Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Half-glimpsed shadows. Odd noises. Things going missing. Something else is alive in here. Could it be a survivor of the alien crew or something even worse?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Sense its Presence

A high-risk challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the void of space, life calls to life. Two living being gravitate toward one another like mass in a vaccuum.

            1
            You need ESP 1 and ESP no more than 10 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 1

Run Around Half Naked

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It could be anywhere. It could be anything. When will it strike? What if it has suckers? What will it suck?!?

Hunt it Down with a Makeshift Club

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A high-risk challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A sound thrashing will teach this mysterious creature to leave the possessions of others in peace.

            1
            You need BEM 1 and BEM no more than 10

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1


The Lonely Mind Plays Tricks

Sense its Presence

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

A modest challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need ESP 1 and ESP no more than 10 (you have 5)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 5

Perhaps there was nothing there after all. Just shadows from the Id.

You've gained 3 x ESP (new total 4 - Unconscious Focus).

ESP 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 5 - Unconscious Focus).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Warlord of Earth:

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Aliens have very little sense of personal possessions. They just leave big bins of stuff taken off random abductees lying around, waiting to be jettisoned.

Always

Always

Feel Around for Something Warm

A chancy challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the depths of space, energy is the only thing worth having.

Scan for Life Signs

A high-risk challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Who knows how long some of these piles have been lying here... unwashed. Evolution may have produced a new friend!

            1
            You need TCB 1 and TCB no more than 10 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 1

Rummage through the Bins

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Although the aliens steal anything they need, perhaps they overlooked something of importance.

Make a Pillow Fort

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

An almost impossible challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stack enough of this junk together and it may act as a decent temporary shelter.

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds


Nothing Could Live in These Heaps!

Scan for Life Signs

A modest challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need TCB 1 and TCB no more than 10 (you have 5)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 5

The sense of isolation, of loneliness, they could overwhelm even the staunchest soul. The smell of sixteen coffee cans worth of chemical fertilizer can also do that.

You've gained 3 x TCB (new total 4 - Innocent Abroad).

TCB 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You now have 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds.

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 5 - Innocent Abroad).


Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The mighty generators that once propelled this ship through the stars lie in ruins. Are they beyond saving?

Always

Always

Apply some Primitive Know-How

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A little hard work and some innovative fixes will once again have these puppies humming with... whatever strange alien energy they run on.

            6
            You need TCB 6 (you have 5)

            6
            Unlocked with TCB 6 - you have 5

Ask the crew for Help

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Perhaps the alien crew you've rounded up can get this thing back in shape?

            3
            You need 3 x Stunned Alien Crewman  (you have 0)

            3
            Unlocked with 3 x Stunned Alien Crewman

Levitate this Crate with your Mind!

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Your newfound powers may be able to hurl this ship through the heavens with just a little bit of concentration on your part. Then again, it might flick your brain out your ears, you never know!

            10
            You need ESP 10 (you have 5)

            10
            Unlocked with ESP 10 - you have 5

Throw It Up Into Space Yourself

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe you could tie a rope to it or jump on at the last second? You would probably have to throw it really, really hard.

            10
            You need BEM 10

            10
            Unlocked with BEM 10


Sometimes

Sometimes

Heaps of Ejecta

Aliens have very little sense of personal possessions...

Silent Consoles

The ship's systems are silent, awaiting energy and, possibly, percussive maintenance...

Shattered Engines

The mighty generators that once propelled this ship through the stars lie in ruins...

Always

Always

Temporal Rift

This part of space doesn't seem to be all that well out together...

At last, sustenance!

There isn't much to eat or drink out here...


Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The ship's systems are silent, awaiting energy and, possibly, percussive maintenance.

Always

Always

A modest challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Pop Open the Panels and Tickle Their Innards

This can't be too complicated. Anyone who crashes a ship can't be that much smarter than someone who can pry it open, can they?

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

If only there were some energy, perhaps these decrepit systems would shed light on a troubling situation.

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

A high-risk challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe this ship is sentient. Maybe it has a complaint department. Pounding blindly on the silent machinery is sure to get some attention.

            1
            You need BEM 1


Juicing the Energy

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Messing around with every system within each eakes out just enough energy to make an LED glow.

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

You now have 1 x Mobius Spark.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Temporal Rift

This part of space doesn't seem to be all that well out together. Things keep happenning after their causes. Putting on pants this morning required a flowchart.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Crib Notes from Future Tech

An almost impossible challenge

These little holes in space and time make excellent windows into tomorrow. A little trans-temporal industrial espionage might pay off.

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 5)

Fall Through Time

An almost impossible challenge

You can use your superior sense of chronal awareness to direct your plunge through the web of unstable causal interstices.

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 5)


What the Heck is a Veeblevezter?

Crib Notes from Future Tech

A very chancy challenge

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 10)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 10

And why hasn't penmanship improved over the last hundred million years? One thing the fututre has no lack of are harebrained inventions.

You've gained 4 x TCB (new total 9 - Well-Meaning Drifter).

TCB 5 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 10 - Savvy Vagabond).


Contemplate Eternity

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Why go on? Lost among the stars, far from home and loved ones. Who could truly be expected to endure such hardships?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Reduce Yourself to Your Essential Salts

An almost impossible challenge

Contemplate Eternity

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There's a recipie for doing so in an old wallet on the ground. The wallet is engraved CDW.

            3
            You need ESP 3 (you have 5)

            3
            Unlocked with ESP 3 - you have 5

Freeze Yourself Solid

An almost impossible challenge

Contemplate Eternity

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In a well-made cryo-chamber, no one will disturb you and no nasty dreams will disrupt your eternal slumber.

            3
            You need TCB 3 (you have 10)

            3
            Unlocked with TCB 3 - you have 10

Soldier On

Contemplate Eternity

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It's no really worth trying to remember how to tie a noose, anyway.


A Peculiar Dissolution

Reduce Yourself to Your Essential Salts

An almost impossible challenge

Contemplate Eternity

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The last sensation was one of unquenchable thirst coupled with a strange need to... visit the powder room. Fortunately, the crumbling to dust happened before any unsightly incidents and one can assume the auto-sweepers stored it neatly in a tasteful urn, as previously arranged.

You have moved to a new area: Between Eternities

You now have 1 - Generic Creep x BEM.

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 11 - Savvy Vagabond).


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There isn't much to eat or drink out here. But what can you trust to keep body and soul together on an alien vessel?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Summon Your Resolve

A very chancy challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

No! You can last a few days longer. Someone once told you how to recycle certain bodily excretions and there's that child's aquarium full of salt water a few cabins away you've been meaning to experiment with.

            0
            You need BEM 0 and BEM no more than 3 (you have 1)

            0
            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 1

Supercharge It!

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A dose of Nex will turn any substance into a four-course meal. Or so they say. (This will refresh your actions and boost all your scores.)

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Sorting through some of the junk accumulated by travelling through space may just reveal an important, but overlooked, lead. How strange it should come into your possession.

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  - you have 1

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This stuff may not be doing much good any more, but the nozzle it's coming out of may be worth something down the road.


Success!

Summon Your Resolve

A low-risk challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            3
            You need BEM 0 and BEM no more than 3 (you have 5)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 5

There's a kind of vigor that comes from finding the will to withstand starvation. If only the need to breathe could be held off as long as hunger pangs, we could all walk to the distant stars.

You've gained 3 x BEM (new total 4 - Strange Person).

You succeeded in a BEM challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 5 - Strange Person).

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 12 - Savvy Vagabond).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Go Into The Light

Between Eternities

It turns out death is a relative experience. Lots of species consider it merely an inconvenience.

Has the time come, at last, to return to a semi-mortal state? In the long reaches of forever, the temptations of temporality call like an ice-cream vendor on a sweltering day.

Always

Always

Emergency Procedure

Sadly, when an advanced starship crashes, it selects one "eternalized" passenger to reconstitute in hope of making repairs. This time, you won the lottery!

Pass Beyond the Veil

All those who pass forget who and what they were before...
(This will allow you to start over by ending and erasing your current game)


A New Life Awaits

...except for a few fleeting traces. The world never really ends and neither do we.


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A sense of isolation and compulsion, followed by paralysis and a very bright light? It can only be one thing! Alien abduction. But now the ship has crashed. Why?

Always

Always

Maybe it's Because of that Sneeze

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the movies, aliens are always defeated by the common cold.

Maybe it's Because of the Shiv

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It's hard to improvise an effective weapon out of pocket lint, but it was worth a try.

Maybe it's Because of the Stress

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The aliens communicate telepathically and, well, let's just say that unclean thoughts can sometimes come in handy.


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Static Electricty

Maybe it's Because of the Shiv

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The random sparks from the lint shiv must have tanked the guidance system, because this UFO flew right smack dab into a small moon.

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You now have 1 - Generic Creep x BEM.

You now have 1 - Atavistic Tourist x TCB.


Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The ship's systems are silent, awaiting energy and, possibly, percussive maintenance.

Always

Always

A high-risk challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This can't be too complicated. Anyone who crashes a ship can't be that much smarter than someone who can pry it open, can they?

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

A high-risk challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe this ship is sentient. Maybe it has a complaint department. Pounding blindly on the silent machinery is sure to get some attention.

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 1

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

If only there were some energy, perhaps these decrepit systems would shed light on a troubling situation.


Should Metal Shreik?

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

A modest challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 5)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 5

Parhaps this is some sort of living craft.... Correction, perhaps this WAS some sort of living craft.

BEM 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Aliens have very little sense of personal possessions. They just leave big bins of stuff taken off random abductees lying around, waiting to be jettisoned.

Always

Always

Scan for Life Signs

A high-risk challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Who knows how long some of these piles have been lying here... unwashed. Evolution may have produced a new friend!

            1
            You need TCB 1 and TCB no more than 10 (you have 1)

Rummage through the Bins

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Although the aliens steal anything they need, perhaps they overlooked something of importance.

Smash Them Apart!

A chancy challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stupid heaps! There's never anything good in them, anyway!

            1
            You need BEM 1 and BEM no more than 10 (you have 5)

Make a Pillow Fort

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

An almost impossible challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stack enough of this junk together and it may act as a decent temporary shelter.

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 0)


A Universal Lack of Good Taste

Rummage through the Bins

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The bins contained only a fascinating insight into primtive consumer culture.


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Stop a Rampaging Star-Beast

After all, who better to stop a Creature from Beyond than another space monster?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Roar At It

A very chancy challenge

If that fails, step on its neck. That's how the Alpha-Leader is established on the most primal level.

Rig Up Some Kind of Translator

An almost impossible challenge

Maybe it's intelligent. Those howls, clicks and color changes might be some kind language.

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 1)

Flee Amidst the Carnage

The terrible damage this howling Thing From A Distant World wreaks may give you the perfect chance to escape... admittedlty into an even more hostile wilderness.


Lost in the Woods

At least that thing is gone. But which way to civilization?

You have moved to a new area: The Savage Wilderness

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

You now have 1 x Albatross.


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.


At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There isn't much to eat or drink out here. But what can you trust to keep body and soul together on an alien vessel?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Drink of the Drippings

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

A tough challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Ignore the laws of biochemistry! Your parched tongue and grumbling belly will be denied no longer!

            0
            You need ESP 0 and ESP no more than 3

            0
            Unlocked with ESP 0

Improvise a Tasty Snack

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

A very chancy challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A little shoe leather, some crystals that may well be salt, even something that might be lichen... or relish. This will go down a treat!

            0
            You need TCB 0 and TCB no more than 3 (you have 1)

            0
            Unlocked with TCB 0 - you have 1

Supercharge It!

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A dose of Nex will turn any substance into a four-course meal. Or so they say. (This will refresh your actions and boost all your scores.)

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Sorting through some of the junk accumulated by travelling through space may just reveal an important, but overlooked, lead. How strange it should come into your possession.

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This stuff may not be doing much good any more, but the nozzle it's coming out of may be worth something down the road.


Drink of the Drippings

A modest challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            0
            You need ESP 0 and ESP no more than 3 (you have 3)

            0
            Unlocked with ESP 0 - you have 3

Is the back of your brain supposed to tickle?

Refreshed and strangely dazed, the ship looks different, now. The universe means more than it did before, somehow.

You now have 2 - Latent Receptor x ESP.

ESP 0 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 3 - Unconscious Focus).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Overgrown Trail

The Savage Wilderness

Very few planets are entirely consumed by civilization. Some have regions which are positively uncouth.

It appears no one has passed this way in some time.

Always

Always

Trace the Clearer Trail Back to Civilization

There's no use going any further. If the rest of the planet is this poorly maintaned, one might as well view it from the star port's observation decks.

Blast a New path

A very chancy challenge

No mutant shrubbery wll stand in the way of progress!

Build a Bridge

An almost impossible challenge

Why muck about in the mud and the thickets when a decent engineer can use advanced tools to build a soaring monument to science in a few meagre hours?

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 1

Cover Your Tracks

A high-risk challenge

What better way to get rid of that nagging feeling of being followed than to make it look like no one went that way?

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 3


Man Eating Plants

Blast a New path

A modest challenge

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 7)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 7

They grow 'em a little meaner on this planet. The bark bites back. Fortunately, the natives who tend the plants admire fiestiness in their slaves.

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 6 - Authentickal Mutant).

BEM 5 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You have moved to a new area: The Slave Pits

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 7 - Authentickal Mutant).

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

You now have 1 x Candidate for the Arena.


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

Candidate for the Arena

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Wretched Huddle

The Slave Pits

Only the dregs of intergalactic culture are kept here. Once inside, you are genetically-branded as Slave Matter, the plaything of other species.

Cast-offs of a million worlds, each with a tale to tell. What wonders this broken universe holds ...and what horrors!

Always

Always

Boast of Your Conquests

A modest challenge

You've left a bloody trail through the stars unnumbered. Those who listen would do well to remember that.

            0
            You need BEM 0 (you have 7)

            0
            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 7

Organize a Rebellion

A high-risk challenge

Your psychic gifts may allow you to bring these desperately disparate creatures together while keeping your activities from the attention of the guards.

            0
            You need ESP 0 (you have 3)

Convince Them of your Powers

An almost impossible challenge

Say, not all of these creatures come from worlds with very high technology levels. Some of the guards even show signs of superstition and scientific ignorance.

            0
            You need TCB 0 (you have 1)

Enrage the Overseer

The alien masters dislike the uppity. They have special methods of persuasion. (This will temporarily kill you.)


Psychic Guards?!? No fair!

Organize a Rebellion

A chancy challenge

            0
            You need ESP 0 (you have 7)

            0
            Unlocked with ESP 0 - you have 7

It appears that countless generations of slave revolts have taught the masters of this world to provide their enforcers with at least elementary telepathic detection techniques.

You've gained 3 x ESP (new total 6 - Involuntary Agent).

ESP 3 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 7 - Involuntary Agent).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Secret Base

Hidden right there, where no one would suggest, is some kind of alien outpost.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Stage a Daring Raid

An almost impossible challenge

If you can get past their security, invisibility screens, elite guards and discorporation-cannons, you can probably find out why they're here.

Probe Their Thoughts

An almost impossible challenge

The aliens inside no doubt think about what they're doing occaisonally.

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 7)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 7

Hack into the Security System

An almost impossible challenge

It can't be that good of a cloaking device if you managed to stumble across it.

Just Knock on the Observation Window

Maybe they're friendly.


Polite But Not Friendly

Maybe they're friendly.

Being scolded for interrupting a "delicate experiment" is embarrassing, but not to bad. At least they offered a ride in their supply ship to get "yet another alien contaminant" out of the way.

You have moved to a new area: The Space Lanes


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

Candidate for the Arena

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Half-glimpsed shadows. Odd noises. Things going missing. Something else is alive in here. Could it be a survivor of the alien crew or something even worse?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Hunt it Down with a Makeshift Club

A low-risk challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A sound thrashing will teach this mysterious creature to leave the possessions of others in peace.

            1
            You need BEM 1 and BEM no more than 10 (you have 7)

Sense its Presence

A low-risk challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the void of space, life calls to life. Two living being gravitate toward one another like mass in a vaccuum.

            1
            You need ESP 1 and ESP no more than 10 (you have 7)

Run Around Half Naked

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It could be anywhere. It could be anything. When will it strike? What if it has suckers? What will it suck?!?


It just... died...

Hunt it Down with a Makeshift Club

A straightforward challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need BEM 1 and BEM no more than 10 (you have 9)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 9

The alien crewman died of fright and mal-nutrition before you could even lay a finger on it. Apparently it had been surviving on the bacteria from discarded underthings for months, poor soul.

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 8 - Authentickal Mutant).

BEM 7 failed in a challenge! (This challenge was old territory for you - you won't learn so much.)

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 9 - Authentickal Mutant).

You've gained 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 2).

You now have 1 x Mobius Spark.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Basic Maintenance

The Space Lanes

The saucer is well under way, following the traditional routes between the stars.

There isn't much to do on a long cosmic voyage.. But it helps to change out parts and keep things lubricated and, in some cases, massaged.

Always

Always

Make a few Improvements

An almost impossible challenge

A few things here and there could use some shaping up.

Massage the Throbnium Drive

It really needs to pulse. Get in there and work it.

"Encourage" the Crew

A very modest challenge

...using a whip. In this case, some kind of electro whip. It doesn't leave much of a mark but they say it hurts more.

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 9)

Hypnotize the Captain

A chancy challenge

There's no reason we can't all be friends. There's no reason we can't all be friends. There's no reason we can't all be friends...


Why are there always Bits Left Over?

Make a few Improvements

A very chancy challenge

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 6)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 6

In space, having extra circuits lying around after a repair job is done makes everyone nervous.

You've gained 4 x TCB (new total 5 - Innocent Abroad).

TCB 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 6 - Well-Meaning Drifter).


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

Candidate for the Arena

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Sector-Wide Detour

How frustrating! Some kind of intergalactic war has shunted all traffic a parsec out of the way!

Always

Always

They Want War?

An almost impossible challenge

They haven't seen war until they've seen what this little space monster can do!

Cloaked in Invisibility

An almost impossible challenge

In the chaos, a little mental push should allow this harmless little craft to sneak right through the battle lines.

Rig the Thrusters into the Forcefield

An almost impossible challenge

That way, the faster you go, the more protection you'll have.

Just Go Around

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

An almost impossible challenge

Aliens will be aliens. A little patience won't hurt and any passengers will have to bear the delay.

            0
            You need Respected Captain 0

            0
            Unlocked with Respected Captain 0


This Doesn't Look Right

Just Go Around

An almost impossible challenge

Sector-Wide Detour

The Space Lanes

The saucer is well under way, following the traditional routes between the stars.

The stars don't match any of the databanks. And there are no other ships in scanner range. The crew mutters something about "wrongway."

Respected Captain 0 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

You have moved to a new area: Way Off the Space Lanes

You've gained 1 x Albatross (new total 2).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Contact them Via Mental Telepathy!

A chancy challenge

Maybe somebody should get that.

Surely your newfound psychic powers can establish a meaningful dialogue.

            3
            You need ESP 3 and ESP no more than 15 (you have 7)

            3
            Unlocked with ESP 3 - you have 7

Target the Source and Fire!

A very modest challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Anyone foolish enough to signal an unknown alien vessel deserves to be boarded!

            3
            You need BEM 3 and BEM no more than 15 (you have 9)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 3 - you have 9


Success!

Target the Source and Fire!

A straightforward challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

            3
            You need BEM 3 and BEM no more than 15 (you have 12)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 3 - you have 12

Yarrr! The scurvy space scum fell to the beams of those little hand-held thingies that are mostly used to open crates! It's too bad they were only a laundry transport! Still, victory is sweet!

You've gained 2 x BEM (new total 11 - Exotic Organism).

You succeeded in a BEM challenge! (Simple challenges mean you don't learn so much.)

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 12 - Exotic Organism).

You've gained 1 x Mobius Spark (new total 2).

You've gained 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 3).

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

You now have 1 x Scourge of the Space Lanes.


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

Candidate for the Arena

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Raiding Party

A bunch of tough-looking aliens who pop out of nowhere is never a good thing. When they open fire, it's even worse.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Surrender Unconditionally

Hey! They've got guns.

Fight Them Off

A modest challenge

How dare they?!? They have no idea who they're messing with!

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 12)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 12

Cloud Their Minds

A high-risk challenge

Their minds are full of greed and aggression. That has to create all sorts of holes in their mental defences.

Build a Forcefield

An almost impossible challenge

With no tools, no time and no idea how to build one, really, it's a million-to-one chance, but it just might work!

Channel the Power of the Nex

As a Nex Master, these goons won't be hard to defeat.

A Heated Moment

In the midst of battle, you caught someone's eye. Was that the spark of love in their eyes or were they seeing a worthy adversary?


It Just Didn't Work

Build a Forcefield

A chancy challenge

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 11)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 11

Although it did blow up spectacularly. At least no one was captured and enslaved ...because everyone died horribly instead. Hopefully, that'll be temporary.

You've gained 4 x TCB (new total 10 - Savvy Vagabond).

TCB 6 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You have moved to a new area: Between Eternities

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 11 - Savvy Vagabond).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Go Into The Light

Between Eternities

It turns out death is a relative experience. Lots of species consider it merely an inconvenience.

Has the time come, at last, to return to a semi-mortal state? In the long reaches of forever, the temptations of temporality call like an ice-cream vendor on a sweltering day.

Always

Always

Emergency Procedure

Sadly, when an advanced starship crashes, it selects one "eternalized" passenger to reconstitute in hope of making repairs. This time, you won the lottery!

Pass Beyond the Veil

All those who pass forget who and what they were before...
(This will allow you to start over by ending and erasing your current game)


A New Life Awaits

...except for a few fleeting traces. The world never really ends and neither do we.


Albatross

You are known far and wide as a jinx, the kind of bad luck that brings ships crashing out of the sky.

Candidate for the Arena

When people look at you, they think: "There's someone I'd like to see eaten by Space-Lions!"

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A sense of isolation and compulsion, followed by paralysis and a very bright light? It can only be one thing! Alien abduction. But now the ship has crashed. Why?

Always

Always

Maybe it's Because of that Sneeze

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the movies, aliens are always defeated by the common cold.

Maybe it's Because of the Shiv

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It's hard to improvise an effective weapon out of pocket lint, but it was worth a try.

Maybe it's Because of the Stress

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The aliens communicate telepathically and, well, let's just say that unclean thoughts can sometimes come in handy.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Germophobes

Maybe it's Because of that Sneeze

Abducted!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

As the alien crew ran willy-nilly around the craft, it began to pitch and yaw. The crew have scattered and the ship hit or something. Maybe the computer had a lousy immune system.

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You now have 1 - Generic Creep x BEM.

You now have 1 - Latent Receptor x ESP.


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Secret Base

Hidden right there, where no one would suggest, is some kind of alien outpost.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Stage a Daring Raid

An almost impossible challenge

If you can get past their security, invisibility screens, elite guards and discorporation-cannons, you can probably find out why they're here.

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 1

Probe Their Thoughts

An almost impossible challenge

The aliens inside no doubt think about what they're doing occaisonally.

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 1

Just Knock on the Observation Window

Maybe they're friendly.


Success!

Probe Their Thoughts

An almost impossible challenge

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 8)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 8

The aliens inside concentrate terrifically on their hidden task, not even noticing a tickle from outside the thick walls of their base. It seems they're up to something interesting.

You've gained 6 x ESP (new total 7 - Involuntary Agent).

You succeeded in an ESP challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

You now have 1 x Trace Evidence.

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 8 - Involuntary Agent).


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Warlord of Earth:


At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There isn't much to eat or drink out here. But what can you trust to keep body and soul together on an alien vessel?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Summon Your Resolve

A very chancy challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

No! You can last a few days longer. Someone once told you how to recycle certain bodily excretions and there's that child's aquarium full of salt water a few cabins away you've been meaning to experiment with.

            0
            You need BEM 0 and BEM no more than 3 (you have 1)

            0
            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 1

Improvise a Tasty Snack

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

A tough challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A little shoe leather, some crystals that may well be salt, even something that might be lichen... or relish. This will go down a treat!

            0
            You need TCB 0 and TCB no more than 3

            0
            Unlocked with TCB 0

Supercharge It!

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A dose of Nex will turn any substance into a four-course meal. Or so they say. (This will refresh your actions and boost all your scores.)

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This stuff may not be doing much good any more, but the nozzle it's coming out of may be worth something down the road.


A Pocketfull of Gundun

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It goes nowhere and does nothing until you can find something to trade the taps for.

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

You now have 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds.


ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The ship's systems are silent, awaiting energy and, possibly, percussive maintenance.

Always

Always

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

A high-risk challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe this ship is sentient. Maybe it has a complaint department. Pounding blindly on the silent machinery is sure to get some attention.

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

If only there were some energy, perhaps these decrepit systems would shed light on a troubling situation.


Should Metal Shreik?

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A modest challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 5)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 5

Parhaps this is some sort of living craft.... Correction, perhaps this WAS some sort of living craft.

You've gained 3 x BEM (new total 4 - Strange Person).

BEM 1 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 5 - Strange Person).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.


Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Aliens have very little sense of personal possessions. They just leave big bins of stuff taken off random abductees lying around, waiting to be jettisoned.

Always

Always

Feel Around for Something Warm

A low-risk challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the depths of space, energy is the only thing worth having.

            1
            You need ESP 1 and ESP no more than 10 (you have 8)

Rummage through the Bins

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Although the aliens steal anything they need, perhaps they overlooked something of importance.

Make a Pillow Fort

An almost impossible challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stack enough of this junk together and it may act as a decent temporary shelter.

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  - you have 1

Smash Them Apart!

A chancy challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stupid heaps! There's never anything good in them, anyway!

            1
            You need BEM 1 and BEM no more than 10 (you have 5)


Freezing Amidst the Splendour

Make a Pillow Fort

An almost impossible challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  - you have 2

Although possibly the greatest assemblage of lost artworks ever assembled, the original folio of shakespeare and the extra Mona Lisas make a lousy house.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds 1 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

You've gained 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 2).


Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.


Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The mighty generators that once propelled this ship through the stars lie in ruins. Are they beyond saving?

Always

Always

Apply some Primitive Know-How

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A little hard work and some innovative fixes will once again have these puppies humming with... whatever strange alien energy they run on.

            6
            You need TCB 6

            6
            Unlocked with TCB 6

Ask the crew for Help

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Perhaps the alien crew you've rounded up can get this thing back in shape?

            3
            You need 3 x Stunned Alien Crewman  (you have 0)

            3
            Unlocked with 3 x Stunned Alien Crewman

Levitate this Crate with your Mind!

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Your newfound powers may be able to hurl this ship through the heavens with just a little bit of concentration on your part. Then again, it might flick your brain out your ears, you never know!

            10
            You need ESP 10 (you have 8)

            10
            Unlocked with ESP 10 - you have 8

Throw It Up Into Space Yourself

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

An almost impossible challenge

Shattered Engines

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe you could tie a rope to it or jump on at the last second? You would probably have to throw it really, really hard.

            10
            You need BEM 10 (you have 5)

            10
            Unlocked with BEM 10 - you have 5


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There isn't much to eat or drink out here. But what can you trust to keep body and soul together on an alien vessel?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Improvise a Tasty Snack

A tough challenge

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A little shoe leather, some crystals that may well be salt, even something that might be lichen... or relish. This will go down a treat!

Supercharge It!

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A dose of Nex will turn any substance into a four-course meal. Or so they say. (This will refresh your actions and boost all your scores.)

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Sorting through some of the junk accumulated by travelling through space may just reveal an important, but overlooked, lead. How strange it should come into your possession.

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This stuff may not be doing much good any more, but the nozzle it's coming out of may be worth something down the road.


A Tidbit for the Kiosks

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The automated vending machines at any star port will have databanks that can process and analyze even the strangest clues.

You've gained 1 x Trace Evidence (new total 2).

You've lost 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 1).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Contact them Via Mental Telepathy!

A modest challenge

Maybe somebody should get that.

Surely your newfound psychic powers can establish a meaningful dialogue.

            3
            You need ESP 3 and ESP no more than 15 (you have 8)

            3
            Unlocked with ESP 3 - you have 8

Target the Source and Fire!

A tough challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Anyone foolish enough to signal an unknown alien vessel deserves to be boarded!

            3
            You need BEM 3 and BEM no more than 15 (you have 5)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 3 - you have 5


Success!

Contact them Via Mental Telepathy!

A straightforward challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

            3
            You need ESP 3 and ESP no more than 15 (you have 11)

            3
            Unlocked with ESP 3 - you have 11

The other starship captain was happy to share vital details about this quadrant of space... at least, the other captain's subconscious mind was...

You've gained 2 x ESP (new total 10 - Lucid Delta).

You succeeded in an ESP challenge!

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 11 - Lucid Delta).

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

You now have 1 x Burst of Speed!.

You now have 1 x Respected Captain.


Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The ship's systems are silent, awaiting energy and, possibly, percussive maintenance.

Always

Always

Take Out Your Frustrations on Them

A modest challenge

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Maybe this ship is sentient. Maybe it has a complaint department. Pounding blindly on the silent machinery is sure to get some attention.

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

If only there were some energy, perhaps these decrepit systems would shed light on a troubling situation.


Juicing the Energy

Fiddle with the Dark Controls

Silent Consoles

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Messing around with every system within each eakes out just enough energy to make an LED glow.

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

You now have 1 x Mobius Spark.


Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.


Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Aliens have very little sense of personal possessions. They just leave big bins of stuff taken off random abductees lying around, waiting to be jettisoned.

Always

Always

Nav-Discs?

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The little sticky labels have fallen off of most of these things, but what happens when you stick one in a nearby teleport booth?

            1
            You need 1 x Mobius Spark  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Mobius Spark  - you have 1

People-Cicles

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Are they passengers in suspended animation, slumgering crew men or frozen cargo? There's only one way to know! Thaw them out!

Rummage through the Bins

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Although the aliens steal anything they need, perhaps they overlooked something of importance.

Make a Pillow Fort

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

An almost impossible challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stack enough of this junk together and it may act as a decent temporary shelter.

Smash Them Apart!

A chancy challenge

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Stupid heaps! There's never anything good in them, anyway!


It Kinda Tickles

Nav-Discs?

Heaps of Ejecta

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need 1 x Mobius Spark  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Mobius Spark

With the hum of a powerful death-ray, the teleporter sprang to life. How odd, to have one's particles torn assunder and streamed into the void, yet to arrive in tact and... slightly cleaner.

You have moved to a new area: The Star Port

You've lost 1 x Mobius Spark (new total 0).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!


Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Half-glimpsed shadows. Odd noises. Things going missing. Something else is alive in here. Could it be a survivor of the alien crew or something even worse?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Hunt it Down with a Makeshift Club

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A modest challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A sound thrashing will teach this mysterious creature to leave the possessions of others in peace.

Run Around Half Naked

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

It could be anywhere. It could be anything. When will it strike? What if it has suckers? What will it suck?!?

Sense its Presence

A straightforward challenge

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

In the void of space, life calls to life. Two living being gravitate toward one another like mass in a vaccuum.

            10
            You need ESP 1 and ESP no more than 10 (you have 11)

            10
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 11


Jumping at Shadows

Run Around Half Naked

Something Else is In Here...

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

The lonely mind plays tricks. But this wreck has some really nifty hiding places.

You now have 2 - Atavistic Tourist x TCB.


TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.


Temporal Rift

This part of space doesn't seem to be all that well out together. Things keep happenning after their causes. Putting on pants this morning required a flowchart.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Crib Notes from Future Tech

An almost impossible challenge

These little holes in space and time make excellent windows into tomorrow. A little trans-temporal industrial espionage might pay off.

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 2

Battle your Future Self

An almost impossible challenge

Who do they think they are? It's time to teach that monster to make better decisions... er... this time around.

Fall Through Time

A chancy challenge

You can use your superior sense of chronal awareness to direct your plunge through the web of unstable causal interstices.

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 11)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 11


Success!

A straightforward challenge

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 15)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 15

The tribe looks up as a stranger appears, wreathed in some kind of aura. This primitive world has found a new object of worship... no matter what objections said object has to the position.

You've gained 3 x ESP (new total 14 - Lucid Delta).

You succeeded in an ESP challenge!

You have moved to a new area: The Savage Wilderness

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 15 - Awakened Sentient).

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

You now have 1 x False God.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?
Lost Ruins

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Overgrown Trail

The Savage Wilderness

Very few planets are entirely consumed by civilization. Some have regions which are positively uncouth.

It appears no one has passed this way in some time.

Always

Always

There's no use going any further. If the rest of the planet is this poorly maintaned, one might as well view it from the star port's observation decks.

Blast a New path

A very chancy challenge

No mutant shrubbery wll stand in the way of progress!

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 5)

Build a Bridge

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

A high-risk challenge

Why muck about in the mud and the thickets when a decent engineer can use advanced tools to build a soaring monument to science in a few meagre hours?

Cover Your Tracks

A straightforward challenge

What better way to get rid of that nagging feeling of being followed than to make it look like no one went that way?

Inspire a Monument

An almost impossible challenge

It may take thousands of hours and a few lives, but your worshippers must be kept busy. This is as good a spot as any to proclaim as holy.

            1
            You need False God 1 (you have 1)

            3
            You need 3 x Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with False God 1 - you have 1

            3
            Unlocked with 3 x Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave


Success!

Build a Bridge

A very modest challenge

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 8)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 8

Well of course, putting one's name on such a useful structure will have far reaching consequences. But it's not like the primitive inhabitants will assume a supernatural entity built this magnificient structure, right?

You've gained 5 x TCB (new total 7 - Well-Meaning Drifter).

You succeeded in a TCB challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 8 - Well-Meaning Drifter).

You've gained 1 x False God (new total 2).

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

You now have 1 x The Empyrean List.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.


Ancient Ruins

The Savage Wilderness

Very few planets are entirely consumed by civilization. Some have regions which are positively uncouth.

A once proud culture flourished here. Could they have been the progenitors of a star-spanning civilization?

Always

Always

Decipher the Strange Carvings

A very chancy challenge

The walls are covered in some sort of creepy petroglyph. What secrets do they hold?

Stop a Sacrifice

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

An almost impossible challenge

Cutting sentients open to propitate primitive godforms is considered rather gauche in most parts of the universe. Not here, it would seem.

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 5

Offer Up Nex to the Masters

A sacrifice of your own pulsating Nex may reawaken the ancient potentialities that once eminated from here. (This will give a minor boost to your basic abilities and recharge your actions.)

Disable the Boobytraps

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

An almost impossible challenge

Boy, they sure knew how to make them, in the old days. It's amazing they're still functioning after all these years, really.

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 8)

            1
            You need 1 x Mobius Spark  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 8

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Mobius Spark


Success!

Stop a Sacrifice

An almost impossible challenge

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 11)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 11

Knocking cultist heads together can be very therapeutic. Saving their would-be victim, even more so.

You've gained 6 x BEM (new total 11 - Exotic Organism).

You succeeded in a BEM challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.

You now have 1 x Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.
The Slave Pits


Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Contact them Via Mental Telepathy!

A straightforward challenge

Maybe somebody should get that.

Surely your newfound psychic powers can establish a meaningful dialogue.

            3
            You need ESP 3 and ESP no more than 15 (you have 15)

            3
            Unlocked with ESP 3 - you have 15

Target the Source and Fire!

A straightforward challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Anyone foolish enough to signal an unknown alien vessel deserves to be boarded!

            3
            You need BEM 3 and BEM no more than 15 (you have 11)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 3 - you have 11

Take Over Their Minds

An almost impossible challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

It's called "Tele-Privateering" and it will certainly earn you a bad reputation, but it wall also earn you some energy and crewmen.

            15
            You need ESP 15 (you have 15)

            15
            Unlocked with ESP 15 - you have 15

Offer to Help

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

That's probably what they wanted in the first place.

            1
            You need Respected Captain 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Respected Captain 1 - you have 1


Success!

Target the Source and Fire!

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A straightforward challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

            3
            You need BEM 3 and BEM no more than 15 (you have 13)

            3
            Unlocked with BEM 3 - you have 13

Yarrr! The scurvy space scum fell to the beams of those little hand-held thingies that are mostly used to open crates! It's too bad they were only a laundry transport! Still, victory is sweet!

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 12 - Exotic Organism).

You succeeded in a BEM challenge! (Simple challenges mean you don't learn so much.)

You've gained 1 x BEM (new total 13 - Exotic Organism).

You now have 1 x Mobius Spark.

You've gained 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 2).

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

You now have 1 x Scourge of the Space Lanes.


Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Warlord of Earth:

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


Overgrown Trail

The Savage Wilderness

Very few planets are entirely consumed by civilization. Some have regions which are positively uncouth.

It appears no one has passed this way in some time.

Always

Always

There's no use going any further. If the rest of the planet is this poorly maintaned, one might as well view it from the star port's observation decks.

Blast a New path

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A straightforward challenge

No mutant shrubbery wll stand in the way of progress!

            1
            You need BEM 1 (you have 13)

            1
            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 13

Build a Bridge

A very modest challenge

Why muck about in the mud and the thickets when a decent engineer can use advanced tools to build a soaring monument to science in a few meagre hours?

Cover Your Tracks

A straightforward challenge

What better way to get rid of that nagging feeling of being followed than to make it look like no one went that way?

Inspire a Monument

An almost impossible challenge

It may take thousands of hours and a few lives, but your worshippers must be kept busy. This is as good a spot as any to proclaim as holy.

            1
            You need False God 1 (you have 2)

            3
            You need 3 x Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave  (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with False God 1 - you have 2

            3
            Unlocked with 3 x Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave  - you have 1


A Long Trudge Back

Were there any pools of acid? Giant crystals? Soaring cliff of fire? Nope. Just miles and miles of poorly-maintaned roadway.

You have moved to a new area: The Star Port

You've gained 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 3).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Contact them Via Mental Telepathy!

A straightforward challenge

Maybe somebody should get that.

Surely your newfound psychic powers can establish a meaningful dialogue.

Target the Source and Fire!

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

A straightforward challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

Anyone foolish enough to signal an unknown alien vessel deserves to be boarded!

Take Over Their Minds

An almost impossible challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

It's called "Tele-Privateering" and it will certainly earn you a bad reputation, but it wall also earn you some energy and crewmen.

Offer to Help

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

That's probably what they wanted in the first place.


Psychic Backlash

Take Over Their Minds

An almost impossible challenge

Incoming Transmission!

Maybe somebody should get that.

            15
            You need ESP 15 (you have 19)

            15
            Unlocked with ESP 15 - you have 19

Only one alien crewman succumbs, but that's enough for a conviction to the slave pitts under the Mind Piracy Laws.

You've gained 4 x ESP (new total 19 - Awakened Sentient).

ESP 15 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You have moved to a new area: The Slave Pits

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

You now have 1 x Stunned Alien Crewman.

You've gained 1 x Scourge of the Space Lanes (new total 2).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster


Convenient Hidey-Hole

The Slave Pits

Only the dregs of intergalactic culture are kept here. Once inside, you are genetically-branded as Slave Matter, the plaything of other species.

With a little luck, no one will notice this out-of-the-way nook.

Always

Always

Hide the Bodies

An almost impossible challenge

The victims are starting to stack up. It would be best if no one noticed, yet.

Save Up on Contraband

A tough challenge

In this kind of situation, the desperate and the dishonest will trade for illegal goods. It's the best form of leverage.

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 19)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 19

Dig a Tunnel

An almost impossible challenge

This little cranny is just the start. With a little applied engineering, it could mean a whole new life!


Strange Tastes

Save Up on Contraband

A modest challenge

            1
            You need ESP 1 (you have 22)

            1
            Unlocked with ESP 1 - you have 22

The aliens in these part have difficult vices to predict.

You've gained 2 x ESP (new total 21 - Natural Conduit).

ESP 19 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

You've gained 1 x ESP (new total 22 - Natural Conduit).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

There isn't much to eat or drink out here. But what can you trust to keep body and soul together on an alien vessel?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Send a Distress Signal

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Once you know how it's done, it's easy to divert these resources (rather than drinking them) and flag down a passing ship.

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 3)

            1
            You need Respected Captain 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  - you have 3

            1
            Unlocked with Respected Captain 1 - you have 1

Supercharge It!

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

A dose of Nex will turn any substance into a four-course meal. Or so they say. (This will refresh your actions and boost all your scores.)

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

Sorting through some of the junk accumulated by travelling through space may just reveal an important, but overlooked, lead. How strange it should come into your possession.

Steal the Fixtures

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

This stuff may not be doing much good any more, but the nozzle it's coming out of may be worth something down the road.


A Tidbit for the Kiosks

The Intellectual Variety

At last, sustenance!

The Crash Site

The Crash Site

            1
            You need 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds  - you have 2

The automated vending machines at any star port will have databanks that can process and analyze even the strangest clues.

You've gained 1 x Trace Evidence (new total 3).

You've lost 1 x Dross of a Thousand Worlds (new total 2).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


Wretched Huddle

The Slave Pits

Only the dregs of intergalactic culture are kept here. Once inside, you are genetically-branded as Slave Matter, the plaything of other species.

Cast-offs of a million worlds, each with a tale to tell. What wonders this broken universe holds ...and what horrors!

Always

Always

Boast of Your Conquests

A straightforward challenge

You've left a bloody trail through the stars unnumbered. Those who listen would do well to remember that.

            0
            You need BEM 0 (you have 13)

            0
            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 13

Organize a Rebellion

A straightforward challenge

Your psychic gifts may allow you to bring these desperately disparate creatures together while keeping your activities from the attention of the guards.

            0
            You need ESP 0 (you have 22)

            0
            Unlocked with ESP 0 - you have 22

Convince Them of your Powers

A modest challenge

Say, not all of these creatures come from worlds with very high technology levels. Some of the guards even show signs of superstition and scientific ignorance.

            0
            You need TCB 0 (you have 8)

            0
            Unlocked with TCB 0 - you have 8

Enrage the Overseer

The alien masters dislike the uppity. They have special methods of persuasion. (This will temporarily kill you.)


Success!

Convince Them of your Powers

A straightforward challenge

            0
            You need TCB 0 (you have 11)

            0
            Unlocked with TCB 0 - you have 11

They prostrate themselves in shock and awe. It's a good thing there was an almanac nearby.

You've gained 2 x TCB (new total 10 - Savvy Vagabond).

You succeeded in a TCB challenge!

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 11 - Savvy Vagabond).

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

You've gained 1 x False God (new total 3).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?
Lost Ruins

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


Stop a Rampaging Star-Beast

After all, who better to stop a Creature from Beyond than another space monster?

Sometimes

Sometimes

Establish a Telepathic Link

A straightforward challenge

The star creature may not communicate in any other way.

Roar At It

A straightforward challenge

If that fails, step on its neck. That's how the Alpha-Leader is established on the most primal level.

Rig Up Some Kind of Translator

A straightforward challenge

Maybe it's intelligent. Those howls, clicks and color changes might be some kind language.

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 11)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 11

Flee Amidst the Carnage

The terrible damage this howling Thing From A Distant World wreaks may give you the perfect chance to escape... admittedlty into an even more hostile wilderness.


Success!

Rig Up Some Kind of Translator

A straightforward challenge

            1
            You need TCB 1 (you have 13)

            1
            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 13

...or maybe it just has a cold. Once a tissue changes hands, this weird thing turns out to be a marooned starship crewman, one with a nearby ship that can easily be repaired (although the navigation system is a total bust.)

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 12 - Savvy Vagabond).

You succeeded in a TCB challenge! (Simple challenges mean you don't learn so much.)

You have moved to a new area: Way Off the Space Lanes

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 13 - Savvy Vagabond).

You've gained 1 x Stunned Alien Crewman (new total 2).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.
The Slave Pits


Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.


A Million Miles of Light

Way Off the Space Lanes

Not many ships come this far out... None of the stars look familiar.

Find the space lanes again ought to be a high priority. This part of space does not look familiar at all.

Always

Always

The Nearest Spaceport

An almost impossible challenge

That shouldn't be too hard. Even the computer ought to manage that. Hopefully it won't be the same one you just left...

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            You need Respected Captain 0 (you have 1)

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            Unlocked with Respected Captain 0 - you have 1

The Nearest Uncharted World

A straightforward challenge

That may not be as easy as it sounds, the key element of the command being to visit an "uncharted" world. How are you going to find it if no one has written down where it is?

Refer to Your Rutter

An almost impossible challenge

Captains throughout the ages have called their collection of charts and maps a "Rudder." Perhaps yours has the right destination.

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            You need Respected Captain 1 (you have 1)

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            Unlocked with Respected Captain 1 - you have 1

Eat the Other Passengers

A straightforward challenge

The gnawing hunger! Only flesh can sate this growing need to feed... and all that's left in the pantry are vegetables.

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            You need BEM 0 (you have 13)

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            You need 1 x Stunned Alien Crewman  (you have 2)

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            Unlocked with BEM 0 - you have 13

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            Unlocked with 1 x Stunned Alien Crewman  - you have 2


No Star Ports Detected

The Nearest Spaceport

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

An almost impossible challenge

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            You need Respected Captain 0 (you have 2)

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            Unlocked with Respected Captain 0 - you have 2

The Space Lanes remain as far away as ever, but everyone admires someone who sticks to their guns.

Respected Captain 1 failed in a challenge! Try again and you may have better luck...

You have moved to a new area: The Star Port

You've gained 1 x Respected Captain (new total 2).


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

Warlord of Earth:

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


Raiding Party

A bunch of tough-looking aliens who pop out of nowhere is never a good thing. When they open fire, it's even worse.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Surrender Unconditionally

Hey! They've got guns.

Fight Them Off

A very modest challenge

How dare they?!? They have no idea who they're messing with!

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            You need BEM 1 (you have 13)

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            Unlocked with BEM 1 - you have 13

Cloud Their Minds

A straightforward challenge

Their minds are full of greed and aggression. That has to create all sorts of holes in their mental defences.

Build a Forcefield

A very modest challenge

With no tools, no time and no idea how to build one, really, it's a million-to-one chance, but it just might work!

Channel the Power of the Nex

As a Nex Master, these goons won't be hard to defeat.

A Heated Moment

In the midst of battle, you caught someone's eye. Was that the spark of love in their eyes or were they seeing a worthy adversary?


It May Have Been Both

As luck would have it, they had to flee. But the look was there and they turned around, just once. Unrequited passion and grudging respect burned in their gaze.

Somewhere out there, a rather attractive alien feels more and more unrequited passion for you.

You now have 1 - Caught Their Eye x Becoming an Obsession.


Warlord of Earth

Aliens recognize you as the blood-soaked ruler of one of Earth's eras.

False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?

Respected Captain

Those who ply the space lanes count you as one of their own.

Scourge of the Space Lanes

Others know of you and speak of your hated name in whispered tones. Who will bring you to justice?

Becoming an Obsession

Becoming an Obsession 1 - Caught Their Eye

Somewhere out there, a rather attractive alien feels more and more unrequited passion for you.

BEM

The more physically powerful you become, the more aliens will fear you as an approaching Bug Eyed Monster

ESP

People often use Extra Sensory Perception to bend utensils, but this is still considered rude except on Earth.

TCB

Unless you are Taking Care of Business everyday, you're just going to end up sitting around on some rock your whole life.

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?

Mobius Spark

A type of weak power source that never runs out, many aliens use this as a unit of currency... or to run model trains.

Trace Evidence

The databank kiosk at the star port can decipher this.

Burst of Speed!

You've been pacing yourself. Let's see them keep up with this!

Dross of a Thousand Worlds

Many aliens have no concept of possessions, but that doesn't mean you can keep the best stuff.

Stunned Alien Crewman

This poor fellow may seem like a hideous monster, but it's really just suffering from shock and grief.

Fanatically-Loyal Ex-Slave

Once you've rescued someone from bondage, they tend to think you're worth trusting.


False God

Somewhere out there, a bunch of primitive dupes think you're going to perform miracles for them. Won't they be suprised?
Lost Ruins

The Empyrean List

Who needs your help when there's no where else to turn?


Seedy Underbelly

The Star Port

Compared to a wrecked saucer, this place teams with wonderful new life forms! Astro-politan, that's the word!

There are places in any part of the galaxy where the wise know not to set foot... and the despate always end up.

Always

Always

Throw Your Weight Around

A very modest challenge

These alien lowlifes will soon learn some respect!

Find an Honest Soul

A straightforward challenge

Looking into people's eyes is a good place to start, but reading their mind removes all doubt.

Repair a Malfunctioning Robot

A very modest challenge

Sometimes robots go crazy and run away. A few jabs with a tachyon goodwrench sets them right as rain... or at least makes them more agreeable. Usually.


Success!

A straightforward challenge

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            You need TCB 1 (you have 16)

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            Unlocked with TCB 1 - you have 16

Some of these older model machine-people are really rather splendid fellows, once the "Mutilate Flesh" subroutine has been disabled.

You've gained 2 x TCB (new total 15 - Bindle Captain).

You've gained 1 x TCB (new total 16 - Bindle Captain).

You now have 1 x Robo-Sympathizer.