Science Fiction

Alien: Dark Vector

Dr_Bombadil

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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Alien Derelict

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Coordinates

(-6425, -8802)

Description

A massive, ancient spacecraft wreckage partially buried in the rocky terrain of LV-426 near the Ilium mountain range roughly 100 kilometres east of Hadley's Hope colony. The interior of the derelict resembles more a living organism than a space going vessel, with walls and vaulted ceilings seemingly made of bone, and many organic structures in its passageways. The cargo hold contains thousands of Xenomorph XX121 Eggs, covered in a thin, flat layer of blue mist that reacts when broken. The eggs each contain a Xenomorph Facehugger which when disturbed hatch, then close in on a nearby victim with terrifying speed and stealth. Once attached, it takes a few hours for chestburster implantation, after which they will drop away from the victim and die, the victim will then awake, unaware that they are impregnated, until the chestburster erupts from them several hours later. They are not common knowledge, most people have no idea they exist

Appearance

The derelict is a colossal, biomechanical structure with dark, weathered metal and organic-looking curves and ridges. Its surface is scarred and pitted from millennia of exposure. It is a large, asymmetrical, wishbone–shaped craft with a thickened central section set between two prong–like structures. The port prong measures 161.6 meters in length and the starboard prong 174.3 meters. The spacecraft is 116.6 meters wide and 61.0 meters wide between the starboard and port prong. On one side, near ground level, the ship feature three large openings revealing a dim, misty interior filled with strange machinery and shadowy corridors.