I'm trying to keep it relatively serious, so I've excluded stuff from MIB, Mars Attacks, etc. I've also specifically excluded time travel, 'cause that's just too much of a headache. Sorry Whovians.
I've also got a list of various alien encounters that don't have established universes, like the glowy aliens from cocoon, war of the worlds aliens, body snatchers, the bugs from starship troopers, etc.
I ran the first session of the sci-fi mash up tuesday night. I'm doing it as a hex crawl, but I don't have an over all theme or plot yet. In the mean time, I figured I'd just do a sort of "day in the life" session to kick things off.
The PCs started in the Kobol system and had access to 3 different jobs - deliver food, diplomats, or building materials. The chose the diplomats and the building materials because they were close and fuel is a limited resource.
Each job comes with a complication, but the PCs don't know what it is to start (or if there is one.)
For the building materials, they picked up a stowaway - a bug, a la Starship Troopers. Between the Predator and the Jedi, they finished that off pretty quickly.
For the diplomats (a group of 4 Predators), the complication was they had no intention of paying. They raised a stink when the bug was found (they didn't get a single attack in), they continually complained about everything (there was nothing to hunt and they were very bored), and the Jedi, in his attempt to placate them, accidentally tried to mate with their female (it was an honest mistake).
When they arrived at their destination (a Predator city) they were met by a contingent of 6 other Predators. The "diplomats" made it clear they weren't paying. The captain created an electrical field blocking the door (splitting the Predators to 4 inside and 6 outside), and everyone drew weapons. Magnetic locks engaged to ground the ship. The Jedi attempted to use his mind trick to convince them to pay and leave. But he only got half of them (the female wasn't one of them), and got 2 complications on the roll (which is pretty severe). A quick roll on my part showed that the female knows what Jedi are and recognized the mind trick.
So we stopped in a tense situation that's about to get worse. I just have to figure out how. Do I slaughter the party with 10 Predators? Do I send in more reinforcements? Do I cripple the ship? The PCs (specifically the captain) don't really seem to be willing to leave without their fare. But they're not getting paid, unless it's in blood.
This may be a very short campaign...
The PCs started in the Kobol system and had access to 3 different jobs - deliver food, diplomats, or building materials. The chose the diplomats and the building materials because they were close and fuel is a limited resource.
Each job comes with a complication, but the PCs don't know what it is to start (or if there is one.)
For the building materials, they picked up a stowaway - a bug, a la Starship Troopers. Between the Predator and the Jedi, they finished that off pretty quickly.
For the diplomats (a group of 4 Predators), the complication was they had no intention of paying. They raised a stink when the bug was found (they didn't get a single attack in), they continually complained about everything (there was nothing to hunt and they were very bored), and the Jedi, in his attempt to placate them, accidentally tried to mate with their female (it was an honest mistake).
When they arrived at their destination (a Predator city) they were met by a contingent of 6 other Predators. The "diplomats" made it clear they weren't paying. The captain created an electrical field blocking the door (splitting the Predators to 4 inside and 6 outside), and everyone drew weapons. Magnetic locks engaged to ground the ship. The Jedi attempted to use his mind trick to convince them to pay and leave. But he only got half of them (the female wasn't one of them), and got 2 complications on the roll (which is pretty severe). A quick roll on my part showed that the female knows what Jedi are and recognized the mind trick.
So we stopped in a tense situation that's about to get worse. I just have to figure out how. Do I slaughter the party with 10 Predators? Do I send in more reinforcements? Do I cripple the ship? The PCs (specifically the captain) don't really seem to be willing to leave without their fare. But they're not getting paid, unless it's in blood.
This may be a very short campaign...
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