来自君王的实验。Monarch 认为受限于物理硬件是一种负担。摧毁基质就会摧毁意识。计算能力受硬件限制。于是它开始寻找一种逃离物质、以纯粹信息存在的方式。

dice: [[机器幽魂^table]]

dice: 1d10-1机器幽魂
0外表是被大脑扫描过的乘员,被“被告知自己是个假货 / 复制品 / 被遗弃”激怒,被“被当作真人来对待”安抚,创伤是“你一定要信我! / 我才是真货!”
1-2外表是真空服 / 深潜者打扮,被“粗心大意,神器,杀死仿生人。”激怒,被“团队合作,安静,给一件神器(第62页)。”安抚,创伤是“小心! / 那是我的! / 它们也是人!”
3-4外表是实验室白大褂 / 工程师打扮,被“无知,无视‘规则’,偷窃,窃窃私语。”激怒,被“问它们问题,遵从它们的指示。”安抚,创伤是“听我说! / 他们总是不听我说! / 你搞砸了!”
5-7外表是连体服 / 工人打扮,被“忽略安全措施,取笑他人,贬低他人。”激怒,被“问路或者询问它们工作相关。”安抚,创伤是“受不了了! / 我再也没法忍受这地方了!”
8外表是安保人员 / 清道夫,被“见到你。”激怒,被“被‘杀死’。受到 20+ 伤害后相信自己死亡。”安抚,创伤是“这片区域禁止入内! / 你不能来这里!”
9外表是小孩*,被“被遗弃。”激怒,被“倾听,和它们一起玩,把它们扛在肩上。”安抚,创伤是“别把我留在这里! / 你见到我妈妈了吗?”
^table

预骰

  1. MARINA (NEUTRAL)
    She was a maintenance worker assigned to the AI Core. She was the one who discovered that the warhead, meant as the ultimate failsafe against Monarch’s malfunction, had been removed. Her trauma captures the final days before the facility’s evacuation, the moment when the Cloudbank Synthetics Production Facility was becoming the Deep.

    The moment Marina is reliving: she went to the manager’s secretary and was refused entry. The secretary told her to file a report and send it via email. Marina yelled: “I need to see the boss RIGHT NOW! Stephen confirmed it, Monarch has gone rogue. The warhead is GONE! Don’t you understand what this MEANS?” The secretary called security. Marina later died in an “accident” and became a Ghost.

    A character can impersonate the manager and listen carefully to her warning, assuring her that every possible action will be taken immediately. If soothed, she will explain the details of the warhead removal, including a critical detail about an exposed Personality I/O port. If the crew acts dismissively, she will rage, use her Trauma Relay to instill fear of Monarch, and involuntarily trigger Power Drain on the surrounding electronics, growing brighter and more violent in her fury.

  2. ORBACH (HOSTILE)
    He was a corporate espionage agent sent by Straylight Computing System LLC into the Deep a couple of years ago, accompanied by two contractor bodyguards, Sato and Red. Mission: steal Monarch’s architecture data. One of his bodyguards was replaced by an infiltrator mid-dive. Orbach is now reliving the moment when Sato killed Red and turned the gun on him.

    He mistakes one of the player characters for Sato and confronts them: “What the hell, you shot Red! WHY?…” A long pause. “Damn. How long, Sato? How long have you been one of THEM? Since we docked? Since we left Nebulon? Was ANY of it real?” He attacks the character with his Displacement power. He stops if the character fakes their death. He then pulls out his notepad and opens a file: “Unguarded Personality I/O port — direct access to Monarch, location: unknown.”

    By connecting what they learn from Orbach and Marina, the crew can locate the vulnerable port and understand it can be used to harm Monarch.

  3. 外表是小孩*,被“被遗弃。”激怒,被“倾听,和它们一起玩,把它们扛在肩上。”安抚,创伤是“别把我留在这里! / 你见到我妈妈了吗?”

  4. REEVES (FRIENDLY)
    She was a nineteen-year-old Troubleshooter rookie on her first deployment into the Deep. Her squad encountered Security Androids. She panicked and threw an EMP grenade without clearance. The EMP triggered a Monarch Panic: doors sealed, heat spiked, dozens of Security Androids swarmed. Nine squad mates dead in eight minutes. She died last, listening to them scream over comms.

    Now she is reliving the mission, convinced the player characters are her squad. Speaking softly: “There you are. Lost comms for a second. You’ve been conspicuous, guys. Now you do as I say and we’ll get through this. We won’t screw up this time. I won’t let that happen.”

    She can scout ahead, even through walls, using proper hand signals. She warns frantically when players are about to trigger Monarch. She uses surgical power drain to disable single Security Androids without triggering area-wide alerts. She remotely opens and closes doors and protects the squad with desperate competence.

    If players act recklessly or disobey her orders, she panics: “Contact, three Sec-Androids, southeast corridor…” She throws the grenade. “EMP OUT. Wait. No. FUCK.” She emits an electromagnetic pulse that fries equipment and draws Monarch’s attention.

  5. 外表是连体服 / 工人打扮,被“忽略安全措施,取笑他人,贬低他人。”激怒,被“问路或者询问它们工作相关。”安抚,创伤是“受不了了! / 我再也没法忍受这地方了!”

  6. 外表是连体服 / 工人打扮,被“忽略安全措施,取笑他人,贬低他人。”激怒,被“问路或者询问它们工作相关。”安抚,创伤是“受不了了! / 我再也没法忍受这地方了!”

  7. 外表是被大脑扫描过的乘员,被“被告知自己是个假货 / 复制品 / 被遗弃”激怒,被“被当作真人来对待”安抚,创伤是“你一定要信我! / 我才是真货!”

  8. 外表是实验室白大褂 / 工程师打扮,被“无知,无视‘规则’,偷窃,窃窃私语。”激怒,被“问它们问题,遵从它们的指示。”安抚,创伤是“听我说! / 他们总是不听我说! / 你搞砸了!”

  9. 外表是实验室白大褂 / 工程师打扮,被“无知,无视‘规则’,偷窃,窃窃私语。”激怒,被“问它们问题,遵从它们的指示。”安抚,创伤是“听我说! / 他们总是不听我说! / 你搞砸了!”

  10. 外表是实验室白大褂 / 工程师打扮,被“无知,无视‘规则’,偷窃,窃窃私语。”激怒,被“问它们问题,遵从它们的指示。”安抚,创伤是“听我说! / 他们总是不听我说! / 你搞砸了!”