Revelation Burning – SLA Industries Scenario – is © 2001 Max Bantleman.

REVELATION BURNING

A SCENARIO FOR

SLA INDUSTRIES

WRITTEN BY: MAX BANTLEMAN

EXCLUSIVELY FOR

EURO GENCON 2001

Revelation Burning is written by Max Bantleman © 2001 Max Bantleman.

SLA Industries is written by Nightfall Games Ltd, © 1993, 2000 Nightfall Games Ltd..
SLA Industries is published by Hogs Head Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-899749-23-3. HH Code HP500.
This scenario is for the exclusive use at the Euro GenCon 2001 games convention only. It may not be
reproduced for any other purpose, and may not be sold by anyone in any form.

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Revelation Burning
INTRODUCTION TO SCENARIO

Revelation Burning is a SLA Industries scenario, that would best be GM’d by someone with
knowledge of what Integration 20 is and how it could potentially impact on the World of
Progress. If you intend to run the scenario but have never heard of Integration 20 (I20), you will
not need to do a lot of tweaking, as the I20 element is explained. Main reference to I20 in MRB
is ‘No News Is Good News’, pp32 SLA Industries.
(Appendices 1 is a set of notes from writer / Play testers on how to get the most from the
scenario, if you have time a valuable read.)
This scenario is designed for play with 5-6 moderately experienced Operatives, though it can
easily be modified for absolute beginners.
The game session is written to last for two to three hours, and it is almost completely driven by
the GM, as the plot line is linear with modular encounters that can be padded, cut or dropped as
needed, according to the progression of the Players.
As always we’d recommend reading it all the way through to get a feel for it before attempting
to run it !.
The scenario ends with a set piece that involves reference to ‘the truth’, which is the big secret
and driving force behind the whole SLA Industries World of Progress. This can be allured to, or
gone in to in some detail, as the GM wishes and as the Players demand / warrant.
Nothing has been divulged of the ‘official truth’ as written and created by Nightfall. The truth is
kept elusive, though the effects of actually knowing it have been represented in game terms.

To run this scenario you will need access to:

SLA Industries main rule book (SLA MRB).

Karma: first SLA Industries supplement.

There are sections labelled ‘Direct to Players’, which can be used to read out direct to the
Players in the game if the GM wants. GM’s please note: Please feel free to adapt the scenario
and it’s pace to best suit your own GM style. Don’t be afraid to read it through, get the gist of it,
then use it as the bones to flesh out as you see best.

The scenario is written out in a series of scenes. How you string these together with background
and plot movement is left to the individual GM. You can either skate over intervening travel
with a brief bit of narration and description, or you can give the Op’s a chance to interact via
questions, skill use, and some minor investigation. Play it by ear and let the Players guide you
as to the best way to tie it all together; if they’re chomping at the bit for action, keep to brief
narrative, if they’re fascinated by the environment allow some interaction.

We’ve written an overview, designed to let the GM pushed for time (is there any other kind?)
get an ‘at a glance’ feel for the whole scenario, it’s flow and major events. We urge you to use
this as an easy reference only, and to not forgo reading the whole scenario.

As you go through the character introduction stage of the scenario (Scene Zero - sitting in the
bar of the Hive), try to gauge the Players and get an idea for what they’d respond to best in the
scenario. Some groups may want more action, some more character interaction with NPC’s,
some more inter group action among themselves.

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Revelation Burning – Scenario Overview

Scene Zero
Setting: The bar of the Hive, a favourite haunt of SLA Op’s.
Events: Character introductions. Brief question and answer session among the Op’s regarding
each of their characters.
Encounters: The SLA Operatives of the squad (get them to come up with a squad name!)
Scene Duration: 10 - 15 minutes.

Scene One
Settings: The Hive bar. Pier 17. Deeno shanty town.
Events: Meet Sirbed the DarkFinder sponsoring the Grey BPN the Op’s are given. Op’s get
themselves equipped, do a little digging. Op’s are taken (folded) to Deeno by Necanthrope
Vein. Meet with Shiver Sleeper unit on boat Voodoo Queen. Maybe some small interaction with
citizens of Deeno.
Encounters: Hive DarkFinder. Vein Necanthrope. Shiver unit. Citizens of Deeno.
Scene Duration: 20 – 25 minutes.

Scene Two
Settings: The Voodoo Queen. Travel on River. Abandoned warehouse (gang base).
Events: Travel on the River. Come across a firefight between gangers and Scavs, get involved to
help gangers. Gain information from gangers.
Encounters: Scavs. Gangers.
Scene Duration: 10 – 20 minutes.

Scene Three
Settings: Voodoo Queen, moored for the night.
Events: Boat is attacked by Cannibal Sector Gators.
Encounters: Cannibal Sector Gators.
Scene Duration: 5 - 15 minutes.

Scene Four
Settings: Voodoo queen, travelling on River.
Events: Travel on River. Meet up with boat coming the other way, DarkNight Op’s running
supplies.
Encounters: DarkNight boat and Op’s.
Scene Duration: 10-20 minutes.

Scene Five
Settings: Voodoo Queen, moored for the night.
Events: Boat is attacked by Iron Spiders.
Encounters: Iron Spiders.
Scene Duration: 5 – 10 minutes.

Scene Six
Settings: Abandoned power plant, the compound where Hark has set up his community.
Events: Travel on River. Find settlement. Hold mock ‘trial’ for Hark.
Encounters: Dead creatures from all races / companies. Courtney Walsh, ex Third Eye.
Inhabitants of settlement (all races). Hark DarkFinder.
Scene Duration: 30 – 40 minutes.

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Scenario Timeline

The Operatives will have to complete the BPN before 4th November (game time! !), so keeping
track of date / time is pretty important. Listed below is the intended flow of the scenario, and the
physical travel times may be come known to the Op’s who will figure out that they can
complete the BPN, but they will have to move quickly and stay focused.

Adventures begin on Saturday 28th October 903 SD.

28th October Served with BPN by Sirbed. Meet with crew of boat.
29th October Set off in Voodoo Queen.
30th October Continue travelling on River.
31st October Arrive at destination midday, serve warrant that night.
1st November Travelling back on river.
2nd November Travelling back on river.
3rd November Arrive back at Cloak HQ late evening.
4th November Extermination Warrants for the Op’s become effective.

Encounters

A brief over view of the main encounters as written in to the scenario follows, allowing the GM
to get a feel for them, and make any changes he’d like before hand. The ‘modular’ nature of the
encounters allows a GM to drop one or more if they are running slow, or to extend a particular
one if the Players want it, or the game demands it.

1 Small band of Scav.’s, tearing apart a Gangs hide out in the upper reaches of Downtown
(start of the boat journey down the River). The Operatives will have to side with the
Gangers to fight off the Scav.’s, this will involve small shore foray.

2 River life – Cannibal Sector Gators (TBP 2).

3 DarkNight sympathisers on boat coming up river to trade with Black Market goods
concealed among legitimate cargo.

4 Tunnel life – Iron Spiders (TBP 13).

(Wiped out Carrien start to appear along bank, crucified, then other races from all soft
companies and SLA.)

5 Settlement where DarkFinder rules. Mixed band of outcasts from Soft Companies,
SLA, Downtown, War Veterans, Sectors…. all ‘gone native’ with little or no weapons
or technology. Stores of arms and armour are available for ‘raiding parties’, including
Thresher Stuff.

6 Courtney Walsh, ex-Third Eye Operative, living in settlement (go between for Hark and
SLA Op’s).

(Audience with rogue DarkFinder who reveals some of the horror behind the World of Progress,
which he says he’s witnessed and read from Integration 20 (which he has a copy of).)

7 Op’s must ‘judge’ DF in a mock trial staged by him, witnessed by his followers, or the
DF will have all of his followers kill the Op’s.

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Major NPC’s

The major NPC’s are those that will have the major interaction with the Op’s.
Most of the interaction should be role played, but there will obviously be some scope for skills
use to achieve what the Op’s (and indeed the NPC’s) want.
Within the scenario, for each NPC, we’ve added a very brief ‘potted summary’, allowing the
GM to get a feel for them from only a few key details.
As well as this, listed below is a brief breakdown of the NPC’s and their key contact points with
the Op’s.

Boat crew – Sleeper Shiver unit, Sargent and 5 squadies.

The Shivers will be drugged up most of the time, on Flip or Beat. They are largely disinterested
in the Op’s and their ‘mission’. The Sleeper Shivers work for Cloak, they just want to keep their
heads down, keep the reports flowing in and keep themselves alive. The Shivers will try to
avoid socialising with the Op’s, but if any of the Op’s shows an inclination to take on the
Shivers mindset, they will get along like old comrades.

Scavs raiding party – from 6 to 10, well tooled up and tactically aware.

The Scavs raiding party are trying to get in to the Starfish gangs main holding warehouse. They
will act in unison, showing a good use of tactics and battlefield communication. Scavs are well
armed with automatic weapons, large shotguns and the odd mini-gun. They are ruthless, they do
not expect or show any mercy. They are prone to hit and run tactics, but this particular raiding
party will not run unless they take 60%+ casualties. The Scavs will attack anyone helping the
Starfish or anyone attacking them.

Gangers – from 15 to 30, outgunned and outclassed.

The members of the Starfish gang were going about their daily business of buying, selling,
stealing and extorting, when they were attacked by the Scavs. They gangers will welcome any
help they get from the Op’s or the Shivers, and may be forthcoming with some minor
information in exchange. Generally gangers hate Slops and avoid or abuse them if they can.

DarkNight conscripts – 3 to 5 on small boat.

The small DarkNight cell is going about it’s business of trading and surviving. They are not
looking for trouble and will always try to run rather than fight. If cornered they will fight then
try to surrender when they realise they can’t win.

‘Natives’ in DarkFinder’s sway – various races, backgrounds – 150 to 200.

All the inhabitants within the settlement have come under the sway of Hark and his teachings.
They are all drugged up most of the time, or in a kind of depressed trance state. They act with a
determined sluggishness. If provoked in self defence they will be savage, ruthless, fearless and
fight to the death. Within the settlement are all races from the WoP, including Carrien, all living
together under the sway of Hark in a kind of tribal, hunter gatherer society.

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Major NPC’s – Continued

Courtney Walsh - Third Eye Operative, gone native with DarkFinder Hark’s other followers.

Courtney came to find Hark on an assignment, listened to what the rogue DarkFinder had to say
and went over the edge in to madness with all the other inhabitants. Courtney has long spells of
complete lucidity and sanity, and acts as Harks main go between in dealings with the outside
world of the River and it’s travellers.

Hark, DarkFinder – Disguised Contract Killer, ex Op., SCL 5.

Hark is a rogue DarkFinder that was charged with finding some of the remnants of I20.
Unfortunately for him, he succeeded. He now lives in a tortured world, torn between trying to
bring ‘the truth’ to those that will listen and hoping for a swift death.

Minor NPC’s

River life – Gators.

Cannibal Sector Gators are huge beasts of fearsome proportions. They resemble Sharks in their
primary drives and desires. Gators will try to eat anything smaller then them, and go for
anything large than them if they think it looks tasty. Stubborn, mean, vicious killing machines,
they strike fear in to most who face them.

River life – Iron Spiders.

Strange, spider like creatures, thought to be a failed Karma experiment. They live and swarm in
great numbers, sometimes seeking to throw themselves at power sources, in an apparent attempt
to blow themselves up. They can inject venom with their bite.

All NPC’s are detailed on separate sheets at the end of the scenario.

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Scene Zero

Settings: The Hive bar.

Action / Encounters: Character introduction, a brief ‘get to know’ session. Come up with a
Squad name.
Proposed length: 10 – 15 minutes.

Scene Zero – Direct to Players

Welcome to the SLA Industries participation game, the scenario is called Revelation Burning.
After the character sheets are handed out, I’d like to go round the table and have each person do
an in character introduction to the rest of the group of their Operative character. Try to focus the
character introduction on race, training package, physical description, key personality traits and
attitudes, preferred armour, primary weapons, preferred tactics and squad role. We will then
need to elect a nominal squad leader, either the character with the highest SCL or the most
suitable skill set. SLA likes squads and likes teamwork. SLA likes to communicate through a
squad leader and to focus all SLA Departmental contact through squad leaders. I will need to
have a squad name as well. This should be something that reflects either your skills or attitudes,
something that will get you a good tag from the media and get you noticed. Please take five
minutes to go over your character sheet, then I’ll ask for in character introductions. Each
character introduction should be no longer than two minutes.

How you assign characters to Players is up to you. You can either ask if anyone has any
preferences or strong dislikes and narrow it down from there, or you can hand them out
randomly. It may be best to get feedback from the group. Many Players like the random element
as they like the challenge of playing something they perhaps wouldn’t choose.

While the Operatives read their character sheets, you may want to give a brief description of the
Hive bar or the general background and feel of the WoP as you perceive and intend to run it (as
far as the game is concerned).

Answer any questions the Players may have about their characters. Don’t be too slavish about
the time given for them to get comfortable with their characters. It is important for the flow of
the game and their enjoyment that the Players are happy they know what they need to about
their characters. Let them take whatever notes they want from the rule books.

Don’t let them get side tracked with getting extra equipment, they can do this once the game has
started.

Encourage the character introductions to be brief and dynamic, ask relevant questions if they
leave out things like their main armour or weapons used. Try to stop any of the introductions
getting too involved, focus on the Player getting across the core of their character in both
appearance and personality.

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Scene One

Settings: The Hive bar. Pier 17 / Deeno (shanty town). The river boat, the Voodoo Queen.
Action / Encounters: Sirbed DarkFinder. Vein Necanthrope. Shiver crew of Voodoo Queen.
Proposed length: 15 - 25 minutes.

Scene One - Direct to Players

You’re kicking back, relaxing in one of your favourite watering holes, the Hive, when through
the crowded bar you see a DarkFinder approaching, smiling as he eyes up you and your squad.
Upon reaching your table he casually tosses down extermination warrants, each hits the table
and skids to a halt, showing them to have your names on them. The DarkFinder looks you over,
“now that I have your attention. My name is Sirbed.” The DarkFinder shows you an SCL card
with the Cloak Division department bar code and SCL of 5A. Sirbed continues, “I have a BPN
that I’d like you to undertake. Succeed and the warrants go away. Fail and they take effect.”
Sirbed reaches in to his long coat and produces a manila envelope which he places on the table,
“within the envelope are details of the BPN. Read them. Equip yourselves. Be back here within
two hours to await your transport. Any questions?”

You can decide how to relay the information about the BPN, whether Sirbed gives some of it
out himself (through use of the appropriate skills and role playing from the Op’s), or whether
they will be left to find out what they can in the two hours they have to prepare and equip
themselves.

Grey BPN

SCL: 9 (Optional)
Contact: Sirbed, DarkFinder, Cloak Division CD987/544-34/Di.VI.
Training Package Recc.: Any.
Colour: Grey.
Summary: Squad needed to serve Termination Warrant on rogue Contract Killer ‘Jester’,
evidence of warrant’s completion will be necessary.
Consolidated Bonus Scheme: 500c. (+ Bonus for return of data.)
Payment: Per Operative.
SCL Increase: 0.5.
Coverage: Station Analysis.
Issued By: Cloak Division.

+BPN Bonus: 3,000c. Jester is believed to have a data slug in his possession containing footage
from at least five of his encounters, which Cloak would like back. The data slug has a ‘one view
only’ trap encoded in it, so the Op’s must not view it, simply return it to Cloak.

Getting the BPN, getting on to the boat. Setting off.

DarkFinder approaches squad in their favourite watering hole, the ‘Hive’. The DF, Sirbed,
offers them a Grey, he shows them extermination warrants with their names on them dated for
serving six days from now. Sirbed tells the Op’s the warrants will be cancelled as long as the
BPN is a success.
He issues them with the BPN in a case, together with a manila folder containing hard copies of
reports and information gathered on their target.

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An Extermination Warrant is included for their target. The squad will have to supply video
evidence of their serving the warrant, as well as bring back a ‘personal’ token of it’s completion
(body part).

The Op’s are to travel to Downtown Sector 800 to a shanty town known as ‘Deeno’
(abbreviated from D-Notice, SLA officially denies the existence of the ‘town’.)
The squad are to go to Pier 17, to meet the crew of the boat the ‘Voodoo Queen’. The crew of
the boat is a Sleeper Shiver unit, who’s cover must remain intact. They will (upon the
production of the BPN card), take the Op’s wherever they want to go.
The Op’s will have to find the Jester (rogue Contract Killer), who’s whereabouts is believed to
be roughly two days travel up river of Deeno.
The squad have two hours to get their shit together, they must then meet back here to be taken
to the ‘drop point’ by a Cloak Vehicle.
The Cloak ‘vehicle’ is in fact a Necanthrope, who will fold the whole squad to a derelict
building on the shores of the shanty town around the pier where the boat is docked.

Jester – Contract Killer (what the Op’s are told).

The folder the Op’s are given has some press clippings and some recent photo’s of Jester, telling
the Op’s nothing they couldn’t find out from any Third Eye data terminal or late night re-run of
GoreZone.
Jester started out as Jason Beck, a Kick Murder Operative with the squad ‘ReDust’ in 901 SD.
The squad undertook nineteen BPN’s (6 Red, 4 Blue, 3 White, 3 Yellow, 1 Silver and 2 Black,)
and was wiped out on their final Black in January 902 SD.
Jester re-appeared with another squad, ‘Lemon’ in the Spring of 902 SD., his survival from
ReDust apparently due to some intervention from Internal Affairs during the Black (details
classified SCL 4).
In the winter of 902 SD., Jester wiped out his four squad members in a Cloak sanctioned
termination after the squad was on a Grey (details classified SCL 4). Word on the street is that
Lemon were on a BPN associated with the hunt for Integration 20.
Jester went solo, gaining Contract Killer status in May of 903 SD., when he sealed a
sponsorship deal with DPB. Jester went missing in July 903 SD., the official story, the one the
public knows and believes, is that Jester was killed in a showdown with an old enemy ‘Mirror
Man’.
Any details from Jester’s past will appear to be average for an Operative, even if a little lucky
and charmed through contact with Cloak.

The truth behind BPN is that Jester was killed by Mirror Man.
Jason Beck (the real name of Jester) was chosen as he bears an uncanny resemblance to the
DarkFinder gone AWOL, the real target for the Grey BPN.
The AWOL DF is Hark, SCL 5, last known assignment, tracking down Integration 20 remnants
in Deeno.

Cloak Vehicle to Deeno - Necanthrope: Vein. SCL 4. Part of the ‘Torsion’ Union.

Vein is a very attractive female, looking much like any human might on Mort. She has
completely red eyes (no pupils) and no discernible mouth. Other than that she is beautifully well
proportioned, her skin is alabaster white, shot through with barely visible lavender ‘vein’s’.
Vein will be devastatingly polite and efficient, folding to the location on the outskirts of Deeno
and then leaving as quickly as she can, with the minimum of communication.
If she takes a shine to one of the Op’s, she may give them some cryptic information:
“Remember, there is truth in darkness as well as the light.”

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Pier 17 and Deeno

Pier 17 is a small wooden jetty, in a state of dilapidation, looking like it will fall in to the river at
any moment. There are five boats moored on Pier 17, four houseboats and one small river boat
(the Voodoo Queen). All boats are at least 10 years old, some older, each looking as if it would
ship a lot of water and offer little in the way of dry comfort.
The large shanty town of Deeno is made up of hundreds of ramshackle buildings, tents, canvas
shelters, dug out hollows in the ground and other make shift dwellings. It looks like someone set
up a shopping mall in the middle of a rubbish tip and then tried to build a housing estate on it.

The Voodoo Queen

A very old, battered looking 10 berth river boat with a forward mounted Power Reaper. It is
draped with cargo nets and ‘bump tires’. (Power Reaper uses stats. for Fen 808, Karma 146.)
Closer inspection (if any) shows the hull has been treated and seems to be made of a black
material akin to Dark Lament Science Friction material.

The Crew – Sleeper Shiver Unit

Sargent (‘captain of boat’): Marco Dedique, known as ‘Cobra’. (Katana, Blitzer.)

Quotes: “We all in this together. Respect the river, the people you meet, you aint in the cosy
world of SLA now. Down here nothing counts except your word and your way.”

Right Hand Man: Brad Schmidt, known as ‘C-D’. (Power Whip, Nun-Chuks.)
Quotes: “Do as the Captain says. Stay close, stay frosty, stay alive. Loyalty to your friends
comes first, always.”

Fixer: Raol Rodriguez, known as ‘Tick’. (Wrestling.)

Quotes: “Let me know what you want. I can get anything for a price. Money aint everything,
trade is more important, what you give you get, what goes around comes around.”

Muscle: Brian Walker, known as ‘Baz’. (603, Unarmed, Knives.)

Quotes: “Out here we is all dead men walking. Get with it. Don’t fight what you can’t change.”

Muscle: Luke Ward, known as ‘Lucky’. (Power Claymore, 603, Unarmed.)

Quotes: “Don’t fuck with us and we wont fuck with you.”

Muscle: Ben Stein, known as ‘Horse’. (Martial Arts, Unarmed, Gash Fist.)
Quotes: “It aint so bad once you stop fighting it. What did you have that was so damn important
anyway?”

Shiver unit is loyal to Cloak Division, who they work for without Shiver HQ’s knowledge. They
are relatively new to the whole ‘sleeper’ game, and may make some stupid mistakes. Like all
Shivers, they are generally dismissive of Slops.
Most of the time, the whole crew of the Voodoo Queen are whacked out of their gourd on Flip
or Beat.
Once the Op’s have made their status known, and shown the Shivers the BPN, they will be
advised that they will set off in the morning as nothing travels on the River at night.
The Shivers are running goods up and down the River, trading between black market
communities, acting as go-between’s for people who may otherwise be at war with each other.

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The River

The Operatives will have to travel up stream on the River, heading towards their destination, the
suspected encampment where Jester has set up his base of operations for Downtown.
The River itself is a life line for trade and communications for those communities that live along
it’s blackened shores. The River winds it’s way through the deepest Downtown areas, moving
through areas of tumbled down decay on the outskirts, where the sky is still visible, then
disappearing beneath the surface of Mort, to wend it’s way through excavated caverns and man
made areas of vast concrete and steel ceilings, supporting the weight of the jumbled mass of
Downtown above.

The River varies greatly in width, depth and speed of flow.

It’s waters are always dark and murky, being full of the pollution that goes with the territory of
Downtown. Everything is dumped in the River, and the levels of toxins kill most ‘normal’ water
born life, leaving only the mutated or monstrous.
The flotsam and jetsam that clogs the surface of the River reflects the poisoned nature of the
waters; chemical drums, all forms of domestic and most industrial waste, numerous bodies of
animals and some humans, raw sewage and anything else that has been disposed of by anyone
or anything that can reach the inky dark waters.

Where the River flows underground, it will be covered by a variety of ‘ceilings’ at varying
heights from the surface water. Sometime it’s tunnel like nature is mere feet above the Voodoo
Queen’s top radio masts, sometimes the rock caverns are a hundred feet high, with all manner of
mix in between, showing up the underbelly of Downtown above it, it’s support structures,
access tunnels, walkways, broken and opened basements, ruined storage facilities and disused
power and manufacturing plants.

It is always naturally dark near the River, with some vapors rising from the surface, often
glowing with toxic waste near the banks, where mutated (poisonous) plant life thrives. The
River stinks. Smells that disgust and some that actually damage. It is usually warm, muggy,
cloying, there is an intense humid heat generated by the River. Most of those that travel or work
on the River (and they are few and far between) go about their business in the minimal amount
of clothing, drenched with sweat, dirty and rotten with contact with the water and it’s numerous
corrosive poisons.

If you fall in the River, best guess as to your survival time is about three mouthful’s, then you’re
too busy choking and doubling up with the pain of being poisoned to swim much. Because of
this, only fools wear armour on the River, something anyone will gladly tell those dumb enough
to weigh themselves down with any form of armour heavier than a flak vest.
Those that do fall in, must make PHYS rolls at –10, plus an additional –1 modifier for each
10kg of weight they are carrying. Failure means they can’t stop the water getting in their mouth,
nose or ears…. success means they last for one round without taking any water in…. they must
make the PHYS roll every round they are in the water.
The River water acts as a Rank 10 poison once inside the lungs / stomach. The victim must
make a PHYS roll with the –10 modifier or suffer a –6 temporary modifier to their STR, DEX
and PHYS. This lasts as long as the water is in their system, which is until passed through urine
or better still vomit (30 – PHYS rounds).

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Scene Two
(Day Two)

Settings: Voodoo Queen. River shore foray.

Action / Encounters: Firefight / combat. Scavs. Gangers.
Proposed length: 10 - 20 minutes.

Scene Two – Direct to Players

As the Voodoo Queen slides slowly through the murky waters of the River, you sense a change
in the lazy mood of the crew. From somewhere up ahead you hear the sound of a firefight, small
arms and lots of them. The crew arm themselves, manning their stations in an almost efficient
way. Cobra turns to you, “may be a chance to get some payback here. You could get some
information from these guys. You up for some action?”

A small band of Scavs are tearing apart a gangs hide out.

The Op’s will have to side with the gangers to fight off the Scavs, this will involve small shore
foray, getting in to the firefight and maybe closing for some hand to hand with the Scavs.
The gang are the ‘Starfish’, their colours are worn on their right arms in the form of a chainmail
covering and glove. The Shivers owe them a big favour, and this (with the Op’s help) looks like
a good chance to wipe the slate clean with some payback.

The Scavs band numbers from 6 to 10, they are obviously well tooled up and tactically aware.
There are from 15 to 30 gangers, outgunned and outclassed.

The gangers are hold up in a disused warehouse, with it’s front facing the river (to the right of
the Voodoo Queen) and a broken down jetty. The Scavs are attacking from the front and the
sides, with a view to breaking in through the side wall and the roof simultaneously. There is no
clue as to what the Scavs are after.

One way or another, the Scavs will be beaten off, mainly with the help of the Op’s and Shivers
(remember the Voodoo Queen is armed).
The Starfish gang will be keen to slope off in to the darkness, to lick their wounds and get their
contraband out of the now heavily damaged warehouse. They will want only the briefest of
interaction with the Shivers, and they will try to avoid the Op’s.
If pushed, one or more of the gangers may become talkative….

Information gained from the Starfish:

The Op’s may be able to get some information from the gang, especially if they helped them.
bribes never hurt, trading is better. The camp of ‘Jester’ is downstream, in the semi-enclosed
ruins of a huge old power station. They haven’t heard him called ‘Jester’ though, and the ruler
of the settlement is universally known as ‘Hark’. Hark has no ties with outside inhabitants of the
Sector, and it is rumoured that all within the walls of the old power station are completely
insane. It is generally thought of as a place of death and lunacy, even more so than the
surrounding Cannibal Sector. It is also rumoured that Hark holds an unheard of ‘truce’ with at
least two War Vet’s that claim their territory in the area….

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Scene Three
(Night of Day two)

Settings: Voodoo Queen.

Action / Encounters: Voodoo Queen is attacked by Cannibal Sector Gators.
Proposed length: 10 - 20 minutes.

Games Masters Tip

You can add the encounter with the Gators to the tail end of the encounter with the Scavs,
especially if the Op’s have split themselves, some going ashore some staying on the boat. The
Gators attack will be more effective if there are wounded or the Voodoo Queens guns are not
fully manned. Merging the two encounters adds an element of chaos to the scenario and may
result in fatal injury. Be aware that it may result in the death of one or more of the Operatives.
However and whenever the Gators attack, try to have them eat at least one of the Shivers. This
will reinforce the danger inherent in the River, as well as create some tension between the Op’s
and the Shivers. (The Shivers will blame the Slops for their misfortune)

Scene Three – Direct to Players

The River flows slowly and silently, pushing along it’s dark waters, gently lapping the bow of
the Voodoo Queen, barely making waves on the blackened shores. The flotsam and jetsam of a
hundred small communities pollute the River, sewage adds to the stink. Everything from
household waste, to industrial drums can be seen scuttling along in the never ending flow of
surface debris. Just below the surface, something huge moves in the shadowy depths. A vague
shape that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up with primordial fear. The shape is
gone, the momentary panic subsides. Then there is a rushing of water, a surface wake that
shows the enormity of the attacking creature, like a bestial torpedo it moves towards the
Voodoo Queen….

The moored Voodoo Queen is attacked by Gators. The Gators have been attracted by the
Voodoo queen’s gently humming power sources and the waste the crew and Op’s have been
dumping in the river.

The Gators will be barely visible through the murky, polluted waters of the River. Their
approach will be largely unnoticed unless one of the Op’s is specifically on look out for things
in the River and not the shore.

Remember the Gators have a ‘Fear Rating’.

They are suitably terrifying as they are, but if the Op’s don’t react with any sense of fear or
trepidation, it may be that a nudge with the Fear rating and a quick check of their ‘Cool’ will get
the message across.

The Shivers will be loathed to waste ammunition on anything in the River, they know how hard
it is to get resources down here and how precious ammo is. Any footage of a Gator being taken
on in hand to hand, especially by an Operative in the water, would bring a bonus from Third
Eye of anywhere between 100 - 300 creds, as well as an increase in reputation for the Op’s and
the squad concerned.

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Scene Four
(Day Three)

Settings: Voodoo Queen.

Action / Encounters: Meet with boat on River, possible conflict with the DarkNight crew of the
boat.
Proposed length: 10 - 20 minutes.

Scene Four – Direct to Players

From out of the semi-darkness ahead you hear the low chugging of a boats engine. Travelling
towards the Voodoo Queen is a small, low vessel, with a small covered cabin and stunted,
broken radio mast. It’s the first boat you’ve seen that looks in a worse state of repair than the
Voodoo Queen! It’s a miracle it is still afloat. Someone from the approaching boat is hailing
you, trying to get your attention….

The Voodoo Queen is met by boat of DarkNight conscripts, led by DarkNight Operative. They
want to trade for some stuff the Shivers are carrying, either some fuel such as gas canisters or
some low grade ammunition. They have drugs and fresh water as well as some canned food.

They will react very violently indeed if the Shivers cover is blown or the Slops are revealed.
All the weapons on the DN boat will be loosely concealed but readily to hand.

DarkNight ‘captain’ of the boat. Miles Davis, early thirties, thin, hairless human, wears dirty
clothes, almost rags, constantly smokes Feelgoods, smiles a lot, is naturally calm and quiet. A
shrewd inhabitant of the River culture and well versed in it’s customs and nuances.
Miles will do most of the talking, while members of his crew may swap Feelgoods are the odd
can of Slosh with the Shivers of the Voodoo Queen.
(DarkNight Operative: ‘Modified’ GAK 19 Assault System AR (ROF 1/3)).

The crew of the DN boat are simply trying to eke out a living from the River and the
communities along it. They are not fanatical DN supporters, though they are very loyal to their
‘captain’. They have no love of SLA, though they will not provoke a fight with them. If they
feel they are betrayed (by the Shivers or Slops for example), they will react violently in an
attempt to get away. The general mood of the DN crew is wary but laid back, they take a lot of
drugs like Beat and continually smoke and drink Slosh.
(5 DN Conscripts: stolen Fen 603’s, Fen AR’s.)

Information gained from DarkNight:

Information is currency. The DN crew will only swap info on a like for like basis. They know of
the encampment, they have never heard of a ‘Jester’. They deal with a pretty clued up ‘front
man’ they know as ‘Courtney’, they reckon he’s an ex-Third Eye Op going by his dress and
lingo.
The DN crew are obviously afraid of something about the encampment, and they don’t really
want to talk about it.
If pushed they will estimate the number of inhabitants within the abandoned power plant to be
somewhere in the region of 200. If really pushed / bribed / impressed / tricked, they will tell the
Op’s the names of the two ‘local’ War Vet’s who prowl the area: SandMan and Dig.

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Scene Five
(Day Three Night)

Settings: Voodoo Queen.

Action / Encounters: Voodoo Queen is attacked by swarming Iron Spiders.
Proposed length: 5 - 10 minutes.

Games Masters Tip

You may want to move the attack of the Iron Spiders forward to join in with the encounter with
the DarkNight boat. This can either be used to get both the DN and Shivers to fight off a
common foe, or it can be used as an added factor that confuses a confrontation between the two
crews. Maybe the Shivers will have to reveal their superior firepower fighting off the Iron
Spiders, arousing the DN crews suspicion, or the Op’s will reveal themselves in their use of
weapons, armour and maybe Ebb in fighting off the Spiders. This could result in a three way
fight between both boat crews, the Op’s and the Iron Spiders.
If the Op’s are showing an inclination for investigation rather than combat, you could drop the
encounter with the Iron Spiders and focus on the abandoned Carrien nest near the Voodoo
Queen’s mooring.

Scene Five –Direct to Players

Part of the roof of the natural cavern the River flows through seems to be a moving patch of
inky black against the Grey shadow of the surrounding rock. The metallic click of steely claws
against the rock puts your teeth on edge. The shuffling mass breaks up in to what look like
thousands of giant spiders, scuttling horribly down the cavern walls, then dropping with a loud
thuds on to the decks of the Voodoo Queen. The small curled up bundles of crab like shells and
legs, breaking in to a run as soon as they unfold on the boat, heading for any source of power
and light, moving with a frightening speed. You soon realise than the boat will be over run,
swarmed under and possibly sunk beneath the weight of these insectoid invaders.

The Voodoo Queen is attacked by a swarm of Iron Spiders, seeking to ‘suicide’ on the boats
power sources. Any powered armour, anything with a power source, will be the target for their
swarming. They will try to break through power cables to short out on the power supply.
The only way to be rid of the Spiders is to move the Voodoo Queen to a sheltered part of the
River, and then to power down all power sources in an exercise in ‘silent running’.
The Shivers may well be too out of it on drink and drugs to fully appreciate the danger they are
in. The Op’s may well have to forcibly tale control of the boat and power down systems
themselves.

On the shore near the ships mooring is an apparently abandoned Carrien nest, with signs that
they left in an organised fashion, moving towards the area of the old power station further
upstream. Further investigation may reveal that there were other races present here, but not as
food or prey / predator, but somehow in league with the Carrien. Some power armoured booted
tracks may be found.

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Scene Six
(Day Four)

Settings: Voodoo Queen. Power plant / settlement.

Action / Encounters: Gain access to the settlement. Meet Courtney. Meet Hark. Hold mock trial.
Proposed length: 30 - 40 minutes.

Scene Six – Direct to Players

The Voodoo Queen slowly moves through the River, you can feel a change in the mood of the
crew, as it matches the change in the scenery around the River. The River becomes ever more
closed in, with falling ceilings of jagged rock and shambling metallic walkways, crowned by the
underside of vast concrete and steel supports for the installations that make their way up through
the layers of Downtown above you. Along the bank you begin to see the crucified bodies of
Carrien, then bodies from all of the other races of the World of Progress, from all backgrounds,
from all walks of life, from all companies; DarkNight, Thresher, SLA, and numerous Soft
Companies, each is represented by a mute, mangled corpse. Twisted bodies hang from the infra-
structure of the tunnel and the ‘shore’ buildings and ruins. Shadowy figures can be seen
prowling along the shore, in the half light of hundreds of small fires. Then you see the jetty
sticking out in to the river, lined with the heads of more unfortunate victims of the madness that
has engulfed this part of Mort. Standing on the jetty is a dishevelled figure, dressed in the dirty
remains of a Third Eye body suite, his cameras around his neck old and useless. He waves you
on to the jetty. Almost as if he was expecting you.

The Voodoo queen will be met by Courtney. He will knowingly greet the Op’s and tell them
they have been expected. The Shivers will not get out of the boat, and they will cast off and
remain anchored in mid river waiting for the Op’s to return from their ‘mission’.

The jetty runs up to the walls of the abandoned power plant. It is topped with razor wire, draped
with more mutilated bodies and thousands of pieces of torn cloth of all colours, like tiny flags.
The power plant is huge. Mostly broken down and shambling remains now, but with a fairly
intact ‘perimeter’ wall. Within the wall is a large doorway, through which the Op’s can see the
interior of the settlement, a series of strange huts and ramshackle dug out buildings.
There are hundreds of inhabitants within the settlement, sitting or milling about, eating, drinking
or just lying around. None seems to be more than half awake.

Within the settlement Hark rules. The inhabitants, a mixed band of outcasts from Soft
Companies, SLA, Downtown, War Vets and the Sectors have been drawn in to Harks net,
listening to his teaching and following his code for life (and death). They have all gone native
with little or no weapons or technology, being happy to walk around naked, or caked in the
blood and grime from their last hunt or sacrificial ritual.
In the settlement there are stores of arms and armour are available for ‘raiding parties’,
including some Thresher stuff. Only Hark knows the codes to open these stores electronic locks.

Courtney will tell the Op’s that Hark is expecting them, and that they will meet the ‘man
himself’ (Hark) in a few hours. In the meantime they must leave their arms and armour on the
jetty and enter the settlement. It should be obvious to all of the Op’s that they will never find
Hark if they just crash in guns blazing. At least one of the Op’s will realise that hark is the real
target for the BPN.

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Hark wants to use the Op’s to finally bring his suffering to an end. He will get Courtney to tell
the Op’s they must ‘judge’ him in a mock trial staged by him, witnessed by his followers, or the
DarkFinder will have all of his followers kill the Op’s.
The Op’s are free to carry out whatever ‘judgement’ they see fit as long as they conduct a full
and fair trial. They will have one hour to prepare.
The trial will be over-seen by Courtney Walsh, judged to be the most sane of the compounds
inhabitants….

The whole point of the trail, as far as Hark is concerned, is to test the Op’s, and to find one of
them with the strength of mind to bear the brunt of the ‘truth’ and still be capable of killing him.
In the aftermath of Hark reading from Integration 20, all of the inhabitants will be momentarily
mesmerised and lost in their own thoughts of madness. This lasts for about 30 seconds, during
which Time Hark will simply sit still, his head bowed, eyes closed.

Hark will attend the trial in the company of the War Vet ‘Sandman’ who will see to it that no
harm comes to Hark. Sandman will watch the proceedings intently, and from within his Power
Armour, will make it clear that he is targeting the Op’s should they make a foolish move. There
will always be at least twenty feet between Hark and the Op’s, any of the Op’s coming closer to
this will be killed by Sandman.
Sandman will be affected by the reading of I20 in the same way as the other inhabitants.

The trial will be opened by Courtney who will ask the Op’s why they have come here to kill
Hark, when the DarkFinder is the only one that knows the truth.
The Op’s will realise that the BPN they are on is an obvious cover for the hunting and killing of
Hark. (May be realised through either skill rolls or perhaps a formulae roll).
Hark’s basic case is that he is no more guilty of any crimes or atrocities than any SLA
Operative, and that none that work for SLA can find him guilty without condemning
themselves.
For his final defence, Hark will read from Integration 20.

Integration 20 – Knowing the Truth

Integration 20 – Direct to Players

As Hark sits cross legged at Sandman’s side, he looks like a man at peace, like a man who has
made a decision, and having made that decision, has lifted a weight from his heart. Hark picks
up an Oyster, the technology looking out of place in this pagan setting. He begins to read,
slowly, steadily, not taking his eyes from the computer screen, the faint green glow flickering in
his eyes. Integration 20. You cannot hear the exact words, they fall in to your battered mind like
rain on stone, running from your consciousness as you try to understand, drowning your ability
to reason, choking you with the fear that this knowledge will destroy your world.

The only fair way to represent the effects of having listened to the terrible truth of I20 within the
game setting, is to use the dice and the characteristics. If this was a campaign environment,
Players could be left to come to terms with the horror themselves, and the GM could work in
their own deep truths and background, but as it is, we are limited to relying on the dice and
characteristics to show the mind destroying finality of actually knowing the ‘truth’.

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Each of the Op’s who listens to hark read the I20 extracts must make a series of rolls:

Concentration Roll - If they succeed the CONC roll, they begin to understand the meaning of
I20.

CONC Roll Success: Make a Fear Roll – If they made their CONC roll, they must make a Fear
Roll at a ‘Fear rating’ of 15. If they succeed they must make a Diagnose roll, with a minus
modifier of their COOL.

CONC Roll Failure: If they failed their CONC roll, they begin to fall in to a lethargic stupor,
having a –10 modifier to any aggressive action for (20 rounds – CONC). They are aware that
I20 is changing their lives, but they don’t know how. They only realise it as a nagging doubt.
Op’s failing their CONC roll, will feel that killing Hark may be a way to fight the onset of
madness (they’re wrong, but by the time they learn this, they will have done their job).The Op
gains one rank of Schizophrenia per day until they reach Rank 10, when they go permanently
insane, becoming a kind of waking Zombie, their minds in eternal conflict with their soul over
the sheer impossibility of Integration 20 being true. They can only be cured by intensive psycho
therapy with a qualified psychiatrist, or by having their mind altered by a Necanthrope.

Diagnose Roll – If they succeed, the Op’s have successfully understood, not been terrified by,
and most importantly believed, the message contained within Integration 20. They will be
utterly crushed by the hopelessness and futility of their existence, with the full, complete and
irrevocable realisation of what they are….
They will immediately be struck by a Rank 20: Psychovirus 5 ‘Red Rain’. They will fall to the
ground, a gibbering, insane wreck, unable to motivate themselves or take any meaningful
action. They will remain in this state for their DIA in weeks. After this period they will slowly
regain their sanity, but will gain 1 Rank of Delusion a week, with a maximum Rank equal to
their Diagnose. If this is above 10 they will become incurably insane.

Diagnose Roll – If they Fail, the Op’s suffer the same results as a CONC roll failure.

The Outcome of The Trial

Hark expects that at least one of the Op’s will kill him. He knows that his follower will be
momentarily paralysed by his reading of I20, and he feels this will be a sporting chance for the
Op’s to get out and take their madness back to the World of Progress. Sandman and all the other
followers will go in to a berserk rage when they realise that Hark is dead, doing everything in
their power to kill the Op’s.
Give the Op’s the hint about taking the Oyster, or at least getting the data slug from it. If they
choose to leave it, that’s their decision (and a good one it would be too….!)
SLA Industries will of course kill anyone who has had the slightest contact with Integration 20.

If any of the Op’s come to the realisation that they are between a rock and a hard place, being
targeted by SLA if they escape, and being doomed to a monstrous existence of mindless pagan
violence and ritual if they stay, they will have to make their own choice: the immediate
knowledge and fear of what will happen if they stay, against the likelihood of what will happen
if they escape.
They are of course doomed either way.
Guns kill but so dos the truth.

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MAJOR NPC’s

Voodoo Queen Sleeper Shiver Unit Crew

Sargent (‘captain of boat’): Marco Dedique, known as ‘Cobra’. (Katana, Blitzer.)

Use the ‘Dispersal Shiver’ stats. from Karma (page 134). Add; Blade 2-H: 4, Navigation: 4,
Swim: 4.

For the five Shiver crew, use the ‘Standard Troop’ stats. from Karma (page 134), in addition
give each their primary weapon skill (in brackets) at 4. Add; Swim: 4, Rival Company: 2.

Right Hand Man: Brad Schmidt, known as ‘C-D’. (Power Whip, Nun-Chuks.)

Fixer: Raol Rodriguez, known as ‘Tick’. (Wrestling.)

Muscle: Brian Walker, known as ‘Baz’. (603, Unarmed, Knives.)

Muscle: Luke Ward, known as ‘Lucky’. (Power Claymore, 603, Unarmed.)

Muscle: Ben Stein, known as ‘Horse’. (Martial Arts, Unarmed, Gash Fist.)

Scavs Raiding Party

Stats for Scavs are taken from tHE bIG pICTURE 9. Feel free to alter some or all stats. to suit
the game, and equip them to present a serious threat to the Op’s, Shivers and gangers.

Statistics: STR; 10 – 15, DEX; 7 – 15, DIA; 4 – 8, CONC; 3 – 7, CHAR; 1 – 3, PHYS; 9 – 15,
KNOW; 3 – 7.
HITS; 19 - 30
Walk; 2, Run; 4, Sprint; 6 plus any running skill.
Height; 2.2m average, Weight; 110kg average.
Skills: Unarmed Combat; 7, Club 2-H; 6, Blade 1-H; 6, Sneaking; 5, Hide; 3, Running; 4,
Swim; 6, Climb; 4, Tracking; 4, Survival; 8, Detect; 4, Evaluate opponent; 4, Tactics; 3, Pistol;
5, Rifle; 5.
All Scavs wear a mixture of stolen and patched together armour, varying in PV from 2 – 5., ID
10 – 30.
The raiding party will be well armed, with a variety of guns, mostly 10mm with the odd
12.7mm and there will be a couple of ‘big guns’ among the group, possibly a BLA 646M
Buzzsaw (Karma page 30 / 146) and an SP Vibro Disc (MRB page 229, Karma page 147).

Starfish Gangers

Use the ‘Civilian Convert’ stats. from Karma (page 138 / 139). Swap; DarkNight Info for
Survival, Auto Support for Throw. Add; Swim 3.
The Starfish Gang are primarily armed with stolen FEN 603’s (Karma page 146) and a mixture
of CAF guns (Karma page 146).
Feel free to throw in the odd surprise by way of a Blitzer or Shotgun, but they will generally be
‘undergunned’.

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MAJOR NPC’s (Continued)

DarkNight

The crew of the boat (the ‘Maiden’) met on the River.

For the ‘captain’ use the stats. for ‘Civilian Convert’ (Karma page 138 / 139) but add one rank
to all skills, and two ranks to two skills. Also add: Navigation; 3, Persuade; 3, Intimidate; 4.
The captain, miles Davis, has a modified GAK 19 Assault System AR: ROF 1/3 (Karma page
146).

For the DarkNight crew, use the stats. for ‘Civilian Convert’.

All of the DarkNight Op’s will have a mixture of FEN guns and equipment, mainly 603’s and
AR’s (Karma page 146).

DN Convert Crew:

Harry ‘jinx’ Chivers. Kurin ‘lefty’ Grady. Arthur ‘bubbles’ Duggan. Sally ‘B’ Brodin. Luther
‘spike’ Garvey.

Courtney Walsh

Use the stats. ‘Human’ (Karma page 143).

Courtney wears no armour and will never use / carry weapons, he will only fight to directly
defend himself, and then always with a view to running away.

Harks Minions

Those within the encampment are from every race and creed. Each is in a permanent state of
confusion and tortured lethargy, occasionally exploding in to insane violence. Stats. are largely
irrelevant, as they would fight with sheer weight of numbers. Due to their mental state, they do
not make ‘Fear Rolls’ and ignore PHYS rolls for up to half their HITS.

Hark DarkFinder

Hark will not physically inter act with the Op’s, so his stats. are largely irrelevant. All his
‘stats.’ are at 10, use a skill set loosely based on the ‘Ex-War Criminal’ (Karma page 133).
Hark only ever wears loose fitting robes and never carries any weapons.

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MINOR NPC’s

Cannibal Sector Gators

The Cannibal Sector Gators are universally known as "T.E.A.'s" (teeth, eyes and assholes). They
will eat almost anything they find, including children, other animals, garbage, corpses, etc..
The Cannibal Sector Gators have enormous teeth, similar to those of a Stormer, they do not look
natural, they can tear through most armour types. The Gators also have luminescent eyes, they
glow like lights in the dark, an eerie green tinged with purple. Rumour has it that the Gators are
genetically engineered, originally to clear up the Cannibal Sectors, giving the Carriens
something to worry about.
The spoor of the Gators is the most disgusting substance many people will come across in their
whole lives. The smell is overpowering, forcing the 'victim' to hold their breath, the feces
always contains half digested remains of meals.
Stats Min Max Norm SKILLS Rank
STR 8 15 10 Unarmed 11
DEX 4 8 6 Detect 9
DIA 1 3 2 Swim 10
CONC 1 3 2
CHA 0 0 0
COOL 10 18 14
HITS 14 30
Weight 600kg - 4000kg
Height 80cm - 150cm
Length 2m - 8m
Some of the skills are governed by instinct, so are higher than the stat. maximum.
WEAPONS PEN DMG AD
Teeth 3-5 4-6 2-4
Gators have ‘armoured’ hides: PV 4, ID 30.

Once a Gator has bitten it's target it will choose to do one of two things; bite it again or lock it's
jaws and thrash around. Biting again counts as a new attack and is rolled for as usual. Locking
up and thrashing is a continuation of the first attack. The victim may (in his phase, in lieu of an
attack) attempt to break free. The victim may use any skill they feel (and can convince the
GamesMaster) is appropriate such as Wrestling, Unarmed, Martial Art, etc. or they may use
brute strength. An opposed Strength roll is made, where the Gator and his victim count their
Strength as a skill. Rolls are made in the normal way.
A thrashing Gator does an automatic 4 points of damage to a random location (ignore armour
for PEN and AD).

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MINOR NPC’s (Continued)

Iron Spiders (also known as ‘shrieksters’)

Expeditionary Shiver’s report (Classified SCL 7+):

“They are some form of mutant spider, 12 - 18cm across back (20 - 30cm diameter inc. legs),
very hard exo-skeletons, they stun prey by emitting very high frequency shriek (made by plates
rubbing at speed on stomach), then they inject acid that reduces prey’s innards to fluid to be
sucked out through single proboscis (unusually high PEN). Almost ‘crab’ like shells, they move
in jerky bursts, can ‘leap’ up to 2 meters. The shrieksters are attracted to power cells, and have
been known to ‘swarm’ and suicide on large capacity cells. Escaped Karma experiment?”
Manfred Ulmier, Expeditionary Shiver, Cannibal Sector Two, Mort 903 SD.

STATS. Min Max Norm SKILLS (Instinctive) RANK

STR 2 4 3 Detect 8
DEX 10 15 12 Unarmed (Bite) (equals DEX)
DIA 0 1 0 Climb 10
CONC 0 2 1 Swim 8
HITS 8 14 10 Running 6
Walk 2 The ‘Rank’ of the acid determines the damage it does.
Sprint 8 The larger the shriekster, the more potent the acid it
injects
WEAPON PEN DMG Ranks range from 3 – 9.
Bite / Inject 8 1 Armour: Iron Spiders have shells that act as ‘armour’:
Acid fluid See Below PV; 3, ID; 10.

Each round after the first, the victim needs to make a PHYS roll (as a Skill, Rank of acid as
negative modifier) to avoid taking damage. The Rank of acid is also the number of rounds it
attacks the victim, each round a PHYS roll is required. After a number of rounds equal to the
acid’s Rank, it is dissipated within the victims blood stream, becoming harmless.
The ‘shrieking’ is caused by the rubbing together of plates on their stomach. This creates a high
pitched screaming noise. Those within 1m must make a PHYS roll (using the shrieksters STR as
a negative modifier), success means they are unaffected, failure means they are stunned for a
number of ‘phases’ equal to 20 minus their PHYS. For every 10 shrieksters shrieking in unison,
add 1m to the range and –1 to the PHYS roll, +1 phase to the stun if failed.

Iron Spiders are an escaped Karma experiment. They can live quite happily under water and in
all but the most lethal of toxic atmospheres. They are very sociable creatures, gathering in
‘hives’ of up to a thousand. They do not build webs. They seek out damp, dark places, and are
thriving in the sewers and lower levels of Downtown. recent flooding in Suburbia has caused
their spread in to the more secure areas of Mort.
The shrieksters are drawn to power supplies. Like a lot of failed Karma experiments, they seem
prone to a mass suicide instinct. On occasion, thousands of Iron Spiders have gathered around a
power outlet or coupling, swarming all over it, biting and scratching, shrieking and exposing the
raw power line. The resulting surge causes them to ‘explode’, which is messy but essentially
harmless. They have caused some major damage in Downtown and a few black outs. Iron
Spiders attack Powered Armour, seeking out the power cells.

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Player Characters – Breakdown Of The Player Characters

These are condensed character records. See full versions for background and interaction with
other characters.

SLA Player Character 1: Players Name:

Name: Solace (Nadhr Cekolh) Height: 6’
Race: Ebon Weight: 170 lbs
Package: Scout Eye Colour: White, no pupils.
Squad: Hair Colour: Pale Green.
SCL: 9B Complexion: Changes with mood – Usually Red.
STR: 6. DEX: 8. DIA: 10. CONC: 13. CHAR: 10. PHYS: 7. KNOW: 11. COOL: 11 (9).
FLUX: 20.
FLUX: Self: 20. Deathsuit: 10. Medkit: 10.
SKILLS: Literacy 5. Detect 7. Rival Company 4. SLA Information 5. Communiqué 4.
Persuasion 6. Tracking 5. Streetwise 4. Running 4. Sneaking 5. Rifle 4. Pistol 4. Blade 1-H 8.
Hide 4. Persuade 4. Haggle 3. Medical Paramedic 4. Tactics 3. Unarmed Combat 4.
EBB SKILLS: Blue Thermal 6. Communication 5. Detect 5. Healing 6. Protect 8. Enhancement
7. Sense 8.
Hit Points - Total: 13. Head: 4. Torso: 13. Arms: 6. Legs: 7.
Armour: Medium DeathSuit. PV / ID. Head: 7 / 35. Torso: 7 / 45. Arms: 7 / 40. Legs: 7 / 45.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
FEN 603 P 10mm 4 5 2 3 / 1 12M 20 3
GA 50 R 10mm 5 8 2 3 / 1 15M 18 3 (6)

SLA Player Character 2: Players Name:

Name: Fergus (F’rean Graw) Height: 6’ 3”
Race: Wraith Raider Weight: 180 lbs
Package: Scout Eye Colour: Purple.
Squad: Hair Colour: Pale Lavender.
SCL: 9C Complexion: Short cropped fur, mottled with Purple.
STR: 8. DEX: 13. DIA: 10. CONC: 8. CHAR: 7. PHYS: 11. KNOW: 8. COOL: 8.
SKILLS: Survival 8. Tracking 8. Detect 8. Martial Arts 8. Running 6. Climb 6. Streetwise 5.
Sneaking 8. Rifle 8. Hide 6. Pistol 4. Marksman 6. Drive, Civilian 4. Killan 3. Tactics 4. Swim
4. Throw 5. Climb 5. Blade 1-H 4.
Hit Points - Total: 19. Head: 6. Torso: 19. Arms: 9. Legs: 10.
Armour: Custom Striker. PV / ID. Head: - / -. Torso: 3 / 8. Arms: 2 / 5. Legs: 2 / 5.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
FEN 603 P 10mm 4 5 2 3 / 1 12M 20 3
FEN 603 HEAP 10mm 6 7 3
FEN 93 GAG R 12mm 8 9 2 2 / 1 75M 10 5 / 4 (8 / 7)
FEN 93 HEAP 12mm 10 11 3

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SLA Player Character 3: Players Name:

Name: Sally Croft Height: 5’6”
Race: Human Weight: 120 lbs
Package: Investigation & Interrogation Eye Colour: Green.
Squad: Hair Colour: Red / Ginger.
SCL: 9B Complexion: Very pale skinned, freckles.
STR: 9. DEX: 10. DIA: 7. CONC: 8. CHAR: 9. PHYS: 10. KNOW: 8. COOL: 8.
SKILLS: Literacy 3. Detect 6. SLA Information 5. Rival Company 3. Streetwise 5. Unarmed
Combat 6. Hide 5. Sneak 5. Martial Arts 8. Climb 6. Acrobatics 5. Blade 1-H 7. Pistol 5. Rifle
4. Swim 4. Haggle 3. Gambling 5. Wraith Language 4. Shaktar Language 3. Leadership 4.
Interview 3. Communiqué 4. Swim 4. Throw 3.
Hit Points - Total: 19. Head: 6. Torso: 19. Arms: 9. Legs: 10.
Armour: PP644 Body Blocker. PV / ID. Head: 5 / 8. Torso: 5 / 14. Arms: 5 / 10. Legs: 5 / 12.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
FEN 603 P 10mm 4 5 2 3 / 1 12M 20 3
FEN 603 AP 10mm 7 1 1
BLA 046M P 12.7mm 8 8 3 1 20M 6 7

SLA Player Character 4: Players Name:

Name: Nathan Lucas Height: 6’7”
Race: Human Weight: 220 lbs
Package: Strike Squad Eye Colour: Dark Brown.
Squad: Hair Colour: Black.
SCL: 9A Complexion: Olive skinned, tanned.
STR: 9. DEX: 9. DIA: 9. CONC: 8. CHAR: 9. PHYS: 9. KNOW: 9. COOL: 10.
SKILLS: Literacy 4. Detect 8. SLA Information 4. Rival Company 4. Streetwise 6. Unarmed
Combat 8. Drive, Civilian 6. Drive, Military 6. Pistol 8. Rifle 6. Paramedic 4. Blade 1-H 6.
Disguise 4. Persuasion 5. Shaktar Language 3. Wraith Raider Language 3. Navigation 5. Swim
3. Throw 6. Climb 4. Haggle 4. Electronics Repair 3. Mechanical Repair 4. Weapons
Maintenance 4. Gambling 7.
Hit Points - Total: 18. Head: 6. Torso: 18. Arms: 9. Legs: 9.
Armour: PP644 Body Blocker. PV / ID. Head: 5 / 8. Torso: 5 / 14. Arms: 5 / 10. Legs: 5 / 12.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
BLA 046M P 12.7mm 8 8 3 1 20M 6 (7) 2
BLA 046M HEAP 12.7mm 10 10 6
BLA 046M HESH 12.7mm 3 16 6
FEN 10mm AR R 10mm 5 8 2 5 / 1 20M 25 5 / 1 (8 / 2)

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SLA Player Character 5: Players Name:

Name: Rufus ‘Dwight’ Dawson Height: 6’2”
Race: Human Weight: 220 lbs
Package: Death Squad Eye Colour: Deep Blue.
Squad: Hair Colour: Tawny Blonde.
SCL: 9B Complexion: Caucasian.
STR: 10. DEX: 10. DIA: 7. CONC: 6. CHAR: 7. PHYS: 10. KNOW: 7. COOL: 10.
SKILLS: Literacy 4. Detect 6. SLA Information 4. Rival Company 5. Streetwise 6. Unarmed
Combat 8. Auto Support 7. Rifle 7. Tactics 6. Evaluate Opponent 6. Gymnastics 7. Climb 6.
Swim 5. Wrestle 5. Blade 1-H 8. Blade 2-H 4. Flexible Weapon 4. Polearm 4. Club 1-H 3. Club
2-H 4. Sneaking 5. Hide 6. Disguise 4. Haggle 3. Computer Use 4. Demolitions 3. Survival 5.
Lock Picking 3. Electronic Locks 4. Bribery 4. Intimidation 3.
Hit Points - Total: 20. Head: 6. Torso: 20. Arms: 10. Legs: 10.
Armour: PP644 Body Blocker. PV / ID. Head: 5 / 8. Torso: 5 / 14. Arms: 5 / 10. Legs: 5 / 12.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Pacifier Baton 0 5 5
Vibro Sabre (Katana) 4 4 2
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
KPS Mangler R 10g 7 10 4 3 10M 10 (9) 5
KPS Mangler 10g Shot 10g 4 9 7

SLA Player Character 6: Players Name:

Name: Dream Height: 7’10”
Race: 313 Stormer Weight: 350 lbs
Package: Kick Murder Eye Colour: Black (no pupils).
Squad: Hair Colour: White.
SCL: 9B Complexion: Slate Grey skin.
STR: 15. DEX: 13. DIA: 6. CONC: 6. CHAR: 6. PHYS: 14. KNOW: 6. COOL: 13.
SKILLS: Unarmed Combat 9. SLA Info 4. Rival Company 3. Intimidate 4. Streetwise 3.
Evaluate Opponent 6. Hide 5. Sneak 4. Martial Arts 6. Climb 7. Acrobatics 4. Blade 1-H 5.
Detect 5. Survival 4. Drive, Civilian 4. Drive, Military 4. Pistol 5. Rifle 5. Blade 2-H 5. Swim 5.
Tactics 5. Killan 5. Throw 5.
Hit Points - Total: 29. Head: 9. Torso: 29. Arms: 11. Legs: 15.
Armour: Custom PP644 Body Blocker. PV / ID. Head: 6 / 12. Torso: 7 / 20. Arms: 6 / 14. Legs:
6 / 15.
Hand to Hand Weapons PEN DMG AD
MAC Knife 1 4 1
Stormer Switchblade 5 5 3 (* See Notes*)
Weapons Size Calibre PEN DMG AD ROF Range Clip Recoil
FEN 603 P 10mm 4 5 2 3 / 1 12M 20 3
SP Vibro Disc P N/A 12 8 2 1 25M 4 0

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Appendices 1: Writer’s / Play Tester’s Notes - Revelation Burning

Thanks to: Squad ‘Pendulum’. All those who played at SLAcon 2000. And especially Mark
(Whitt) Whittington and Mark (Mr. P.) Perry.

After writing the scenario and play testing it, then giving it to two very accomplished SLA
GM’s to run through, it became apparent that there were a number of things that could be put in
that would make it slightly more flexible to play and slightly easier to GM. The things that
follow are some aspects of the scenario that would benefit form some more explanation or GM
knowledge of the background.
We have put them in an ‘Appendices’ as they are a bit woolly (fluffy?) for the main text, and are
not strictly essential to the game.
We’ve basically gone through each scene, highlighting some stuff that could come up, or
pointing out where it could be useful to lay groundwork for future scenes.

Scene Zero

Setting: The Hive Bar. Events: Character introductions. Brief question and answer session
among the Op’s regarding each of their characters. Encounters: The SLA Operatives of the
squad (get them to come up with a squad name!)
It may be useful to sketch out a brief history of the squad up to now. The squad must have
completed five or six BPN’s to have raised SCL’s, or they have come together recently, the
remnants from other squads. Either way they will have some history as Op’s under their belt,
and so some credits. You may want to allow each Op to roll 1D10, x100 credits available.

Scene One

Settings: The Hive bar. Pier 17. Deeno shanty town. Events: Meet Sirbed the DarkFinder
sponsoring the Grey BPN the Op’s are given. Op’s get themselves equipped, do a little digging.
Op’s are taken (folded) to Deeno by Necanthrope Vein. Meet with Shiver Sleeper unit on boat
Voodoo Queen. Maybe some small interaction with citizens of Deeno. Encounters: DarkFinder.
Vein Necanthrope. Shiver unit. Citizens of Deeno.
If you do not like the idea of the Op’s being given a BPN by a DarkFinder, change Sirbed to the
sponsoring DF and have a Financier that the squad knows approach them in the Hive instead.
He will have copies of Extermination Warrants and be acting on behalf on Cloak. Our old
friend, the Independent Financier, Harry Snow, could be used.
The information they have on Jester and the details of the vid slug that form part of the bonus,
should be brought up at a later date (when they met Hark), as in the description of Jester
matches Hark as if they were twins, and the vid slug may have a unique identifying feature as it
is supposed to be a ‘one shot’ special.
Another aspect that may not appeal to your sense of proportion for the WoP is the use of a
Necanthrope to fold the Op’s to Deeno. This could be changed to either a Gauss Train, with
maybe a compartment commandeered by Cloak for the Op’s to use, or a ‘Battle Taxi’ with a
mysterious, tight lipped Cloak driver. As long as it whisks the Op’s to Deeno via a largely
secretive route, the effects will be the same; to get them there as quickly as possible.
The Sleeper Shiver Unit will be in close contact with the Op’s for a long time. We have not
written much of the inter action in to the actual scenario, giving only the bear bones of the
Shivers and their attitudes. One of the things that the Shivers will want to get across to the Op’s
is the fact that ‘down here’ (while they are on the River), there are some changes in the ground
rules. Every Soft Company is not to be attacked, DarkNight are largely tolerated, crime is seen
in less black and white and more in terms of survival. In other words the Op’s will be expected
to bend the ‘SLA rules’ quite a lot, in the interests of survival. A key point will be that the

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Shivers inter act in a friendly way with some people that would normally be considered
‘hostile’. And of course the Shivers will emphasise that their cover must not be blown.
The actual boat, the Voodoo Queen, has been left to the GM’s imagination to describe. It is
basically a small gun boat converted to a trading vessel. It has a covered cabin, some room
below and a canopy that can be put up over the open back part of the boat. Play on it being in
bad repair, with squirting leaks and grinding motors. It should make the Op’s nervous just being
aboard.

Scene Two

Settings: The Voodoo Queen. Travel on River. Abandoned warehouse (gang base). Events:
Travel on the River. Come across a firefight between gangers and Scavs, get involved to help
gangers. Gain information from gangers. Encounters: Scavs. Gangers.
The Shivers will be helping out the gangers to pay the Starfish back for some favour they did
the Shivers. The Op’s may not understand this, but the Shivers will emphasise that it is all part
of the ‘back scratching’ culture of the lower parts of Downtown.
Try not to get too bogged down in the firefight between the Scavs and the gangers, as it’s
mostly NPC combat you can keep it dynamic and fluid, no pesky initiative and skill rolls to
slow things down. If the Op’s get involved the Scavs will soon be outgunned and will seek to
cut and run, doing some damage before they bug out.
After the fight, the gangers will want to make a brief show with the Shivers, to seal the deal on
the payback. This is the opportunity for the Op’s to get any information they can. The gangers
will not co-operate if they think the Op’s are SLA reps. The gangers may throw in the extra
information that there are some weird cults down here, and that the place the Op’s are looking
for sounds just like another one of them ‘suicide cults’ where people go whacko and kill
themselves. This may set up a greater expectation in the meeting with Hark that the DarkFinder
is expecting the Op’s to kill him.

Scene Three

Settings: Voodoo Queen, moored for the night. Events: Boat is attacked by Cannibal Sector
Gators. Encounters: Cannibal Sector Gators.
The purpose of the Gators is to emphasise the savage nature of the River and it’s environment.
Try to get at least one Shiver killed in the Gator attack, laying it on thick with the fearsome
power of the beasts. If you roll it on to the end of the Scavs / gangers encounter, one or more of
the Scavs or gangers could be eaten as well.

Scene Four

Settings: Voodoo queen, travelling on River. Events: Travel on River. Meet up with boat
coming the other way, DarkNight Op’s running supplies. Encounters: DarkNight boat and Op’s.
The encounter with the DarkNight boat is supposed to be tense and filled with under currents of
intent. Remember that both parties (DN and Shivers) are trying to conceal their identity while
still trading as ‘natives’ in the hellish Downtown environment. The meeting should be quite
slow and calculated, until some event triggers the revealing of either the Op’s, Shivers or DN
agents. If the DN agents are forced in to a firefight, they will get their asses shot to bits. At best
they may wound or kill one or two of the Shivers and maybe one of the Op’s if the Op’s are
gung-ho or stupid. The Shivers will take anything of value or use from the DN boat if they wipe
them out.

Scene Five

Settings: Voodoo Queen, moored for the night. Events: Boat is attacked by Iron Spiders.

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Encounters: Iron Spiders.

The Spiders can either be played as they are written, or they can be altered to give a slightly
different slant to the encounter. One possible angle is to make them bio-mechanical creations of
an obscure Soft Company. Making them smaller as well adds to the effect. In this case they
would attack like a swarm of locusts, with diminished attacks on the Op’s but a greater effect on
power drain. The Spiders may have a ‘hive mind’, with some acting on information gathered by
others, giving them an eerie co-ordinated feel, coldly efficient and somehow unstoppable,
pointless killing some of them, as there are always more willing to throw themselves in to the
battle.
It may well be worth emphasising the Spiders intent to get at power sources, either with their
mandibles or their ‘drilling proboscises’, make it clear that the Op’s and Shivers only really
have a chance if they divert the Spiders using a power source, or they achieve a complete shut
down of all power sources on the Voodoo Queen and dump their personal power packs. The
swarming Spiders can be quite a terrifying event if handled properly. If it seems out of place, or
it may overwhelm the Op’s you can drop it altogether…. but we really like it !.

Scene Six

Settings: Abandoned power plant, the compound where Hark has set up his community. Events:
Travel on River. Find settlement. Hold mock ‘trial’ for Hark. Encounters: Dead creatures from
all races / companies. Courtney Walsh, ex Third Eye. Inhabitants of settlement (all races). Hark
DarkFinder.
This is the definite climax of the scenario, with an almost staged feel. This can be helped with a
few extra touches.
Courtney Walsh, the ex-Third Eye Op, is basically mad, with moments of lucidity. He gets the
gist of what Hark is doing and considers the rogue DarkFinder a genius without compare.
Courtney will spout praise of Hark, using half remembered sayings and segments from Hark’s
sermons to his followers, each emphasising the idea that no one can judge anyone else as
everyone is guilty of something, and most people are guilty of heinous crimes committed in the
name of SLA. It is Courtney that will greet the Op’s and let them know that he is the go
between for Hark and the outside world. Courtney will emphasise that Hark has been expecting
them (in the form of a visit from SLA) and that Hark is not scared, but prepared for such a
‘visit’.
A sample of the kind of dialogue that Courtney reels off:

“Yeah, you know man? Like he sees in to your soul, he knows what a lie it is. He sees behind
the lies, behind the mask of SLA, he knows what the truth is man. And he still chooses to live.
He knows what the future betrays, and you know man, he knows, his is the vision to see through
the veil. He guides us. He kills us. You know man? We are already dead, not just to him, but
especially to him. You know man? Yeah, he sees. He knew you’d come, he’s not scared, he
welcomes it. You gotta do what you gotta man, he’s watching, he knows, you know?”

The trial set up by Courtney and Hark will be a tribal, primitive affair, held in the centre of a
circle of gathered followers, with Hark arriving on a litter carried by six Carrien, atop a throne
made of putrefying flesh and bone. The Op’s will be enclosed by at least 200 of Hark’s
followers, they should feel trapped, railroaded in to the trail. They should start to get a feel for
it’s inevitable outcome, and feel doomed by Hark’s followers, who will surely kill them if they
harm Hark.
During the trial, emphasise how Hark is the double of Jester and it will be worth dropping the
hint about the vid slug that Hark inserts in to his Oyster for the reading from I20: make it clear
through some element of description that it is (probably) the same slug as described in the bonus
section of the Grey BPN.

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The Op’s should be unarmed when they are in the settlement, as a condition of entry, so killing
Hark quickly could be a problem. Hark’s followers will have numerous sword, spears and
knives, many of which will slip from their fingers as they go in to a trance like state after
threading of I20. It should be clear that it would be easy to grab a weapon and attack Hark, a
sword would be best. As Hark wants to die, he will present an easy target for attack, you may
want to give the attacking Op a skill roll to figure that a ‘called shot’ (say to the neck) wouldn’t
bring any negative modifiers due to Harks submission….

The Op’s must make the decision to kill Hark or to give in to the despair caused by I20. Even if
they do not manage to twig to the BPN being a cover for the real target of Hark, they should feel
doomed enough by the trial and the reading from I20, that they know their choices.

Once the Op’s are clear of the settlement, all hell will break loose. If you want to chase them out
with hordes of screaming, insane, axe wielding followers, feel free. Either way, whether they
are chased out or stalk out in an eerie silence, they will be back to the Voodoo Queen in a short
time, and then away downstream on the River.

As a closing, it will be worth sketching out to the Op’s exactly what they will be facing when
the get back to ‘the world’. SLA Industries will certainly kill anyone who has had contact with
Integration 20, or at best put them in an asylum for study.
The Op’s will have to face choices. Do they leave SLA, become fugitives from the Company,
scraping out a living as best they can in the shady realms of Mort? Or do they simply lie to
SLA? Either way, their lives have changed, and their perception of SLA Industries has been
altered forever.

Alternative Ending – For Inexperienced SLA Players

If the Players are all new to the SLA Industries game, the ending may not mean much to them
or they may be unable to grasp the scale of events. In this case, it may be worth presenting a
more straight forward ending.
This can be done relatively easily by making Hark Jester and having the Contract Killer as the
head of a ‘murder cult’. Everything else stays the same up to the trial, when Jester will choose
‘trial by combat’. He will fight one of the Op’s himself, and he will choose a ‘champion’ to
fight each of the other Op’s. All fights will be one on one and to the death, with no ‘rules’ of
combat. Those that live, are free to go.
In this case, give it a gladiatorial feel, with the followers chanting, goading and prodding as the
combatants wheel their way round the ‘arena’ made by the circle of excited followers.
If you use Jester instead of Hark, you can use the stats ‘Frother’ (Karma page 142), give Jester a
hand to hand weapon of your choice, whatever is your favourite.

Thank you for reading this scenario.

If you’ve run it at GenCon, many, many thanks: you’re a hero. !
Please feel free to let us know what you thought of the scenario, or any thoughts you have on
future scenarios and demonstration games. You can contact us via the website or via e-mail.

Thanks again.

Max Bantleman.
max@bantleman.demon.co.uk www.carnage.uk.com www.nightfall.com

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