Message:Rules of Scenario
The star of Lustrous Luigi is fading. The idea is hatched to connect a worm hole from a Red Dwarf to the fading system star and siphon off some mass. Keep the old girl going for a few more centuries.
Greenspace is opposed; as is the Chic Cartel's "Name a Star Registry" over the potential loss of the Red Dwarf as a naming lease, the only one left unsold.
You guys are a hybrid assembled squad sent to represent MACE. Gain a Mulligan for being the last person to make a roll in any scene. That Mulligan can be saved or loaned to another player. There are eight player slots that can be used and injured. Swap as vicious wounds are taken. Then go into dead man walking wound as needed.
Scene One: Introductions -- Alter an Inconvenient Truth in order to meet each NPC aboard or Ferret out an enemy malcontent in each of the six Staff positions. Did players finish the Background Screening? Righty-right-o. Continue.
Mundane
A. My only politics are betting Mitre boxing outcomes; he can't live forever.
B. I'm too important to be bothered here, now and at this moment.
C. There's no such thing as a nonsense word... supercalifragilisticexpealadocious... Would you like me to use that Contrived Coinage in a sentence?
D. While you're here, let's do some Nspresso.
E. I'm so old...age...I'll be using my bonus to get a facelift.
or Heady
A. Are you acting authentically? (Apolitical)
B. Real purpose of life is anything that substitutes for self-harm. (Driven)
*C. Freewill is an illusion. (Genius)
D. Rhetorically, how much control do any of us have over your acts? (Impulsive)
E. Without meaning is essense all but absurd? (Vane)
Scene Two: Maneuver to Position -- Alter Inconvenient truths and clear away the rift-raft space pyrates (rated four enemy). Turns out the attack ships were Kro Scouts. That's not good. Red Dwarf mass source may be captured by the Kro Empire. Herr Director gives All-Clear to proceed.
Scene Tri: Precheck Checklist -- Two Inconvenient Truths. First is this is a very bad idea and second it defies all laws of known universe. Handle mutiny in Crew Engine Room.
Scene Forte: Establish Dual Worm Holes. Ship Power is collapsing. Handle attack by Hospitality when power to N-Spressor is shut off. You want us to brew coffee by hand with a French Press, like Luddite barbarians. Inconvenient Truth adjust to loss and bitch-slap the lazy Hospitality Stewards (six enemy).
Scene Golden Ring: Initiate Mass Transfer. Select Coronal, Tidal Flux or Core Plasma as probe position. Argue over rate of mass ejection. Three Bears analogy -- are you sure? Final decision made, then handle battle w/ Command Staff (at 2, 3 or 5), refusing to carry out instructions. Deeper the probe, the more of them must be defeated.
Scene Hexane: Abort, Abort, Abort (or not). Ship Power is collapsing. Inconvenient Truth and Discover the System being Sux is not Red Dwarf and not uninhabited. Oops. The system SOL was supposedly overrun by the Kro, but I guess they survived. No one checked back. Oops. They had comms set to airplane sleep mode.
Scene Hep-Cat: First things first in any bureaucracy -- Blame must be assigned. The action and sabotage was motivated by what? Solve the mystery of who has most to gain. Go and collect the incident reports. Discover evidence of guilt traits of the ten suspects. While scourging the Elite Security and Sci-Fi Tech, now in a firefight over blame game.
Cast Characters Browser History (besides obligatory)
Polly Annes, Influencer: Fashionista Runway Shows.
Herr Direktor: Human Philosophy, simplified in cartoon presentations.
Arnie, Physics Braintrust: Magnetic Resonance in the Stars involved in the test.
Ork, Matrix Watchdog: Has no browser history, scrubbed?
Al, Union Concerned Eggheads: Political debates and Kro War updates.
Abe, Lottery Winner Everyman: Mitre Fight Highlights.
Ahymie, Foster's Rep: Cat's Dressed as Historic Figures.
Dewd, Chief Astrologer: Day Trades.
Ben, Phi Sigma Observer: Cosplay reenactments of classic Hollywood.
Wally Gee-Sol: This Old Colony, DIY instruction.
Option A, Direct Approach, Deductive Reasoning, Truly Inconvenient Truth
There is too much to cover-up about this fiasco. You may ahve to select one NPC each scene and murder the man, make it look like an accident. Who Knows, you may even punish the right person. Select a target and the result will slay a random NPC (of innocent) if this is attempted.
Option B, Indirect Approach, Solve the Rahmorial Logic, Inductive Reasoning.
Scene ESPN Ocho: Clue A find Manifesto TLDR, inside a "bobby-trapped" escape craft. Robert was no Boob. Inconvenient Truth determines word choice analysis points to a villain of Apolitical Trait. No battle here at start. If anyone kills w/ six on Firefight, the action will create a D6 robotic enemy. He killed Kenny!
Scene Breaker, Niner-Niner: Why not run? Inconvenient Truth to realize and set the ship in a precarious balance between the two systems and inside Worm Hole. We are the quark-cork, the Dutchboy thumb, the thread on the sword of Damocles. If anyone kills w/ six on Firefight, the action will create a D6 robotic enemy. He killed Kenny!
Scene Dix: Inconvenient Truth of solving problem in the Core Matrix. Simulator places you at Hogwarts, in Deathly Hallows. Defend your Skewl. Open File Titled No-Shite Sherlock and discover Clue B upon further analysis of the Manifesto has assessment that the villain is Trait Driven. No battle here at start. If anyone kills w/ six on Firefight, the action will create a D6 robotic enemy. He killed the Code Avatar of Kenny!
Scene Lucky Number: Self Destruct has initiated. Stop that, please. Inconvenient Truth w/ any kills w/ six on Firefight creating a D6 robotic enemy. He's stopping Kenny from killing himself!
Scene Apostle: Godlike Figure appears warning that this act violates his domain. HE is the creator and only HE can scatter star-stuff. Enter Elders (extra11). HE seems to be a collective mind. Battle (six potential enemies) and Inconvenient Truth to determine they are only actors, hired by Chief Astrologer as a prank on Herr Director. You killed them? Are you insane?
Scene Unlucky Number: Kro attack. The hull seems to be breached. Go to the area and fight the enemy. Enter Sarris, actor (extra28). He is slain and head PR will say the man was only an actor. Trying to raise ratings of this shite-show. You killed him? Are you insane? Handle battle w/ Event PR.
Scene Sixteen Candles: Herr Direcktor has an Alibi provided by Polly Anne. She says that at the time of the mishap, she was In Flagrante Delicto with the head of project. Inconvenient Truth to prove hologram replay was used to show him at his station. He might still be blamed for the sabotage or dereliction of Duty; that's for courts to decide.
Scene Junior: That leaves the two potential villains as either G/Sol or Physicist. Kill both? Potent victims subtract one from the dice!?! Inconvenient Truth to notice that the remote to the extraction machines has five buttons of doom.
Scene Senior: Use Remote. Five Buttons of Doom
Turn Signal -- Seems greyed-out? Attracts the attention of the bounty hunter. Enter Predator Assassin (extra10); kill it as six enemies.
Hydrogen Atom -- Could be a nice graphic of the situation, the two suns, the connecting worm hole, but this was the button to start the events. You need to Inconvenient Truth to escape destruction repeating the death by Solar Flare scenario. Any kills w/ six on Firefight creating a D6 robotic enemy. He's birthing new Kenny; we hate that android-bot.
Heart -- Connects to Bogus Blue Love Connection. Enter Thomas Crown, Master Provocateur. Each player must acquire his own Inconvenient Truth (one attempt only) or lose Destined Status. No Destined, suffer vicious. Lothario will not be denied his conquests.
Cross -- Releases the Old Lab Animals. Enter Alien (extra09); kill it as six enemies.
Arrow East -- The process is shut off but we need to determine the ultimate Villain.
SHOWDOWN
Enter Kro as six enemies w/ separate Predator or Alien sub-boss as Potent second action. Yes, real Kro, probably. Anyone wish to wait and see if they fire first? Inconvenient Truth to place true blame on the Potent Physicist. Add him to the list of those to slay.
Yours,
IronRed
21-Apr-2022