Adventure 2

Working Title: Reaching Beyond

Sythn Corp Exec has another mission: a smash and grab

Streel Corp just performed a hostile take over of Hepple labs on New Pale a company technician has ended up in Dramune and offered certain company secrets to Synth Corp. PCs must secure a ship and travel to New Pale and recover a suspected sathar creature for study by Sythncorp. Because trading in sathar tech or creatures is illegal the PCs will be dark on this one and Synth corp will disavow. Its not gurarrenteed that this creature is sathar in origin just suspected.

Alpha Section: Thus the PCs must secure non-company transport and they figure Marlborrow will be good for it. The situation has changed for Marlow due to epilogue 2 of adventure 1. They must negotiate with him for the ship but he says "they owe him a favor." this is a role-play encounter but there could be random violence on Dark World Station. Perhaps the Crime Lord that has been under fire since Adventure One isn't completely down yet.  and Marlborrow needs the PCs to do a little job on Dark World then he'll let them take the ship with Dabeleck in command. some PCs must battle Crime Lord's goons and release the docking clamps. or some such then they blast off for Truane's star. [encounter type: role play, combat and technical skill check]

Beta Section: landing at Laco: Dabalect engages in some tetrarch artifact smuggling while the engines are being overhauled and imperils the mission. PGC authorities must be dealt with. [encounter type: role play, possible skill or ability checks, possible light combat]

Gamma Section: Truane's Star

Dabalect will want to offload his goods if still on board to his buyer

PCs know from the technician that sold info to Sythn Corp that the slime bug was stasis/cryogenicly forzen and hidden as random cargo container at Hepplewhite Interplanetary Inc

HII was a business related to Hepple labs owned by the nephew or the owner of Hepple labs. PCs discover that HII is closing down their operation on New Pale and moving it to Zebulon after the hostile take over of Hepple Labs by Streel. The cargo module they want is literally loaded and the ship is prepping for take off.

they cant be sure if the cargo module is on this ship or already sent to Zebulon. - computer hack time? Dabeleck suggests attaching a bomb to the outside of the Hepplewhite ship and disabling it when it reaches Zebulon and is away from the prying eyes of the Pale Militia where they "can board the ship, kill the crew and take what they want" -Dabelects idea. or they simply follow the ship thinking to just steal the container on Volturnus.

Strangely the ship they transhipped the smuggled artifacts too also seems to be heading to Zebulon as well as them.

[Encounter type: not much of one]

Delta Section: Hepplewhite Crash (from the AD rule book) team of Streel trouble shooters placed a bomb on the outside of Hepplewhite ship and they want the cargo container with the slime bug as well.

Note it's entirely possible that the escaped slime bug forces the PCs to kill it and or it dies in the fires aboard the crash ship. this leaves the PCs a problem- they can't get paid. and they owe the Malthar a favor and can't pay for the return trip.[encounter type: combat and skill checks]

Epsilon Section:

But they learn from Streel enforcer that this slime bug was specimen #6 and that the rest have been secured at a secret Streel lab here on Volturnus Use the pirate outpost 1. from Crash on Volturnus (not the pirate city).

[Encounter type: search and seizure combat]

Zeta Section: Return to Dramune

Streel flagged ships may try to intercept

At Dixon's Star PGC flagged ships may be interested in intercepting depending on details of how Beta Section went. [Encounter type: 2 potential KHs actions]

Eta Section:

PCs are trying to smuggle a dangerous creature onto Inner Reach past the militia.

Dabelect may try to hold slime bug specimens hostage and renegotiate the deal when at Dramune.

Dabelect may insist that the original deal was to return to Dark World station if this happens, Marlborrow will try to horn in on the deal.

PCs may have to forfeit their bonus to complete the mission.

[Encounter type: role play but lots of possibilities and PC actions can have serious consequences]

Epilogue: Marlborrow is consolidating power in Dark World Station.

Bugs In the System tie in- PCs fleeing Volturnus dont want to run the Streel gauntlet in Truane's star

Dabelect as it turns out has a nefarious past and knows a secret jump route that pirates use leaving Zebulon and will avoid Truane's Star.

This route leads through Bugs in the System module before PCs can return to Dramune. While the engine over haul is going on the PCs do the side adventure and the station admin will also turn over the fuel they need.

Adventure one has a road chas3 combat and khs action. 

Adventure has 2 potential Khs encounters unless they opt for Bugs in the system side trek. 

Adventure 4: Rise of the Malthar. 

Assassinations going down in setting, Marlborrow gathers solidifies his influence over the piraye bands, legitimizing them as militia, proclaims himself "The Malthar" an old fralasite title loosely translates as leader or boss. I want the PCs present on dark world when Marlborrow proclaims himself the Malthar on a huge DS9 style promenade surrounded by pirates and other scum cheering him. He will even proclaim future control of Outer Reach's seat on the Council of Worlds and a new era of prosperity for pirates and criminals to rob unhindered by Star Law and Space Fleet.

Political machinations, assassinations, arms deliveries etc. Combat somewhere. In there.