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Names Faction Frameworks Movie-Inspired Adventures Adventure Seeds

Caul, Aleand, Ratclip, Stand, Thomer, Vaude, Andrel, Poley, Blance, 1. Michael Scott, Jim Halpert, 1. Hunt down a powerful beast never seen in this 1. Asteroid miners uncover a mad scientists’
Glauglas, Laudius, Menry, Phin, Wester, Vine, Wardius, Brance, Pam Beasley, etc from The Office area before (Jaws) laboratory.
Brutlas, Agermus, Davica, Hudis, Raina, Agustian, Devin, Inna, 2. McNulty, Bubbles, Stringer 2. Find an ancient buried artifact before an evil 2. Alien machines attack an outpost where a
Anvam, Egar, Dolich, Itur, Alexine, Evenia, Islis, Sheencat, Angar, Bell, etc from The Wire faction does (Raiders of the Lost Ark) mysterious artifact has been uncovered.
Jeffrew, Pate, Arglend, Leodar, Tegeral, Grenn, Lugbat, Thelbern, 3. Mr. Burns, Lisa, Moe, etc. 3. Find a lost treasure to negotiate a hostage 3. An isolated colony seeks adventurers to defend
Halocage, Maglo, Thoronda, Brattin, Hebert, Mochor, Tudon Britta, from The Simpsons rescue (Romancing the Stone) it from monstrous attackers.
Helen, Wortis, Agenda, Hallin, Melyn, Ambert, Horne, Mendes, 4. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, etc from 4. Hunt down constructs that believe they are 4. Alien slavers allied with a cybernetically
Saber, Austicoron, Hygrid, Missa, Saneen, Breannie, Gayle, Nairial, Seinfeld human (Blade Runner) enhanced warlord terrorize local moons.
Sanni, Combine, Jengrid, Orcan, Selya, Eglain, Leisman, Pelreth, 5. Mulder, Scully, the Smoking 5. Protect a young girl who holds the fate of a 5. A powerful family seeks vengeance for their
Severn, Lemar, Peris, Ewarka, Listhere, Tomorev, Foleen, Mablain, Man, etc from The X-Files kingdom in her mind (Firefly) slain criminal son.
Redine, Tronnk, Grena, Malez, Ropire, Adech, Clestie, Heran, 6. Luke, Han Solo, Chewie, etc 6. Seek revenge upon the cult that wiped out a 6. Callous raiders enslave asteroid miners to dig
Sammyl, Aluset, Dariante, Kage, Shard, Aluvin, Deorhael, Kagi, Sland, from Star Wars whole village (Conan the Barbarian) into an ancient precursor ruin.
Artina, Dresrin, Keanan, Artine, Edbert, Kunita, Thornelm, Artink, 7. Picard, Troy, Crusher, etc 7. Drop behind enemy lines to destroy a bridge 7. A young scientist releases an AI who begins
Elich, Mudarne, Tibba, Athen, Ogemton, Cybill, Keven, Priva, Anbog, from Star Trek: TNG (Bridge over the River Kwai) building a mechanical army.
Lito, Pultaren, Angroc, Lear, Ronke, Besoth, Felana, Sengar, 8. Morpheus, Neo, Trinity etc 8. Hunt down a rogue general now seen as a god 8. A corrupt official harries a poor orbital with a
Bloodvine, A-Kar, Anatar, Floro, Nator, Anar, Korlak, Arran, Axatos, from The Matrix by an army of primitive aliens (Apocalypse Now) hired band of rogues.
Ban-Thas, Carus, Uthas, Thavan, U-Dur-Bar, Dotan, Dur-Dor, 9. Capt. America, Ironman, the 9. Seek revenge on rogue bandits who accosted a 9. A spaceborne plague from a rogue comet turns
Emthad, Emthor, Tor, Kor-Dor, O-Thas, Dotanda, Ganda, Sojas, Hulk, etc from The Avengers holo dancer (Unforgiven) colonists into mindless killers.
Thavia, Tor-Dus, Ulsis, Cara, Uthavia, Rojah, Zithia, A-Kas, Em-Thia, 10. Adama, Starbuck, Baltar, etc 10. Find the last surviving sister of six in the 10. A ship of unknown origin is on a collision
Anata, Bantia, Zamdora, Thantis, U-Tija, Yamak, Ptar, Rabis, Pelamar, from Battlestar Galactica middle of a war (Saving Private Ryan) course with a populated planet.
Xil, Filmarex, Zinfandel 11. Take revenge on the space pirates that 11. A mercenary band threatens to release a
murdered a young child’s father (True Grit) hallucinogen into a habitat’s air ducts.
12. Protect a colony from a band of monstrous 12. Forbidden knowledge revealed in an old
NPC Jobs NPC Knacks NPC Instincts brigands (Seven Samurai / Magnificent Seven) holocube brings powerful justicars who plan to
13. Save a space station from two warring bandit wipe out everyone in the colony.
1. Asteroid miner 1. Criminal connections 1. To avenge fleets (Yojimbo) 13. A derelict space hulk infested with aliens drifts
2. Arms Dealer 2. Muscle 2. To spread the good word 14. Find a lost treasure before two other parties dangerously close to a populated system.
3. Holo Cafe Concierge 3. Skill with a specific weapon 3. To reunite with a loved one find it (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) 14. The death of a despots child brings down their
4. Interplanetary Trader 4. Creating Chems 4. To make money 15. Release or destroy a powerful alien ruthless army onto a nearby fortified outpost.
5. Disgraced Official 5. High born 5. To make amends intelligence trapped within a dyson ring (The 15. A governor finds a hidden portal deep in the
6. Synth Artist 6. A one-of-a-kind item 6. To explore a mysterious place Keep) mines that leads to an interdimensional labyrinth.
7. Vat Grown Assassin 7. Special destiny 7. To uncover a hidden truth 16. Destroy an ancient artifact containing the core 16. A primitive species discovers a powerful
8. Priest 8. Unique perspective 8. To locate a lost thing of a corrupt AI (The Prince of Darkness) artifact that sways alien armies to their service.
9. Doctor 9. Hidden knowledge 9. To kill a hated foe 17. Hunt down and destroy a shapeshifting 17. A band of mercenaries starts a war between
10. Prostitute 10. Psionic awareness 10. To conquer a faraway land monster released from an ancient buried vessel two feuding cities.
11. Fashionista 11. Abnormal parentage 11. To cure an illness (The Thing) 18. An evil priest becomes filled with terrible
12. Militia Soldier 12. Political leverage 12. To craft a masterwork 18. Kill the gang of assassins who left you for dead power and unleashes charismatic cultists across
13. Banker 13. A tie to an evil alien 13. To survive just one more day (Kill Bill) the system.
14. Black Market Chemist 14. A secret 14. To earn affection 19. Kidnap or rescue an unborn heir (The Way of 19. A fallen soldier’s father frames local
15. Cyborg drudge 15. True love 15. To prove a point the Gun) adventurers, while allying with rogue spacers to
16. Hydroponicist 16. An innocent heart 16. To be the best 20. Steal an artifact from the most powerful bank seize control of the government.
17. Experimental Scientist 17. A plan for the perfect crime 17. To heal an old wound in the system (Heat) 20. Recent resource extraction upsets a hive of
18. Bounty Hunter 18. A one-way ticket to paradise 18. To extinguish an evil forever gaseous aliens and their powerful overmind
19. Corporate Salary Man 19. A mysterious ore 19. To hide from a shameful fact queen.
20. Robot Servant 20. Money, money, money 20. To evangelize

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Adventure Locations Environmental Effects Defenses Hostile Humanoids

1. A network of unnatural caves beneath an ancient abandoned city. 1. An unbreathable atmosphere 1. Bio-toxin flechettes 1. Hunter Killer Drones
2. A corpse strewn battlefield 2. Massive storm interference disrupts coms 2. Nanofilament razor wire 2. Salamandri Slavers
3. A planet about to be consumed by its dying sun 3. Acid dripping from the ceiling burns creatures 3. Laser turrets 3. Black-Void Spacers
4. A now desert world that once held a thriving civilization 4. Thick fog makes it difficult to see at range 4. Remote controlled airlocks 4. Precursor Sentinels
5. An experimental facility caught in a time loop 5. Quaking ground threatens to split apart 5. Oxygen cutoff switch 5. Klingan Blood Warriors
6. A rogue scientist’s well guarded laboratory 6. Hallucinogenic gas turns people against one another 6. Explosive mines 6. Infected Colonists
7. An alien maze on a strangely empty, earthlike world 7. Superheated steam shoots from broken pipes 7. Crushing Walls 7. Tauran Ogroids
8. The battle scarred ruins of a space station 8. Razor hail shreds anything left outside 8. Acidic fog 8. Vampire Cultists
9. Perilous catwalks beneath a cloud city 9. Portals vomit forth hordes of minions 9. Self destructing computers 9. Synth Doppelgangers
10. A moon being converted into a battle station 10. Chattering psychic voices fill creatures with bloodlust 10. Electrical charge 10. The Blessed of X’nthas
11. Ancient catacombs in a mound shaped like a humanoid face 11. Time dilations cause disorientation 11. Laser trip wires 11. Degenerates
12. The derelict ship of a lost colony 12. Toxic mold spores limit healing 12. Heat sensing sticky bombs 12. Centarid Inquisitors
13. The lost temple of a forgotten religious order 13. Arcing electricity jumps from exposed circuits 13. Deconstructing Nano-swarms 13. Imperial investigators
14. A terraforming operation left to run wild 14. Electromagnetic pulse shuts down electronics 14. Blinding flash 14. Space Pirates
15. A shimmering gate open to an unknown galaxy 15. Low friction coating causes the floor to be super slippery 15. Deafening Blast 15. Cyborg Rebels
16. The remains of a city buried under kilometers of ice 16. Superchilled air damages those unprepared 16. Rancor pit trap 16. Corp. Mercenaries
17. A hidden ecosystem deep in a network of barren canyons 17. Crushing walls close in 17. Flame pipes 17. Vat-Grown Assassins
18. A space station orbiting a star about to go nova 18. Clouds of nanobots strip exposed biomass to the bone 18. Bio-mesh net traps 18. Bounty Hunters
19. A science outpost on a drifting asteroid 19. The gravity field cuts out. We all float. 19. Counter hacker invasive response 19. Eternal Great Ones
20. An empty city that blurs the line between biology and technology 20. High pressure tanks threaten to explode 20. Super High Gravity field 20. The AO Being

Alien Environments Powerful Artifacts Loot Hostile Aliens

1. Glass extrudes in strange spindles from steaming, sulfurous holes. 1. Ancient datacore from before the time of the great expansion 1. Loaded credit chip 1. Fangtooth Lizard-rats
Rings with faint, crystalline resonance 2. Sealed cylinder containing the last sample of an alien bioweapon 2. Digital Currency Cube 2. Plague shard crystals
2. Glittering, high gravity asteroids, dangerous but beautiful. 3. The lost jewelled scepter of the slaver queen Amol-Amok 3. Mini lockbox of gems 3. Smoke hoppers
3. Rolling hills made up of powdery, white chalk. Preserves anything 4. A whispering eye of black alloy that speaks dark prophecy 4. A spool of monofilament fibre 4. Bone crawlers
buried within indefinitely. 5. The pistol used to assassinate the last Hegemon 5. A high end com-set 5. Infiltration Fungus
4. Super fertile soil, everything here grows in rampant abundance. 6. An alien monolith describing a familiar cluster but with 8 planets 6. A master-crafted weapon 6. The black lichen
5. Plants crowd in on all living things making the way impassable. instead of 7 7. Spytech armored clothing 7. Heart root
6. Rocks and strange plants float bob in air at waist height. 7. A cryopod containing the preserved body of an infected child 8. A holo-cube packed with old 8. Slipskin Stranglers
7. Bleeding cliffs; crimson ichor oozing from and down the rocks. 8. A translucent crystal that reflects its bearer’s wildest ambitions content 9. Stygian Stingbirds
8. Giant “snowflakes” that shrivel and harden when they touch earth. 9. A precocious child with a strange and powerful gift 9. System map with marked caches 10. Canid Ripperbacks
9. Floating islands that move with a will of their own. 10. An indestructible datastick containing a deadly computer virus 10. Ceremonial Weapons 11. Psychspawn
10. Iridescent mists that swoop and swirl like clouds of swallows. 11. A pocket sized portal leading to a strange alien world 11. Multi-spectrum remote viewer 12. Slimmerian Crawlers
11. Sentient forests of spindly trees slowly migrate across the plain. 12. A beacon that summons The Hunger from the Void 12. Universal (mis)translator 13. Looter’s Bane Ooze
12. Howling, electrostatic wind that blocks all sound and electronics. 13. A pulsing sphere that holds the souls of an extinct race 13. Neuralitic death wand 14. Carnivorous Mimics
13. Cobalt fungi oozing moisture in otherwise barren badlands. 14. A courier whose brain implant holds an empire toppling secret 14. Symbiote Armor 15. Blood slime
14. Flammable gas jets releasing randomly in a sulphurous swamp. 15. A priceless alien mineral that leaves destruction in its wake 15. Disguise module 16. Indomitus Saurian
15. Stinking black puddles quickly corrode inorganic material. 16. An transplanar prison wound within a loop of golden thread 16. Spice sticks 17. The Spool
16. Fossilized tracks of massive creatures criss-cross the landscape. 17. An lost burial chamber featuring an ancient resurrection cradle 17. A data-jack loaded with corp 18. Malevolent cloud
17. Mysterious canyons slashed kilometers deep into the planet. 18. The last viable seed of the world tree secrets 19. Thing from the Black
18. Three suns hovering over the horizon create a perpetual sunset. 19. A tiny robot containing the preserved mind of a mad genius 18. Synthetic health paste 20. Giant Asteroid Worm
19. A beach littered with seashells the size of houses. Not all empty. 20. A bejewelled human skull a million years predating the first 19. Schematic for an unknown device

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20. Salt rainforest. Looks like a winter scene; strangely tasty. great terran expansion 20. Illegal ammo mods

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