A take on Pagans...
Okay, you'll have to forgive (or forget) my take on the Pagan movement in Trek. This one has been brewing for a while, and I went with it...
Rede
The word for their culture, planet, and their guiding principle, the Rede are a human people who took the eclectic pagan religion(s) of the late twentieth century and continued in those traditions throughout world war three, the sparefaring era, and current days. Their cities tend to be small, with a light population density, and though they do not shy away from modern convieniences, they tend to do a lot of crafting and farming by hand when it is not required/necessary. Many traditions have blended over the generations, and although predominantly human, quite a few individuals from other races have merged into the colony.
Attributes
Fitness 2 [5]
Coordination 2 [5]
Intellect 2 [5]
Presence 2 [5]
- Willpower +1
Psi 0 [5]
Skills
Athletics (Choose Specialization) 1 (2)
Any Science (Choose Specialization) 1 (2)
Culture (Rede-Human) 2 (3)
History (Rede-Human) 1 (2)
Languages - Federation Standard 2
Theology (Rede Paganism) 1 (2)
World Knowledge (Rede) 1 (2)
Typical Advantages/Disadvantages
2 Extra Courage Points
(This template assumes a human brought up in the Rede culture).
The Rede are, in general, a quiet sort, in tune with their environment, and craftwork, and a spiritual people devoted to their ways. Their main tenet: "An it harm none, do as thou wilt," is taken very seriously, but tends to lend the community to a lack of focus that some (especially Vulcans) tend to find inadequate or inefficient.
The Rede tend to dress in soft clothes, robes, and what could be termed "Celtic" clothing styles. Animals are a large part of their lives, from pets, companions, or beasts of burden or production of milks or cheeses. Many take up the fine art of real cooking, most have at least one or two amateur artistic endeavours. Meditation, chanting, and mental focus are a daily part of their lives. The Rede took great pains to find a planet that was very earth like, imported a large variety of earth flora and fauna, and most especially took great effort to find a planet with one moon that followed an orbit and cycle like that of Earth.
It is also of note that through true psionic ability is rare in humans, the Rede have a higher than average occurance of Psi ability, most often receptive empathy, and notably, a few empathic healers. Whether this has much to do with their lifestyle, mental focus, or ancestral DNA mixed with Betazoid or Vulcan physiology is unknown, but the Rede take it as a blessing from their Goddesses and Gods, and true psionic individuals often take a priestly role in the community.
Adventure Seed
"A Healer Among Us," - One of the rare Rede Healers (a human receptive empath with a beginning ability in empathic healing) is aboard the crews ship as part of a diplomatic group from Rede. The group is meeting with other local planetary governments to formalize trade agreements both between their worlds and with the Federation. When the empathic healer is found, near death, in one of the corridors, things get tense, fast: from all signs, it looks like the healer helped someone recover who was poisoned - but unfortunately, that person, once healed, didn't stick around. WHo is responsible, who was the victim, and why are both trying to keep it quiet?
The Doc
So you think, 'Might as well,
Dance a Tango to Hell,
at least I'll have Tangoed at all.'
-- "Rent," Jonathan Larson