A buddy of mine is coming down from New York for the Christmas holidays. He visited last Thanksgiving and saw my ST:TNG Core Rules siting on my table. He asked a few questions and before we knew it, I was helping him put together a bridge crew. We decided that I would run him through an adventure or two over the holidays.
Yesterday I got an Email from him telling me that he bought not only the TNG Core Rules, but the DS9 Core Rules and the Player's Companion. I was glad he liked the game so much before he even played it. I had one concern though: alot of the equipment listed in the Player's Companion I don't use. I sent him an Email warning him of this fact and promised to send him a list of what's khosher in my campaign.
His response was this:
I think I'm going to enjoy DMing this guyDave, there's only three pieces of equipment that I consider true trek
1. Phasers
2. Tricorders
3. Kirk's Fists