SPACE BULK

A HUB amalgam generator

The scariest you can expect from a bridging malfunction is being trapped between
dimensions…
…unless it gets back to reality.

A Space bulk is an amalgam of HUBs which merged with each other

after a bridging disaster. Parts are melted inside one another, new
passages have been created, life may have survived there.

BUILD A SPACE BULK _ LIKE A POINT CRAWL _

use NON-PLAYERS HUB tables

I. Build a pool of D6s with two distinctive types of dice, one for
spacecraft and the other for small stations.
More dice, bigger space bulk.

II. Roll the pool on a sheet of paper and circle each die, then
determine the type of HUB by reading the number from the tables
below.

III. For each HUB, determine how many modules it is composed of by

rolling based on the corresponding row for the HUB type:
D2=D4/2 ... D3=D6/2 ... D5=D10/2

D6 SPACECRAFT D6 SMALL STATIONS

1 SCAVENGER D3-1 modules 1 SHUTTLE HUB D2-1 modules

2 SMUGGLER D3-1 modules 2 BLACK MARKET D4-2 modules

3 EXPLORER D3-1 modules 3 MOON LAB* D3-1 modules

4 SALVAGER D2-1 modules 4 MARSHAL SATELLITE D3-1 modules

5 TRUCKER D4-2 modules 5 SMALL PORT D2-1 modules

6 MARSHAL D5-3 modules 6 ASTEROID BAR* D2-1 modules

* There is still rock/ice/whatever

Choose or roll randomly to determine the functional modules from the

NON-PLAYERS HUBS tables. Modules from the GENERAL or TECH modules
tables can also be used to add or replace those on the HUB tables.

"Three years into their shift, one of their officers had a psychological breakdown.

The doctors referred to it as ODS symptom. The privates, we call it Pandorum.

It drove him insane. He became convinced that the flight was cursed. Evil."

- Pandorum
IV. Draw one to four connections for each HUB, then roll a D10 on
the following table to determine its type. Combine pathways between
different HUBs:

1D10 CONNECTION SPACECRAFT SMALL STATIONS

1 Hallway 1~2 people walk abreast 2~4 people walk abreast

2 Maintenance corridor See table below See table below

3 Vertical access Ladder or Stairs Ladder, Stairs or Elevator

4 Airlock 1~2 people fit in EVA suit 3~5 people fit in

5 Command center Can hold ~5 people Can hold ~10 people

6 Crew quarters Dormitory Individual room

7 Life support room 1~2 people fit in 2~3 people fit in

8 Mess Can hold 1 crew Can hold 1~5 crew

9 Power system room 1~2 people fit in 2~4 people fit in

10 Locked door, the other side is depressurized

1D3 MAINTENANCE CORRIDOR SMALL STATIONS

1 Ceiling, crouched at best, 1 people Ceiling, can be stand, 1 people abreast

abreast

2 Under the ground, have to crawl, 1 Under the ground, crouched at best, 1
people abreast people abreast

3 Between walls, have to crabwalk, 1 Between walls, 1 people abreast

people abreast
V. Place additional connections equal to the number of HUBs divided
by four, rounded down, with a minimum of one. Roll on the table
below to determine the type, just once or each time a PC enters the
connection.

D10 WEIRD PATHWAY

1 Hallway. Geometric shape = d3: 1.ellipse 2.rhombus 3.triangle

2 Outside looks normal, inside is in 2 dimensions

3 Absolute black. Only darkness which can’t be lighted

4 Absolute white. Pure light which can’t be looked at

5 At the edge. Stars are visible on one side. Nothingness on the other side

6 Between dimensions. Ask the player to describe it. Different to every one

7 Umbilical bridge. The bright light of the stars reveal large, strange shapes.

8 Umbilical, plastic or flesh?! Near-death experience. Roll on DEATH IN SPACE table

9 Tunnel through the void. Wall surface pulsating. Later, untolerable static noises

10 Visible void. Sucked in and spat out. Uncontrollable spinning during the whole trip

Each trip triggers a test

EXAMPLE OF A SPACE BULK
EVENTS
use CREATURES OF THE ABYSS, CORRUPTED BY THE VOID, TRIGGERS & OBSTACLE and SPACE ENCOUNTERS tables

Draw a card every 10 real minutes inside the space bulk.

CARDS ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠
[friendship] [mistrustful] [violent] [aggressive]

1d3 survivors, 1d3 survivors, 1d6 dead bodies, 1d3 dead bodies,
2 - NPC useless skills useless skills bodies part killed by an
and good health and bad health missing OBSTACLE

Information about Remains of an Haywire systems, HUB power system

3 - Event an attractive animal replica can be harmful is struggling to
prospect start follow PC work

Welcomes PCs and Salutes the PCs Threatens to kill Orders the PCs to
4 - AI(s) warns about near the PCs leave
dangers

1d3 survivors, 1d3 survivors, 1d3 survivors, 1d3 survivors,

5 - NPC can be useful in need immediate ambush PCs demands aid or
some ways aid or will die will trap PCs

Void is watching, Find a medkit, Systems Power system of

6 - Event PCs gain 1 Void restores 1d6 HP, malfunction, way the HUB finally
pt only 1 use left back is locked die

Give useful Give advice Give wrong advice Give wrong advice
7 - AI(s) advice that can kill PCs

1 survivor, 1 survivor, 1d3 survivors, 1d3 survivors,

8 - NPC skilled and agrees to help at ambush PCs demands a useful
agrees to help cost PC resources

Void is watching, Random 1d12 Suddenly... Toxins, life

9 - Event PCs gain 1 Void ADDICTIVE depressurization! support, fire...
pt SUBSTANCES table MINOR issue

Aid PCs to find Warns PCs there Actively throw PC Tries to consume
10 - AI(s) useful resource is something into death PC ressource
useful near

1 survivor, could 1 survivor, check on CREATURE 1 survivor

be the PCs BFF skilled but will OF THE ABYSS demands useful
Jake - NPC
here help at cost table item or triggers
OBSTACLE

1d3 vehicle parts 2d3 components check on TRIGGERS Toxic gas, life
Queen - Event salvageable in salvageable in & OBSTACLE table support, fire,...
2d6 hours 1d3 hours MAJOR issue

Warns PCs before Warns PC about check on OBSTACLE CORRUPTED BY THE

King - AI(s) being surprised danger (look at table. Triggered VOID table
the next card) by AI

Easily salvaged A module can be check on TRIGGERS 1d3 rounds before

Ace - Event module (1d3 salvaged, takes & OBSTACLE table hull breach
hours) time (2d6 hours) but x2

Joker roll on SPACE ENCOUNTERS table

SPACE BULK is an independent production by Neuralnoise and is not affiliated with Stockholm Kartell.
It is published under the DEATH IN SPACE Third Party License.
DEATH IN SPACE is © Stockholm Kartell and/or other authors.