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{{Infobox RPG |title= ''GURPS Prime Directive'' |image= [[Image:8401-GPD.jpg]] |caption= ''GURPS Prime Directive'', 4th edition |designer= |publisher= [[Steve Jackson Games]] |date=2002 (3e)<br>2005 (4e) |genre= |system= ''[[GURPS]]'' |footnotes= }} {{italic title}} '''''GURPS Prime Directive''''' is a [[sourcebook]] for ''[[GURPS]]'', first published in 2002. It is based on previous [[Prime Directive (role-playing game)|RPG setting]] set in the [[Star Fleet Universe]], based in term upon ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' itself. It has several associated sourcebooks. ==Overview== ''GURPS Prime Directive'' allows players to play both civilian and Star Fleet characters, also allows cross-[[genre]] moves to be made, and includes limited elements of the [[Traveller (role-playing game)|''Traveller'' Universe]]. ==Publication history== After the folding of Task Force Games and the cancellation of the original ''[[Prime Directive (role-playing game)|Prime Directive]]'' line, [[Amarillo Design Bureau|Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc.]], the new publishers of Star Fleet Universe games, were left with the question of what to do with ''PD''. They were primarily a wargame company, and the poor sales of the supplements were cause for a reexamination.<ref>[[Captain's Log (ADB)|Captain's Log]] #18, Amarillo Design Bureau, Inc. A WHOLE NEW COMPANY (ADB, 1999)</ref> Eventually, they approached [[Steve Jackson Games]] to use the ''Powered by GURPS'' format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogrecave.com/reviews/gurps_prime.shtml| title=GURPS Prime Directive (Review)| publisher=OgreCave.com| last=Pook| first=Matthew| accessdate=2007-11-04}}</ref> ''GURPS Prime Directive'', as a part of the "Powered by ''GURPS''" book line, was published in 2002 under license by Amarillo Design Bureau to depict the world of ''[[Star Fleet Battles]]''.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|111}} [[Task Force Games]] produced ''GURPS Prime Directive'' for third-edition ''GURPS'' (2000) and ''GURPS Prime Directive'' for fourth-edition ''GURPS'' (2004).<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|118}} Amarillo Design Bureau continued publication of Prime Directive books for the ''GURPS'', ''[[D20 System|d20]]'', and ''[[d20 Modern]]'' game systems.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|111}} Originally ''GURPS Prime Directive'', the ''GURPS [[Klingon]]s'' imperial source book and ''GURPS Module Prime Alpha'' module were released under the third edition of ''GURPS''. The new fourth edition of ''GURPS'' prompted a rework of the previous major books (''GPD'' and ''GK'') and a delay of the then-upcoming ''Romulans'' sourcebook (which became one of the first 4th Edition ''GURPS'' supplements). ''Module Prime Alpha'' (and its intended sequel, ''Module Prime Beta'') were dropped from the line, due to poor sales. The following ''GURPS'' 4th Edition books were released aside from the core rulebook, ''GURPS Klingons'', ''GURPS [[Romulans]]'', and ''GURPS Federation'' have been released for this new system. ==Books== *''GURPS Federation'' *''GURPS Klingons'' *''GURPS Romulans'' *''Dread Pirate Aldo'' *''Planet Aldo'' *''Starship Aldo'' ==Reviews== * ''GURPS Prime Directive'' was reviewed in ''White Wolf'' #48. * Reviewed in ''[[Valkyrie (magazine)|Valkyrie]]'' #1. *''[[Pyramid (magazine)|Pyramid]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=2923|title = Pyramid: Pyramid Review: GURPS Prime Directive Core Rulebook}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:GURPS 3rd edition]] [[Category:GURPS 4th edition]] [[Category:GURPS books|Prime Directive]] [[Category:Role-playing games based on Star Trek]] [[Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 2002]] [[Category:Science fiction role-playing games]] [[Category:Space opera role-playing games]] [[Category:Star Fleet Universe]]
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