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REMNANTS
BY SEAN GORE

CONTENTS
01.10 SYNOPSIS 2
01.20 ACT 1: FINAL CHANCES 3
01.30 ACT 2: ADRIFT, BUT NOT ALONE 9
01.40 ACT 3: STOWAWAY 14
01.50 CONCLUSION 18

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01.10 REMNANTS
SYNOPSIS
The Player Characters are aboard their starship, traveling DIRECTIVES
deep within Vulcan space, when they receive a distress call
from a crippled research vessel, the Starship Sirius, near the The Directives for this mission are:
Arachnid Nebula. Upon reaching, and assisting in baseline
repairs, of the research ship, the Player Characters’ starship XX The Prime Directive
is tasked with assisting the Sirius’ chief researchers with
investigating an anomaly detected within the nebula. XX Plying the Unknown

Further investigation reveals a rogue planetoid speeding XX Preservation

through the interstellar dust cloud. The planetoid is blanketed
in an ion storm, forcing the Characters to physically land via XX Matter of Perspective
shuttlecraft. Once planetside, ancient ruins are discovered
and information is gathered. As the ion storm worsens, the The Gamemaster begins this mission with 2 points of
researchers must abandon their find, but bring back several Threat for every Player Character in the group. It is
samples from the ruins. advised that Threat be saved until Act 2, following the
return to their starship.
Back aboard their own starship, the chief researchers set up
temporary laboratories within a cargo hold of the Starfleet
vessel to continue their research. Something, or someone,
has come along with the fragments, and it takes possession
of the researchers, setting them on the single and overriding
goal of constructing some sort of energy gateway.

The Player Characters must contend with puppeteered

murderers and hijackers and then confront an ancient alien
intent on surviving the destruction of its world and species.

ADAPTING THIS MISSION TO OTHER ERAS

As written, this is an adventure for The Original Series (TOS) era The singular exception to this has little directly to do with era
(within the years 2254–2269). and more to do with technology. Due to the Eidolon’s nature,
its ultimate goal is unfulfillable in most cases. A starship with
This is a Star Trek story, however, and certainly not era bio-neural circuitry, or similar organic technology, could find the
dependent. Some elements may need to be mildly reworked, Eidolon an even more significant threat. If your players have such
based on a chosen era (such as type of science vessel), but technology available in their ship, some consideration ought to
should have little to no impact on the story itself. Therefore, this be given to the possibility of the Eidolon establishing control, and
Star Trek Adventures story can be played in any era with very what the resulting obstacles and consequences of such an event
little additional work. Starship types involved may influence some occurring would incur.
descriptions. Likewise, refined sensors and similar “improved”
technology due to era differences have cosmetic impact, if any,
far more than any adjustment in story or game mechanics.

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 01.20 REMNANTS
ACT 1: FINAL CHANCES
Captain’s Log, Stardate 3629.2. We have received The elevated levels of concentrated disodium within the
an emergency distress call sent by the laboratory nebula severely hamper sensors, increasing any sensor-
ship, Sirius. Reporting that it has suffered related Task’s Difficulty by 1 and adding a Resistance of 1 to
significant engine and power trauma, the results all sensor rolls into and within the Arachnid Nebula.
have left the ship crippled near the Arachnid
Nebula, which it had been studying for several Upon arrival, it becomes apparent that the Starship Sirius
weeks. We are now en route to lend whatever aid is in desperate peril as it is drifting into an asteroid field
we can to the ship and her crew. that skirts the colourful expanse of the Arachnid Nebula.
As their distress message indicates, the laboratory ship’s
engines are offline, life-support is failing, and main power
SCENE 1: SIRIUS RESCUE is fluctuating. To confirm this, the Sciences station Player
Character may attempt a sensor sweep of the Sirius. This is
Gamemaster Note: Allow this scene to highlight the a Reason + Sciences Task, assisted by the ship’s Sensors
strengths and talents of the Player Characters. Don’t spend + Sciences. The surrounding asteroid field (rich in kelbonite)
Threat to make things more difficult. In fact, start saving it and the proximity of the Arachnid Nebula make this slightly
now, and try to avoid spending it, until Act 2. more challenging than normal, raising the Difficulty to 1.
Momentum earned on this Task can be spent on the Obtain
The Player Characters’ starship has received an emergency Information Momentum Spend. The most straightforward of
request for aid from the Starship Sirius, a Rubin-class these answers are:
laboratory ship that had been observing the nearby Arachnid
Nebula. The Sirius reports that it has been crippled when its XX Impulse engines are offline, and the warp core is
plasma intakes were clogged by a combination of disodium damaged, and life-support is failing due to extensive
and ethylchlorate that then ignited and caused crippling power flow damage
damage to their impulse engine. In their current condition,
they are dangerously adrift near an asteroid field skirting the XX Main power is failing due to warp core damage, while battery
Arachnid Nebula, are unable to proceed with their mission, power has been in use for several hours, but is holding
and need immediate assistance. Without rapid response, the
laboratory ship will be torn apart by the impending asteroid XX There are several hull breaches (decks 3, 5, 6 and 9)
strikes. If they are to be rescued, the Player Characters must
act without hesitation! XX There are numerous wounded (47 life signs showing
evidence of extreme physical trauma)
Assuming the Player Characters respond to Sirius’ request
for help, it will take them a short while (read plot time)
to reach their destination. During that time, the Player ARACHNID NEBULA
Characters could access their ship’s library to review data on
the Arachnid Nebula, on the Starship Sirius, and on its crew
(see Scene 2 for information on the chief researchers). The Arachnid Nebula is an interstellar dust cloud, measuring over
eight billion kilometers in diameter. It is comprised primarily of
The Arachnid Nebula is an interstellar dust cloud, measuring disodium and traces of ethylchlorate. It is an extremely luminous
over eight billion kilometers in diameter. It is comprised object, cast in hues of blue (radiating between 4600 and 4900
primarily of disodium and traces of ethylchlorate. It is an angstroms), and is bright enough to cast shadows. It was surveyed
extremely luminous object, cast in hues of blue (radiating in 2151 by the NX-class Starship Enterprise under the command of
between 4600 and 4900 angstroms), and is bright enough Captain Jonathan Archer.
to cast shadows. It was surveyed in 2151 by the NX-
class Starship Enterprise under the command of Captain The elevated levels of concentrated disodium within the nebula
Jonathan Archer. severely hamper sensors, increasing any sensor-related Task’s
Difficulty by 1 and adding a Resistance of 1 to all Sensor Tasks
during Extended Tasks within the Arachnid Nebula.

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 assisted by the ship’s Weapons + Security with a Difficulty
U.S.S. SIRIUS NCC-530
of 5. This roll would need to be accomplished three times to
CLASS: Rubin COMMISSIONED: 2148 completely clear the asteroid field.
The U.S.S. Sirius is an old laboratory starship used to
observe stellar phenomena and chart distant stars. The Rubin A final option is to physically traverse the distance and dock
class is not well-suited for extremely hostile environments with the Sirius. This could either be done with the Player
and is considered outdated. Characters’ starship itself, although that puts their ship
in unnecessary danger as it must enter the asteroid field.
TRAITS: Federation laboratory ship Alternatively, they could fly one, or more, of their shuttlecraft
through the asteroid field to the crippled laboratory ship.
SYSTEMS
In either case, navigating the asteroid field to reach the
COMMS 05 ENGINES 04 STRUCTURE 07
Sirius is a Perilous Extended Task, with a Progress of 8 (the
laboratory ship isn’t that far into the asteroid field yet), a
COMPUTERS 06 SENSORS 07 WEAPONS 06
Magnitude of 3, a base Difficulty of 3, and a Resistance of
3 (if they are piloting the starship) or 0 (if they are piloting
DEPARTMENTS shuttles). In either case, closing with shuttlecraft or the larger
starship, the pilot (or helmsmen) must attempt a Daring +
COMMAND 01 SECURITY 01 SCIENCE 04
Conn Task for the Extended Task, as flight plans cannot be
created due to the erratic nature of the asteroid field. Each
CONN 02 ENGINEERING 02 MEDICINE 02
Extended Task attempt inflicts 6A damage to the starship
(with the Penetrating Effect) or 2A Stress on the crew within
FOCUSES: Advanced Survey Sensors, each shuttle, representing scrapes and near misses. If the
Expanded Laboratories pilot of a shuttlecraft is Injured (and, therefore, incapacitated),
the shuttlecraft is rendered inert, adrift in the asteroid field,
POWER: 5 CREW SUPPORT: 3 and now complicating the scene and requiring rescue.
SHIELDS: 5 RESISTANCE: 1 SCALE: 3
Regardless of their approach, once the Sirius is reached, the
ATTACKS: crew of the Player Characters’ starship can enact repairs
XX Phaser Array (Energy, Range M, 3A, Versatile 2) and tend to the wounded. Help is needed in several different
XX Tractor Beam (Strength 2) sections of the vessel, but boil down to providing medical
relief, re-establishing life-support, and stabilizing the warp
SPECIAL RULES core. Because these must be accomplished simultaneously
XX Launch Bay (or very close to it), the group will have to split up. In this
case, players may still participate in each separate Task
Once the situation is fully ascertained, the Player Characters resolution, doing so by spending a point of Crew Support to
will inevitably investigate a method to lend assistance, ideally bring a secondary (player-controllable) character on to the
without risking their own vessel. The most obvious answer scene. These should be fleshed out, as normal. Each section
will likely be transporters, but the kelbonite deposits in the requires its own Task to successfully accomplish, some more
asteroids will make that near impossible, likely applying too complicated than others:
great a risk for the number of transporter attempts required
(to either beam their own crew over, or retrieve the wounded XX Rendering medical aid is a two-step process requiring
from the Starship Sirius). Each attempt requires a Control someone of commanding presence to get the wounded
+ Engineering Task with a Difficulty of 5, assisted by the gathered and calmed enough for proper medical
ship’s Sensors + Engineering. This roll would need to be attention. None of the wounds are immediately life
accomplished three times to transport necessary crew and threatening, but the crew, while Starfleet, are not combat
wounded to and from their destinations. or hazard tested and are, therefore, reacting poorly to
the stressful situation. For any medical procedure to be
They may also attempt to tractor beam the Sirius. This is a attempted, a Presence + Command Key Task (Difficulty
dangerous path to take, as manoeuvring the Sirius within 10; these are Starfleet personnel) precedes the Reason +
the asteroid field under power of a tractor beam only (Sirius’ Medical Extended Task (Progress 7, Magnitude 2, base
impulse engines are offline; they cannot steer) puts them Difficulty 2). Because these are injuries, there is a bit of
at great danger of striking an obstacle. With the damage a time pressure on this Extended Task (six 10-minute
the vessel has already suffered, this could be traumatic. Intervals), and if it is failed, one of the wounded dies due
Nevertheless, the Player Characters may attempt this course to their severe injuries.
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XX Re-establishing life-support is straightforward, but Conflict during this scene, as there are no moral dilemmas.
essential. Unfortunately, the warp core requires They face the unknown – something Starfleet expects their
immediate attention, as well. Therefore, engineering officers to meet head-on.
attempts will need to be divided. Dealing with life-support
is a Reason + Engineering Extended Task (Progress XX Doctor Vemya is the senior-most researcher aboard the
6, Magnitude 2, base Difficulty 2) that involves the Sirius and, therefore, assumes a mantle of leadership for
Consequence of failed life-support if the repairs are not the quartet. She is, typical of Vulcans, logical, brilliant,
successfully completed. If the Sirius’ life-support fails, the honest, and blunt. There is no duplicity to her interest
entire crew must be evacuated to the Player Characters’ in the gravimetric anomaly and will see any resistance
starship. as counter to the core philosophies of Starfleet. She
specializes in gravitic emissions.
XX Repairing the damage to the warp core is not as
dangerous as it might sound; this is a Starfleet vessel and XX Doctor Schultz is an excitable human, insatiably curious
their cores are well-built and protected. Doing so requires researcher who is eager to charge after their latest
a Reason + Engineering Extended Task (Progress 8, curiosity. While friendly, almost gregarious, he will
Magnitude 2, base Difficulty 3) with 3 Limited Attempts. quickly turn argumentative on anyone that challenges
If the warp core cannot be repaired before the utilization the assertion that investigating the anomaly is not of the
of all Limited Attempts, it must be brought completely “highest priority”. His field of study is stellar phenomena.
offline, leaving the Starship Sirius operating on battery
power until a core can be overhauled (a process that XX Doctor Karas is a pale-skinned Andorian female who
will take several days’ focus by a dedicated engineering is short-tempered and curt, although she blames this
team). on a perpetual headache since moving within proximity
of the Arachnid Nebula (which she insists is due to her
During this time, the Player Characters will have the heightened equilibrium and a little-known effect of the
opportunity to meet the key chief researchers aboard the ethylchlorate concentration within the nebula). She is a
Sirius: Shen (a Tellarite male), Karas (an Andorian female), hybrid Aenar/Andorian with just enough Aenar blood to be
Schultz (a Human male), and Vemya (a Vulcan female). During subconsciously “hearing” the cries of those trapped in the
the repairs, the four, ostensibly led by Dr. Vemya, speak with gravimetric anomaly. This is the cause of her discomfort,
the Player Characters about needing to speak with their but no amount of questioning could reveal this, as
captain right away over matters of scientific importance that she herself is not even aware of her heritage. This will,
cannot be delayed. None of the four are comical or blindly however, come into play later in the mission. Despite her
unaware of the dire predicament within which the Sirius discomfort, Dr. Karas is quite firm about her desire to see
currently finds itself, but they also clearly believe that their their investigations through and stands firm with the other
discovery warrants immediate, and serious, attention. researchers about traveling into the Arachnid Nebula. Her
primary interest is in radiation wavelengths.
SCENE 2: MEETING OF MINDS
XX Doctor Shen is a typical Tellarite, meticulous in all
As they are Starfleet officers and noted scientists on a approaches. Of all the researchers, he is the most
legitimate mission, securing a meeting with the Player likely to back off from a forceful support to immediately
Characters’ captain should not be an ordeal. During the investigate the gravimetric anomaly, as the argument
conference, the four chief researchers detail findings of a for further preparations could win him over. In the end,
curious and significant nature: Two days ago, Sirius’ sensors however, his curiosity and loyalty to the other three will
picked up a massive gravimetric anomaly within the Arachnid cause him to side with them on pushing for quickly
Nebula. Even more alarming, the gravimetric anomaly was traveling into the Arachnid Nebula, despite the potential
moving at roughly 30 kilometers per second. At its current dangers. He specializes in the study of ancient galactic
velocity, combined with the inherent sensor baffling of history.
disodium within the Arachnid Nebula, the anomaly would
be lost within the nebula within several days. If they are to There is little reason why the Player Characters should
investigate the anomaly, they must move swiftly and due deny the researchers’ request; exploration and pursuit of
to the inoperative nature of the Sirius, will need the Player the unknown is a central tenant for Starfleet. Presuming no
Characters’ aid. serious personality conflicts occur, the Player Characters’
starship should be ready to delve into the Arachnid Nebula
While this is intended as a short roleplaying scene, it does almost immediately.
serve as a prime opportunity to establish the four chief
researchers and their personalities, as well as provide for
some diplomatic interactions. It is unlikely there will be Social

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 SCENE 3: BUMPY RIDE The flight time, even under impulse, is minimal, and in a few
minutes the Player Characters’ starship is in Close proximity
Gamemaster Note: Avoid spending Threat, if possible. If any to the gravimetric anomaly and can enact greater study.
is generated, continue to let it build. Bringing the object up on the viewscreen reveals it to be a
rogue planetoid hurtling through the nebula, and wreathed in
Aside from a few screen flickers, the sensor difficulties of an ion storm that also trails behind it like a comet’s tail. While
the nebula, and the cobalt-hue cast over everything from the the planetoid’s current velocity is 108,000 kilometers per hour
luminescence, there is little to indicate that the starship flies (30 kilometers per second), the Player Characters’ starship
into the Arachnid Nebula. There are no immediate navigational can easily match that, so catching up to, and maintaining
hazards or stresses against the ship’s shields or hull, and no parallel travel, is a simple matter (no Task needed).
strange dementia or radiations bombarding the crew.
Attempting to scan the rogue planetoid, requires a Reason
The first step to further investigating the gravimetric anomaly + Sciences, assisted by the ship’s Sensors + Sciences
is to find it. They could launch a spread of sensor probes, but Task with a Difficulty of 3 (the increased complications of
that would be similar to blind shooting and likely only waste the nebula’s effects on sensors has already been added, but
resources (8 billion kilometers in diameter is a lot of area don’t forget the Resistance of 1). Successfully scanning the
to cover with sensor probes). Working from the Sirius’ last planetoid reveals the information presented in the Rogue
sensor readings of the anomaly and tracking the trajectory Planetoid sidebar. A follow-up Reason + Sciences Task with
while it was being observed gives the crew a solid basis a Difficulty of 2 determines that the planetoid has only hours
upon which to start. of existence left before literally being torn apart.

To determine the general area in which to begin scanning Nothing more can be learned from the safety of the vessel.
requires a Reason + Sciences Task with a Difficulty of 2. The The havoc the nebula plays with the sensors renders scans
four researchers can collectively assist with this Task, rolling unreliable. Meanwhile, the blanketing ion storm makes visual
a single d20 against their own Target Number of 18. Once observation from the ship impossible. To learn more, the
the general area is determined, a sensor probe (or several) crew must travel to the planetoid’s surface. Any standard
may be launched to make sensor sweeping the region easier. equipment can be requisitioned, in addition to sealed
Interference is still too great to ascertain information beyond environmental suits. There are two options to accomplish
the existence of a mobile gravimetric anomaly. this: transporters and shuttlecraft.

Locating the actual gravimetric anomaly requires a Reason + Transporters are made unreliable, even dangerous, for the
Sciences, assisted by the ship’s Sensors + Sciences Task same reasons that scans are difficult: the combination of
with a Difficulty of 5 (3, if they launched a sensor probe into the nebula and ion storm. If the crew really wants to risk
the general area, and the added complications of the nebula’s it, however, they can, with a Control + Engineering Task,
effects on sensors have already been added; don’t forget the assisted by the ship’s Sensors + Engineering Task with a
Resistance 1). Successfully doing so enables the Navigator to Difficulty of 5. Failure requires the transporter operator to
plot a course through the nebula to the anomaly. Doing so is immediately succeed on a follow-up Control + Engineering,
a Reason + Conn Task, assisted by the ship’s Computers + assisted by the ship’s Sensors + Engineering Task with a
Conn, with a Difficulty of 2. Once the course is plotted, the Player Difficulty of 4. Failing that second task loses the pattern in
Characters are free to head to the anomaly for further study. the ion storm, killing the character (this would be a good time
to utilize a supporting character to face the terrible fate rather
than a Player Character). This risk is present during every
transporter attempt.

MORE MYSTERIOUS SCIENTISTS

It is possible one, or more, of the Player Characters may more duplicitous and clandestine Star Trek (akin to some later
suspect a deeper connection with the scientists and the event seasons of DS9 and ENT), you could easily link Doctor Shen
that took place. The primary fact that may occur to them is and/or Doctor Schultz to Section 31, or some similarly secrecy-
the scientists’ specialty arrangement would seem ideal for the cloaked organization. This would enable the entire plot to have
Eidolon’s interaction. been an attempt to grab possible technology or resources that
the planetoid possibly possessed. Of course, this also implies
As written, this is nothing more than a confluence of fortunate Section 31’s advanced awareness of the planetoid, which leads
events and timing. However, if you happen to, or want to, run a to even more questions…

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Alternatively, as before when rescuing the Sirius, shuttlecraft
ROGUE PLANETOID
can be manually piloted to the destination. In this case,
rather than asteroids, there are the sensor-baffling effects
of the Arachnid Nebula, coupled with the dangers of the SIZE: 1,436 kilometers in diameter
planetoid-enshrouding ion storm. Flying through the ion
storm to the planetoid’s surface requires a Daring + Conn COMPOSITION: Anorthosite crust with layers of olivine,
Task with a Difficulty of 3. Failing the roll can have a variety clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, and an inner core of liquid iron likely
of effects, from the ion storm shutting down power and alloyed with nickel
requiring the shuttle to crash land to cutting engines and
requiring a successfully piloted shuttlecraft to magnetically GRAVITY: .2G
clamp to the drifting shuttle and guide them both in for a
rough landing (this would also entail a follow-up Daring + Hurtling from an unknown system, this rogue planetoid traversed
Conn Task with a Difficulty of 3), or having the ion storm into the Arachnid Nebula. Its own trailing and faded atmosphere
play havoc with life-support and carried gear, rendering and minerals reacted with the nebula’s unique composition
phasers, tricorders, or other technological devices to resulting in an enshrouding ion storm of fluctuating strength,
operate erratically or not at all. which has proven to somewhat shield the surface against further
atmospheric wear and friction.
Once they have flown through the ion storm, the shuttlecraft
pilots can navigate across the planetoid’s surface with Additionally, and most curiously, scans show signs of construction
relative ease (facing only turbulence) and can visually scout on the planetoid – perfect geometrical shapes repeated in patterns
the evidence of construction (remnants of buildings within a that indicate construction rather than geological formation.
chasm) before landing. You may proceed to Scene 4. Make
sure to tailor any descriptions depending on their mode Finally, scans also indicate extreme geologic instability within the
of arrival. planetoid. The instability seems to be worsening; the trauma of the
ion storm seems to be ripping the planetoid apart.
A third option obviously exists, but one which the four
researchers will argue against: abandon the discovery.
With the planetoid’s inevitable destruction, the researchers SCENE 4: WHAT REMAINS
are eager to the point of pushy to get down to the surface
and gather what they can before a potential species’ Gamemaster Note: Don’t spend any built Threat during
history is forever obliterated. Their argument is strong and this scene. Allow it to build even more; the planetoid is
valid and should be given extreme consideration by any threatening enough, and it isn’t even the focal point of the
Starfleet officer. story. Let it seem more dangerous, there’s no reason to make
it more dangerous.
In either case, the end result will be similar. If the Player
Character crew chooses to abandon the planet, the Traversing from their arrival point (either by transporter or
researchers will be quite unhappy, but request staying near shuttlecraft) to the ruins turns out to be more challenging
enough to record as much information, via sensors and visual than might otherwise be thought. Without an atmosphere,
observation. The resulting devastation will eliminate the the landing party must wear sealed suits which, while
planetoid, but the starship will still be struck by the sudden advanced and effective in keeping them alive in such
expansion of the ion storm (see Act 2, Scene 1) and several hostile environments, do not lend well to fine manipulation.
of the crew, particularly Dr. Karas, “infected” by the being Additionally, the low gravity makes movement far different
dwelling within. from standard gravity situations. Certainly, Starfleet officers
are trained for low- and zero-gravity environments, but their
There is a greater degree of excitement and possibility if comfort level and routine exposure is likely a far more “Earth-
they explore the rogue planetoid, however, so make sure like” standard. Finally, the winds that are currently racing
the researchers argue hard for that possibility. Under no across its surface blow orange-coloured particles around in
circumstances should the converging of both possibilities viewplate-scratching, vision-obscuring clouds.
be revealed to the Player Characters, however. Allow their
agency and narrative control to dictate the flow of the These conditions are further highlighted by the raging ion
mission; merely utilize the ion storm to bring it back on track storm, which is beautiful when observed safely, but still rather
when the time is right. terrifying when viewed in the open. From the ground, this
looks like a suddenly-changing series of vein-like bursts of
purple-white electrical discharge highlighted throughout the
azure-hued sky.

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 None of this requires any rolls or Task resolutions, but Of course, this is when things get worse. As the landing party
should all be used to build the general tension of this rogue makes their way clear of the ruins for their shuttlecraft (or
planetoid. This should be played up to an even greater for accurate locking via transporters) everyone present must
degree as the landing party closes in on the ancient ruins. succeed at a Control + Security Task with a Difficulty of 2
to avoid damage as the ground suddenly splits and shifts,
The ruins themselves are cyclopean: large, dusty orange- creating sudden, rocky stairs and potentially dangerous
colored rocks fitted tightly together to craft crumbling fissures. Those that fail the Task suffer 2A damage with
towers, partial walls, and only vague hints of other structures. generated Effects being a Complication – Injured Leg,
Hieroglyphs consisting of lines, both angular and more which hinders their movement and may require aid from
organic-looking, are etched into many of the orange rocks, nearby allies.
but their meaning is lost.
If no one suffers a Complicating injury, allow the landing
With the Arachnid Nebula’s sensor-hindering effects party to stumble and stagger their way to the clear zone and
essentially stymied by the ion storm, tricorder scans of the launch (or be beamed) out from the failing planetoid. If one or
area, requiring a Reason + Science Task with a Difficulty more such injuries are sustained, progress is slowed enough
of 1, reveal the ruins to be nearly 5,000 years old. The that a second Control + Security Task, still with a Difficulty
hieroglyphic etchings are in an unknown language and are, of 2 (except for those with an Injured Leg, their Difficulty is
therefore, the last records of a lost and dead civilization. As 3) to avoid another round of 2A damage and further possible
should be expected, the chief researchers are elated with Complications and debilitating injuries, is required.
this find.
Once the landing parties have made it to their extraction
Allow some time for the landing party to explore the ruins, point, they are free to leave, reversing their method of arrival
recording and analyzing what they can. This can be dealt earlier. In both cases, however, the worsening ion storm
with on an action-by-action basis, or as a narrative cut scene increases the Difficulty for either avenue by +1 (increasing
as the mood dictates. As they investigate, however, the the transporter Difficulty to 5 and the shuttlecraft flight
ion storm overhead worsens. Simultaneously, the geologic Difficulty to 4). As before, things can turn rather disastrous on
instability grows more severe. Eventually, it becomes evident a failed roll, with potential crew loss with the transporter, or
that the landing party must wrap up their archaeological dig shuttlecraft damage from the storm. It is even possible that
and return to the ship. The chief researchers will be upset, a shuttlecraft could be shut down due to the storm, requiring
of course, but also acknowledge the prudence of safety. an emergency beam out via starship transporters anyway!
They will insist on bringing samples back for further study
and begin packing chunks of orange rock, gathering orange Once everyone is back aboard, proceed immediately to
dust, and all the while continuing to take visual recordings Act 2.
of pieces too large to safely transport immediately. A few
minutes later, the ground shakes again, timed with a brilliant
flash of an electrical discharge overhead; the time has come
to leave.

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 01.30 REMNANTS
ACT 2: ADRIFT,
BUT NOT ALONE
Captain’s Log, supplemental. The rescue of Sirius’ Treating injured starship personnel is a relatively simple
crew was successful, as was the subsequent hunt operation, although with minimal power (and not even
for the rogue planetoid. After a challenging landing, battery power initially) and minimal lighting, what should
the team discovered ancient ruins. Unfortunately, be easy becomes a challenge. To handle any given injury
the planetoid proved too unstable for prolonged requires a Reason + Medicine Task with a Difficulty
research, and the team has made their way back to of 2 and a Complication Range of 2 (18-20). Potential
the ship through a growing ion storm. As soon as Complications could be worsening patient conditions,
we have the all clear, we will be leaving before that broken or lost equipment, or a crew member succumbing to
storm gets any worse… psychological trauma.

Dealing first with failed battery power, so the vessel can have
SCENE 1: STORM OVERWHELMING operational life-support and lights, is a tough challenge due
to the current situation. To bring battery power back online
Gamemaster Note: The Threat that has, hopefully, been requires a Reason + Engineering Task with a Difficulty
saved up throughout the mission to this point, should start of 3 and a Complication Range of 5 (16-20). Potential
being used to heighten the dramatic tension and facilitate Complications stemming from this Task are additional
the action. systems being knocked offline when power kicks back in,
frying several computer library banks, or locking down certain
With the landing party securely aboard their starship, the decks as emergency lockdown procedures are accidentally
chief researchers begin moving their findings to a partially triggered. Regardless of the outcome, the sudden power
used cargo bay (Cargo Bay #3), where they will set up a surge causes an overload in several power transfer conduits,
temporary lab to examine these artifacts. Meanwhile, the which then fries the ship’s primary and secondary lights
rest of the crew prepares to move the starship away from the (better than life support, artificial gravity, or the structural
dying planetoid and the growing ion storm. integrity fields), causing them to brilliantly flare on and then
shutting them down in a surprising and sudden cascade
Unfortunately, as they do so, the ion storm surges and of pops and sparks. The Player Characters’ starship goes
catches the Player Characters’ starship in its ionizing grip. As dark, with only the ruddy hue of emergency lighting and the
bolts of energy trace their way along the hull, main power is spotlight effects of handheld lamps between the occasional
overloaded and shorts out, which forces the core temporarily pools of light cast from the rare light that survived.
offline as several violent electrical explosions occur in main
engineering. Even battery power is initially offline. Knocked Once battery power is restored, however, life-support
off course, the ship drifts silent and dark as the crumbling becomes fully operational and damage control teams
planetoid hurtles onward. Fortunately, the ion storm moves can go about the necessary jobs of bringing the ship fully
on, as well. back online. Main power is offline and even impulse is not
operational. At best, life-support and the weakest shield
The Player Characters must effect repairs in less-than-ideal settings can be utilized. Exterior sensors are sporadic, at
circumstances. Engineering teams scramble throughout best, and transporters are offline.
the ship, while medical officers respond to several dozen
minor injuries due to the dancing ion bolts and overloading Teams should be dispatched throughout the starship to go
consoles. Meanwhile, the chief researchers operate with about the rather mundane task of replacing lights, while
single-minded obsession in setting up their workshop within engineering teams work on the core and restoring main
Cargo Bay #3. power, so the ship can erect shields and operate under full
impulse. Overly cautious command crews may dispatch
security, although there is no indication to do so now.

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 EIDOLON

The Eidolon is a singular being. It claims to be the final god of an do not register to the Eidolon as anything worthy of its direct
ancient culture, although the validity of this is highly suspect. Its attention. Ignorance may well be its downfall.
origins are its own secret, so whatever story it decides to tell is
what will be recorded. In its current state, however, the Eidolon Unfortunately, the Eidolon is also, by Starfleet standards, at
is an energy being that exists outside of physical space. It seems least, a little bit mad. Thousands of years of drifting isolation has
bound to the artifacts and remnants of its past culture, as those shattered its mind. It does not retain focus as it once had, and
brought aboard the Player Characters’ starship act an anchor, it now has multiple facets to its personality, sometimes bringing
of sorts. those facets into conflict with itself. Even the puppets it directs
can occasionally fall into conflict with one another.
In its energy state, it is harmless to current Starfleet technological
devices, but it is quite capable of overriding the complex The rogue planetoid, itself, was once in a binary star system far
functions of organic processors, such as the brain. Essentially, removed from the one containing the Arachnid Nebula. On the
the Eidolon can take over and direct the physical actions of small planet lived an advanced race that expanded and explored
corporeal beings. The Eidolon is incredibly complex and is, via matter-to-energy transformations and highly advanced
therefore, capable of overriding multiple targets simultaneously, comprehension of the meaning of time and space. Their leader,
enabling it to direct crowd activities. their primary deity or mythic hero was an entity that now identifies
itself as the “Eidolon”.
The Eidolon’s only real concern is survival. It knows it must
escape the planetoid before it is destroyed, thus ending the When one of their suns died, the resulting trauma demolished
Eidolon’s existence. Fortunately, in its final hours, the Eidolon their cities, including their matter/energy conversion machines,
has had hope arrive in the form of a Starfleet starship and and tossed their world free and sent it catapulting through space.
now desperately wants to escape. As its form is inert and The Eidolon found itself alone and bound to the terrestrial rock,
inconsequential to current Starfleet technology, the only method stuck as a passenger as it went on its journey, its energy form
the Eidolon can employ to escape is to utilize the “inferior beings” approximating an ion storm locked to their world. It and the
that make up the starship’s crew to do its bidding and take it world hurtled through other solar systems and eventually found
where ever it wants to go. themselves with a most terrible fate: the planetoid was soon to
crumble and disintegrate, and there was nothing that could be
Clearly, this loss of freedom and individuality is not something done about it.
any crew, Starfleet or otherwise, would stand for, so resistance
is expected. The Eidolon is not overly concerned about that, The technology it once may have utilized, along with the culture
however. Not because it knows its abilities are greater than any that may have at one point venerated it and supported it, are long
threat the “inferior beings” could bring to bear, but because the gone. It was now trapped, helpless, and despondent, the Eidolon
Eidolon does not fully comprehend who or what these “inferior saw its ultimate demise looming. Then, along came a starship…
beings” are or how they could help or hinder. They just simply

Restoring main power is a Reason + Engineering Extended SCENE 2: WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE DARK
Task with a Progress of 16, Magnitude of 4, and Resistance
of 2. Clearly, it will be a long, involved process with many While repairs are well underway, one of the repair crews (and this
opportunities for things to go wrong. As the repair crews is better with a Player Character than without) makes a gruesome
quickly discover, however, another, much more immediate discovery: stuffed just inside a Jefferies tube, near Cargo Bay #3,
and dire problem has occurred. is the body of Ensign Holcomb. The Ensign was part of the light
repair crew, but currently lays in a crumpled heap in a pool of
As repairs get underway on main power (allow for a roll or blood, quite dead as his throat has been slit open.
two to begin generating some progress), proceed to the next
Scene for the next reveal… Security will be placed on full alert and the crime scene and
body examined. Again, with the lights out, searching the
scene is a bit more difficult, but the autopsy should prove
simple in trained hands.

XX Scouring the crime scene requires a Reason + Security

Task with a Difficulty of 2. Success reveals blood droplets

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 on the floor that can be traced to further blood spatters relatively speaking, safe. As repairs continue, however,
on the wall not far from the Jefferies tube. While the things will soon change, unless the crew discovers the true
walls are free of scuff marks, in the same immediate area happenings in the dark.
as the blood, the floor plating has micro-traces of boot
sole abraded into it; likely caused by a sudden or jarring Thus, the Eidolon-possessed crew members toil in Cargo Bay
bootstep during the brief struggle. Medical tricorder #3 while the Player Characters effect repairs and investigate.
analysis of the blood reveals it to be a positive match When they decide to search Cargo Bay #3 (or, if they aren’t,
with Ensign Holcomb. they could conveniently be working on lights and other
restorations near Cargo Bay #3 and come across the same
XX Performing an autopsy on the corpse requires a Reason encounter “accidentally”), the Player Characters will come
+ Medicine Task with a Difficulty of 2. Medical tricorder across a single Eidolon-possessed crew member (a human
readings prove that Ensign Holcomb expired due to male, Ensign Douglas), once a part of the maintenance teams.
exsanguination, clearly from his slit throat. The wound He is carrying a jagged piece of pipe (close inspection reveals
is jagged, more ripped than cut, and micro-fragments of flecks of blood, which can be traced back to Ensign Holcomb)
metal are identified as duritanium shavings can be found as he staggers down the dimly lit hall.
in the meat of the wound. It would be most logical to
assume that the wound was caused by an improvised Allow the Player Characters a chance to make an Insight +
shiv crafted from a piece of duritanium. Unfortunately, Security Task, with a Difficulty of 2. Success indicates that
duritanium is a relatively common poly-alloy used in something is off with the approaching crew member, and that
bulkheads, ladder rungs, piping, or any other part of a indication comes early enough that the approaching crew
starship that might see high energy or physical stresses; member is not right on top of the Player Characters, but are
it could have come from nearly anywhere. instead a Zone, or more, away. Success places one Zone
between the Player Characters and the approaching crew
XX If anyone thinks to examine the Player Characters’ starship’s member. Additional Zones can be added per 2 Momentum
cargo manifest, Cargo Bay #3 holds four crates of duritanium spent. If the Task resulted in a failure, then the approaching
piping conduit. No Task is required to uncover this fact (it’s a crew member is on top of the Player Characters when
simple search function from any ship’s computer). combat begins. The conflict begins in an open section of
corridor with no immediate features to use as cover. As
Allow the Player Characters to conduct their investigation as usual, Momentum may be spent to create advantages, such
they see fit. To assist in framing the narrative and keeping things as turning a convenient piping conduit running along the wall
moving, it is important that, as the Gamemaster, it is understood into useful cover.
that the murder was caused by Dr. Karas, possessed by
an energy entity self-identified (via universal translator) as Unless the Player Characters were caught by surprise,
the Eidolon. The Eidolon is desperate to escape impending when the action starts, pick one Player Character to act
cessation of existence, and see the corporeal members of first, otherwise the Eidolon-possessed crew member gets
Starfleet as a keen method of doing exactly that. While the the drop on the Player Characters. He attacks with his
Eidolon is not “evil”, it is capricious, calloused, and sees the makeshift weapon, in an attempt to subdue one of the Player
species before it as inferior, at best, or as tools. The murder of Characters and drag them back to Cargo Bay #3. It should
Ensign Holcomb was not desired, but it was also not something become immediately apparent that the Eidolon-possessed
to which the Eidolon gave a second thought. Ensign Holcomb crew member is not in his right mind. Close inspection, very
became an obstacle and the Eidolon removed it. difficult to do during combat and in a darkened corridor,
reveals a spider’s web of burst blood vessels around the
To remedy the situation it now finds itself in, the Eidolon is possessed crew member’s eyes, but there are no other
using the stolen bodies, currently the four researchers and immediate physical signs that anything is amiss.
approximately two dozen Starfleet personnel it has managed
to capture and “inhabit” without raising alarm that it managed While initially at a disadvantage, with their assailant being
to possess due to proximity to the artifacts. Through these, fellow ship’s crewmate, the Player Characters will likely
the Eidolon is attempting to rebuild an energy-to-matter get the upper hand quickly. The Eidolon-possessed
conversion machine that will provide the Eidolon with just crew member is not at peak efficiency due to their alien
enough substance to exist freely within the starship. Once environment, lack of physical activity for the Eidolon (this
constructed, the Eidolon can freely roam the ship and use it is the first in thousands of years) and general unfamiliarity
to relocate to a new homeworld. with the environment and technology. If they act swiftly
and decisively enough, they could take him captive. When
This machine is being constructed in Cargo Bay #3 and is the Eidolon-possessed crew member is subdued, as it is
nearing completion. Without main power fully functional, it presumed he will be, he can be taken to sickbay for further
cannot be activated, so the Player Character crew is still, examination and proceeding to the next scene.

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 SCENE 3: THE EXORCISM OF the vocalization from Tholians, should any of the crew
ENSIGN DOUGLAS be aware of their language). The universal translator
has to work very hard to accommodate. The Eidolon
This entire scene presumes the Player Characters were able speaks of it being a god to an ancient culture that is
to capture the Eidolon-possessed crew member and get him long gone, wiped out by the tragedy of the death of one
to sickbay. Within the confines of sickbay, with their subject its two stars. It also mentions that it knew the world
strapped to a bed, he can be safely scanned with tricorders was finally dying, is desperate to escape, and that the
(assuming power is still off for major medical machinery) and “meat walking these halls will serve as adequate tools.”
a great deal can be learned. Finally, the being threatens that soon the “machine” will
be complete, and the tools will be given proper focus
There are several methods of proceeding to gather further and meaning for their lives. It will speak no further about
information. The Player Characters can attempt to interrogate this “machine”; the Eidolon possessing Ensign Douglas
their prisoner with questions, they can use psychology and will let the body expire under the interrogation. Failure
empathy to attempt to ascertain what is happening, and they does not eliminate the interrogation, it only means new
can scan with tricorders to discern via technology what might methods of pressure may be required.
be affecting their fellow crew member. This scene could
wind up a little complicated, with several different interaction XX If a more diplomatic method is attempted against the
attempts as well as several synergistic effects based on Eidolon-possessed Ensign Douglas, a character may try
what is learned in later Tasks and, possibly, returning to an Insight + Command Task, with a Difficulty of 4. This
earlier ones. Difficulty, if approached after learning of the Eidolon’s
goal via interrogation, can be adjusted to a Difficulty of
XX Interrogating the prisoner requires a Presence + 2. If successful, the Eidolon expresses a small degree of
Security, with a Difficulty of 2, Opposed Task versus remorse for its actions, citing necessity and survival. It
Ensign Douglas’ Control + Command, with a Difficulty will not be deterred, but it will attempt to treat the hosts’
of 0. These Difficulties, if approached after learning of bodies with greater respect and tenderness. If the hosts
several weaknesses with medical tricorder scans (see must see for themselves, they can travel to the “focal-point”
below) can be adjusted by -1 for the interrogator’s Task room, where there are dozens of boxes stacked about the
and by +2 for Ensign Douglas’ Task. Success gets the rudimentary and makeshift lab. There, they can speak with
Eidolon focused through this host enough to begin the strongest and most lucid of the Eidolon’s hosts: the
talking, albeit in a strange, shrill screeching (not unlike blue-skinned host (Dr. Karas), who can assure them of their
kind and benevolent treatment. This should give enough
hints for them to know that Cargo Bay #3 is where the
ENSIGN DOUGLAS
source of this problem can be found. Failure does not mean
TRAITS: Self-Preservation; Construct the Device; Part of a that diplomacy cannot be established, just that a greater
Greater Whole common ground must be found.

ATTRIBUTES XX Tricorder scans require a Reason + Science Task

with a Difficulty of 1. Success detects strong levels of
CONTROL 10 FITNESS 08 PRESENCE 06
neurogenic and anionic energies within Ensign Douglas,
as well as spiking neurological activity that indicates
DARING 08 INSIGHT 05 REASON 06
there is, literally, another mind riding inside his head.

DISCIPLINES XX A follow-up Reason + Science Task with a Difficulty

of 1 informs the potential questioner that neurogenic
COMMAND 02 SECURITY 01 SCIENCE 05
energy (also known as neural energy) is the energy
found within a living being’s nervous system, and that
CONN 02 ENGINEERING 02 MEDICINE 01
anionic energy is another neurologically-associated
energy, but not one native to most beings. This
FOCUSES: None information could then be extrapolated to conclude that
the non-native energy, anionic energy, could be forcibly
STRESS: 9 RESISTANCE: 0 (5 against energy extracted under the right conditions.
weapons as the Eidolon energy form dissipates the energy)
XX Another follow-up Reason + Science Task with a
WEAPONS: Difficulty of 3 determines that anionic energy could be
XX Jagged Pipe (Melee, 4A, Knockdown, Vicious 1, Size 4) expelled from a host body with enough shock trauma,
XX Unarmed Fist (Melee, 3A, Knockdown, Size 1, Nonlethal) such as potent electroshock or plasma shock. The

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 problem exists, of course, that too much exposure XX It is also possible to fashion a portable magnetic flux
could harm the host body, while too little could prove field generator, but it will be cumbersome, fragile, and
ineffective. Finally, the anionic energy could be contained require teamwork to set up. The process is a Reason +
in a sufficiently neutral field or certain magnitudes of Engineering Task with a Difficulty of 3 and takes about
magnetic flux. This could be tested on Ensign Douglas in an hour. Once completed, four transporter relay pylons
the sickbay with the production of a plasma shock prod will have been converted to create a magnetic flux field
(see below) and using an emergency generator to power generator that must be placed without any obstructions
up the biobed to produce its own, very limited, magnetic between the pylons and within 15 meters of one another.
flux field. Once placed, all four must be activated within a few
seconds of one another (enough time that one person
XX It would be possible to fashion plasma shock prods could run to activate two pylons if they took no other
with relative ease. This would require a Reason + actions at the time), and once activated they will create a
Engineering Extended Task with a Progress of 5, magnetic flux field that will contain any separated Eidolon
Magnitude of 1. Each successful completion of the energy beings within it.
Extended Task creates one plasma shock prod, while
each attempt at the Extended Task requires 10 minutes Once Ensign Douglas has been dealt with to the satisfaction
of work. The result is a simple metal stick topped with of the Player Characters, they can head to Cargo Bay #3 for
a plasma emitter, a small battery pack, and a crude further investigation.
dial that allows the wielder to increase the amplitude
(primarily for role playing purposes). The limited battery
pack provides enough uses for six shock attempts, so
each one had better count. Plasma shock prods ignore
Eidolon energy Resistance. Otherwise, wielded as a
weapon, it has the following game mechanics statistics:
Plasma Shock Prod (Melee, 1A (+Intense if anionic energy
present in target), Size 4, Cumbersome).

VISUAL PLAYBACK AUDIO / VISUAL

L.E.D.S

RECORDS SEARCH
RECORD / PLAY
PROGRAMMABLE RECORD / PLAY

DATA STORAGE

MID-DOOR AUDIO OUTPUT

SCIENCES LOWER SECTION

TRICORDER HOUSES HAND SCANNER

AND MAIN CIRCUITRY

TYPE-1

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ACT 3: STOWAWAY
Captain’s Log, supplemental. We are still dealing currently precious and unpredictable, doing it remotely is not
with the potent power surge from the ion storm a reliable alternative). Or, they could bypass the locked door
that crippled our drives. Repairs are well underway, entirely, utilizing their superior knowledge of their own starship’s
but a new danger, a very lethal danger, has layout, and access the cargo bay via a Jefferies tube.
revealed itself. One of our crew members was
found, murdered, and the resulting investigation XX If they opt to destroy the cargo bay door via phaser fire
has led us to believe that when our landing team or placed demolition charges, or some other method,
returned from that rogue planetoid, they brought this requires a Control + Security Extended Task with a
something back with them. This entity, calling itself Progress of 10 (it’s a thick, durable door), a Magnitude
Eidolon, seems intent on taking over the crew and of 2, and a Resistance of 1. Every attempt gives the
this ship! Our crew has already been formulating Eidolon-possessed entities on the other side that much
their response… more time to create additional challenges for the Player
Characters. Examples of these would be setting up
ambush points, moving storage containers around to
create tight access points or fields of cover, or to make
SCENE 1: WHAT’S IN THE BAY? quick traps of falling crates or other materials.

Prior to the four chief researchers commandeering Cargo Bay XX If they attempt to disengage the lock at the source,
#3, it was a standard storage room aboard the ship, removed this requires a Control + Engineering Task with a
and used for spare engineering parts, primarily. The bay was Difficulty of 3 and a Complication Range of 2 (18-20).
not even at one-third capacity, so there was ample room Possible Complications that could be generated would
for utilization. be making too much noise while deactivating the lock
and alerting the Eidolon-possessed entities on the other
The moment the chief researchers arrived back on Player side of the door, or damaging the door so it cannot
Characters’ starship, they began work on establishing a viable be properly closed (once opened) until repaired by an
laboratory within the cargo bay. When the “ion storm” struck engineering team.
and the Eidolon began infesting the ship and possessed the
chief researchers (starting with the unknown latent telepath, XX Finally, if they instead decide to use the Jefferies tubes to
Doctor Karas), i.e. those that were currently in proximity of access the cargo bay through alternative access points.
the artifacts brought from their dying homeworld. Soon, it While the act of crawling through the tubes requires no roll,
could “recruit” others to its mission. Possession is based on the ability to navigate them in a timely fashion requires a
proximity, so it began with a few maintenance workers that Reason + Security Task with a Difficulty of 2. Additionally,
were in the area, then, the researchers continued to work as unless the Player Characters want those inside the cargo
the “new recruits” went out and gathered others, and so on, to know of their arrival, a Control + Security Task, with a
until the Player Characters came investigating. At this point, Difficulty of 2, is required to enter with stealth.
there are two dozen Eidolon-possessed crew members,
including the chief researchers from the Starship Sirius. Once the Player Characters have found their way inside of
Cargo Bay #3, they find the place in a variable state of set-up
When the Player Characters arrive, they find the door to and alteration, depending on how long it took the Player
Cargo Bay #3 locked tight. Scans, via tricorder, require a Characters to access it, and how they accessed it.
successful Reason + Science Task with a Difficulty of 2. This
informs the scanner that there are two dozen life-forms within If they, for whatever reason, bypassed Act 2, Scene 3, the Player
the cargo bay, along with spiking levels of neurogenic and Characters will find themselves in for a tough conflict, but the
anionic energy. Eidolon-possessed crew will not have had a great deal of time to
finish the dimensional transference device they are building.
The door itself is a sturdy cargo bay door, so bashing it in is a
non-productive option. The door could be melted or burned Currently, the cargo bay has crates stacked out of the way
away with sustained phaser fire, but that won’t be easy and will (or creating strategic choke points, from above) with several
take time. The lock could be worked on locally (since power is tables set-up supporting typical laboratory equipment,

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as well as the various artifacts gathered from the rogue on throughout the ship, and suddenly there is the comforting
planetoid. Additionally, a strange machine, looking not unlike background hum of a thousand familiar components all
several extravagant Jacobs’ ladders banded together, but powering back on. Just as suddenly, the towering machine
with a good deal more tubes and wiring attached to it, stands in the center of Cargo Bay #3 sparks and surges to life with a
3.1 meters tall, and situated at the center of the bay. Dr. crackle and the scent of ozone filling the air.
Karas is directing numerous other crew members, as well as
the other three chief researchers from the Sirius in continued Predictably, the Eidolon-possessed Dr. Karas cackles, clearly
construction of the odd machine. While unpowered, if pleased with herself.
scanned, it reads as mundane metals found throughout the
cargo bay. XX Talking with the Eidolon possessing Dr. Karas can be
done aggressively, threatening with the knowledge, and
While this state of mid-construction may be most possibly tools, gained from their earlier investigations.
advantageous from the standpoint of overall Eidolon plans, Doing so requires a Presence + Security, with a
this presents a very real problem for the Player Characters: Difficulty of 3 (reduce the Difficulty by -1 if any plasma
they have no idea what they are up against or how to deal shock prods have been crafted and are present and by
with it. They could attempt diplomatic interactions with another -1 if the portable magnetic flux field generators
the “group” leader within Cargo Bay #3 (that would be the are present) Opposed Task versus the Eidolon-possessed
Eidolon-possessed Dr. Karas), but, again, would be doing so Dr. Karas’ Control + Command, with a Difficulty of 0.
with no knowledge of with what they are dealing.
XX Likewise, the Player Characters can attempt a softer,
Interactions attempted with this lack of information are almost more diplomatic approach with the Eidolon. This requires
certainly destined to fail, with the Eidolon-possessed Dr. Karas an Insight + Command Task, with a Difficulty of 1. If
quickly calling for the other Eidolon-possessed crew members Player Characters are brandishing plasma shock prods,
to attack the intruding Player Characters (possibly a clue increase the Difficulty by +1. Similarly, if the portable
for the ill-informed Player Characters concerning Eidolon’s magnetic flux field generators are present, increase the
fractured mind). Without the proper implements to separate Difficulty by +2.
the Eidolon from its hosts, this could get ugly very quickly. As
the Gamemaster, there is no reason to be overly kind about In either case, the Eidolon is not about to abandon its efforts
this avenue of the mission, but be sure to provide them a now, but can see the reason behind the Player Characters’
method of escape, preferably with a captive, so they can resistance and shows some degree of sympathy. Utilized
attempt to circle back to Act 2, Scene 3 and retroactively gain
the knowledge they so desperately need. DR. KARAS
If the Player Characters completed Act 2, Scene 3 and TRAITS: Andorian/Aenar Hybrid; Inherent Rudimentary
made the necessary items to deal with the Eidolon, they Latent Telepathy; Self-Preservation; Construct the Device;
will have an easier time if a conflict ensues, but also face Maybe the Favorite, but Still Part of a Greater Whole
an enemy whose plans are very nearly complete. The
description is similar to that above, crates arranged out of ATTRIBUTES
the way (or placed in strategic choke points and providing
CONTROL 11 FITNESS 07 PRESENCE 07
areas of cover), with tables filled with essential, but basic,
lab equipment, in addition to the artifacts retrieved from the
DARING 07 INSIGHT 08 REASON 07
dying rogue planetoid. Dominating the center of the cargo
bay is a large, strange machine, standing 3.1 meters tall and
looking as if it were comprised of several Jacobs’ ladders, all DISCIPLINES
conglomerated together, except sporting numerous cables,
COMMAND 03 SECURITY 03 SCIENCE 04
tubes, and wires. Dr. Karas directs the other possessed crew
members, including the three other chief researchers, in the
CONN 02 ENGINEERING 03 MEDICINE 02
finishing touches on the machine and the surrounding area.

Depending on how well armed the Player Characters are FOCUSES: None applicable while possessed
from their findings during Act 2, Scene 3, it is possible
they know enough to enact a reasonable dialogue with the STRESS: 10 RESISTANCE: 0 (5 against energy
Eidolon via Dr. Karas. However, unless the engineering teams weapons as the Eidolon energy form dissipates the energy)
were told to halt their repairs and restoration of main power,
it will get turned on just as dialogue (or combat, if the Player WEAPONS:
Characters prove to be more aggressive) begins. Lights kick XX Unarmed Fist (Melee, 3A, Knockdown, Size 1, Nonlethal)

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 strategically, this could cause a round or two pause in the SCENE 2: DESPERATE ACTIONS
possessed crew members’ attack. A successful discussion
delays the attack. For every two Momentum spent on Depending on how well discussions went at the end of the
this result, the Eidolon delays the attack another round. A last scene, the proceeding combat could go very quickly and
maximum of three rounds worth of delay can be generated in favorably for the Player Character crew. Alternatively, it could
this fashion. Any attack directed against any possessed crew be drawn out, with Eidolon managing to possess other crew
member or the energy amplification matrix causes Eidolon to members, thus adding to the troubles aboard the starship.
issue an immediate reprisal attack.
With the expenditure of Momentum in the previous scene,
Each magnetic flux field generator takes two rounds to set it is possible that this scene starts with the magnetic flux
up and one round to activate. Multiple Player Characters can, field pylons in place and activated. That is easily thwarted,
of course, set up multiple pylons simultaneously. Keep in however, with an Eidolon-possessed crew member
mind there can be no obstructions, including crew members unwittingly blocking the path between pylons.
or Player Characters, standing between the pylons when
activated, and they must be placed within 15 meters of To fully set the scene, draw out the battlefield as desired on
each other to properly activate and establish a maintainable a battlemat or simply on some 3x5 cards or sticky notes. The
magnetic flux field. The Eidolon has no understanding of cargo bay should consist of several Zones, most of them with
the flux field generators, their intent or purpose and will, crates or lab tables as blockading terrain (which could easily
therefore, not intentionally interfere with its setup. That double as cover and require a successful Daring + Security
doesn’t mean that coincidental or action-induced movement Task, with a Difficulty of 1 to athletically bypass). At the
won’t create this complication anyway, but it isn’t something center of the battlefield is a Zone dominated by the energy
the entity would do of its own volition. amplification matrix.

How the Player Characters utilize these precious few extra Once main power is restored and combat begins, it will take
moments, getting into a more advantageous position, trying five additional rounds for the energy amplification matrix to
to set up several (or all) of the portable magnetic flux field come online, so the Player Characters need to move quickly
generator pylons, or some other method of preparation, is to get the pylons set up (if they had not previously done so)
up to them. Once the order to attack has been issued, and and the magnetic flux field turned on. There are no Task
combat is about to ensue, proceed to the next scene. rolls for activation of the pylons, merely the time-consuming
process of positioning them, getting them running, and
keeping the paths clear. Any Player Characters not setting up
the pylons have the challenging job of keeping the Eidolon-
EIDOLON-POSSESSED
possessed crew members rounded up.
CREW MEMBER
TRAITS: Self-Preservation; Construct the Device; Part of a Once the magnetic flux field is activated, no Eidolon-
Greater Whole possessed crew member may pass from the inside out, and
any Eidolon-possessed crew member within 30 meters is
ATTRIBUTES automatically drawn into the magnetic flux field.

CONTROL 10 FITNESS 08 PRESENCE 06

Any Eidolon-possessed crew member that is injured by a
plasma shock prod is considered knocked unconscious
DARING 08 INSIGHT 05 REASON 06
by the discharge of energy and the Eidolon, shrieking with
frustration and pain, is immediately and forcibly expelled from
DISCIPLINES that physical host body.

COMMAND 02 SECURITY 01 SCIENCE 01

The Eidolon may attempt to commandeer a Player Character
via (temporary) mental domination. To do so, the targeted
CONN 02 ENGINEERING 02 MEDICINE 01
Player Character must overcome a Presence + Command
Task with a Difficulty of 3 or become possessed for 1 round.
FOCUSES: None applicable while possessed The duration can be extended (once possession has been
established) by spending 1 Threat for 1 additional round of
STRESS: 10 RESISTANCE: 0 (5 against energy possession. A possessed character is under the physical
weapons as the Eidolon energy form dissipates the energy) control of the Eidolon (but not mental, if that is particularly
relevant), but does gain the Eidolon’s Resistance of 5 against
WEAPONS: energy attacks.
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When (if) the Eidolon establishes control over a Player
Character, the character is aware of what is happening the
entire time, but their body is, essentially, a puppet for the
energy being to direct. This can (and should be) nightmarish
and potentially Value-affecting. Determination may be spent
at any time to break the Eidolon possession, expelling it.
This also safeguards the Player Character against further
domination reprisals for the Scene (no repeated domination
attempts against the same Player Character). As indicated
above, the Eidolon is not a maniacal villain bent on
slaughtering Starfleet, it just doesn’t really care about their
existence, or truly even recognize it; therefore, it won’t use
overtly and intentionally lethal attacks. It won’t avoid using
them if something is immediately at hand, but the Eidolon
won’t go out of its way to kill anyone. It should also be noted,
however, it does not understand how to change settings on
phasers, so if the Player Characters were running around
with their phasers on a setting other than stun, and one
were possessed…

If the Player Characters do not manage to get the magnetic

flux field generators set up before the energy amplification
matrix is activated, then the Eidolon gains power, able
now to possess any crew member, anywhere on the ship.
Suddenly, the entire crew can become potential enemies,
and as the Eidolon learns more of its surroundings, the
bridge will be easy access. Fortunately, that will take several
minutes as it expands its consciousness (beyond the scope
of this mission, unless the Player Characters are completely
defeated). This does, however, provide an overwhelming
stopwatch on the entire event; either the Player Characters
will succeed, or the Eidolon will get a starship!

This scene has the potential to become very complicated

and involved if the Player Characters do not act quickly and
decisively in trapping Eidolon movements. It is, however, a
great scene for the expenditure of saved Momentum, as well
as Value challenges and Determination spends.

Otherwise, as soon as the possessed are rounded up and

contained within the magnetic flux field, they are trapped
(although they will futilely throw themselves against the
field walls, causing micro-second starburst flares) and the
scene ends.

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01.50 REMNANTS
CONCLUSION
This leaves the crew with a challenging dilemma: what to CONTINUING VOYAGES…
do with the trapped Eidolon? It is an entity without a home.
It acted against the interests of the Federation and its The existence of the Eidolon’s culture, while its homeworld
personnel and attempted to establish control over Federation now lost, is something that might interest scientists greatly
property. However, these actions were brought about by for a while to come. Perhaps one of the doctors seeks to
the need for survival, not greed. Sympathy could be felt for acquire another Starfleet starship to go in search of the
the Eidolon, provided it has not been painted as a two- remnants of the crumpled planetoid.
dimensional bad guy. It has proven to act with little regard to
the well-being of others, placing their own survival above the If you want to go with more of a horror vibe, the Eidolon itself
needs and wants of another species. Of course, when faced could survive, or even avoid the fate the Player Characters
with extinction, what lengths would be off-limits? ultimately decide for it, and remain attached and “hidden”
within an otherwise “insignificant” crew member, springing
Therefore, the Player Characters must decide how to when the time is right.
proceed. Do they locate a small moon and place the Eidolon
there? Would it be a danger to another starship if one ever Finally, as presented back in the sidebar “More Mysterious
travelled the region? Should it be taken to a more permanent Scientists” on page 6, it is also possible to link Section 31
holding facility? Or should it and the artifacts simply be cast to the events leading to the discovery of the rogue planetoid
into the depths of space? Ideally, the Player Characters and the Eidolon.
will come up with something far more inventive, and in
support of Starfleet’s directives, before heading off on their
next mission.

Wrap up any loose ends introduced throughout the mission

that are not going to be held for a future mission. Tasks
should be minimal, if present at all, and there should be
no conflicts.

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