Campaign Hooks Dinoplex Cataclysm [2]
►► Skaana dealers hunt thieves lifting their dead drop
THE THIRD SECTOR
Green Tomb [6] of Cocaine 2.1
►► Outpost Choi last port of call according to ►► SynGen brokers bounty on Ur fauna samples.8
Command logs.7
►► Old Alcor takeout bags in Ribeiro's quarters. Welcome to ERF [3]
"HELP US" on receipt.4 ►► If the Inner Sanctum brain dies, the Nebula Beast
►► Receives a transmission when PCs enter travels to the Dice System in 1d10 weeks to protect
Command: Coordinates to The Graveyard and a and hatch its child.10
PC’s childhood secret never before shared.12 ►► Data center towers crashed after processing an
Azure Base facility transmission. All affected server
Bloom [7] indicator lights stuck on blue.9
►► Memo on Shen Kuo base budget cuts framed in
Japline's Ache Admin building.8 Diminishing Returns [5] A Mothership Sandbox Campaign
►► Choi Labs Habitation Dorm F corpses bare ►► Stolen and hacked Alcor Station employee working
identical head wounds. One still wears a Nergal as station maid.4 This pamphlet stitches together 12 independently
Station cloning machine implant.5 ►► During first encounter with pirates, one wearing a created Mothership adventure modules into a single
Dinoplex mascot suit [Advanced Battle Armor and campaign framework. Use or cannibalize these
Primeval [8] Cybernetic Tail].2 resources to run your own sandbox campaign.
►► A Canopic Jar rests near the Vantablack Pyramid
between Landing Zones B and C.11 Contracts Warden Notes
►► 10kcr in Junebug casino poker chips and a comp Campaign Hubs: PCs need downtime to de-stress,
Track the party's local Reputation. Gain 1 rep
Reputation
slip for a night aboard the haunted tour ship catch rumors, and secure work. Players may roost
when completing corporate jobs, lose 1 when
Courage stashed in Bulldog Malone's Quarters.1 breaking corporate law or consorting with at the casino station Skaana in the high-sec,
pirates. When your players look for work, roll 1d5 corespace Dice System or a seedy Alcor rest station
Moonbase Blues [9] + their Reputation score. in the pirate-ridden, rimspace Narcissus System.
►► Meteor trajectory records encoded in Geology
Lab transmission logs to RIM Station.10 -2 Execute battle plan to capture the Skaana (5 The Map: Travel drives the core loop of a sandbox
►► Observatory footage of a black pyramid playing NPC targets) [Unknown Employer, 750kcr]4 Mothership campaign: Jobs require fuel requires
on a projector in Habitation.11 -1 Track and kill snitches hiding in unexplored space money requires jobs. Fill in blank spaces and
[Pirates, 150kcr]10 unkeyed objects on the map with other modules or
The Last Nebula [10] 0 Procure genetic samples from the Dinoplex
your own material.
►► Shuttle within the Nebula Beast branded [Private Collectors, 10kcr/species]2
"PrayCo". Logo 2 generations out of date.1 Campaign Flow: Demonstrate the impact of player
►► RIM Station data prophetic. Androids or 1 Heist Alcor Station fuel cores [Pirates, 25kcr]4 actions on life in the sector. Disrupting the balance
Slicksocket-implanted characters assimilating 2 Deliver the monthly Enceladus Research Facility of power between pirate factions might lead to
data see their death on a future adventure. resupply [E.R.F Project, 15kcr]3 pirate influence spilling into high-sec space.
The Black Pyramid [11] 3 1 month security post, destination classified Adventure Themes: This framework loosely groups
►► The Sphere of Mercury inside the pyramid leads [Azure Horizons, 50kcr]9 adventures with similar themes via hooks and map
to open space in the Last Nebula.10 4 Salvage derelict science vessel Lima [Pantech proximity. Develop these connections if your party
►► Command logs trace the pirate ship outside the Pharmaceutical, 70kcr]6 pulls on one of these strings:
pyramid to Nergal Station.5 5 Investigate missing ships near unidentified ►► Cosmic Horror: Welcome to ERF, Moonbase Blues,
superstructure [Drex Corporation, 180kcr]11 The Black Heart of Paradise
Echoes in the Graveyard [12] ►► Space Pirates: Diminishing Returns, Black
►► Scan data contains evidence of temporal 6 Retrieve Outpost Choi research data and sample Pyramid, The Last Nebula
anomalies in multiple systems. Pattern uncovered [Dyson Phytology, 200kcr]7 ►► Xenopathology: Green Tomb, Bloom, Primeval
with research.11 7 Verify Dr. Watanabe's humanity at the Shen ►► Corporate Intrigue: All
►► Scan data reveals the Eridani and α¬Ω systems Kuo Research Station. [Takahashi Advanced
and the Last Nebula.7-10 Genetics, 370kcr]8
►► Player ship attacked by pirates from Nergal 8 Find The Graveyard, retrieve its scan data [Azure
Station if entering the Narcissus System with Horizons, 500kcr]12
the scan data. Otherwise, corporate brokers
attempt to steal data under the guise of a deal.5 9 Eliminate all Nergal Station squatters [Drex
Corporation, 1mcr]5
Rumors
1. Hire marines when crossing Narcissus.
2. Ships keep splatting on something big and
invisible. Pilots are rigging kms-long poles for
advance notice.
3. Pilgrims search for a fabled nebula with a
breathable, nutrient rich atmosphere.
4. Azure Horizons Corporation study: Paint your
quarters blue to relieve stress.
5. Ambitious mining operations in the Eridani
System went bust.
6. No one can beat level 9 on the leftmost
Gorgeripper machine in Alcor Station's arcade.
7. Eco terrorists have been asking around the
Skaana about whale trading.
8. Aliens! In the Dice System. 500cr bribe: "one
word—Enceladus".
9. Dinoplex attractions are harmless holograms.
10. [Corporation] acquired [other corporation].
(Choose 2 from random adventures each time
rumor rolled).
Map Keys
01. [The Skaana] The Black Heart of Paradise
02. [The Dinoplex] Dinoplex Cataclysm
03. [Enceladus Research Facility] Welcome to ERF
04. [Alcor Station] Alcor Station
05. [Nergal Station] Diminishing Returns
06. [The Lima] Green Tomb
07. [Outpost Choi] Bloom
08. [Shen Kuo Research Facility] Primeval
09. [Azure Base] Moonbase Blues
10. [The Last Nebula] The Last Nebula
11. [The Black Pyramid] The Black Pyramid
12. [The Graveyard] Echoes in the Graveyard
Written by Ian Yusem
Art by Ribston Pippin
Layout by Eric K. Hill
