EGO HUNTER

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 Ego Hunter
Version 1.1

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Original Scenario written by Rob Boyle

Additional Material: Justin Alexander
Published by Posthuman Studios
This Version adapted and published by Gildor Games
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 Contents
BACKGROUND ..................... 4
Introduction to Eclipse Phase..................... 5
Mission Hook ............................................... 7
Plot Synopsis ................................................ 9
Xenofungal Infection ................................... 11
ENCOUNTERS ......................... 12
Stage 1: Meet Yourself ................................ 12
Stage 2: Find Yourself ................................. 16
Stage 3: Complications ............................... 21
Stage 4: At War With Myself ....................... 23
Stage 5: Aftermath ...................................... 26
APPENDIX ................................... 28
Non-Player Characters ................................ 28
Key Discoveries ............................................ 32
Glossary ........................................................ 33
FIND YOURSELF .................. 37
NPC Handouts .............................................. 38
Achjima Yai (B1) .......................................... 39
Achjima Yai (B2) .......................................... 43
Achjima Yai (B3) .......................................... 47
Achjima Yai (B4) .......................................... 51
Achjima Yai (B5) .......................................... 55
Achjima Yai (B6) .......................................... 59
Roque Vera ................................................... 63
Park Soon-Ok ............................................... 67

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 BACKGROUND
Your mind is software. Program it.
Your body is a shell. Change it.
Death is a disease. Cure it.
Extinction is approaching. Fight it.
The players are mind-clones of the same person in
search of their original self. That is the intriguing premise
— and roleplaying challenge — found in Ego Hunter. If
you’d rather take on this challenge as a player, stop
reading now. Ask your GM to run this scenario for you
and your group. You’ll be happy you did.
Are you the GM? Now that it’s just the two of us, let’s
get a few basics down. First, the scenario is set in the
world of Eclipse Phase, published by Posthuman Studios.
Our first Eclipse Phase scenario, Continuity, barely
scratched the surface of the setting. This time we’re
going in a bit deeper. Whereas Continuity was straight-
up horror, this time we also have investigation and
sinister conspiracies, in the best cyberpunk tradition. Of
course, this being Eclipse Phase, we’ll also play around
with what it means to be transhuman; to be able to
download our minds, like software, into different bodies.
This is a new version of Ego Hunter that expands on the
original and adapts it to the ELEMENTAL game system.
Now you may be asking: Why do we need another
version of Ego Hunter? It’s a fair question. The original is,
after all, very well regarded, and for good reason.
However, it demands a real investment. Eclipse Phase, as
a system and a setting, is richly detailed and crunchy.
This gives it versimilitude, but it also means that the
scenarios published for the game are inaccessible to
people who don’t have the patience to learn the ins and
outs of the setting and the system.
With this version, we’ve adapted Ego Hunter to a much
lighter system, and brought all the setting information
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you need to run it in one place. Furthermore, we’ve
incorporated extensive prep notes, compiled by Justin
Alexander (of The Alexandrian fame), into the scenario
itself. With these changes, we’ve hopefully made Ego
Hunter easier to run, and accessible to a new audience.
Eclipse Phase is an incredible setting. There’s enough
here to give you a general introduction to the setting as
a whole, and a lot of material you can use in any sci-fi
campaign. In other words, this is an adventure, a
sourcebook and a setting book rolled into one.
While you can run the adventure with no other
knowledge of Eclipse Phase, you will need the
ELEMENTAL Complete Guide to play. ELEMENTAL is a
fast and flexible RPG for any character, any setting, any
story. The rules basically fit on a single page, which you
can find, as well as many more free resources, by going
to the Gildor Games page on DriveThruRPG.com.
Throughout the text there are words in bold; these refer
to something described in the Appendix; either in the
NPC stats (pg. 28) or the Glossary (pg. 33). The challenge
with running sci-fi, unlike a real-world setting, is that it
isn’t always clear whether something can or can’t be
done with technology. If you’re not sure: just make it up,
or have the PC make a Spirit check.
We occasionally use meters as the unit of length. This is
completely interchangeable with ELEMENTAL’s yards.
Before play, read through the adventure and familiarize
yourself with the various clues, events and NPCs. Show
the players pg. 37 and let them choose from the
characters available; pg. 7 shows which characters are
available depending on how many players you have.
Then hand each player one of the character sheets and
attached briefing materials at the end of the document.
That’s it. Time to play.
 Introduction to Eclipse Phase
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
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Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs (illustrated
below). 95% of the population was lost during this
apocalyptic conflict, many of them forcibly uploaded by
the TITAN machine gods before they disappeared.
Thousands more were corrupted and transformed by an
alien exsurgent virus. The Earth is ruined and off-limits,
overrun by machines and monsters. The survivors
evacuated the planet and spread throughout the Solar
System, expanding our off-world colonies out of
desperation and necessity. Many escaped only as
infugees, with nothing but their bodiless minds.
 The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
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The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
 This scenario can be played in two or three sessions.
While intended as a stand-alone adventure, Ego Hunter
can easily be expanded into an ongoing campaign.
If you want to complete the scenario in a single session,
you’ll need to speed up the investigation and get the
PCs to the finale in the air processing plant more quickly.
Here’s how this can be done:
• Skip over all the impediments and obstacles
described in Stage 3 (Complications)
• Eliminate or downplay the triad connection.
• Remove the militia presence and sentry bots at
Achjima’s residence (pg. 17)
• Be generous in handing out clues, if players look for
them. You can still ask for rolls to find clues, but give
at least partial information if the roll fails.
Some characters have 1 XP in their Reserves to begin
with. These may be used to perform Heroic Actions, per
the ELEMENTAL Complete Guide pg. 15. We recommend
not awarding additional XP during the adventure.
Mission Hook
The player characters are forks of the same person who
work together to track down their original (alpha) self.
The scenario begins with several beta forks of the same
person—Achjima Yai—all awakening in a body bank
after being successfully sleeved into new morphs. Days
ago, each of these forks was egocast away to conduct
business and research in remote habitats. Upon
egocasting back, their missions complete, these forks
should have been collected by the Achjima from which
they originated to be merged back into her ego. Instead,
Achjima apparently left instructions and paid a small
fortune (borrowed from a local criminal group) for these
forks to be resleeved. A message left by Achjima tells
the forks that something has happened to their alpha
ego. They must put together the pieces of the puzzle
and track their original self down.
The Player Characters
It is expected that most players of this scenario will be
playing a beta fork of Achjima. Beta forks are mind
clones of the original person with some parts inhibited
(skills) or deleted (memories).
Though copies of the same person, each fork differs in
small but distinct ways. The neural pruning used to
create them varied slightly, as each fork was tailored for
its specific task. This means that some forks might retain
memories that others do not (as reflected in their
personal briefing materials). It also means that small
differences in personality or even skills might exist
between forks.
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Throughout this scenario, the designation (alpha) will be
used to refer to the original Achjima from which these
forks emerged. The forks will be identified as B1, B2, B3,
and so on. Character sheets for the PC forks can be
found starting on pg. 39, while the NPC forks are
described on pg. 28.
Not all of the players need be a fork of Achjima. Several
suggestions are provided for other characters to be
included. Most of these are characters who egocast in
with the forks from a remote location. Character sheets
for three other characters (Nkeka/”B6”, Roque and Park)
are provided at the end of the document.
Character List
This list assumes a game of up to 8 players. The
characters are listed in the order they should be
assigned; if a game has only 5 players, for example, only
use the first 5 characters listed:
1. Achjima (B1): This fork was sent to research various
xenobotanical samples recovered from exoplanets
accessed via Pandora gates in the possession of
argonaut researchers.
2. Achjima (B2): This fork was sent to discreetly speak
with an expert in uplift genetics regarding the effects
of certain chemicals on smart monkey brains.
3. Achjima (B3): This fork was sent to investigate the
recent activities and disappearance of a singularity
seeker named Arman Usupov.
4. “Achjima (B6)”: This is actually Nkeka Adesoji, an
agent of Firewall who has infiltrated some
singularity seeker circles. She is posing as a fork of
Achjima (“B6”).
5. Achjima (B4): This fork was sent to research the
durability of various botanical and mycological
strains on Mars.
6. Roque Vera: Roque is a collector and dealer of
unusual things—usually illegal and sometimes
dangerous.
7. Achjima (B5): This fork was sent to investigate and
appraise a set of experimental cognitive
enhancements being offered by a group of renegade
geneticists in the Main Belt. (This is a red herring).
8. Park Soon-Ok: Soon-Ok is Achjima’s only local friend.
She knows nothing of recent events. She simply
received a message that Achjima was in trouble and
to join her forks at the resleeving facility.
If there are fewer than 8 players, the higher Achjima
forks should be ignored. Roque, Park, and Nkeka, if not
used as player characters, should be run by the
gamemaster as NPCs. They can be given to players as
replacements if their PC should be killed.
 Roleplaying Achjima
It should be an intriguing challenge for the players to all
roleplay the same character. Though we have provided
some details on Achjima’s personality, the players will
have a limited amount of information to work from and
it is likely that each player will approach the character in
their own individual manner. While the players should
make an effort to all come across as the same person,
don’t sweat it if it doesn’t come off perfectly. There are
many reasons why the different forks of Achjima might
manifest different aspects of the character’s personality.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and each
fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead to
variation. On top of this, the longer the forks remain
apart, the more they diverge from each other in
experiences and personality and become distinct and
separate individuals. This process of divergence is in fact
a key element of the roleplaying this scenario
encourages.
What matters is that the players make an effort to
portray roughly the same character. One way for them
to do this is to play off of each other’s presentations and
mimic each other. If one player starts off with a specific
speech pattern, the others should emulate it. If another
player coins a specific amusing catchphrase that
Achjima uses, the others could adopt it. If a player
invents a specific memory from Achjima’s past while
narrating a tale, the others should feel free to expand on
that story. In a sense, Achjima is a group identity, fleshed
out by the cooperative manner in which the players
bring her to life.
If for some reason one of the players fails to stick to the
character, as portrayed by the others, there are in-game
ways of explaining this. Precise manipulation of the ego
is still an art form and subject to errors. It is quite
possible that one of the forks in question has been
significantly altered by the pruning process, to the point
of having a mental disorder or simply some distinct
mannerisms that make them stand out.
Nkeka’s Options
Given Nkeka’s secret status as a Firewall operative, she
may pursue her own investigations on the side.
Researching Roque: From Firewall’s perspective,
Roque’s presence in this affair is a wild card. While
Nkeka can research Roque’s background through stan-
dard channels, she is unlikely to find much she doesn’t
already know, and Firewall will be of no extra help here.
What is clear, however, is that Roque is here to purchase
something dangerous and nasty—something Firewall
will probably not be interested in anyone walking off
with.
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Calling on Firewall: Firewall’s resources are stretched
thin and her backup (Kjell) has already been murdered,
so Nkeka is largely on her own in this affair. She can use
WIL+Street Smarts to swing favors, should she need
help acquiring information or gear, but there are no
other Firewall agents in the vicinity or willing to egocast
in to help without more incentive. Should her cover be
blown, Firewall will send in two agents to extract her if
necessary (use the same stats as Park Soon-Ok); these
sentinels will do what they can to eradicate all traces of
Firewall involvement and pull out.
Should Nkeka be able to provide evidence that the
habitat faces an immediate large-scale threat, she will
have more luck. Firewall will take a more proactive
stance, scrambling sentinels and proxies to contain the
situation, provide damage control, and back up Nkeka
as necessary, per the gamemaster’s discretion (this is
after all, Firewall’s mandate). Physical backup will take
time, but in a pinch Firewall can egocast some sentinels
in to sleeve in synthmorphs or hire some local
mercenaries. Should the habitat face widespread
infection, an erasure squad will be activated (see pg. 26).
Starting Setting
This scenario takes place in the domed Martian
settlement of Anyang, in the region known as Hellas
Planitia. Originally founded as a terraforming outpost by
Chinese settlers, Anyang is now an administrative center
home to some 300,000. Many of these residents are
hypercorp personnel, drawn to a cluster of research
parks, mostly focused on genetics and biological
sciences. Anyang is a focal point of culture and nightlife
for the dozens of smaller outposts and settlements in
the region.
Anyang resembles the downtown Los Angeles from
Blade Runner, except that it is covered by a large
pressurized transparent dome that holds in a breathable
atmosphere for transhuman biomorphs.
Forking Legality
Achjima’s forks are breaking the law by existing longer
than 4 hours. Should they run afoul of the law, they have
no rights to speak of—and in fact no right to exist any
further. Without the approval of Achjima (alpha), they
also have no authority to legally access Achjima’s credit
accounts or other private affairs, nor can they speak on
behalf of Achjima in any legal sense.
 Plot Synopsis
Achjima Yai is a singularity seeker. Fascinated with the
TITANs and the possibility of bootstrapping her ego to
transcendent levels of intelligence, she has made a
career out of scavenging, studying, and trading TITAN
relics and other curiosities from the Fall. Her activities
have landed her in trouble several times, forcing her to
move often and keep to the fringes in order to avoid too
many questions from the authorities. Her illicit
technological interests and need to keep her activities
clandestine are expensive, however, and so Achjima has
become indebted to a triad crime syndicate. In exchange
for their assistance, she lends her scientific expertise to
their projects and sometimes passes them items of
interest.
In recent months, Achjima has been forced to relocate
to Anyang in order to work off some of her debt to the
triad, who have her assisting in their soul-trading and
black market morph operations here. While here, she
recently received a package, hand-delivered/smuggled
by a Sufi nomad, from another singularity seeker named
Arman Usupov. The delivery consisted of a specimen
container with an unusual biological sample and a short
message from Arman, who simply said that he had
“discovered it under interesting circumstances” and
wanted her to help analyze it.
Achjima began investigating the biological material.
During this testing, one of her smart monkey
pet/assistants was accidentally exposed to spores from
this sample. Achjima isolated the creature and placed it
under study, where she noticed it was exhibiting some
odd changes in behavior. After several days, the monkey
died. Achjima autopsied the animal and detected several
chemical changes to the monkey’s brain. Shortly
thereafter, she observed a strange set of biological
growths extending from its corpse. She strongly
suspected the biological substance had been
manipulating the smart monkey’s behavior in order to
facilitate its own best chances for replication and
survival.
Achjima decided to research this unusual sample more.
To this end, she pruned several beta forks of herself and
sent them off on research missions. Somewhat paranoid
and precautious, she was careful to trim each fork’s
memories so that it only knew the bare minimum it
needed in order to pursue the investigation, in case they
happened to fall into the wrong hands.
Just a few hours after these forks were egocast away,
Achjima made a horrible discovery. She herself has been
exposed to the spores just as the smart monkey had.
Though her initial tests on herself had shown she was
unaffected, she was now detecting signs of the material
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in her system—a substance she fears was created by the
TITANs.
In fact, the biological sample is an alien life form most
similar to the terrestrial Cordyceps fungus. Cordyceps is
a parasitic fungus that (usually) preys on insects and
sometimes has the ability to affect the host’s behavior
by directly infiltrating its brain and neurological system.
Recreated and modified by exsurgents during the Fall,
the xenofungus in Achjima’s possession has been
specially tailored to affect transhumans; the spores of
this parasitic xenofungus can infect biomorphs. When a
victim breathes in the spores, they attach to the inside
of the throat, lungs, and sinus cavities and germinate.
From there, they grow thin tendrils into the victim’s
body. Once these tendrils penetrate into the brain, they
begin releasing mind-altering chemicals that affect the
victim’s perceptions and behaviors. The infected
become slightly dazed, highly sensitive to odors, and
concerned primarily with finding the ideal location from
which the fungus can spread its spores. The ideal
location is one that is warm, moist, and subject to strong
winds. Once the parasite kills the victim, it replaces its
host’s tissue, sprouts from the body, and fruits into
maturity. The entire process takes just under a week.
Even though the victim is doomed to die, the xenofungal
infection prevents them from contemplating suicide or
pursuing similarly self-destructive measures.
Unfortunately for Achjima, she discovered her infection
too late. The xenofungus was already manipulating her
behavior more than she realized. Unable to kill or
restrain herself, the best she could do was to arrange for
the forks to be resleeved when she returned (a large
expense that required a temporary loan from her triad
connections) and hope they would put together the
information they needed to track her down and deal
with the problem. She also created three new beta forks
(B6, B7, and B8) and sleeved each, but due to the
xenofungus’s influences, she was incapable of creating
either until their new sleeves had been similarly infected.
Though neither has reached the stage of infection that
Achjima (alpha) has, all three are effectively under the
parasite’s control. As Achjima (alpha) succumbed to the
infection, these forks carried through a plan to infiltrate
the habitat’s air plant. This scheme involved abducting
an air plant engineer (Scott Wai) and hiring a hacker
(known as T-Faktor) to oversee the infiltration and hide
their tracks, so that they could place the sprouting
Achjima in the best possible position to spread spores.
Meanwhile, the activity of one of Achjima’s forks has
drawn the attention of Firewall. Achjima’s past activities
reserved her a spot on Firewall’s watch list some time
 ago, as did the interests of Arman Usupov. When Arman
began poking around in the TITAN Quarantine Zone,
Firewall started paying closer attention. His recent
disappearance, and the sudden arrival and interest of
Achjima (B3) in the matter, prompted a proxy to
dispatch three sentinels to investigate what was going
on. One is doing what they can to find Arman. Another,
Nkeka Adesoji, has been tracking Achjima. Nkeka is now
in Anyang, having infiltrated the team of Achjima beta
forks by posing as one of them (“B6”).
The third sentinel, named Kjell Hoff, took a more direct
approach to researching Achjima. Unfortunately, he
drew the attention of the paranoid singularity seeker
and was murdered by the real Achjima B6. This killing
was very public, and Achjima is now wanted for
questioning for aggravated violence and property
destruction.
At the time the scenario begins, Achjima (alpha) has fully
succumbed to the alien fungus. Her infected corpse lies
hidden within the habitat’s primary air recycling and
circulation plant. Large fungal growths already sprout
from her body, growing larger by the hour. In
approximately twelve hours, the xenofungus will spore.
The characters have until then to track the body down
and contain the infection.
Achjima Alpha - Timeline
8 Months Ago: Achjima is forced to relocate to Anyang
in order to work off some of her debt to the Triad.
14 Days Ago: Received sample of xenobiological
fungoid from Arman Usupov.
12 Days Ago: The smart monkey Stella is infected.
10 Days Ago: Achjima sends the first set of beta forks
(PCs) to research various facets of the fungus. Achjima is
infected on this day (but doesn’t realize it).
7 Days Ago: Achjima discovers that she’s been infected,
but it’s too late: She is no longer in control of her own
actions.
6 Days Ago: Achjima borrows money from the Triads
and makes arrangements for the first set of beta forks
to be resleeved when they return.
5 Days Ago: Achjima drops off a bundle of equipment
at the Bar D’Ville.
3 Days Ago: Achjima has Dolma Gope sleeve the B6, B7,
and B8 forks. She specifically infects their morphs with
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the xenofungus. This is the final straw for Achjima’s
muse, Nonny, but Achjima shuts her off before she can
contact the authorities.
2 Days Ago: B6 rents a flying car. Storage locker D378
is rented and Stella’s corpse placed in it as a booby trap.
1 Day Ago: The beta forks kidnap Scott Wai and hire T-
Faktor to infiltrate the air processing plant.
6 Hours Ago: Achjima (alpha) dies at the air processing
plant.
3 Hours Ago: The B6 beta fork murders Kjell Hoff. She
returns to the air processing plant and takes over
guarding Achjima (alpha)’s corpse. B7 and B8 leave the
air processing plant. B7 parks the flying car in a
centertown alley (preprogrammed to fly up above the
city and open its doors when B7 is due to spore). B8 goes
to the top of an apartment building in centertown
(planning to die and spore there).
1 Hour Ago: The first set of beta forks begin their
resleeving at the Hao Shencai clinic.
Major NPCs
Here is a quick summary for the gamemaster of the
NPCs that play a role in this scenario. They are more fully
detailed starting on pg. 28:
Dolma Gope: A genehacker who runs a black clinic
linked to the triad. Achjima sometimes works at this
clinic. Dolma helped Achjima (alpha) acquire three
morphs just recently (for B6, B7, and B8).
Kjell Hoff: A Firewall agent sent to investigate Achjima
ahead of Nkeka’s arrival. Achjima (alpha) was alerted to
his snooping and so Achjima (B6) murdered him.
Scott Wai: A technician who maintains Anyang’s air
plants. Achjima (alpha) had him kidnapped to gain
entrance to one of the plants.
T-Faktor: A mercenary hacker, perhaps the best in
Anyang. Achjima (alpha) hired him to help gain access
to one of the air plants.
Yao Xie: The local triad boss to whom Achjima is
indebted. He is aware that Achjima is in trouble and
wants to know the details. He also possesses Achjima’s
backup.
 Xenofungal Infection
Basic Properties
• An alien life form most similar to the terrestrial
Cordyceps fungus. Cordyceps is a parasitic fungus
that (usually) preys on insects and sometimes has the
ability to affect the host’s behavior by directly
infiltrating the brain and neurological system.
• This fungus has been tailored for transhumans:
When biomorphs breathe in the spores, they attach
to the inside of the throat, lungs, and sinus cavities.
From their germination points, they grow thin
tendrils in the victim’s body.
• Once these tendrils penetrate into the brain, they
begin releasing mind-altering chemicals that affect
the victim’s perceptions and behaviors.
• Certain markers in its makeup strongly imply that it
is alien in origin: The DNA helix has been inverted and
the production of one of the chemicals requires an
amino acid only found on exoplanets.
Environmental Preferences
Detection
Initial Infection: Only advanced medical testing (deep
tissue scans, nanoswarm diagnosing, respiratory tract
tissue samples, etc.) can detect it.
After 2 Days: Any medical examination (using Medicine
skill) will detect the fungus.
After 4 Days: Fungus is clearly visible in throat and sinus
cavity.
Final Stage/Death: Victim’s brain, lungs, and significant
portions of their digestive and nervous systems will have
been eaten away and replaced by the fungus.
Treatment
• Synthmorphs (like B2) are immune.
• Medichines make characters automatically immune.
(Nanobots quickly find and eliminate the infection).
B1, Nkeka and Park have medichines in their bodies.
• Healing vats (2 hours per day of infection) will
remove the infection.

• Likely to thrive in damp, warm environments.

Probably feeds off host bodies or decomposing
matter (in this case living bodies or corpses).
• Its ideal sporing location would be warm, moist, and
subject to high winds.

Effect on Victim
• Victim becomes slightly dazed, highly sensitive to
odors, and concerned primarily with finding an ideal
location from which the fungus can spread its spores.
• Fungus prevents the victim from contemplating
suicide or pursuing similarly self-destructive
measures.
• After death, the fungus replaces the host’s tissue,
sprouts long purple-blue stalks from the body, and
fruits into maturity.

Timeline of Infection
2 or 3 Days: Fungus reaches the victim’s brain. If the
victim is a PC, they become an NPC at the end of this
stage.
3 to 5 Days: Fungus takes complete control of victim’s
behavior. They gain Senses 1 but lose 1 WIL.
6 to 9 Days: Victim dies and begins sprouting. Within
24-48 hours the fruiting bodies will release their spores.

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 ENCOUNTERS

Stage 1: Meet Yourself

The Achjimas and Nkeka (posing as B6) awake in a body
bank resleeving facility. Hao Shencai Clinic AI informs
them that they’re being sleeved.

• Process takes one hour as various medical scans and

tests are run. Their consciousness shifts from ego
bridge to the morph.
• Nervous medtech introduces them to each other.
• The forks of Achjima are likely to be confused, as they
expected to be merged with Achjima (alpha) when
they returned. Instead, the medtechs tell them that
Achjima arranged otherwise
• Have each player describe their morph.
• Medtech transmits an encrypted private message to
each of them (see below), to be viewed in their
entoptic displays.
• Medtech tells them they have two visitors waiting:
Roque Vera and Park Soon-Ok.

The Message
When the forks access the message, they view an avatar
of Achjima (alpha) as they last remember themselves: an
attractive “ruster” morph with typical Eurasian looks.
Though computer-generated, the avatar’s programming
captures the emotional state of the user. In this case,
Achjima (alpha) comes across as unfocused and dopey,
perhaps drugged. The icon gazes off into the distance
for several long, uncomfortable moments, then turns to
address the viewer directly with a glassy expression.
With apparent difficulty, she stutters out a short string
of letters and digits: “SC-D378.” She swallows
uncomfortably, and then follows this up with a simple
“Find it.” After another long, blank stare, she croaks out
“St— … st— … stop me.” After that the message ends.

• Message: “SC-D378. Find it. St…st… stop me.”

• Researching SC-D378: AWA+Research vs. DIF 3
reveals that SC-D378 matches the range of numbers
used by the Mos Dal Storage Lockers (pg. 16).

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 Private Messages
In addition to the one message which all the forks
receive, each fork receives a private message from
Achjima. Each of these messages is different.
• B1: “Go … go to … Deville. Deville for supplies. Talk …
talk bartender.”
• B2: “Someone … someone is after us. Be careful. They
may have … they may have fr-fr-friends. Trust no-no-
no one.”
• B3: “H-h-had to shut …. shut down Nonny. N-n-n …
Nonny knows.” You remember that Nonny is your
muse.
• B4: “A-a-avoid the … the t-t-triad. At all … all c-c-
costs.”
• B5: “Br-brrr … Bringing R-r-roque was a … a mist-
mistake. Watch-wat … watch out for h-h-him. Do not
be afraid to k-k-k-kill him.”
• NKEKA: Message from Firewall: Kjell Hoff has been
murdered – seemingly by Achjima (alpha).
Footage: Kjell seen emerging from a local pub called
Bar D’Ville and heading down the street. Achjima
emerges from the shadows between buildings,
coming up on Kjell from behind, and putting a bullet
through the back of his head.
Briefing: Kjell left behind some equipment in his
hotel room at the Jinsedei Helix Hotel. They squirt
you the access codes. Your mission goals remain
unchanged, but you should use extreme caution.
Introductions
The assembled forks should have a few minutes to “get
to know each other”—or at least to compare notes and
share information.
After a short period, the medtech will return and usher
the characters out to meet their visitors: Roque and Park.
Roque only recently arrived, having egocasted into the
same facility just ahead of the forks. Roque was invited
here as a potential buyer of the xenofungal sample
several days ago. Achjima (alpha) simply left a message
for him stating that he should wait at the facility and
conduct business with his forks. The forks themselves
know nothing about him, and it is up to Roque to decide
how much he wishes to share with them.
Park is someone the forks will all recognize, though they
are unlikely to have many memories relating to Park and
Achjima’s past. They will remember that Park is one of
Achjima’s only local friends. Though not a singularity
seeker, Park is a technophile and interested in techno-
curiosities. Park knows very little of Achjima’s recent
activities; she often buries herself in research or work for
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days or weeks at a time and doesn’t talk much of her
work for the triads.
Breaking News
At some point during this meeting, one of the player
characters should become aware of a recent news item
(most likely Roque or Park, having been alerted by their
muse, if Nkeka hasn’t told them already). According to
the reports, just hours ago Achjima (alpha, presumably)
was implicated in the public murder of someone named
Kjell Hoff. Nkeka is already aware of this information,
having been alerted by Firewall just after her resleeve.
While the killer looks like Achjima (alpha), in reality it was
B6.
• Murder of Kjell Hoff captured by various spimes and
visual sensors and is available for download.
• Visual record: K’Jell emerges from a local pub called
the Bar D’Ville and heads down the busy street.
Achjima (in the familiar ruster morph) emerges from
the shadows between two buildings, walks up behind
Kjell, puts a bullet through his head, then runs off.
• Sensors continue to track her for several blocks,
before she disappears into an area with little
sensor/spime coverage.
• AWA+Computers* vs. DIF 2 to enhance and sharpen
the footage. Achjima has the same blank expression
throughout the incident, just as the message avatar
had. Pauses for a second over the body with a
confused look on her face.
• AWA+Senses vs. DIF 2 to notice that certain small
features of the morph don’t match the morph they’re
familiar with their alpha inhabiting. A similar morph
may have been biosculpted to match.
• AWA+Observation vs. DIF 2 to notice that Achjima’s
morph has unusual orange patterns showing in its
eyes and even subdermally on its face. Some sort of
subdermal tattooing?
• Anyang People’s Militia are seeking Achjima for
questioning. Though they do not seem to be aware
of the forks yet, it is only a matter of time before their
mesh spiders turn up data on their return and seek
to track them down.
• Reports indicate that the militia have sealed off a
garage lab reportedly leased by the suspect.
What the Forks Know
Since the forks are in pursuit of another version of
themselves, exactly what they know about Achjima
(alpha) and her life is likely to come up often and play
an important role in this investigation. The simple
answer is: not much. Most of the banal memories of
 Achjima’s regular and recent affairs were excised via • They can rely on Nkeka and/or Roque.
neural pruning, as unnecessary to their respective • They can track down other allies, such as Dolma.
missions. This sort of memory alteration is not an exact
The forks may be hoping to pick up gear from Achjima’s
science, however, and so it is entirely likely that some
home, but they will find this more complicated than
useful info remains. To complicate matters, each fork
expected (see Achjima’s Lab, pg. 17). Trying to use their
was pruned separately and so is likely to have different
triad connections is also unlikely to go well, considering
memory fragments.
the debt Achjima (alpha) has accrued (see The Triad
What this means is that the gamemaster has fine control Comes Calling, pg. 21).
over what the forks know. If the gamemaster finds a
The following table lists typical gear that can be found
particular bit of info useful to the scenario, he can let the
in Angyang. Each item is more fully described in the
forks remember it. If the characters are grabbing at
Glossary starting on pg. 33. If the players look for
straws, pursuing red herrings, or bogging down the
something else, make a judgment call or have them
scenario with too many questions, “you don’t
make a 2d or 3d Spirit check to see if it is available.
remember” will work just fine.
That said, there is some info that each of the forks is ITEM LIST PRICE
likely to recall. They will know where Achjima lives, but
Armored Clothing 50 cr.
they won’t recall the security codes. They will know she
works for the triads and who her main contact there is Armor Vest 250 cr.
(Yao Xie), but they won’t recall exactly what it is she does Body Armor 250 cr.
or any details on the triad’s operations. Cuffband 250 cr.
It is likely the forks at some point will attempt to second- Densiplast Gloves 50 cr.
guess Achjima (alpha) by asking what she would do in a
Electronic Rope 250 cr.
certain situation. In this case, the gamemaster should
answer as truthfully as possible, keeping in mind the Extendable Baton 50 cr.
limits of what the forks know and the fact that Achjima Flex Cutter 250 cr.
(alpha) and her three infected forks are under the
Freezer 1,000 cr.
parasite’s influence.
Invisibility Cloak 5,000 cr.

Gearing Up Laser Pulser 1,000 cr.

Pistol. Medium 250 cr.
The forks are unequipped and one of the first things
they are likely to do is seek to remedy that situation. Pistol, Heavy 250 cr.
Achjima (alpha) left an account with 500 credits which Microwave Agonizer 1,000 cr.
they each have access to. Any attempt to access MRDR 250 cr.
Achjima’s other accounts is futile; they have been
Prisoner Mask 1,000 cr.
drained (though they may provide certain leads; see
Credit History, pg. 19). Scrapper’s Gel 250 cr.
Achjima (alpha) did leave Achjima (B1) a private Seeker Rifle 5,000 cr.
message, hinting that a cache of gear was left for the Shock Baton 250 cr.
forks at The Bar D’Ville (pg. 18). If the forks talk to a
Shredder 1,000 cr.
bartender there, they will be handed a sealed bag with
a pistol (medium), 100 rounds of ammo, a microwave Sniper Rifle 5,000 cr.
agonizer, a utilitool, and a gardener nanoswarm Speck Robot 250 cr.
capsule. Achjima (B1) is, of course, under no obligation Specs 250 cr.
to share this stash with her cohorts.
Superthermite Charge 1,000 cr.
If the forks wish to acquire gear, they have several
Twitch 250 cr.
options:
Utilitool 250 cr.
• They can use the limited credit they jointly share.
Vibroblade 250 cr.
• They can pull in favors to borrow gear or get it cheap.
This requires a WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 2 roll. On a X-Ray Emitter 250 cr
success, the item can be acquired at 50% off the
listed price (see table below). On a critical success,
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 Nkeka (“B6”) is not very well equipped either, though Kjell’s Room
she at least has credit to acquire what she needs.
The room has been privacy-shielded, which means any
Firewall has also provided her with the location and
mesh activity within the room has to pass through the
access codes to Kjell Hoff’s hotel room at the Jinsedai
hotel-controlled squirter.
Helix (see below), where some gear awaits her. It may
• Searching the Room: Roll AWA+Observation vs. DIF
be difficult, however, for her to slip away without raising
2 to find a metal box strapped under the bed
suspicion—especially if the forks connect Nkeka to Kjell.
containing a pistol (heavy), 100 rounds of ammo, a
utilitool, an armor vest, specs, a specimen
Jinsedai Helix
container, a guardian nanoswarm, and a speck
One of the helix shaped buildings that were popular robot.
about fifteen years ago. Twists up into the sky in majestic
• Hacking the Hotel System: Roll AWA+Computers*
double curves which have become completely generic.
vs. DIF 2 to hack the hotel-controlled squirter’s logs
• Lobby: AR display of a swirling purple-and-red and check out what Kjell was doing mesh-searches
sandstorm. An elegant fashion statement seven years on. This turns up three things waiting to be purged
ago, now it just looks cheap and outdated. from a memory buffer: A chat log with a hacker
• Elevators: Require room access key. Visual log of named T-Faktor, a receipt showing that Achjima
anyone using them. rented a flying car from Martian Hop rentals 2 days
ago, and another receipt indicating that she rented a
locker at Mos Dal Storage Lockers on the same day.

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 The Achjima forks will all recognize the corpse as one of

Stage 2: Find Yourself
From this point, the player characters have multiple
avenues of research to choose from. This part of the
scenario is freeform, depending on the players’ whims
and how the gamemaster guides them. Ultimately the
information gained should lead to a confrontation with
Achjima (B8), as noted in Stage 3.
The Serial Number
A successful AWA+Research vs. DIF 3 will uncover the
fact that the serial number matches the range of
numbers used by a personal locker storage rental facility
in this habitat.
A successful hacking intrusion into the storage
company’s rental records (AWA+Computers* vs. DIF 3)
will indicate that locker D378 was indeed rented by
Achjima just a couple of days ago.
Mos Dal Storage Lockers
Mos Dal Storage Lockers is a block of synthcrete located
in the industrial outskirts of town. Inside is a cavernous
hall with large garages opening off of it. Locker SC-D378
is in a maze-like warren of passages on the third floor.
The locker itself is easy to find. It is, however, locked with
an e-lock with hooded keypad access.
• This lock can be circumvented with network hacking
(AWA+Computers* vs. DIF 3), or hardware hacking (a
utilitool and AWA+Fixing* vs. DIF 3).
• The lockers are monitored by a sentry AI with a
guardian angel bot on call.
their three smart monkey pets (“Stella”). Examining the
corpse with AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF 2 will reveal that it
likely died about two days ago when the strange
biological growth penetrated its brain.
The Fungus
A thorough examination of the biological growth will
require proper scientific equipment and several hours of
research and testing. What the characters can
determine, given this short amount of time and some
successful skill rolls, is that the substance most closely
resembles a fungus, it is alive, and it is unlike any sort of
fungus known to transhumanity. Certain markers in its
makeup strongly imply that it is alien in origin; notably
the fact that its genetics are remarkably non-terrestrial.
Furthermore, the xenofungus is asexual and seems likely
to thrive in damp, warm environments. It probably feeds
off host bodies or decomposing matter (in this case,
living bodies or corpses). It can survive in extreme cold
conditions, such as the surface of Mars or deep space,
but it goes dormant in these conditions.
A thorough examination of the smart monkey corpse
will indicate that the monkey was probably only recently
infected (within the past 2 weeks), but the exact rate of
fungal growth is hard to pin down. The fungus most
likely took root in its head and/or chest, and seems to
have spread throughout the body, transforming tissue
into fungal growth. The monkey’s entire brain, lungs,
and a significant portion of its digestive and nervous
systems have been eaten away and replaced.

Smart Monkey Corpse

Inside the locker is the corpse of the smart monkey that
was first to be infected by the xenofungus.
• Booby Trap: Contained in sealed plastic bag, rigged
to tear open when the locker is opened.
The body, still recognizable as a monkey, is heavily
covered in strange fungal growths that protrude from its
head, chest, and other parts of its body. These growths
are spore-laden, so when the bag rips open and the
body is disturbed, a thick cloud of powdery spores will
gush out of the bag.
• Spore Cloud: Envelopes anyone within 3 meters of
the locker. Those who were poised to leap away can
roll AGI+Athletics vs. DIF 4 to avoid it. Slowly expands
to 6 meters, infecting any breathing biomorph.
• If the characters do not somehow contain or mitigate
the spore threat, it is possible that others may
become infected.

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 Achjima’s Lab
Achjima’s residence, a medium-sized converted garage
in a light industrial district, is difficult to access. The local
militia currently has the place restricted while a forensics
team investigates. The initial police response, coming to
detain Achjima after the murder, entered and found
some illegal technologies and other dubious items. They
are currently looking through her possessions and lab
materials, trying to decide if anything warrants calling in
a quarantine squad.
• 2 sentry bots outside.
• 2 investigators and a forensic bot inside.
• The investigators work for two hours before leaving.
They seal the building with militia token locks
monitored by sentry AI and requiring a militia badge
to open.
• They’ll find the original specimen container before
leaving and take it with them (see below).
If the PCs manage to get inside (they can try to pass
themselves off as investigators):
• Searching for 30 minutes with a successful
AWA+Criminology vs. DIF 2 roll turns up the original
specimen container. It lies in a small, sealed clean
room at the back of the lab. Inside is a xenofungal
specimen, still sporing.
• The container contains records that it once belonged
to Arman Usupov and was transported from his
residence in Noctis 16 days ago; arriving in Anyang
14 days ago.
• Achjima’s forks will know that Achjima had three
smart monkey helpers. None of these is present.
Achjima’s Home Network
All the forks have access to Achjima’s home network. An
AWA+Research vs. DIF 2 roll reveals three things:
• Xenofungal Research: Encrypted file. Forks can
guess the password on successful AWA+Memory vs.
DIF 2 roll. If successful, they gain access to all of the
alpha’s xenofungal research (give them a full briefing
on its properties, pg. 11).
• Achjima’s Muse: Achjima’s muse, Nonny, has been
deactivated. She can be reactivated easily. See her
character information on pg. 29. Nonny also knows
the password for the xenofungal research.
• Sensor Footage: Yesterday afternoon, someone
wiped the sensor logs clean. No one else came to the
apartment until the militia arrived (about 30 minutes
after Kjell’s murder). The initial militia find the lab and
then abruptly leave. Shortly thereafter, the forensics
team arrives.
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Nonny Gets Active
If Nonny is reactivated, she’ll start working for the
Achjima forks. She can also proactively start monitoring
newsfeeds and social networks for them. In addition to
reacting to what they’re experiencing (tracking the flying
car once they know it exists, figuring out how to contact
T-Faktor, etc.), she could also:
• Perform a credit check on Achjima’s accounts, pg. 19.
• Alert the PCs that their existence has hit the
newsfeeds and they’re being sought by the militia for
questioning.
• Receive research information from one of the beta
forks who hasn’t returned yet (if any).
• Do a background check on Kjell Hoff (finding his
hotel room, for example, pg. 15).
• Backcheck the xenofungus samples and find the
information on Kartika (pg. 18).
The Murder
Kjell Hoff, the first Firewall agent on the scene, had been
working his way around Anyang, poking his head into
Achjima’s affairs, particularly her research and triad
connections. Achjima got wind of his snooping, and not
knowing who he was, simply decided to kill him to buy
some time.
The Murdered
Looking into Kjell’s Background: AWA+Research or
WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 2 reveals the following:
• Kjell recently egocast to Anyang from Progress
Station, where he had been working as a freelance
security consultant. Although he seems to have been
involved in one or two sketchy security incidents over
the past three years, there’s nothing connecting him
to Achjima, the triads, or the xenofungus.
• He was staying at the Jinsedai Helix hotel (see pg. 15).
Recovering Kjell’s Cortical Stack: It’s currently in militia
custody (pending the backup insurance claim). If it’s
somehow obtained and run as an infomorph, Kjell will
willingly talk to Nkeka (but no one else):
• Achjima’s work for the triad involved a black
resleeving clinic operated by Dolma Gope. He was
on his way to this clinic when Achjima killed him.
• Achjima had interest in potentially hiring a local
hacker named T-Faktor.
• Achjima had recently rented a flying car from Martian
Hop rentals and a storage locker from Mos Dal
Storage Lockers.
 The Bar D’Ville
This bar is a semi-frequent hangout for Achjima (alpha),
Park, and some acquaintances also in triad employ. It is
also a likely spot for the triad to get wind of the player
characters and come looking for them.
• Bartender: Gives an Achjima fork a sealed bag
(medium pistol firearm, 100 rounds of ammo,
microwave agonizer, utilitool, and a gardener
nanoswarm capsule).
• Asking Around: WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 1 reveals
that Achjima worked at Dolma Gope’s black clinic
and was trying to contact a hacker named T-Faktor.
Putting the Pieces Together
If the different forks of Achjima share notes on their
respective missions, some additional information might
come to light.
The xenobotanical samples that Achjima (B1) was sent
to research were similar in some ways to the xenofungal
samples the player characters will find in the locker or
Achjima’s lab. Specifically, the fork was investigating
various specimens with mycological (similar to fungi)
and/or parasitic properties. Though the argonauts were
not in possession of anything with an exact match to the
Achjima’s xenofungus, some correlations can be drawn.
The chemical effects that Achjima (B2) was looking into
are of course those caused by the xenofungus. The fork
will have learned that these chemicals are likely to
increase olfactory sensitivity but would also inhibit
certain brain functions and impulses. Though the exact
mechanisms and effect of the chemicals would take
weeks of study to deduce, there is no question that they
are in fact mind-altering and mind-controlling
chemicals. And, yes, these chemicals are likely to have
the exact same effect on transhuman brains.
While looking into Arman Usupov’s disappearance,
Achjima (B3) made the acquaintance of Roque and
discovered that Arman had last been seen at his Noctis
residence approximately 3 weeks ago. He was last
known to have left Noctis by rocket buggy, heading west
(the direction of the TITAN Quarantine Zone). Arman’s
singularity seeker and underworld contacts know that
Arman had been spending a lot of time sniffing around
the TQZ in recent months, hoping to find TITAN artifacts.
Aside from mentioning a settlement known as Kartika to
a few contacts, there are no other leads. Kartika was
within the TQZ and was destroyed during the Fall.
Achjima (B4)’s research into mycological success in the
Martian environment will have determined a few things.
First, wind is an important thing for dispersing spores.
Second, the ability to survive in the Martian environment
is highly dependent on the strain in question. The cold
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and lack of moisture are inhibitive to many known fungi.
Luckily for the player characters, this particular
xenofungal strain goes dormant on the Martian surface.
Kartika
Researching the doomed settlement requires an AWA+
Research vs. DIF 2 roll. If successful, the players dig up
the fact that the settlement was believed to have been
overcome by a TITAN-created biological warfare attack.
A further AWA+Research vs. DIF 4 roll can uncover some
long-range sensor scans taken of the settlement before
military forces carpet-bombed it. These photos show
large, strange, biological growths growing from what
appear to be corpses on rooftop—or in some cases
dangling from the spars of the overhead dome and
radio towers. These growths look similar to the
xenofungus sprouting from the smart monkey or found
in the specimen container.
Looking for Achjima
The social networks can be used to track down
information on Achjima’s whereabouts, as noted below.
Similarly, the forks each have limited access to Achjima
(alpha)’s credit, which includes the ability to track her
spending (and that of the other forks).
For every 3 hours spent by a PC looking for information
via social networking, roll WIL+Street Smarts and
consult the table below. The player gains all the leads up
to and including the number rolled. As noted, some
leads can yield additional information if pursued further.
SOCIAL NETWORKING (WIL+Street Smarts roll):
3. No information of value
4. Achjima recently purchased bio-accelerants and
bio-plasms tailored for fungal growths.
5. Achjima was inquiring about air plant engineer Scott
Wai. If the player investigates further, a WIL+Street
Smarts vs. DIF 0 reveals that Scott Wai hasn’t been
seen in over a day. Some friends and co-workers are
growing concerned.
6. Achjima worked at Dolma Gope’s black clinic. If the
player investigates further, a WIL+Street Smarts vs.
DIF 2 reveals its location.
7. Achjima had been looking to hire a hacker named
T-Faktor. If the player investigates further, a
WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 2 uncovers some
background info on T-Faktor (see pg. 30). If they try
to contact T-Faktor, roll WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 1
to succeed.
8. Achjima’s triad connection is Yao Xie.
9.+ Find out what the People’s Militia knows
(gamemaster call).
 Credit History
Achjima’s credit has been reduced to next to nothing,
due to the cost of multiple resleevings. In fact, Achjima
(alpha) had to pull in some new favors from her triad
bosses to cover the costs. Though she promised to pay
soon, she had no intention to follow through.
• There’s a large cash infusion 6 days ago, but it’s
almost immediately spent. This is the payment to the
Hao Shencai clinic to get the PCs resleeved.
Note: There is an invoice for X number of forks to be
resleeved. X is one less than the PCs believe are in the
party, because the invoice does not include Nkeka.
• There’s a payment two days ago to “Martian Hop”.
(this is the flying car rental). If the players investigate
further, go to “The Flying Car” (next section).
• There’s also a payment two days ago to “Mos Dal
Storage” (this is the monkey locker rental).
• There are also large withdrawals 3 days ago and 1
day ago, but these appear to have been laundered
through triad connections to make the transactions
discreet. If the players investigate this further, an
AWA+Research vs. DIF 4 roll (timeframe: 3 hours)
uncovers that these payments were made to Dolma
Gope’s black clinic (for the three recent beta fork
resleevings) and to a local hacker named T-Faktor.
The Flying Car
The car is currently parked in a centertown alley. B7 is
inside (and can be tracked by his mesh ID, which is
known to Dolma Gope).
• Martian Hop: Rented from Martian Hop rentals two
days ago. Martian Hop can ping the vehicle’s tracker
and access its driving log (see “Driving Log” below),
which will also give its current location.
• Tracking: If they have some ID on the car (a spime
record from outside Achjima’s lab, for example), an
AWA+Research vs. DIF 2 roll will turn up images of
the car all around town. This might yield additional
information depending on the roll:
Draw: This shows no locations of interest or
indication of where the car might be.
Normal Success: There’s a spime visual of the flying
car arriving at a random location (see “Driving Log”
below).
Critical Success: They essentially duplicate the driving
log (see below) through visual tracking of the car
(although with some gaps when the beta forks
deliberately blocked out local sensors).
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DRIVING LOG
• Car rented at Martian Hop rentals by B6. B6 looks like
Achjima (alpha).
• Car was brought back to Achjima’s home. Stella is
brought out and loaded in the trunk.
• Car drives into Mos Dal Storage Lockers (where Stella
is loaded into storage locker D378).
• Car returns to Achjima’s home.
• Car is taken by B6 and B7 to visit several air
processing plants around the perimeter of the city.
• Car returns to Achjima’s home.
• B6, B7, and B8 take the car to Scott Wai’s house and
kidnap him.
• They take the car to Air Processing Plant 13 and
infiltrate the plant.
• B6 takes the car and parks it a few blocks from the
Bar D’Ville (where she murders Kjell).
• B6 takes the car back to Air Processing Plant 13.
• B7 and B8 leave the air processing plant. B8 is
dropped off at an apartment complex in centertown.
• B7 parks the car in an alley on the opposite side of
centertown.
Achjima on the Move
Though Achjima (alpha) is already dead and fruiting,
forks B6, B7, and B8 are still active. Since murdering Kjell,
B6 has been lying low in the air plant, keeping an eye on
Achjima (alpha)’s corpse and the kidnapped engineer,
Scott Wai. B6 plans to die and spore in this plant as well
and is simply holding down the fort until that time.
Achjima B7 and B8 are both slowing down as the
xenofungal infection consumes more of their mental
capacities. Their priorities right now are finding their
own places to die and spore. Achjima (B7) plans to die
and spore in the flying car and has pre-programmed the
car’s AI to rise to a certain altitude in a few days’ time
and open all the doors and windows, to maximize the
spores’ range of dispersion.
Achjima (B8) has secured a place on a high rooftop
where she expects to die and spore undisturbed, but the
recent arrival of the player characters has triggered her
defensiveness, already enhanced by the xenofungal
parasite. She will be monitoring the player characters’
progress, and if it seems they might become a threat to
her or the other infected Achjimas, she will take action.
Though both Achjima (B7) and (B8) operate in privacy
mode, they may be tracked online if their mesh IDs are
known, each one requiring a successful AWA+Research
vs. DIF 4 roll. The mesh inserts of Achjima (alpha) and
(B6) have been disabled, however.
 Achjima’s Looks elements, though he is aware that Achjima used a
coerced engineer to bypass some of the other
B6, B7 and B8 have different morphs as listed on pg. 28.
safeguards. He doesn’t know what Achjima wants with
Despite looking different, a character familiar with
the facility—and doesn’t want to know.
Achjima (alpha)—such as the forks or Park—may be able
to recognize one of the other beta forks with a It is possible for the player characters to hire T-Faktor to
successful AWA+Psychology vs. DIF 2 roll (or DIF 4 if the break them into the facility as well. If they reveal that
character is not actively looking for such clues). Achjima is planning to infect the habitat with alien
spores, he may even be persuaded to do it for free—he
If any of the characters interact with one of the NPC
has a small bit of conscience remaining— but he will
forks directly in person, an AWA+Observation vs. DIF 1
haggle for payment if he can.
roll reveals them to be infected, given the somewhat
distracted pose and glassy look they have.
The Black Clinic
Scott Wai The black clinic run by genehacker Dolma Gope offers
a range of illegal or gray market services. Like Achjima,
Scott Wai is an engineer at the Anyang air plant. Until
Dolma is partly indebted to the triads, and so the clinic
recently he had never met Achjima, until B6 tracked him
is used for some of their resleeving, psychosurgery, bio-
down—and kidnapped him. Using his credentials and
mod, and darknet needs.
the assistance of T-Faktor, the Achjima forks accessed
the plant and found a place to hide Achjima (alpha) until This is where Achjima usually performs services on the
she can spore. Scott is currently unconscious and bound, triad’s behalf. Achjima was using labs here to work as
next to Achjima’s decaying corpse. part of a team on bioengineering gene-customized
drugs for triad clients.
The players can pursue the following avenues of
investigation to learn more about Scott. Each one Dolma would normally be reluctant to part with
requires a successful AWA+Research roll. information on Achjima’s activities; however, given that
it is a fork of Achjima that is asking, she will tell what she
• Researching Scott’s Background (DIF 1): Scott Wai
knows. Achjima stopped showing up for a triad project
works at Air Processing Plant 13.
she was working on at the clinic about two weeks ago—
• Tracking Scott’s Mesh ID (DIF 2): Pinpoints his last
apparently she was too engrossed in personal research.
known location as just outside of his house.
Then a few days ago, she contacted Dolma and asked
• Locating Spime Footage (DIF 3): Shows Scott being her to resleeve a trio of beta forks on the side, without
shocked into unconsciousness and then dragged into the triad knowing—and at a discount. Dolma reluctantly
Achjima’s rented car. agreed and hasn’t heard from Achjima since. She can,
however, provide detailed information on the morphs
T-Faktor she provided to the beta forks, including their looks,
biometrics, brain scans, and mesh IDs. This data can be
T-Faktor is the handle of one of Anyang’s most
further used to identify or track these variant forks down.
accomplished hackers. As the characters may discover,
Each ID requires a successful AWA+Research vs. DIF 4
Achjima (B6) recently sought out his services. Tracking
roll to track.
T-Faktor down requires a WIL+Street Smarts vs. DIF 1
roll. The only way provided to contact him will be
online—T-Faktor will generally refuse to meet in person.
If the hacker is approached with a large enough bribe,
he may be willing to spill the details. In fact, since
Achjima originally promised payment for additional
work that never materialized, T-Faktor is inclined to sell
her out, so the player characters may be able to convince
him in other ways.
If persuaded, T-Faktor will tell the player characters that
Achjima hired him to facilitate a break-in of one of
Anyang’s major air recycling and circulation plants.
These facilities are typically heavily secured to deter bio-
terror attacks, but they are also very automated. T-
Faktor happens to have had personal experience with
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 Stage 3: Complications
As the characters assemble clues and track down
Achjima (alpha), they are likely to cross paths with three
potential opponents. The gamemaster is encouraged to
space these encounters out, to keep the action coming
between periods of investigation.
Achjima Comes Calling
As noted above, if the player characters come close to
tracking down one of the other Achjimas, (B8) will take
action. The xenofungal infection prevents (B8) from
acting in too rash or suicidal of a manner, so her actions
will seek to either distract the player characters and send
them running in the wrong direction or to strike at them
from positions of surprise and/or strength.
• Triggers: Monitoring newsfeeds, Bar D’Ville, alarm
on monkey locker, spimes surrounding Achjima
residence, etc. If B8 becomes aware of the other beta
forks, she will try to hinder their investigation.
• Current Location: On the top of an 80-storey
apartment building. If the players successfully track
B8’s mesh ID (AWA+Research vs. DIF 4), they find
footage of her entering the apartment building. On a
critical success, they find a live feed of B8 on the roof.
• Possible Actions: Call the PCs with a red herring;
warn B6; notify the militia or triad where the PCs are;
rent a guardian angel bot to spy on the PCs; attempt
assassination (shoot from behind, hit-and-run, hire
thugs, etc).
• If Captured: There is little the characters can do to
make Achjima (B8) talk. She is, in fact, ready to spore.
If she lacks other options, she will begin to cough and
enter into convulsions as her body swells up and
bursts open like a ripe fruit. This releases a spore
cloud, which might contaminate anyone around it
like the smart monkey corpse (pg. 16). If at all
possible, she will try to do this in a location that is
positive for spore dispersal, such as somewhere high
and windy.
The Triad Comes Calling
Achjima (alpha) had to borrow quite a bit of money from
the triad in order to fund the forks’ sleeves; she paid little
attention to the consequences that would result when
she did not pay it back within 48 hours, as promised.
Suspecting that something might be afoot, and already
disgruntled at Achjima’s poor attendance to her triad
duties over the past two weeks, triad lieutenant Yao Xie
was about to go looking for Achjima when news of the
murder of Kjell hit the streets. Now Yao Xie knows that
something is going on and he wants to find Achjima
before the cops do.
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At some point the triad will get wind that several forks
of Achjima were resleeved or will find out that someone
is asking around about Achjima’s triad involvement. The
player characters may even approach the triad
themselves asking questions. A group of 4 armed triad
enforcers will approach the characters and tell them
that Mr. Xie is expecting them. If the player characters
decline, the soldiers will attack the characters and
attempt to disable them, then bring them to Xie for a
talk.
Yao is very pissed and very much wants to know what
the hell is going on. He wants his money back from
Achjima. If the characters refuse to talk, they will be
beaten. If they still refuse, they will be tortured. If he fails
to get satisfactory answers, he will have the characters
uploaded and sent to a professional triad interrogator.
Their egos will be tortured via psychosurgery in
simulspace and then sold on the black market.
If the characters are caught with no hope of rescue and
seem unlikely to talk—or simply don’t know enough
yet—then the gamemaster can choose this time for the
militia to catch up with the player characters. Though
the local militia and triad have a certain understanding,
the militia is not above making a small raid to collect
some people wanted for a murder investigation.
Alternatively, the sudden arrival of the police may give
the characters an opportunity to escape.
If the characters spill what they know about the
xenofungus and Achjima (alpha)’s suspected infection,
they may find themselves an unexpected ally. Yao Xie
lost several members of his family during the Fall and
does not take the news of a potential alien fungus
outbreak lightly. Such a situation would also impede his
business affairs and would reflect poorly on his
performance the next time his triad masters take him
under review. If convinced of this situation—particularly
if shown evidence—Yao Xie will release the characters
on three conditions.
1. Report all new developments to him immediately.
2. Keep the affair private (no militia, no publicity).
3. Accept responsibility for Achjima’s debt should
Achjima (alpha) be unable to pay.
Xie will provide a pair of triad enforcers to accompany
the characters and assist their efforts—as well as keep
an eye on them.
Unknown to the player characters, Yao Xie actually has
Achjima (alpha)’s backup in his possession—this is how
the triad keeps their hold on the singularity seeker.
Should Achjima (alpha) die, it will be Yao Xie’s choice
whether to resleeve her or sell her ego on the black
market.
 The Militia Comes Calling
At some point, the Anyang People’s Militia may track
down the player characters or otherwise cross their
paths. Achjima’s forks are wanted for questioning to see
what they know of Kjell’s murder—as well as her other
seeming illegal activities. It should be made clear to the
forks that if they fall into police custody, they will likely
remain there for some time to come. The militia will not
be interested in the other player characters unless they
somehow interfere with the forks being taken into
custody or are implicated in other illegal activities.

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 Stage 4: At War With
Myself
Ultimately the various clues should lead the player char-
acters to the air plant where Achjima (alpha) is seques-
tered and soon to spore. The player characters will need
some way to bypass the plant’s security measures—a
task that T-Faktor and possibly the triad can help with,
should the player characters have their support.
Air Plant Layout
Refer to the plant map and key on pg. 25.
The air plant is located to one side of the habitat, right
up against the dome. Inside the dome, massive intake
vents suck in air that is filtered. Similar vents suck in
Martian atmosphere from the outside, filter it, and
combine it with hydrogen in a catalytic converter to
produce methane gas and water. The methane is vented
back into the Martian atmosphere (it helps with
terraforming) while the water is broken down into
hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is fed back into the
converter while the oxygen is added to the recycled air
from inside the habitat. This air is then pushed by large
fans through a vent system where it is released
throughout the habitat.
The interior of the plant consists of a massive catalytic
converter, water and hydrogen tanks, large fans, huge
vents and ductwork, a control center, and various
work/monitoring stations. The plant runs itself, with
robotic drones handling standard maintenance duties.
Transhuman engineers stop in periodically to keep an
eye on operations and are on call in case of a
breakdown.
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Achjima (alpha) and Scott Wai have been sequestered in
an air-flow pipe, right before one of the fans that pushes
air out to various vents throughout the habitat. Their
location is hidden from sensors and the standard paths
of the maintenance drones. To find them, the player
characters will need to physically search the plant,
requiring an AWA+Appraisal or Senses vs. DIF 2 with a
timeframe of 1 hour (3 hours if they are actively hiding
from maintenance bots and sensors). A character who
makes an AWA+Criminology or Observation vs. DIF 2
roll to locate the most likely hiding spots can shorten
that timeframe to 10 minutes (30 minutes).
It is very difficult to hear near the hiding spot, given the
large fans nearby. Apply a –2 modifier to hearing-based
AWA rolls. The enhanced olfactory capabilities of those
affected by the xenofungus work well here, however—it
is likely that they will smell anyone approaching.
Air Plant Security Measures
The air plant is secured by e-locks that require both
biometrics and a physical token (B6 had both via Scott
Wai). The player characters will have to hack the locks to
get in. This requires 10 minutes and an AWA+
Computers* vs. DIF 3 roll. The plant’s walls inhibit
wireless signals, and the e-locks are hardwired to the
internal system (T-Faktor has remote access because he
hacked a rooftop panel’s e-lock and hooked it up to a
radio receiver, but he won’t tell the player characters
that). The air plant AI watches over the network. Two
sentry bots also guard the facility. Both the AI and the
bots have been hacked to ignore Achjima (B6) and the
smart monkeys (T-Faktor can do the same for the player
characters).
 Achjima (B6), the Smart Achjima (Alpha) and Scott Wai
Monkeys, and Bots Achjima (B6) has left one final trap for anyone who finds
Achjima (alpha)’s body and Scott Wai. The floor and
Achjima (B6) is not the only opposition the player
walls around them have been coated with “slip”, a
characters will face. Her other two smart monkeys, also
frictionless substance. Anyone who runs towards them,
now affected, will join in the fray. These monkeys will
especially in a combat situation, is likely to hit the slip
keep to the catwalks and ductwork high above, looking
and slide right past them—and directly into the huge
for an opportunity to drop on the player characters from
ventilating fan. Anyone who does this must succeed in
high above.
an AGI vs. DIF 2 roll to grab onto one of the bodies or
Achjima also has brought along several bots, with somehow stop themselves. The fan inflicts a DAM 10 roll.
instructions to attack any intruders. These include two
Achjima (alpha) is dead and poses no threat to the
creepy bots and a guardian angel.
player characters. Scott Wai is unconscious, but easily
Achjima (B6) is also tied into the air plant’s interior revived.
sensor system. She will use this to track the player
Note that if the player characters have not been to the
characters and ambush them. She will deploy the bots
black clinic and are not aware that Achjima (B6) is a fork
and smart monkeys, hoping to draw the player
and not Achjima (alpha), they may not realize after
characters away from Achjima (alpha)’s resting place.
defeating (B6) that (alpha)’s body is hidden elsewhere in
She will also engage the player characters herself with
the facility.
the sniper rifle, from the catwalks.

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 TOP-DOWN VIEW
Lower Level
Catalytic
Converter
Map Key
1. ENTRANCE: Electronic lock (biometric + physical
token; hardwired to internal system).
2. AIRLOCK: Provides access to the exterior of the
dome. Electronic lock (wireless code).
3. ELEVATOR TO CATWALK: Takes 20 seconds to ride
from floor to catwalk or vice versa.
4. CATALYTIC CONVERTER: The heart of the air
processing plant. This mammoth piece of machinery
thrusts out through the side of the dome. Inside the
plant, it’s held above the floor by a number of support
struts. (It’s above the floor and under the catwalks).
5. CONTROL CENTER: Manual overrides for most of the
machinery in the plant (including the sentry bots). A
server core holds the air plant AI.
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Upper Level
6. DRONE STATION: Recharging stations for the sentry
bots and maintenance drones.
7. AIR FLOW PIPE: A large number of air flow pipes and
filtration systems pump air out of the plant and into the
dome. Inside one of these pipes Achjima (alpha)’s corpse
and Scott Wai have been placed.
-2 to hearing-based AWA rolls due to the roar of the air
in this area.
8. ROOF ACCESS: Hatch in the ceiling (AWA+
Observation vs. DIF 1 to see it from inside the plant).
Electronic lock (biometric + physical token; hardwired to
internal system).
T-Faktor has hacked into this e-lock and routed a radio
receiver through it to gain remote access to the internal
system.
 Stage 5: Aftermath
Depending on the character’s actions, they may resolve
the situation discreetly or end up with an entire habitat
in ruins.
Infected Characters
Xenofungal infection is not that difficult to treat,
assuming the character is aware they are infected (see
Xenofungal Infection, pg. 11). If an infected character
does not seek treatment, however, they may put the
entire habitat at risk.
Going to the Authorities
Rather than pursuing the infected Achjima(s) at the air
plant on their own, the characters may decide to simply
go the militia (or some other authority) with what they
know. Nkeka, belonging to Firewall, should argue
against this. Firewall much prefers to handle these
situation quietly; bringing them into the public eye
exposes others to danger. If necessary, Nkeka may even
reveal her Firewall affiliation to the others if she feels it
would convince them to stay quiet.
Roque should also be opposed to such a plan. Roque is,
of course, hoping to walk away from this scenario with a
sample of the xenofungus to sell on the black market. It
is possible that after the threat has been contained,
Roque may even turn on the others.
The forks of Achjima would also be wise to think this
through. If the authorities catch an infected Achjima
(alpha), they have little hope of merging back with her.
Since the triad holds Achjima’s backup, their only hope
is to catch Achjima (alpha) and cure her (since they do
not, of course, realize she is already dead). Failing this,
they need to strike a deal with the triad to have
Achjima’s backup resleeved and themselves merged
with it.
will also begin sporing, and within short order the entire
habitat will be doomed. The authorities will likely be
aware of the problem by this point, the settlement will
be placed under quarantine, and the entire situation
brought to the attention of senior officials within the
Planetary Consortium. If Firewall has not already moved
to eradicate the threat, it is quite likely that the the
Consortium will.
Calling in a Firewall Erasure
Squad
If things start looking bad—very bad—Nkeka has the
option of calling in a Firewall erasure squad. She is likely
only going to do this if the group seems unlikely to
prevent the xenofungal spores from being released into
the habitat. In this case, a heavily-armed Firewall team
will descend on the city and pick up where the player
characters left off (possibly an option for working this
scenario into a longer campaign). If the spores are
already released into the habitat, Firewall will seek some
way to have the habitat quarantined and evacuated, with
all residents going through careful scanning to ensure
they are not infected. After this, or barring any other
options, they will find some way to destroy the habitat,
even if it means killing thousands inside, if that’s the only
way they have to keep the infection from spreading. The
methods used might include a nuclear detonation,
orbital bombardment (perhaps a misdirected iceteroid
used in the terraforming process) or infusing the
habitat’s atmosphere with extra oxygen and setting it
aflame.

Opposed Interests
Roque and Nkeka both have opposed secret ambitions
in this scenario. At some point, these agendas are likely
to come out—with the Achjimas caught in the crossfire.
If Nkeka gets her way, the xenofungus will be utterly
destroyed. If Roque succeeds, the xenofungus will go for
auction on the black market.

Failure
If the characters fail to find and deal with Achjima
(alpha)’s body within 12 hours, it will begin sporing. The
air plant ventilation system will carry these spores
throughout the habitat, where hundreds of biomorphs
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 Arman and Other Loose Ends
Even if the player characters succeed, this scenario can
continue on. No one knows where the original
xenofungal sample originated from, for example, and
Arman Usupov is still missing. Firewall is likely to track
down these loose ends, sending agents to hunt Arman
down, and sending a team into the TQZ (TITAN
Quarantine Zone) to investigate the ruins of Kartika and
eradicate any xenofungus remaining here.
It is also possible that the player characters might not
track down Achjima (B7). This could lead to a separate
xenofungus outbreak, as described under Failure
(previous page). Alternately, the militia may track down
(B7) before this happens, bringing the xenofungus to
their attention. This could lead to a future Firewall
mission, as sentinels are sent to make sure the militia-
confiscated samples do not end up in the wrong hands.
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Future of the Forks
Presumably the forks hope to merge back together with
each other and Achjima (alpha). With (alpha) dead, this
is no longer an option unless they manage to convince
the triad to merge them with Achjima’s backup. Legally,
this puts the forks in a bad position. Without an alpha
fork, and having extended their legal duration as forks,
they are considered non-entities with no legal standing.
Their only option, should they wish to continue living, is
to adopt a fake identity or find a darknet egocaster
(such as Dolma) and transmit themselves to a
jurisdiction that is more forgiving of forks.
Another option to consider is that the beta forks could
always merge with each other. The option is entirely up
to them.
 APPENDIX
Non-Player Characters
Hypodermic Needle: Contains 2 doses of Twitch, a
convulsive agent. Target must roll TOU+Resistance
Entries are listed in alphabetical order. (poison) vs. DIF 3 or become Severely Impaired for 10
minutes. On a success, target is Slightly Impaired.
ACHJIMA YAI (B6 / B7 / B8)
Grip Pads: Can climb on walls and ceilings.
AGI 2 Move 12
Standard Ware: 360-Degree Vision, Access Jacks, Bot
TOU 2 Health 12 AI, LIDAR, Mesh Inserts, Image Recognition Software
AWA 2 Initiative 12 Creepies come in an eclectic variety of forms, from robo-
WIL 1 Spirit 10 squirrels to insectoids to bizarre artsy mechanical
Skills: Stealth 1, Weapon Mastery (kinetic weapons) 1, creatures. Achjima’s creepies happen to look like plush
Background (science) 2, Computers 1, Research 1, millipedes with an extra set of arms for manipulating
Psychology 1, Medicine 1, Underworld 1, Surgery 1, items and tools. With their chameleon skin, they can
Senses 1, Street Smarts 1 meld into the background, lying in ambush for unwary
player characters.
Sniper Rifle: Ammo 12, Range 600, DAM 5
Densiplast Gloves: TOU-1 DOLMA GOPE
• B6 – Biosculpted to look like alpha (Eurasian “ruster” Appearance: Sleeved in a fierce-looking “exalt” morph
morph). Currently at the air processing plant. with customized biosculpting. She stands a good seven
• B7 – “Splicer” morph sculpted to look like a famous feet tall, with enlarged eyes and orange skin with shifting
XP icon (dozens of others have the same face). red and gold nanotats. A pattern of slowly-wiggling,
Currently in the flying car parked in centertown alley. reddish, tendril-like frills circle her head like a sea
anemone crown.
• B8 – Sleeved in male “flat” (unaugmented human).
Currently on top of an 80-storey apartment building Roleplaying: Speaks with a soft and kindly voice, but
in centertown. naturally commands the attention of a room through
her flashy self-confidence. Her anemone crown turns
AIR PLANT AI bright crimson and flares if she becomes angry.
AGI n/a Move n/a Background: Dolma got into medicine to help people.
TOU n/a Health n/a After running into problems on Luna, she came to Mars
hoping to start afresh. Instead, she found herself
AWA 1 Initiative 10
bogged down yet again in hypercorp politics. She
WIL 1 Spirit 10 doesn’t feel guilty or burdened by her debt to the triads:
Skills: Background (air plant maintenance, security Although she doesn’t want to be involved in their dirtier
systems) 1, Computers 1, Fixing 2, Research 1 business, they’re just people helping people as far as
she’s concerned.
Has been hacked to ignore Achjima B6 and the smart
monkeys. Notes:
• Achjima stopped showing up for a triad project she
CREEPY BOT was working on about two weeks ago – apparently
AGI 2 Move 6 she was too engrossed in personal research.
TOU 0 Health 3 • Three days ago, she contacted Dolma and asked her
AWA 1 Initiative 10 to resleeve a trio of beta forks on the side, without
the triad knowing – and at a discount. Dolma
WIL 0 Spirit 9
reluctantly agreed and hasn’t head from Achjima
Skills: Stealth 1, Resistance (radiation) 2, Unlife 1, since.
Nightvision 2, Senses 2, Focus 2 • Can provide detailed information on the morphs she
Flaws: Vulnerability (electricity) 2, Addiction (power provided for the beta forks (including looks,
source) 1, Code of Honor (programming) 3 biometrics, brain scans, and mesh IDs).
Construct: ARM 1 • Knows that Yao Xie is looking for Achjima.

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 FORENSIC BOT MILITIA TROOPER
AGI 0 Move 9 AGI 2 Move 12
TOU 0 Health 9 TOU 1 Health 10
AWA 1 Initiative 10 AWA 2 Initiative 12
WIL 0 Spirit 9 WIL 1 Spirit 10
Skills: Criminology 2, Fixing 1, Research 1, Senses 1 Skills: Athletics 1, Unarmed Strike 1, Weapon Mastery
Enhanced Senses: Nanoscopic Vision, LIDAR, RADAR, (beam weapons, kinetic weapons, clubs) 1, Background
Electrical Sense, Radiation Sense, T-Ray Emitter (security ops) 1, Senses 1, Intimidation 1
Armored Clothing + Body Armor + Helmet: ARM 4
GUARDIAN ANGEL BOT Gear (see Glossary pg. 33): Cuffband, Prisoner Mask,
AGI 2 Move fly 15 Specs (included in stats), Tactical Network Software, X-
TOU 0 Health 6 Ray Emitter
AWA 1 Initiative 10 Shock Baton: DAM=TOU. Target rolls TOU+Resistance
WIL 0 Spirit 9 (electricity) vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired; can try to
shake off with a 2d Health check.
Skills: Weapon Mastery (pistol) 1, Stealth 1, Resistance
Medium Pistol: Ammo 12, Range 20, DAM 2
(radiation) 2, Unlife 3, Nightvision 2, Senses 2, Focus 2
Microwave Agonizer: Ammo 50, Range 15, DAM 1;
Flaws: Vulnerability (electricity) 2, Addiction (power
target must roll TOU+Resistance (fire/heat) vs. DIF 3 or
source) 1, Code of Honor (programming) 3
become Impaired due to the pain (Move 50%, -2 to rolls,
Construct: ARM 4 can try to shake off with a 2d Health check).
Heavy Pistol: Ammo 10, Range 20, DAM 3 Implants (included in stats): Basic Biomods, Mesh
Eelware: Touch can stun; target rolls TOU+Resistance Inserts, Cortical Stack
(electricity) vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired; can try to
shake off with a 2d Health check. NONNY (STANDARD MUSE)
T-Ray Emitter: Within 20 meters, can see through walls AGI n/a Move n/a
and other materials. TOU n/a Health n/a
Standard Ware: 360-Degree Vision, Access Jacks, Bot AWA 2 Initiative 12
AI, LIDAR, Mesh Inserts, Image Recognition Software
WIL 1 Spirit 10
Guardian Angels are rotorcraft used for defensive
Skills: Background (accounting) 2, Background (science,
purposes. They hover around their charges, keeping a
biochemistry, lab technician) 1, Computers 1,
watchful eye out to protect them from threats.
Psychology 2
INVESTIGATOR Appearance: Nonny’s avatar is a blue-haired anime loli.
AGI 1 Move 10 Roleplaying: Energetic and eager to please. Will scold
TOU 1 Health 10 Achjima for irresponsibility or foolishness.

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WIL 1 Spirit 10
Skills: Weapon Mastery (kinetic weapons, clubs) 1,
Criminology 1, Observation 1, Psychology 1, Surveillance
1, Impersonation 1, Persuasion 1, Street Smarts 1
Shock Baton: DAM=TOU. Target rolls TOU+Resistance
(electricity) vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired; can try to
shake off with a 2d Health check.
Heavy Pistol: Ammo 10, Range 20, DAM 3
Implants (included in stats): Basic Biomods, Mesh
Inserts, Cortical Stack
Background: Achjima became aware that she had been
infected 8 days ago, but she convinced Nonny that she
had it under control. Over the next few days, however,
Achjima became more and more secretive. When
Achjima resleeved B6, B7, and B8 three days ago she
specifically infected the morphs with the xenofungus
before waking them up. That was the final straw for
Nonny, but Achjima shut her off before she could
contact the authorities.
Notes: Nonny can fill them in on the events in Achjima’s
timeline from 8 months ago until 3 days ago. This
includes:
• That she’s working off a debt to the triads at Dolma
Gope’s black clinic. (Nonny also knows where the
clinic is).

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 • 14 days ago, Achjima received a sample of the SMART MONKEY
xenobiological fungoid from Arman Usupov. It was AGI 2 Move 12
shipped from Noctis.
TOU 1 Health 6
• Right around the time she got shut off, Nonny was
AWA 1 Initiative 10
aware that Achjima was trying to make contact with
someone named “T-Faktor,” but she doesn’t know WIL 0 Spirit 9
what that was about. Skills: Athletics 1, Senses 1
Vibroblade: TOU+1
SENTRY AI
These partially uplifted and bioengineered animals
AGI n/a Move n/a
have rudimentary intelligence and limited
TOU n/a Health n/a communication skills. Commonly used by criminal
AWA 1 Initiative 10 groups, smart monkeys can be useful aides.
WIL 1 Spirit 10
Skills: Background (bot specs) 3, Computers 2, Fixing 1,
Research 1, Senses 2

SENTRY BOT
AGI 1 Move 9
TOU 4 Health 19
AWA 1 Initiative 10
WIL 0 Spirit 9
Skills: Unarmed Strike 1, Weapon Mastery (agonizer,
seeker rifle, laser pulser, shredder) 2, Resistance
(radiation) 2, Unlife 3, Nightvision 2, Senses 2, Focus 2
Flaws: Vulnerability (electricity) 2, Addiction (power
source) 1, Code of Honor (programming) 3
Construct: ARM 4
Microwave Agonizer: Ammo 50, Range 15, DAM 1;
target must roll TOU+Resistance (fire/heat) vs. DIF 3 or
become Impaired due to the pain (Move 50%, -2 to rolls,
can try to shake off with a 2d Health check).
Seeker Rifle: Ammo 12, Range 500, DAM 5, AOE 2
Laser Pulser: Ammo 100, Range 60, DAM 1; Stun mode:
DAM 0 and target must roll TOU vs. DIF 3 or lose its next
action.
Shredder: Ammo 100, Range 50, DAM 3, AOE 1*; Spray:
No range penalty to attack rolls; for each range
increment beyond Base Range, add 1 to AOE and apply
a cumulative -1 to damage rolls.
Eelware: Touch can stun; target rolls TOU+Resistance
(electricity) vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired; can try to
shake off with a 2d Health check.
T-Ray Emitter: Within 20 meters, can see through walls
and other materials.
Standard Ware: 360-Degree Vision, Access Jacks, Bot
AI, LIDAR, Mesh Inserts, Image Recognition Software
This robot maneuvers on four multi-directional smart
treads. Used throughout the Solar System for policing
and security purposes, it is loaded with armor and
weapons.
T-FAKTOR
AGI 2 Move 12
TOU 1 Health 10
AWA 2 Initiative 12
WIL 2 Spirit 12
Skills: Athletics 1, Stealth 2, Weapon Mastery (beam
weapons) 1, Resistance (AOE 1 attacks) 3, Background
(cryptography) 2, Background (engineering, accounting,
security operations, social engineering) 1, Computers 3,
Fixing 2, Psychology 1, Research 2, Senses 1, Underworld
1, Art (electronic music) 1, Impersonation 1, Persuasion
1, Politics 1, Street Smarts 1
Flaw: Vulnerability (EMP attacks) 3
Appearance (Mesh): A digital avatar depicting a three-
headed version of the Egyptian god Anubis. Uses
automated software to speak three different languages
simultaneously from the heads.
Appearance (Reality): T-Faktor currently inhabits a
“swarmanoid” morph.
Roleplaying: Tries to wow his would-be clients with a
Wizard of Oz schtick from inside the three-headed
version of Anubis. Once he’s hired, he’ll drop two of the
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 Background: T-Faktor is the handle of one of Anyang’s
most accomplished hackers.
• Generally won’t sell out old clients, but Achjima never
paid him, so a bribe might work.
• The beta forks might be able to work something out
if they can confirm their identity.
• T-Faktor doesn’t want to be part of TITAN-related
terrorism, so if they can establish the threat for him
he’ll probably help out (though he’ll also try haggling
for payment).
Notes:
• B6 recently hired him to assist in accessing Air
Processing Plant 13.
• Helped deactivate certain security elements, but
knows that Achjima used a coerced engineer to
bypass some of the other safeguards.
TRIAD ENFORCER
AGI 2 Move 12
TOU 2 Health 12
AWA 2 Initiative 12
WIL 2 Spirit 12
Skills: Athletics 1, Sleight-of-Hand 1, Unarmed Strike 1,
Weapon Mastery (beam weapons, kinetic weapons,
clubs) 1, Psychology 1, Senses 1, Underworld 1,
Impersonation 1, Intimidation 1
Bioweave Armor: ARM 1
Extendable Baton: TOU-1
Medium Pistol: Ammo 12, Range 20, DAM 2
Microwave Agonizer: Ammo 50, Range 15, DAM 1;
target must roll TOU+Resistance (fire/heat) vs. DIF 3 or
become Impaired due to the pain (Move 50%, -2 to rolls,
can try to shake off with a 2d Health check).
Implants (included in stats): Basic Biomods, Mesh
Inserts, Cortical Stack, Enhanced Hearing, Skin Pocket
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YAO XIE
AGI 2 Move 12
TOU 2 Health 12
AWA 2 Initiative 12
WIL 3 Spirit 15
Skills: Athletics 2, Unarmed Strike 1, Weapon Mastery
(kinetic weapons, clubs) 1, Resistance (poison/disease)
1, Second Wind 1, Background (triad procedures) 1,
Memory 3, Psychology 1, Senses 1, Underworld 2,
Persuasion 1, Impersonation 1, Intimidation 1, Street
Smarts 1
Armored Clothing: ARM 1
Extendable Baton: TOU-1
Medium Pistol: Ammo 12, Range 20, DAM 2
Implants (included in stats): Basic Biomods, Mesh
Inserts, Cortical Stack, Eidetic Memory, Medichines
Appearance: An exalt custom-sculpted with handsome
Asian features and silver hair that flares up into a
wolverine curve.
Roleplaying: Yao Xie is the soul of reasonability;
drumming his fingers together while waiting to hear
everything you have to say (he’ll stop and stare until he’s
sure you’re not going to babble anything else out). But
if pushed, his anger will erupt like a volcano; he will
smash his hands down on a convenient table.
Background: Yao Xie is the local triad lieutenant. He
likes Achjima personally, but the events of the past
couple weeks have left him completely pissed off.
However, he suspects that she’s in trouble and he’s
willing to get both her and her forks the benefit of the
doubt and a (very short) leash. Yao Xie has an untainted
Achjima backup from 4 weeks ago.
Notes:
• Achjima (alpha) borrowed a very large sum of money
6 days ago. Promised to pay it back within 48 hours.
• Knows that money was paid to fork the PC betas.
(“Which basically means you belong to me.”)
• Wants to know what Achjima was up to. If the PCs are
candid, they may find an ally: Xao Yie lost family
members during the Fall and also doesn’t want his
business disrupted. He’ll give them two triad
enforcers, but has three conditions:
1. Report all new developments to him.
2. Keep the affair private (no militia, no publicity).
3. Accept responsibility for Achjima’s debts.
• If the PCs don’t cooperate, he has no compunctions
about torturing them; subjecting them to
psychosurgery; etc.
 Key Discoveries
(and how to find them)

ACHJIMA’S RESIDENCE/LAB (pg. 17) SCOTT WAI (pg. 20)

• B3’s private message. • Communication logs at Achjima’s residence
• Need lab to study monkey from storage. • T-Faktor
• News report of Kjell’s murder. • Flying car locations

NONNY (pg. 17, 29) T-FAKTOR (pg. 20)

• B3’s private message • Kjell’s hotel room/cortical stack.
• Park’s message • Nonny
• Bar D’Ville (Asking Questions)
AIR PLANT (pg. 23)
• Credit History
• T-Faktor
• Investigating Scott Wai B6/B7/B8 FORKS (pg. 19)
• Flying car locations • Nonny
• Dolma Gope
BAR D’VILLE (pg. 18)
• Scott Wai
• B1’s private message.
• Nkeka’s briefing. KARTIKA (pg. 18)
• Newscast of Kjell’s murder. • B3’s briefing on Arman Usupov.
• Roque Vera’s briefing.
THE BLACK CLINIC (pg. 20)
• Nkeka’s briefing.
• Nonny
• Kjell’s cortical stack THE TRIAD (pg. 21)
• Bar D’Ville (Asking Questions) • B4’s private message.
• Credit history • Dolma Gope
• Character briefings.
THE FLYING CAR (pg. 19)
• Credit History XENOFUNGUS (pg. 11)
• B7 Mesh ID (still active in parked car) • Researching samples at lab.
• Scott Kai • Kartika background info.
• Kjell’s hotel room/cortical stack. • Research file from Achjima’s lab.

KJELL’S ROOM/CORTICAL STACK (pg. 15, 17)

Events
• Nkeka’s briefing.
• ID given in news report. MANDATORY EVENTS
• Breaking News – Murder of Kjell (pg.13)
THE MONKEY LOCKER (pg. 16)
• Alpha’s Message (Serial Number) OPTIONAL EVENTS
• Credit History • Achjima B8 Comes Calling (pg. 21)
• Flying car locations • Militia Comes Calling (pg. 22)
• Kjell’s hotel room/cortical stack. • Nonny Gets Active (pg. 17)
• Triads Come Calling (pg. 21)

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 Glossary
Below are some terms useful to players and GMs getting
to know the world of Eclipse Phase. Since Eclipse Phase
takes place in a hard science fiction universe, real-world
terms from science and technology also appear liberally.
If it’s not in this glossary, try Wikipedia!
AF: After the Fall (used for reference dating).
A.G.I.: Artificial General Intelligence. An AI that has
cognitive faculties comparable to that of a human or
higher. Not to be confused with AGI (Agility).
AI: Artificial Intelligence. Generally used to refer to weak
AIs; i.e., AIs that do not encompass (or in some cases, are
completely outside of) the full range of human cognitive
abilities. AIs differ from A.G.I.’s in that they are usually
specialized and/or intentionally crippled/limited.
Argonauts: A faction of techno-progressive scientists
that promote responsible, open-source and ethical use
of technology.
Armored Clothing: ARM 1. Woven with extra-resilient
organoweave fibers and fullerene materials, it is virtually
indistinguishable from normal clothing. Does not
require the Armored Combat skill and is cumulative with
other worn armor.
Armor Vest: ARM 2. Requires Armored Combat 1.
AR: Augmented Reality. Information from the Mesh
overlaid on your real-world senses. AR data is usually
entoptic (visual), but can also be audio, tactile, olfactory,
kinesthetic (body awareness), emotional, or other types
of input. When you use the Mesh, it’s frequently through
AR windows.
Async: A person with psi abilities.
Automech: These ubiquitous repair drones come in
many form factors, ranging from roughly humanoid to
cylindrical with an adorable, dome-like “head.”
Basilisk Hack: A burst of sensory input can incapacitate
or even alter transhuman minds.
Bioconservative: An anti-technology movement that
argues for strict regulation of nanofabrication, AI,
uploading, forking, cognitive enhancements, and other
disruptive technologies.
Biomorph: A biological body.
Body Armor: ARM 3. Comes with a helmet. Requires
Armored Combat 1.
Cortical Stack: An implanted memory cell used for ego
backup. The morph’s resident ego, including its mind,
memories, and all of the data in its mesh inserts, is
downloaded into this cigarette-butt-sized,
nanodiamond-encased storage device over 36,000
times a day. If the morph dies, all of this can be retrieved
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by cutting the stack out from the spine near the
hindbrain.
Cuffband: This smart plastic loop constricts around a
prisoner’s limbs when activated. If the prisoner
struggles, it will tighten more. Cuffbands will inform the
user if they are cut or loosened and are electronically
controlled, so the user can release the prisoner remotely.
Cyberbrain: Artificial brain, as opposed to “meatbrain”.
Densiplast Gloves: These gloves extra-harden when
activated, for extra punch (TOU-1).
Dr. Bot: A wheeled medical robot designed to tend to
and transport injured or sick people. It carries a healing
vat, a specialized pharmaceuticals maker, miscellaneous
medical gear, and articulated arms for conducting
remote surgery.
Drones: Robots. AI-piloted synthetic shells. AKA, bots.
Dwarf: Quadrupedal walker bot, equipped with massive
modular industrial tools like boring drills, shovels,
hydraulic jacks, jackhammers, scooping arms, acid
sprays, and so on.
Ego: The part of you that switches from body to body.
AKA ghost, soul, persona.
Egocasting: Transmitting your ego across space (AKA
“farcasting”) and then downloading into a morph at
your destination. Used for long-distance space travel.
Ego Bridge: A device that scans the brain and central
nervous system with medical nanobots that create a
detailed map of neural pathways and other attributes
necessary to faithfully copy, upload and download
(resleeve) an ego.
Electronic Rope: The fibers in this rope can be
controlled electronically, making it move in a snakelike
fashion, stiffen up, and even wrap around objects.
Typically comes in a 50-meter length capable of
supporting 500 lbs.
Emergency Bubble: Commonly used as a last resort
“life raft” on spaceships, an emergency bubble comes in
a portable package that can be quickly inflated (1 round)
around the user, usually inside an airlock. The bubble
has a 5-meter diameter and can comfortably
accommodate 4 people. It maintains 1 atmosphere of
pressure in a vacuum, protects the inhabitants from
temperatures ranging from –175 to 140 C, and provides
light, breathable air, features a simple airlock and carries
an emergency distress beacon. It is powered by a small
nuclear battery.
ETI: Extraterrestial Intelligence. The term Firewall uses
to refer to the god-like post-singularity alien intelligence
theorized to be responsible for the Exsurgent Virus.
 Exsurgent: Someone infected by the Exsurgent Virus.
Exsurgent Virus: The multi-vector virus created by an
unknown ETI and seeded throughout the galaxy in
Bracewell probes. The Exsurgent virus is self-morphing
and can infect both computer systems and biological
creatures.
Extendable Baton: TOU-1. A hardened composite
baton that retracts into its handle for easy carrying,
storage, or concealment.
Factors: The alien ambassadorial race that deals with
transhumanity.
The Fall: The apocalypse; the singularity and wars that
nearly brought about the downfall of transhumanity.
Firewall: The secret cross-faction conspiracy that works
to protect transhumanity from “existential threats” (risks
to transhumanity’s continued existence).
Flex Cutter: A machete-like weapon (TOU-1). The blade
is made of a memory polymer that can be made flexible
or hardened at will, making it easily concealable.
Forking: Copying an ego. Not all forks are full copies.
AKA backups.
Freezer: This spray weapon spews out a fast-hardening
foam that immediately begins to harden. Ammo 20, Rel
1, Range 10, AOE 1. If struck, the target must roll TOU
vs. DIF 3 or become Severely Impaired (Move 0, -3 to
rolls). Each minute thereafter, the target can attempt a
2d Health roll to shake off the effect. It can fire one shot
per round.
Gatecrashers: Explorers who take their chances using a
Pandora gate to go somewhere previously unexplored.
Ghost-Riding: The act of carrying an infomorph in a
special implant module inside your head.
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Habitat: With Earth now uninhabitable, transhumanity
survives in a variety of off-world habitats. There are two
major types of these habitats: settlements on planets or
large moons, such as those on Luna, Mars, Venus,
Europa or Titan, and space habitats that are built on or
near an asteroid or other useful source of raw materials.
Healing Vat: A miracle of nanotechnology that can cure
any disease and heal any injury (even restoring lost
limbs). As long as the patient is alive when they are
placed in the healing vat, they will not only survive, but
emerge without a scratch. The healing process takes one
hour per Health point restored.
Hibernoid: A transhuman modified for hibernation, for
extensive travel in space.
Hypercorporation: Decentralized, non-asset-based
legal corporation. Complete automation, advanced
robotics, morph technology and cornucopia machines
allow the hypercorps to abstain from mass employment
for labor or production services.
Infomorph: Any ego that exists as software, without a
physical body. Can be an A.G.I. or the digital emulation
of a biological mind.
Invisibility Cloak: This cloak is made of metamaterials
with a negative refractive index, so that light actually
bends around it, making it and anything it covers
invisible to the microwave and ultraviolet spectrums (but
not against radar or x-rays). The wearer gains +3 to
stealth rolls when attempting to remain undetected.
Laser Pulser: Two-handed beam weapon. Ammo 100,
Range 60, DAM 1; Stun mode: DAM 0 and target must
roll TOU vs. DIF 3 or lose its next action.
Lost Generation: In an effort to repopulate post-Fall, a
generation of children were reared in VR simulspaces
using time acceleration. The results were disastrous:
many went insane, and the rest were stigmatized. Some
are rumored to have displayed psychic powers.
Medichines: An implanted hive circulates nanobots
throughout your system, monitoring your health at the
cellular level and fixing any problems. Medichines grant
Second Wind 1 and Resistance (poison/disease) 1.
Mesh: The omnipresent wireless mesh data network.
Also used as a verb (to mesh) and adjective (meshed or
unmeshed).
Mesh ID: The unique signature attached to one’s mesh
activity.
Mesh Inserts: Nanoscale cranial implants (in
biomorphs) or mesh hardware (in synthmorphs) that
act as computation, storage, and Mesh access,
controlled by thought. A cheap, disposable, external
version made of flexy plastic, called an Ecto, is a favorite
of hackers.
Microgravity: Zero-g or near weightless environments.
 Microwave Agonizer: An electromagnetic beam
weapon that burns its target. Ammo 50, Range 15. Can
fire a maximum of one shot per round.
“Pain” Setting: Target must roll TOU+Resistance
(fire/heat) vs. DIF 3 or become Impaired due to the pain
(Move 50%, -2 to rolls, can try to shake off with a 2d
Health check). Synthmorphs are immune to this effect.
“Roast” Setting: Same as above, and target suffers a DAM
1 roll, which ignores armor.
Morph: A physical body. AKA sleeve, shell. They come
in dozens of human and non-human types, for example:
Case: Mass-produced robotic shell (synthmorph).
Exalt: Human, but healthier. Smarter. More attractive.
Flat: Baseline, unmodified human.
Fury: Combat morph with transgenic human upgrades.
Menton: Genetically enhanced cognitive abilities.
Neo-Hominid: Uplifted simian.
Ruster: Adapted for survival in Martian environment.
Slitheroid: Synthetic shell in a snake-like form.
Splicer: Genefixed human with minimal upgrades.
Swarmanoid: Hundreds of insect-like micro-drones.
MRDR: A straightforward and brutal combat drug. It has
an onset time of 20 minutes and lasts for 1 hour. It
grants the user 1 point of TOU (with corresponding
Health increase). The user must make a 2d Spirit check
or gain a level 1 Addiction to the substance. MRDR users
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are easily identifiable by the broken blood vessels in
their eyes, tense posture, and visible tension in the
muscles of the face, arms, and legs.
Muse: Personal AI helper program.
Nanobot: A nano-scale machine.
Nanofabricator: Any of a family machines that print
physical objects from feedstock based on digital
blueprints. Some are specialized for mechanical or
inorganic objects, while others can print food and drugs.
Given the right raw materials and blueprints, the
nanofabrication process takes up to five hours,
depending on the complexity of the item.
Nanoswarm: A mass of tiny nanobots unleashed into
an environment. Examples:
Gardener: This nanoswarm is useful for killing weeds,
planting seeds, trimming plants, pollinating, and even
harvesting small items. It may also be programmed to
simply defoliate an area.
Guardian: Guardians watch for and attack other
unauthorized swarms.
Pandora Gates: The wormhole gateways discovered
after the disappearance of the TITANs.
Pistol: Kinetic weapon. A futuristic slug-thrower.
Medium: Ammo 12 (single-shot) or 2 (auto-fire), Rel 1,
Range 20, DAM 2, AOE 1 (single-shot) or 2 (auto-fire).
Heavy: Ammo 10 (single-shot) or 2 (auto-fire), Rel 1,
Range 20, DAM 3, AOE 1 (single-shot) or 2 (auto-fire).
 Prisoner Mask: This hood tightens around the head of
a prisoner, blocks all vision frequencies, and engages in
low-level jamming in order to prevent any wireless
communication via mesh inserts.
Psi: Parapsychological powers acquired due to infection
by the Watts-MacLeod strain of Exsurgent virus.
Resleeving: Changing bodies or downloading into a
new one.
Scrapper’s Gel: This goo turns into a potent acid when
given an electrical charge. It may be smeared like jelly,
delivering a DAM 1 roll per round to anything it touches
for 3 rounds. Armor will protect against this acid at first,
but the acid will eat through the armor, reducing its
ARM score by 1.
Seeker Rifle: A personal micromissile laucher (requires
both hands to operate). Ammo 12, Range 500, DAM 5,
AOE 2.
Sentinel: An agent of Firewall.
Servitor Bot: Servitors are the most common robot,
acting as cooks, janitors, universal helpers, movers, and
personal aides. Servitors are intentionally built in non-
humanoid forms so as not to confuse them with
common synthmorphs.
Shock Baton: DAM=TOU. Target rolls TOU+Resistance
(electricity) vs. DIF 3 or is Severely Impaired; can try to
shake off with a 2d Health check.
Shredder: A spray weapon that fires a cloud of lethal
flechettes. Ammo 100, Range 50, DAM 3, AOE 1*; Spray:
No range penalty to attack rolls; for each range
increment beyond Base Range, add 1 to AOE and apply
a cumulative -1 to damage rolls.
Simulspace: Full-immersion virtual reality environment.
Singularity: A point of rapid, exponential, and recursive
technological progress, beyond which the future
becomes impossible to predict. Often used to refer to
the ascension of some A.G.I.’s to god-like levels of
intelligence.
Singularity Seeker: Someone who pursues relics and
evidence of the TITANs or other possible avenues to
super-intelligence, either to learn more about it or to
become part of a super-intelligence themselves.
Sniper Rifle: Two-handed kinetic weapon. Ammo 12,
Range 600, DAM 5.
Speck Robot: A tiny insectoid spy drone. Allows the
user to see and hear remotely with Senses 1.
Specs: Vision-enhancing glasses granting Senses 1. Can
be fitted with an X-ray emitter.
Spime: A wireless sensor that allows almost any user to
reach out through the mesh and gather environmental
data and ambient sensor recordings from a specific
location.
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Superthermite Charge: This powerful and highly stable
demolition charge is made from a combination of
nanometals and metal oxides. A single charge can be
used to create an explosive blast inflicting a DAM 12 roll
with AOE 6.
Synthmorph: Synthetic morphs. Robotic shells
possessed by transhuman egos.
Tactical Network Software: Program that allows
people in the same squad to share tactical data in real
time.
TITANs: The human-created, recursively improving,
military A.G.I. that underwent a hard-takeoff singularity
and prompted the Fall. Original military designation was
TITAN: Total Information Tactical Awareness Network.
Transhuman: An extensively modified human.
Twitch: A nerve agent. Target must roll TOU+Resistance
(poison) vs. DIF 3 or become Severely Impaired for 10
minutes. On a success, target is Slightly Impaired.
Uplifting: Genetically transforming an animal species to
sapience (human-level intelligence).
Utilitool: Small device that can transform into almost
any tool. Grants Fixing 1 Locks & Traps 1, Medicine 1
(First Aid only).
Vacsuit: A vacuum and temperature resistant suit.
Includes a life-support belt containing a small
nanofabricator capable of producing air, food and
water from recycled waste, a mesh terminal, a radio
booster with a 250 km range and sensors granting
Senses 1. The standard vacsuit grants ARM 2. It can
almost instantly reseal any hole unless more than 10
Health damage is inflicted to it at once.
A Hard Suit is a heavier vacsuit that grants ARM 5,
contains built-in tools that grant Fixing 1, Locks & Traps
1 and Medicine 1, and miniature plasma thrusters
allowing the wearer to fly at normal Move in 0g
environments. It is otherwise identical to the standard
vacsuit.
Vibroblade: TOU+1. A buzzing electronic blade that
vibrates at a high frequency for extra cutting ability.
Wrist-Mounted Tools: Wrist implants that grant Fixing
1, Locks & Traps 1, Medicine 1 (First Aid only).
X.P.: Experience Playback. Experiencing someone else’s
sensory input (in real-time or recorded). Also called
experia, sim, simsense, playback.
X-Ray Emitter: This device is designed to be used with
vision-enhancing specs. It emits a focused beam of low-
powered x-rays that allows the user to see through most
objects (even walls) and into containers, including ones
made of metal.
X-Risk: Existential Risk. Something that threatens the
very existence of transhumanity.
 FIND YOURSELF

Achjima Yai (B1) Achjima Yai (B2) Achjima Yai (B3) Achjima Yai (B4)

Achjima Yai (B5) Achjima Yai (B6) Roque Vera Park Soon-Ok

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 NPC Handouts
The following handouts should be given to the player characters when they interact with each noted NPC.
Each handout represents the results of a quick mesh search on the subject.

Name: Arman Usupov

Identity: Male Name: Scott Wai
Last Known Morph: Modified Male Ruster Identity: Male
Occupation: Self-employed Last Known Morph: Male Splicer
Notes: A singularity seeker, Arman was last Occupation: Air Plan Technician
seen at his Noctis residence approximately Notes: According to some social network
3 weeks ago. He was last known to have posts, Scott Wai has been out of
left Noctis by rocket buggy, heading west communication for over a day.
(the direction of the TITAN Quarantine
Zone). Arman’s singularity seeker and
underworld contacts know that Arman had
been spending a lot of time sniffing
around the TQZ in recent months, hoping
to find TITAN artifacts. Aside from
mentioning a settlement known as Kartika
to a few contacts, there are no other leads.
Kartika was within the TQZ and was Name: Kjell Hoff
destroyed during the Fall. Identity: Male
Last Known Morph: Male Exalt
Occupation: Security Contractor
Notes: Kjell arrived in Angyang just a day
ago, egocasting in from Progress Station.
He was allegedly murdered by Achjima just
a few hours ago while leaving a place
Name: Dolma Gope called Bar D’ville.
Identity: Female
Last Known Morph: Modified Female Exalt
Occupation: Genetecist
Notes: Dolma runs a black clinic.

Name: T-Faktor
Name: Yao Xie Identity: Unknown
Identity: Male Last Known Morph: Unknown
Last Known Morph: Male Exalt Occupation: Freelance Hacker
Occupation: Criminal Notes: T-Faktor never meets in person. By
Notes: Yao Xie is the leader of Anyang’s all accounts he is the best hacker in
local triad. Anyang.

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 Name: Achjima Yai
Title: B1
Race: Morph: Menton
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Stealth 1 12 23 1
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 1 Health
Second Wind 1 10
Resistance (poison/disease) 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 3 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 2 Cortical Stack

15
Access Jacks
Computers 1
Medicine 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Psychology 1 500 credits (shared with other Achjimas)

Surgery 1
Memory 1

WILL 2 Spirit
Street Smarts 1 12
Flashbacks (flaw: roll if any 3
Achjima is killed or tortured)

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
STEALTH: You can move silently and hide or camouflage yourself successfully. You are also able to follow someone
without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI+Stealth against the target’s AWA+Senses.
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added to either attack
rolls or damage rolls. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level to the number of attacks
instead of the other options.
SECOND WIND: You can shake off damage thanks to biological regeneration. As a one-round action, you can recover a
number of Health points equal to a TOU roll. This special recovery roll can be accomplished once, twice or three times per
game session, depending on the skill level. Second Wind can be used to come back from being knocked down to zero or
negative Health (but remember: you’ll die if the roll fails to bring you back to Health 1 or more, per the Death rules).
RESISTANCE (POISON/DISEASE): You may ignore the effects of any normal exposure to poison or disease. Against
attacks or unusually intense exposure, you add the skill level to any TOU rolls made to resist the effects. In addition, you
have an innate ARM score equal to your TOU multiplied by the skill level, which fully or partially absorbs any damage of
that type.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge. You
automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level to the roll.
COMPUTERS: You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher coded or encrypted
information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
MEDICINE: You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injured, poisoned or diseased creatures. You can
administer the treatments below. It is assumed that you have a medical kit on hand. Otherwise, make the rolls at -2.
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF, where DIF is equal to the
number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. On a success, the patient recovers 1 Health. You can
administer First Aid multiple times to the same patient.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health recovery rolls after
long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds on the next
Health check they make to shake off the impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death and they must make a TOU roll to survive, they add your skill
level.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another character’s
general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
SURGERY: You understand anatomical structures. Given the right tools, you can perform surgical operations and
autopsies.
MEMORY: You have a photographic memory. Add the skill level whenever a roll is made to remember details from the
past.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh, which is covered by the
Research skill.
FLASHBACKS: You have suffered a severe trauma in the past. When in a situation that is reminiscent of the traumatic
event, you must make a WIL roll vs. DIF X, where X equals the flaw level. Failure causes you to freeze in terror and
become Severely Impaired (Move 0, -3 to rolls). You can attempt to shake off the effect as an action, by making a 2d
Spirit check.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 2) You are not the only player playing a “fork” of Achjima.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and
each fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead
Achjima Yai (Beta 3) to variation. Also, the longer the forks remain apart,
the more they diverge from each other in experiences
Achjima Yai (Beta 4) and personality and become distinct individuals. What
matters is that you make an effort to portray roughly
the same character. One way to do this is to play off
Achjima Yai (Beta 5) each other’s presentations and mimic each other. If
one player starts off with a specific speech pattern,
Achjima Yai (Beta 6) you should emulate it. If another player coins an
amusing catchphrase that Achjima uses, you should
Roque Vera adopt it as well. If a player invents a specific memory
from Achjima’s past when telling a story, you should
feel free to expand on that story. Achjima is a group
Park Soon-Ok identity, fleshed out in a cooperative manner.

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 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B1)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B1)
You are a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). This means
you are a mind-clone with edited memories and slightly
diminished capabilities. You are aware of this fact. You
were recently sent on a research mission. Upon
returning, you expected to be merged back with your
alpha ego. Strangely, you have woken up, unmerged, in
a new morph instead.
PERSONALITY
You are a technophile and consider yourself a visionary.
You long for a day when you will be freed from these
transhuman constraints and will transcend to a new level
of being. You are sometimes so overcome with your
enthusiasm for shiny new things that you can be a bit
naïve and even gullible. You are hardworking to the
point of obsession, and you dislike disruptions in your
work. You have a bit of a superiority complex when it
comes to others—particularly those who rely on
strength or brawn over their wits. You can’t wait to leave
some of transhumanity’s genetic defects behind.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
You are a “singularity seeker.” Even before the Fall, you
were obsessed with the idea that one day transhumanity
might expand its abilities and become god-like in
capabilities. When the Fall occurred, you became
convinced that the TITANs were given a bad rap—if
transhumanity hadn’t attacked them first, hadn’t feared
them and tried to wipe them out, you and the rest could
be expanding your intellect and reach across the galaxy
right now. The fact that the TITANs didn’t wipe us out,
when surely they had the capability to do so, proves to
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you that they were not malicious or evil, just
misunderstood. It saddens you that they have left the
solar system, leaving transhumanity behind to rot in
squalor.
Since the Fall, you have joined up with a small but
growing movement of singularity seekers, hoping to
find some new path to super-intelligence. You are
fascinated with relics and technologies left behind by
the TITANs, hoping to find something that can boost
transhumanity (or at least yourself) to the next level. You
engage in genetics research that others find distasteful
and that is in some cases illegal. As a result, you have
been ostracized and occasionally been under
investigation, forcing you to hide your activities and
move frequently. All of this research and moving is
expensive, and you have turned to criminal contacts for
funding. You are indebted to a triad, which recently
forced you to move to the Martian habitat of Anyang to
assist some of their operations (usually involving illegal
morph mods, black genetics, psychosurgery, etc). You
dislike being here, as it is far from any sites of interest,
but you have to pay your bills.
MEMORIES
Many of your personal memories were excised when
you were created, as they were irrelevant to the mission
at hand. As a result, you remember next to nothing
about your past. Your childhood, your youth, and even
much of your adult life are just gaping holes. Even much
of your current life is a mystery—you couldn’t say what
you’ve been up to lately, because you simply don’t
know.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
You sent yourself to an argonaut research station in
Lunar orbit, called Mitre. The argonauts are a group of
scientists that promote open access to knowledge for
the benefit of everyone. You consider them a bit starry-
eyed, but appreciate that they make such things
available.
Your mission there was to research various
xenobotanical samples that were recovered from
exoplanets accessed via Pandora gates. You don’t recall
why you went to investigate these samples, but you
were looking for specimens with particular traits.
Specifically, ones that might be capable of living in a
Martian environment. You were also attempting to
match the samples against a collection of scans and test
results you had (though you don’t recall where these
originated from). Though nothing matched your scans
exactly, there were some specimens that exhibited
similar properties.
Most of these were similar to fungi and some also had
parasitic properties.
 Name: Achjima Yai
Title: B2
Race: Morph: Case
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 1
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 2 10 23 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 1 Health
Unlife (ARM 2) 2 10

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 2 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Computers 1
Research 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Psychology 1 500 credits (shared with other Achjimas)

Medicine 1 Cyberbrain (your brain; can be hacked)

Underworld 1 Mnemonic Augmentation

Fixing 1 (can review and share past sensory input)

Senses 1
WILL 2 Spirit
Street Smarts 1 12
Outcast (flaw) "clanking masses" 2

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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added to either
attack rolls or damage rolls. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level to the number of
attacks instead of the other options.
UNLIFE: You are a "synthmorph" (artificial body). Your body gives you ARM 1, 2 or 3 depending on the skill level.
This protection doesn’t stack with worn armor (use the highest score). Furthermore, you do not breathe and are
completely immune to disease, poison and possibly other things that only affect living beings, at the GM’s discretion.
However, you are unable to heal Health naturally or through any biological or chemical means. Resting does not
grant recovery rolls. Instead, you must be repaired with the Fixing skill (see skill description).
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge. You
automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level to the roll.
COMPUTERS: You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher coded or
encrypted information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
RESEARCH: Allows you to effectively find things out through databases and the "mesh." Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to using social networks, which is covered by the
Street Smarts skill.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another
character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
MEDICINE: You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injured, poisoned or diseased creatures. You can
administer the treatments below. It is assumed that you have a medical kit on hand. Otherwise, make the rolls at -2.
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF, where DIF is equal
to the number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. On a success, the patient recovers 1 Health.
You can administer First Aid multiple times to the same patient.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health recovery
rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds on the
next Health check they make to shake off the impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death and they must make a TOU roll to survive, they add
your skill level.
UNDERWORLD: You are familiar with crime syndicates, terrorist groups, mercenary bands and other shady
organizations. Add the skill level when rolling to determine if you know something about such groups.
FIXING: You can repair mechanical, electrical and electronic devices, constructs or vehicles. It generally takes one
hour to fix something, after which you make an AWA+Fixing* roll to determine how many Health points the damaged
item regains.
SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh, which is covered
by the Research skill.
OUTCAST: Due to reputation, temperament or appearance, you tend to elicit negative reactions from others. Deduct
the flaw level when making social interaction rolls.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) You are not the only player playing a “fork” of Achjima.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and
each fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead
Achjima Yai (Beta 3) to variation. Also, the longer the forks remain apart,
the more they diverge from each other in experiences
Achjima Yai (Beta 4) and personality and become distinct individuals. What
matters is that you make an effort to portray roughly
the same character. One way to do this is to play off
Achjima Yai (Beta 5) each other’s presentations and mimic each other. If
one player starts off with a specific speech pattern,
Achjima Yai (Beta 6) you should emulate it. If another player coins an
amusing catchphrase that Achjima uses, you should
Roque Vera adopt it as well. If a player invents a specific memory
from Achjima’s past when telling a story, you should
feel free to expand on that story. Achjima is a group
Park Soon-Ok identity, fleshed out in a cooperative manner.

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 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B2)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B2)
You are a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). This means
you are a mind-clone with edited memories and slightly
diminished capabilities. You are aware of this fact. You
were recently sent on a research mission. Upon
returning, you expected to be merged back with your
alpha ego. Strangely, you have woken up, unmerged, in
a new morph instead.
PERSONALITY
You are a technophile and consider yourself a visionary.
You long for a day when you will be freed from these
transhuman constraints and will transcend to a new level
of being. You are sometimes so overcome with your
enthusiasm for shiny new things that you can be a bit
naïve and even gullible. You are hardworking to the
point of obsession, and you dislike disruptions in your
work. You have a bit of a superiority complex when it
comes to others—particularly those who rely on
strength or brawn over their wits. You can’t wait to leave
some of transhumanity’s genetic defects behind.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
You are a “singularity seeker.” Even before the Fall, you
were obsessed with the idea that one day transhumanity
might expand its abilities and become god-like in
capabilities. When the Fall occurred, you became
convinced that the TITANs were given a bad rap—if
transhumanity hadn’t attacked them first, hadn’t feared
them and tried to wipe them out, you and the rest could
be expanding your intellect and reach across the galaxy
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right now. The fact that the TITANs didn’t wipe us out,
when surely they had the capability to do so, proves to
you that they were not malicious or evil, just
misunderstood. It saddens you that they have left the
solar system, leaving transhumanity behind to rot in
squalor.
Since the Fall, you have joined up with a small but
growing movement of singularity seekers, hoping to
find some new path to super-intelligence. You are
fascinated with relics and technologies left behind by
the TITANs, hoping to find something that can boost
transhumanity (or at least yourself) to the next level. You
engage in genetics research that others find distasteful
and that is in some cases illegal. As a result, you have
been ostracized and occasionally been under
investigation, forcing you to hide your activities and
move frequently. All of this research and moving is
expensive, and you have turned to criminal contacts for
funding. You are indebted to a triad, which recently
forced you to move to the Martian habitat of Anyang to
assist some of their operations (usually involving illegal
morph mods, black genetics, psychosurgery, etc). You
dislike being here, as it is far from any sites of interest,
but you have to pay your bills.
MEMORIES
Many of your personal memories were excised when
you were created, as they were irrelevant to the mission
at hand. As a result, you remember next to nothing
about your past. Your childhood, your youth, and even
much of your adult life are just gaping holes. Even much
of your current life is a mystery—you couldn’t say what
you’ve been up to lately, because you simply don’t
know.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
You sent yourself to Arcadia, a Venusian aerostat
habitat. There you had an online meeting with Credeiki,
an expert in uplift genetics. You had some questions
regarding the effects of certain chemicals on smart
monkey brains. You do not recall where you got the
information on these chemicals, but you are aware that
you desired to keep these questions confidential.
What you learned was that the chemicals are likely to
increase olfactory sensitivity but would also inhibit
certain brain functions and impulses. Though the exact
mechanisms and effect of the chemicals would take
weeks of study to deduce, there is no question that they
are in fact mind-altering and mindcontrolling chemicals.
And, yes, these chemicals are likely to have the exact
same effect on transhuman brains.
 Name: Achjima Yai
Title: B3
Race: Morph: Splicer
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Stealth 1 12 23 1
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 1 Health
10

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 2 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Computers 1
Research 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Psychology 1 500 credits (shared with other Achjimas)

Medicine 1 Cyberbrain (your brain; can be hacked)

Underworld 1 Mnemonic Augmentation

Surgery 1 (can review and share past sensory input)

Senses 1
WILL 2 Spirit
Street Smarts 1 12

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
STEALTH: You can move silently and hide or camouflage yourself successfully. You are also able to follow
someone without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI+Stealth against the target’s AWA
+Senses.
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added
to either attack rolls or damage rolls. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level
to the number of attacks instead of the other options.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge.
You automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level
to the roll.
COMPUTERS: You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher
coded or encrypted information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
RESEARCH: Allows you to effectively find things out through databases and the "mesh." Add the skill level
to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to using social networks, which is covered
by the Street Smarts skill.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another
character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
MEDICINE: You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injured, poisoned or diseased creatures.
You can administer the treatments below. It is assumed that you have a medical kit on hand. Otherwise,
make the rolls at -2.
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF, where DIF
is equal to the number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. On a success, the patient
recovers 1 Health. You can administer First Aid multiple times to the same patient.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health
recovery rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically
succeeds on the next Health check they make to shake off the impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death and they must make a TOU roll to survive,
they add your skill level.
UNDERWORLD: You are familiar with crime syndicates, terrorist groups, mercenary bands and other
shady organizations. Add the skill level when rolling to determine if you know something about such
groups.
SURGERY: You understand anatomical structures. Given the right tools, you can perform surgical
operations and autopsies.
SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill
level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh,
which is covered by the Research skill.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) You are not the only player playing a “fork” of Achjima.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and
each fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead
Achjima Yai (Beta 2) to variation. Also, the longer the forks remain apart,
the more they diverge from each other in experiences
Achjima Yai (Beta 4) and personality and become distinct individuals. What
matters is that you make an effort to portray roughly
the same character. One way to do this is to play off
Achjima Yai (Beta 5) each other’s presentations and mimic each other. If
one player starts off with a specific speech pattern,
Achjima Yai (Beta 6) you should emulate it. If another player coins an
amusing catchphrase that Achjima uses, you should
Roque Vera adopt it as well. If a player invents a specific memory
from Achjima’s past when telling a story, you should
feel free to expand on that story. Achjima is a group
Park Soon-Ok identity, fleshed out in a cooperative manner.

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 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B3)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B3)
You are a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). This means
you are a mind-clone with edited memories and slightly
diminished capabilities. You are aware of this fact. You
were recently sent on a research mission. Upon
returning, you expected to be merged back with your
alpha ego. Strangely, you have woken up, unmerged, in
a new morph instead.
PERSONALITY
You are a technophile and consider yourself a visionary.
You long for a day when you will be freed from these
transhuman constraints and will transcend to a new level
of being. You are sometimes so overcome with your
enthusiasm for shiny new things that you can be a bit
naïve and even gullible. You are hardworking to the
point of obsession, and you dislike disruptions in your
work. You have a bit of a superiority complex when it
comes to others—particularly those who rely on
strength or brawn over their wits. You can’t wait to leave
some of transhumanity’s genetic defects behind.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
You are a “singularity seeker.” Even before the Fall, you
were obsessed with the idea that one day transhumanity
might expand its abilities and become god-like in
capabilities. When the Fall occurred, you became
convinced that the TITANs were given a bad rap—if
transhumanity hadn’t attacked them first, hadn’t feared
them and tried to wipe them out, you and the rest could
be expanding your intellect and reach across the galaxy
right now. The fact that the TITANs didn’t wipe us out,
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when surely they had the capability to do so, proves to
you that they were not malicious or evil, just
misunderstood. It saddens you that they have left the
solar system, leaving transhumanity behind to rot in
squalor.
Since the Fall, you have joined up with a small but
growing movement of singularity seekers, hoping to
find some new path to super-intelligence. You are
fascinated with relics and technologies left behind by
the TITANs, hoping to find something that can boost
transhumanity (or at least yourself) to the next level. You
engage in genetics research that others find distasteful
and that is in some cases illegal. As a result, you have
been ostracized and occasionally been under
investigation, forcing you to hide your activities and
move frequently. All of this research and moving is
expensive, and you have turned to criminal contacts for
funding. You are indebted to a triad, which recently
forced you to move to the Martian habitat of Anyang to
assist some of their operations (usually involving illegal
morph mods, black genetics, psychosurgery, etc) . You
dislike being here, as it is far from any sites of interest,
but you have to pay your bills.
MEMORIES
Many of your personal memories were excised when
you were created, as they were irrelevant to the mission
at hand. As a result, you remember next to nothing
about your past. Your childhood, your youth, and even
much of your adult life are just gaping holes. Even much
of your current life is a mystery—you couldn’t say what
you’ve been up to lately, because you simply don’t
know.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
You sent yourself to the Martian habitat of Noctis to visit
an old singularity seeker friend named Arman Usupov.
You had been having trouble reaching him and were
concerned about his well-being. As it turns out, he has
been missing for about 3 weeks. He was last known to
have left Noctis by rocket buggy, heading west (the
direction of the TITAN Quarantine Zone). Checking with
contacts in various social networks, you made
acquaintance with another singularity seeker named
Roque. Roque tells you that Arman has been spending
a lot of time in recent months sniffing around the TQZ
hoping to find TITAN artifacts. Roque is equally
disturbed at his absence. Aside from Arman mentioning
a settlement known as Kartika to a few contacts, there
are no other leads. Kartika was within the TQZ and was
destroyed during the Fall.
Roque opted to egocast back with you, in order to
discuss the matter with your alpha self.
 Name: Achjima Yai
Title: B4
Race: Morph: Neo-Hominid
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Stealth 1 12 23 1
Athletics 2
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 1 Health
10

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 2 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Computers 1
Research 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Psychology 1 500 credits (shared with other Achjimas)

Medicine 1 Prehensile feet

Underworld 1 (can climb or swing at full Move)

Surgery 1
Senses 1
WILL 1 Spirit
Street Smarts 1 10

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
STEALTH: You can move silently and hide or camouflage yourself successfully. You are also able to follow
someone without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI+Stealth against the target’s AWA+Senses.
ATHLETICS: You are skilled at jumping, climbing, dodging, escaping restraints, breaking falls, performing
various physical stunts and feats of balance. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
You can also use the skill to tumble and dodge in combat. This allows you to add the skill level to defense rolls
against physical attacks, however it is an active measure so you must forfeit your attacks (and most other
actions) while doing so.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge.
You automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level to
the roll.
COMPUTERS: You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher coded
or encrypted information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
RESEARCH: Allows you to effectively find things out through databases and the "mesh." Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to using social networks, which is covered by
the Street Smarts skill.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another
character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
MEDICINE: You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injured, poisoned or diseased creatures. You
can administer the treatments below. It is assumed that you have a medical kit on hand. Otherwise, make the
rolls at -2.
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF, where DIF is
equal to the number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. On a success, the patient recovers
1 Health. You can administer First Aid multiple times to the same patient.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health
recovery rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically succeeds
on the next Health check they make to shake off the impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death and they must make a TOU roll to survive, they
add your skill level.
UNDERWORLD: You are familiar with crime syndicates, terrorist groups, mercenary bands and other shady
organizations. Add the skill level when rolling to determine if you know something about such groups.
SURGERY: You understand anatomical structures. Given the right tools, you can perform surgical operations
and autopsies.
SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill
level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh,
which is covered by the Research skill.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) You are not the only player playing a “fork” of Achjima.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and
each fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead
Achjima Yai (Beta 2) to variation. Also, the longer the forks remain apart,
the more they diverge from each other in experiences
Achjima Yai (Beta 3) and personality and become distinct individuals. What
matters is that you make an effort to portray roughly
the same character. One way to do this is to play off
Achjima Yai (Beta 5) each other’s presentations and mimic each other. If
one player starts off with a specific speech pattern,
Achjima Yai (Beta 6) you should emulate it. If another player coins an
amusing catchphrase that Achjima uses, you should
Roque Vera adopt it as well. If a player invents a specific memory
from Achjima’s past when telling a story, you should
feel free to expand on that story. Achjima is a group
Park Soon-Ok identity, fleshed out in a cooperative manner.

Fabio Fontes (Order #40931580)

 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B4)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
Fabio Fontes (Order #40931580)
inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B4)
You are a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). This means
you are a mind-clone with edited memories and slightly
diminished capabilities. You are aware of this fact. You
were recently sent on a research mission. Upon
returning, you expected to be merged back with your
alpha ego. Strangely, you have woken up, unmerged, in
a new morph instead.
PERSONALITY
You are a technophile and consider yourself a visionary.
You long for a day when you will be freed from these
transhuman constraints and will transcend to a new level
of being. You are sometimes so overcome with your
enthusiasm for shiny new things that you can be a bit
naïve and even gullible. You are hardworking to the
point of obsession, and you dislike disruptions in your
work. You have a bit of a superiority complex when it
comes to others—particularly those who rely on
strength or brawn over their wits. You can’t wait to leave
some of transhumanity’s genetic defects behind.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
You are a “singularity seeker.” Even before the Fall, you
were obsessed with the idea that one day transhumanity
might expand its abilities and become god-like in
capabilities. When the Fall occurred, you became
convinced that the TITANs were given a bad rap—if
transhumanity hadn’t attacked them first, hadn’t feared
them and tried to wipe them out, you and the rest could
be expanding your intellect and reach across the galaxy
right now. The fact that the TITANs didn’t wipe us out,
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when surely they had the capability to do so, proves to
you that they were not malicious or evil, just
misunderstood. It saddens you that they have left the
solar system, leaving transhumanity behind to rot in
squalor.
Since the Fall, you have joined up with a small but
growing movement of singularity seekers, hoping to
find some new path to super-intelligence. You are
fascinated with relics and technologies left behind by
the TITANs, hoping to find something that can boost
transhumanity (or at least yourself) to the next level. You
engage in genetics research that others find distasteful
and that is in some cases illegal. As a result, you have
been ostracized and occasionally been under
investigation, forcing you to hide your activities and
move frequently. All of this research and moving is
expensive, and you have turned to criminal contacts for
funding. You are indebted to a triad, which recently
forced you to move to the Martian habitat of Anyang to
assist some of their operations (usually involving illegal
morph mods, black genetics, psychosurgery, etc) . You
dislike being here, as it is far from any sites of interest,
but you have to pay your bills.
MEMORIES
Many of your personal memories were excised when
you were created, as they were irrelevant to the mission
at hand. As a result, you remember next to nothing
about your past. Your childhood, your youth, and even
much of your adult life are just gaping holes. Even much
of your current life is a mystery—you couldn’t say what
you’ve been up to lately, because you simply don’t
know.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
You sent yourself to a Martian settlement called Ashoka,
one of the primary hotspots in the terraforming effort.
There you sought out some experts in Martian botany.
You had some questions regarding the success and
survival possibilities for various mycological (fungal)
strains. You don’t recall why you were pursuing these
questions, but you know you were attempting to keep
this line of questioning confidential for some reason.
What you discovered is that for the strains you were
most interested in, wind is an important factor for
dispersing spores. The cold Martian weather and dry
environment are inhibitive to many known fungi. The
strains you were interested are likely to go dormant on
the Martian surface, perhaps even surviving for many
years. In fact, they might even survive decades until the
terraforming improves the environment, allowing them
to revive and grow.
 Name: Achjima Yai
Title: B5
Race: Morph: Ruster
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Stealth 1 12 23 1
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
12

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 2 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Computers 1
Research 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Psychology 1 500 credits (shared with other Achjimas)

Medicine 1
Underworld 1
Surgery 1
Senses 1
WILL 1 Spirit
Street Smarts 1 10

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
STEALTH: You can move silently and hide or camouflage yourself successfully. You are also able to follow
someone without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI+Stealth against the target’s AWA
+Senses.
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added
to either attack rolls or damage rolls. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level
to the number of attacks instead of the other options.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge.
You automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level
to the roll.
COMPUTERS: You know how to break into computer systems, operate virtual networks and decipher
coded or encrypted information. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
RESEARCH: Allows you to effectively find things out through databases and the "mesh." Add the skill level
to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to using social networks, which is covered
by the Street Smarts skill.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another
character’s general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
MEDICINE: You have medical knowledge and know how to treat injured, poisoned or diseased creatures.
You can administer the treatments below. It is assumed that you have a medical kit on hand. Otherwise,
make the rolls at -2.
• First Aid: You tend to a character’s fresh wounds for one minute. Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. DIF, where DIF
is equal to the number of minutes elapsed since the patient was last injured. On a success, the patient
recovers 1 Health. You can administer First Aid multiple times to the same patient.
• Treating the wounded: You and all allies under your care add your skill level when making TOU/Health
recovery rolls after long rests.
• Treating the sick/poisoned: Roll AWA+Medicine* vs. POT. On a success, the patient automatically
succeeds on the next Health check they make to shake off the impaired condition.
• Saving a life: If you tend to a character at the brink of death and they must make a TOU roll to survive,
they add your skill level.
UNDERWORLD: You are familiar with crime syndicates, terrorist groups, mercenary bands and other
shady organizations. Add the skill level when rolling to determine if you know something about such
groups.
SURGERY: You understand anatomical structures. Given the right tools, you can perform surgical
operations and autopsies.
SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill
level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh,
which is covered by the Research skill.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) You are not the only player playing a “fork” of Achjima.
The neural pruning process is far from perfect, and
each fork was pruned in separate ways that can lead
Achjima Yai (Beta 2) to variation. Also, the longer the forks remain apart,
the more they diverge from each other in experiences
Achjima Yai (Beta 3) and personality and become distinct individuals. What
matters is that you make an effort to portray roughly
the same character. One way to do this is to play off
Achjima Yai (Beta 4) each other’s presentations and mimic each other. If
one player starts off with a specific speech pattern,
Achjima Yai (Beta 6) you should emulate it. If another player coins an
amusing catchphrase that Achjima uses, you should
Roque Vera adopt it as well. If a player invents a specific memory
from Achjima’s past when telling a story, you should
feel free to expand on that story. Achjima is a group
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 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B5)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B5)
You are a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). This means
you are a mind-clone with edited memories and slightly
diminished capabilities. You are aware of this fact. You
were recently sent on a research mission. Upon
returning, you expected to be merged back with your
alpha ego. Strangely, you have woken up, unmerged, in
a new morph instead.
PERSONALITY
You are a technophile and consider yourself a visionary.
You long for a day when you will be freed from these
transhuman constraints and will transcend to a new level
of being. You are sometimes so overcome with your
enthusiasm for shiny new things that you can be a bit
naïve and even gullible. You are hardworking to the
point of obsession, and you dislike disruptions in your
work. You have a bit of a superiority complex when it
comes to others—particularly those who rely on
strength or brawn over their wits. You can’t wait to leave
some of transhumanity’s genetic defects behind.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
You are a “singularity seeker.” Even before the Fall, you
were obsessed with the idea that one day transhumanity
might expand its abilities and become god-like in
capabilities. When the Fall occurred, you became
convinced that the TITANs were given a bad rap—if
transhumanity hadn’t attacked them first, hadn’t feared
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them and tried to wipe them out, you and the rest could
be expanding your intellect and reach across the galaxy
right now. The fact that the TITANs didn’t wipe us out,
when surely they had the capability to do so, proves to
you that they were not malicious or evil, just
misunderstood. It saddens you that they have left the
solar system, leaving transhumanity behind to rot in
squalor.
Since the Fall, you have joined up with a small but
growing movement of singularity seekers, hoping to
find some new path to super-intelligence. You are
fascinated with relics and technologies left behind by
the TITANs, hoping to find something that can boost
transhumanity (or at least yourself) to the next level. You
engage in genetics research that others find distasteful
and that is in some cases illegal. As a result, you have
been ostracized and occasionally been under
investigation, forcing you to hide your activities and
move frequently. All of this research and moving is
expensive, and you have turned to criminal contacts for
funding. You are indebted to a triad, which recently
forced you to move to the Martian habitat of Anyang to
assist some of their operations (usually involving illegal
morph mods, black genetics, psychosurgery, etc) . You
dislike being here, as it is far from any sites of interest,
but you have to pay your bills.
MEMORIES
Many of your personal memories were excised when
you were created, as they were irrelevant to the mission
at hand. As a result, you remember next to nothing
about your past. Your childhood, your youth, and even
much of your adult life are just gaping holes. Even much
of your current life is a mystery—you couldn’t say what
you’ve been up to lately, because you simply don’t
know.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
You sent yourself to Extropia, an autonomist habitat in
the Main Belt. There you had an online meeting with a
group of renegade genehackers. Your mission was to
gather information on and evaluate a set of
experimental cognitive enhancements they were
offering. You don’t recall why you went to investigate
these samples, but you assume you were interested in
enhancing your own mind. Though the options looked
interesting to you, there were some potential side
effects that make you think you’ll wait until the new
mods are out of beta.
 Name: Achjima Yai (B6)
Title: Faction: Hypercorp
Race: Morph: Exalt
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Athletics 1 12 30
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1
Driving 1 CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Second Wind 1 12
Resistance (poison/disease) 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 3 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (science) 1 Cortical Stack

15
Access Jacks
Background (xenoarcheology) 2
Observation 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Criminology 1 5000 credits

Research 1 Mnemonic Augmentation

(can review and share past sensory input)
Muse (personal AI)

WILL 2 Spirit
Persuasion 1 12
Impersonation 1
Street Smarts 1

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ATHLETICS: You are skilled at jumping, climbing, dodging, escaping restraints, breaking falls, performing various
physical stunts and feats of balance. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. You can also
use the skill to tumble and dodge in combat. This allows you to add the skill level to defense rolls against physical
attacks, however it is an active measure so you must forfeit your attacks (and most other actions) while doing so.
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added to either
attack rolls or damage rolls. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level to the number of
attacks instead of the other options.
DRIVING: You are skilled at handling land vehicles. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting difficult
maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
SECOND WIND: You can shake off damage thanks to biological regeneration. As a one-round action, you can
recover a number of Health points equal to a TOU roll. This special recovery roll can be accomplished once, twice or
three times per game session, depending on the skill level. Second Wind can be used to come back from being
knocked down to zero or negative Health (but remember: you’ll die if the roll fails to bring you back to Health 1 or
more, per the Death rules).
RESISTANCE (POISON/DISEASE): You may ignore the effects of any normal exposure to poison or disease.
Against attacks or unusually intense exposure, you add the skill level to any TOU rolls made to resist the effects. In
addition, you have an innate ARM score equal to your TOU multiplied by the skill level, which fully or partially
absorbs any damage of that type.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge. You
automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level to the roll.
OBSERVATION: You have the ability to notice significant little clues. This is not the same as Senses, because it
relies more on mental acuity. Senses may cause you to see something, but you need Observation to notice it as
relevant.
CRIMINOLOGY: You know how to gather and analyze evidence from crime scenes. Ballistics, toxicology,
fingerprint collection, DNA analysis and other forensic sciences fall under this skill. You also know the methods of
crime; extortion, identity theft, racketeering, disposal of bodies and so on. Add the skill level to attribute rolls
pertaining to such activities.
RESEARCH: Allows you to effectively find things out through databases and the "mesh." Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to using social networks, which is covered by the
Street Smarts skill.
PERSUASION: Add the skill level to WIL rolls you make to influence, convince, seduce, bluff, fast-talk or otherwise
get agreement from someone, using charm or quick wit.
IMPERSONATION: You are an accomplished actor. You can “become” someone else by changing your appearance
(with the proper materials), speech, accent and manner. You can blend in almost anywhere by knowing the proper
customs, manners and conversation. In addition, you know how to forge or modify official credentials, given enough
time and the right tools. In either case, viewers should roll AWA+Observation vs. WIL+Impersonation to detect a
fake.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh, which is covered
by the Research skill.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) See attached briefing.

Achjima Yai (Beta 2)

Achjima Yai (Beta 3)

Achjima Yai (Beta 4)

Achjima Yai (Beta 5)

Roque Vera

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 Briefing: Achjima Yai (B6)
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ACHJIMA YAI (B6)
You are not a beta fork of Achjima Yai (alpha). You are
Nkeka Adesoji, an agent of Firewall, a clandestine group
that seeks to protect transhumanity from extinction. You
discovered that Achjima Yai was resleeving several beta
forks and decided to infiltrate the forks by posing as one
of them. This sheet has been formatted to look as much
like their briefing sheets as possible in order to protect
your cover.
PERSONALITY
You are a xenoarcheologist. You have several
gatecrashing missions to alien worlds under your belt,
and you hope someday to undertake more. On your last
gatecrash, your team discovered an alien artifact and
brought it back for study. You had qualms about the
relic that were ignored by your superiors. That “alien
artifact” turned out to be a TITAN machine in disguise,
and it ripped through the lab, killing dozens of scientists.
In fact, it threatened the entire habitat before it was
neutralized. Shortly after this incident, you were
approached about joining Firewall. After deciding to
take a break from gatecrashing, you have been helping
Firewall on the side whenever they needed assistance
evaluating potential alien or TITAN objects.
ACHJIMA’S BACKGROUND
While taking some R&R in the Martian habitat of Noctis,
Firewall called you up and asked you to look into a local
singularity seeker by the name of Arman Usupov.
Firewall provided a cover identity for you to pose as
another seeker. Through contact with Arman and some
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other seekers, you have learned that Arman has been
making illegal forays into the TITAN Quarantine Zone on
Mars, hoping to score something easier. He’d been
showing particular interest in an old colony city named
Kartika. After a recent foray, he returned and implied
that he had discovered something interesting. He
refused to share what it was, however, saying that it
needed more research. Shortly afterwards, he suddenly
disappeared. Your research indicates that Arman left
Noctis again, most likely back on another TQZ mission.
By this time, you had also established that Arman’s circle
of singularity seekers included someone named Achjima
Yai in Anyang. Your partner, Kjell Hoff, went to Anyang
to investigate. He reported that Achjima was acting
suspiciously and was making arrangements to resleeve
five beta forks of herself. You decided to infiltrate the
fork resleeving by posing as one of them. The body bank
was bribed and you’ve been placed into an Exalt morph.
Your goal is to learn as much as possible about Achjima,
her goals, and her circle of associates. You also hope to
learn more about Arman Usupov’s true goals. You also
need to make contact with Kjell if possible so that you
can coordinate your actions, but getting away from the
legitimate Achjima forks without rousing suspicion may
be difficult.
MEMORIES
Your briefing packet on Achjima is slight: You know that
she’s a singularity seeker – obsessed with the idea that
one day transhumanity might expand its abilities and
become god-like in capabilities. You’ve read several
darkcast social feeds from Achjima arguing that the
TITANs were given a bad rap. You also suspect that she’s
part of a small but growing movement of singularity
seekers on Mars. Firewall has also flagged her accounts
for suspected connections with the Triads.
YOUR RECENT MISSION
Firewall exists to identify, analyze, and counter the risks
posed to transhumanity and its future. Some of these
risks are self-created; others are born of alien intellects
whose motivations we cannot yet fathom. Firewall is a
private network for two reasons: First, their operational
abilities are protected by secrecy. Second, it allows them
to operate in areas where local authorities might be
hostile to the organization. As such, it has no official
recognition (and may even be considered criminal).
You won’t be able to call up the local militia in Anyang
and get assistance. But as a Firewall sentinel you do have
connections within Firewall. If a situation gets truly dire,
you can attempt to make a Priority Call. Abusing the
Priority Call, though, is a bad idea.
 Name: Roque Vera
Title: Extropian Smuggler
Race: Morph: Slitheroid
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 2
Weapon Mastery (blades) 1 12 30
Athletics 1
Stealth 1 CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1
Sleight-of-Hand 1
Driving 1

TOUGHNESS 2 Health
Armored Combat 1 12
Unlife 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Background (smuggling) 1 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Heavy Weapons 1
Fixing 1 Implants (various; effects included in stats)

Underworld 1 1400 credits

Psychology 1 Cyberbrain (your brain; can be hacked)

Senses 1 Light Armor (ARM 4)

Appraisal 1 Submachine Gun + 4 clips of ammo

(Ammo 30/3, Range 50, DAM 2, AOE 2)

WILL 2 Spirit Vibroblade (DAM=TOU+1)

Fake Ego ID
Bargaining 1 12
Street Smarts 1 Muse (personal AI)

Persuasion 1

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ATHLETICS: You are skilled at jumping, climbing, dodging, escaping restraints, breaking falls, performing various
physical stunts and feats of balance. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. You can also use
the skill to tumble and dodge in combat. This allows you to add the skill level to defense rolls against physical attacks,
however it is an active measure so you must forfeit your attacks (and most other actions) while doing so.
STEALTH: You can move silently and hide or camouflage yourself successfully. You are also able to follow someone
without being seen. To remain undetected, you roll AGI+Stealth against the target’s AWA+Senses.
WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be added to either
attack rolls or damage rolls. If you are using a melee weapon that can parry the attacks, you have the option to allocate
the skill to defense rolls instead. If the weapon can fire multiple shots rapidly, you can add the skill level to the number
of attacks instead of the other options.
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND: You are skilled at picking pockets, hiding or planting items, juggling and performing various other
tricks and feats of prestidigitation. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
DRIVING: You are skilled at handling land vehicles. Add the skill level to attribute rolls when attempting difficult
maneuvers or avoiding attacks. Note: such rolls normally use the vehicle’s AGI (not the driver’s).
ARMORED COMBAT: You need this skill in order to fight in armor and use shields.
UNLIFE: You are a "synthmorph" (artificial body). Your body gives you ARM 1, 2 or 3 depending on the skill level. This
protection doesn’t stack with worn armor (use the highest score). Furthermore, you do not breathe and are completely
immune to disease, poison and possibly other things that only affect living beings, at the GM’s discretion. However, you
are unable to heal Health naturally or through any biological or chemical means.
BACKGROUND: Your background, profession, training or education gives you very specialized knowledge. You
automatically know most things related to your background. For more difficult tasks, add the skill level to the roll.
HEAVY WEAPON: You know how to use one type of vehicle mounted weapon or fixed artillery gun. You may add the
skill level to the attack or damage roll. Note: Heavy weapons use the attacker’s AWA, rather than AGI.
FIXING: You can repair mechanical, electrical and electronic devices, constructs or vehicles. It generally takes one hour
to fix something, after which you make an AWA+Fixing* roll to determine how many Health points the damaged item
regains.
UNDERWORLD: You are familiar with crime syndicates, terrorist groups, mercenary bands and other shady
organizations. Add the skill level when rolling to determine if you know something about such groups.
PSYCHOLOGY: You are highly attuned to the emotions of those around you and are able to sense another character’s
general motivation and state of mind with a successful AWA+Psychology vs. WIL roll.
SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.
APPRAISAL: You can determine the approximate value of items including jewelry, works of art and other rare or exotic
items. You are also a skilled scavenger, able to find items of value in cluttered, ruined or abandoned environments. Add
the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
BARGAINING: You are a skilled negotiator, trader, merchant, seller and deal maker. You generally know how to find
buyers or sellers for something. Add the skill level to attribute rolls pertaining to such activities.
STREET SMARTS: You are adept at navigating and gathering information via social networks. Add the skill level to
attribute rolls pertaining to such activities. This does not apply to finding information via the mesh, which is covered by
the Research skill.
PERSUASION: Add the skill level to WIL rolls you make to influence, convince, seduce, bluff, fast-talk or otherwise get
agreement from someone, using charm or quick wit.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) See attached briefing.

Achjima Yai (Beta 2)

Achjima Yai (Beta 3)

Achjima Yai (Beta 4)

Achjima Yai (Beta 5)

Achjima Yai (Beta 6)

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 Briefing: Roque Vera
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.
ROQUE VERA
You are a collector and dealer of unusual things – usually
illegal and sometimes dangerous.
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BACKGROUND
You were recently contacted by a singularity seeker
named Arman Usupov. You’d had dealings with him
before: He’s been sniffing around the TITAN Quarantine
Zone on Mars, scavenging a lot of interesting tech. Now
he was telling you that he had found “something
interesting in Kartika” that you’d be interested in.
By the time you arrived in the martian colony of Noctis,
however, Usupov had disappeared. He left behind a
note for you, offering his apologies but saying that he
wanted some “xenobiological experts” to investigate his
find before he did anything else with it.
You were about to leave, when a beta fork of someone
named Achjima Yai showed up in Noctis and started
asking questions about Usupov. Suspecting that Yai
might know something about Usupov’s find, you posed
as a fellow singularity seeker and offered to egocast
back to Anyang, the Martian habitat where Achjima
makes her home, and speak with her alpha regarding
the matter.
But now things have gone strange: Achjima has sleeved
the beta fork you spoke with along with several others.
Why would the forks resleeve instead of just merging
with Achjima? And where is Achjima?
GOALS
Your goal on this trip is acquire some xenobiologicals to
sell on the black market. You are not above stealing or
even killing for these goods, if you think they are worth
it and you can get away with it.
 Name: Park Soon-Ok
Title: Scum Enforcer
Race: Morph: Fury
EXPERIENCE POINTS
Move Spent Reserve Sacrificed
AGILITY 3
Athletics 1 15 30
Unarmed Strike 2
Weapon Mastery (blades) 2 CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Weapon Mastery (kinetic wpns) 1

TOUGHNESS 3 Health
Second Wind 1 15
Resistance (poison/disease) 1

EQUIPMENT AND POSSESSIONS

Lbs.
AWARENESS 2 Initiative Mesh Inserts

Senses 1 Cortical Stack

12
Access Jacks
Implants (various; effects included in stats)
1000 credits
Submachine Gun + 4 clips of ammo
(Ammo 30/3, Range 50, DAM 2, AOE 2)
Vibroblade (DAM=TOU+1)
Muse (personal AI)

WILL 2 Spirit
Battle Rage 1 12

Total
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 DESCRIPTION OF SKILLS, FLAWS AND POWERS
ATHLETICS: You are skilled at jumping, climbing, dodging, escaping restraints, breaking falls,
performing various physical stunts and feats of balance. Add the skill level to attribute rolls
pertaining to such activities. You can also use the skill to tumble and dodge in combat. This allows
you to add the skill level to defense rolls against physical attacks, however it is an active measure
so you must forfeit your attacks (and most other actions) while doing so.

UNARMED STRIKE: When fighting without a weapon, the skill level is added to your attack rolls. In
addition, the -3 damage penalty for unarmed attacks is reduced by the same amount.

WEAPON MASTERY: You possess exceptional skill with one type of weapon. The skill level can be
added to either attack rolls or damage rolls. If you are using a melee weapon that can parry the
attacks, you have the option to allocate the skill to defense rolls instead. If the weapon can fire
multiple shots rapidly you can add the skill level to the number of attacks instead of the other
options.

SECOND WIND: You can shake off damage thanks to biological regeneration. As a one-round
action, you can recover a number of Health points equal to a TOU roll. This special recovery roll can
be accomplished once, twice or three times per game session, depending on the skill level. Second
Wind can be used to come back from being knocked down to zero or negative Health (but
remember: you’ll die if the roll fails to bring you back to Health 1 or more, per the Death rules).

RESISTANCE (POISON/DISEASE): You may ignore the effects of any normal exposure to poison
or disease. Against attacks or unusually intense exposure, you add the skill level to any TOU rolls
made to resist the effects. In addition, you have an innate ARM score equal to your TOU multiplied
by the skill level, which fully or partially absorbs any damage of that type.

SENSES: The skill level is added to seeing, hearing, smelling and tasting rolls.

BATTLE RAGE: You are able to enter a state of berserk blood lust by making a successful 2d Spirit
check. One attempt can be made per round, as a free action before attacking. While in this state,
you get a temporary Health increase equal to the XP spent on the skill (this can push your Health
beyond its normal maximum), and apply the skill level to all TOU-based damage rolls. Battle Rage
drains one Spirit point each round, and must continue until you either run out of Spirit, or combat
ends.

OTHER CHARACTERS BACKGROUND AND NOTES

Achjima Yai (Beta 1) See attached briefing.

Achjima Yai (Beta 2)

Achjima Yai (Beta 3)

Achjima Yai (Beta 4)

Achjima Yai (Beta 5)

Achjima Yai (Beta 6)

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 Briefing: Park Soon-Ok
INTRODUCTION TO ECLIPSE PHASE
You are transhuman — genetically modified, physically
and mentally augmented, and functionally immortal.
Your mind can be digitally backed up, like a save point.
If you die, you can be brought back, your ego — both
consciousness and memories — physically restored. You
may also copy your mind and download into a body of
your choice. This new body — your morph — can be
biological, a synthetic robotic shell, or a digital info-
morph. Your body is essentially gear that you customize
according to your mission and requirements.
Eclipse Phase takes place in a future of exponentially
accelerating technological progress. Developments in
the key fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience,
genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and information
science have converged into an impressive feedback
loop. Bodies and minds are shaped and augmented. AIs
and animals are uplifted to human levels of sapience.
Everything and everyone is laden with sensors,
networked, and online. Your mind can communicate
with every electronic device around it. Almost anything
can be 3D-printed from constituent atoms with a nano-
fabber and blueprints. Technology allows people to live
happier, healthier lives, emancipated from need.
Such advances also have their downside. The wonders
of the future are not yet evenly distributed. The immortal
rich continue to concentrate their wealth and power
while others struggle to survive. Surveillance is
omnipresent, and the means exist to hack people’s
minds and memories, copy them entirely, and/or
commit them to virtual slavery. Many technological
advances are super-empowering, putting the means for
mass devastation in anyone’s hands. Efforts to restrict
such tools are doomed to fail; only our own maturity as
a species can save us.
Exemplifying these dangers, Eclipse Phase takes place
ten years after transhumanity has lost a war with a group
of super-intelligent, self-improving AIs. 95% of the
population was lost during this apocalyptic conflict,
many of them forcibly uploaded by the TITAN machine
gods before they disappeared. Thousands more were
corrupted and transformed by an alien exsurgent virus.
The Earth is ruined and off-limits, overrun by machines
and monsters. The survivors evacuated the planet and
spread throughout the Solar System, expanding our off-
world colonies out of desperation and necessity. Many
escaped only as infugees, with nothing but their bodiless
minds.
The nations and super-powers of the old world are
gone, decapitated and dismantled. New political blocs
and factions have formed, loosely divided between the
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inner and outer systems. The capitalist economies of the
inner system — Luna, Mars, and Venus — continue to
enforce scarcity and intellectual property. They are
dominated by the Planetary Consortium, a hypercorp-
led entity that prioritizes business interests and that has
declared Mars the new homeworld of transhumanity.
Their habitats are identified by the influence of media
and memetic conflict on civil discourse, the legalities
and security restrictions that keep their populations safe,
a lingering distrust of AIs and uplifts, and sharp class
divisions. While socialites and hyper-elites play and
prosper, many infugees have resorted to selling their
labor as indentured servants to afford cheap, mass-pro-
duced synthetic bodies — the clanking masses.
The outer system is the stronghold of the Autonomist
Alliance, a mutual-aid network of anarchists and techno-
socialists. In these communalist territories, currency is
obsolete and unrestricted nanofabrication means that
everyone has the necessities and tools they need.
People create rather than consume. Reputation, not
wealth, mediates the exchange of information and
services. Many habitats operate without government,
laws, or police, relying instead on voluntary and
cooperative structures, real-time online referendums,
and collective militias. The outer system is a patchwork
of political, economic, and social experimentation.
Intersticed among these major factions, other
transhuman clades build their own societies. Criminal
cartels feed black markets, radical scientists work to
democratize technology, aesthete mercenaries offer
their services, pirates prey on the unwary, and
isolationists filter their communities from outside
influences. Even bioconservatives — distrustful of
transhuman technologies — thrive on, fearing for our
species’ future.
The war with the TITAN AIs scarred more than Earth.
Zones on Luna, Mars, and Saturn’s moon Iapetus remain
under machine influence. Of greater impact, however,
are the mysterious pandora gates discovered around the
system. These wormhole gates open to extrasolar
systems — thousands of exoplanets and alien mysteries.
Intrepid gatecrashers explore these new horizons,
colonizing worlds and uncovering the remnants of
extinct civilizations. While no living sapient species has
been found beyond the gates, transhumanity has had its
first encounters with alien life within our own Solar
System. A star-faring species known as the Factors visits
regularly, though the true nature and intentions of these
laconic ameboid merchants remains unknown.
Ultimately, Eclipse Phase is a game of transhuman
survival. Aside from the threat that the TITANs will
 return, we face existential risks — x-risks — that
endanger our future as a species. These include
weapons of mass destruction, artifacts from beyond the
Pandora gates, salvaged TITAN technology, exsurgent
infection breakouts, alien threats, stellar phenomena,
and the dangers we pose to ourselves. Our species is in
a deteriorating orbit around the black hole of extinction.
Will our conflicts steer us into the event horizon, or will
we evolve and cooperate to escape the gravity well and
reach new frontiers? Will we be recognizable when we
get there?
Eclipse Phase is an exploration of uncertain futures. The
crux of Eclipse Phase emphasizes the nature of transhu-
manity as it transforms itself, mentally and physically, on
the edge of becoming something posthuman. This is a
setting that speaks to the immense dangers that
technology offers us — but that balances this outlook
by considering how science can be used to improve
ourselves, enhance cooperation, counteract these risks,
and prosper. There is danger — but also hope.

PARK SOON-OK
You are a friend of Achjima Yai – one of her only friends,
in fact.

BACKGROUND
Achjima is part outcast and part criminal. You are aware
that she is a singularity seeker, and that she takes a keen
interest in the TITANs and ideas of achieving super-
intelligence. You think she’s a bit nerdy and naïve, but
mostly harmless. She doesn’t want to bring about
another Fall, she just wants to find a way to become a
god. As a bit of an outsider yourself, you can relate to
her and some of the issues she’s faced.
Yesterday received a message from Achjima’s muse
(Nonny) that Achjima was in some sort of trouble. You’re
not sure what it’s about, but she asked you to meet
some of Achjima’s forks at the body bank. You’re a bit
confused at why her forks would be getting resleeved—
it implies that something bad has happened to Achjima.

GOALS
Your goal is simply to help your friend out of what seems
to be a bad situation.

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