TEXT: Deep Six 
  Setting:  
   
  Cold...  You've never felt so cold.  Out of the dark you see a light.  
  Is it the light at the end of the tunnel?  No, your nerves are too raw 
  for this to be the end.  It feels more like the beginning.  But, it's the 
  beginning of what? 
   
  Memories come back slowly as your brain reboots.  You're part of 
  a team of experts.  Suspended animation… deep space exploration…  
  The AI has activated your team.  Has there been an emergency?  
  Where's Rose?  Her tube is empty. 
   
  Missing crewmen, unexplained ship malfunctions, secret orders, 
  and possibly a crazy AI that refuses to shut itself down; Deep Six is the 
  science fiction story of a crew on a long range mission cut off from 
  any chance of help. 
  The NPCs: 
   
  Dr. Rose Pendragon, team biologist, has gone missing.  How is 
  that even possible on a ship of this size?  Why isn't she responding to 
  her wrist comp? 
   
  Archie, the ship's AI system, is acting strangely.  For some 
  unknown reason, it thinks that Dr. Pendragon is a threat to the 
  mission.  Mysteriously, it can't tell us why. 
  The Stage: 
   
  The starship Deep Six is a self contained unit with all the required 
  components and supplies for a long duration mission in space.  The 
  tech is cutting edge, but it still has that low tech feel of something 
  built during the pioneering days of space travel.  While not huge, the 
  ship does have a wide variety of locations where the action can take 
  place.  The stasis chambers, the bridge, the AI vault, the armory, crew 
  quarters, engineering, sick bay, life support, hydroponics, the vehicle 
  bay, the cargo bay, the machine shop, and the robot repair depot. 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Copyright 2011 by Todd Zircher, some rights reserved.   
   
   
   
   
   
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  Name: 
  Jordan Wright, Astrogation 
  Details:   The professional heartbreaker 
   
  God gave me the looks, the skill is all mine. 
   
  Command trusted me with the over-ride codes. 
   
  I'm the mission commander for a reason. 
   
  I've flown more miles than any human alive. 
   
  I'm the only one EVA certified, but it terrifies me. 
   
  That can't be right.  We're not supposed to be 
  here. 
   
   
  Name: 
  Chris Chambers, Science 
  Details:   I'm not a lab rat, it's a fashion statement. 
   
  I programmed a back door in Archie's computer 
  core. 
   
  I've got two PHDs and a Nobel Prize.  I earned 
  those. 
   
  You know what they say about Chaotic Field 
  Theory?  Well, I wrote those words. 
   
  You don't understand; that's physically impossible. 
   
  Rose always gets the lucky breaks, not this time. 
   
  My secret mission could change the world. 
  
  Name: 
  Angel Rivera, Security 
  Name: 
  Casey Xan, Medical 
  Details:   Tough as nails with a dark past. 
  Details:   Indeterminately Asian, always cool. 
   
  I can't stand bullies. 
   
  Do no harm. 
   
  Why yes, I do sleep with my knives. 
   
  I graduated at the top of my class. 
   
  That reminds me of the time when… 
   
  Given time and tools and I can synthesize any drug. 
   
  The safety of this crew is my responsibility. 
   
  I spent four years in an ER, I can do this. 
   
  Anything can be solved with enough firepower. 
   
  I've got psych evals on everyone.  I know which 
  buttons to push. 
   
  I've got my orders, secret orders. 
   
  I'm not an addict.  If I say it enough times, I might 
  even believe it's true. 
   
   
   
   
  Name: 
  Taylor Hutchins, Engineering 
  Name: 
  _______________________________________ 
  Details:   Grease monkey with a PHD 
  Details:   _______________________________________ 
   
  I know every sound this ship makes.  That's not one 
  of them. 
   
  _______________________________________ 
   
  Why yes, I do sleep with my tools. 
   
  _______________________________________ 
   
  I built my first flamethrower when I was 10 years old. 
   
  _______________________________________ 
   
  Duct tape is your friend. 
   
  _______________________________________ 
   
  Oh hell no!  I'm the confirmed coward, remember?   
   
  _______________________________________ 
   
  I know a dozen ways to cripple or destroy this ship. 
   
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