54 Gaming Materials p3 (rec.arts.startrek.tech reading list)
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This article is from the Star Trek Tech FAQ, by Joshua Bell inexorabletash@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
54 Gaming Materials p3 (rec.arts.startrek.tech reading list)
FASA
Licensee 1986 (?) through 1988.
FASA had a short lived license for RPG and spaceship combat games
based on the film series era, and also the first season of TNG. They
introduced several ship designs and chronologies which were referenced
in materials such as Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise and even the
rare Okudagram.
In the early 1990's FASA's line of products was despised on the net.
FASA had ignored "established" Treknical fandom and invented its own
names for ship classes and explanations for how things worked, and
diverged from the "established" Star Fleet Battles speculation. Since
TNG/DS9/VOY came along and did exactly the same thing, by the early
2000's more people were worrying about how Enterprise would ignore
established TOS fact and had forgotten FASA entirely. It isn't bad,
but it contradicts established canon in a number of places, and the
dates are out of whack (by 52 years). FASA apparently lost its license
to produce Star Trek material after the Star Trek: The Next Generation
Officer's Manual was withdrawn from print at Paramount's request.
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STAR TREK STARSHIP TACTICAL COMBAT SIMULATOR
FASA Corporation, 1986.
Out of print.
Pages 59 through 78 give rather nice pictures of "real" classic
film-era ships (Excelsior, Enterprise, Reliant, Grissom, D-7, Klingon
Bird of Prey, Romulan Bird of Prey), and not so "real" ships. It also
provides speculation about the speeds, weaponry, defenses, and other
data about all of the ships.
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FEDERATION SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL (2301)
KLINGON SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL (2302)
ROMULAN SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL (2303)
FASA Corporation
Out of print.
"Okay, these weren't the best in the world. They do have some really
nice designs in them, however (others bite big weenies). Ignore the
time line info (or add 52 years to each date, which brings everything
up to snuff), and add about double the number of phasers to each Fed
design (they forgot that there are two pairs of phasers per mounting
on the dish, dorsal and ventral). if you get the chance, pick them up
cheap; they are going to be worth money someday (I've seen their
asking price double already)." [Scott Taylor]
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SHIP CONSTRUCTION MANUAL (2204)
FASA Corporation.
Out of print.
Kind of fun. Description of how to design and build Starfleet,
Klingon, Romulan and other starships in FASA's TOS/classic film-era.
Diagrams and background of warp and impulse drive development, but not
much detail.
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION OFFICER'S MANUAL (2012)
FASA Corporation, 1988. ISBN 1-55560-079-4.
Out of print. Going for $30-$50.
"This is the work that is claimed to have been the final straw between
Paramount and FASA. Although, I do not know what the exact points
were." [Chris Wayne] It's a first crack at a TNG Technical Manual, and
not too bad. Has some odd ideas like a Medusan navigator on board
every Galaxy-class starship. If you see one for sale, buy it - it's a
collector's item already. (There are some shoddy bootleg copies going
around, however.)
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION FIRST SEASON SOURCEBOOK
FASA Corporation.
Out of print.
TNG's first season with the races and characters redone in FASA's Star
Trek RPG format with stats for all the races encountered, as well as
stats for the major characters, plus a few bits of additional
background info. [Kasey Chang]
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