Need a few ideas

[Eekmonster]

So basically my campaign (sci fi space opera) revolves around a century old tablet (computer) belonging to the last emperor of a fallen empire.

I need a few mission ideas that are basically fillers. Information that is still pertinent or useful a full century later.
Examples of stuff they have already done:
On a planet that was engulfed 118 years ago in an volcanic event is an underground research facility is a treasure trove of hidden tech. And more specifically, a special package meant for the emperor himself that was never delivered. When the players discover this, there are only 7 weeks until the atmospheric acidity levels are low enough for a spacecraft to enter safely and recover it.

A group of pirates raided a a convoy containing highly expensive artifacts. The emperors fleet found the base but did not recover the arrifact. But they know they know it is in the system, but the sensors were not advanced enough to read through the nebula's interference back then. But today, they are...

 

[Dross]

Depending on how user friendly the interface is an instruction manual would be handy.
What sockets are there on the tablet to power up the battery? (probably fixed by appropriate tech skill though)

 

[Jd Smith1]

Depends upon the nature of your campaign, but intel reports on a powerful pillar of the community's shameful secrets (treason?). Useful for blackmailing descendants who like to hold up their lineage for all to admire.

The 'Nazi gold' approach: the Emperor had a slush fund in gems or metals which still hold their value stashed in the equivalent of a Swiss bank.

Staying alive: the notes and thoughts of such a historical figure is worth a massive amount in and of itself; ruthless people could be hunting the tablet.

The 'amber room' approach: the location of a lost national or cultural treasure.

The empty box: notes on the tablet indicates a highly valuable cache; the players fight their way through various issues, only to find out it's empty (not everythng has to pan out for the PCs. Keep them humble.)

 

[dragoner]

So basically my campaign (sci fi space opera) revolves around a century old tablet (computer) belonging to the last emperor of a fallen empire.

I need a few mission ideas that are basically fillers. Information that is still pertinent or useful a full century later.

The tablet contains info of bad things done by rich families now: "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."

Various competing news organizations want the story.

Somewhere in the nebula there was a weapons cache, not the best, but still valuable, the rub lies in getting it, transporting it, and selling it.

 

[innerdude]

A crazy old freelance archaeologist cons a local crime lord into putting together an exploration party to go after a treasure trove of related artifacts.

You could approach this a couple of ways ----

-The PCs get asked to be part of the expedition, bad things ensue (think: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Mummy, etc.).
-The archaeologist finds the trove, but then runs off with the loot without paying back the crime lord. The crime lord could approach the party to find the archaeologist and the stolen loot ("I've got a . . . job for you all, and your unique talents should make it easy"). Or perhaps the rumor of the massive wealth of the find gets passed around on the galactic network and the PCs go after it themselves, or maybe a government official sends the party after the stolen goods to recover them as "priceless cultural treasures." In the latter two scenarios, the party also gets the complication of having to avoid getting killed by the crime lord looking for money and revenge from whoever has the artifacts.

 

[aco175]

Staying alive: the notes and thoughts of such a historical figure is worth a massive amount in and of itself; ruthless people could be hunting the tablet.

There could also be a group trying to keep the real story from getting out. A lot of historical figures may not be as good or bad as history portrays.

A secret location to where the emperor was being cloned. There could be several clones running about of varying ages and you should include a brain machine where the original thoughts and memories were kept and implanted into the clones. Of course one escaped before being implanted with the big bad memories and grew up in bliss, but now everyone wants him for varying purposes. Sounds like the Manshoon problem in FR and the movie Man in the Iron Mask.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Exploring a derelict alien ship of unknown origins, nicknamed “Brigadoon”. It is massive, and a trove of tech, information and so forth. It is abandoned because its experimental time drive malfunctioned, and the ship meanders though time randomly. That’s means it only appears occasionally, and then only for a few days.

Note: because the time drive is malfunctioning, any given appearance of the ship will not necessarily be sequential relative to the POV of the rest of the setting.
Instead, it may be of an earlier or later point in time, ranging from shortly after the malfunction manifested to just before Brigadoon is destroyed...

 

[Eltab]

• Figure out the rules for his Solitaire game.
• One folder in memory contains his RPG notes, but it seems like this is really descriptions of stuff on obscure worlds that caught his fancy. That "frumious bandersnatch" might be worth money to a zookeeper?
• Foundation and Empire: somewhere on the edge of civilization is an enclave that can restore The Golden Age. The emperor saw this project as his gift to posterity. (It may have failed or diverted itself or been remade into something else entirely.)
• Pics of himself in disguise visiting various places he could not fit the Imperial Entourage into.
• Fashion pics. Some of the pics are in bad taste. Some of the outfits are in bad taste too. Most outfits range between Good Bad and Ugly.
• The Complete Collection of Chuck Norris memes, re-done to feature his favorite personal bodyguard (of whom he was genuinely fond and respectful).
• Economic reports from 100 worlds. Priceless sample data for historians and economists.
• Music files. The real problem will be interpreting the data files to not just get noise or static out of the speakers. The emperor liked a range of styles of music.
• Weather report, GPS, mapquest -like map of the world the tablet was found on.
• GoToMeeting. Associated files range from personal discussions to Cabinet meetings to one-on-one policy briefings.

 

[Bohandas]

So basically my campaign (sci fi space opera) revolves around a century old tablet (computer) belonging to the last emperor of a fallen empire.

I need a few mission ideas that are basically fillers. Information that is still pertinent or useful a full century later.
Examples of stuff they have already done:
On a planet that was engulfed 118 years ago in an volcanic event is an underground research facility is a treasure trove of hidden tech. And more specifically, a special package meant for the emperor himself that was never delivered. When the players discover this, there are only 7 weeks until the atmospheric acidity levels are low enough for a spacecraft to enter safely and recover it.

A group of pirates raided a a convoy containing highly expensive artifacts. The emperors fleet found the base but did not recover the arrifact. But they know they know it is in the system, but the sensors were not advanced enough to read through the nebula's interference back then. But today, they are...

I don't understand the question

 

[Tonguez]

I don't understand the question

Neither did the emperor

but the Tablet obviously contains the plans to the deathstar