State of the Dome - CTU review and invitation

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.