Aeolus
led Arachne, Aiako and Alcestis off into the dark, leaving Ariadne to
guide the settlement…
The
disparate adventures run in my Shattered
Worlds OTU (Original Traveller Universe) make for satisfying
world-building which has led to the delights of this seldom-run
campaign.
This
first adventure had the most continuous sessions. Shattered Worlds
Issue #1 engaged a seasoned crew of Traveller Players faced with
a strange anomaly on the surface of the planet Xxcarvis. The LotFP
adventure Monolith from Beyond Time and Space was used for the
Anomaly. They got spooked out and only one of the four-man crew
survived to return to Skalvil. These events unfolding on Xxcarvis are
the meta-event which will blow through the campaign universe. This
was all done through a G+ group which sadly is no more. Another
unknown campaign disappearing into the ether. The one surviving PC
from this adventure most likely will not play again, but their
actions are now canon!
The
next adventure Under
the Dome Issue #1 had a police strike against terrorists who
commandeered a corporate research facility. This lasted two sessions
with more questions than answers, but the PCs were free to go in
whatever direction they wished. And it lead to bloodshed and
frame-ups!
Under
the Dome Part Deux has the contract workers splitting up from
the cop PCs after the terrorist job. The hired hands PCs are going to
a Union bar to collect on a payout. The Union offers the party good
money for any heavy firepower they could swing the worker’s confab.
The PCs take a pass. Next Omni Cop HQ sends them to ask the Binary
Dogs a few questions. This is a set up to get the PCs in a deadly
gun-fight with this drug-running gang. The PCs come out on top and
hole up in a nondescript pumped hotel cube. And there this story
thread hangs hoping to be picked up again.
Under
the Dome #3 introduced a new
group of PCs, the third now, picking up work “under the dome”.
Pretty straight job. Omni-Sun employee owes gambling money. The
bookie is a “skin job” so it has a hard time getting respect from
its human customers. It wants
to step up pressure and become a bookie to be feared if you welsh.
The PCs chew up the low-life ladder right up to getting arrested. It
was an excellent place for this quirky escapade to come to a stop.
Unfortunately it will be unlikely this group, Player Group C, will
ever assemble again. No
session report or video
Under
the Dome #4 reintroduced a
regular PC with some newbies. Another noir-like,
uncover information, investigation type session as the PCs move
through NPCs and locations. It ends in off-road buggy chases and a
shoot out. Pretty cool.
What
will Under the Dome #5
turn up? Who knows. But with a fleshed out sub-sector and
big and little things happening all around; there is not much
adventure-thirsty PCs can’t get up in to. If
you want to know when these impromptu online sessions, these “Flash
Sessions”, join either the
MeWe or
Discord
(or both) groups.
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