In a Time of Heroes

Elements

An alien princess asking for asylum

Smuggled goods of rare fortune, small enough to slip in a pocket

An ancient temple defiled by a swarm of insect-bots, sent by a disillusioned adherent

A galaxy on the cusp of open war

Additional Elements

A neutral space station around a neutral planet on neither side of the war, orbiting the planet containing the temple, whose own neutrality, perhaps temporary, has kept the planet neutral.

Characters

The alien princess (Chris)

A smuggler (David)

A customs officer (Katie)

The disillusioned adherent (Rob)

Player Characters

[Chris] Kid Quasar, the Pipsqueak Princess a diminutive alien princess from a species that is not normally so small

Covertly d8
Directly d6
For myself d6
For others d10
With love d12
With violence d4
Everyone loves me, through tone of voice and physical appearance people want to aid me, but it requires people to see and hear me
- PCs: With love
- NPCs: Self-protection
- Far-reaching: can affect anyone who can see and hear her
- Its die is a d8
It's in Kid Quasar's best interests to...
- befriend an insect bot and have it become her trusted steed
- have the Temple Master declare for her people in the galactic war

[David] Ken Cooper, a human smuggler with a non-hidden heart of gold

Covertly d12
Directly d4
For myself d6
For others d8
With love d10
With violence d6
Technopathy, technology obeys me like a close friend thanks to my psionic gifts
- PCs: For others
- NPCs: Action
- Unique: there are no other technopaths in the galaxy
- Its die is a d8
It's in Ken Cooper's best interests to...
- prevent the war he sees coming, which he sees Kid Quasar as the best way to do
- keep his technopathy from becoming public knowledge

[Katie] Anka Tripper, a customs officer, a blobby frog-person, no-nonsense, naturally gifted at detecting lies, cranky, with a sticky tongue

Covertly d8
Directly d12
For myself d10
For others d6
With love d4
With violence d6
I can eat anything, if my tongue can reach it and it can fit in my mouth, I can eat it
- PCs: Directly
- NPCs: Action
- Potent: Its die is a d10
It's in Anka Tripper's best interests to...
- get the promotion by solving/catching a high profile case
- preserve the neutrality to prevent the war

[Rob] Isk, the Maimed and Rebuilt the disillusioned adherent, insectoid brought back from death with forbidden tech and filled with his children

Covertly d6
Directly d12
For myself d10
For others d6
With love d4
With violence d8
Unleash children, by entering into a harmonizing trance to connect with one's swarm of insect bots to assault and assail
- PCs: With violence
- NPCs: Action
- Far-reaching: his children can travel throughout his local area
- Its die is a d8
It's in Isk's best interests to...
- stop the princess from entering the temple of the Noble Mantis
- harmonize with the Technopath

Non-Player Characters

Snivil Gabbuh, the Temple Master, influential within the religion, but neutral within this conflict

Action d6, d4
Maneuvering d10, d6
Self-protection d12, d8
It's in Snivil Gabbuh's best interests to...
- preserve the independence of the Temple of the Noble Mantis

Nameless Guard, who has a crush

Action d12, d8
Maneuvering d10, d6
Self-protection d6, d4

Owe List

[David] Ken Cooper
[Chris] Kid Quasar, the Pipsqueak Princess
[Rob] Isk, the Maimed and Rebuilt
[Chris] Kid Quasar, the Pipsqueak Princess
[Chris] Kid Quasar, the Pipsqueak Princess

Oracles

Space Opera Oracle

A galaxy on the cusp of open war
An interplanetary cold war, threatening to turn hot in an instant
A runaway experiment, with strange, inexplicable powers
An ancient weapon of mass destruction, left behind by a forgotten race
An eccentric inventor, on the run from a dangerous corporate empire
A distress signal, with no apparent source
A small community of Christians, humans and alien converts, on the aliens' home planet
A blue skinned orphan fleeing an arranged marriage to her elderly tutor
Smuggled goods of rare fortune, small enough to slip in a pocket
An alien princess asking for asylum
A young fertile planet with a newly awakened consciousness
The rotting hulk of a spaceship, flagship of the old empire, found at the end of a beacon
A gunship sold at the end of war into private hands
A daring young explorer, fresh from her stint at the academy, eager to prove herself and taking on all comers
A sassy spelunker looking for an alien god's heart in the depths of a planet made up entirely of millions of space ship derelicts that have accreted over time
A crew of rogues, led by a former war hero
A young doctor, throwing away a promising career over a deadly secret
A smuggler of dubious repute, only interested in a quick payday
An expert assassin, laying low after a botched job
The universally famous monarch, hiding as a citizen of no consequence
A brilliant scientist, racing against time to find a cure for her affliction
The galactic savior-child stolen by pirates who want a planet as ransom
A stranded alien, trying to get back to its own people
A military AI, trying to override its destructive programming
The first settlers on a newly terraformed frontier world
A group of freedom-fighters, waging a desperate war against a tyrannical government
A secret technology, unearthed by an archaeologist on the homeworld of a long-dead race
A cryptic warning, left behind by an extinct alien race
The last survivor of a brutal attack, by a previously unknown race
A young woman, selected via lottery by an alien power
A wayward traveler, hopping between the stars after his homeworld was destroyed
An accidental immortal, bored with life, who has become obsessed with carrying out some mundane task
A group of alien scientists, trying to recover their lost data, possibly by vivisection
An ancient temple defiled by a swarm of insect-bots, sent by a disillusioned adherent
The first interspecies child is born
A colony of refugees in an asteroid belt