Module hook
SPACE ZOMBIES
The agent calls (a chatty, fussy scoundrel). He says that this time the work is
easy, there is almost nothing to do, and the salary is decent. Promises 200,000
credits minus its 3% commission. It recalls the previous business where it
suffered losses and reputational costs.
PCs can reduce the commission to 1-2% or increase the fee amount to
300,000-400,000 credits (success/failure may depend on the crew's reputation
after a previous case).
The gist of the matter is this. There is a cargo ship "Far Horizon". Coordinates
will be given. It appears to have suffered a fatal system failure and an explosion
that destroyed part of the upper deck and caused depressurization.
The crew did not survive. 20 people. All you need to do is get on the ship, get
to the power distribution system, set up a communication unit with your ship,
enter the coordinates for the jump, and launch the ship remotely into hiperspace.
Mission accomplished. There, at the point of arrival, it will be met and unloaded
without you.
Why is there so much money for an ordinary ship and why not contact the offi‐
cials? They just don't want to disclose the incident in order to preserve commer‐
cial secrecy and the corporation's reputation. It is just easy work for saving
property.
"Far Horizon"
Exploration of "Far Horizon" will give the following information:
• The hyperdrive is in order. There is no fuel leak. The reactor is down and
the ship is running on emergency power.
• The bridge destroyed by an explosion. You will not be able to start the
hyperdrive from it, respectively.
• Establishing a connection with the engineering deck (installing
communication equipment there will take ≈45 minutes) allows PCs to
enter the coordinates of the destination and start the hyperdrive remotely.
The ship itself will jump to its destination, where it will be met and
unloaded.
• The gateway is not damaged and PCs can dock using the docking
corridor.
• Life support is at a minimum. Until complete failure ≈6 hours. You can go
in vacsuits, but all actions are disadvantages with, and it is impossible to
set up communication with the engineering compartment in the gloves of
the vaccesuit.
• Chilly aboard. Starting the reactor will restore the functionality of commu‐
nication systems, engines and life support.
• Access to the ship's control system is located on the engineering deck.
• Access to communications systems on the cargo deck in the bow of the
ship.
Events during the exploration
• Rat-screamer.
• Shots can depressurize the ship. Air leakage, in addition to the direct risk
of being thrown into outer space, reduces the time to failure of life
support.
• Dead the ship crew members have the lacerations with dried blood. At
first, PCs may take them for the living people. Close researching will
provoke a sudden aggressive attack. Space zombies as they are.
• Cargo bays contain closed boxes with biohazard labels. They contain
flasks with a greenish, viscous liquid. There are similar flasks in the ship's
laboratories too.
CAUTION!
Special thanks to Finn Cullen for the idea
Those who were once members of the crew of the "Far Horizon" still look like
people. A gray-green crust is visible through the lacerations on the deathly pale
skin, around which there are traces of dried blood.
They do not feel pain and fear, which makes them much more dangerous than
ordinary human opponents.
When there is a lack of oxygen, they fall into an anabiotic stupor, but even in Anton "Ottar" Prokhorov
this state they are capable of sharp attacks. At the same time, they try to find the
warmest place – near the heating system, radiators, under the blankets in ex‐
treme cases.
When the life support system is functioning normally, they become more act‐
ive. They begin to wander silence in search of warm-blooded ones, when they find
them, they abruptly rush at the victim and quench their reflex thirst for living
flesh, eating meat and drinking blood until the corpse cools down.
COMBAT: 35%, INSTINCT: 35%, SPEED: 70%, HITS: 2 (15)
Damage: claws, teeth, fists, improvised items – 1d10 (double for critical hits).
Infectious saliva/blood. After each successful attack, make a Body Save. If a
character fail, they immediately lose 1d10 Intelligence and get 1 Stress. Repeat
this check every 10 minutes after that. Until the players come up with some
clever improvisational way to stop the infection, the infected character will lose
1d10 Intelligence and get 1 Stress every time they fail Body Save, until Intelli‐
gence drops below 10 and they turn into a zombie himself.
The crew consisted of 20 people. On the bridge, 3-7 people were killed in the ex‐
plosion. Count 13-17 enemies and distribute them around the ship as you see fit.
Remember, they hide, walk quietly, attack sharply. They can act together, attrac‐
ted by noise, screams, or the smell of spilled blood.
After launching the life support system zombie crew comes to life and begins
to wander through the corridors and compartments in search of victims. From
now on, PCs have only one task to get out of this ship alive!
Module background
After establishing communication with the ship, PCs can access and restore part
of the damaged logbook "Far horizon". They will receive the following data:
• Ragged voice recording: "...the first were outbursts of anger, aggressive
behavior... signs of infection... I don't know where... this pathogen is not
transmitted by air... most likely... blood... incubatory... measured three
hours..." A Mothership module
EASY WORK
• Last destination – system [9, 14] Ayackcan, planet Moore Colony, starport
Brett Base. PCs can find out that this starport belongs to the Traugot
Corporation. Its pharmaceutical research Institute located on the planet.
A special feature of the planet are trees that have a life span of up to
100,000 earth years. Based on their biomolecular structure, they tried to
synthesize the so-called "elixir of immortality". However, some dangerous virus Inspired by fifth episode of the wonderful series "Dark Matter"
has been created instead, for which there is no antidote yet. The planet is
currently in quarantine. It turns out that the ship "Far Horizon" makes a
criminally illegal flight with a dangerous virus on board.
Writing Anton "Ottar" Prokhorov FOR USE WITH THE
Layout Mikhail Gordeev MOTHERSHIPTM
Cover Art Konstantin Krutihin SCI-FI HORROR RPG
© 2022 Poison Press
Upper deck (residential) Middle deck (cargo) Lower deck (engineering)
Bridge (depressurized), galley (depressurized), mess hall (depressurized), cargo Communication center (which require for establish a remote connection), life Fuel tanks, batteries and reactor (not running), thrusters and jump drivers (connec‐
bay (depressurized), crew staterooms (partially depressurized), barracks, cryo‐ support, cargo bays, hangar with shuttles, elevator. tion with the bridge is broken, but PCs can transfer control to the communication
chamber, medical unit, morgue, laboratories, airlock, elevator. system for remote access), defense system, elevator.

Abbreviations Sizes Symbols (continuation)

A/L – Airlock One grid square is

LOCKER

LOCKER
BRIEF – Briefing room 5' × 5' and 10' high. Elevator COMP COMM COMP
Sensors A/L
COMM – Communication 10' If metric units are CENTER
C, COMP - Computer preferred, the 5' × 5'
DBL SR – Double stateroom 10' grid can be conver-
5' Telescoping L Cargo mover
DECON – Decontamination room ted to 1.5 meters × 1.5 me- grappling
EVA – Evacuation ters with negligible effects. arm CARGO
FR – Fresher BAY
HOLO – Holographic desk Retracted Manned turret
grappling arm TS TS
JUMP – Jump drive
L – Locker CARGO
RR – Repair robot BRIDGE DOORS
SR – Stateroom
T – Thruster СARGO СARGO FUEL FUEL
TS – Tech COMP COMP DOORS COMP COMP DOORS
station

CARGO СARGO СARGO

BRIEF BAY BAY OFFICE
BAY
GALLEY
SHOP
MESS LIFE SUPPORT
HALL
SR SR
ENGINEERING
L L L L L L L L
HOLO

STASIS

SR SR SR LOCKER

ARMORY CLEAN LAB

L L
DECON
FUEL RR FUEL
FR
SR
LAB HOLO

CARGO BAY

CARGO BAY
SR
MEDICAL

COMP

L
BARRACKS

DBL
SR FR
FUEL FUEL

ENGINEERING
FRESHER
LOCKER

MEDICAL
STORAGE
VIRAL VAULT ENGINEERING
SR FRESHER
STORAGE
DECON
TS TS

FRESHER

LOCKER
ENGINEERING
STASIS LOCKER SHOP OFFICE

L EVA
FR 10 TON A/L
MEDICAL PASSENGER 10 TON
LAB STORAGE LAUNCH LAUNCH OFFICE
MORGUE
CRYOCHAMBER
A/L MINE EJECTION SYSTEM
JUMP JUMP
RETRACTABLE

T T
AIRLOCK

Symbols Iris valve, wall SHOP LOUNGE

Sliding door, wall
Bed Bed with storage FR
Iris valve, up/down
Bunk beds Combination toilet, sink,
and shower
Desks OFFICE FLIGHT
Combination toilet/sink
Batteries CONTROL/
Сhairs, couch Toilet Sinks OPERATIONS
Showers
Tables C C
Cargo Medical bed The ship plan was made with Starship Geomorphs 2.0 written and illustrated by Robert Pearce, Pearce Design Studio, LCC
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Сontrol panels/ Bushes
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