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 Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:49 pm Post subject: Exploring a derelict Separatist frigate |
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I'm GMing a group, and they've been on a hunt to find a set of derelict Separatist ships. We're currently set just after the destruction of the Death Star, and in a sector where the Rebel field commander is going salvage older capital weapons if they can find them.
Well... my group found them. But one of the party members declared, "We're totally going to explore this thing before we report in."
I've got two major complications I'd like to use to make the setting interesting:
1) They set off a security measure, and two Droidekas come out of dormancy to hunt them down. They're bigger and badder than anything their hand weapons can take out, and they'll have to use their wits to either trap them or get creative with what they can jurry rig on board the ship.
2) They can't stay on the frigate for too long. There's radiation leaking out from engineering, and long-term exposure is going to get bad for them.
The only thing is, I can't really think of much that would necessarily connect those dots. I can't imagine what would necessarily compel the characters to go to engineering to discover the source of the radiation, rather than it's effects that will gradually set in. (I.E., should they find the problem, or should they all start to get curious as to why they all suddenly feel dizzy and a little weak, nauseous, have a fever, and developing a sunburn?)
Anyone have any thoughts?
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Well, perhaps ones a techie, that wants to check in engineering to see if the ship can be salvaged, or they need to go there to turn on some power to certain places, so they have lights, and gravity.
As for the radiation thing, do they have any sort of geiger counter/sensors that could detect it?
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| Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2019 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Exploring a derelict Separatist frigate |
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| cheshire wrote: | | I.E., should they find the problem, or should they all start to get curious as to why they all suddenly feel dizzy and a little weak, nauseous, have a fever, and developing a sunburn? |
Don't forget the taste of metal in the air! IRL it's the result of pretty severe radiation but it could make for a nice subtle first clue ingame |
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maybe have or urge the players to find out "why" the frigate is derelict, wh did the droids shut down, leave, be broken or watever.
Was it maybe a frigate meant for non droid crew....
is this long after the war......
it could be interesting of an old frigate suddenl appeard on the sensors, readings mabe a bot ambigous, now go investigate |
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| Maybe you can draw some inspiration from the Katana fleet |
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| Mamatried wrote: | maybe have or urge the players to find out "why" the frigate is derelict, wh did the droids shut down, leave, be broken or watever.
Was it maybe a frigate meant for non droid crew....
is this long after the war......
it could be interesting of an old frigate suddenl appeard on the sensors, readings mabe a bot ambigous, now go investigate |
I'm imagining that this was a droid-operated Frigate on active duty when Nute Gunray gave the deactivation order from Mustifar. Without a war to fight and without much in the way of records, it went adrift.
Though that information if they pull from the logs could be an interesting tidbit for the characters. They players know what happened to end the war, but the characters would only have the Imperial propaganda. If they wanted to go through the logs to find out what it's doing here, it may be a thread for later on for attacking the Empire's version of history.
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| Mamatried wrote: | maybe have or urge the players to find out "why" the frigate is derelict, wh did the droids shut down, leave, be broken or watever.
Was it maybe a frigate meant for non droid crew....
is this long after the war......
it could be interesting of an old frigate suddenl appeard on the sensors, readings mabe a bot ambigous, now go investigate |
A whoodunit like adventure.. Snagging swag on the side, is a benefit.
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| Quote: | I'm imagining that this was a droid-operated Frigate on active duty when Nute Gunray gave the deactivation order from Mustifar. Without a war to fight and without much in the way of records, it went adrift.
Though that information if they pull from the logs could be an interesting tidbit for the characters. They players know what happened to end the war, but the characters would only have the Imperial propaganda. If they wanted to go through the logs to find out what it's doing here, it may be a thread for later on for attacking the Empire's version of history. |
Sounds fun.
I was thinking this ship is empt then, or that any droids are not active. |
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Perhaps the droids were shut down due to low power, so what ever the rebels bring aboard to power the ship up, winds up powering up some of the droids..
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| garhkal wrote: | | Perhaps the droids were shut down due to low power, so what ever the rebels bring aboard to power the ship up, winds up powering up some of the droids.. |
Or restoring power activates the ship computers and they can find the loggs on what happened to the ship.
Maybe Rayne Jonsone sabotaged the ship at some time |
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| garhkal wrote: | | Perhaps the droids were shut down due to low power, so what ever the rebels bring aboard to power the ship up, winds up powering up some of the droids.. |
This reminds me of the "The Wynkahthu Job" from Star Wars Rebels. Hondo, Azmorigan and the Ghost crew attempt salvage an Imperial container ship caught in a decaying orbit. When power is restored, so too are the sentry droids.
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If you really wish to make it scary, see films like Event Horizon.. Try to make that environment, and feel.
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| RyanDarkstar wrote: | | garhkal wrote: | | Perhaps the droids were shut down due to low power, so what ever the rebels bring aboard to power the ship up, winds up powering up some of the droids.. |
This reminds me of the "The Wynkahthu Job" from Star Wars Rebels. Hondo, Azmorigan and the Ghost crew attempt salvage an Imperial container ship caught in a decaying orbit. When power is restored, so too are the sentry droids. |
Yeah, I had the same thought about "The Wynkahthu Job."
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| garhkal wrote: | | If you really wish to make it scary, see films like Event Horizon.. Try to make that environment, and feel. |
Now that is an idea.
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