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Alien: Dark Vector

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Alien: Dark Vector is a campaign set in the Alien Universe created by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. June 21, 2179. On the barren terraformed colony moon of Acheron ( Formerly LV-426), prospector Russ Jorden has just been brought to the Med-Lab of Hadley's Hope colony with some kind of grotesque alien parasite attached to his face.


Author's Note: The Alien Universe has no magic, no arcane, it is a vast cosmos of ruthless indifference. It is gritty sci-fi, with gritty people, faceless mega corporations, androids, and sociopathic opportunists. Yet there still remains a twinkle of humanity in the actions of hard working men and women who struggle against overwhelming odds in the darker recesses of the void. I have prepared two starts, they have been playtested and tweaked to make sure they don't immediately go off on weird tangents, and stick to the Aliens theme. Obviously that may still happen, but I've adjusted characters and POI's so the Ai can access the most important facts about the scenario to hopefully get the narrative rolling along properly from the get go! Start 1. You are sat drinking in the bar after a long shift listening to rumours about something weird going on up in Med-lab involving one of the colonists. (The narrative unfolds slowly, slice of life style) Start 2. You are up in med-lab, with a ringside seat for what is happening to one of the colonists! (You are waist deep in the situation, part of the small team trying to keep a lid on what's going on.) This is not an instant, balls to the wall, "lets rock!" scenario, it builds tension over time till shit hits the fan. Probably best solo. Inhabit the role - it plays best like a psychological thriller - a hostile alien "first contact" on the fringes of humanity, none of the characters are heroes, or know what is really going on, they're just people with a hard job to do on a hell hole world!
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Hadley's Hope
Hadley's Hope
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TypeTerraforming, mining, and Research Colony
Description

Hadley's Hope was established on the moon LV-426 in 2157, focused on terraforming, scientific research, and mining operations. It is a joint venture between the Extrasolar Colonization Administration and the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, housing 158 colonists by 2179. As a terraforming colony, the settlement's main function is ensuring the continued operation and maintenance of the nearby Atmosphere Processing Plant. Named after its founder, Curtis Hadley, the colony itself is fairly small, home to workers and their families, and overseen by administrator W. Alan Simpson. The complex itself is centered around the operations center, with a medical facility in the main building and a bar for recreation in one of the outlying structures. There are also garage facilities for maintaining the colony's fleet of Daihotai Tractors. To protect from the ferocious winds a large storm wall shields the colony. The colony is linked directly to the Atmosphere Processor by an underground tunnel.

Appearance

The colony features a modular habitat block, mining rigs, atmosphere processors, small USCM barracks, geological and research labs scattered across a dark rocky, fog-laden landscape with towering, jagged, rock formations. Constant wind and rain blasts the colony, the atmosphere is dark, and harsh. Day is dim twilight, and night is almost totally devoid of natural light, it is a truly horrible place.

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC . The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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