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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 721905" data-attributes="member: 1308">If you're on a space station, just crib a few episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine or Babylon 5. There's plenty of interesting stories to be made when you're trapped in a big tin can in space. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So, a few ideas:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Invasion - Something is trying to infiltrate the station. It could be Mind Flayers, convincing people they aren't there... pirates hacking the computers to steal materials out of the cargo bay... puppeteers (d20 Modern) trying to gain control of the command staff... etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Isolation - For some reason, no ship can enter the station's space. The characters have to deal with panic as people wonder when their next food shipment will come in, how they'll get home, etc.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Accident - A sensor malfunctions and traps people behind an airtight bulkhead. Oops. How well do they get along when stuck together in cramped space for hours, cut off from the outside?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lawyers - Someone sues the characters for property damage (hey, they're adventurers, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Politics - A diplomatic envoy is on the station, and asks a favor of the characters. Or, someone is plotting to kill/kidnap/embarass/blackmail the diplomat, which would be disasterous for the characters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lost Love - Someone the characters previously thought dead shows up on the station. This could be good, or very, very bad... especially if necromancers are involved. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></li> </ul></blockquote>

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