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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yuan-Ti" data-source="post: 2096420" data-attributes="member: 4483">I was thinking the researchers may have caused it by doing something "bad" and that is why the LXG comes to investigate, but I do like the idea that maybe the PCs experience it or are even involved in the "badness."  <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" /> If we take that angle... the LXG are sent to investigate a remote Russian lab in Siberia which they believe may be trying to contact aliens. They arrive via dog sleds (sorry, my knowledge of the LXG approaches zero) to find that everyone in it has disappeared. As they search it for clues*, one of them spots a lone figure racing off on a dog sled. Chase ensues. Jumping ahead, they later witness the Tunguska event, which may be a UFO crashing and the LXG may be directly or indirectly responsible. (Alternatively, a UFO doesn't crash but causes the explosion.)*Clues discovered might include: lab is a communications post, evidence suggests they were trying to communicate with someone off the planet, commander was aware of sabotage, nihilist/communist connection...1908 - Well, in 1905, Russia had its first revolution. Following the defeat by Japan, there was major turmoil in Russia. The Tsar was able to end the unrest only by promising major reforms in the Duma. These reforms never materialized, setting the stage for revolution of 1917.</blockquote>

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