My name is Adam and I am dead. - Exostellar 1-shot

The message comes from Persei 19 station on a nearby moon. It is a small mining station which houses about 3000 people. From all accounts, it has seen better days. Most of its technology was obsolete decades ago. Doesn't stop the corp from trying to make a buck, though. Mining operations are still on-going. Somehow.

Why was this message sent to you? Maybe Adam, whoever he is, figures you're just as desperate as he is. He'd be right. Things haven't been going so well. Your ship's lease is coming due, and while clients are as sparse as the stars, your debts are as heavy as a black hole. But the message comes with an offer to hire a group of independent investigators. Anyone with valid spacer credentials is legally qualified to apply. That's you.

And even better, It's funded by the Public Teamsters' Union. They're offering 5kcr upfront with another 10kcr on completion. That's enough to keep you afloat for at least another few months. Better than anything in the stack of contract offers you've been putting together.

One additional note:

There are four character archetypes in Exostellar: Flight Officer, Android, Scientist, and Engineer. Please let me know which you'd like to play so we don't end up duplicating concepts.

I actually just got myself some time to figure out what @Adam is up to now 😅

I don’t know the system though but I’ll just go with the flow. I don’t think I have done a scientist in ages 🧑‍🔬

I've invited you. It's new to me too. Even though I've read through it several times, I've never run it.

I am often described as a soulless but soul seeking robot.

I'll be your android, named Seth.

A Weyland-Yutani "Nexus 6"

Oh eh! I'm not dead! I've just been busy.

(I was a little surprised to be @'ed in this.)

You failed to quote Sir Terry Pratchett's "I aten't dead"

Seth:


"It is alright my little friend. You may shelter in my warmth."

Seth's first core memory was a cat. Whom it met the day he escaped from Weyland-Yutani. It named her "Theodore." It also smuggled Theodore in wherever It ends up. It is very protective of Theodore and likely steals rations to feed her.

Most of Seth's memories are just code that Weyland-Yutani uaed to make the Nexus-6 Replicant integrate more seamlessly with its coworkers. While It is virtually indistinguishable from a human, Its lack of empathy set it apart in a bad way. That It thinks It is human works to Its detriment as the majority of people will realize how inhuman It is given time.

Seth is on lease as an "Aneutronic Fusion Specialist - Kappa Class" It knows the procedure to arm and disarm all commercially available fusion assemblies. Perform routine maintenance of the reactor, perform fuel pellet swaps, given adequate materials and time it could in assemble one.

Hobbies:
Cultivating Fungal Spore

Religious Preference:
Zen Buddhism

That could work. I'd like to have at least one more to start, but it could work with two.

If you need a third, I can be an Engineer.

@alepous - Sent you an invite

Do we have a dedicated subforum?