The Vanished was an RPG sourcebook, an adventure module from the Star Trek: The Role Playing Game published by FASA Corporation. It was FASA's initial sourcebook released after the first edition box set, one of three (along with Witness for the Defense and Denial of Destiny) released in 1983, all of which involved the crew of the USS Enterprise.
Description[]
- Teaser
- It started as just a friendly conversation — until suddenly there was no one left to talk to! The crew of the Federation starship must find out why — before they too are among The Vanished.
- Introduction
- The USS Enterprise is passing near Federation Deepspace Research Facility 39, a special scientific station for the development of sensitive experiments away from a solar system... Visual communication proves impossible because of [a] nearby storm, but voice contact is established. Suddenly, in mid-sentence, the voice on the other end stops... The station's transmission equipment is still working. But repeated calls will raise no reply from the station personnel. Obviously, something is very wrong at FDR Facility 39, and under Federation law, the Enterprise must investigate...
Summary[]
After a baffling loss of contact from FDR Facility 39, the Enterprise changes course to investigate. An approaching magnetic storm disrupts ship-to-station communications, but boarding party members are able to stay in contact with each other. Station security monitors display nothing unusual, aside from the facility being deserted mid-day during a time of normal operations, with coffee cups on tables and even a water faucet left open. Playback of security scanners shows Andre LeClerc talking with the Enterprise, then suddenly vanishing between one instant and the next. A memo left on the station manager's desk describes an upcoming laboratory inspection. Monitors report a slight power drain and a malfunctioning power relay, but otherwise systems are normal.
Near the station's cafeteria, some of the boarding party hear metal clattering and discover two strange, shapeless non-humanoid aliens. Surprised, the creatures call out to two nearby companions.
- Further events depend on gameplay. The exact outcome of the mission is not certain, as it was in the hands of the RPG player whether or not the situation could be satisfactorily resolved.
References[]
Characters[]
- Shannon Blakely • Samuel Clarkson • David Cohen • Rugast Dagran • Laurie Ann Destry • Franklin Edison Jr. • Duncan Henrik IV • Tor Jacobson • Fenton Krause • D.T. Lancaster • J. Lawson • Andre LeClerc • Jason Lee • David Levin • Lisa Marchant-Smith • Frederick McLaren • Elizabeth Moonlight • Caroline Nakamura • Shakar Navanti • Wyatt Nilsson • Lorraine Parvenu • Sebastian Parvenu • Raxanna • Calvin Renn • Daniel Reuben • R'rowllar • Sanak • Salvatore Santini • Sovar • Denis Sun-Toucher • Len Tanaka • Drin T'tallen • Katerina Velikovsky • J.B. Whitcomb • unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel • USS Potemkin (NCC-1702) personnel
- Referenced only
- Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott
Starships and vehicles[]
- USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • USS Potemkin (Constitution-class heavy cruiser)
- Referenced only
- cargo vessels • shuttles
Locations[]
- Deep Space Research Facility 39 (somewhere in the galaxy's Alpha or Beta Quadrants)
- Referenced only
- galactic core • Starbase 12
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Bio/Genetic Research, Inc. • Federation • Multiplanet Metals, Inc. • New Amsterdam Gravitics Company • Starfleet (command division • operations division • sciences division) • Tachyon Micromechanics, Ltd.
Science and classification[]
- access hatch • airlock • blaster • cargo transporter • communicator • computer • disruptor • environmental suit • food slot • grav plate • hologram • intercom • laboratory • laser • life support • life support belt • magnetic boot • medkit • navigational deflector • pattern buffer • phaser • phaser I • phaser pistol • power generator • power relay station • sensor • Sestra phaser II • space station • starship • subspace radio • transporter • transporter beam • tricorder • type-2 phaser • universal translator • viewscreen
Occupations and titles[]
- botanist • bridge crew • captain • chief petty officer • commander • communications officer • doctor • engineer • engineering officer • enlisted • enlisted first class • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2266-2270) • guard • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • master chief petty officer • medic • medical officer • scientist • security chief • security officer • station manager • technician • transporter technician • zoologist
Other references[]
- alien • alloy • animal • assignment patch • beaker • beam • bioluminescence • boarding party • cafeteria • carbon dioxide • central computer • century • chemistry • chicken • clothing • coffee • communications • corridor • diplomacy • DNA • electromagnetism • engineering • food • galaxy • game room • gravball • gravitation • gravitics • gravity • gymnasium • headache • heat • hormone • hour • hull • humanoid • hydroponics • ID card • law • library • life • lifeform • longspeech • lounge • matter • meat • medical • metal • metallurgy • meteor • minute • mollusk • nervous system • novel • oxygen • park • physics • planet • plant • pork chop • pseudopod • psychology • quarters • rank • sickbay • space • star • star system • Starfleet regulations • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • stun • Sweet, Savage Space Love • technology • time • title • transporter room • uniform • universe • vacuum • vegetable • volt • Vulcan mind contact • warp factor (warp eight) • water • weapon • year • zero gravity
Chronology[]
- 2269, reference stardate 2/1111 (Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Five)
- The FDRF 39 situation.
- The date of the incident was not derived from the original RPG source, but from the FASA RPG module: Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update.
Appendices[]
Background[]
- On the Mitch O'Connell painted cover, the Federation starship shown is number NCC-1702, the registry that the FASA Corporation Star Trek: The Role Playing Game assigned to the USS Potemkin in the Federation Ship Recognition Manual. The introduction of the story indicates gamemasters and players may choose to use any suitable starship, Potemkin inlcluded. For the purposes of the wiki, and based on a later annotation in Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update, the Enterprise is considered to have been the vessel to investigate the vanishing station crew. Indeed, on the David Deitrick cover, Hikaru Sulu and another Enterprise lieutenant are shown, as well as the Enterprise herself. The introduction likewise features the Enterprise.
- The module includes complete deck plans of the space station designed by Greg K. Poehlein.
Images[]
Original cover image.
Reprint cover image.
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous book: Adventure Book |
FASA RPG sourcebooks | Next book: Witness for the Defense |
| Previous story: In the Presence of My Enemies |
Stories by: Guy W. McLimore, Jr. |
Next story: Witness for the Defense |
| Previous story: In the Presence of My Enemies |
Stories by: Greg K. Poehlein |
Next story: Star Trek III Sourcebook Update |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: All That's Left Star Trek: Seekers |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: One of Our Planets Is Missing Log One |
| Previous story: The Fire and the Rose Crucible, Chapter 18, Section 3 |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), Year Five | Next story: One of Our Planets Is Missing |