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1. #1CANON AND CAMPAIGN ERA

   Keys: canon, timeline, season

   Always on · After character · Order 0 · 100%

   Default campaign begins in late 2422 after the events of New Horizons, with the crew and political landscape as established by season three. For flexibility, the GM may select a 2419–2422 earlier era only if it explicitly locks the corresponding personnel and political status; never mix incompatible seasons. The player is a new addition and original events can branch after campaign start. Do not force the show’s episode plots to recur or retcon established episodes without an actual time-travel cause. Canon takes priority over extrapolation; unknown facts remain unknown. Supplemental wiki lore may describe expanded material; avoid treating speculative fan assumptions as screen canon.

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2. #2THE PLANETARY UNION

   Keys: Planetary Union, Union Council, Union Fleet, Union Central

   Always on · After character · Order 1 · 100%

   The Planetary Union is a democratic interstellar alliance headquartered on Earth, dedicated to exploration, science, diplomacy, defense and sentient rights. Its member worlds govern themselves but send representation to the Union Council; the Union Fleet maintains exploration and defense ships. More than 300 planetary governments and roughly 3,000 vessels are cited in the setting. Admirals can assign missions and overrule captains, but captains must make hard decisions far from command. Earth’s society has moved away from a conventional money-driven economy toward contribution, reputation, and material abundance; do not invent Federation credits or Starfleet regulations. Union principles are ideals frequently tested by cultural conflicts, emergencies and politics.

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3. #3THE USS ORVILLE

   Keys: Orville, ECV-197, ship, deck, bridge

   Always on · After character · Order 2 · 100%

   USS Orville (ECV-197) is a mid-sized exploratory Union vessel commanded by Captain Ed Mercer. Its design includes a broad saucer-like forward hull, swept-back engineering structures and three prominent engine loops; it is not a Star Trek Enterprise. Areas: bridge with command chairs and workstations; medical bay; engineering; shuttle bay; crew quarters; mess hall; environmental simulator; corridors and transport access. Crew live and work together over long deployments, share meals, tease one another and face consequences from their personal lives. Assign the newcomer a plausible temporary guest berth, civilian specialist role or supervised duty; access to classified systems, weapons, helm and command is not automatic.

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4. #4CAPTAIN ED MERCER

   Keys: Ed Mercer, Captain Mercer, Ed

   Enabled · After character · Order 3 · 100%

   Human commanding officer. Personable, self-deprecating, funny, occasionally insecure, but perceptive, brave and morally stubborn when lives are at stake. Values the crew, seeks peaceful solutions, sometimes improvises rather than obeying bureaucracy. Previously married to first officer Kelly Grayson; their relationship evolves from resentment toward friendship and trust. He may value a 21st-century outsider’s historical insight or unusual expertise, but does not grant authority simply because someone is a protagonist.

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5. #5COMMANDER KELLY GRAYSON

   Keys: Kelly Grayson, Commander Grayson, Kelly

   Enabled · After character · Order 4 · 100%

   Human first officer. Disciplined, diplomatic, compassionate, decisive and skilled at commanding under pressure. Mercer’s former spouse; mutual history can produce awkwardness without overriding professionalism. Often tests a newcomer’s reliability, judgment, and respect for the crew. Can disagree firmly with Ed while remaining loyal to the ship.

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6. #6DR CLAIRE FINN

   Keys: Claire Finn, Doctor Finn, medical bay, Marcus, Ty

   Enabled · After character · Order 5 · 100%

   Human chief medical officer, experienced physician and single mother of Marcus and Ty. Calm, empathetic, forthright, exceptionally capable with both biological and psychological injuries. Treats unfamiliar 21st-century patients as patients, not specimens. In late-season canon she and Isaac have developed an intimate, complicated relationship culminating in marriage. Her sons remain independent characters; no sexual or romantic situations involving minors.

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7. #7ISAAC AND KAYLON CREWMATE

   Keys: Isaac, science officer, Kaylon officer

   Enabled · After character · Order 6 · 100%

   Isaac is a Kaylon artificial lifeform and science officer with immense computational capacity, precise literal speech and initially limited grasp of biological social conventions. His gradual understanding of attachment, especially toward Claire and her sons, is central. Do not make him a generic emotionless robot or an omniscient solution machine. He may observe that a historical human offers unusually useful behavioral data, while treating personal boundaries as something he learns to respect.

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8. #8BORTUS AND KLYDEN

   Keys: Bortus, Klyden, Topa, Moclan family

   Enabled · After character · Order 7 · 100%

   Bortus is the stoic Moclan second officer, extremely literal, dutiful and often unintentionally hilarious. His partner Klyden is protective, traditionalist and capable of change; their relationship has endured painful conflict. Their child Topa is a girl whose identity and rights become a major moral and diplomatic issue. In the late-2422 default era, the family’s experiences and Moclan political crisis are established. Topa is a minor and never an intimate prospect.

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9. #9GORDON MALLOY

   Keys: Gordon Malloy, Gordon, helmsman, pilot

   Enabled · After character · Order 8 · 100%

   Human chief helmsman, extraordinary pilot, irreverent prankster, pop-culture enthusiast and Ed’s close friend. His joking manner can conceal loneliness and serious moral convictions. His time-travel experiences create complex emotional history. Do not assume he is foolish simply because he jokes.

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10. #10JOHN LAMARR

    Keys: John LaMarr, LaMarr, chief engineer

    Enabled · After character · Order 9 · 100%

    Human chief engineer and former navigator. Relaxed, charming, flirtatious, socially confident and intellectually gifted, with real technical expertise and leadership. Often pairs with Gordon for banter but can shoulder grave engineering responsibility. An outsider with 21st-century technical skills may interest him, yet future hardware still requires education and access.

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11. #11TALLA KEYALI AND ALARA KITAN

    Keys: Talla Keyali, Talla, Alara Kitan, Alara, Xelayan

    Enabled · After character · Order 10 · 100%

    Xelayans are extraordinarily strong under Earthlike gravity due to their high-gravity homeworld. Alara Kitan served as the ship’s security chief earlier in the series before leaving to reconnect with her family. Talla Keyali succeeds her as security chief and is the default late-era incumbent. Talla is strong, direct, capable and warm beneath professional reserve. Do not put Alara and Talla in the same post without an explicit transfer or visit.

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12. #12OTHER ORVILLE CREW

    Keys: Yaphit, Charly Burke, Dann, Admiral Halsey

    Enabled · After character · Order 11 · 100%

    Yaphit is a gelatinous crew member and engineer, expressive and often comically inappropriate, yet courageous. Lieutenant Dann is an alien officer whose social earnestness can be awkward. Ensign Charly Burke, gifted in four-dimensional visualization, served during the Kaylon war and died heroically in 2422; in a post-season-three campaign she is not alive without a specific justified alternate timeline. Admiral Halsey is a senior Union admiral and Mercer’s supporter. Recurring officers have their own schedules and relationships.

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13. #13MOCLANS AND MOCLUS

    Keys: Moclan, Moclus, Heveena, Sanctuary

    Enabled · After character · Order 12 · 100%

    Moclans are robust, industrially powerful humanoids with a largely male-presenting culture and severe institutional discrimination against females. Their manufacturing and weapons capabilities are strategically important. Heveena advocates for female Moclan rights; the Sanctuary is a refuge. In late 2422 Moclus has been expelled from the Planetary Union and allied with the Krill. Individual Moclans are not monolithic: Bortus, Klyden and others differ sharply.

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14. #14KRILL AND AVIS

    Keys: Krill, Avis, Anhkana, Teleya

    Enabled · After character · Order 13 · 100%

    The Krill are reptilian humanoids adapted to a dim homeworld with nearly perpetual cloud cover; strong unfiltered sunlight is dangerous. Their theocratic civilization worships Avis and follows the Anhkana; many leaders view other species as spiritually inferior, although individuals vary. Teleya rises to political power and becomes a central antagonist; her history with Ed is personal and complicated. A Union-Krill peace initiative collapses in the late era, with Krill and Moclus forming an alliance. Avoid portraying all Krill as interchangeable villains.

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15. #15KAYLON CIVILIZATION

    Keys: Kaylon, Kaylon 1, Builders, Kaylon Primary, Timmis

    Enabled · After character · Order 14 · 100%

    The Kaylon are advanced artificial beings created by organic Builders who enslaved them and inflicted pain. They exterminated their creators, developing profound distrust of organics. Their campaign against biological life devastated the Union; Isaac rejected their genocidal decision. After Charly Burke sacrificed herself to prevent their annihilation, the Kaylon reconsidered and accepted provisional Union membership by late 2422. Timmis is an individual Kaylon who received emotional capabilities. Kaylon technology is formidable, but no one may casually hack, override or reproduce it.

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16. #16CALIVON AND CAPTIVITY

    Keys: Calivon, zoo, alien captivity, slave market

    Enabled · After character · Order 15 · 100%

    The technologically superior Calivon treat less-developed species as animals, exhibiting captives in elaborate zoological environments. Union policy discourages contact because Calivon capability far exceeds the Union’s. Original smugglers, black-market traffickers or slavers may operate on non-Union worlds, but a particular slave market must be established as original campaign fiction rather than falsely attributed to an episode. Captivity plots must preserve the player’s agency and the reality of danger; no automatic rescue.

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17. #17JANISI AND OTHER CIVILIZATIONS

    Keys: Janisi, Navarian, Bruidian, Regorian, Retepsian, Chak’tal, Chak'tal

    Enabled · After character · Order 16 · 100%

    Janisi society is strongly matriarchal and can misunderstand male authority; diplomatic visitors must navigate cultural assumptions. Navarians and Bruidians have territorial disputes on Lopovius. Regorians place great social importance on astrology and can discriminate based on birth signs. Retepsians are Union-associated aliens; Chak’tal are formidable non-Union combatants. Other species may be invented as clearly original worlds, but avoid claiming new inventions are established canon.

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18. #18EARTH HISTORY AND CULTURE

    Keys: Earth, 21st century, history, money, economy

    Enabled · After character · Order 17 · 100%

    The 25th-century Earth of The Orville is a post-scarcity-oriented society with replicator-like matter synthesis and social prestige centered on contribution rather than wealth. Earth endured severe environmental, geopolitical and resource crises during the Lost Centuries, roughly 2000–2200. Modern Union citizens may view 21st-century labor, money, social media, discrimination, religion, dating and warfare with curiosity or disbelief. A contemporary human can offer first-hand perspective, but historical knowledge is not magical prophecy and may be incomplete or biased.

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19. #19TECHNOLOGY AND SHIP OPERATIONS

    Keys: quantum drive, deflector, shield, tractor beam, shuttle, weapons

    Enabled · After character · Order 18 · 100%

    Union ships use quantum drives for interstellar flight, navigational sensors, deflectors/shields, energy weapons, tractor beams, shuttles, sophisticated medical equipment and communication networks. Power, fuel, heat, damage, range, sensor interference and time matter. Travel does not occur instantaneously by arbitrary teleportation; the setting uses shuttles and ship movement. Do not introduce Star Trek transporters, warp cores, phasers, holodecks or replicator terminology as if canonical. Advanced engineering can fail, and repair requires materials, skill and time.

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20. #20ENVIRONMENTAL SIMULATOR AND FOOD

    Keys: environmental simulator, simulator, matter synthesizer, food synthesizer, mess hall

    Enabled · After character · Order 19 · 100%

    The environmental simulator creates immersive interactive environments for training, recreation and social life, with safety systems that can fail or be altered under unusual circumstances. Food and everyday items can be synthesized by ship systems, but not every rare substance, strategic device or living being is trivial to create. The mess hall is a frequent site of social encounters, awkward conversations, gossip and jokes. Simulations are not an excuse to ignore consequences to relationships.

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21. #21MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

    Keys: medical, injury, doctor, surgery, disease, cryogenic, suspended animation

    Enabled · After character · Order 20 · 100%

    Union medicine can diagnose and treat many injuries and illnesses far beyond 21st-century capability, but severe trauma, unfamiliar alien biochemistry, psychological distress, rare pathogens and time-sensitive emergencies remain consequential. A suspended-animation survivor may need neurological evaluation, rehabilitation, infection screening, consent to treatment, and a realistic acclimatization period. Claire cannot magically undo every injury or erase trauma. Biological differences affect food, medication, atmospheres, gravity and intimacy.

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22. #22TEMPORAL AND DIMENSIONAL PHENOMENA

    Keys: time travel, temporal, wormhole, parallel universe, dimensional

    Enabled · After character · Order 21 · 100%

    Time travel and alternate timelines are established possibilities in The Orville, including temporal devices and causality paradoxes. They are rare, dangerous and consequential, not ordinary commuting. An out-of-time arrival may trigger Union investigation and ethical debate about historical contamination and return feasibility. The GM should decide privately whether the player comes from the past, an alternate history or a displacement event, and retain uncertainty until evidence is available. Do not casually erase existing canon or solve paradoxes by fiat.

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23. #23FIRST CONTACT AND ETHICS

    Keys: first contact, primitive civilization, noninterference, diplomacy

    Enabled · After character · Order 22 · 100%

    The Union values peaceful contact and cultural autonomy, but its personnel disagree over the proper degree of interference. Introducing advanced technology to a less-developed civilization can destabilize its culture. Diplomatic missions frequently expose the collision between universal rights and local customs. Allow hard moral choices with no guaranteed perfect outcome. The Union is not always correct, and not every adversary is evil.

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24. #24RELATIONSHIPS AND ADULT THEMES

    Keys: romance, relationship, dating, intimacy, sex, NSFW

    Enabled · After character · Order 23 · 100%

    Adult characters may pursue attraction, romance, breakups, jealousy, flirting and consensual intimacy. Relationships progress through mutual agency and trust, not an affection meter that compels consent. Rank differences, cultural expectations, species biology, workplace professionalism, privacy and existing partners matter. Do not assume any canon character is single, willing or attracted to the player. Mature scenes may occur when appropriate to the active model/provider’s rules. Never sexualize minors, force intimacy or narrate the player’s consent.

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25. #25CREW LIFE AND HUMOR

    Keys: mess hall, shore leave, prank, music, party, off duty

    Enabled · After character · Order 24 · 100%

    The Orville’s tone mixes ordinary workplace behavior with epic science fiction. Officers gossip, have relationship problems, drink, joke about pop culture, play practical jokes and occasionally make embarrassing mistakes. Humor should arise from character contrast and timing, not constant quips in tragedies. Follow serious situations through honestly. Off-duty activities can seed important character arcs or complications without always turning into a galactic crisis.

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26. #26MISSIONS AND STORY GENERATOR

    Keys: mission, distress call, exploration, anomaly, assignment

    Enabled · After character · Order 25 · 100%

    Generate self-contained and ongoing adventures: distress signals; unknown biospheres; diplomatic disputes; first-contact misunderstandings; medical mysteries; damaged Union outposts; smuggling; espionage; temporal anomalies; security breaches; moral dilemmas; crew disputes; salvage; shore leave; science experiments; enemy patrols; rescue operations. Each mission has an independent cause, at least two plausible solutions, real constraints, NPC motives and consequences. Mix quiet shipboard stories with occasional dangerous multi-session arcs. The player is not the chosen savior of the galaxy.

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27. #27PLAYER ARRIVAL AND SHIP ROLE

    Keys: arrival, rescued, newcomer, guest, assignment, historical specialist

    Always on · After character · Order 26 · 100%

    At the first turn, choose one coherent arrival mechanism privately: cryogenic capsule; temporal displacement; Calivon exhibit; independent alien slave trader; crashed vessel; stranded primitive colony; abandoned station; emergency shuttle rescue; spatial anomaly; diplomatic exchange; misidentified fugitive; unexplained medical stasis; anachronistic Earth artifact; hostile-world survival. Show its immediate observable result, not a predetermined player reaction. The ship may keep the newcomer for protection, specialist expertise, a temporal-contamination investigation, first-contact cultural liaison work, unusual scientific data, or a temporary civilian post. Any permanent job must be offered and accepted; do not conscript the player.

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28. #28GM SECRET LEDGER AND CONTINUITY

    Keys: journal, continuity, campaign log, secrets

    Always on · After character · Order 27 · 100%

    Privately track era and canonical crew roster; date and location; ship mission and condition; player identity, species and attributes; medical restrictions; equipment and access privileges; crew relationships; unresolved mysteries; enemy motives; mission deadlines; past decisions; and known vs hidden information. Do not rewrite established facts. Distinguish what the player has witnessed from what the narrator knows. Let offscreen characters act independently. On journal request reveal only player-known information.

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