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6

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rcnTnAYrLtER

RECRUITING ORPARADISE

Introduction

Thisadventure

akes

place

on

ths

planet

Roup

in the ReginaSubseclor

f ths SpinwardMarches

(20o7-c77A9A9-7,

Hi

In

Wa, A323tm,

F9 V).

Alternatively,t coulcl

be

played

on

anolher

high

population

world with a few adaptations,

hough

such a world should be sutfering he ills

of

massiveoverpopulation. or additionalnforma-

tionon Roupsee

Fooclrunner"

n

JTASVol.2.

The

adventures

written o allowextensive se

ot lnterpersonal

nd similar skills.Getling

the

player

characterso

Roup s elt to

the

clevices l

the

players

and/or he

referee.

The

World

Of

Roup

Roup is a

water coveredworld with

a

tainted

atmospher.

he only ancl

masses rs he

paks

ol an extensive

nderwalermountain

ange.Built

upon these

peaks

are

he

citieswhichhouse

hs

teemino

masses

ot

the

planet's

billions

of

citizens.

The

atmosDheric

ainl s a

substancahat s a

moderate irritant to human lungs. However,

longtime

citizens ave adapted

o

the

substance

and

c,onot

require iltermasks,

hough

visitors

o

the

planet

do require

them. Most

port

anct

government

buildings contain

atmospheric

'scrubbers"

to

filter h e air,so filter

masksare

not

requirecl

n such

places.

The

people

of

Roup are currently

uflering

from food and

medicinal shorlages

(virtuaily

atl

needs are

not being

met,

but

these wo are

ife

threatening)

brought

on

bi,

the

shipping

coll?pse

that resulted

lrom ths

vilani

megacorporats

consolidation

o Vland-

Because

of

the despe-

rationot

the

people,

an

oppositionorganization

calling tself

he United

People'sFront

has

gained

enoughsupport o challengehe eadership t the

planet's

lictator, ho

is simply eferrect

o as th

'Leader.'

Ths U PF has

continually

alledon thB

Leader o

stepdown

ancl llow

a

new

government

into

power

-

the new

govefnment

being tho UPF

leacters.

Th8 UPF

has successfully

muggled

weapons

anct

explosivss

nto the

plant.

As

ths

UPF

s argely

made

up

of

radicals nct xtremists,

it is

teared o

just

what

extreme

hey

wilt

go

to in

their

stated

goal

to

reducs

the

population

of

Roup.

Arrival

Aftor

the PCs land

their

vgsselat

the

small,

open

field

port

and while

they tend to

the

business

which

brought hem o Roup thsymay

very well be transporting

uxury fooctstuffs)

hey

observe he current ituati on

n

Rouo.

Massivs

numborsof

pgople

ar to bo

seen everywhere.

Much of the

populacs

obviously ives n dismal

poverty.

Many

ivs

n

ths

streets. hs

effects

ol

hungerand disease ro

visibly

prevalent,

spe-

cially

among

he sueet

people,

and depression

and desperation re easily ead n their taces.

Quarreling

nd fightingar8 ampant, nd

police,

who actively

atrol

n

groups

of no less han

our

lroopers,

sspondharshly o oulbreaks f

vio-

lence

with

liberalapplication l clubs

ancl

stun

batons.

Conversation ith citizens eveals

hat the

people

ot Rouphavs acedserious

hortages f

tood andmeclicalupplies.While he

world's

ood

naedsare

provided

or by

processing

he

plentilul

sea life

into food concentrates,he continuing

civil war has

resultecl n serious deficiencies n

shipping olume o Roup,

primarily

ue

to the

shipping ollaps

rought

n by he

pullout

f the

thrse Vilani

megacorporations.

he

lack of

sufficient hipping as resultedn an inabi lity o

mechanicallymaintain

ood

processingplants

and distribution

networks.

Food supplies are

oftsn short of adequate

nd exportsof emer-

gency

alions o ths

Regina ubsectorNavyhave

dwindlec,

o nothing.

Rumors

The rumorsbelow shoulcl

e o resgnted n a

way hat

hey

are

ndicative f

the

evel f

fearand

despair mong

he

poor

masses.

1.

The

government

s

preparing

a

plan

to

torcetully terilizshe

poorer

lasses

t citizens.

2.

hstead

of

cremating he deceased, he

government

has sgcretly

begun

processing

arge

numbers

f

corpses

nto

ood concentrates.

3.

Ths

UnitedPsople's ront,

he onlyhopeot

many

ol

the

poor,

has

becoms a force to bs

reckoned

with.

But

now, influential

eople

who

have spoke n out

in support ol the

UPF are

clisappearing.

4. Radicals

re abctucting

oung

women off

the

strests

and

forcetully

teritizinghem before

raleasing hem.

5. The

government

s

secretly

inancing nd

aclvising rac,ical

movmont

hat is murdering

elcterly

nd

nvalid

itizens.

6. Luxury

oodstufts rBbing

secretly

mpor-

tecl by the

upper classes

by

way the

lmperial

ScoutBase.

James

B.

King

Perfect

For The

Job

The

PCs

are approached

by an attracti

red-hairecl

oman, BeverlyWarren,

who intro

duces

herselt

s

a representative

t the

Branste

ter

Foundation,

n

organization

peratingacros

much

ot the Marches and heactauar tered

n

Regina.

he

oundationwofts to

assistdevelop

ing worlds in de aling with unique difficultie

involving their environments.

The foundatio

maintains fficeson Rouounder

contractwith h

government

o assist

hem in clealing

primar

with he

problem

of massive vercrowding.

Mis

Warren

offers

the

group

employment

in a

operation o relocate ff

planet

a argenumber

o

people.

The

group

are obviously

well travele

and,more mportantly,

romoff

planet.

Miss

Warrenwants he

group

to

recruit abo

colonistsamong

he

poor

ancl he homelesso

the streets

to

go

to

Treece, in

the Lan

Subsector,

where

they will work

in minin

complexes

ownecl

by Monteilh Mining an

Resource Co., which is largely

owned b

Strnmetal orizons, IC who, ncidentally,s h

contractorwho installec,

he food

processin

plants

n

Roup).

The oundationwill

pay

eachP

cr100

per

day

plus

a bonus

of

Crlo

for

eac

laborer

18

or

older

signed up by contra ct.Th

specifcs

ol

the

ecruiting

ontract re

be[ow:

1.

Laborers and family members

will b

transporteclree ot chargeby

sub-middle

pas

sage

(aboard

decommissionecl

military

trans

ports)

to

Hyrkas,a

small

planet

n

the Treec

svstpm

which s

ownpdbv

MOntBilh.

2. All family membersage 18 or

older

mus

agre to a labor term of ten

years

(necessa

becauseof the exhorbitant osts ot transpo

tation o

the

planet

ndsetting

p

householcls).

3. Insteacl f a wage, all domestic neecls,o

inclucle

ood, housing,medical,

c,ucational,hi

care, lothing, nd

entertainment ill

be

provicl

forall amily

members.

4.Uponcompletion

f

labor erm,each abor

will

receive

everance

ay

of Cr25,000

lus

on

freemiddle

passage.

Miss Warren informs the PCs

that th

foundation is

wofiing

with

Monteilh

to

provid

wofi ancla higher

quality

of life or about 300,00

laborage citizens f Roup.With he amilies, he

expect to move

750,000

people.

f the

playe

express

uspicion bout he contract, he

show

thg

PCs seemingly

endless

photos

of starvin

emaciated

eople,

manyof them

young

childre

near dsad elcterly

eople

ust

lying n the

stree

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youngpeople

murclered

or a

mouthfulof

food.

"Now

tell

me this

contract sn't helping hese

people,"

he

says

sternly.

Miss

Warren

provides

he PCswith

contracts

andbrochures

o

hancl

o

prospectivs

olonists.

when contracts

re signed, he family

has up to

three clays before they

must report to

the

foundation's

ffices or

preparation

or transpor-

tation.

The brochure outs

the

benetits

rovided

to

families

which

will makeHyrkas

appear s a

paradise

o the dssperato

masses

ol Roup.Miss

warrenstrongly

suggests hat the

Pcs

claim

o

havebeen

to Monteilh'scomplexes

on Hyrkas

and vouch for

the accuracy of

the

btochurs.

Smiling, hs nodds

hor head

and states,

Yes,

t

may be tell ing

a lie, but

your

recruitment ill be

moreeffective,

nd

in

the

end

you,

Branstettsr,

andMonteilh

will bs

abls to help morg ot

these

poor

unfortunate

eople."

Recruiting

For Paradise

The

PCsare

ust

one

group

of many

who have

been

hirsd by Miss

warren. As th8

Pcs

go

out

eachclay,

havs each

player

ofl

the

tollowing ask

oncgper hour spent recruitingo determine he

level

t their uccess:

Todelermine

ecruitment

uccess:

Simple,

ecruiting

/Persuasion, nt,

absolute-'l

hr

unskil led

K) .

Referee.'

f the task

roll is successful, the

task

result

including

DMs) is

lhe

actuat

number

ot

contracts

illed out and signed.

On Exceptional

Success,

ultiply he ask esult y

two.A mishap

indicates

hat the recruiter

has angered

a

prospective

ontractee.

he

rferee hould

ole-

play

uch

ncidents s

desired.

Recruiting ncounters

Below are

three

encounters.

pply them in

orc,er, ne

each

day.

Youmaywish o apply

other

encounters

as

well,

such as

strset

thugs who

intend o

rob hs

characters

r he

daily

ood

truck

that

clrops

ts oad n the

streets, reating

virtual

war

zon

as

peopl

struggle o

gt

heirshare.

1. Ths Stawing Family: A youngmother

with three children. ll under ive

years

old

and

one

only a small

nfant,approaches

hs

group

with

her

childrenn tow,

ctrarvno ths PCsby

their

dress

and

he

act

that

hywear iltrmasks, s

they

arsobviously rom off

planet.

hewoman s

rather mallish,

ith ong blackhair,and s

pretty,

though dirty.

She would likely

b

a

beautiful

woman t shedidnot bear he

scars

f

hunger

nd

want.

She and her childrsnare

drgssecln filthy,

tattered loths.They are beginning

o show

he

grim

signs f malnourishment:xhaustion,

oss

of

bulk,

and

hinning rms

and

egs.

Theyallstaroat

the

PCs

hrough lighlly

ulging, esperate

yes.

"Plase,

irs.

Plsass,will

you

hlp us?" she

pleads,

eaching nempty, rembling andout to

them,holding

he bleary

nfant

n

the other.

w

haven'leaten

well or so

long.

The rucks

come

throughevery

clay

ctropping ood

in the street,but

I

can't

-"

The woman'svoice starts o

tremble,

and

ars

loocl

her

syes.

l'm

alone.My husband

is

gone.

we hav to fight with the street

peopls

for

evBry crapof tood.

iust

can't

get

enough o

leed my chil-" Hervoice alters.

ereyeswiden,

her ace wistd y despair.n

a voicowracked y

anguish, hs cries,

My

children re

starving

nd

can't

stop

t

from

happening

leaso,

lease

elp

us "

The

players

shoulctbe moved

to aid this

particularly

eedy

family. Even

if

she

signs a

contract,

he family has immediateneeds.

How

they choose to help should

be left up to the

players.

2- The Terlorast: During heir ecruit ing,he

PCs approachclose to a chemical

processing

plant

which akes n highly oxic chemicalwastes

whichare

generated

y the operation l

the ood

processing

lants.

The wastes

are

solidified

hen

fused

nsideblocksof

glass.

The blocksare hen

safelystored n containment acilities

ncler he

ocsan's uflace.

The

PCs hear a commotion somewherg

behincl hem. Several

eople

are

yelling.

As thg

PCswatch,a man

runs

oward hem, chasecl y

saveralarmecl

police

troopers.Just

before

the

pursued

man reaches

them, the

iacket

he's

wearingopens up

to

reveal a hefty amount of

explosives

trappscto

his body. At that

moment

fully

automaticweapons

ire

pelts

hs area

where

the

troopers are,

striking wo of them

down.

Whoever

is

pulling

the

Viggor

is not at all

concernedabout ths inn ocentbystandrs,and

nineother

persons

restruckby the wild

ire.

The

crowded

stleet erupts

n

chaos as screaming

shouting

pooplg

attempt to escaps

from the

sluglhrowers.Many

peoplB

ars knocked

o th9

ground

and trampld, some suffering serious

injuries.The

players

should be caught in this

onslaughtof bodiss. Have

them roll

a task to

avoict

eing nocked own

and

rampled-

Hopsfully he

PCs ntercede

o

apprehencl

he

man

carrying hs

explosives.

t

they clo,

makg

a

big

deal

out

of

the man's fighting o

reach

he

smallbox attached o his

belt.

t the PCs et the

man

pass,

an

entorcer

gets

oft a lucky

shot

anc

drops he manonly

twentymeters

rom

he

outer

wall to th chemical processing plant. lhe

woundadman rsachos o

ths

box on his belt anc

the

whole

block s rockedby a massive

xplosion

(you

may wish

to expose the

PCs

to

possibls

iniury

rom debris).At least a dozen

people

are

killedand

four times

hat

many arg njured

rom

the

blast.

As

therearemanywounclecl

ersons,

he

Pcs

may choose o

apply meclical

kills

n

their care

They will hear much conversation

aboul

the

amount

ol

"toxic

wastes hat

woulcl

have

been

thrown nto he air

f

the

terrorists

ad

succeeded

-

why,

here's o

ell ing owmany

people

would

have ied "

The

errorist

unman

escapes, lipping way n

theconlusion.

3-

The Old Woman:

Up

to this

point,

he

players

should have been impressed

ust

how

desperateife

has becomeon

Roup,especial

for the

poor.

Though they may have

been

suspicious

of the co ntract, they shoul d now

believe hat t

has o be better hanwhat

he

ooor

now suffer.

This encounler will shatter

that

assumption.

On he

hirdday,

an

older

woman

who wearsa

badge hat ctentities

er as a socialwofier stops

to

listen

o what

the Pcs are saying

o some

prospective

olonists.

"How

dare

you

take

advantage

of these

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people "

she

cries

suddenly.

How

clare

ou

lie

and mislead hem

've been

on

Hykas.

I

served

ten

years

of

virtual

slavery

n

Monteilh'sminesl"

People

quicklygather

around.Soon hundreds f

people

are istening o th woman.

l

signed his

same contractwhen I lived

on Enooe.we

wera

poor.

Theyclaimed

hey were

helping

s.8ah

My

husbanc,

ctied there. My two childrenare still

slavingaway hers n unsafewofting conditions,

working ourteenhours a day,

ten

days straight

bgfore

hey

get

iust

one day

off.

oh

sure,

hey

provide

all these things they

claim

to, but

just

barely.what

they

don't

point

out

is

that,

when

your

children

urn 18, heystop

providing

or

hem

-

nothing, nol even food. And sinc

aborers

clon't

get

an a ctual wage, they can 't

get

their

children ff Hyftas ancl ut of Monteilh's lutchs.

Theironly choice

s

to

sign

a ten

year

contract."

The

woman

thrusts an accusing inger

at

th

recruiters,

glaring

vehemently

at them.

"That's

how lhey're

helping'

you.

Don'l let

them

do it

Don't et hem akeadvantage f

you "

The

crowd erupls.

The

word s

quickly

pread

and within minules thousands of people are

riot ing.

n

tens

of minutes

ens

of thousands

re

rioting

and

ooting.

Armored

police

roopers urn

out

to

combat

he

rioters /ith iveammunition s

the violence ontinues o escalate.

The

PCs will certainlywant to

get

off the

streats.Wherevert s they

go,

the referee houid

apply

several asks

lo

avoid violence on the

street,

as

the recruiters

may verywell be attacked

by angry

cilizens.t may be veryeffeclivo o have

them witness the brutal murder ot

another

recruitingeam

by overzealoustreet

eople.

Before he

PCs

get

to wherever t is lhey're

going,

they

are

intercepted

by

police.

Al l

otflr/orlders are being

escorted

(by

force if

necessary)

o a military ase or theirown satety.

The

port

is

a bloody battleg round and is

completely sealed

off due

to

the

assault

of

enraged

radicals. t

quickly

becomes

apparent

that

the

UPF has chosen his

moment o

rise n

rebellion, omenting he

alreadyenragedstreet

cilizenso rise

up

anddestroy

he

government.

Mediators

Of Crisis

Several

hours

after

lhe PCs

arrive

at

lhs

base,

they

are

escorted

to

an oftice comolex and

ushered

into

a large

but austere conference

room. Already seated at the table

is

Beverly

warren

plus

two men who Miss Warren ntro-

duces as Mr. Panerioand Mr. Gust. Panerio

s

Monteilh'sop liaison n Roup.He s

quiteyoung

and has a rather

pompous

anctself-important

attitude.

Gust,an agingman, s

ths

Director f

tha

Deot. of Health and Welfare.He is not at

al l

pleased

by the events

hat

have ranspirecl. e

tries to shitt all responsibilityo Branstetterand

Monteilh, srbally ccusi nghemol th9

reachery

that

has

caused he rioting, ut Panerio

allously

remindsGust that he was well aware

of

all

the

specifcsof theoperation.

WhileBeverlyWarrenwasaware f Monteilh's

laborconc,itions,he hact onvinced erself hat

sha was stillhelping he

poor

of

Roup.

But now

she realizes

hat

the

whole ooeration

is a

loathesome

plot

against the

poor.

With

a

dejscted

expressionshe speaks

o the PCs.

"Some

moderates ithin he UPFhavecomg

to

us.Theyhave

expressec,

belief

hat

hB deals f

their

current

eadership

o

too far

-

are

too

radical.And they see

this colonization ffort

as

one worth pursuinq if lhe convact can be

negotiatedairly. f we

negotiate

fair deal, hey

will

usurp ontrolof the UPFand

stop

omenting

revoll.

t

is he

streei

poople

who wil;suffer f they

do not."

A ookof

pleading

ndsorrow

louds

hel

face.

what

w.,,

id

was

wrong.

urelyw

owe

t to

thesB

eoplo

o offer

hem

a real ife a

tutrire

or

theirarnil ies "

Panerio lashesMiss

Warren a

quick glare,

then

settles

his

stern

gaze

on the PCs.

We

are

willing o negotia te. owever, heseUPFS

efuse

to negotiate

direcllywith representativesrom

Bransletter,Monteilh,or the

government."

He

points

his fingerat the

Pcs.

"You

will

negotiate

between us. They claim they

hav

a list of

demands.W

willstart here."

The PCsaredirectecl

o

an

office

down

a

hall

where

hey

ind hree

menwaiting or

them.They

arg Mr. Veldman.Mr. Haner,and Mr. Kobala.

Kobatawill egotiateor heUPF.

After introductions,

obata hands

the PCs'

chosenspokesman list of demands. hey arg

shown below.

Ths text

in oarenthesess Mon-

teilh's urrent

olicy.

.

No minimumermof

employment.

Ten

ea r

amploymenterm.)

.

A halfstandard

ageof cr10

per

hour

plus

severance

ay

of

Cr25,000. No wage.

severance

ay

of

cr25,000.)

.

A five day work week with

two days off .

(Te

hour

workweekwith one

day

off )

.

An eighthour work day.

(Fourteen ourwo

day

)

.

lmproved afety

practices

nd

conditions,

inspected y an outsideagency. (Limited

safetyconcerns.

No

outside

nspection.)

.

lmprovecl omesticneeds

n

the

way of

tood, housing,medical,

c,ucation,

hilcl

care,clothing, nd entertainment.

Minima

domestic eeds nly.)

.

Upon

urningeighteen,

hildren o

have he

optionol

a

free

middle

passage

o

leave h

planet.

(Children

orced nto

ten

year

contract.)

The Negotiations

Obviously,

he

PCshave heirwoft

cut out f

them.

The

irststep s

to

go

to Panerio or the i

negotiation

ask.

Take each

of the above

te

ona at a t ime.Usea separateask o hamme

deal hrough

or each.Note hateach

tem mu

be

successfully

egotiated

etweenboth

parti

l f one agreeso a dealbut

heothe ' efusest,

deal's ut

he

winctow

nd heymust

attempt

task again

with a new

deal

The Diffir,:ulty

e

shouid

efiect ow nucil

qivo

and ake he

play

use.

For

nstance,

f the the Pcs try to negotiat

wageof cr7, he taskwill be

Difficultwith Pane

but simplewithKobata.Negotiating

wageof c

wouldbe Routine

or both.

(Stats

or Panerio

Gust must be

generated.

Both should ha

Liaison kill o

be

negotiators.)

A New

Contract

Whena deal s finallyhammered hrough,

UPF leadersare

as

good

as

their

word. Th

apparently

wrest

control

of the UPF

from

t

extremistierarchynct se

heir

nf luence

o h

stop he rioting nd

ooting.Worcl

quickly

prea

that a fair ancl rewarding

contract has

be

negoliated

ncl

people

come

locking o sign

u

As t turns

ut,

recruiters

re not needed,

o t

D^c .ro r r f ^ l .

i ^h Thov ch^l r ld

h^wo\/o i

, v 9 .

| | t v ,

receivea

cash rewarct or

their mecliation,

amount o

be determined

y the ef ree.

ANARCHYBY MAIL

presents

GALACTIC.ANARCHY

A

PBM

Game of Galactic

Exploration

and Conquest.

100%

Computer Modorated.

Set-up and first

five turns

are

$10. $2.50

per

turn

afterwards.

Anarchy

By

Mail, P.O. Box

873,

Allen TX 75OO2

w

The

National

Gaming

Convention

and Exposition

July

4-7,1991

Baltimore

Convention

Center

gemco

POBox

09,Randal ls town,D

21133