ADNCampaigns

Outpost Of Ikana

 * GM: Dare
 * Players: Anti(as-yet-unnamed warbot)
 * System: GURPS
 * Classification: Mirabilis, TheFleshIsWeak

Earth joined interstellar civilization with prototype hypermass ripple communicators, but the aliens are very alien, and tech has barely begun to filter through.

However, we have an advantage. The Ikana were a civilization that spanned this part of the galaxy millions of years ago. They were wiped out in a huge war with some unknown enemy. The discovery of polymer nanomachines in cryovolcanoes on Enceladus turned the Sol system into a site of interest — beneath the surface lies the remains of an Ikana outpost. Several alien science outposts(and one from Earth) cluster nearby, extracting archeological information… and conducting interstellar commerce, which leaves Earth in an amazingly-good position for how young we are.

A new discovery has the potential to vault us even higher. While Europa's subsurface ocean holds only native life, Titan's subsurface heating is localized. This is waste heat from active machinery deep in the subsurface ocean, in what may be another Ikana outpost, still operational. Are there still Ikana surviving in hibernation? Are there mechanical minions of the Ikana preserving record of them? Or is it just their destroyers, ready to emerge?

Dare@Work says, “This setup suggests your warbot is a good little bot, pride of the Sol Alliance, acting as security with three TL9^ weapons.”

Dare@Work says, “I wonder what a science team of drones would look like, given G:UT robots, and assuming infowar attacks are likely…”

Boxed Crooks In Space

 * GM: Anti
 * Players: Dare(Roxy), Nas(`)
 * System: GURPS

TL10 radical hard science, with clinical metamorphosis.

[Inquest]

 * GM: Dare
 * Players: `
 * System: instant
 * Classification: Mirabilis, QuantumPlayers

Reflections from shallower and deeper layers of reality can allow players to drop in and out as needed. However, this means accumulating Dissociation and Shadow -- and facing the other layers -- much faster than intended.