (Surgery)
Medical Sciences (Psychology/Own Species)
Medical Sciences (Psychology/Other Species)
Small Equipment Systems Operations
NAVIGATION
Computer Operation
Deflector Shield Operation
Deflector Shield Technology
Space Science (Astrogation/Starship Navigation)
Space Science (Astronomy)
Space Science (Astrophysics)
Starship Sensors
SCIENCE
Computer Operation
Computer Technology
Electronics Technology
Environmental Suit Operation
Language (Galacta)
Language (Other Species)
Life Sciences (Bionics)
Life Sciences (Botany)
Life Sciences (Ecology)
Life Sciences (Exobiology)
Life Sciences (Genetics)
Life Sciences (Zoology)
Physical Sciences (Chemistry)
Physical Sciences (Computer Science)
Physical Sciences (Mathematics)
Physical Sciences (Physics)
Planetary Sciences (Geology)
Planetary Sciences (Hydrology)
Planetary Sciences (Meteorology)
Space Sciences (Astrogation/Starship Navigation)
Space Sciences (Astronautics/Starship Engineering)
Space Sciences (Astronomy)
Space Sciences (Astrophysics)
Starship Sensors
SECURITY
Environmental Suit Operation
Social Science (Federation Law)
Marksmanship, Modern Weapon
Personal Combat, Unarmed
Personal Weapons Technology
Medical Science (Psychology/Own Species)
Security Procedures
Shuttlecraft Pilot
Small Unit Tactics
STARSHIP SPACE COMBAT (from FASA game)
ROLE (SKILL)
Captain … Starship Combat Strategy/Tactics (anticipate enemy manuevers)
Chief Engineer … Warp Drive Technology (emergency repairs and power boosts)
Science Officer … Starship Sensors (measure effectiveness of attacks)
Helmsman … Starship Sensors (lock on enemy target)
Navigtor … Astrogation (predict course of enemy target)
Communications … Communication Systems Technology (break signal jamming)
Medical Officer … General Medicine (restore casualties to active duty)
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MAJOR SPECIES FOUND IN STAR TREK
Founding United Federation of Planets species…
* Human: Diplomatic, adaptable, and curious. Often lucky, possibly a genetic trait.
* Vulcan: Highly logical, slightly telepathic, cautious. Immune to fear and charm.
* Andorian: Fiercely loyal, aggressive, honor-driven. Resistant to cold.
* Tellarite: stocky, argumentative, skilled engineers. Tough hides (natural armor).
Later…
* Androids/Synths: Very rare; 2385 attack on Mars by rogue Synths.
* Caitian: Feline humanoids, distantly related to Kzinti.
* Betazoid: Highly telepathic, honest, emotional.
* Trill: Symbiotic species, highly intelligent, often scientists or doctors.
* Bajoran: Spiritual, history of oppression by Cardassians.
* Bolian: Blue-skinned, hairless humanoids, friendly.
* Denobulan: Expanded family structures, medical expertise.
* Saurian: Reptilian, resilient (famed Saurian brandy).
* Rigelian: Diverse species from shared star system, merchants.
* Orion: Green-skinned, reputation as pirates.
Outside the Federation within the Alpha Quadrant (or close enough)…
* Cardassian: Culture driven by militaristic, authoritarian rule. Reptilian.
* Ferengi: Culture driven by commerce and profit. Resistant to telepathy.
* Kzinti: Feline humanoids. Chauvinist, view females as inferior. Telepaths among their species tend to suffer neurosises and refuse to read the minds of herbivores.
* Tholian: Crystalline entities infamous for their territorial isolationism and xenophobia.
* Xindi: People made up of six different sentient species.
From Star Fleet Universe lore (not really canon)…
* Hydran Kingdom: Non-humanoid, rivals vs. Klingons.
* Lyran Star Empire: Feudal society.
In the Beta Quadrant (but close to Alpha Quadrant)
* Gorn: Strong, view other species as prey to feed their young.
* Klingon: Tough, culture driven by honor earned through conflict. Redundant organs.
* Romulan: Passionate but culture driven by secrecy, cunning, and politics.
In the Delta Quadrant…
* The Borg: Cybernetic hive-mind seeking to conquer and assimilate all others.
* Hirogen: Nomadic hunter culture.
* Kazon: Interstellar warrior culture.
* Ocampa: Short-lived species with latent psionic powers.
* Talaxian: Famed for cooking and hospitality.
In the Gamma Quadrant…
* The Founders: Shapechangers who rule The Dominion interstellar government.
* The Vorta: Genetically engineered humanoids, middle management of The Dominion.
* The Jem’Hadar: Genetically engineered reptilian humanoids, soldiers of The Dominion.
* Wadi: Humanoids, culture loves games of chance.
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NEAR-OMNIPOTENT SPECIES/BEINGS
Seemingly true omnipotence…
* Q/The Q Continuum: Reality-warping, immortality, time travel, omniscience. Seems to enjoy testing the worth of mortal species. Hated by some interstellar cultures.
* Trelane (“The Squire of Gothos”): Near-godlike powers, but with childish immaturity to manipulated reality for amusement. May be an child of the Q Continuum.
* The Thasians: Immortal, powerful enough to grant or revoke omnipotence. Was the source of Charlie X’s power before it was reclaimed.
Interstellar omnipotence…
* The Organians: Energy-based beings, advanced intelligence, can disable entire fleets. Forced peace between the Federation and Klingon Empire.
* The Metrons: Advanced intelligence, teleportation, interventionist morality. Forced Kirk and the Gorn captain to fight in a duel. Stated that humanity might be worthy of friendship in 1,000 years.
* The Prophets (Wormhole Aliens): Nonlinear perception of time, exist outside normal space, can manipulate events. Reside in the Bajoran Wormhole. Defended Bajor by destroying a Dominion fleet.
* The Pah-Wraiths: Similar to the Prophets but considered malevolent. Considered themselves banished gods of Bajor.
* The Douwd: Immortality, limitless power, capable of erasing entire species. Posed as human Kevin Uxbridge. Wiped out the entire Husnock race (50 billion beings) in a single act of rage.
Planetary omnipotence…
* Nagilum: Immense intelligence, capable of creating illusions and controlling reality. Killed a Starfleet crew member just to study death.
* The Caretaker: Control over space-time, could transport ships across the galaxy. Brought Voyager to the Delta Quadrant. Created the Ocampa underground city.
* The Edo God: Omnipresence, reality manipulation, law enforcement. Watched over the Edo people.
* The False Greek Gods: Aliens with powers of energy projection, telekinesis, and the ability to grow to immense size. Claim to have once been worshipped on Earth. Confined to the Class M planet Pollux IV.
* The Cytherians: Vast intelligence, can reprogram technology remotely. Rewired Barclay’s brain to make him super-intelligent.
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INTERSTELLAR GOVERNMENTS OUTSIDE THE FEDERATION
* The Klingon Empire: 20 Klingon “homeworlds” and many colonies; former Federation enemies, later allies. Value honor proven through conflict.
* The Romulan Star Empire: founded 2000 years ago, now controls up to 100 worlds; Fed. enemies until Spock’s reunification movement, then ends when a supernova destroys their homeworld in 2387.
* The Cardassian Union: controls 15 to 20 worlds plus many colonies; militaristic, authoritarian regime with Obsidian Order intelligence.
* The Breen Confederacy: cold-resistent physiology, powerful tech.
* The Tholian Assembly: xenophobic, territorial, crystalline-based species
* The Gorn Hegemony: reptilian, brutal, strong.
* The Ferengi Alliance: capitalistic, commerce-driven society governed by the Rules of Acquisition.
* The Xindi: five subspecies (Reptilian, Insectoid, Aquatic, Arboreal, and Primate).
* The Kzinti: large, sometimes telepathic, feline humanoids (same as Larry Niven’s universe). Fought – and lost – four wars against Earth, now banned from building a military (but may have own police force). Extremely misogynistic and biased against herbivore species.
OUTSIDE THE ALPHA QUADRANT
Gamma Quadrant…
* The Dominion: Founders/changelings rule, Jem’Hadar (warriors), Vorta (administrators).
Delta Quadrant…
* The Borg Collective: cybernetic hive mind that assimilates species and technology.
* The Kazon: fractured, warlike species that controls various sects.
* The Hirogen: nomadic hunter species obsessed with ritualized hunting of prey.
MAJOR KNOWN ALTERNATE UNIVERSES AND PARALLEL REALITIES
* The Mirror Universe: Timeline of the tyrannical, militaristic Terran Empire.
* Temporal Cold War Universe: Suliban Cabal vs. Federation Temporal Agents
* The “Wormhole Aliens” Universe: Home of The Prophets of Bajor fame.
* Yesterday’s Enterprise Universe: Where Narendra III help didn’t happen and the Federation and Klingons stayed at war for decades; paradox creates Sela, daughter of Tasha Yar.
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TIME TRAVEL
* Department of Temporal Investigations (DTI): Secret group within Starfleet who police temporal paradoxes and time travel abuse. Key in fighting the Temporal Cold War against the Suliban Cabal (“anchored” around the year 2154). Operates a starship named The Relativity.
* The Guardian of Forever: A known time portal kept under quarantine on an nearly lifeless planet.
* The Nexus: A temporal rift that occasionally passes through Federation space.
* Temporal rifts or anomalies: Occur “naturally” or as random side-effects of other time travel technology.
* The Q Continuum: Omnipotent beings who can manipulate time and space.
* The Traveler: An explorer from another reality. Along with Wesley Crusher, helps create The Watchers (another type of temporal police).
* El-Aurians (Guinan’s race) are empathic and can sense shifts in the timeline.
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STAR TREK: 25th CENTURY CAMPAIGN
(starting year 2421, about 20 years after the events of Star Trek: Picard Season 3)
State of Affairs…
* The Federation: Starfleet has recovered from the Borg’s Starfleet Frontier Day incident. Member planets continue to thrive. Vulcans remain largely withdrawn to focus on reunification aiding Romulan refugees who escaped the collapse of the Romulan Star Empire.
* The Klingon Empire: Another civil war of succession is drawing mercenaries (Orions, rogue Romulans).
* The Romulan Star Empire: Fractured into scattered warlords since the destruction of Romulus about 30 years earlier.
* The Borg: Recently neutralized as a threat. The Artifact, a 50-year-old derelict cube, remains under research study in the Federation-Romulan neutral zone. A few independent Borg freed from hive control wander the galaxy.
* The Cardassian Union: Shattered since the Dominion War, though factions of the Obsidian Order scheme to create the New Obsidian Union.
* The Tholian Assembly, the Gorn Hegemony, Kzinti: Each hostile isolationists, attack trespassers but don’t attempt to expand borders into neighboring interstellar space.
* The Dominion: Nearly 50 years have passed since the Alpha Quadrant-Dominion War, they have kept to the treaty and stayed in the Gamma Quadrant. (Starfleet’s Section 31 remains on the lookout for hidden changelings.)
Klingon Houses
* House of Martok: Currently in power but weakened.
* House of Gowron: Formerly in power.
* House of Toral: A major rival to Martok and Gowron.
* House of K’leeg: A contender.
* House of Kor: A legendary and ancient lineage.
* Dissolved: Mogh (Worf’s dishonored family), Duras (more dishonored).
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LIFE IN THE 33nd CENTURY?
* The galaxy has suffered a massive collapse of interstellar civilization.
* Since The Burn, dilithium for FTL warp drives is very rare.
* “Programable matter” (nanotech) is common.
* The Federation and Starfleet are small echoes of their 24th century glory (dozens of members, not hundreds), but they are rebuilding and provide relief efforts for interstellar disasters (like the The Dark Matter Anomaly).
* The planet Vulcan is now called Ni’Var, home to Romulans and Vulcans.
* The Trill suffer civil war on their homeworld.
* Criminal syndicates are common (like The Emerald Chain’s Andorian and Orion slavers).
* Artificial Intelligence (AI) is common on starships, though androids remain rare.
* The Borg may have disappeared due to becoming fragmented in the 24th century (and sabotaged by Romulan secret agents).
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STUPID HEADCANON IDEAS
GARY SEVEN
Gary Seven is the son of Capt. Seven of Nine. (She is addressed as “Captain Seven” at the end of Star Trek: Picard.) At some point in her future he is recruited by the Federation Department of Temporal Investigations (DTI), becomes Supervisor 194, and is sent on a mission back in time to Earth 1968 where he meets Starfleet Capt. James T. Kirk from the year 2267.
SECTION 31
The true mission of this group is to spy on Starfleet itself due to all the times its leadership has been compromised by enemy influences (Starfleet’s Admiral Cartwright colluding with Klingons and Romulans at Khitomer, the bug-like mind control parasites, the secret members of Zhat Vash, the Project Proteus changelings).
* “Every other great power has a unit like Section 31. The Romulans have the Tal Shiar, the Cardassians had the Obsidian Order.” – Odo.
* The Klingons don’t have a secret black ops assassin group since such killings are viewed as dishonorable. That said, Klingon Imperial Intelligence does exist to do espionage.
FEDERATION TIME TRAVELERS
Federation Department of Temporal Investigations (DTI) – technically all forms of time travel are banned, but enforcing this ban is like herding cats. Best they can hope for is to keep at least one stable version of the Prime Universe together (which is more a political goal than a cosmic one).
* branch offices in San Francisco on Earth and Sadvis on Aldebaran III
members include…
* DTI Special Agents Marion Dulmur and Gariff Lucsly
* As of 2373, James T. Kirk had the biggest file in the department’s records, with seventeen separate temporal violations.
* DTI Directors…
? to ? … Reginald Hartwell
2369 to ? … Laarin Andos
? to 2369 … Sornek
2275 to ? … Simok
2270 to 2275 … Meijan Grey
Temporal Conflicts
* Suliban Cabal conflict
* Xindi incident
* Na’kuhl conflict
TEMPORAL AGENT DANIELS
So Dr. Kovich (glasses guy from DSC, played by director David Cronenberg) of the 33rd century Federation was actually Agent Daniels (DTI agent in ENT Temporal War), and Kovich was a code name. He “lived many years, and many lives.” Might he possibly have been killed on occasion and replaced by willing parallel duplicates? Might he also have experience in alternate timelines? Possible crossover coordination with alternate timelines to protect those sci-fi universes? (The Time Variance Authority in the MCU, the Time Lords of Gallifrey in Doctor Who, whoever Booster Gold worked for, and so forth?)