THE DANGEROUS DAYS the Purge Reinforcements
for now. We would also
CAMPAIGN
Over the following pages you will find
detailed mission briefings telling the story
of our crews’ exploits after the events of the
Perseus Arm Campaign.
The campaign is for up to four players using
any crews you like. As many of the objectives
are co-operative, the missions will work solo
too! Each of the missions can be played
individually if you wish, but the campaign will
work best when played as one continuous story
using the campaign rules in the rulebook. For
this campaign they should be supplemented
with the new campaign rules from page 4 – the
hardship doesn’t stop at the end of the game
anymore!
As these missions make use of a large number
of NPCs, including the new ones from this book,
one player may wish to take the role of GM
and control all the NPCs themselves for a more
narrative driven game.
This campaign is aimed at Core Space veterans,
those with experienced characters, well-armed
and with a bit of money in their pockets. Like
everything else in this book this new campaign
ups the difficulty and will force more difficult
decisions to earn the rewards.
Of course, like all things Core Space you should
feel free to play around with the missions to suit
your players. If you’ve got rookie crews you may
want to add more to the crates or go without
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recommend playing through
a Salvage Run mission
a couple of times before
starting the campaign to grab
a few weapons and build up
a stockpile of cash – it will
disappear quickly!
When playing these missions,
you should use the reverse side
of the Hostility Tracker with the
additional icons, spawning any
NPC types relevant to the story
you are playing. You should also
use the Charged side of the Purge
board for a real challenge!
Unlike the Perseus Arm Campaign,
this campaign makes use of a number
of Core Space expansions. Each
mission will list the expansions required
as well as any that are recommended
to enhance the experience.
SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT
If you have the Shift Change at
MegaCorp expansion, you should put
aside the Quell’s Fury, Cyclone Rifle and
Tactical Rifle. Do not buy them for your
crew as they will be needed in mission 4.
Hostility
Tracker
As a Trader captain you have a lot of danger and excitement in your life. If someone’s not trying
to shoot, rob or imprison you the Purge are trying to make a meal of you.

You’re sitting in the pilot’s seat of your ship watching the chronometer tick down the seconds
until you breach Real Space. Some describe the sensation as akin to falling, but you’ve always
felt that travelling in Core Space was like getting drunk - through a straw. Your crew are busy
with their own duties, fixing components, checking inventories or being quietly sick in a closet.
This gives you a moment of reflection in an otherwise hectic life.

Despite the heroics at the Battle of the Harbinger little has improved for most people; in fact,
things have clearly deteriorated. The Purge came back with a vengeance and instead of fighting
back most worlds just pulled the bed sheets over their heads. Trade faltered and things started
getting desperate. Of course, you’re no stranger to hard times so you’ll do fine… you hope.

The seconds click down and your stomach knots. You never know what’s on the other side
especially in these dangerous times. You smile, despite the fear, because you’re in at the deep
end, the sharp edge of reality where you thrive.

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 MISSION BRIEFING 1 - HARDLY WORKING
With trade lines closing the number of derelicts to plunder has dropped sharply. Similarly,
deserted settlements are being picked over by desperate scavengers as well as professional
Traders. Every time you get to a potential site you find it either picked clean, the den of criminals
or seething with Purge.

Pickings are slim and as you try to repair your tired ion drive for the umpteenth time you come across
a recently damaged ship. Reports show that the derelict definitely has a Purge presence; however,
that’s a guarantee that the ship has not been rifled! Times are tough and a Trader can’t afford to be
choosy. You strap on your weapons and prepare for trouble.

Expansions Needed: None

Expansions Recommended: Shift Change at MegaCorp, Purge Reinforcements

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Reward: Whatever you can get Deserted Ship
Do not use Civilians or Gangers in this mission.
Grab that loot! You need money so swipe However, if you have the Shift Change at
anything that isn’t bolted down. Try not to get too MegaCorp pack you should put the Scavengers
greedy as the Purge are spoiling for a fight. to one side and shuffle their cards into the top
10 cards of the Event deck so they will enter
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE the board early in the game. The starting Hatch
Reward: Rare Items positions are marked on the map.
As the derelict hasn’t been picked over by other
Traders yet the chances of a valuable haul are
slightly higher. It’s all about supply and demand
– get this right and you’ve got the supply. Any
rare items you sell in the Trade Phase after this
mission earn a 3UA bonus each.

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 MISSION BRIEFING 2 - HOSTILE TAKEOVER
You have been hearing rumours of a corporate merger between Black Star Mergers &
Acquisitions and Tau Cross Corp. Both corporations are under scrutiny from the Galactic Crime
Commission but always manage to slip away ‘clean’. However, their public reputations are
tarnished so they tend to work in the shadows - the merger itself is being arranged away from the
public gaze.

This isn’t the sort of work you’re used to, but you’ve been approached to disrupt the merger. A
fanatical arm of Tau Cross are not happy and want you to cause trouble. Bust into the negotiation
and break it up – the clandestine location might be out of the spotlight, but it makes it easier to
raid! If you can’t stop the merger altogether your intervention should at least slow it down.

Expansions Needed: Shift Change at MegaCorp, Shootout at Zed’s

Expansions Recommended: Galactic Corps

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Reward: 10UA
You will need to retrieve the Data Tablets of at
least three of the board members making the
deal before negotiations are complete.
The Data Tablets are represented by
Keycards. Place these on the Worker’s
boards at the start of the game to mark
which Workers are still carrying theirs.
These will be dropped if the Workers are
defeated as normal. Alternatively, they can be
grabbed from the Workers’ hands by spending an
action when in base contact – roll a die and if any
hits are scored you may take the Data Tablet.
The 10UA reward will be granted to all crews that
escape the board with one or more Tablets as
long as the negotiations were incomplete. These
can be sold as normal.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: 8UA per Worker
If you are feeling mercenary, you can kidnap the
board members and ransom them back to their
respective corporations.
You will need to get them back to your ship to
earn the reward. You can do this by Persuading
them to join you and moving them onto your ship.
Alternatively you can knock them unconscious
and drag them back. To do this, you must defeat
them with a Close Assault attack. Instead of
removing them from the board, lay the miniature
prone and mark it with a Reminder counter. It
will drop its Data Tablet if still carrying it. They
body can be dragged back to your ship using the
Moving Items rules on page 18. If the body has
no Traders in base contact in any Assessment
Phase it will stand back up and act as normal
from then on.
Negotiations
Gan’eek and Butler will activate as if they were
Workers in this mission, although they do not
carry Data Tablets.
At the start of the game put a purple peg into the
Hostility Tracker in the first space of Charge. This
represents how long you have until the merger is
completed.
The mission-specific result for Workers in this
game is to advance the negotiations. This moves
the purple peg one space down the Hostility
Tracker (max once per round, further results
are ignored). If there are ever no empty spaces
between the current hostility and this peg, the
negotiations are complete.
If all the Data Tablets have been taken, remove
the purple peg – the negotiations have been
abandoned.
Escape
Once negotiations are complete or abandoned,
the mission-specific result is to escape. Move
the Worker twice towards their waiting ship’s
airlock (the Reminder Counter marked on the
map) via the shortest possible route. If they reach
it they are removed from the board.
Once a Worker’s Data Tablet has been taken
from them, they will no longer take part in
negotiations and their result will always be to
escape. In addition, if a Worker is attacked and
survives, they will immediately follow this result
(ignoring attacks of opportunity from the failed
attacker if applicable) whether they have their
Tablet or not.

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Hired Thugs
The corporations have hired some local roughs
as protection and they will fight to the death. This
mission uses the Anarchy in the Galaxy rules on
page 6, without the Try to Blend In! rule – these
Gangers are hostile!
Set-Up
When the Hostility reaches Charge no more
Gangers will arrive. From then on, any on
the board (including Civilians being used as
Gangers) will activate in the NPC Phase, and the
Purge will start to arrive as per the regular rules.
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 MISSION BRIEFING 3 - BREAKING THE LAW
The latest press-release from the GCC has announced new licensing laws. All Traders will need
to be formally registered and pay exorbitant fees on every shipment. Most Traders have not
taken kindly to this and are openly flouting the new laws. In response the Galactic Corps have
dropped all pretence of civility, assuming all Traders are unlicensed and aggressively pursuing
any and all they come across, all guns blazing. Harassing Traders who fulfil a vital function is not
going down well, especially as the GCC should really have their attention on the Purge or the
burgeoning criminal gangs right now!

You’re on a routine salvage run when you’re interrupted by the Galactic Corps - clearly all of the
galaxy’s problems are your fault judging by the ferocity that the Corps pursue you!

Expansions Needed: Galactic Corps, Shift Change at MegaCorp

Expansions Recommended: Rogue Purge

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Reward: Stay out of Jail
You need to get away from the Galactic Corps
and back to your ships, as they’ll shoot first
and ask questions later. You can try to stand
your ground but be aware you’re up against
the Elite.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: Stolen goods
Set Up
The crews will start the game on the board rather
than inside their ships. They choose the starting
position in the same way they choose their
airlock positions.
Scavenger
When the Hostility reaches Cover Me, place
a Scavenger at the Hatch furthest from any
enemies, out of LoS if possible.

There’s a Scavenger in the area trying to The Galactic Corps

fence some stolen goods, but you will need to
Persuade them.
If you do this successfully, draw items from the
token bag and add them to the Scavenger’s
backpack contents until you have six tokens.
You may purchase any of these items at half-
price, rounding up. In addition, draw two random
rare items – these may be purchased for their
sell price.
The Galactic Corps will use the Elite side of their
boards in this game. All six characters will enter
play in the first NPC Phase, and any that are
defeated will re-enter the board in the following
NPC Phase until the Hostility reaches Charge.
The Traders will be pursued by the Corps as
they leave. There are no Trade or Maintenance
Phases between this game and the next, and the
only Extraction option is Emergency Teleport.

The Scavenger will then set off a Flashbomb The Purge

(affecting your Trader as normal) and is The Purge will only start to arrive from
removed from the table as per the normal Charge onwards.
rules. Any items purchased will be added to
your ship’s hold – the Scavenger will drop them Rogue Purge
off for you. If you have the Rogue Purge pack you may use
them in this game.

Breach Rifle
This rifle fires V-19 shock shells, magnetised
for a concentrated effect. It can fire up to three
shells simultaneously giving it a powerful
punch. While it’s most effective at short range
it can still devastate over longer distances but
at the high cost of ammo.

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 MISSION BRIEFING 4 - BROKEN WING
Although you manage to escape the Galactic Corps it is not without cost. They open fire on your
fleeing ship and leave it badly damaged. You risk a short but nerve-wracking trip into Core Space
before re-entering real space and limping to the nearest settlement for repairs. The settlement
is ill-equipped but you make do. You will need to repair your ship before the Corps find you. The
local Security Wardens view you with suspicion so avoid them at all costs. To make matters
worse there is a high Purge presence in the area.

Expansions Needed: Galactic Corps

Expansions Recommended: Purge Reinforcements, Rogue Purge

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SECONDARY OBJECTIVE

Reward: A working ship! Reward: A low profile

Your ship is in a bad way. Before the game
reduce your ship’s Propulsion to zero.
You’ll need a drive seal to replace the ruptured
one on your ship. It’s no bigger than a fist and
under normal circumstances it’s a readily available
item, but these are not normal circumstances!
You’ll need to avoid the local security in this area
– they’re twitchy and the slightest infraction will
get you in big trouble.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
Drive Seal
There is an automated vending machine in this
area that dispenses the part (marked in red on
the map). You can Interact with the machine to
take a random Objective token representing the
drive seal. There are only three available.

These tokens can be sold as normal (at a

variable price depending on the token) or used
in the Maintenance Phase to repair your ship’s
Propulsion by 1 point.

If you do not obtain a drive seal, you will have

to bypass your main propulsion drive to escape,
but this is a short-term solution. You can survive
one Maintenance Phase with your Propulsion at
zero. You will need to replace your propulsion
unit after this or the following game at a cost of
15UA, repairing the Propulsion by 1 point, or
abandon ship.

Your ship’s Propulsion cannot be increased from

zero via normal means. You will need either the
drive seal or propulsion unit detailed above.

Keep a Low Profile

The Security Wardens in this area are Specialists
– use the reverse side of their boards.

After a Warden becomes on alert, or successfully

searches or questions a Trader in this game
they will become suspicious and call the Corps.
All available Galactic Corps will enter play in the
next NPC Phase.

Rogue Purge
If you have the Rogue Purge pack you may use
them in this game.

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 MISSION BRIEFING 5 - NOWHERE TO RUN
All of your usual Trader haunts are constantly patrolled by the Galactic Corps these days, forcing
you to deal with even less savoury types than the usual unsavoury types! You are brokering a
dodgy deal in a mob-run town when the local gangers decide to keep the goods and your money!
The deal blown, you decide to fight your way back to your ship, but there’s an ambush! Two
bounty hunters have been given instructions to hunt you down if the deal goes south. You’ll need
to take them out otherwise they’ll be on your back for weeks.
Expansions Needed: Shootout at Zed’s
Expansions Recommended: Shift Change at MegaCorp
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: The lives of your crew
Whenever a deal is blown it’s best to get back to
your ship and as far away as possible, but you’ll
need to dodge the bounty hunters first.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: Weapon Upgrade
The Bounty hunters are packing some high-end
equipment. If you can avoid the dead-man’s
switches they’ve rigged you can retrieve their
weaponry for yourselves.
Furthermore, any crew that defeats one or more
bounty hunters will impress their employer and
pick up some bounty-hunting jobs themselves.
That crew can claim a reward equal to the rank
of all rank 2+ Gangers defeated in future games.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
SET UP
The crews do not start the game in their airlocks
– they are placed in the bar, surrounded by
Gangers. They choose the starting position in the
same way they choose their airlock positions.
Mob Town
This mission uses the Anarchy in the Galaxy
rules on page 6, without the Try to Blend In! rule
– these Gangers are hostile!
When the Hostility reaches Cover Me no more
Gangers will arrive. From then on, any on
the board (including Civilians being used as
Gangers) will activate in the NPC Phase, and the
Purge will start to arrive as per the regular rules.
Bounty Hunters
Once the head of a powerful gang, Zed
and his closest bodyguard Evangeline have
turned bounty hunters; a necessary change
of occupation after losing their main base of
operations on Titan Station.
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Zed and Evangeline both have an armour value
of 3 in this game, but otherwise activate as
normal.
They both have dead-man’s switches on their
equipment. If they are defeated by another NPC
or by a Trader’s ranged attack they will explode.
All characters within 1 inch suffer an attack with 3
dice, and all characters within 2 inches suffer an
attack of 2 dice.
However, if a Trader defeats one
of them in close assault they can
deactivate the switch and retrieve
the weapon. Zed will drop the
Quell’s Fury token and Evangeline
will drop the Tactical Rifle.
If a Trader is defeated by a bounty hunter, the
crew loses 5UA (if available) as the bounty
hunter loots their body for the cash they brought
to the deal.
Any bounty hunters left alive at the end of the
game will continue to chase the Traders. They
are placed at random entry points at the start of
all subsequent games, and these special rules
(and related secondary objective) will continue to
apply until they are defeated.
Get the Goods
You can attempt to grab the goods you came
here for – they are inside the mag-locked
crate marked with an X. This crate cannot be
Searched – it can only be dragged back to your
ship to open later. See the Moving Items rules
on page 18. Inside you will find
the randomly assigned items as
normal as well as a highly sought-
after Cyclone Rifle.
Note: If you do not have the Shift Change pack
and the items used for this mission, use the most
expensive weapon tokens you have available.
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 MISSION BRIEFING 6 - A WOUND THAT WON’T HEAL
Black Star are up to their usual tricks. Despite you interrupting their merger with Tau Cross
they have gone ahead with their plans and are attempting further experiments with the alien
infestation you encountered on Titan Station. Without the added expertise of Tau Cross at the
tiller the experiment goes wrong and a new, virulent strain is released across their research
station, attracting the interest of the Purge.

Normally you’d stay well away, but Black Star have many fingers in many pies and you’ve being
reliably informed by an insider that the station holds extremely sensitive details about Black
Star’s other plans. Grab that juicy data, it’s worth money! Oh, and rescue a few civvies while
you’re there, the boost in your reputation wouldn’t hurt.

Expansions Needed: Purge: Outbreak, Shift Change at MegaCorp

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: 20UA
You must retrieve the data chip (use the
nano Objective token) by Interacting with
either of the Workstations marked in red.
There is only one data chip. The chip is
worth 20UA, but only to the right buyer, so
you cannot sell it until after mission 7.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: 8UA per Civilian, 3UA per Sample
There are innocent Civilians working at Black
Star and it wouldn’t look good if they died from
the virus. For each uninfected Civilian (not
Workers) that you can Persuade to join you and
get back on board your ship you will earn an 8UA
reward. If the Civilian is infected, the reward is
halved to 4UA.
Samples of the Infestation can also be sold for
3UA each or used in the next mission.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
A New Strain
This mission uses the Infestation rules from page
19. However, this particular strain of the virus is
more stable but more dangerous!
At the start of the game, place 2 Infestations in
every room in the orange shaded area (none in
the corridors).
The Infestations do not spread on their own.
Instead, the mission-specific result for
Workers in this game is to Move as normal
and then carry out experiments. This adds an
Infestation as close to the Worker as possible
(still keeping to the limit of three per room).
Damage caused to Traders by this strain does
not remove health pegs. Instead each point of
damage caused swaps a green health peg for a
black one, starting from the left of their track. If a
Trader ever has only black pegs left the infection
has taken over. While infected, Skills and anything
else that requires a Skill peg costs one additional
peg to use. In addition, the Trader will lose one
health whenever the Hostility Tracker enters a
new band (every round once it reaches Purge).
Health pegs restored by items or effects are
always green. Additional health restored when
already at maximum will swap black pegs for
green ones, from right to left.
If a Trader has any black pegs at the end of the
game, they must miss the following mission to
recover, and cannot take part in a mission again
until they pay 8UA for anti-viral drugs.
Workers (and Bounty Hunters if being used) are
wearing protective gear and immune. Civilians
that take damage from the infestation should be
marked as infected with a Reminder counter. They
can be cured with anything that restores Health.
Auto-Doc
See page 22.
Plasma Reactor
The virus has destabilised the reactor, and stray
bullets or energy blasts could cause it to explode.
If any character makes a ranged attack or is the
target of a ranged attack within short range of the
reactor (marked in yellow), roll the Chance Die.
On a result the reactor explodes.
All nearby characters are hit by the blast as follows:
• Within 1 inch: 5 dice attack
• Within 2 inches: 4 dice attack
• Within 3 inches: 3 dice attack
Traders may also target the reactor with a ranged
attack intentionally. Any hits on the roll will cause
it to explode.

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 MISSION BRIEFING 7 - A TRUCE OF SORTS
The data you have from Black Star is dynamite. They have discovered the location of a
major Purge production line. The Purge have converted a large derelict into a factory and are
manufacturing Purge in their thousands. Anyone decent would notify the authorities and have the
factory destroyed, but Black Star clearly intend to use the information to their advantage.

As a Trader you’re half decent so you decide to take the information to the GCC – for a price,
obviously. This isn’t the sort of information you shout down a warp-link (not if you want to get
paid anyway!) so you will need to contact the GCC directly and out here the most direct way is
through the Galactic Corps. If you could just get the Corps to stop shooting at you…

Expansions Needed: Galactic Corps, Purge Reinforcements

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SECONDARY OBJECTIVE

Reward: Contact with the GCC Reward: Variable – thanks from the Corps

You have illegally docked at Corps base, and the
guards are not happy to see you. You don’t have
time for that though – you need to get in and
make contact with a high-ranking official to share
what you know.
The Purge have found out what you hold and
have arrived to destroy it, and you! The Corps
base is full of troopers, guards and civilians who
are ill-equipped for such an attack and you need
to help them evacuate.

You must Interact with one of the consoles
marked in red to contact the assistant Director.
Put the Corps Director model to one side – he
will enter play in the next NPC Phase at a
random entry point with no Purge in short range.
If there are no available entry points, he will wait
off of the board until a later round when he can
enter safely.
Once he has arrived, if he has targets in LoS
he will attack them as normal. Otherwise he
will use his actions to Move towards the Trader
that called him. Once in contact he will make no
further actions other than to attack enemies.
Traders must Persuade the Director to listen to
their story. Their success so far will grant them
+1 dice in addition to the following modifiers:
• You called him in: +1 dice
• You have the data chip: +1 dice
• You have a virus sample: +1 dice
(you must discard it if successful)
Any Trader can Persuade the Director – the chip
won’t be handed over until after the mission.
Once he has been Persuaded, he will be
controlled by the player that Persuaded him for
the rest of the game.
Once the Director is Persuaded, all non-Purge
NPCs can be Persuaded to join crews with a +1
modifier. Any of these NPCs that leave the board
via entry point 1 will earn the controlling player a
reward in UA of twice their rank.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
The Galactic Corps
Although the Corps will shoot you on sight, you
cannot shoot back – killing them will undermine
your goal. You can only attack non-Purge NPCs
in this mission in close assault (representing you
knocking them unconscious).
Do not bring on the Galactic Corps Director using
the normal rules – he will only arrive as detailed
under the Primary Objective.
As soon as the Director arrives, all non-Purge
NPCs will no longer treat Traders as enemies for
the rest of the game.
The Data Chip
The data chip obtained in Mission 6 can be sold
to the GCC after this game for 20UA. 12UA of the
payment goes to the crew that sold it, and 8UA to
the crew that Persuaded the Director (if different).

To achieve the mission objective, the Director

must leave the board via entry point 1, and a
Trader carrying the data chip must also escape
via their ship.

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 It was several hours before the Director’s ship
approached the base. The crews of the Black
Maria and the Ion Hope were waiting in an atrium,
the Galactic Corps keeping a mistrustful distance.
The Director marched through the doorway,
flanked by his men, and stopped directly in front
of Jace. The two men barely acknowledged each
other.
“Zool.” said Jace. “Dolman.” replied Zool.
Arianna leaned closer to Renton. “Am I detecting
previous here?”
“A couple of run ins.” whispered Renton. “I’ve
always had the feeling they knew each other
from before.”
“I hope you have a good reason for intruding on
a Corps base.” said Zool.
“We do and your men wouldn’t listen. Could have
saved a lot of trouble if they didn’t shoot first and
ask questions later.”
Jace thrust out a data chip. “Get your tech
goons to study this. I think you’ll find it’s worth
a ceasefire.”
Zool took the chip reluctantly, as if it was contagious.
He tossed it dismissively to a subordinate.
“Actually I think you’ll find there’s been a change
of heart recently.” said Zool. “Seems that the
right wingers weren’t as popular as they thought.
I believe the old farts are back in charge.
Apparently chasing after... people like you ... is
considered bad for business.”
“Certainly bad for ours!”
Zool’s face broke into a one-sided grin. To some
it was charming, to others dangerous, to Jace it
conveyed all the contempt the man had for both
him and all Traders.
“Don’t let me detain you.” Zool said and turned
away, his retinue scurrying after him.
“You know him?” asked Arianna.
“My old commanding officer. Before he sold out
to the Corps.”
“Small world.”
“Watch him. He makes a big show of being ‘by
the book’ but he’s reckless. He’ll get you killed.”
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It was nearly a full day before the GCC
responded. The Traders were transported
to a secret GCC platform to be debriefed.
There didn’t really seem to be any choice. The
platform itself was quite old and borderline
derelict. All the pomp and ceremony of previous
encounters with the GCC was gone. All the
Traders could see were worried looking staff
hurrying to and fro amidst the smell of damp
and, they supposed, fear.
A tired looking official named Raybury met them.
He looked prematurely aged and careworn. He
wasn’t the sleek, self-important politician that
you encountered in the galactic heart; he was
the type who understood exactly how precarious
their position was.
“I won’t waste your time,” he said to both crews.
“We need people who know what they’re doing.
The Corps are all very well but let’s face it -”
“The well-trained ones aren’t here.” said Jace.
“They’re parading up and down a sector away.”
The man looked tight lipped.
“Exactly. The ones we have are… enthusiastic,
but a blunt instrument. Anyway, we need you to
board the factory ship and blow it to hell.”
“Is that all?” asked a voice. Jace turned to
see the crew of the Skylark and their Captain,
Weaver, looking dismissive. Behind them Jace
could see the members of other Trader crews
entering the room.
“The ship’s just an old freighter” continued
Raybury. “We have the schematics for it. We’re
sure that there’s a way to make the ship self-
destruct. Failing that you need to stop the
production lines dead.”
Raybury did the rounds, talking to each crew
in turn.
“What do you think?” asked Jace. Arianna
shrugged. “It’s a job, isn’t it? Fighting the
good fight and all that. The less Purge about
the better.”
“You know what I think?” asked Weaver. “
I think this is a waste of time. The Purge
are like insects, knock out one nest and up
springs another.”
“Just because you gave up on life a long time
ago doesn’t mean the rest of us should give up
as well.” said Jace.
“You’re wrong.” said Weaver. “I love life. I just don’t
think it should be thrown away on a lost cause.”
“You’ll be paid well.” said Raybury returning to
the group.
Weaver smiled. “Now that is what makes
life beautiful. The cause feels so much more
worthwhile now. What do you think, Marlowe?”
Weaver’s second in command look both amused
and annoyed.
***
In the canteen the Trader crews were discussing
the schematics that Raybury had provided. All
were abusing the buffet that had been supplied.
At least one Trader had pockets bulging with
bread rolls.
Lars was pointing out the reactors to Jace
on their schematic. “These are old P-40s. If
they’re still functioning it shouldn’t be too hard
to rig these to overload. Hell, they did that
themselves anyway.”
The crew of the Black Maria were crowded around
a small table eating their lunch. Beck had mentally
checked out and was watching the canteen
double doors waiting for an announcement that
had been promised. The doors opened and Beck
spat his coffee onto Jace.
“Thanks!” said Jace hastily brushing at his
trousers. He looked to see what Beck was
goggling at and to his amazement he saw a
Purge Assassin stalk into the room, surrounded
by nervous looking technicians.
“It must be one of those renegade Purge!”
said Beck.
“No.” said a voice behind them. They turned to
see Roykirk, Arianna’s right hand man. The older
man was glaring at the Assassin.
“I believe the principle’s the same.” He continued,
never taking his eyes off the machine. “Our
technology grafted onto Purge technology. Stupid
idea, it’ll never work in the field!”
“It will work,” said one of the technicians,
overhearing. “We’ve had a one hundred
percent success rate.” The man looked
troubled. “Ninety percent.”
The technician called for attention and the
Traders turned to look at him, although most
kept at least one eye on the Assassin and one
hand on their weapons. It looked like a regular
Assassin except for an unwieldy collar and a
few other bits of tech junk bolted or welded to
it. It also had ‘PROPERTY OF G.C.C’ stencilled
across its chest. The more observant noticed that
its eyes burned a deep purple rather than the
usual bright blue.
“We can’t reprogram a Purge machine,” said
the technician “Because we don’t understand
how they’re programmed in the first place.
However, we’ve found that we can override its
core programming with our own technology. This
Assassin has been imprinted to believe that non-
Purge are the Purge. And that the real Purge are
the enemy.”
The Traders looked unimpressed. The technician
looked frustrated and pulled his trump card.
“In short, one of you are taking this with you.”
***
There was a fair amount of grumbling as the
Traders headed to their ships. They’d eventually
drawn lots to see who would take charge of the
GCC Assassin. It was decided that the Galactic
Corps would lead the excursion into the derelict
and the Traders would pick their own entry points
and rendezvous onboard. The Traders broke
Core Space at the designated point and the plan
went awry immediately.
“I don’t think we will bother with the airlocks
today,” said Zool over the comms. Without
hesitation the Corps ship rammed the derelict
and troops started to pour through the breach.
“That idiot,” said Jace.” He sounded annoyed but
unsurprised. “So much for stealth, he’s painted a
target on our backs! Grab your gear, we’ll need
to do this quick.” Dangerous Days Campaign
In the airlock they donned their armour and
loaded their weapons. Jace paused a moment to
pat the ancient coin he kept in his breast pocket.
“This is the same as any other salvage run.” He
said to his crew. “In and out, but rather than grab
salvage we blow it up. Ready?”
They opened the airlock and peered cautiously
into the gloom.
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You enter the derelict stealthily, hopefully the Purge will be more engaged with the gung-ho
Corps than with you. The factory is cold, dark and airless; clearly the Purge have no need of
such niceties as light and air. You proceed cautiously. You’ve been instructed to destroy the
derelict even at the cost of your lives (you will of course ignore that last bit). There are a number
of working reactors – if you can daisy chain them together it will cause a chain reaction and blow
the ship to pieces.If you can destroy the factory you will deal a major blow to the Purge. Even
more importantly you’ll get handsomely paid!

Expansions Needed: Galactic Corps, Purge: Outbreak, Purge Reinforcements, Rogue Purge,
Cyberpunk Terrain Core Set

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

Reward: 70UA (collective reward)
Your objective is to destroy the ship by
connecting the four reactors together to cause
a meltdown.
To link each reactor, you must Interact with the
consoles marked in red and hack them, requiring
3 successes (see Computer Science on page
18). Rogue Purge Traders (including the GCC
Assassin) get +2 dice for this roll. Traders
may also discard a Raw Blue counter (see the
Secondary Objective) to add a die to a hacking
attempt, using the energy to fool the machine
into thinking they are Purge.
When successful, place a red reminder counter
on the console to mark it as activated. When all
four consoles are activated, the chain reaction
will begin!
At the end of the mission, if successful, surviving
crews gain 10UA plus a further 10UA for each
reactor that they hacked.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: Variable
The energy that powers the Purge usually
dissipates when they are deactivated, but that’s
not the case in this factory – it’s in the air…
At the start of the game, one Trader in each crew
may take an Objective token representing an
empty flask to contain Raw Blue.
Each time a Purge is defeated place a blue
Reminder counter on the floor where they fell
to represent the Raw Blue. A Trader with a flask
can collect this as an effortless action – pile any
collected counters on top of the Objective in their
tray (up to a maximum of 10).
At the end of the mission each counter can be
sold for 3UA each. The value of the Objective
token itself is ignored.
*An Unending River
This is a Purge factory and the losses suffered
by the Purge are being constantly replenished.
The Hostility Tracker will not increase for any
reason, remaining at Charge, until the chain
reaction begins.
Chain Reaction
Once all four reactors are activated the chain
reaction will begin. From this point on the
Hostility Tracker is used as normal, and acts like
a countdown until the reactors overload.
When the first peg is placed into the Kill Me band
of the Tracker, the reactors blow. Any characters in
the reactor rooms are defeated and permanently
destroyed – they cannot be extracted.
The Traders then have until the following
Assessment Phase to escape. At the end of
the round, all characters left on the board
are destroyed. The only method of extraction
available is the Emergency Teleport, provided
your crew had anyone left on board the ship to
extract them!
The GCC Assassin
The player that Persuaded the Director in
Mission 7 controls the Assassin, using the Rogue
NPC side of the Dead Eye character board and
matching miniature. If a player is using a Rogue
Purge crew they control it instead.
Before it activates each round, roll the Chance
Die. On a it breaks free of its override. It’s
actions in that round will be made as if it were a
regular Purge Assassin.
Annihilate!
There is an Annihilator on patrol. Keep the
card aside when building the Event deck, and
shuffle it into the top ten cards. This mission uses
Purge Reinforcements, and if you have a second
Annihilator you should use that too (even though
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Take all six Galactic Corps models and share
them evenly between the crews (the player that
Persuaded the Director in mission 7 getting first
pick). They can be activated as Traders in this
mission. If defeated they can re-enter the board
as regular NPCs as normal (mark them with a
counter so you know who controls them).
The crew controlling the Director will earn a 5UA
bonus if he survives, but take a 5UA penalty if he
is defeated.
Set-Up
Rogue Purge
If not being used as a crew, the Rogue Purge
should be used in this game (minus the
Assassin). They will arrive via the Event deck.
If any card requires you to bring on a Civilian,
bring on the lowest ranking Rogue Purge
available instead.
Dangerous Days Campaign
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You’ve crippled the Purge not once but twice, not bad for a salvage rat who’s just in it for the
money. The GCC showers you with plaudits but you’ve learned what those are worth. You’ll just
take the money, thanks. The galactic economy is still a shambles so invest wisely because the
Purge will be back and they will not be happy. There will need to be a reckoning with the Purge
one day – they’re bad for business!

You’re heroes of the hour for now but it won’t be long before you’re forgotten. Your type are
never in the history books, although you often make history. An ungrateful universe will tidy you
away to a footnote at best. You briefly consider retiring to a nice quiet backwater and spend
your days fishing - but where would the fun be in that? You’ll die a Trader, very likely in the
same clothes you are wearing now. You laugh quietly at the thought and head back to your ship
and your waiting crew. Never forget, the galaxy needs men and women like you. After all, that
salvage is not going to liberate itself!

You’ve completed another campaign, but it still It’s a tough galaxy out there but remember…
doesn’t end there. The next jobs will need more happy gaming!
credits, upgraded ships and more powerful
weapons, and those things are harder to come
by these days…

You can replay the campaign in endless ways in

competitive or co-operative play. If you haven’t
already you can also play through some of our
exciting expansions and use our boosters and
terrain to bolster your Core Space experience.

If that wasn’t enough, new Core Space missions will
also be made available regularly on our website:
www.battlesystems.co.uk
Many of these bonus missions have already
been released, and all the missions so far have
been collated at the back of this book starting on
page 50. Go check them out!
Quell’s Fury
The Ignition Gun coats its ammo with a
combustible fluid that ignites on air contact,
often targets will catch on fire as an after
effect. The Quell sometimes reduce the
barrel length – dubbed ‘Quell’s Fury’, the
smaller pistol is deadly at short range.

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