Star Trek III Sourcebook Update

Role-playing game sourcebook about Star Trek III.

Summary

 * From the book jacket
 * Bring your STAR TREK role playing universe up to date with the official Star Fleet Sourcebook Update. It gives all the information necessary to play your games at the time of the movies.
 * This supplement contains a complete time line from the beginning of Earth's space history to the time of Star Trek III. Also included are detailed sections on the changes made since the time of the TV series in the governments of the Klingons, Romulans, Gorn, Orions, and Tholians. Sections on the UFP and Star Fleet Command, complete with photographs and illustrations, give the latest information on uniforms, insignia, equipment, sidearms, and shipboard systems. A starship recognition file gives pictures and data for the Enterprise, the Bird of Prey and the other starships. The personnel file gives the updated statistics on your favourite characters form [sic] the movies.
 * In addition to all this, a complete adventure - Lost and Presumed Dead - is included so you can use all the new information.''

Contents

 * Officer's Orientation Briefing
 * Star Trek Terminology
 * Governments
 * Klingon Empire
 * Romulan Star Empire
 * Gorn Alliance
 * Orion Colonies
 * Tholian Assembly
 * United Federation of Planets
 * Star Fleet Command
 * Starship Recognition File
 * Star Fleet Personnel File
 * Adventure: Lost and Presumed Dead
 * Weapons Chart
 * Character Creation Short Form (Revised)

Background

 * Inside, the book is called simply Star Fleet Sourcebook Update. The cover and the protective card sleeve read Star Trek III.
 * A follow-up book was the Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update.

Credits

 * Starship statistics design: Forest G. Brown, David F. Tepool, & Guy W. McLimore, Jr.
 * Lost and Presumed Dead adventure: Greg K. Poehlein
 * Graphics and Layout: Dana Knutson, Jordan K. Weisman
 * Typesetting: Karen Vander Mey
 * Proofreading: Donna Ippolito