Hard Passage: a ChangedStars Scenario Module

Hard Passage is a Scenario Module for ChangedStars: what will happen when an unassuming passenger-cargo ship gets overtaken by an ambush and boarded?  Designed to begin as a French one-room play and evolve into Die Hard, this module is brimming with options like Tickets and Agendas to set your PCs on a mystery-action thriller adventure.

Fast Facts:

• Hard Passage is designed to be run within a single 4-hour session.
• 7 pre-generated characters are provided and a recommended Ticket/Agenda assigned to each for speedy Passenger gameplay.
• Full map of the ship the module takes place on, plus versions of the map for enemy plans of action and hacking.
• Multiple party setups with entirely different motivations and entrances to the module for replayability/choice to suit tastes.

Scenario Modules provide rules and context for the PCs to take control of members from any side in a conflict.  This adds replayability and suitability to many styles of play: whether your players want to be the struggling crew, the clueless passengers with something to hide, the valiant security officers fighting off the attack, or a set of ruthless boarders here to pry open their prize—Hard Passage provides.

In addition to many NPCs, a Space Engagement map, plans of action, and 7 Pre-Gen PCs, Hard Passage contains a post-release first—a new Spaceship:

• the Threadfin Freighter (as depicted on the cover) is an uncommon model: it was designed by Candoria Shipyards to server corporate interests as a "low-trust VIP transport" and cargo liner for delivering goods and personnel to high security bases.  In 50 A.O., plenty remain in service across the Trinity and beyond, while a handful of Rastproductions come off the line on Wahdu's Pride.  Full stats, deck plan, a complete hacking Node Map, fully loot-stocked rooms, special rules for the Vault and Security rooms, and multiple pieces of art support the Threadfin's use in play as location to explore or ship for the players to have as their own.

Boarder factions, their ships, and their intentions that can be reused for any space engagement:

• the FORBIDDEN BROOD, Nouseguay driven forward by an uncaring parents into the breach; some seek riches, others escape.
• the PIRATE CREW, who are here to rip open the ship and take all there is to loot.
• the SHARP Bots, led by an inscrutable synthetic mind and the devices it has under its dominion—some less "loyal" than others.
• the everyjane rebels of LIBERATOR SQUADRON: Free Frontier Front separatists fighting for system-level sovereignty across the Frontier.
• the deadly strike fighter and heavily armoured troopers of the AURELIAN CHAPTER think they are here to secure a free future for the Frontier... but might act more in service to a fat payout for their officers than they realize.
• deadly efficient HOMESHIP WETWORKERS who are here to liquidate witnesses and make off with their objective, clean and clear like ghosts in the void.