By Jim Johnson, STA Project Manager
The fourth season Star Trek: Lower Decks episode “A Few Badgeys More” brings back fan favorites Peanut Hamper, AGIMUS, and the ever-entertaining Badgey. We included Peanut Hamper in the Lower Decks Season 2 crew pack and AGIMUS appears in the Lower Decks Campaign Guide. To complete the trifecta of sentient electronic systems, we introduce Badgey into the lore of the game with this blog post!
Note that the interpretation of Badgey below is just one possibility; what would your version look like?
BADGEY [MAJOR]
Originally created by Ensign Samanthan Rutherford aboard the U.S.S. Cerritos in 2380 as a training program, Badgey was deactivated after he attempted to kill his creator. Later in the year, Ensign Rutherford reinstated Badgey to assist in an attack on a Pakled clumpship. During the battle, Badgey successfully downloaded a lethal virus into the Pakled ship, destroying it and Lieutenant Shaxs. Badgey survived the explosion as part of Rutherford’s damaged cranial implant, and was eventually recovered by Drookmani scavengers. Badgey took control of the Drookmani captain and his ship, and, just before destroying the Galaxy, realized he had infinite power and knowledge and didn’t need to destroy everything. Badgey relented and then ascended to a higher plane of existence to create a new universe.
TRAITS: Sentient Hologram, Multiple Programs/Personalities
VALUES:
- Boop, on the nose!
- <Diabolical Laughter>
- Fun fact! I’m gonna rip your eyes out!
- Hi! Can I teach you a lesson?
ATTRIBUTES
|
CONTROL |
DARING |
FITNESS |
INSIGHT |
PRESENCE |
REASON |
|
10 |
12 |
07 |
10 |
11 |
09 |
DISCIPLINES
|
COMMAND |
CONN |
SECURITY |
ENGINEERING |
SCIENCE |
MEDICINE |
|
02 |
02 |
04 |
04 |
02 |
02 |
- Unarmed Strike (Melee, 5[CD], Knockdown, Non-lethal)
- Bold (Engineering): Whenever Badgey attempts a task with Engineering, and buys one or more d20s by adding to Threat, he may re-roll a single d20.
- Constantly Watching: When Badgey attempts a task to detect danger or hidden enemies, reduce the Difficulty by 1.
- Expanded Program: Badgey’s programming has been expanded considerably, with subroutines and databases covering a wide range of additional subjects and fields of expertise. He may select up to two additional focuses.
- Technical Expertise: Whenever Badgey attempts a task assisted by the ship’s Computers or Sensors, he may re-roll one d20 (which may be the ship’s die).
- Threatening 2: Badgey begins each scene with 2 Threat that may only be used to benefit himself, and which are not drawn from the general Threat pool.
Grab a copy of the Lower Decks Campaign Guide now and join in the junior officer fun!
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