I’ve been binge-watching The Expanse recently, with a side order of Nightflyers, and it’s left me in the mood to bring some space mystery investigation to the North Star sci-fi con this year. When I stumbled across Ben Robbins’ InSpace variant of Jared Sorensen’s InSpectres, I knew I’d found the perfect vehicle.
The jumping off point for this scenario is inspired by the fate of Dr Pierre Duchamps from Ben’s actual play reports of the crew of the Dauntless. What direction the players take it is anybody’s guess.
Scenario: Jetsam
System: InSpace (InSpectres)
Players: 3-4
Slot: Sunday 12 May, 2:30pm – 6:30pm
Description:
He’s not your usual space junk.
Floating through the void. You’ve retrieved the body, but it’s not his battered vac suit that tells you who he is or where he’s come from.
Clenched in his now solid dead grip is the frazzled black box of a shuttle vessel from the Dauntless. It’s in a near fail state.
The first thing you manage to decipher are fragments from the last personal log of mission specialist Dr Pierre Duchamps.
“… aurora … pattern … not alone …”
Characters: we’ll do world-building during the session, fleshing out the nature of the universe, the characters and their ship.
System Note: Based on InSpectres, where the “investigation determines reality,” InSpace explores cosmic unknowns and the mysteries of space.
Touchstones: The Expanse, Nightflyers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, Contact
Genre: sci-fi, mystery
Tags: player-driven, investigation
