Spaeship blueprint

SHIPYARD

Location Description Generator I

Roll 1d20 (3 times)

1.       Historical / Legendary

2.       Local customs

3.       Religious habits

4.       Natural Wonders

5.       Ruins

6.       Weird Facts

7.       Groups

8.       Military Conflict

9.       Magical Conflict

10.    Legendary Beast

11.    Monuments

12.    Magical properties

13.    Lost Stuff

14.    Local Products

15.    Rumors

16.    Reference / link to another site

17.    Persons of note

18.    Haunted

19.    Weather

20.    Structures Occupied

Example A: Rolls: 13,2,4

Title: Spear Tree

The town of Spear Tree was founded around  the infamous tree of the same name. It is told that barbarians use to test their courage by being tied to the tree and those which showed no sign of fear while spears where thrown at them would rule for one year. A revered spear called Treespear  was used in the contest and was kept in a hallow of the tree. It was stolen  50 years ago. The current chieftain has ruled all this time. The tree that harbored the spear quivers  and trembles and it is said that the sap can cause fear in men.

Example B: Rolls: 3,9,11

Title: The Pillar of Wespar

The pillar of was the site where the hermit Wespar lived for 10 years atop a pillar. Followers of the faith erect pillars every year and set atop them for a week in honor of the hermit. A group of cabalist wizards poses a worshipers at the event to exchange information and conduct business. They are slowly taking over the pilgrims and using them as unknowing pawns in their plans.

Example C: Rolls: 15,7,6

Title: Wooden Castle of Eurgam

This wooden castle is home to the noble family of Eurgam. The family sponsors a small knighthood called the Order of the Golden Gauntlet dedicated to protecting or more like guarding against the magical sites of the land. It is rumored that the knighthood is securing the sites for use by the knighthood only or more likely the noble family Eurgan.

Random Encounters: The Border Fort

Random Encounters The Border Fort 
This border fort is located on the edge of the kingdom near a neighboring realm and the wilderness. What desperate people populate the fort or has it been abandoned or even curse.

Random Encounters
Roll 1d20
1. A detachment of bored and dangerous soldiers itching for a fight. 
2. An empty fort with a sign warning those who try to enter will be prosecuted. 
3. A battle damaged fort surrounded by dead combatants and feasting crows.
4. The border fort is an illusion placed their by a thrifty generals hired illusionist. 
5. Occupied by wild beasts. 
6. A hide out for bandits and criminals. 
7. A colony for disfigured but friendly plague victims.
8. Home to a dying magic user and his decrepit servant who plan on possessing the PCs bodies. 
9. Traveler taking shelter in an abandoned fort. 
10. Newly occupied by orc who plan on raiding the surrounding area.
11. Undead soldiers still man the fort defending it in death from attackers.
12. Fey creatures dwell here after having been driven out of their homes by evil humanoids.
13. Dwarfs guard the border in lieu of paying taxes to the king. 
14. Ghosts roam the fort seeking their murders but the PCs will due.
15. A cult of evil clerics passing themselves as militant monks protecting the borders.
16. A trade enclave with merchants and money changers doing business between to kingdoms. 
17. Lair of a vampire being hunted by a vampire slaying paladins. 
18. Empty
19. Magically maintained by aerial servants for their unseen master. 
20. Filled with vermin and foul slime.

28 Day Blogging Challenge

Day 28:
What's the single most important thing you've learned from playing D&D?
The value of teamwork.

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Day 27:
If you had to do it all over again, would you do anything different?
I would be more orderly and not jump around from one thing to another. I would run episodic games once a week with campaigns lasting 3-4 months.

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Day 26:
Do you still game with the group that introduced you to the hobby?
No I moved out of town and I have not gamed since 2009. It makes me sad.

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Day 25:
Longest running campaign/gaming group you've been in?
It was from 1999 until 2005.

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Day 24:
First movie that comes to mind that you associate with D&D?
Ladyhawk

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Day 23:
First song that comes to mind that you associate with D&D?
Queen - We are the champions!

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Day 22:
First D&D based novel you ever read?
Redsands (stand alone novel).

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Day 21:
First time you sold some iof you D&D books - for what reason, if ever?
It was a Spelljammer Boxed Set called the The Astromundi Cluster. It just seemed like a waste of my time to even read through it all. It was a poor setting.

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Day 20: 
First non-D&D RPG you played?
TSR's Marvel Superheroes.

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Day 19:
First gamer who just annoyed the hell out of you?
I can't remember his name but he rolled the dice in slow motion. Each roll took at least 1 minute.

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Day 18:
First gaming convention you ever attended?
I never went to a dedicated gaming convention.

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Day 17:
First time you heard D&D was somehow "evil"?
I think it was around 1984 or something. Something about mothers and evil dice.

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Day 16:
Do you remember your first Edition War? Did you win?
It was when 3rd edition came out and I was still running a campaign in 2nd edition. I won and finished the campaign in 2nd edition.

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Day 15:
The first edition of D&D you didn't enjoy. Why?
It was 4th ed D&D. I felt like they changed the whole character of the game.I hated the combat oriented game and all the battle mats and maps. It felt less about imagination and more like a bad vidieo game. Dam the designers may Orcus smite them.

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Day 14:
Did you first meet your significant other while playing D&D? Does he or she still play?
No. And No.

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Day 13:
First miniature(s) you used for D&D?
I used a friend's lead figure of a halfling.

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Day 12:
First place where you bought your gamming supplies. Is it still around?
The store was called MoneyHaven which did sports card, collectibles, comics and rpgs. It was in Panama City Florida. It is long out of business. The people there were not very friendly even to people that spent money like myself. They had a monopoly and knew it.

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Day 11:
First "splatbook" you begged your DM to approve?
I really don't know what a splatbook is but I did beg my DM to run Spelljammer.

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Day 10:
First issue of Dragon, Dungeon or some other gaming magazine you bought?
I think in 1992 I bought a Dungeon Magazine I don't know which one it was. I think I bought some used Dragons Magazine later on.

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Day 9:
First campaign setting (published or home-brew) you played in.
It was a home brew/published hybrid game mixing dungeon crawls, modules, dungeon magazine adventures and a flying ship.

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Day 8: 
First set of polyhedral dice you ever owned. Do you still own them?
A set of solid purple ones with blue bits. Yes, I still own most of them I lost a few though.

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Day 7:
First D&D product you ever bought?
My first product was the 1st edition D&D player handbook (used). Yes, I still own it.

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Day 6:
First character to go from 1st level to the highest level possible in a given edition. (Or what is the highest level character your've ever ran?)
The highest total levels character which naturally earned them was my elven 7th level wizard/5th level thief named Avatar Sumanda Sulaco (former Emir of Mekeet). He was had a gold skeletal assistant and traveled with a sacred bovines. I retired him after a long career of thievery and wizardry. He was the richest character I ever had.

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Day 5:
First dragon your character slew.
We were on a mission for some druids to collect items from ruins to save the world or something like that. A red dragon guarded an item so we got a bucket of lard sprinkled spices on the lard bundled it up and put in a bottle of poison. We offered it up to the dragon as a baby in order to allow us into the ruin. The poison made the dragon sick enough for us to grab the item and flee through the druids portal. The dragon did not make its saves and died.
I think we called the dragon Lard-baby-eater.

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Day 4:
First dungeon you explored as a player-character or ran as a DM?
The first true dungeon that I remember was Tegel Manor. I played a thief named Embrace Nothingness. He eventually did live up to his name and died there.
The first dungeon I ran as a DM was in 1993. It was home-brew dungeon leading to the under dark. It had giant rolly-polly or pill-bugs in it, plenty of drow and a underground freshwater bay.
The dungeon and nearby city are still in by home-brew campaign setting.

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Day 3:
First Character death?
I really can't remember the character. I had a few characters almost die and some in magical suspended animation. I think it was in Tegel Manor.

How did you handle it?
I think I was upset. I can remember the details.

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Day 2:
First Person you introduced to D&D?
Kelly R.

Which Edition?
2nd ed. D&D

Thier first character?
Blue the Blazing a female fire wizard.

Day 1: First person who introduced you to D & D. 
The Baroness in 1991 at her restaurant on a slow Saturday morning. The adventure was about a giant and a magic cauldron. I played a fighter because it was the easiest to learn. My first encounter was on the road at night with hobgoblin bandits. 

Which edition? 
2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons

Your first character?
Sir Nogoodnik a first level 1/2 eleven fighter. I seem to remember playing him as a arrogant and rather confused knight. He survived three games and then he retired with the gold he gained from adventuring. 

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X-plorers - Mission - The Distress Call

The following is and adventure for the X-plorers RPG game system. In X-plorers speak adventures are call missions. So I humble present my X-plorers Mission - The Distress Call.

Background

The Kansas Crescent a agro-ship owned by Agrotech is traveling between systems.Aliens have boarded the vessel and captured the crew. The ships robot released the docking clamps and their ship became undocked. The robot then fired upon it with the ships laser cannon destroying it.

The explosion of the other ship has propelled the Kansas Crescent and it is entering a asteroid field

Starting the Mission

The PCs have just FTL jumped and went off course thanks to a mad navigation computer. Parts are needed to repair the computer which are not aboard the ship. The PCs can do another FTL jump but they will in all probability be even further off courser then they are now. The PCs are not on the regular space routes. They find themselves in a ghost route a little used space route near an asteroid field. The PCs receive a repeating distress call from the Kansas Crescent a agro-ship.

"Mayday! Mayday!….Agro-ship Kansas Crescent out of planet Gaia seeks immediate assistance. are attempting to board the ship the other ship disengaged and exploded! sealing off the sections to prevent the invaders. Ship damaged…..heading towards asteroid field. They trying to break into the bridge! Help! ."

The signal can be traced to the edge of an asteroid field to an Agro-ship surrounded by a cloud of ship debris. All attempts to contact the ship will fail due to no one manning the ships space reviver. The Agro-ship appears to only have minor damage and has it's matter screen up which deflects high velocity impacts. The Kansas Crescent running light illuminate when the PCs ship approaches.

The PCs can decide wither to dock with the Agro-ship or do a space walk to the other vessel. The floating debris could damage the ship and the floating debris could injure the PCs in a spacewalk.

Docking

If the PCs dock their vessel they have two choices the Port Airlock and Starboard Airlock (see Area descriptions). Only a shuttle or a fighter can fit in the Shuttle Bay so this is most likely not an option for the PCs.

Space Walk

If the PCs decide to space walk to the other vessel they will have to deal with the debris field first before reaching the ship. The PCs can enter the ship by the Port Airlock, Starboard Airlock, Shuttle Bay. Each entry is locked (see Area descriptions).

Random Space Walk Encounters

Roll 1d6

1. Wrecked Robot - This robot floats nearby and appears half-melted but indicator lights flicker on an off. This is Ardent D-752 who on the exterior of the ship manually releasing the docking clamps of the alien vessel then it was caught explosion after remotely using the laser cannon to destroy the empty alien ship.
2. Space Suite - A random PCs space suite is slowly decompression by micro-debris impacts. If the PC does not cover the hole with a patch sticker or hold it closed they take 1d6+2 damage each round until their oxygen runs out.
3. Short circuiting - Electronics on large debris release current arc. PCs must make a Saving Throw or suffer 1d6 electrical damage.
4. Dead body - This body is in a ruined space suite and appears to have been an alien called a Vor-thar.
5. Cargo Container - This orange plastic crate is labeled 'Pan-Galactic Corp, 2 count, Matter Screen Field Coils' in the human language.
6. Small Asteroid - This small asteroid was attached by the mass of the debris but has for now been repulsed by the Kansas Crescent matter screens.

Kansas Crescent Agro-ship (frigate)

This long an thin vessel has six argo-domes, a shuttle bay, port airlocks and a starboard airlocks. It is dead in the water and the engine is offline. The ship is currently drifting towards an asteroid field.

Kansas Crescent Agro-ship (frigate): Ship Class 3, Type Frigate, Crew 4-12, Hull Points 20, Weapon Damage 1d6+2, AC 11, NPC SKill 15/13/11+, XP Value 240, Cost in Million CR 60

Random Encounters on the Kansas Crescent

Roll 1d6

1. Ardent D-752: AC 16, HP 20*, ST 12+, MV 4, Cost 15,000 cr Programs: Data, Computers, Mechanics, Science, Pilot, Translation Upgrades: Armor plating +2 AC. D-752 is damaged and is at half hp. The robot will try to find out the PCs motives and follow them hiding in the shadows. If the PCs attack it will flee sealing bulkhead doors between it and PCs. It will try to gain control of the ships computer.
2. Improvised Trap: The crew set these up to harm the Vor-thar. These simple traps do 1d3 damage and do not reset.
3. Short circuit: Electronics on the ship are damaged. PCs must make a Saving Throw or suffer 1d3 electrical damage.
4. Space Slug: AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +2, ATT 2/1d3 bite/bite, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 45 Special Abilities: Breath Weapon Acid
5. Vor-thar mercenaries (2): AC 13, HD 1d6*, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits. Both are wounded and are at half hp.
6. Vor-thar mercenaries (3): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Map Key to the Kansas Crescent

Area 1: Bridge

Two Vor-thar mercenaries are forcing the Captain Dennis Cork trying to repair the control console that was blasted by a errant laser rife by the Vor-thar. Two dead crew persons are on the floor. The Captain's adopted  son Rory  is telepathic and is in communication with his father. The Captain has ordered Rory to stay in hiding but asked Rory to act as communication hub for the crew. The Captain plans on stalling until help comes or the Malvarine Sleek-star has evened the odds by taking care of other Vor-thar. The Vor-thar leader is missing and the Captain fears what the Sanath may do. A damaged unusable computer terminal is in this room.

Vor-thar mercenaries (2): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Area 2: Galley

A group of three Vor-thar are searching the galley for food and anything useful.

Vor-thar mercenaries (3): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Area 3: Living Area/Sick Bay

This area has a couch, coffee table and a holographic game table. In the far corner is a Surgery Bed with a curtain around it. A Vor-thar is unconscious on the floor. A Sonic Sparring Sphere hangs in the air listlessly thrusting a sonic sword. A hapless Vor-thar activated the Sonic Sparring Sphere and was knocked unconscious. He will wake up in 1d6 rounds after the PCs arrive. The 

Sonic Sparring Sphere will try to attack unless it is turned off with the remote on the coffee table.

Sonic Sparring Sphere: AC 10-15. HP 30, THB +1 - +5, ATT 1/1 damage, ST 14+, MV 6. The small semi-intelligent flying robot is designed only to spar. It has a sonic baton. It's AC and THB can be controlled by the remote. It only does 1 damage with the sonic baton.

Vor-thar mercenaries (1): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Area 4: Crew Quarters

These rooms serve as he crews quarters. They are filled with person affects. The doors are unlocked.

Space Slug (5) : AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +2, ATT 2/1d3 bite/bite, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 45 Special Abilities: Breath Weapon Acid

Area 5: Computer

The ships computer sever is in this area. A computer terminal is in this room. A successful computer skill check  reveals one of the following one data points per check. The referee should be creative if the PCs asking specific questions unrelated to the below facts.

• Several red lights flash on a schematic of the ship showing passcode locked doors. The passcode is a four digit code '1234'.
• Dome C is below optimal pressure due to a thermal coupling being dethatched and a ventilation obstruction.
• A small alien vessel enter the Shuttle bay after the explosion. And there were energy weapon fire there as well.
• Three ship robots are missing. Two were semi-intelligent agro bots J-K145 and Q5-803. J-K145 last located in Dome E and Q5-803 last located in Dome A. One AI robot Ardent D-752 was last located on the exterior of the ship manually releasing the docking clamps of the alien vessel.
• The near by explosion has damaged the internal sensors and they are unreliable at best.
• A flock of Meeps have escaped Dome B and are in Dome E.
• At least five Space Slugs are crawling through the ventilation systems.
• A Malvarine Sleek-star has left Dome A and is in the main ship.
• One of the airlocks was opened and closed after the PCs arrived.

Area 6: Repair Shop

The area is full of tools and partially repaired equipment. A disassembled agro robot is in the room.

Area 7: Port Airlock

Three spacesuits colored green, blue, and orange hang on the wall. The red and yellow suits are missing.

Area 8: Starboard Airlock

Six spacesuits colored red, green, blue, yellow, and orange hang on the wall.

Area 9: Forward 0-G chamber

This area houses the elevators and ladder wells leading to the three surrounding domes A,B and C. The domes radiate from the ship's axis. The domes radiate from the ship's axis. The area is 0-G to facilitate entry and exit out of the domes.

Space Slug (3) : AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +2, ATT 2/1d3 bite/bite, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 45 Special Abilities: Breath Weapon Acid

Area 10: Dome A

Trees heavy with fruit inhabit this dome. Shree the Sanath leader of the aliens took refuge here after the explosion and the ship's bulkhead doors auto sealing. Sanath was injured by the Malvarine cub but managed to lock it out of the dome. Shree the Sanath has been communicating with her Vor-thar mercenaries and knows their status. If anyone enters the dome she will shed her space suite and pretend to be one of the fruit trees and then attack.

Shree the Sanath: AC 12, HD 4d6, THB +4, ATT 2/1d6 fists or by weapon, ST 15+, MV 4, XP 180 Special Abilities: Disease Equipment: Sanath Fork - This two pronged trident discharges electric bolts doing 1d6+3 damage.

Area 11: Dome B

Golden grain fields are in this dome. Two Vor-thar are in the fields and hide when the PCs enter the dome and fire upon them.

Vor-thar mercenaries (2): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Area 12: Dome C

This dome has a field of potatoes, beets, onions and radishes. Rory Cork the captains son Psionic boy hid in this  dome from the Shree the Sanath and the Vor-thar mercenaries. He has been in telepathic contact with the Malvarine and the robot Ardent D-752. Rory has asked the Malvarine to wait by the Shuttle Bay door and to slay the two Vor-thar when it opens. Ardent D-752 has told Rory of the PCs arrival but does not know their intentions. Ardent D-752 is following them to ascertain their intentions and then bring them to Rory if they are trustworthy.

Area 13: Food Processing/Packaging

This area seems to be a small food processing and packaging factory. The machines are functioning erratically. A computer terminal is in this room.

Automated Canner Trap: The auto canner is launching cans over the room. In order to cross the room the PCs need to make a agility based saving throw to avoid getting hit by the flying cans of food. The cans do 1d3 damage.

Area 14: Aft 0-G chamber

This area houses the elevators and ladder wells leading to the three surrounding domes A,B and C. The domes radiate from the ship's axis. The area is 0-G to facilitate entry and exit out of the domes.

Area 15: Dome D

The dome has several varieties of melons. Crew members Connie Venice in red spacesuit and Jose Caracas in a yellow spacesuit are in a fire fight with two Vor-thar among the melon patches. They are using equipment as cover. The elevator and ladder well is between them. They are at a draw with both sides equally matched.

Vor-thar mercenaries (2): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Area 16: Dome E

Brushes lush with bright berries are in this dome. Small reptilian bird like creatures fly about happily eating berries. These creatures a are Meeps. They mimic sounds and recount bits of human conversation and the fighting with the Vor-thar. Notably a weird other alien voice named Shree seems to be commanding the Vor-thar.

Meep (20): AC 10, HD 1d3, THB +0, ATT 1/1d3 beak, ST 18+, MV 8 (16), XP 15 Special Abilities: Optional Movement  Fly.

Area 17: Dome F

Bright peppers are planted in the fields in this dome. Crew members Mitchel Denver, Beth St. Louise and Hans Rotterdam were working in the dome when the aliens took boarded the ship. The captain ordered them to lock the doors and defend them selves. They have created a improvised pepper spray gun and use it on anyone who they don’t know. Rory has contacted them and told them his plans.

Area 18: Cargo Bay

This cargo bay has many containers some empty others full. The lights are off in this area due to a sort in the power system. The cargo bay has no external doors since the ship never lands on the surface. Cargo is loaded in the bay from the shuttle or from the main airlocks.

Bio-safety gas trap: A jury-rigged trap was set up by a human crew member. An alien detector and canister of bio-safety gas meant to scour microbes from sealed suits; dangerous to unprotected organisms. Aliens entering the area will be sprayed with bio-safety gas which does 1d6+2 damage per round in the area until it dissipates in 30 min.  A computer terminal is in this room.

Area 19: Engineering

The large engineering room is almost silent. The explosion has knocked both engines off line. One of the Matter Screen Field Coils is damaged and non functional although the other is working. The PCs need to replace the coil so that the asteroid impact damage will be halved. There was one floating in a cargo container in the debris filed.

Rory in area 12 has telepathically contacted the Malvarine Sleek-star. Rory has asked the Malvarine to wait by the Shuttle Bay door and to slay the two Vor-thar when it opens. The Malvarine if encountered will put on a threatening show but will refrain from attacking. It will try to avoid conflict but will defend itself. It telepathically communicates with the PCs telling them that he is not their enemy and that it's partner desires to speak with them in Dome C. He also requests the PCs to open the Shuttle Bay doors so he can kill the Vor-thar.

Sleek-star, Malvarine: AC 14, HD 2d6, THB +2, ATT 2/1d6, ST 17+, MV 6, XP 55 Special Abilities: Telepathy - Empathy/Send Messages

Area 20: Shuttle Bay

A standard shuttle which seats 10 people is in the

The engine appears to have been partially taken apart and never put back together. A small alien fighter is wedged in the shuttle bay.

Two Vor-thar a pilot and his navigator are busy in the bay. The pilot is refueling their fighter and the navigator is trying to open the door the rest of the ship. A computer terminal is in this room.

Space Slug (1): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +2, ATT 2/1d3 bite/bite, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 45 Special Abilities: Breath Weapon Acid

Vor-thar mercenaries (2): AC 13, HD 2d6, THB +3, ATT 2/1d3+1 fist or by weapon, ST 17+, MV 3, XP 60 Special Abilities: Acute Senses, Warlike Demeanor - +1 to hit and damage. Equipment: Sonic Pole-arm - Does 1d8+1 damage and costs 250 credits.

Asteroids!

The computers collision alert system sounds at some point during the adventure indicating that asteroids are approaching and that the ship needs to move out of the way of fire the laser cannon at the asteroid and blast it appear. The matter screens are weakening because of the repeated impacts and will not hold off another.

If the ship has not been repaired it will only has maneuvering thrusters. Careful use of the thrusters will allow the ship to move out of the way. The ships laser cannon does 1d6+2 Hull Damage.

The PCs and the Vor-thar may try to defend the ship from the asteroids by going to the bridge. Alternatively the PCs can return to their ship and combat the asteroids. The Vor-thar may even pilot the fighter and combat the asteroids.

The asteroids bombard the ship from different directions and occur at different rates. All asteroid have a BHB +0. They do random amounts of damages based on velocity and size.

Direction of incoming asteroid on the face of the hexagon the ship is centered in.

Roll 1d6

1. N
2. NE
3. SE

4. S

5. SW
6. NW

Occurrence of asteroids.

Roll 1d6

1. 1 round

2. 2 rounds

3. 3 rounds

4. 4 rounds

5. 5 rounds

6. 6 rounds

Hull Damage

1. 1d6

2. 2d6
3. 3d6

Conclusion

The adventure as designed is opened ended with a fair amount of latitude possible for the PCs. That being said the rescue of the Kansas Crescent is the primary goal no matter what form that takes. Addition actions such as capturing or killing Shree the Sanath and her Vor-thar mercenaries ill advance the plot and the PCs should be rewarded for it. Finally getting the Kansas Crescent  back in working order and out of the asteroid field would be advisable.

Getting Paid

Once the Kansas Crescent  is recused and Captain Cork communicates with Agrotech Field Offices on the planet Goodone in the Goodone System the PCs will be suitably rewarded. They will have to travel to the Agrotech Field Office on Goodone to collect their reward. (see Awarding XP)

Dealing with Prisoners

If there are any prisoners they can be turned over to the UCNP on planet Goodone. Or they can be set down on a habitable planet and marooned.

Awarding XP

The PCs receive 1435 XP total for defeating the hostile parties each. For rescuing the crew the PCs are granted 150 XP each. Those PCs who helped save the ship form asteroids receive 300 bonus XP each. Agrotech pay a reward of 1000 cr each and the PCs earn 1000 XP each. Agrotech also gives them a months supply of manna food. PCs who actively participate in the adventure are granted and additional 100 XP. The PCs can potentially receive 2985 XP each.

Further Adventures

The PCs can sell the Vor-thar fighter which will net them 15 XP and 15 Million Credits. Or they can keep it for themselves.

The PCs can investigate the mysterious new alien race Sanath and try to determine where they will strike next and how to cure their disease.

X-plorers

X-plorers is a old school take on the classic rule set which takes on the genre of science friction and specifically space opera. X-plorers is by the talented Dave Bezio and shows his personal flare. I highly recommend it to for those of you who enjoy rules lite games and science fiction.

The book it self is a frame work for enterprising referees to build adventures and a universe for the players to rampage through. There is a small section detailing the campaign setting called the Reaches. A few monsters and aliens to round out the cast. A little thin but a creative referees will be able to flesh it out easily.

One of the best things about the game is that you can get a free version sans art work. Mr. Dave Bezio is generous and that was how I discovered the game. Then once I looked it over I bought the PDF, a hard-copy and the supplement Galactic Troubleshooters #1. RPG Now has the PDF.

In the next few blog posts I will add additional material I have created for my game. So keep a watch out for adventures, expanded setting, aliens, and spaceships.

Over the last few the cover art has change repeatedly so to help you identify it. Below are the various covers of the game book from oldest to newest.