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.