We’re going to fill out the series of Canon Events that stretch from the first episode of Deep Space 9 to its last episode.

Canon Events are events and repercussions in the established timeline that affect your crew. This often is an improvement or other change that affects your game during specific periods of time (or other timelines or alternate realities your campaign may end up in). You can activate these for use if you are in that timeframe.

One major change is that Canon Event (CE) Milestones have 3 components:

• Traits active during the CE; usually 3, and they are invoked when relevant
• Complication Range indicates what conditions result in a Complication Range increase
• Reconfigurations are special rules active for that period.

We will be updating past Timeline Milestones into Canon Event Milestones as well as adding new Canon Event Milestones.

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CANON EVENT MILESTONE: The Die Is Cast (September 2371-December 2371)

This Canon Event Milestone is The Die Is Cast, which will cover the stretch of time from the episodes of Deep Space Nine titled 3×22 “Explorers” and 3×26 “The Adversary”. The title actually comes from the episode before this of the same name (3×21), wherein the joint effort of the Tal Shiar and the Obsidian Order fail disastrously in the Battle of the Omarion Nebula. These are the consequences up to the point when the Khitomer Accords are broken.

This time period is one of great chaos, in the wake of the defeat of the Romulan-Cardassian combined fleet and the rising tensions between the Federation and the Tzenkethi (thanks to false intel on a coup, faked by the Dominion). However, there was still time for personal pursuits, as seen in 3×22 “Explorers” where Sisko (who grew a beard) and Jake built a Bajoran lightship. To honor that, our Reconfigurations will reflect that time for activities outside of missions.

Traits:

• Romulans and Cardassians in disarray
• new tensions between the Federation and its borders
• can we trust this intel?

Complication Range: +1 on all politics and trade rolls in the Alpha Quadrant

Reconfigurations: During this Canon Event, give the crew a chance to develop personal interests amid the chaos. They may gain the Talent Personal Effects (page 150) at any time, once only. They must play out the scene involving the Personal Effect to gain this benefit. This Milestone Talent is permanent.

Give them adequate and fair warning before you end this Canon Event so that they can take advantage of this.

Supporting Characters do not benefit from this advantage.