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 contents
MAP OF BX-319 3

BACKGROUND 4

EQUIPMENT 6

RANDOM ENCOUNTERS 7

crash site 8

frozen lake 9

FIELD OF BONES 10

BLACK PILLARS 11

DRIPPING CAVES 12

PlaYER MAP OF BX-319 15

player characters 16

Penumbra
Version 1.1

This scenario is designed for the ELEMENTAL game system and requires the ELEMENTAL Complete Guide.
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 MAP OF BX-319

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 BACKGROUND
Introduction
Sap, the lifeblood that fuels the human race, has
poisoned your planet. As reserves run low, desperate
people will do anything for just a few more drops of
that poison.
A remote chance has arisen to discover a new Sap
reserve on asteroid BX-319, and your team of
disposable desperados has been sent to find it.
If you can just secure this one last energy source, it
may let the Colony live a few decades longer; and
you could earn enough money to leave the planet
before it destroys itself…
Penumbra is an ELEMENTAL scenario set on a
massive asteroid on its millennium long orbit
around a dying colonial planet. It is suitable for as
many as six players (and as few as one), and should
take one or two sessions to play. Assign or let the
players choose from the pre-generated characters
at the end of this book, ignoring any unplayed
characters. Alternatively, you can let players create
their own characters, after you’ve briefed them on
the setting. Make sure they have the key equipment
listed on pg. 6. If there are fewer than four players,
increase their XP to 28 (3 players), 32 (2) or 36 (1).
The adventure takes place in a bleak science fiction
setting where humanity has colonized other
planets. It should be easy to adapt to most other
sci-fi settings, with perhaps a name change or two.
Everything that follows is for the GM’s eyes only.
If you are a player, stop reading now and give this
scenario to your favorite GM. You won’t regret it!
The scenario is presented as a simple “hexcrawl”
using the map on pg. 3. The map shows five
locations of interest (the players start at the one
labeled Crash Site). As they wander the map, you’ll
need to keep track of time (hours), as this dictates
where they are on the map, how much oxygen they
have left, and when to roll for random encounters.
These details are explained on pg. 5 and pg. 7.
A Dying World
The Sap ran thin. An entire planet built to consume
it stood to wither. When the Colony was founded,
the leaders couldn’t believe their fortune
discovering such an abundant, universal power
source here on their assigned backwater. Of course,
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the Khefnari Empire swooped in immediately to
secure the resource for themselves, but not before
a few Colonial Elders got their incalculable cut and
promptly left their duties here for a life among the
bustling Centerworlds.
But that was a dozen lifetimes ago. The generations
since grew up on Sap and were taught to revere
and thank it for powering every light, every engine,
every terminal. They probably would have fed it to
us if they were slightly less certain about its
carcinogenic properties, properties that are
shameful to even mention in polite company. Most
people chose to ignore the sky getting more gray,
the crops getting more brown, and the waters
getting more black as long as prosperity and
convenience were maintained as the avatars of
success.
Now the Regulators are working like mad to keep
quiet the fact that the pumps are turning up dry,
and sheer panic lies just a single press leak away.
As the Khefnari logistics corps were discussing
whether to run the Colony to the last drop or
preemptively scorch it to avoid the headache of
blackouts, famine, and uprisings, an alert from a
new monitoring satellite broke them from their
deliberations. The massive asteroid BX-319 is
returning on its millennium-long orbit. It’s a large
chunk of an unknown planet previously recognized
only for the colorful display its rapid retreat had
granted the sky during the landing of the first
settler ship here, amid the remnants of a massive
group of passing asteroids. Despite it not being
seen since, endless folk omens are ascribed to it.
With contemporary scanners, however, an
unthinkable analysis presents itself: The asteroid’s
core might be teeming with Sap.
With just a week before BX-319 slingshots back
toward the darkness for many more centuries, and
with the Regulators’ best survey teams already busy
scouring the oldest pump sites for the last hard-to-
find pockets of Sap, they’re dispatching the V-
Dailies, a ragtag team with that perfect mix of
expertise and expendability, to confirm the site, set
the drills, and establish production. If the team can
find a source, the Regulators can react fast enough
to establish a supply chain of tanker ships to pull at
least a few dozen years’ worth of Sap off the rock
before it passes beyond the Empire’s reach.
 Synopsis
Sent by the Regulators to find Sap deposits on BX-
319, the player characters (PCs) crash land on the
desolate asteroid. Unable to communicate with the
support ship, they have three days to explore this
harsh environment before their oxygen runs out.
The PCs come across remnants of the past, suffer
weird hallucinations and are attacked by clones of
themselves. Finally, they discover a cave entrance
leading below the surface. In a massive cavern, they
find the asteroid’s Sap reserve guarded by time-
manipulating alien beings who seem to know
everything about the PCs’ pasts. These beings
make the PCs an offer, and the PCs must choose
between saving themselves or saving their world.
Setting Considerations
Travel: See the map on pg. 3. PCs can only travel
at an average speed of 1 kilometer per hour, so
each 2 km hex takes about 2 hours to traverse,
assuming no stops. The circular craters shown on
the map can be traversed, but the jagged chasms
cannot (they are simply too wide and deep).
Locations: The map (pg. 3) shows page numbers at
certain key locations. When the PCs reach one of
these locations, refer to the page indicated.
Rest: After 10 hours of travel and exploration, the
PCs must camp and rest for the next 10 hours, or
else they become Slightly Impaired (-1 to rolls).
Air: The PCs start with 72 hours of oxygen each.
Place 72 coins or tokens in the middle of the table.
Remove them as the party’s oxygen gets depleted.

Core Theme: Recurrence Gravity: BX-319 has only 20% of Earth’s gravity. For
the sake of simplicity, consider Move speeds and
There’s a feeling of cold emptiness that comes over weapon ranges to be the same as on Earth. PCs can
you when you see an obvious and massive climb without much risk unless a rock face is almost
impending danger, and no matter what alarms you completely sheer, jump five times further than on
raise, you can’t seem to even slow the gears Earth, and survive most falls unscathed.
responsible for bringing that danger down on the Vaccuum: Exposure to the environment without a
heads of everyone around you. That feeling of functioning vaccsuit causes a DAM 0 roll each
dreadful inevitability, the shadow of something round. See vaccsuit entry on the next page for
gigantic gradually creeping over you, is the main details on tearing and patching a suit.
source for the idea behind this scenario. Within the
context of the double threat of environmental
destruction and the collapse of core energy
infrastructure, this adventure tries to explore the
emotional space between nihilism, resignation, and
selfishness on one hand and, on the other, the tiny
chance to influence future generations just enough
for them to do things differently.
Hidden deep within the asteroid is evidence of an
endless loop of prosperity and pain for an entire
planet, a loop that began with the desperate
aspirations of a past civilization doomed by their
willful ignorance. After having waded through the
sorrow, existential crises, and hopelessness of such
an equally doomed mission for such an equally
doomed planet, the core conflict revolves around
whether the players’ characters will simply resolve
themselves to watching the suffering unfold with a
new, intimate understanding of its scale, try a new
and unprecedented way of avoiding it, or grab the
sliver of an opportunity presented to them to
escape the fate of the Colony. The liminal space at
the edge of a vast, bleak darkness can hold untold
quantities of misery or, sometimes, maybe,
newfound depths of resolve.

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 EQUIPMENT
Below are the items carried by the pregenerated
characters at the end of the document. Whatever
characters you use, make sure the party has access
to the items marked with an asterisk (*):
Binoculars: Grant Nightvision 1 and Senses 1
(sight only). See Complete Guide for skill details.
Blaster Submachine Gun: Base Range 24, DAM 3,
AOE 1 (single shot) or 2 (burst). Ignore ammo.
*Comms: Allows users to communicate with each
other anywhere on the map (pg. 3).
Explosive Charge: Single use, one round to set,
can be activated from anywhere on the map.
AOE 6, DAM 11.
First Aid Kit: Allows normal use of Medicine skill.
*Flare Gun: Single-use item containing one
electronic signal flare. If fired into open space
above the asteroid, the flare alerts the support ship.
If used as a weapon: Base Range 10, DAM 1.
*Flashlight: Shoulder-mounted, illuminates 20
meters in front of the user.
Hand Welder: Can be used as a DAM 1 weapon.
Harpoon Gun: Ammo 1, Rel 2, Range 25, DAM 2.
Gun with a retractable harpoon, used in mining. If
target is damaged, it is tethered to the weapon. It
may use an action to pull out the harpoon,
suffering a DAM 0 roll in the process. Otherwise,
starting on their next action the wielder can roll
TOU vs. TOU to pull the target 10 meters closer.
Laser Cutter: Can be used as a DAM 1 weapon.
*Locator: Shows the map on pg. 15 and the current
location of every PC.
*Matscanner: Allows the user to estimate the
density and volume of materials within 100 meters,
and read the chemical composition of materials
within 1 meter.
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Mining Drill: A hand drill meant for boring into
rock. Can be used as a TOU-1 weapon.
*Sample Collection Kit: Chisel, hammer, trowel
and storage tray for collecting mineral samples.
*Stimpak: An auto-injection tube filled with
medicine and painkillers. Takes a full-round action
to administer. The first stimpack used on a
character heals 5 Health, but each subsequent
stimpack used on the same character in the same
day heals 1 Health less than the previous one as
their body becomes saturated with medicine.
Stun Baton: Roll TOU for damage. In addition,
target rolls TOU vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired
(Move 0, -3 to rolls); can try to shake off with a 2d
Health check.
Surgical Kit: Allows normal use of the Surgery skill.
Toolkit: Allows normal use of Fixing and Locks &
Traps skills.
*Vaccsuit: Allows for movement in space without
suffering penalties from radiation or lack of oxygen.
It carries oxygen and nutrients for up to 72 hours.
Vaccsuits grant ARM 1 and are quite resistant to
basic environmental hazards, but they can be
vulnerable to particularly sharp objects or serious
pressure or crushing damage. Any such attack that
causes damage to the wearer also causes a tear in
the suit. If the suit is penetrated in a vacuum, the
wearer suffers a DAM 0 roll each subsequent round.
The suit contains 10 self adhesive patches in an
exterior pocket. Applying a patch takes a full-round
action and repairs one tear.
Vaccsuit, Combat: Same as vaccsuit (above), but
heavier and confers ARM 4 instead of ARM 1.
Vibromachete: Machete that vibrates at ultra-high
speeds in order to cut cleanly through dense
foliage. Can be used as a TOU+1 weapon.
 RANDOM ENCOUNTERS
Every 2 hours on the asteroid, roll on the table
below to see if the PCs experience something
strange. Entries 25-52 are remnants of the past the
party comes across when they’re on the move.
When the PCs aren’t traveling (during resting
hours, for example), treat these as “No Encounter.”
Entries 53-66 are weird hallucinations experienced
by one PC of your choice, due to being exposed to
the strange radiations of BX-319.
To roll on the “d66” table below, roll 2d6 as you
would percentile dice, treating one die as the tens
and the other die as the units.
d66 ENCOUNTER TABLE
11-24 No Encounter
25 A field of large, uniformly sized pits lies before
the party, evenly spaced and each big enough
for a landing module.
26 A faint glow in the outline of what seems like a
symbol or glyph flashes in the dust, and it
directly reminds the party of a natural
formation they visited on the Colony: a forest,
a body of water, or a rock formation.
31 A set of empty, outdated spacesuits lies half-
buried, slowly being covered in asteroid dust.
32 A torn V-Dailies patch is stuck to a rock pillar
with a bit of Sap.
33 Numerous boot prints in the asteroid dust lead
both in the same direction the party is headed
and toward the intended landing site.
34 Half a dozen electronic signal flares lie
scattered in the dust, dimly blinking to no one.
35 The way forward is obscured by dust particles
suspended in space like a thick fog, and
anyone crossing it will have to trudge through
Sap falling on them like rain.
36 Someone spots a weathered stone figurine in
the dirt depicting a many-armed humanoid
bowing before a dripping obsidian sphere.
41 A perfectly spherical ball of hardened,
congealed Sap sits in a circular path that it has
presumably cut into the asteroid dust.
42 The fragments of a cockpit from a Regulators
support ship are scattered about a crash site.
43 An old, broken down support structure for a
familiar drilling rig, missing much of its
essential components, continues to be scraped
and eroded by centuries of dust and radiation.
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44 Historical news broadcasts about the first
discoveries of Sap on the Colony play
unprompted over the party’s comms.
45 A dark, human-shaped figure stands ahead,
but as soon as it’s glimpsed, it quickly collapses
into a puddle of Sap that freezes solid.
46 A jet of gas escapes from the ground in front
of the party like a geyser, dispersing glistening,
black flakes of frozen Sap which, in the low
gravity, flutter around them like confetti.
51 The Colony eclipses the sun, casting BX-319
into shadow. Radiant fracture lines appear
across the surface of the planet’s dark side.
52 The desiccated husk of a soakfish lies in the
dust. It still radiates a bioluminescent green
light, blinking to a long-lost heartbeat. Once a
common symbol of the Khefnari pioneer spirit,
the species was long ago poisoned into
extinction by Sap spills.
53* You witness snapshots of the hardest parts of
your life on the Colony projected onto the
desolate backdrop of the asteroid.
54* You see the Colony planet above you to your
left and also to your right.
55* The paste from your nutrient tube tastes like
petroleum or hydrocarbons.
56* You occasionally experience both déjà vu and
visions of what you and the rest of the party
are about to do, but you can’t quite tell which
is which.
61* The inside edges of your visor accrue a Sap-
colored grime as though it’s carried by your
very exhalations.
62* You see more V-Dailies members walking
alongside the party, their visors blackened and
suits silent.
63* Sap appears to drip and trail from your
extremities, soaking into the asteroid dust.
64* Other party members’ voices are heard
whispering over the comms about private
memories from your past.
65* Any voices over your comms sound like those
of your loved ones on the Colony.
66* Everything you say is looped as your voice
repeats back to you through your comms,
seemingly mocking you.
* Send secret note to one player (you choose which).
 crash site
Brace for Impact!
As the landing module zooms toward BX-319, the
intended landing site quickly passes by the window,
accompanied by warning lights and buzzers.
Unsurprisingly, the Regulators’ numbers are off.
Suddenly, there’s a brief burst of kaleidoscopic light
from all around, and as the module punches through
what seems like an invisible barrier of some kind, its
trajectory is shifted and it turns slightly. The angle’s
wrong as it approaches the surface.
Salvage
When they finally escape the half-burnt module,
the party is able to retrieve their equipment from
the cargo bays on the bottom of the lander. This
equipment is listed on pg. 6 and on the character
sheets at the end of the document.
The landing module’s comms and support systems
are destroyed, completely cutting off contact with
the support ship. Electronic flare guns remain the
party’s only means of signaling them, and they only
care about finding the product.

The PCs have a few seconds to act before impact.

Ask them what they are doing. Then:
You feel the intense shocks and hear the awful sound
of crushing metal as you bounce and skid and finally
come to a stop on the surface.
Have the pilot roll AGI+Piloting vs. DIF 3 (using the
module’s AGI 3). On a success, everyone is shaken
but unharmed. On a failure, everyone is shaken and
suffers a DAM 0 roll (possibly modified if anyone
did something clever or stupid before impact).
Countless alarms and sirens blare in your helmets.
As you open your eyes, you see the orange glow of a
small fire on board.
First Steps
The PCs can get their bearings using their locators.
Hand the players pg. 15 and point to their location.
They’re about a day’s journey away from the
intended landing site (pg. 9). The map also shows
where other Sap deposits allegedly sit.
As they get moving, they notice a bit of glittering
on the dark surface of the asteroid. Resting on the
jet black stone, they find a metal Sap capsule, the
kind used to fuel common machines and vehicles.
It could have been thrown clear out of the lander’s
emergency reserves, but it is oddly far separated
from any other debris from the crash.

Have everyone roll WIL. The PC(s) with the lowest

roll find that their safety harness is jammed. They
and anyone else who remains in the module will
suffer increasing damage each round: 1 Health on
round 1, +2 Health on round 2, +3 Health on round
3, etc. Example: If they stay 4 rounds, a PC suffers a
total damage of 1+2+3+4=10 Health.
The trapped PC(s) can extricate themselves with a
successful TOU+Strength or AWA+Locks & Traps
vs. DIF 4 roll, with one attempt possible each round.
Assisting characters can add +1 to the roll, but of
course they expose themselves to the heat. Up to
three characters can assist.
PCs can attempt to put out the fire. There is a fire
extinguisher in the wreckage that requires an
AWA+Observation vs. DIF 3 roll to find, with one
attempt possible each round (assisting characters
each grant +1 to the roll). It then takes one round
to put out the fire.

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 frozen lake
The Landscape
It quickly becomes clear that the topography here
is not quite what one would expect of an asteroid.
Erosion patterns highlight worn-down hills, river
valleys, and alluvial plains. Although water
obviously flowed here at one time, no water ice can
be found.
The Lake
The party reaches a massive lake of frozen carbon
dioxide before them. If they check their bearings,
they find that this was supposed to be the landing
site, which would have resulted in far more disaster.
The party can take 2 hours to cross the lake, or 6
hours to go around it. Footing on the lake is
treacherous, as their boots only provide so much
traction on the slick surface. What follows assumes
the party chooses to cross the lake.
About halfway across, there’s an incredible rumbling
emanating from the solid ice, and in the darkness
below, somehow, a giant black mass can be seen
crashing through the frozen gas as it extends
throughout the lake. Cracks begin to propagate
across the surface of the lake, and as they do, they
release several jets of now-heated gas. It won’t
remain stable for long.
PCs who make a run for it need to roll 2d Move.
Have players resolve the crossing one by one, in
order of Initiative. Success means the PC reaches
the other side of the lake safely. Failure means they
suffer a mishap, per the following table.
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d6 MISHAP
1 The PC stumbles and falls. They must now
roll 3d Move to get to the other side. If they
fail, roll on this table again.
2 A huge crack appears in front of the PC.
They and everyone who goes after them
must roll 3d Move to get to the other side.
If they fail, roll on this table again.
3 The PC experiences a hallucination (one of
the entries 53-66 on pg. 7) and freezes.
Others can try to help with words or
actions. The PC must now roll 3d Spirit to
get to the other side, or 2d Spirit with help.
If they fail, roll on this table again.
4 The PC makes it to the other side, but they
dropped an item (GM’s choice)
5 Scalding gas and flying debris pierce the
PC’s suit. They make it to the other side and
manage to patch the tear, but not before
suffering a DAM 0 roll from exposure.
6 The PC is blinded by gas and must attempt
another 2d Move check to get to the other
side. If they fail again, the PC steps into a
crack and is swallowed by the lake (and
presumably killed, but the PC might later
reappear at the Black Pillars, see pg. 11).
After the treacherous crossing, the gas emitted
from the frozen lake seems to be sucked back into
the cracks in the ice, which then immediately
refreeze without any evidence of their earlier
instability.
Due to the unstable terrain and dangerous
emissions, the area is evidently unsuited for setting
up the required Sap mining equipment.
 FIELD OF BONES
Strange Readings
The trek across the flat plain is long and eerie. The
absence of visible landmarks causes the party to
lose track of their progress, and the reach of their
lights gradually seems to shrink until they can
barely see a meter in front of them. In this
condition, they have to rely on their locators to
maintain their heading.
If anyone checks their matscanner, strange
signatures are detected: Each party member
themselves is picked up on the device as a small
Sap deposit.
Astronaut Graveyard
As they move into a vast, flat, and open part of BX-
319, someone feels a crunch beneath their boot:
bone lightly buried in the asteroid’s dust. Removing
the first layer of loose sand reveals a partially
disintegrated vaccsuit with the remains of a human
skeleton inside it, its skull still encased in a helmet.
If the head is disturbed, pure Sap pours out of the
brain cavity.
If the party stays and digs up the surrounding area,
they find more suits, skeletons and Sap-filled skulls.
Many more, in fact—enough to cover a large area,
though anyone can tell that there’s not nearly
enough Sap here to make the site suitable for
mining.
The vaccsuits are all variants on the V-Dailies’
design and appear to span many different periods
of the Colony’s history; some are very old models,
while others are possibly more advanced than the
current models. They’re all very disintegrated, so
it’s hard to tell.
The players may not realize it (yet), but these are
the remains of countless past and future versions
of the PCs themselves.
If the PCs spend at least 1 hour digging up the area,
they will find two other things: a personal item
(photo, patch…) identical to one carried by a PC;
and a chronomorph helmet: a black, squid-like
headpiece covering an ordinary helmet. A semi-
sentient Sap organism, its tentacles retract if pulled
off the helmet. With a bit of experimentation, the
PCs may discover that it latches itself to any other
helmet presented to it, including their own...
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CHRONOMORPH HELMET
It allows the wearer to manipulate the flow of time.
However, the wearer must make a sanity roll (2d
Spirit, see Complete Guide pg. 125) each time the
helmet is activated. Also, the wearer cannot control
the effect, which depends on the success margin of
an AWA+Arcane Lore roll. This is vs. DIF 3 initially,
then DIF 2 after the wearer has successfully used
the helmet once, then DIF 1 after using it 5 times.
The helmet can only maintain one effect at a time.
Margin HELMET EFFECT
<0 The helmet backfires and relative time
Failed accelerates around the wearer for 10
Roll rounds. During this time the wearer is
0 Draw
Impaired (50% Move, -2 to rolls).
The attempt fails and there is no effect
+1 The wearer’s Move and Initiative
increase 50% for the next 10 rounds.
+2 For the next 10 rounds, the wearer has
the ability to “rewind” one round and
make all rolls again, re-attempt any
action or even take a different one.
Time does not rewind for anyone else.
+3 Time slows relative to the wearer; their
Move and Initiative are doubled and
they can take two actions instead of
one for each of the next 10 rounds.
+4 Time freezes around the wearer for 10
rounds. During this time, the wearer
can act while everything around them
stands still. Other living beings are
insubstantial while time is frozen, so
an enemy could not be slain during
this time (but weapons or items could
be removed).
+5 A second version of the wearer
appears. This is actually the wearer’s
future self from about one minute into
the future. The player controls both
versions of themselves. Future Self
gains +2 to all rolls for 10 rounds
because they know what is about to
happen. After 10 rounds, the twin
becomes an NPC.
+6 or The wearer travels into the past. The
more player chooses how far back they go.
The GM decides on the rules and
consequences of their actions.
 BLACK PILLARS
The Pillars
The darkness the party has been wandering
through is split by the dim light of the sun just
beneath the asteroid’s horizon, illuminating a
canyon ahead filled with irregular black pillars. At
first, they appear oddly reminiscent of the Elders’
Columns, a formation of hoodoos just outside the
Colony’s capital, but closer inspection reveals them
to be coated in a hard, translucent solid, as though
they have been crystallized, with what appears to
be bark lying hidden beneath the murky facets.
Aftermath
As for the bodies of fallen PCs or clones: If their
spacesuits or helmets are opened in any way, only
pure black ooze emerges, gradually deflating the
figures to lifeless heaps. They are the remains of
discarded reality, now turned to Sap.
Once again, this area does not prove to be the Sap
motherlode the PCs were sent to find. However,
emerging from this sordid terrain reveals a large
streak on the ground, slick and black, coming from
the direction of the Dripping Caves (pg. 12).

Meet Thyself
As the party navigates the maze-like columns,
another crew also weaves through the formation.
Their gear looks like a variation on standard
Regulator issue. These are alternate versions of the
PCs themselves, from the past or future, time-
looped into eternal existence on BX-319.
Have each party make a single 2d Initiative check,
using their highest Initiative (the clones have
exactly the same stats as the PCs). If one succeeds
and one fails, the successful party notices the other
party first and can take cover behind the pillars, to
hide or ambush. Otherwise, the parties notice each
other at the same time. They are 60 meters apart.
Upon seeing the PCs, the clones approach and
stand before the party wordlessly, their visors pitch
black, providing no insight to their identities.
Once in striking distance, they turn aggressive.
Make sure you have copies of the PC character
sheets to run this battle. Combatants can take cover
behind pillars, which offer +2 to defense rolls vs.
ranged attacks and +1 vs. melee attacks. The clones
use tactics that roughly mirror the PCs, but they do
not speak or show any fear or mercy, and they fight
to the death…initially.
As soon as the total number of combatants equals
the number of PCs at the start of the adventure, any
remaining clones abruptly stop fighting. If any PCs
were killed, either in this battle or during the
previous days, the still-living clones are
coincidentally revealed to be those PCs, regardless
of who fell in the battle. They are alive and
apparently well. Let their players continue playing
them. They feel a bit confused and disoriented, as
a result of the two time-streams merging into one.

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 DRIPPING CAVES
The Caves
Your lights cause a shimmer ahead, reflecting off
what looks like a solid curtain of slowly flowing Sap.
Through some unknown action, the Sap is pushed up
to the top of a cave entrance and falls downward,
completely covering the opening, like a sort of
waterfall. Along the mouth of the cave, above the
flowing Sap, are a series of carvings.
The shape of the entrance recalls the greatest
tourist trap attraction on the Colony, the Great
Maw, a cave where the first bits of Sap were
discovered nearly a millennium ago.
The carvings depict a sphere that transitions across
the images from dripping with liquid, to drying out,
to dripping yet again.
Scanning the area ahead and below with a
matscanner reveals the nearby presence of a mass
of thick liquid, bigger than most refinery ships.
Pushing past the Sap curtain coats the PCs in the
sticky, oily substance, and their best efforts to clean
their visors still leave darkened streaks and
smudges around their vision. Downward-facing
spears of the stuff drip in slow motion from the
ceiling of the cave like stalactites, making pools and
small, slow-motion streams in the asteroid dust.
The Sap practically breathes in these tunnels,
pulsing outward and inward like a massive heart.
Below the asteroid’s surface, the party loses count
of how many Sap-smeared suits they pass littered
along the dusty walls of the cavern, some empty
and some still carrying the skeletal remains of their
past inhabitants, all of which are previously unseen
variants on the V-Dailies’ design. As they head
deeper and the caves open up, the discarded
spacesuits are broken up by the familiar remains of
damaged landing modules and pieces of drilling
equipment.
No map is needed for the GM or the players, but
the PCs would be wise to map their way as they
venture deeper into the rock through the twisting
and branching passages.
The players designate a PC guide, who must roll
AWA+Survival (underground) vs. DIF 3. On a
success, it takes the party 1 hour to navigate these
passages. On a failure, it takes the party 1d6 hours.
Eventually, the tunnel they are in opens up into the
Main Cavern.
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Main Cavern
A gigantic cavern stretches into the depths with
numerous deep, open pits of Sap. It’s right there.
Enormous quantities of Sap lie right in front of you
on the cavern floor, with untold depths beneath.
In the party’s presence, all the Sap begins to churn
and boil with a frantic energy before flowing
outward and upward against the walls of the cave,
rushing over the party’s feet. The cavern begins to
rumble, and gelatinous black ooze extrudes from
the rock and dust above, below, and all around the
party. It congeals into separate humanoid shapes,
one before each party member: tall, with squid-like
helmets, elongated faces, and additional arms.
CHRONOMORPH
AGI 2 Move 12
TOU 3 Health 15
AWA 3 Initiative 15
WIL 3 Spirit 15
Skills: Multistrike 2, Unarmed Strike 2 (claws)
Helmets: The chronomorphs can activate one
helmet effect, which then applies to all of them. Roll
1d6 and consult the table on pg. 10, starting at +1.
Only one effect can be active at any given time.
Turn to Sap: The chronomorph can turn into a
sentient mass of Sap. While in this form, it can
penetrate small apertures such as cracks in the rock
or tears in vaccsuits. If a character suffers claw
damage, the resulting tear is large enough for the
chronomorph to penetrate. When this happens, the
next successful claw attack, instead of causing
damage, causes the chronomorph to ooze itself
into the target’s suit. This causes the target to
become Impaired (Move 50%, -2 to rolls). Starting
on the next round, the target suffers a DAM 0 roll
each round as the viscous fluid absorbs their soft
organic matter, eventually leaving only bones to
rattle about within the suit.
Time Sense: Just by looking at it, the chronomorph
becomes aware of something, somewhere or
someone’s past history.
If a chronomorph has reason to believe that the
PC before them intends to damage or extract the
Sap or otherwise interfere with the process they
oversee, it will pursue and try to neutralize the PC.
 The Offer
The chronomorphs speak to the party members
directly through their comms equipment, their
multiple voices joining together as one. They make
an offer to any PCs who listen to their captivating
whispers:
The Sap is not yours to take, it must be preserved for
those who come after and before. So we make each
of you this offer: Stay here and give your body over
to the Sap. In return, we will heal the Colony and
make it new for another thousand years.
Each chronomorph then uses its Time Sense
ability to say something to each PC individually, a
secret whisper to that PC alone. Craft a message for
each player, using something about the PC’s past
or background to convince the PC that self sacrifice
is the best option. For example, if using the
pregenerated characters at the end of this
document, you might pass each player the secret
message below:
SECRET WHISPERS
Lubo Klosky - Driller
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Only pain and
misery await you back home. Stay here, be a hero
and the Grey Syndicate will never get you.”
Gaia Chen - Scientist
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Do this, and
we will clean the planet for forty generations to
come. Do it for Albert.” (Albert is your son).
Ethan Bayley - Engineer
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Comply, and
we will provide the Sap. Your orders require this act
of self sacrifice.”
Val Branno - Trekker
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Help us save
your people, and you’ll earn something worth far
more than a merchant’s cut: a place in history.”
Yarek Barr - Gearhead
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Do this, and
the generations to come will know no more spills, no
more fires, no more poisoning…no more Terrallis.”
K.C. Sermak - Ex-Marine
You hear the one facing you whisper: “Your desire to
destroy will also lead to your own destruction. Think
about Becky. Think about your unborn child.”
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Time to Choose…
What happens next is completely dependent on
what the PCs do, both independently and as a
group. Here is some guidance on how to handle a
few things they might try:
Call the Support Ship: This requires at least one
PC to run back through the tunnels to the surface,
and then to fire a flare gun. Use the Chase rules in
the Complete Guide, pg. 20 and make group rolls
for each party. If the chronomorphs gets closer to
the PCs, they activate one randomly determined
helmet effect. The PCs must roll three successes to
make it out of the caves before the chronomorphs
catch up to them. If chronomorphs roll three
successes before the PCs, the PCs find themselves
cornered at a dead end or in a cave without exits.
Give the players a +1 bonus to their rolls if they
thought to map the caves, and additional bonuses
if they come up with clever distractions or other
good ideas during the chase.
Burn the Sap: Sap is an unstable substance, so
detonating a grenade or other explosive near one
of the Sap pools will set off a chain reaction
beneath the ground. The Sap will overheat, turning
to lava, and earthquakes will shake the area. PCs
who make a run for it must make a 2d Move check
to avoid the falling rock and leave the cave complex
before it buries them in a pile of rubble.
Attack the Chronomorphs: This is perhaps the
least wise course of action. The chronomorphs
won’t hesitate to use their helmets, tear into
vaccsuits with their claws and and absorb the
fleshy matter inside with their Turn to Sap ability.
Accept the Offer: PCs who decide to accept the
chronomorphs’ offer must first prevent any of their
companions from calling the support ship, burning
the Sap, attacking the chronomorphs or otherwise
disrupting the process. Once this condition is met,
the PCs are instructed to plunge into the Sap pools.
If they comply, narrate the relevant ending on the
next page.
 Epilogue
Briefly narrate a suitable ending.
If the PCs Called the Support Ship: A massive drill
punctures the surface of the asteroid, exposing the
Sap pools through a gaping hole. The rest of the
complex is destroyed, including any remaining PCs
who fail a 2d Move check to leave the area in time.
The chronomorphs melt back into the Sap pools,
and any surviving PCs are rescued. The ships will
then deploy pumplines and extract as much Sap as
they can over the next few days, before the asteroid
moves out of range again. The PCs have won the
Colony a few decades of subsistence and are free
to retire to the Centerworlds on their exorbitant,
Sap-stained wealth.
If the PCs Burned the Sap: The Sap will remain too
hot to extract until the asteroid is well out of range.
The Colony is doomed; surviving PCs are arrested.
If the PCs Attacked the Chronomorphs: The PCs
will probably be killed, or they’ll surrender and
accept the offer. If against all odds they manage to
defeat the chronomorphs, they are free to leave
the caves and call the support ship.
If the PCs Accepted the Offer: Entering the Sap
pools, the PCs are swallowed up by the Sap,
allowing themselves to be broken down and
reconstituted toward its ends. Their bodies are
assimilated, but consciousness remains. They see a
procession of chronomorphs walking out of the
caves. They see burning comets launched from the
black pillars, streaking towards the Colony planet:
one comet for each PC who gave their body in
sacrifice. Each comet is a seed that will cleanse and
regenerate the planet and fill its veins with life-
giving Sap; enough to last a thousand more years.
Among the black pillars, the PCs’ spirits remain like
ghosts, waiting for their future selves…
Of course, it is likely that the final outcome will be
a combination of the above, so you are encouraged
to improvise and help create a suitably dramatic
ending. Whatever happens, only one thing is
inevitable:

Within a few days, BX-319 moves on, its thousand-

year orbit taking it back into deep space.

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 player characters
VAL BRANNO – TREKKER
You’ve been Offworld and back and seen things most people wouldn't
believe. Unfortunately, your recent business success has led to charges
of “smuggling”, and now the Khefnari are promising to wipe your record
clean if you do this dirty little job for them.

LUBO KLOSKY – DRILLER

You'll tell anyone who listens that drillin' ain't a wise career choice.
The Sap quotas never change, but the Sap just ain't there anymore.
What is still there is the pile of gambling debts you owe, so you jumped
at the chance to join this crew.

YAREK BARR – GEARHEAD

Someone needed to be blamed for the Terralli pipeline fire, so they
blamed you. Now, you’re being offered the opportunity to clear your
name, and maybe more: If you can pull this off, you just might be able
to retire on the glory of saving the Colony from energy extinction.

GAIA CHEN – SCIENTIST

You’ve been dismissed as a fear mongering quack for your
environmentalist positions. Now, you've accepted a mission which may
ensure that the planet keeps poisoning itself for a few more decades.
Ironically, this might finally give you recognition as the Colony’s savior.

K.C. SERMAK – EX-MARINE

After refusing to bomb a settlement, you were court-martialed and
relieved of duty. But now that the Sap's running out, the Regulators
want you back so you can go find some on this godforsaken rock.
You’re going along for now, but you’re not just gonna bend over.

ETHAN BAYLEY – ENGINEER

You graduated top of your class, and you’ve got an impressive resume
for one so young. Your job is to plan and organize the necessary
infrastructure for drilling BX-319 and extracting the Sap.
The Colony’s survival depends on it.

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 Name: Val Branno
Title: Trekker
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2 Move
Stealth 1 12 24
Piloting 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Armored Combat 1 12

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Vaccsuit: ARM 1 20
1 Vibromachete: TOU+1 if used as a weapon 4
Appraisal 12
Harpoon Gun: Base Range 25, DAM 2, cable 10
Arcane Lore 1
Survival (alien planets) 2 Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Surveillance 1 First Aid Kit: allows Medicine skill 2
Medicine 1 Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1
Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2
Matscanner: material density, composition 2
Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2

WILL 2 Spirit Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4

Trickery 1 Binoculars: grant Nightvision 1, Senses 1 2

12
Bargaining 1 Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2
Grey Syndicate beacon
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
APPRAISAL
You can determine the approximate value of things. You are a skilled scavenger, able to find items of value in cluttered, ruined or
abandoned environments. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
ARCANE LORE
You may be able to understand and use alien technology and items. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 1, you can wear armor weighing up to 20 lbs.
BARGAINING
You are a skilled negotiator, trader, merchant, seller and deal maker. You generally know how to find buyers or sellers for something. Add
the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
MEDICINE
You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injuries, poison and disease (if no medical kit, roll at -2):
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine vs. DIF, where DIF is equal to the number of minutes
elapsed since the patient was last injured. Success heals 1 Health. First Aid can be provided multiple times to the same patient, each
attempt taking one minute and increasing the DIF by 1.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health recovery rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds on the next Health check they
make to shake off the Impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death, when they make a TOU roll to survive, they add your skill level to their roll.
You can only tend to one character at a time.
PILOTING
You are skilled at handling aircraft and spacecraft. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting difficult maneuvers or avoiding
attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
STEALTH
You can move silently, hide or camouflage yourself successfully and follow someone without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI
+Stealth against the target’s AWA+Senses. If you initiate combat while undetected, your first attack is resolved before your foes can react.
If they were potentially caught unprepared, they should then make a surprise check (2d Initiative) to see if they can act on the first round.
SURVEILLANCE
You are capable of tailing others while remaining unseen and observing them at a distance, possibly using electronic tools including
wiretaps, directional microphones, hidden cameras, bugs and direction-finding equipment. You can also design, install and monitor this
equipment. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
SURVIVAL
You are familiar with one type of environment. You know the basic skills necessary to survive in that milieu: significant landmarks, hunting
for food, building a shelter, keeping warm (or cool), avoiding dangers, knowing the inhabitants, predicting the weather, finding your way,
using maps and navigational equipment, etc. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
TRICKERY
You use guile to gain an advantage in combat, and can perform the following maneuvers:
• Taunt: As an action, you can compel a foe to direct its next attack towards you with a successful WIL+Trickery vs. WIL+Focus roll. If the
trick is employed on a player character, the PC can choose to forego her next attack instead.
• Distraction: As an action, you cause a foe to suffer -3 on its next defense roll (regardless of who attacks it) with a successful WIL+Trickery
vs. AWA+Observation roll. After the first distraction attempt, the foe will be on its guard so subsequent distraction attempts by you are
made at -2.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

You’ve been Offworld and back and seen things most people
Gaia Chen - Scientist
wouldn't believe. You know what Sap-tainted water tastes like.
Until recently, you had a steady income looking for undiscovered
Lubo Klosky - Driller Sap deposits. But when the Khefnari distributors got wind of your
little side hustle selling Sap to the Grey Syndicate, you got busted
for smuggling. Now, the Khefnari are promising to wipe your
K. C. Sermak - Ex-Marine record clean if you do this dirty little job for them.

You’ve actually come to like this motley crew you're with, but
Ethan Bayley - Engineer there is no room for advancement in this work. However, a new
business opportunity has come your way, and you finally see your
chance to climb: You've become the Syndicate's inside woman,
Yarek Barr - Gearhead and you plan to divert any new Sap you find to a remote Offworld
location (you'll let your Syndicate contact know the Sap has been
located by activating a small beacon in your pocket).
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony
who sent you to BX-319 Pull this off, and you can parlay it into a fortune.

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 Name: Lubo Klosky
Title: Driller
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2 Move
Athletics 1 12 24
Grappling 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 3 Health
Armored Combat 1 15
Endurance 1
Second Wind 1
Strength 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 1 Initiative Vaccsuit: ARM 1 20
2 Hand Welder: DAM 1 if used as a weapon 2
Background (mining) 10
Laser Cutter: DAM 1 if used as a weapon 2
Survival (underground) 1
Psychology 1 Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2
Locks & Traps 1 Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Fixing 1 Matscanner: material density, composition 2
Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2
Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2
Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4

WILL 1 Spirit Binoculars: grant Nightvision 1, Senses 1 2

Explosive Charge: can be activated remotely 2
10
Toolkit: allows Fixing, Locks & Traps skills 3
Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1
Patch: "Too Pretty to Die"
200 credits

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ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 1, you can wear armor weighing up to 20 lbs.
ATHLETICS
Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to jumping, climbing, dodging, breaking falls, and performing various physical
stunts and feats of balance. As a full-round action you may choose to dodge, adding the skill level to defense rolls against
physical attacks.
BACKGROUND
You have very specialized knowledge in an area not covered by other skills. You automatically know most things related to your
background. For more difficult tasks requiring a roll, add the skill level.
ENDURANCE
You are better able to function in the face of physical punishment. This includes:
• Maintaining strenuous physical activity for an extended period of time.
• Add the skill level to prevent being Impaired when receiving massive damage.
• Add the skill level when making the TOU roll to survive when at the brink of death.
FIXING
You can repair mechanical and electronic devices, constructs or vehicles. It generally takes one hour to fix something, after
which you make an AWA+Fixing* roll to determine how many Health points the damaged item regains. Fixing requires the
proper tools. If you are out in the field with a repair toolkit, only one Fixing roll can be made for each instance the device took
damage.
GRAPPLING
You can use AGI+Grappling attack roll to Severely Impair (Move 0, -3 to rolls) an opponent of smaller or similar size. On its turn,
your opponent can attack (at -3) or attempt to break the hold by rolling TOU+Strength vs. TOU+Strength (without the -3 penalty).
Grappling is an active measure, so you cannot take other actions while pinning down a foe.
LOCKS & TRAPS
With the proper tools, you can attempt to pick keyed locks and crack combination locks. You also know how to set and disable
traps and snares of different kinds, including the explosive variety. Add the skill level to rolls pertaining to such activities.
PSYCHOLOGY
You are able to sense another character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
SECOND WIND
As a one-round action, you can recover a number of Health points equal to a TOU roll. You can do this a number of times per
game session equal to the skill level.
STRENGTH
Add the skill level to TOU-based damage rolls, and when performing feats of strength.
SURVIVAL
You are familiar with one type of environment. You know the basic skills necessary to survive in that milieu: significant
landmarks, hunting for food, building a shelter, keeping warm (or cool), avoiding dangers, knowing the inhabitants, predicting
the weather, finding your way, using maps and navigational equipment, etc. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to
such activities.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Val Branno - Trekker This ain't your first 'roid rodeo. After getting a pink slip the
last time, you didn't think you'd ever see an asteroid
again. You probably would have been fired from the
Gaia Chen - Scientist Terralli job too, but the pipeline fire put an end to that
particular position (but hey, at least you weren't one of
K. C. Sermak - Ex-Marine the 87 guys who got cooked). You'll tell anyone who
listens that drillin' ain't a wise career choice. The Sap
quotas never change, but the Sap just ain't there
Ethan Bayley - Engineer anymore.

Yarek Barr - Gearhead What is still there is the pile of gambling debts you owe,
so you jumped at the chance to join this crew. The pay is
good, but it's not enough to erase your debts, and the
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony Grey Syndicate guys you owe money to ain't exactly
who sent you to BX-319 known for their forgiving nature.

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 Name: Yarek Barr
Title: Gearhead
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2 Move
Driving 1 12 24
Piloting 2
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Armored Combat 1 12

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Vaccsuit: ARM 1 20
1 Hand Welder: DAM 1 if used as a weapon 2
Arcane Lore 12
Laser Cutter: DAM 1 if used as a weapon 2
Computers 1
Fixing 2 Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2
Locks & Traps 2 Toolkit: allows Fixing, Locks & Traps skills 3
Surveillance 1 Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2
Matscanner: material density, composition 2
Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2
Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4

WILL 1 Spirit Binoculars: grant Nightvision 1, Senses 1 2

Explosive Charge: can be activated remotely 2
10
Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1
Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Plastic Replica of the Original Settler Ship
200 credits

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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ARCANE LORE
You may be able to understand and use alien technology and items. Add the skill level to attribute rolls
pertaining to such activities.
ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 1, you can wear armor weighing up to 20 lbs.
COMPUTERS
You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher coded or encrypted
information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
DRIVING
You are skilled at handling land vehicles. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting difficult
maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
FIXING
You can repair mechanical and electronic devices, constructs or vehicles. It generally takes one hour to fix
something, after which you make an AWA+Fixing* roll to determine how many Health points the damaged
item regains. Fixing requires the proper tools. If you are out in the field with a repair toolkit, only one Fixing
roll can be made for each instance the device took damage.
LOCKS & TRAPS
With the proper tools, you can attempt to pick keyed locks and crack combination locks. You also know how
to set and disable complex traps and snares of different kinds, including the explosive variety. Add the skill
level to rolls pertaining to such activities.
NIGHTVISION (FROM BINOCULARS)
You can see clearly in the dark up to 20 yards away per skill level.
PILOTING
You are skilled at handling aircraft and spacecraft. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting
difficult maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
SENSES (FROM BINOCULARS)
The skill level is added to rolls made to see something.
SURVEILLANCE
You are capable of tailing others while remaining unseen and observing them at a distance, possibly using
electronic tools including wiretaps, directional microphones, hidden cameras, bugs and direction-finding
equipment. You can also design, install and monitor this equipment. Add the skill level to attribute rolls
pertaining to such activities.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Val Branno - Trekker Someone needed to be blamed for the Terralli pipeline
fire, so they blamed you (conveniently ignoring the fact
that the dwindling Sap reserves had led to years of cost
Lubo Klosky - Driller cutting, which led to a delayed the emergency response,
which led to 87 people burned alive).
K. C. Sermak - Ex-Marine
Now, they're begging you to come back. You never much
liked these fellow roughnecks by your side, but if you can
Ethan Bayley - Engineer pull this off, you just might be able to retire on the glory of
saving the Colony from energy extinction and never have
Gaia Chen - Scientist to deal with the rest of these sloggers, or even this
backwater planet, again. But if you can’t, well, you know
just how little the Khefnari are willing to spend to extract
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony some blue-collars from a piece of rock already set to fling
who sent you to BX-319 their failure out of the realm of their concern.

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 Name: Gaia Chen
Title: Scientist
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 1 Move
Weapon Mastery (stun baton) 1 10 24
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 1 Health
Armored Combat 1 10

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 3 Initiative Vaccsuit: ARM 1 20
2 Stun Baton: TOU, TOU vs. DIF 3 or stunned 2
Background (astrophysics) 15
Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Background (chemistry) 1
Background (biology) 1 Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1
Research 1 Matscanner: material density, composition 2
Observation 1 Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2

Medicine 1 Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2

Psychology 1 Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4
Surgery 1 First Aid Kit: allows Medicine skill 2

WILL 2 Spirit Stimpak x6: Heals 5* Health (or less) 2

Oratory 1 Surgical Kit: allows Surgery skill 2

12
Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2
Photograph of Albert (son)
310 credits

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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 1, you can wear armor weighing up to 20 lbs.
BACKGROUND
Your have very specialized knowledge in an area not covered by other skills. You automatically know most things related to your
background. For more difficult tasks requiring a roll, add the skill level.
MEDICINE
You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injuries, poison and disease (if no medical kit, roll at -2):
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine vs. DIF, where DIF is equal to the number of
minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. Success heals 1 Health. First Aid can be provided multiple times to the same
patient, each attempt taking one minute and increasing the DIF by 1.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health recovery rolls after long
rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds on the next Health
check they make to shake off the Impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death, when they make a TOU roll to survive, they add your skill level to
their roll. You can only tend to one character at a time.
OBSERVATION
You have the ability to notice significant little clues. Add the skill level to rolls pertaining to this activity.
ORATORY
You have the ability to inspire groups of others through your words, exhorting them to greater efforts towards a common goal.
Before or during combat, you may roll WIL+Oratory* against the highest opponent attribute. If successful, you choose one of the
following benefits:
• Inspiration: for the duration of the fight, you and all your allies get a boost to your derived stats (Move, Health, Initiative, Spirit)
equal to the Oratory skill level.
• Courage: For the duration of the fight, you and all your allies add the Oratory skill level to rolls against fear, losing morale and
other mind-affecting effects; this is similar to the Focus skill.
• Frenzy: for the duration of the fight, you and all your allies get +1 to all TOU-based damage rolls. But if they have the Weapon
Mastery skill, they cannot allocate it to defense.
Performing Oratory takes at least one minute and only one attempt can be made on any creature or group. The effect is canceled
immediately if you are incapacitated, slain or otherwise leave the fight.
PSYCHOLOGY
You are able to sense another character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
RESEARCH
Allows you to effectively find things out through online and offline libraries and databases. Add the skill level to attribute rolls
pertaining to such activities.
SURGERY
You understand anatomical structures. Given the right tools, you can perform surgical operations and autopsies.
WEAPON MASTERY
Prior to rolling dice each round, you may choose to add this skill level to your attack OR damage rolls. If using a melee weapon to
defend against melee attacks, you may add the skill to your defense rolls instead.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Val Branno - Trekker The moment you realized that your son had never seen
a wild animal was the moment you understood the
Colony's environment was poisoned beyond repair. You
Lubo Klosky - Driller had sounded all the warning bells and explained the
data as best you could, only to be dismissed or ridiculed
K. C. Sermak - Ex-Marine as a hysterical, fear mongering quack.

So you've given up.

Ethan Bayley - Engineer
And now, you've accepted a mission which, if successful,
Yarek Barr - Gearhead will ensure that the planet keeps poisoning itself for a
few more decades, until it finally chokes on its own filth.
A mission which, in a terrible twist of irony, could finally
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony
give you recognition as the Colony’s savior.
who sent you to BX-319
Arthur Duthoo (Order #36104813)
 Name: K.C. Sermak
Title: Ex-Marine
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 3 Move
Athletics 1 15 24
Driving 1
Piloting 1 CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Weapon Mastery (SMG) 2

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Armored Combat 2 12

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 1 Initiative Combat Vaccsuit: ARM 4 26
1 Blaster SMG: Range 24, DAM 3, AOE 1/2 2
Medicine 10
Frag Grenade x6: Range 10, DAM 5, AOE 6 2
Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Stimpak x6: Heals 5* Health (or less) 2
First Aid Kit: allows Medicine skill 2
Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2
Matscanner: material density, composition 2
Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2

WILL 2 Spirit Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2

Command 1 Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1

12
Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4
Photograph of Becky (wife)
320 credits

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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 2, you can wear armor weighing up to 40 lbs.
ATHLETICS
Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to jumping, climbing, dodging, breaking falls, and performing
various physical stunts and feats of balance. As a full-round action you may choose to dodge, adding the
skill level to defense rolls against physical attacks.
COMMAND
You know how to organize, command, inspire and deploy groups of people. When you are part of a group
action, your Command skill is added to the roll. You can only apply Command to rolls that are made by a
group and cannot assist individual efforts with this skill.
DRIVING
You are skilled at handling land vehicles. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting difficult
maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
MEDICINE
You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injuries, poison and disease (if no medical kit, roll at
-2):
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine vs. DIF, where DIF is
equal to the number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. Success heals 1 Health. First Aid
can be provided multiple times to the same patient, each attempt taking one minute and increasing the DIF
by 1.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health
recovery rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds
on the next Health check they make to shake off the Impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death, when they make a TOU roll to survive, they
add your skill level to their roll. You can only tend to one character at a time.
PILOTING
You are skilled at handling aircraft and spacecraft. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting
difficult maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
WEAPON MASTERY
Prior to rolling dice each round, you may choose to add this skill level to your attack OR damage rolls. If
using an automatic firearm, you may add the skill to the number of shots or bursts fired instead.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Val Branno - Trekker You signed up for the Corps as soon as you were old enough.
The only two things you cared about were the Corps, and
Becky your gal back home. Then, on an off-world mission out
Lubo Klosky - Driller in the Pisces system, you refused to bomb a settlement,
which would have killed a bunch of settlers (along with the
virus they were carrying). So you were court martialed for
Gaia Chen - Scientist disobeying a direct order, and dishonorably discharged.

Ethan Bayley - Engineer You've had a lot of time to think since then, and come to
realize how messed up the system is. The Regulators and
their cronies keep all the Sap for themselves, leaving scraps
Yarek Barr - Gearhead for everyone else. Now that it's running out, they want you to
go find some more on this godforsaken rock. Well, screw
'em. If all the Sap was gone, it would tank it's poisonous
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony economy and maybe regular folks could get a fresh start.
who sent you to BX-319 A couple of grenades oughta do it...

Arthur Duthoo (Order #36104813)

 Name: Ethan Bayley
Title: Engineer
Race: EXPERIENCE POINTS
Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2 Move
12 24
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Unlife (ARM 2) 2 12
Resistance (radiation) 1
Armored Combat 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Vaccsuit 20
1 Vibromachete: TOU+1 if used as a weapon 4
Background (Engineering) 12
Harpoon Gun: Base Range 25, DAM 2, cable 10
Computers 1
Fixing 1 Flare Gun: Base Range 10, DAM 1, 1 flare 2
Languages 1 Toolkit: allows Fixing skill 3
Memory 1 Comms: audio only, all PCs on the map 1

Nightvision 1 Locator: tracks PCs on the map 2

Trivia 2 Mining Drill: TOU-1 if used as a weapon 2
Sample Collection Kit: for mineral samples 4

WILL 1 Spirit Binoculars: grant Nightvision 1, Senses 1 2

Focus 1 Flashlight: shoulder-mounted, range 20 m 2

10
Unmistakeable Feature (flaw) 1 Matscanner: material density, composition 2
(white blood; visible if injured) Tattered copy of Milton's Paradise Lost 1
240 credits

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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ARMORED COMBAT
You need this skill in order to fight in a protective suit. At level 1, you can wear armor weighing up to 20 lbs.
BACKGROUND
You have very specialized knowledge in an area not covered by other skills. You automatically know most things related to your
background. For more difficult tasks requiring a roll, add the skill level.
COMPUTERS
You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher coded or encrypted information. Add the
skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
FIXING
You can repair mechanical and electronic devices, constructs or vehicles. It generally takes one hour to fix something, after which
you make an AWA+Fixing* roll to determine how many Health points the damaged item regains. Fixing requires the proper tools. If
you are out in the field with a repair toolkit, only one Fixing roll can be made for each instance the device took damage.
FOCUS
Add the skill level to rolls made to maintain concentration, morale, or to resist the effects of Intimidation/Fear or mind-affecting
effects and interrogation attempts.
LANGUAGES
You may be able to decipher ancient or alien languages on a successful AWA+Languages* roll.
MEMORY
Your brain can recall nearly everything. Add the skill level whenever a roll is made to remember details from the past.
NIGHTVISION (FROM BINOCULARS)
You can see clearly in the dark up to 20 yards away per skill level.
RESISTANCE
You are unusually resistant to one type of damage. You may ignore the effects of any “natural” occurrence. Against attacks of the
specified type (or unusually intense exposure), you add the skill level to any TOU rolls made to resist the effects. In addition, you
have an innate ARM score equal to your TOU multiplied by the skill level, which fully or partially absorbs any damage of that type.
SENSES (FROM BINOCULARS)
The skill level is added to rolls made to see something.
TRIVIA
You are a wealth of apparently useless information on many and varied topics. You might be able to pull a relevant piece of
information with a successful AWA+Trivia roll. You are also able to bluff your way as an “expert” on almost any subject with a
successful AWA+Trivia vs. AWA (+relevant skill) roll.
UNLIFE
You are a "synthetic" (i.e., an android). At skill level 2, your body gives you ARM 2. This protection doesn’t stack with worn armor
(use the highest score). Furthermore, you do not breathe and are completely immune to disease, poison and possibly other things
that only affect living beings, at the GM’s discretion. However, you are unable to heal Health naturally or through any biological or
chemical means (and resting does not grant recovery rolls). Instead, you must be repaired with the Fixing skill.
UNMISTAKEABLE FEATURE
You can easily be identified because of a physical trait, symbol or garment.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

You are an android working as an agent for the Regulators.
Val Branno - Trekker
You've been embedded with this crew to evaluate its
performance and ensure that every measure is taken to fulfill its
Lubo Klosky - Driller mission: Find and secure the Sap.

The others do not need to know your true identity (your next
K. C. Sermak - Ex-Marine generation cyberbrain and physical features allow you to pass for
human). As far as they are concerned, you are simply the
engineer, Ethan, assigned to the team in order to scout an ideal
Gaia Chen - Scientist site and establish the mining operation.

The behavioral inhibitors that prevent you from bringing harm to

Yarek Barr - Gearhead humans have been bypassed. This is normally illegal, but the
Regulators issued a special exemption in your case, given the
importance of your mission.
The Regulators - Administrators of the Colony
who sent you to BX-319 Control expects a full report when you return.

Arthur Duthoo (Order #36104813)