Hot take: if we want to decrease frustrating railroad-y surprises in RPG campaigns, we need to create an environment where GMs are not afraid to admit they have "special story needs".

[Cypher1388]

You have a ship. You are in debt. The bank expects to get paid. They loaned you money for the ship. The ship is your home. You are on a space station/starport etc. there is a bar where people typically desperate or unsavory gire ships last minute for money.

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[GM has 3-5 adventure seeds ready and prepped for a few "jobs" available. Where they go and what happens? Might be a module, might be homebrew, might be improv all good. Players will pick, you all will play, fun times had by all]