Etiology

Game Overview

Description

An Eclipse Phase Second Edition game focused on the adventures of a poorly-supported team of gatecrashers searching for information about the exsurgent virus and the ETI.

Useful Links

• Recruitment Thread
• OOC Thread
• IC Thread
• Blank Character Template

Characters

Character	Muse	Player	Damage Taken	Wounds Taken	Stress Taken	Traumas Taken	Insight	Moxie	Vigor	Flex
Lunette		Cannonball					2/2	0/0	1/1	3/3
Cavani Hobbs	Thomas the Tiger	QuZi					1/1	0/0	2/2	2/2
Kaisen	Jacques Cousteau	Nate_MI					2/2	1/1	0/0	1/1
Flipper	Skipper of Otters	TigerWolfe					1/1	1/1	1/1	2/2
Sofia	Morgan Freeman	Lysus					2/2	4/4	1/1	1/1
Iota		MrPrim
[ ]		Corlan

Current Crash Information

Destination

• Moravec
  • Type: Terrestrial
  • Gravity: 1.09 g
  • Atmospheric Pressure: 0.9 atm
  • Atmospheric Composition: Breathable only with proper equipment
  • Mean Temperature: 17 C
  • Gate Access: Pandora

Moravec’s original claim to fame is its triple punch of tolerable environment for colonization, abundant marine life for biological research, and interesting dead civilization ruins for xenoarcheologists. In conjunction with numerous partners, from hypercorp concerns to autonomist initiatives, Gatekeeper has overseen the growth of several small colonies here, including two undersea ones focused on marine studies. Likewise, several archeological digs are busy unearthing and studying what they can of Moravecian life and culture. Rather than expanding outwards into their own star system, as transhumanity did, the Moravecians turned inward, uploading themselves en masse and pursuing a future as a digital civilization. [OOC Note: taken from the Gatecrashing supplement. I'm starting with the information in that book as a base and expanding on it in the actual mission.]

Mission Objectives

Locate and access the central node of the Moravecian digital repository. Search for information regarding the Moravecian experience with the exsurgent virus, and if/how the digital repository is protected against it.

The Panel

The Panel is the consortium of scientists who are working with the PCs to investigate the insurgent virus through targeted gatecrashing missions. The Panel (at least at the outset) handles mission selection, funding, and deep research, with the PCs responsible for field operations.

The members of the Panel are:

• Jackleg
  • Nothing in Jackleg's public biography indicates any formal education. Or much of anything, really, before the fall. She has certainly made a name after, however, being a leading Reclaimer voice in the scientific community.
  • Positive Rumor - Jackleg has some deep ties to the JASON projects, which is why she's cagey about her past. This is where she gets a great deal of her knowledge and resources.
  • Negative Rumor - Jackleg is a Jovian plant on the Panel. It would explain why she wears a flat morph.

• Dr. Ghulam Nyazik
  • Dr. Nyazik was one of Earth's premiere virologists before the Fall. His reputation got him out of cold storage and into a well-regarded position working on Titan.
  • Positive Rumor - Dr. Nyazik isn't in support of the gatecrashing program because he needs to learn about a vaccine for the exsurgent virus. He's in support of the program because he needs to confirm what he already knows.
  • Negative Rumor - Dr. Nyazik did not, in fact, make it off earth. At least, not whole. He was evacuated well into the Fall from a heavily TITAN-infested area. Who knows what's actually living in his stack?

• (Cannonball's)

• (Lysus's)

• (Nate_MI's)

• (MrPrim's)

• (QuZi's)

• (TigerWolfe's)

• (Corlan's)

Past Crash Information

• None Yet

Houserules

• Initiative will be by team, not by individual