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God Save The Queen & Pass the Ammunition

A High Frontier game of investigation, exploration and confrontation by Paul Watson

After the last game, the rag tag group designated Satan’s Little Helpers have returned to Gateway Station above the Earth; on their last outing they discovered what had been going on to plunge an entire planet into communications darkness.

After the infiltration of a local spaceport and the neutralisation of potential threats from both an Ancient Cult and some escaped Xenomorphs, it now transpires that the effect of the opened moon-base portal and uncontrolled evacuation (including the Xenomorph hitchhikers) has been felt across most of the Earth but that it was fortunately a temporary state of affairs. Communications with increasing numbers of survivor groups indicate that there has been a concerted human fight back and that they are gaining the upper hand against rogue Xenomorph creatures / small colony hives.

On interrogation, a secret message found on one of the supposed Weyland Yutani captured team members, has been decoded and they are not corporate. It is also obvious that they were not the only team out there as part of a secret retrieval operation.

Via the Star Cop search, some shuttle arrivals at Gateway, it has been discovered that experimental drugs were being shipped to moon base to be picked up and taken onwards by an unknown third party. These drugs do not seem to be recreational but designed to promote some form of metabolic change at a cellular level.

So, the race is on to find more information and to decide if this mysterious group needs stopping or supporting - someone is looking to do something with extra-terrestrial artefacts and that this operation is evidently big, well-funded and operating “outside moral and legal constraints”. Satan’s little helpers are needed once again but will they rise to the challenge?

You do not need to have played these games before – the refugee status of the personnel at Gateway station makes it the ideal melting pot to add new characters to the team.

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

A High Frontier event by Paul Watson

When the obelisk on the dark side of the moon opens, it signals Hell for humankind.

Frenzied communications reveal that something has attacked the various moon bases then it has all gone quiet. Whilst deciding what to do Professor Lazarus gets in touch with a proposition...

This game is a High Frontier game and sequel to Life in the Past. Anyone is welcome to join, even if you didn't play Life in the Past.

The Drake Objective: Extraction

A High Frontier Event by James Bloodworth, Nick Reynolds, Simon Barker and David Dorward

3 Months after the events of “The Goodman Protocol” and immediately prior to the weekend event: “The Drake Objective”

On a distant world, a secret outpost is working with recently acquired extra-terrestrial technology. Amongst the team, what they are working on has become known loosely known as: The Drake Objective. On the eve of a potential breakthrough, the scientific team leader has gone missing and the infamous terrorist organisation, Galactic Dawn, has landed close by. The lightly armed science team have retreated to the safety of their security zone and requested extraction.

USCM MISSION GOALS:

• Extract civilian assets and all their data and materials
• Minimise enemy interaction where possible
• Transport all recovered assets to space station CABRILLO
• This mission has been classified DELTA-ZERO

But what are the scientists working on that requires such secrecy?

This game will act as an immediate prequel to the upcoming High Frontier weekend game: “The Drake Objective”.

Living in the Past

A High Frontier Tale of archaeological mystery by Paul Watson

ICC sponsored archaeologists on Haskin’s World OR-525 have discovered the remnants of an ancient civilisation not recorded before. Whilst excavating what they feel is a temple shrine they find incontrovertible proof of intelligent alien life. Their transmitted on-site photographs start making the ICC nervous, as they seem to show a link to a devastating encounter some years before.

USCMs newly designated trouble-shooters, Satan’s Little Helpers (and mysteriously) their previous corporate and scientific colleagues, are dispatched to back up the archaeological and security team on the planet; hopefully before it proves too late.

However, when the comms go dead, the ICC gets really nervous.

But, perhaps this time, it really is just a downed transmitter…

A Sting in the Tale

A High Frontier Tale of environmental conservation by Paul Watson

A small agricultural colony on the outer rim world LVR-113, run by Weylan-Yutani has gone off-line and nothing has been heard from them for the last 2 months.

Colloquially known as the Hippy Commune, it has steadily produced ‘miracle’ solutions to many of the agricultural problems on Earth.

Their work has been widely publicised in the popular and scientific press. Their current project has involved investigating solutions to hive collapse on colonies of Earth’s honey bees in an attempt to solve their decline over the last two centuries and reintroduce them back into the Earth’s ecosystem to restart crop production and pollination on the exhausted planet.

The finer details are currently under wraps but there is rumoured to be pivotal progress in beating the fungal aspects of honey bee deaths (although, as ever, the rumour mill has it that there is a military element looking to skewing the research into biological warfare than harmless honey bees).

Responding to such rumours, concerned environmental activists on Earth have been campaigning to get current findings made public, but so far the ICC have refused, citing W-Y’s right to complete research before the need to publish.

The loss of communications is disturbing – the data is vital to Earth’s continual survival and, whilst rival corporate sabotage is something NOT to be ruled out, an official investigation needs to take place.

As such, your task force of Corporate, Scientific and Military back-up is being hastily assembled.

However, whilst gathering your forces together, the environment group Mother Earth has publicly stated they will perform their own independent investigation. The hiring of a private commercial freighter by the activists was first speculated to be a pointless publicity stunt, but the failure to spot several key members at recent protest rallies has led to the conclusion that they have actually gone ahead with their threat and are already on their way to the research colony – 3 days ahead of the official team.

The Goodman Protocol

A High Frontier game of First Contact by James Bloodworth, Nick Reynolds and Andy Flood

Since Humanity first looked up at the stars, they have asked the question, “are we alone?”.

Despite substantive rumours and numerous alleged sightings, the official line is that we are.

However, people who live and work on the “High Frontier” are still expected to report anything unusual or phenomenon that cannot be explained, this is known as The Goodman Protocol.

Operation Phoenix

A High Frontier event

The last port of call was hell. Creatures coming out of the night, ripping open marines, taking more shots then you could believe before finally dropping. It was close. Ammunition was really short at the end. But you survived. Your squad survived.

Next stop: Shore leave. Medals. Hero’s welcome. Drinks with the lads. Bragging rights.

At least that was the plan. Your ship took a couple of hard knocks and now the jury-rigged repairs are starting to fail. The main CO2 scrubber is down, and the main power core is on the verge of failing. You need replacement parts and waiting until you’re back at base isn’t an option.

The nearest planet is your best hope of getting what you need. Your records show there is a colony there. Best case scenario is that they have the parts you need and you can collect them, take off and be on your way. If not, then the air is breathable, and you can hunker down until the nearest base sends a repair team.

Everything should be fine. Even if the colony is a penal colony. The documentation claims it is nice: designed to be a “model prison planet” with everyone living in harmony and those who had served their time being offered land grants and being eligible for recruitment to local government roles, including guards. All in all, a peaceful cooperative that shouldn’t cause any trouble.

Sharp Sticks and Harsh Language

A High Frontier Event by Paul Watson

A meteor strike, personnel cryo-chambers jettisoned into the atmosphere of an earth-like planet whilst automatic systems begin repairs. Team will awaken slightly confused and lost.

Is the planet as harmless as it seems? Is there any way back to the ship? Where are your weapons? All these answers and more during the game.

This game is set immediately after Trouble on AB425, therefore it is recommended that you play on with the same character.

Trouble on AB245

A High Frontier event by Eddie King.

The Marine Corps of the ship Excalibur have just finished a rescue mission on a mining planet, designated AB962.

The mission was to rescue a Wayland-Yutani representative with his security retinue. The rep had got himself into a rather sticky situation with a dispute over miners’ pay. All work on the planet had stopped and the miners had started rioting.

The Marines were called in to restore the peace and extract the rep from the planet. Everything went according to plan except for a few injuries and the lieutenant getting hit in the head by a flying lump of ore that one of the miners through when the riot started.

En route home from AB962 all crew and guests are in suspended animation. The Excalibur on-board computer picked up a distress beacon from AB425.

Standing Marine Corps orders are too respond to any and all distress signals received. The computer changed course and diverted the Excalibur to AB425.

On arrival to planet AB425 the first crew member to be resuscitated, as always, was the synthetic science officer.

The next person to be resuscitated was the Wayland-Yutani rep, then the marines.

All crew were then briefed on the situation.

Wayland-Yutani transport ship Tiger has crashed on AB425 reason

unknown……

Transport ship Tiger crew status is unknown……

Status of cargo on transport ship Tiger is unknown……

Transmission end

 Other information

AB425 was terraformed by a Wayland-Yutani colony in order to create an atmosphere capable of sustaining life.

The colony was created 100 years ago making the current colonists 7th generation. The terraforming has transformed the AB425 into a lush forest planet and no longer needed; the atmosphere processor was shut down and abandoned.

All original colony buildings have been dismantled and the materials recycled into the new settlement in the woods.

Not all of the colonists stayed on planet; some moved on to terraform other worlds elsewhere.

Corporate Bodies

A High Frontier event by Paul Watson

It is 2180.

Transmission begins:

On the prison moon of Rhea (also known as Saturn V) two violent criminals have made a break from a maximum security hospital, stealing a Weyland-Yutani cargo craft that had just picked the bodies of two executed prisoners for return to their families on Earth.  A spray painted legend with the words “They’re not dead!” was found on the wall of the space dock – although who exactly the ‘they’ refers to remains a mystery.

The escapees were able to avoid their spacecraft being tracked but background checks have revealed that one of the prisoners has a brother serving on an outer rim colony world.  The brother is a struck off surgeon now serving as a lowly med-tech and it’s believed that the prisoners may have approached him for help in removing the implanted tracking chips from their necks.

Needless to say both the Federal Security Service’s office and W-Y would like to see the recapture of the prisoners and the return of the Cargo craft – which, in addition to two cadavers they feel honour bound to return to their families, also holds valuable medical research material.

Due to the communications time lag, the colony’s responses to official enquiries have taken a couple of hours.  The colony commander confirmed the arrival of two new people – claiming to be mining engineers.  Their descriptions exactly fit those of the wanted men. Further information has, however, not been forthcoming as communications have abruptly ceased with no explanation.

As of now, no colony ‘Mayday’ has been received in the last 72 hours. Too long to be explained as a simple transmitter failure.

As such the FSA office has contacted the ICC and the Colonial Administration for permission to ‘saddle up a posse’.   The team will comprise a minimum of 12 Colonial Marines, 2 Corporate investigators (with optional bodyguards) and 2 Federal District Marshals.

Congratulations. As part of the team selected, you’ll receive further orders on route.