Termination: 1456
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Termination: 1456 is an adventure published by FASA in 1984 for the science fiction role-playing game Star Trek: The Role Playing Game, based on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Plot summary
Termination: 1456 is an adventure intended for Klingon player characters. The characters are ordered to assassinate a Thought Admiral who is suspected of plotting against the Emperor. Once the gamemaster has given the players this order, there is no more prepared plotline; the players must decide how to proceed.
Publication history
Termination: 1456 is a 48-page book with a cardstock card that was written by Dale L. Kemper, with illustrations by Norman Miller and cover art by Mitch O'Connell.{{cite web | url =https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/55431/termination-1456 | title =Termination: 1456 | website =RPG Geek | access-date =2020-09-04 }} It was published by FASA in 1985.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=322}}
Reception
In the February 1986 edition of White Dwarf (Issue #74), John Grandidge called this adventure "very different from the approach of other Star Trek adventures [...] This is quite the most free-form adventure I have seen presented commercially and at first sight is a daunting prospect to run." Grandidge found "the basic plot is believable and interesting." He concluded by giving the book a perfect overall rating of 10 out of 10, saying, "For the remarkably high overall marks below I have chosen to ignore the ridiculous prices of these adventures in order to emphasise the quality of the plots [...] and the encouragement to backstab and bicker in Termination are perfectly faithful to the essence of Star Trek."{{cite magazine | last =Grandidge | first =John | title =Open Box | magazine =White Dwarf | issue =74 | pages =10 | publisher =Games Workshop | date = February 1986 }}