Hope I'm not hijacking your campaign. It's been so long that I've written anything or ran my own game circle, my mind is springing ideas.

The ex-marine is hired to protect the woman who is really an alien spy who hides her true form by creating illusions in the minds of others. They hire a droid to pilot the ship through uncharted space, or a sort of galactic Bermuda Triangle, in order to evade the woman's enemy or enemies.

Does her telepathy affect how the droid sees her? Do any of her powers affect the droid? Does the droid even care what she looks like? Will you report her to the marine?

When the marine discovers her true form, will he even care? A job's a job and the check cleared. What if the check bounces? Will the marine betray her for a reward?

Is this all an elaborate ruse by the alien to get close to the droid so she can reveal the conspiracy, assassinate him, protect him, blackmail the universe, or simply satisfy her own curiosity?

Is the enemy a racial enemy? Is he after the spy because she has knowledge or perhaps a keepsake of his? Does he know about the droid? Maybe the marine killed the enemy's son in battle and he wants revenge.

Maybe the spy or her race was responsible for bad relations between the enemy's race and the humans. She's back to finish the job. She needs the droid's secret to ignite full-scale war that will weaken, perhaps destroy the enemy and the humans.

i dont follow...

Scorpius is an ultimate villain. John's dismal of Scorpius makes John and at the same-time Scorpy existential badasses!

The connection is everyone wants to get somewhere. They agree to join because they have ulterior motives. Turns out, those motives turn into opportunities. Do they use each other to advance? Or do they stick it out for a larger prize? Then again. do they all sit at the table and share wishy-washy.

Obviously, there are going to be long-term rivalries with a spy and a secret to protect. I picture this culminating into an epic showdown. Like the end of The Hobbit, when the humans, elves, dwarves, and orcs all take to the battlefield to claim Smaug's treasure.

Many opportunities for first contact. You have potential to form alliances or make enemies. Or simply lay waste to entire civilizations. During one of my campaigns, the players decided that they would take over a low tech world. Which really put a stop to the action. Should yours decide to do same, introduce a killer virus or an impending invasion to get them moving again.

The Atomic Punk said

Though I haven't hosted a GURPS campaign for... some time, it is my favorite RPG system. My mecha-verse is an American-style space opera. My meta-verse is comprised largely of my GURPS Supers and Champions characters.

As for the space opera component, what drives the story? Inter-galactic intrigue? Epic world-destroying battles? Individual universe-saving heroics? Fantastic inventions without the technobabble? These are all found in "Farscape."

Are humans the only race? Are they genetically-modified or cyber-enhanced? If there are aliens, are they superior or inferior? Are they equals to, the masters of or slaves to humans? Is that Kleexoblotz with the seven hetero-chromatic eyes and single triple-jointed leg truly alien or merely a human being in a costume?

Many space operas have elements of classic literature, mythology, and folklore in them. Regardless of the genre, I have found that "opera" style campaigns fall into two general timelines. The first builds itself into a history. Either from the founding of an empire or a rule in decline that has a rich history. "Dune" is a perfect example.

The second category starts in the middle of the action - usually a war or rebellion. History is written as events unfold. References to ancient treaties, battles, even marriages are mentioned to explain circumstances. At times, these "hidden histories" drive the campaign's direction. Examples include "Star Trek," "Babylon 5," and many anime storylines.

Check out donjon's Fractal World Generator for planet and solar system ideas.

I have countless campaign and scenario ideas. More than willing to brainstorm or help you build from your foundation.

Thanks, bub! Yeah i absolutely LOVE Farscape. That and Firefly are two of the best space shows ever! since I am in the process of watching all the Farscape episodes on netflix my game will be hugely influenced by it. It will take place in sort of a wild "uncharted territories" kinda place. I really want to evoke the "wilderness" aspect of it. since the players dont know these places it will be easier to assume the "characters" dont know these places. tons of aliens. one of the players is gonna be a cthulu-esque undercover agent. using telepathy to hide her true form and purpose. another is a former space marine that was dumped like all the rest when the war ended. (cept he really killed his commander). the third is gonna be a robot that has vital data in his head that he cant access that will be key to some conspiracy. So I have starting point.

As for the space opera component, what drives the story? Inter-galactic intrigue? Epic world-destroying battles? Individual universe-saving heroics? Fantastic inventions without the technobabble? These are all found in "Farscape."

Are humans the only race? Are they genetically-modified or cyber-enhanced? If there are aliens, are they superior or inferior? Are they equals to, the masters of or slaves to humans? Is that Kleexoblotz with the seven hetero-chromatic eyes and single triple-jointed leg truly alien or merely a human being in a costume?

Many space operas have elements of classic literature, mythology, and folklore in them. Regardless of the genre, I have found that "opera" style campaigns fall into two general timelines. The first builds itself into a history. Either from the founding of an empire or a rule in decline that has a rich history. "Dune" is a perfect example.

The second category starts in the middle of the action - usually a war or rebellion. History is written as events unfold. References to ancient treaties, battles, even marriages are mentioned to explain circumstances. At times, these "hidden histories" drive the campaign's direction. Examples include "Star Trek," "Babylon 5," and many anime storylines.

Check out donjon's Fractal World Generator for planet and solar system ideas.

I have countless campaign and scenario ideas. More than willing to brainstorm or help you build from your foundation.

Me in my chainmail with my swords, french war sword on back and mini cutlass on the right, also showing my sugar loaf helmet and norse shield I'm making.

my eventual plans involve using the chainmail to create a norse raider, a saxon warrior (or norman depending on my mood) and a 13th century knight (think second crusades).

I'll try and find reference pictures so you guys can see what I am talking about.

Frankenstein's monster

"sexbot" costume for my gf at the time. it played music

Watchmen

Wolverine

(please note my beer)

Wolfman

I can hardly look at it now without cringing, it is truly a terrible set of fantasy armor but it still is one of my favorites.

I've enjoyed costumes my whole life, really, I can probably find the pictures my family has of my early attempts...but I will spare you the pain.

This is one of my earliest pictures of me in a costume, please note that it is a costume I put together without any parental help (besides money):
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as you can see it is rather old. I think I might have been seven when that was taken.

This is a more recent one, a mere three years old, and it is also the first costume I built.
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the Proton-pack is actually a lot better then the picture shows. It has flashing lights on the top, and a glowing Ghost symbol on the back. it also has one of the 'ray guns' that had a bunch of lazerpointers and a LED in it. But it is being rebuilt, that Halloween downpoured and kinda destroyed it.

Thats where I'm going to leave off for now, since I need to undig the rest of my pictures from god knows where.

I am also currently building a outfit for a ren faire and a Larp society, which is why I put this in the Gamers Corner.

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