Thursday 14 November 2019

Carcosa: Hijacking Space Alien Spaceships



X-Com


When you are stranded on the savage planet Carcosa and you fight some Space Aliens and steal their spaceship, what can you do with it?

NORMAL OPERATION

There are four stations inside the spaceship, each of which requires one character to operate.
Navigation: Control the ship's flight. Make a test to take off, land safely, or perform evasive maneuvers.
Laser Cannon: Fire the laser cannon for d20 damage. Make a test each time you fire.
Tractor Beam: suck up anything smaller than a T-rex and trap it in the cargo bay. Make a test for each object you want to suck up.
Mutagenic Bombs: Drop bombs that cause random mutations (the Space Aliens just use these to entertain themselves). Make a test to hit a specific target.

You can operate each station manually, or you can plug in your mind using the psionic helms provided (some minor cranial penetration may be involved).

If operating manually, 'make a test' means roll under DEX to succeed. If operating psionically, you always succeed at tests, but take 1d6 WIL damage each time you do so.

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks


WARPING

For travel between star systems you must engage the WARP DRIVE. Using the WARP DRIVE is complex and prone to failure. If using it with plenty of time, roll 4d6, or if using it in a hurry roll 4d4. You can gain additional dice by getting more information about the WARP DRIVE, for example by interrogating Space Aliens.

Each die that shows 1-3 is a failure, 4+ is a success. For each failure, choose one:
- Other Space Aliens become aware of your hijacking and come to punish you
- The spaceship is damaged and can't warp again until it's repaired
- You don't get to choose your destination, it is rolled randomly
- You left the window open! Everyone loses 1d6 WIL permanently as they witness the indescribable horrors of warp space

Possible destinations (you can scan these before warping to get a name and a vague picture of what it looks like)

1. Betelgeuse IV (apparently the homeworld of the Space Aliens)
2. Mars (a red desert world inhabited by green four-armed humanoids)
3. Shaggai (a world of pyramids inhabited by loathsome insects)
4. Earth (a world of dead cyclopean cities)
5. Celephais (a golden city in another dimension)
6. Ghroth (living planet with a giant red eye)
7. Greyhawk (a verdant green world dotted with large stone structures)
8. Cykranosh (world of mercury lakes and crystalline forests)

Prometheus
Junji Ito but recoloured by someone else maybe??

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