Mothership - The Old Dust, investigating a stolen cure for death
Mothership - The Old Dust centers on pharmaceutical giant Monarch Biotech and the theft of a priceless compound meant to be a cure for death. The crew is sent to investigate Blacksite Yuegong-2, a remote research facility founded by brilliant botanist Dr. Edi Chang. The adventure draws on the Chinese myth of Chang'e, the Moon Goddess, and Li Bai's poem "The Old Dust," blending high-tech corporate espionage with ancient folklore.
Players explore a Vivarium filled with the facility's surviving test subjects, and can use a chemical prototyping machine to experiment with and produce new pharmaceutical items, adding resource management and discovery to the mystery surrounding the missing researchers.
A pamphlet format, for one or two sessions
Mothership - The Old Dust comes as a 2-page trifold pamphlet, designed for one or two sessions of play. The module favors environmental puzzles and lore-driven mystery over frontal combat, and the prototyping machine lets Wardens introduce unique, high-risk items into the crew's inventory.
