by Glenn St-Germain

Art by Dan Smith and colored by Alex Fernandez

This GURPS Space adventure is for four to six characters of 100 to 125 points. However, as the scenario places an emphasis on investigation and character interaction rather than combat, characters of higher point levels will not unbalance the scenario too badly. The adventure requires the characters to be in an area of space not far outside the fringes of "known space," in an area that is just being explored. The scenario itself takes place on the planet Aqualine, the site of a lost human colony. Aqualine is a water world with a pleasant, temperate climate, with one large island and several small ones; the large island is settled.

One more thing: the scenario requires that one of the ship's crew be "sacrificed," albeit temporarily. This should be a major NPC if possible. (If the scenario is being run during a session where one of the regular players is absent for some reason, that player's character would also be an ideal candidate for the "sacrifice.")

Welcome to Aqualine

The party arrives into the system in their ship. A quick survey of the system reveals that this is a binary star, a spectral class G main star and its class M red dwarf companion orbiting at a distance of just under 30 astronomical units. Orbiting the main star are a handful of planets, the third of which is Earthlike.

Investigating the planet more closely, they discover that the world is almost completely covered . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.

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Article publication date: September 22, 2000

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