Each patron encounter lists:
- The patron’s name and role.
- The skills and resources required to complete the mission
- The suggested reward for the mission
- The mission as described to the characters
- What’s really going on. Several possible variants will be presented – either pick or roll for which is the real situation.
[h=4]Jefri haut-Oschem, Planetologist[/h] Required: Life Sciences, Survival; Spacecraft
Reward: Cr. 2,000/day plus expenses.
[h=4]Players’ Information[/h] His Excellency haut-Oschem is a respected Planetologist, specialising in worlds that are nearly habitable. A planet might be a little too cold, or too dry, or be infested with a lethal native species. Haut-Oschem’s genius is in making tiny changes to a planet’s ecosystem or climate. All too often, a change can ripple out through the complex balances of a planetary environment and have unforeseen consequences.
Haut-Oschem requires a spacecraft and a crew trained in the sciences for a brief period of research – no more than a few weeks, possibly a month or two. While haut-Oschem has worked with the Scout Service in the past, this mission is entirely under the aegis of private research. The ship will be visiting worlds outside settled space.
[h=4]Referee’s Information[/h] Any character with contacts in the Scout service can find out that haut-Oschem has quarrelled with the Survey section, and that his once-stellar career has dark clouds hanging over it. Something has gone wrong...
- Haut-Oschem has been replaced in the eyes of the Scout service by a younger researcher, Harad Leish. Old haut-Oschem wants to prove that his theories and methodologies are still valid. Leish and a laboratory ship from the Scout Service are currently surveying a jungle world inhabited by numerous hostile species. To prove his worth, haut-Oschem needs to find a way for humans to live safely on the world before the Scout service do.
- As above, but haut-Oschem is bitter, and his real plan is to sabotage Leish’s survey team.
- Haut-Oschem has discovered that he made a terrible mistake at the start of his career. He approved the settlement of a world before he fully understood the ecosystem. Every few centuries, a species of carnivorous locusts hatches in vast swarms and devours everything in their path. The characters need to find a way to stop the insects from hatching.
- As above, but haut-Oschem wants to preserve his reputation above all else. The characters need to stop the insects without revealing what they’re doing to the settlers.
- Haut-Oschem discovered something very valuable on his most recent survey, such as a massive deposit of precious metals or alien technology. He wants the characters to help him recover it.
- As above, but haut-Oschem is in a race with the Scout service. He’s not the only one to have read between the lines in his latest survey.
[HI][trav]Mongoose Traveller SRD[/trav][/HI]
