Summary
The following is an adventure intended for 1st level players,
however, it is generally recommended for somewhat
experienced or experimental players, as it breaks, tweaks, or
utterly ignores how most classes would typically play due to
the very strange situation it places the players in.
What is the situation? The players are abducted by a
spaceship and find themselves bereft of gear and hopeless
out matched by their foes wielding sci-fi level gear - their only
hope is to seize their foes weapons and shoot their way free
with laser guns!
Overview
The following is the rough intended outline of adventure. No
outline survives contact with a part of adventurers.
Players are abducted by a spaceship via transporter beam.
Wake up unarmed and weaponless with the ship in the
midst of a boarding action and mutiny.
Arm themselves with weapons from the fallen, and space
suits that give them temporary air (to bypass the poison
gas).
Kill everything that wants to shoot them.
Decodes the door locks from the clues in the Medbay and
Crew Quarters.
Restarts the power to the ship.
Negotiates with the AI on the bridge to send them home.
(Optional Objectives: Save the elf child, deal with the
pirates, loot the captain's chamber, find a way to kill the
Mind Flayer.
Overall, while it has many paths, it's a small fairly linear
area.
A Kibbles' Adventure (In Space)
Intro (Optional)
The story starts as many stories do. The players are
transporting a wagon from a place to another place, as
adventurers do, and it's full of stuff and things, drawn by a
horse.
The players find themselves on a grassy path through some
light hills, with tumbled rocks all about. Have them make a
Wisdom (Perception) check - on a 10 or higher, then realize
they are being ambushed by orcs! Roll initiative.
There is about 15 orcs, surrounding the players. The
situation looks quite grim.
On initiative 20, have all of your players make a DC 20
Charisma saving throw. On failure, they see a blinding flash
of light, and everything fades to blackness. While this is
intended to be failed, if one passes, let them pass. They see
their companions vanish into a beam of light that descends
from the sky, and can take their turn as they wish.
If a player is knocked out by the orcs, they will
automatically fail their next DC 20 Charisma save, which
occurs on initiative to 20 until all players have failed.
And no... it's not railroad... it's a spaceship!
Grassy Path Map
This map is fairly simple and doesn't necessarily
need a battle map at all, but if you are looking for
one, I'd recommend this Grassy Path by 2 Minute
Table Top. You can even find Wagon assets from
them as well.
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 1. Specimen Storage
Dull red light illuminates a strange metallic cave. A deep
rumbling noise breaks the silence. This chamber has eight
strange reclined beds made from metal and glass that are
exceedingly uncomfortable. Each is covered with a strange
curved glass window. The floors and walls seem entirely made
from a worked metal substance, with a door to the east and
west. Each door has a strange number pad, buttons and
flashing light to the right of it. You see a humanoid corpse
against the western door.
In the fourth bed, you see an orc stirring awake.
This is where the adventure properly begins. These contain
the players and one orc from the previous encounter. They
have lost all of their gear and find themselves with only
strange blue smocks. The orc will immediately attack in
confusion, and can be a challenging foe for a party with no
weapons.
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The orc's name is Had-rak, and he is very aggressive,
confused, and currently violent. Talking him down without
knocking him unconscious requires speaking orcish and a
DC 15 persuasion or DC 20 Charisma (Intimidation)
check. This check is reduced by 5 for each time he has been
knocked out by the party, until it reaches a minimum of 10 or
he is killed.
Once the immediate problem of an angry orc is resolved,
the corpse can be investigated. The corpse is wearing
Strange Armor. A DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check will
reveal the corpse appears to have died of poison inhalation,
and a subsequent DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check
will reveal that it appears the helm is improperly sealed. A
player donning the armor does not require a check to engage
or disengage the seal, the previous wearer was just in a hurry
and made a mistake.
Examining the doors will reveal they are sliding metals
doors, each has a panel to the right side. This panel has a
keypad with the numbers zero through nine on it, and two
buttons. The button on the left locks the door, and the button
the right opens the door. You can warn the players that once
locked, they see no easy way to unlock the door, as locking the
wrong doors can make their progress very challenging.
2. Med-bay
room, read the following description of it.
Illuminated by the same dull red light, this room contains what
appears to be large storage racks along the northern wall, two
marginally more comfortable looking beds surrounded by
strange arcane ritual equipment along the western wall, with a
desk and smaller door on the southern wall, with a large door
and a small door along the eastern wall. Both of the smaller
doors have a flashing red light beneath their keypad above the
buttons.
A corpse lies in the southeast corner against the small door
to the east, leaving a large pool of blood.
On a DC 10 Perception check or if the players enter the
This chamber is dominated by three massive glass container-
like beds - similar to those you found yourself in earlier, but far
larger. The floor is covered in broken glass, and the source is
clearly the container to the north which seems smashed open,
a large ogre corpse spilling out of it. Two additional containers
are in the room, one open and the other closed.
A desk is against the north wall with an odd spear in a rack
next to it. A large door is to the south, a small green light
flashing on its control panel.

A closer inspection of the closed pod reveals that it contains

Likely the first room the players will explore after their their player's horse from part on.
starting location, there's a lot of useful things for them to find The poison is flooding into the chamber from vents along
here. First of all, the med-bay beds are advanced healing the ceiling, and can pose a great danger if not deactivated or
stations, though likely beyond the players ken to use. If a contained. A creature can deactivate the poison from any of
creature is placed in the bed, another creature can activate the pod consoles with a DC 5 Intelligence check. If the panel
the healing properties of the bed with a DC 20 Intelligence next to the horse's container is used, failing this check
check. If a creature fails by 5 or more, the creature in the bed accidentally releases a confused horse into the poisoned
takes 1d4 slashing damage. If they succeed, they can restore room. The horse can be released intentionally without a
1 hit to the creature in the bed, bringing an unconscious check, but figuring it out takes 1 minute.
creature to wakefulness. A creature with an Intelligence The desk contains nothing useful, but the spear is a
ability score of 10 or high instinctive realizes that challenge Lightning Zap Spear.
and risk of using this gear. The door to the south is unlocked and leads to the main
An investigation of the equipment wields that little of it can halls, and the players roll initiative as soon as it opens.
be understood, but a DC 10 Investigation reveals a Force
Scalpel that they can take and make use of.
The players can find a limited selection of their former
belongings in the storage racks, including any holy symbols,
arcane focuses, and other small items. None of their weapons
or armor is present though. They do however find a Strange
Armor and a Strange Plate Armor on the storage racks, each
of them have a Strange Wand holstered at the side.
The desk to the south holds papers the players cannot
understand. Using comprehend languages will reveal little as
most of them are in medical jargon, but will reveal notes
about "Neogi" and "Illithid" and their dietary and medical
requirements. Additionally, it holds two doses of Healing
Serum (which are effectively greater health potions).
The corpse in the south eastern corner wields a damaged
Strange Armor. It has only half the temporary hit points
remaining. The corpse is additional carrying another Strange
Wand. A DC 5 investigation check reveals that he appears to
have died while trying to open the door to the east, a result of
10 or more will reveal notice that the blood smears on the
keypad come from his hand and are on the numbers "7" and
"9".
3. Large Specimen Storage
Immediately upon opening this door, have each player that is
not wearing a Strange Armor with their helm sealed make a
Constitution saving throw as poison gas begins to fill the
room. Each player takes 1d4 poison damage, and as a result
of a 5 or less collapses to the ground, unable to act.
If the players immediately shut the door again, no further
checks are required, but as long as the door remains open
requires additional checks, with the DC rising by 1 each time.

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 4. Main Halls
The main hall connects the mess hall, crew chambers,
captains room, fitness center, hibernation pod, teleporter pad,
and bridge. Entering this room from the fitness center or
large specimen storage rooms presents the players an
immediate challenge though. A Strange Sailor is around the
corner toward the bridge, and two Neogi are around the
corner toward the captain's chamber.
A DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check will reveal that the
Strange Sailor seems as wary of the door directly across
from him (the door into 12. Cargo Bay) as he is of the Neogi
or players. That door is currently locked.
Both factions are hostile to each other and the party, and
communication is all but impossible. The Strange Sailor will
hold his position and fire at the closest threat. The Neogi will
rush into the Large Specimen Room as soon as the door is
opened, dashing if necessary. They will prioritize deactivating
the poison, closing the doors, and then killing the players.
The Neogi's Enslave ability does not recharge in this module,
and only one of them has a use of Enslave remaining. If they
become bloodied, they will recognize the players as a threat
and attempt to use Enslave on the strongest looking one.
The two Neogi have nothing of value to players, but the
Strange Sailor has a Strange Wand and a Strange Armor
but his armor is likely to be destroyed in the process of
fighting him. He speaks no languages the players do, and
cannot be easily convinced to stand down, as he's functionally
backed into a corner as the players will learn should they
reach the Bridge.
Event: Strange Pirates!
Each time the players subsequently enter the main halls after
a minute has passed since all creatures within them have
been slain, make an event roll with a d20 (or as the players
do). On a 5 or lower, the Pirates in the cargo bay have
managed to hack their door, unlocking it, and have entered
the Main Halls (both Strange Pirates and the Strange
Pirate Wizard). Unlike the other factions in the ship, they
will avoid combat with the players if possible, shouting at
them and pointing weapons, but not attacking unless
attacked (they are shouting for the players to drop their
weapons). They have no interest in fighting the players.
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5. Mess Hall
This room is instantly recognizable as the common room of an
inn, its arrangement is strange with tables arrayed facing the
walls. A large table stands in the middle of the room, a bar in
the back, and a strange mechanical bar along the eastern wall.
Distractingly a large ogre stands in the middle of the room
carrying a blood splattered metal chair, a smashed corpse
sprawled over the table being the obvious source.
As soon as this door is opened, have the players roll initiative
if they are not already in initiative. The ogre is in a smashing
mood and there's little the players can do to convince it to do
otherwise. The ogre is remarkably proficient in using the
metal chair as a club, but deals only 11 (2d6 + 4
bludgeoning damage), and corpse on the table got a solid
shot in before being clubbed to death, leaving the ogre with
47 hit points.
Once the ogre is dealt with, the players are free to explore
the room.
The kitchen is mostly incomprehensible to the players
regardless of a check, but they can determine the heating unit
and cold food storage. All the food the players could want is
here, though it will largely be strange and unrecognizable to
them as to what it actually is, it tastes quite good. The strange
machine along the eastern wall dispenses various beverages
from coffee to soda, and can be figured out without a check
(though if a player wants a custom latte, a more complicated
check might be appropriate!)
The dead Strange Sailor's armor is once more totally
destroyed, but from his body another Strange Wand can be
salvaged.
They will find the only other door is to the small room to
the back in the southwest corner of the room. It is also
locked, but even a cursory examination shows that this door
seems more decorative than effective. Players can either
open it with the lock code if they've discovered it or simple
smash it down with a DC 10 Strength (Athletics) check.
The room beyond seems to be a fancier dining room,
requisite with silverware. A DC 10 Intelligence
(Investigation) check reveals the silverware is just valueless
shiny metal rather than silver. A DC 10 Wisdom
(Perception) check or a search of the room reveals there is a
Small Elf Child in hiding in the room.
Small Elf Child (Yin'lore'id)
If the room becomes flooded with poison or has its
atmosphere vented, the child is unfortunately dead.
Otherwise, the child is scared of the players but generally
harmless. She will be far less apprehensive of an elf
character (particularly a high elf) than others. She does not
share any languages with the players and her language is
incomprehensible and sibilant.
She has the commoner stats, but with a Strength of 4 and an
Intelligence of 14, a size of small and does not speak
common, but speaks a unique dialect of her people, as well as
the languages spoken by the pirates and sailors. She is
proficient in Technology. The only way to directly
communicate with her is the A.I. in the bridge, but she can
communicate in basic gestures to an extent. If the players
come up with reasonable gestures, simple let them work,
otherwise communicating simple concepts requires a DC 10
Charisma (Performance) check to communicate, and a DC
10 Wisdom (Insight) check to understand her response;
complicated concepts are much harder to communicate, but
clever players may come up with some ideas.
She is, like the players, collected as a specimen, and is a
moon elf (as in elf from the moon... which moon is not clear),
and generally finds the situation scary. She is happy to follow
around the players, and has no objective besides surviving,
getting off the ship, and preferably being returned home. As
she can read the language of the Sailors, she can potentially
provide some clues if the players are otherwise stuck.
Playing Yin'lore'id
The small elf child is scared of dying and will stay
away from anything that looks dangerous, but
unlike the players understands that she's on a
spaceship, and how most of the things on it work
(as well as child would).
6. Captain's Room
The first challenge of the captain's room is that it is locked,
and it has a unique keycode to it. The keycode to the
Captain's room is 1234, but the only person on the ship that
knows that is the A.I. on the bridge. It is not impossible a
player would guess the code, and if they do, let it work.
Otherwise, you can let them make a DC 20 Wisdom
(Insight) check to guess it. The adventure can be completed
without entering this chamber. The Captain was at some
point tossed out an airlock during the fighting prior to the
player's arrival.
Should the players successfully open the door, they are
confronted by one of the more dangerous enemies of the
adventure, XF-344, the captain's guard droid. You can use an
Iron Golem with the following changes: its size is medium, it
lacks the Sword and Poison Breath actions, and it has only
60 hit points.
It will not attack unless they enter the room, and DC 5
Wisdom (Insight) check reveals that information. Even with
their gear, it is a difficult opponent to fight, and it cannot be
easily convinced to stand down. If engaged, it will use its
superiority at melee combat to its advantage and close the
door, forcing the players to come to it. It can exit the room if
the players attempt to siege it, but will not pursue them if they
flee.
Should the players successfully defeat or bypass the guard,
they can search the room finding three Greater Healing
Potions, a Charged Sunblade, a +1 Strange Wand, an
intact Strange Armor, a repair kit, a diamond worth 300 gp,
and the Captain's ID Card.
The Captain's ID card is the only item that can get the A.I.
to allow them control ship operations.
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7-9. Crew Chambers
The crew chamber doors are unlocked, all with the flashing
green light to indicate that. When any are opened you can
read the description:
The room contains a narrow bunk bed, a desk, a storage chest,
and little else. The rooms are spartan and small, though the
beds look at least a little more comfortable than the strange
glass beds you awoke in.
Room 7
A DC 5 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals finds the
players a Repair Kit. A 10 or more finds the Strange Brace
of Crossbow Bolt Tips as well (these are ammunition for the
Automatic Armless Crossbow that can be found on the
wounded Strange Sailor in the Fitness Room).
Room 8
A DC 5 Investigation check of this room reveals scraps of
paper in the trash can. With a 5, you can determine the
numbers "9" and "07" are written on them. With a 10 or
higher, you can determine that a fourth number is another 7.
With a 20 or higher you can fully reconstruct the note to
reveal the keycode ("9707").
If the players are stuck here without finding or searching
the rooms, you can always have a bored Yin'lore'id find the
paper scraps if she is still alive.
Room 9
A DC 5 Intelligence (Investigation) check reveals finds an
Intricate Gauntlet. A 10 or more finds a Greater Healing
Potion as well.
10. Fitness Center
All doors into the Fitness Room are locked, so it cannot be
accessed until the players have a way to open these doors. As
soon as one of these doors open, have them roll for initiative.
The wounded Strange Sailor in the room has been waiting
to get the drop on whoever enters and has advantage on his
roll. Unlike the others, he armed with the dangerous
Automatic Armless Crossbow (which is actually an assault
rifle of some form).
Due to his superior knowledge of the device, he gains both
the benefits of having sufficient strength and intelligence,
despite not having the requisite stats. He is an extremely
dangerous enemy due to the damage he can deal firing 6
shots, though he is very unlikely to hit after 3 or 4.
Fortunately, he has only 4 hit points and 24 temporary hit
points, having been badly wounded and partially repaired his
armor.
Once this threat is dealt with, the player can find two
holographic target ranges at the eastern side of the room, a
treadmill, a bench press, and medicine cabinet containing
vitamin supplements. Among these are two Healing Potions,
though it takes a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check to identify
them as such.
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 11. Engine Room
As soon as one of the doors opens, have the players roll
initiative.
By far the strangest room yet, this large room is filled with a
dull roar and more brightly lit than the other rooms, with the
red lights warring with a bright blue glow from the various
strange massive arcane structures in this room.
Giant tanks cover the south wall, a massive work table sits
near the door, and unimaginably complex large devices
dominate the room. An armor figure grabs a heavy looking
wand off the workbench and points it at you, flames leaping
from its tip.
Inside is a Strange Armored Sailor, this is a Strange Sailor,
but wearing a Strange Armored Suit giving him an AC of 16
and 45 temporary hit points (instead of 30). He is armed with
the Heavy Fire Wand (a flamethrower) and will use it to hit
as many players as he can each turn.
Once this threat is dealt with, his weapon can be taken and
the room can be explored. Much of the room is taken up by
strange "arcane" machinery, but no arcana check can reveal
more info about it. There is a workbench with the Lightning
Fire Wand on it (an arc welder). This is one way to open
locked doors if the players cannot figure out the codes, and
can open a door in a bout minute, destroying it in the process.
With a DC 10 Intelligence (any related tool) check, a
player can cobble together a set of that tool here, be that
Smith's Tools, Tinker's Tools, or Glassblower's Tools.
Engine Console
The console is the engine console. It is very simple to use,
but the players have no way of knowing that. It has three
buttons, though they are labeled, the players cannot read the
labels.
Prime Engine: The far button left button primes the
engine. If the engine is off, it causes the screen to have a
green diagram on it, and the room begins to hum. If the
engine is already primed or running when the button is
pressed, it causes flashing red lights and then shuts down
the engine.
Start Engine: The middle button starts the engine. If the
engine is primed, it causes the screen to have a blue chart
on it, and the ship powers up, normal lights being
restored.
Stop Engine: The right button shuts down and flushes the
engine, setting it to fully off. If the engine is off, this does
nothing. If the engine is primed or on, it flushes the engine
and shuts it off, causing a red light to and the ship to run
on emergency power (as it has been).
The engine starts in the primed state, so just pressing the
middle Start Engine button will start the engine, but pressing
other buttons will shut it down, requiring pressing Prime
before Start again.
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The ship cannot be moved and the warp pad cannot be
used unless the ship is fully powered. The A.I. can tell the
players how to operate this console, as can the pirates or
Yim'lore'id (as though she has no idea how it works, she can
read what the buttons say, which makes it obvious) if either
can be communicated with to understand what they players
want and convinced it will help them. As the sequence is
simple, the players can quite likely figure it out themselves.
12. Cargo Bay
The Cargo Bay is locked, but may be unlocked by either the
players or eventually by the Pirates within it (as per the
Strange Pirates! event). If this is the first time encountering
the occupants within, read the following:
This room is filled by strange large metal crates. The northern
wall seems to be rent open, but resealed by a strange metal
tube. Crouching amid the large metal crates you see three
figures in strange armor, but different armor than you have
seen before. Both more ragged, but more heavy and effective
looking. One of them is wearing a strange glowing device
around his wrist and blue coat over his armor, and all three
seem armed with strange wands.
They do no open fire but yell at you in their strange
language gesturing with their wands at you.
Inside is two Strange Pirates and a Strange Pirate Wizard.
The Strange Pirate Wizard is just a Strange Pirate that gains
the ability to cast the following spells once each: shield,
burning hands, scorching ray, and fireball, with a DC of 14.
These are a hard fight, but will prefer to avoid a fight. They
have no interest in the players, and just want to loot the ship,
but will be content with the primary prize they already have
in the cargo bay if they cannot get more without fighting.
The players can establish a working relationship with the
pirates, as the pirates don't care if the players escape or take
the ship, but will fight if the players try to take cargo or pirate
ship. Working with the pirates is hard due to the language
barrier, and the easiest approach is to just leave them alone,
but they present many potential outcomes to the adventure
should the players engage with them. It is not impossible that
the pirates would recruit the players as a potential ending to
the one shot.
The pirates have a hacking device that unlock the doors,
and the Pirate Wizard is a 5th level caster (through his
techno-caster tool), unfortunately he does not have
comprehend languages on it, though he can prepare it during
a long rest if the party is somehow on the ship for that long
(though that will only allow him to understand the party, not
speak to them).
13. Teleporter Pad Should it be awakened, it will use it's Mind Blast to knock
out the players, and then act from there the best way based
on the state of the ship. The Neogi serves it. The Pirates will
A giant window along the southern wall shows a wide dirt road
not fight it and will flee back to their ship and fly away if they
through a grassy plane that looks a lot like where you last become aware of its presence.
remember being before being abducted.
15. Bridge
Strange glowing screens cover the eastern wall, and the
small console of some kind is in the north eastern corridor. The door to this room is locked. If the players open it, read
the following.
The window on the southern wall is simply a screen showing Large windows out into the night sky cover the eastern wall.
where the teleporter is calibrated for. If the players activate it Below them, dozens of flashing lights and strange pieces of
and go through it, they will be returned to where they started, arcane technology cover the lower part of the wall. Five large
but is not currently active. If the ship has not been powered chairs face the windows.
on yet, a blinking red lock icon shows over the screens.
This is how the players got on the ship, and represents one In the largest and closest of these chairs is perched on of
of the potential ends of the one shot should they figure out the large bugs. Two other chairs are occupied by the strange
how to use it to get back to their planet. It cannot be used sailors. As the door opens, the bug's neck twists to face you,
unless the ship is powered on, and requires a DC 20 screeching incomprehensibly.
Intelligence to determine the usage of it. The A.I. on the
bridge can operate it, and is the most likely person to do so, The two sailors stand up as once spinning to face you,
though the Pirates could also operate it without a check. grabbing their strange wands.
Yim'lore'id can operate it if the Ship Manual from the bridge
is retrieved, but it requires her several hours to figure out, You notice a large ghost like figure floating over a strange
and requires a DC 10 Intelligence check to avoid table to the south. It is the upper body of a large humanoid
complications. figure, that looks
Returning Yim'lore'id to where she came from is extremely
challenging (see Bridge A.I. section for more details). She'd
rather go with the players to their world than stay here Have the players roll initiative. The bug is a Neogi Master
though. and the two humans are Strange Sailors the Neogi have
14. Hibernation Pod mentally enslaved. A DC 10 Wisdom (Perception) check
reveals their movements to be strange and clunky. They are
The door to this room is locked, though if the players manage armed with Strange Wands, but move to block access to the
to open it, read the following. Neogi before prioritizing their own cover.
The Neogi will attempt to find cover from the players as
This room is far stranger than any you have seen before, with quickly as possible, and use it's innate spell casting to defeat
strange purple crystals growing from the walls and a hot them. It cannot use Enslave as it has already enslaved the
humid environment. The floor seems to be some strange
sailors (and for the purposes of this adventure, Neogi Enslave
does not recharge).
spongy material.
All three will fight to the death.
At the far side of the room against the eastern wall is a glass
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tank-like bed similar to what you woke up in, but larger and
The ship controls are incomprehensible regardless of any
more complicated. Inside is a strange purple humanoid with
checks. They are too complicated and foreign to be used.
tentacles descending from their jawline. Only the Pirates or A.I. can control the ship effectively from
these.
The creature in this pod is a Mind Flayer, and DC 10
Intelligence (History) reveals that. The Mind Flayer will not
wake up unless their pod is opened or it is attacked, which is
good, as if the Mind Flayer is awakened, a TPK is likely. With
enough preparation, the players may be able to kill the Mind
Flayer before it acts, but to do so would be dangerous. The
pod prevents any melee attacks from reaching it without it
being broken or opened, and absorbs the first 20 points of
damage if the creature attempts to attack through it. The
mind flayer wakes as soon as the pod is damaged.
You can warn your players that they feel a sense of unease
and danger from this creature, as waking it will likely lead to
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 A.I. "R.I.V.A 51"
The ship's A.I. is the only entity that can communicate with
the players. It does not know what language they speak, but
will cycle through them until it finds one they speak. It will
first inquire if they are sentient life forms. It can speak all
languages the players might know.
Once it concludes they are sentient, it will converse with
them. It refers to them as "Specimens" and is not particularly
hostile, but will threaten to self-destruct the ship if they attack
its console. If power has been restored to the ship, it is not
bluffing, as it has anti-tamper software installed. If power has
not been restored to the ship, it cannot do so.
Consequently it will try to get the players to restore power
to the ship as early as possible if it has not already been.
The A.I. cares little for anything besides not being blamed
for the disaster, and will insist it warned the crew that
working with Neogi and Illithid was an insurance nightmare
waiting to happen. From talking to the A.I. the players can
determine that the ship was crewed by the humans at the
behest of the Neogi and Illithid, but after the specimens were
collected, a series of problems occurred.
The Neogi attempted to seize control of the ship,
enslaving half the crew.
The Pirates attacked the ship, damaging its engines and
boarding it to loot the cargo.
There are quite a few potential outcomes in talking to the
A.I.
The simple and intended outcome of the adventure is that
the ship will return the players to where they were
abducted from. It will do this if they restore power to the
ship, and (a) give it a voice recording to the A.I. clearing it
of any wrongdoing (for insurance purposes) or (b) use the
Captain's ID Card to force it return them, or (c) use the
Captains ID card to give it control of the ship.
The A.I. can control the ship once power is restored, but
will not do so at behest of the players unless they give it a
good reason or use the Captain's ID Card to compel it do
so. The A.I. will be able to return the ship to its owners
once it divests itself of the players, so that's its preferred
outcome.
Playing RIVA51
RIVA51 is an AI. She can transmit herself off the
ship if it is destroyed, so she is primarily concerned
with liability and being decommissioned for the
failures of this mission. Returning with the ship
intact would make her less likely to get
decommissioned, so that's her primary objective.
She does not seriously consider the Players as new
crew material (and they are not), so would be
extremely difficult to convince to allow that.
She views the players as barely sentient and
largely ignorant, but is more patronizing that rude.
She is perfectly happy to return them to the world
if she can get what she wants, and bares them no
ill-will for killing the crew. She dislikes the Pirates,
but will work with them to accomplish her goals.
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Returning Yin'lore'id
If Yin'lore'id is still alive, the A.I. is the only person that
knows where Yin'lore'id actually came from, but she was
abducted earlier, and her moon is out of range of the Warp
Pad now. The A.I. will not fly the ship back that way unless
compelled by the Captain's ID Card, and will insist
destruction is likely, as they would attract more pirates and
worse flying in that direction.
This would lead into a whole new adventure, so should the
ship be compelled to do so, that'd be one of the ends of this
one-shot.
The ship will recommend taking Yin'lore'id back with you
and finding another way to return her to her home using
"magic". The A.I. does not care if you succeed in this, and just
wants to be rid of the players, the kid, the horse, the orc (if
alive) and the insurance liabilities you all represent.
16. The Pirate Ship
If the players defeat the pirates, they can search the pirates
ship. It is much smaller than the ship that abducted them,
with a small cargo bay, ready room, bridge, crew bunk,
captain's room, gunners station, and engine room.
It is rougher and less well maintained, but functional.
Flying it is no easier than flying the main ship and it has no
A.I. of its own, but the A.I. of the main ship (RIVA51) can be
convinced to give the players brief instruction on how to fly it
should the pirates be dispatched and the A.I. believes it will
get rid of the players.
Should they attempt to fly off the pirate ship, it is extremely
likely they will crash land back on their world, but this can
open the door to many new chapters of their adventure
should it continue down that route.
The End
This adventure can end many ways, but if you have remaining
time or wish to continue the adventure, the main expected
outcome is that the players are returned to where they were
abducted. They are likely ambushed by orcs once more, but
their new weapons should be able to drive off the orcs rather
easily... ideally taking up most of the remaining charges they
might have on their very overpowered items... perhaps just
leaving a few uses or souvenirs for future adventures.
Awarding Experience
Unfortunately defeating enemies with advanced weaponry
gives reduced experience, but it would be appropriate to let
the players reach level 2 from their very strange experiences
among the stars.

Items
Strange Armor
Light Armor, AC 12
Strange armor made of remarkable tough cloth or hide of a
creature you don't recognize.
Donning this armor grants you 30 temporary hit points.
These hit points are diminished when you take damage, and
cannot be regained unless the suit is repaired. You see no
obvious way to do that.
These temporary hit points are bypassed by psychic
damage.
You can seal the helmet of this armor, making you immune
to inhaled poison or lack of oxygen. It has 1 minute of stored
air without an attached tank.
Dose of Haste
It appears to be a small potion of haste. Once you take it, you
are under the effect of the haste for the next three hours.
When the effect ends, you become incapacitated for 6
hours while occasionally vomiting.
Lightning Zap Spear
Spear, 1d6, Versatile (1d8).
A strange spear that produces lightning.
Deals an additional 3d6 lightning damage on hit. On a
critical hit, the target must make a DC 14 constitution saving
throw, or is stunned until the end of their next turn.
The strange metal magical cylinders run out and need to
be replaced after 20 hits.
Strange Magical Wand
Ranged Weapon, Martial Weapon
A strange magical wand that is activated by pulling a lever.
Make a ranged attack. Deals 3d6 lightning damage on hit.
Range 40/120.
After being fired 20 times, the magical metal cylinders that
power it stop working.
Heavy Fire Wand
You can use this to cast 3rd level (5d6) burning hands at will,
DC 14.
Once you cast burning hands with this 9 times, it
mysteriously stops working.
Patch Kit
Make an advanced fabrication check DC 14 (Intelligence
modifier + smith or tinker's tools proficiency). On success, it
restores 5d6 temporary hit points to Strange Armor or
Strange Plate Armor (up to its maximum starting health). If
they get a 10 or higher, they manage to restore 1d6
temporary hit points. On a 9 or lower, the kit wasted.
Intricate Gauntlet
A very fancy metal gauntlet. Allows you to add your
Intelligence modifier to your Dexterity modifier.
After 3 days, it mysteriously stops working.
Healing Potion?
This mysterious liquid causes you to instantly regain 4d4 + 4
hit points.
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Automatic Armless Crossbow
Two Handed, Heavy Crossbow?, Ranged Weapon
When you make an attack, roll a 1d6. It makes that many
attacks. Each subsequent attack has an additional -3 to hit (-0,
-3, -6, -9, -12, -15). On a 5 or higher for the number of attacks,
make DC 12 strength saving throws. On failure, you disarm
yourself and the attacks are made against random targets as
the weapon flies from your grasp.
Deals 3d6 piercing damage on hit. Range 60/180
If your intelligence score is 15 or higher you can select the
number of shots you fire when using this weapon.
If your strength score is 15 or higher, the penalty to each
attack is -2 instead of -3.
After being fired 35 times, this weapon mysteriously stops
working.
Clip of Strange Crossbow Tips
Small metal objects arrayed into some form of tight fitting
container. No obvious use.
50 of them.
Ammo
These are obviously spare ammunition for the
Automatic Armless Crossbow, a DC 16 Intelligence
check can reveal that, but it should be relatively
hard for PCs to deduce.
Strange Plate Armor
Heavy Armor, AC 16
Strange armor made of remarkable tough cloth or hide of a
creature you don't recognize.
Donning this armor grants you 45 temporary hit points.
These hit points are diminished when you take damage, and
cannot be regained unless the suit is repaired. You see no
obvious way to do that.
These temporary hit points are bypassed by psychic
damage.
While wearing this armor, your Strength is increased by 5
and your Dexterity is increased by 3.
After 2 days of use, the magical metal cylinders that charge
this armor die and must be replaced or recharged.
Force Scalpel
Dagger, Simple, Thrown(20/60)
A strange dagger that projects a force blade. Deals 3d4
force damage.
Mysteriously stops working after making 40 attacks.
Strange Magic Device
Magic Device
Has 20 charges.
You can cast: chromatic orb (fire) using 1 charge.
You can cast: scorching ray using 3 charges.
Mysteriously stops working after spending the charges and
doesn't seem to recharge no matter how many times dawn
passes.
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Small Mysterious Tank
Gives you a bad feeling. A sort of explosive bad feeling. Filled Strange Pirate
with some form of liquid. Medium humanoid (human), neutral evil

Charged Sunblade Armor Class 16

Melee Martial Weapon, Longsword, Versatile, Finesse, Hit Points 7 (1d4 + 1)
Magical. Speed 30
This item appears to be a Longsword hilt. While grasping
the hilt, you can use a Bonus Action to cause a blade of pure
radiance to spring into existence, or make the blade STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
disappear, by pressing a button on the hilt. While the blade 12 (+1) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 14 (+2) 8 (-1) 10 (+0)
exists, this magic Longsword has the Finesse property. If you
are proficient with shortswords or longswords, you are Skills Perception +3, Technology +5
proficient with the sun blade. Senses Passive perception 13
You gain a +2 bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls made Languages Space People
with this weapon, and the weapon deals an additional die of Challenge 1* *(as long as you have laser guns)
radiant damage (2d8, or 2d10 when wielded in two hands).
The sword's luminous blade emits bright light in a 15-foot Strange Armor: The Strange Sailor starts with 45
radius and dim light for an additional 15 feet. temporary hit points from his armor.
Educated. This creature has an unusually high
Temporary Items? proficiency bonus.
Unlike the other items, this item doesn't quickly
run out of power. If it does or how long it takes is Actions
up to the DM. You can easily make this just a 20- Multiattack. The giant makes two Strange Wand
30 use item if you plan to continue the campaign attacks.
and don't want it to disrupt the game long term.
Strange Wand. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
Reach/Range, one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) Lightning
damage
Monster Stat Blocks

Strange Sailor Credits

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Spaceship - Licensed Stock Art
Armor Class 12 Spaceship battle map - KibblesTasty Homebrew
Hit Points 5 (1d4 + 1) (Commissioned by a friend)
Speed 30 Ogre - Wizards of the Coast
Neogi - Wizards of the Coast
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
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Strange Armor: The Strange Sailor starts with 30

temporary hit points from his armor. Made with the support of my patreons at
https://www.patreon.com/KibblesTasty.
Educated. This creature has an unusually high
proficiency bonus.

Actions
Strange Wand. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit,
Reach/Range, one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) Lightning
damage

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