1 TODO Disclaimer

Note, this remains a work in progress.

2 Introduction

3 Summary

4 Dramatis Personae

• Little Prince

5 TODO Hooks

6 Chapters

6.1 TODO Chapter 1

Drag Tuck of the Space Hams needs help to escape the SPD.

6.1.1 Pike Place Market

6.1.2 The Gutless Boar

6.1.3 Everett Safehouse

Upon reaching the safehouse, the air goes quiet and light clouds cover the sun. A small clearing among the surviving thicket of reprod woods planeted by drones in the 2030s surrounds the group. A small creek flows between the party and the safehouse, and a weather battered bridge leads down a wide gravel path to the front door. Suddenly, a side door slams shut and someone shouts at the group that they've given away their hiding spot. Coming from the distance, a chopping sound gets louder and an assault gunship appears from the same direction the group had walked.

1. Combat with the gunship

   The gunship will prioritize killing Drag and any other Space Hams.

   It's a trap

   there are no survivors.

   The gunship is a drone

   DC 15 for hackers or DC 5 if boarded while still in combat.

   • The pilot of the gunship is the person in the safehouse.
   • Take over the gunship :: nat 20 or DC 22. DC 15 to take over one of the weapons or move.
   • Locate the pilot :: DC 15 for hackers.

   1. Stats

      1. Proxy the drone pilot

         AC 12 HP 30 Heavy Pistol DC +3 1d12+1 CHA -1 Dead Switch Knife DC -1 1d4+2

      2. T89A1 Daifin Boeing Gunship

         One attack per section:

         1. Hull

            AC 15 HP 50 Resistance against ballist attacks Heavy machine gun DC +1 1d12

         2. Port and Starboard Rotor (each)

            AC 15 HP 50 Heavy machine gun DC +2 2d12

2. Inside the safehouse

   Only the duty light rays coming through the door of the sun peeking through the clouds illuminate the room. Two bodies lie in the corner, hinted at by the smell of evacuation. Not enough time has passed since the had died.

   Cutscene

   DC 5 a slam sound, DC 10 someone just fled through a trap door, DC 15 someone with shiny fins fled through a hatch in the floor, DC 20 it was a cyberangel like from the Daifin Group Building.

   If any of the Space Hams are still alive they ID them as other Space Hams.

3. After combat

   The safehouse is located on top of another megabunker that goes deep underground.

   Where are the Space Hams

   Interogation DC 15 after combat The gunship killed the Space Hams.

   Who do you work for?

   DC 10 Thugless, DC 20 working for Big Karl until her recent retirement.

6.1.4 The Seattle Sprawl Underground

6.2 Chapter 2, Always AR Syndrome

6.2.1 For the ref

The PCs find themselves stuck in an underground after Little Prince destroys the secret lift to the Space Hams' safehouse. With no other way to go, they follow the caves to an underground city, Underett, currently on military lockdown due to an illness, known as "always augmented reality syndrome", or AARS, that afflicts non-techno and non-adept magic users with a waking hallucinogenic and nightmare causing illness accompanied by acute vertigo, lasting weeks. All others who catch the illness typically only suffer minor VR glitches if anything and have not reported any debilitating symptoms.

In late 2059, Daifin Group hired Thugless to spread AARS in Underett before they try to market it as a bioweapon in Eurasia.

In 2055, Little Prince had sold out the Space Hams, which led to the illegal medical testing on Drag Tuck. In exchange, Little Prince would secure a trade monopoly between Underett and the surface while also running a black market. Additionally, Daifin would stay out of the Seattle Sprawl Underground. However, the recent Thugless presence has forced him to compromise the original agreement.

Soon after Thugless arrived, Little Prince contracted AARS. It took LP a month to recover. During that time the military quarantined the city and eventually opened up one of the exits to the rest of the sprawl underground. The military has a cure for AARS, but they use it sparingly due to the cost. Thugless took over all operations of the existing black market and started kidnapping and taking hostages in order to bend the will of political figures.

Steam worked as a combat medic. Thugless kidnapped his family in early 2060 in order to force him to work on the underground side of illegal operations.

6.2.2 Prompt

The way back up the lift to the Space Hams' safehouse suddenly thunders and crashes as the doors fly off and smoke and dusk settle in the cavern.

1. If Steam lived/remains conscious:

   "There's nothing you can do. I'll show you how to get to the nearest way back to the surface. We just need to take this cave to Underett, the city under Everett."

2. Little Prince the hologram:

   "If you can make it out alive, maybe I can use you for something actually important!"

6.2.3 Call Agent Smithereens

Who is Little Prince?

The original founder of the Space Hams. We know he had sold out the Space Hams for some time now, but only just recently discovered yet another link to Daifin.

Can you get us out of here?

Stand by. You're all on lockdown right now.

6.2.4 Underett Square

Far less dystopian than the current state of Seattle.

You can drink in public as long as not a nusiance.

1. George McFly

   Wealthy business man.

2. Bucket Head

   Recovering death mage. 60 year old elf.

6.2.5 Exit

Outside the main cavern of Underett, a military checkpoint funnels all who pass to and from the surface.

"1000 creds each, and we'll let you out if you can get the hospital to sign off that you're not sick." -Agent Company Man

6.2.6 Hospital

Sgt Nurse Beckett. She's an orc 8ft tall and is armed to the teeth.

Currently working on cracking the virus to produce a cure and/or vaccine. They hope to have one before any in the rest of the SSU.

DC 20 to find Little Prince, who still makes regular visits to recover from the AARS.

6.2.7 Gen Food Mart Inc

They have an infamous reputation for disliking drones and androids. In reality, they use this to distance themselves from Garra who has an equal reputation for using drones and holograms.

6.2.8 Buffalo Pub (Thugless Hideout)

Steam's family is trapped inside. See the chapter "Thug out the trash" for more details.

6.2.9 Buffalo Sapper

Swift the tailor sells a variety of clothing and styles.

6.2.10 Flea Market

Garra owns and ops. But she's a hologram and lives somewhere else.

Each time Garra gets beer from the food mart, it also contains some kind of smuggling item.

1. Items for sale

   1. General inventory

      • frag grenage, 1 in stock

   2. Mining Drone

      One in stock. Price varies depending on the interaction. HP 10 1d10 drill melee 10 mining charges

   3. Mining Charges

      Large stock 300 credits 3d12 5x15, 4-6 15x15

6.3 Chapter 3, Thug out the trash

aka Chapter 13, Part 2

6.3.1 For the ref

Refer back to chapter "Always AR Syndrome" for more details.

Make the PCs roll for these:

• 1d8+1 for bystanders in the pub main. 5=>6
• 1d6+5 for members of Thugless in the pub main. 1d2 another one is hiding in the kitchen. 2=>7,15 not in the kitchen
• 1d6+4 Thugless in the hideout lobby. Then 1d2 one of them has magic powers.

6.3.2 Prompt

The PCs have found themselves stuck in Underett during a lockdown. The disease, known as AARS or "arse", seems to only affect magic users. Common symptoms include halucinations, vertigo, and madness. In order to escape, Garra, owner of a local flea market, has promised to get them back to the surface if they can get rid of Thugless.

6.3.3 Buffalo Pub, the pub main

The PCs walk into a bar. Buh dum bum! Patrons sit in a surprisingly well kept bar. The room looks like an old fashioned diner, with booths on the right, each with a 3DTV of an outdoor landscape series. Today's show looks like a green golf course on a sunny day. On the left, barstools line the counter. Neon-style decorations run along the edges, providing most of the light, aside from the 3DTVs. Behind the bar, a short elf gives a suspicious look at the PCs and jumps to the top shelf, near the middle and grabs a bottle of something brown before jumping back to mix something at the bar.

A door leads from the left of the entrance, probably the toilet. Behind the bar, double doors lead to what looks like the kitchen. There's another door on the other side of the pub; it doesn't look like an exit.

Perception DC 10

this bar has autowash installed.

History/Survival DC 15

autowash can be weaponized. DC 20 Daifin manufactures the most popular autowashes.

Perception DC 20

You have a really bad feeling about the door at the back of the room.

DC 20

14 folks inside. There are two security cameras looking out towards the doors.

• There's a strange looking broom.

6.3.4 The kitchen

The cooks are all automated drones. None of them look threatening.

There's a sandwich on the grill. Probably Kozmo brand soya-cheez.

Eat the sandwich for CON save 10

A pass gives +5 to all movement for the next hour. Fail and the person throws it up.

6.3.5 The head

A larger dwarf wearing headphones with AR sits on the toilet with a heavy assault rilfe propped up just within arm's reach.

6.3.6 The corridor

This is essentially the roughest looking tunnel the PCs have seen in Underett. It's an artificial cave leading away from the pub.

6.3.7 The hideout lobby

From the lobby, four rooms branch off.

6.3.8 Room 1

This room has a squat toilet.

6.3.9 Room 2

This room has a squat toilet.

6.3.10 Room 3

This room has a squat toilet.

Steam's child, Alex is inside.

1. If Steam lived and made it this far:

   Alex looks up and shouts "Mom!"

   Steam holds up his comlink and deactivates his active camo. Turns out Steam was really his wife Smoke the entire time.

2. If Steam didn't make it:

   Alex explains their parents were Steam and Smoke.

6.3.11 Room 4

This room has a (western style) toilet.

Investigation/Strength DC 10

Pushing on the toilet at a certain angle makes it go down into the floor. Pushing on it enough makes it look like a squat toilet and a secret entrance opens in the wall behind it.

6.3.12 The Annex

In the back of Room 4, after pushing down on the toilet and walking in, the PCs find an open safe with the following:

• a pile of 1d8+2 frag grenades
• a loaded M1911A4 (9 shots)
• a comlink with "AAA-THUG" written on it
• a medical bag
• 1d10 medkits
• a case :: Investigation DC 15 opens the case and finds several empty test tubes with their caps off.

6.4 TODO Chapter 4

The group fought Thugless and can now go speak to Garra who promised to help get them back to the surface.

6.5 Chapter 5

The group smuggled Little Prince out of Underett back to the surface.

6.5.1 For the ref

Agent Smithereens was able to get the Underett security forces to let the group pass because they leaked the news that one of them was Little Prince. This prompted Daifin to pay off Underett security and send a group of Thugless dressed as Everett police to the top of the lift. AS will send SPD drones to help, if necessary. Little Prince will aid the group as well as a short term ally, but will suffer a ThrowException when rolling less than a 5 to hit due to AARS.

The group has a few high level options:

• Give LP over to Daifin either accidentally believing they were police for a price, 100k credits.
• Give LP over to SPD for bounty, 10k credits.
• Convince LP they need to become long term allies

6.5.2 Official AARS

Always augmented reality syndrome, or AARS, afflicts non-techno and non-adept magic users with a waking hallucinogenic and nightmare causing illness accompanied by acute vertigo, lasting weeks.

Those who make it past the severe effects still suffer the following:

• Suffer a ThrowException for rolling less than 5 (not just 1).
• Half movement.

All others who catch the illness typically only suffer minor VR glitches if anything and have not reported any debilitating symptoms.

• All matrix, VR, or AR perception rolls glitch when rolling less than 5 (not just 1).

6.5.3 Ride the lift up

XJammer sends the group a message:

"I've got all the details on the Chief Tony's briefcase as well as what happened to the other one. Meet me at the Void Room. Don't bring any AARS."

6.5.4 Exit the lift to Everett

The lift doors open wide to the western facing sky at dusk to a group of four police officers casually drinking soya-kaffi through half opened helmets with holographic masks to hide their identities. One officer waves their mug, "Oy, they made it!" Two loud combat drones turn to face the group. One of the officers walks forward "We better detox everyone first, and then we'll take Little Prince in for booking…"

1. Awareness checks

   • There's an ambulance out of sight to left of the exit.
   • One more officer inside the ambulance.
   • Bipedal drones are Trusted Security XT-7 crowd exhaustion models each with one charge of area-of-effect exhaustion pulses, once per minute, CON DC 10 or single target CON DC 15. They also have anti-viral detox mods.
   • Daifin acquired Trusted Security in 2058.
   • If the group enages combat, 40% for each SPD combat drone to help.

6.5.5 Void Room

The droid on bouncer duty waves the group in, "You again. Whatever, just buy a drink minimum. And try not to trash the place again!" XJammer is sitting at the front near the bar where he normally sits.

XJammer is a hologram, so it doesn't matter when the group gets there. But if LP is there, he throws a bit of a fit about it.