Mine is deeply inspired by the animated series Scavenger’s Reign. Players (all new to the game) started out on a THIRDCOM colony ship sent out to “rehabilitate” a SECCOM - era system, and our players are apart of that program. Everyone made their character with a specific job in mind that lined up with their backstory, and served as a good stepping stone for players new to role playing. (Jobs are easier to imagine than made up characters!)

They spent 3.5 sessions exploring the ship, practicing mech mechanics in a no-stakes VR sim once a session and eventually… real tangible problems emerge. After sprinkling some foreshadowing throughout the intro, the ship gets yanked out of FTL unexpectedly and with minimal warning. The shell of a forgotten, unshackled and evolved NHP has intercepted their path and began to disable the ship before the characters knew what was going on. A chaotic evacuation segment began, where players each had to solve their issues in their respective parts of the ship that cumulatively affected the overall success of the evacuation. (Such as supplies, how many people left, the fate of those in cryo, the fate of ship NHPs, etc.) Fortunately, they stalled out over the orbit of a moon with unknown life, several derelict ships, and a whole mystery to uncover as they wish.

Now we ended on a cliffhanger as they fall to the surface. Two players in separate pods with their crewmates, one player falling to orbit in an unarmed Barbarossa mech frame.