Starport Layovers

When your characters are stuck on a starport, what do they see? Surely it’s not quiet. Spacers of all sorts, rubbing shoulders and doing whatever it is that spacers do when not shooting at pirates and Sathar.

Referees can use the following generator to add some depth to a group’s stay at port. Use this generator as desired: once per day, once per stay at port, or just throw those dice whenever you think it’s a lull in the action and fun. Any of these could evolve into a subplot or entire adventure.

Article by Rum Rogue
Document maintained by w00t

One of 100 Results are possible. The Starport Layover table originally appeared in the Star Frontiersman Issue 5: Frontier Melting Pot


{List:LAYOVER}
Starship being boarded by Port Security
Mechanic removing access panel
Quarantined alien ship
Mysterious Vrusk selling information chip
Two starship Captains arguing
Starship under heavy guard
Stow-away emerging from hiding place
Starbase Guard searching cargo pods
Bar fight spills out into street/passageway
Group of fighter pilots heading for the bar
Legendary fighter jock loading his ship
Maintenance robot running amok
Alarm/siren blaring in the distance
Starbase Guard chasing a smuggler
Drifter selling forged travel papers
Ship on fire in the docking bay
Deaf-mute Human talking with hand-gestures
Exotic beast escapes its travel pod
Mechanic examining laser damage on a ship
Gunfight between guards and pirates in bay
Merchant searching for his crew
Bomb Squad searching corridors and bays
Drifter looking for work for passage
Wounded guard lying behind shipping crates
Group of dock workers looking for a fight
Crew members, apparently lost
Vendor selling exotic plants and animals
Father saying goodbye to his children
Obsolete starship for sale. Dirt cheap.
Base Commander conducting and inspection
Mysterious woman taking pictures of ships
Dralasites haggling over the price of parts
Prostitute
Two starship pilots exchanging stories
Yazirian bounty hunters closing in on their target
Quarantined ship
Ambassador preparing to leave
Fugitive looking for passages on a ship
Group of drunken pilots
Human beggar
Group of crewmembers gambling
Frightened woman running through the crowd
Security scanning a ships hull
Ground crew witting a ship with heavy weapons
Custom official checking travel documents
Expert gunner looking for work
Woman looking for husband
Mysterious figure selling access codes
Individual painting mystic symbols on ship's hull, while crew watches
Priest blessing group of departing soldiers
Vendor selling war contraband
Two vendors haggling over a deal
Stow-away sneaking on board a ship
Soldiers crowded around a bulletin board
Two soldiers carrying an ammo bin
Mixed group holding a ceremony
Bounty hunters checking arrival logs
Dock guard chasing away on-lookers
Beautiful woman waiting on someone
Work crew installing new equipment
Police officer serving a warrant
Convicted felons being transferred to a shuttle
Wounded soldiers being off loaded from a starship
Foreign dignitary being escorted to his ship
High-tech machinery sitting on dock unguarded
Starship preparing to debark
Dralasite con artists running a parts scam
Vrusk Pilot interviewing a new crew member
Tram hauling engine parts from a warehouse
Yazirian Drifter selling star charts
Repair bots rewiring a ship
Salvage workers dismantling a starship
Human computer specialist looking for work. Credentials are forgeries
Dralasite artist painting portraits
Scream coming from cargo hold on a ship
Elderly Yazarian female in a wheelchair
Vendor selling artifacts
Pickpocket studying the crowd
Group of people purchasing a ship
Dralasite pilot cleaning his sidearm
Crowded bar with patrons waiting in line to enter
Explosion from a ships cargo hold
Foreign dignitary arguing with his attach
Vrusk scholar looking for passage to dig site
Bounty hunter checking ship registration numbers
Mortician loading body bags into a ship
Experienced navigator looking for work
Group of children playing on a scrap heap
Group of mechanics talking
Bay chief on a stroll
Maintenance crew welding a portal shut
Work crew removing access panels from corridor
Drifter selling drugs
Emergency vehicle racing down corridor
Quarantined ship: deadly virus
Vrusk shopkeeper closing his shop early
Soldiers betting on two dueling robots
Strange green fluid leaking from a cargo tube
Two soldiers talking in private
Expert star pilot looking for work
{List:End}

{List:START}
{LAYOVER}.
{List:End}

Starport Layover on World / Space Station

The following table uses the Alpha Dawn worlds.



{List:STATION}
a space station over {WORLD}
{List:End}

{List:WORLD}
Hentz
Yast
Rupert's Hole
Triad
Laco
Inner Reach
Outer Reach
Groth
Terledrom
Hargut
Ken'zah Kit
Zik-kit
Kdikit
Gran Quivera
Morgaine's World
Histran
Hakosoar
Minotaur
Lossend
Pale
New Pale
Gollywog
{List:End}

{List:LOCATION}
{STATION}
{WORLD}
{List:End}

{List:LAYOVER}
a starship being boarded by Port Security
a mechanic removing access panel
a quarantined alien ship
a mysterious Vrusk selling information chip
two starship Captains arguing
a starship under heavy guard
a stow-away emerging from hiding place
a starbase Guard searching cargo pods
a bar fight spills out into street/passageway
a group of fighter pilots heading for the bar
a legendary fighter jock loading his ship
a maintenance robot running amok
an alarm/siren blaring in the distance
a starbase Guard chasing a smuggler
a drifter selling forged travel papers
a ship on fire in the docking bay
a deaf-mute Human talking with hand-gestures
a exotic beast escapes its travel pod
a mechanic examining laser damage on a ship
a gunfight between guards and pirates in bay
a merchant searching for his crew
a bomb Squad searching corridors and bays
a drifter looking for work for passage
a wounded guard lying behind shipping crates
a group of dock workers looking for a fight
crew members, apparently lost
a vendor selling exotic plants and animals
a father saying goodbye to his children
an obsolete starship for sale. Dirt cheap.
a Base Commander conducting and inspection
a mysterious woman taking pictures of ships
Dralasites haggling over the price of parts
a prostitute
two starship pilots exchanging stories
Yazirian bounty hunters closing in on their target
a quarantined ship
an Ambassador preparing to leave
a fugitive looking for passages on a ship
a group of drunken pilots
a Human beggar
a group of crewmembers gambling
a frightened woman running through the crowd
Security scanning a ships hull
ground crews witting a ship with heavy weapons
a custom official checking travel documents
a expert gunner looking for work
a woman looking for husband
a mysterious figure selling access codes
an individual painting mystic symbols on ship's hull, while crew watches
a priest blessing group of departing soldiers
a vendor selling war contraband
two vendors haggling over a deal
a stow-away sneaking on board a ship
soldiers crowded around a bulletin board
two soldiers carrying an ammo bin
a mixed group holding a ceremony
bounty hunters checking arrival logs
a dock guard chasing away on-lookers
a beautiful woman waiting on someone
a work crew installing new equipment
a police officer serving a warrant
convicted felons being transferred to a shuttle
wounded soldiers being off loaded from a starship
a foreign dignitary being escorted to his ship
high-tech machinery sitting on dock unguarded
a starship preparing to debark
a Dralasite con artists running a parts scam
a Vrusk Pilot interviewing a new crew member
a tram hauling engine parts from a warehouse
a Yazirian Drifter selling star charts
repair bots rewiring a ship
salvage workers dismantling a starship
a Human computer specialist looking for work. Credentials are forgeries
a Dralasite artist painting portraits
a scream coming from cargo hold on a ship
an elderly Yazarian female in a wheelchair
a vendor selling artifacts
a pickpocket studying the crowd
a group of people purchasing a ship
a Dralasite pilot cleaning his sidearm
a crowded bar with patrons waiting in line to enter
an explosion from a ships cargo hold
a foreign dignitary arguing with his attach
Vrusk scholar looking for passage to dig site
bounty hunter checking ship registration numbers
mortician loading body bags into a ship
experienced navigator looking for work
a group of children playing on a scrap heap
a group of mechanics talking
a bay chief on a stroll
a mMaintenance crew welding a portal shut
work crew removing access panels from corridor
a drifter selling drugs
an emergency vehicle racing down corridor
a quarantined ship: deadly virus
a Vrusk shopkeeper closing his shop early
soldiers betting on two dueling robots
a strange green fluid leaking from a cargo tube
two soldiers talking in private
a expert star pilot looking for work
{List:End}

{List:START}
During a layover at {LOCATION} you see {LAYOVER}.
{List:End}

Starport Layovers


{List:LAYOVER}
Starship being boarded by Port Security
Mechanic removing access panel
Quarantined alien ship
Mysterious Vrusk selling information chip
Two starship Captains arguing
Starship under heavy guard
Stow-away emerging from hiding place
Starbase Guard searching cargo pods
Bar fight spills out into street/passageway
Group of fighter pilots heading for the bar
Legendary fighter jock loading his ship
Maintenance robot running amok
Alarm/siren blaring in the distance
Starbase Guard chasing a smuggler
Drifter selling forged travel papers
Ship on fire in the docking bay
Deaf-mute Human talking with hand-gestures
Exotic beast escapes its travel pod
Mechanic examining laser damage on a ship
Gunfight between guards and pirates in bay
Merchant searching for his crew
Bomb Squad searching corridors and bays
Drifter looking for work for passage
Wounded guard lying behind shipping crates
Group of dock workers looking for a fight
Crew members, apparently lost
Vendor selling exotic plants and animals
Father saying goodbye to his children
Obsolete starship for sale. Dirt cheap.
Base Commander conducting and inspection
Mysterious woman taking pictures of ships
Dralasites haggling over the price of parts
Prostitute
Two starship pilots exchanging stories
Yazirian bounty hunters closing in on their target
Quarantined ship
Ambassador preparing to leave
Fugitive looking for passages on a ship
Group of drunken pilots
Human beggar
Group of crewmembers gambling
Frightened woman running through the crowd
Security scanning a ships hull
Ground crew witting a ship with heavy weapons
Custom official checking travel documents
Expert gunner looking for work
Woman looking for husband
Mysterious figure selling access codes
Individual painting mystic symbols on ship's hull, while crew watches
Priest blessing group of departing soldiers
Vendor selling war contraband
Two vendors haggling over a deal
Stow-away sneaking on board a ship
Soldiers crowded around a bulletin board
Two soldiers carrying an ammo bin
Mixed group holding a ceremony
Bounty hunters checking arrival logs
Dock guard chasing away on-lookers
Beautiful woman waiting on someone
Work crew installing new equipment
Police officer serving a warrant
Convicted felons being transferred to a shuttle
Wounded soldiers being off loaded from a starship
Foreign dignitary being escorted to his ship
High-tech machinery sitting on dock unguarded
Starship preparing to debark
Dralasite con artists running a parts scam
Vrusk Pilot interviewing a new crew member
Tram hauling engine parts from a warehouse
Yazirian Drifter selling star charts
Repair bots rewiring a ship
Salvage workers dismantling a starship
Human computer specialist looking for work. Credentials are forgeries
Dralasite artist painting portraits
Scream coming from cargo hold on a ship
Elderly Yazarian female in a wheelchair
Vendor selling artifacts
Pickpocket studying the crowd
Group of people purchasing a ship
Dralasite pilot cleaning his sidearm
Crowded bar with patrons waiting in line to enter
Explosion from a ships cargo hold
Foreign dignitary arguing with his attach
Vrusk scholar looking for passage to dig site
Bounty hunter checking ship registration numbers
Mortician loading body bags into a ship
Experienced navigator looking for work
Group of children playing on a scrap heap
Group of mechanics talking
Bay chief on a stroll
Maintenance crew welding a portal shut
Work crew removing access panels from corridor
Drifter selling drugs
Emergency vehicle racing down corridor
Quarantined ship: deadly virus
Vrusk shopkeeper closing his shop early
Soldiers betting on two dueling robots
Strange green fluid leaking from a cargo tube
Two soldiers talking in private
Expert star pilot looking for work
{List:End}

{List:START}
{LAYOVER}.
{List:End}

Starport Layovers Table List

{List:LAYOVER}
Starship being boarded by Port Security
Mechanic removing access panel
Quarantined alien ship
Mysterious Vrusk selling information chip
Two starship Captains arguing
Starship under heavy guard
Stow-away emerging from hiding place
Starbase Guard searching cargo pods
Bar fight spills out into street/passageway
Group of fighter pilots heading for the bar
Legendary fighter jock loading his ship
Maintenance robot running amok
Alarm/siren blaring in the distance
Starbase Guard chasing a smuggler
Drifter selling forged travel papers
Ship on fire in the docking bay
Deaf-mute Human talking with hand-gestures
Exotic beast escapes its travel pod
Mechanic examining laser damage on a ship
Gunfight between guards and pirates in bay
Merchant searching for his crew
Bomb Squad searching corridors and bays
Drifter looking for work for passage
Wounded guard lying behind shipping crates
Group of dock workers looking for a fight
Crew members, apparently lost
Vendor selling exotic plants and animals
Father saying goodbye to his children
Obsolete starship for sale. Dirt cheap.
Base Commander conducting and inspection
Mysterious woman taking pictures of ships
Dralasites haggling over the price of parts
Prostitute
Two starship pilots exchanging stories
Yazirian bounty hunters closing in on their target
Quarantined ship
Ambassador preparing to leave
Fugitive looking for passages on a ship
Group of drunken pilots
Human beggar
Group of crewmembers gambling
Frightened woman running through the crowd
Security scanning a ships hull
Ground crew witting a ship with heavy weapons
Custom official checking travel documents
Expert gunner looking for work
Woman looking for husband
Mysterious figure selling access codes
Individual painting mystic symbols on ship's hull, while crew watches
Priest blessing group of departing soldiers
Vendor selling war contraband
Two vendors haggling over a deal
Stow-away sneaking on board a ship
Soldiers crowded around a bulletin board
Two soldiers carrying an ammo bin
Mixed group holding a ceremony
Bounty hunters checking arrival logs
Dock guard chasing away on-lookers
Beautiful woman waiting on someone
Work crew installing new equipment
Police officer serving a warrant
Convicted felons being transferred to a shuttle
Wounded soldiers being off loaded from a starship
Foreign dignitary being escorted to his ship
High-tech machinery sitting on dock unguarded
Starship preparing to debark
Dralasite con artists running a parts scam
Vrusk Pilot interviewing a new crew member
Tram hauling engine parts from a warehouse
Yazirian Drifter selling star charts
Repair bots rewiring a ship
Salvage workers dismantling a starship
Human computer specialist looking for work. Credentials are forgeries
Dralasite artist painting portraits
Scream coming from cargo hold on a ship
Elderly Yazarian female in a wheelchair
Vendor selling artifacts
Pickpocket studying the crowd
Group of people purchasing a ship
Dralasite pilot cleaning his sidearm
Crowded bar with patrons waiting in line to enter
Explosion from a ships cargo hold
Foreign dignitary arguing with his attach
Vrusk scholar looking for passage to dig site
Bounty hunter checking ship registration numbers
Mortician loading body bags into a ship
Experienced navigator looking for work
Group of children playing on a scrap heap
Group of mechanics talking
Bay chief on a stroll
Maintenance crew welding a portal shut
Work crew removing access panels from corridor
Drifter selling drugs
Emergency vehicle racing down corridor
Quarantined ship: deadly virus
Vrusk shopkeeper closing his shop early
Soldiers betting on two dueling robots
Strange green fluid leaking from a cargo tube
Two soldiers talking in private
Expert star pilot looking for work
{List:End}

{List:START}
{LAYOVER}.
{List:End}