Romulan Ship Recognition Manual

The Romulan Ship Recognition Manual was a gaming guide used for Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game by FASA. It showed designs and described the combat abilities for several Romulan ship types and gave brief histories for them. The ships were from the timeframes of the original Star Trek series and movies. It contained many more designs than were contained in the original Starship Combat Manual.

Contents

 * From the book jacket:
 * Classified – Authorized Personnel Only. The 'Romulan Ship Recognition Manual' is intended for Star Fleet personnel with a "need to know" concerning information on the Romulan Star Navy. This comprehensive study discloses all known combat, visual and historical data on 40 different Federation ships and their variants. Also included is a chronology of service and silhouette recognition chart. This manual is a must for all Star Trek enthusiasts.

Introduction

 * The role of Star Navy

Troop Transport

 * ''M-4 (Wings of Justice)

Assault ships

 * M-8 (Nightwing)

Battleships

 * Z-1 Nova Class

Courier

 * CS-2 (Graceful Flyer)

Cruisers

 * V-1 (Starglider)
 * V-2 (Hunter)
 * V-4 (Wing of Vengeance)
 * V-5 (Skyfire)
 * V-6 (Gallant Wing)
 * V-7 (Whitewind)
 * V-8 (Bird of Prey)
 * V-9 (Night Flyer)
 * V-11 (Stormbird)
 * V-20 (Star Seeker)
 * V-27 (Comet of Destruction)
 * V-30 (Winged Defender)

Cutters

 * P-2 (Ranajmar)
 * P-3 (Caladan)
 * P-12 (Comilius)

Destroyers

 * T-2 (Death Talon)
 * T-5 (Fire Swarm)
 * T-10 (Bright One)

Escort

 * ''R-4 (Mularr)

Gunboat

 * ''N-8 (Mandukam)

Monitors

 * Q-1 (Great Defender)
 * Q-4 (Protector)

Scouts

 * S-3 (Free Flight)
 * S-4 (Swift Wing)
 * S-9 (Wind Carrier)
 * S-11 (Bird of Prey)

Transports

 * J-4 (Baydron)
 * J-8 (Moorabbin)

Freighters

 * I-7 (Vespin)
 * I-4 (Graffler)
 * J-3 (Starlifter)

Warpshuttles

 * H-4 (Praetor)
 * H-5 (Ras Lovah)

Tenders

 * E-5 (Little Nest)

Repair facilities

 * F-2 (Nestar)

Defense outposts

 * X-3 (Aviary)

Background information

 * Two versions of the manual were released, each with the same "Second Edition"-based material. In both cases, the cover depicts a front half cutaway view Whitewind cruiser, while the opposite back covers continues the image with the back half cutaway view Whitewind cruiser. The first edition has only the words "ROMULAN SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL" printed in plain red block letters over the cruiser, while the second edition incorporates the same "framed" style as the 2nd Edition Federation & Romulan Ship Recognition Manuals.

Credits

 * Proofreading: Donna Ippolito
 * Graphic Design: Jordan K. Weisman
 * Layout and Pasteup: Dana Knutson, Todd F. Marsh, & Jane Bigos
 * Typesetting: Karen Vander Mey

Starship and station types

 * Troop Transport
 * Assault ship
 * Battleship
 * Corvette
 * Cruiser
 * Cutter
 * Destroyer
 * Escort
 * Gunboat
 * Monitor
 * Scout
 * Transport
 * Freighter
 * Warp shuttle
 * Tender
 * Repair facility
 * Defense outpost