Serenity RPG

Xyon awakens on the bridge, shot in the gut. Outside, two space suited figures float untethered. He knows that they must be Jim and Ruth.

This adventure was told out of order. We started at the end and interspersed the past with the present. This is a linear description of events.

Having recovered the coordinates to a shipwreck that Hermes' employer had been searching for for years, the crew followed the course for several days. Life had developed a routine, Ruth taught Rose to make protein taste good while Jim and Guido worked on the engines. Xyon was hopelessly drunk in the game room. Hermes and Captain Jax would talk privately for hours.

Just as they enter visual range of their destination, Hermes informs them that they are inside Reaver territory. The crew is upset, but Hermes seems relaxed and eager to share information. He tells them that the shipwreck is that of the Independent Firefly-class Blockade Runner "Sweet Dreams." Many of the crew recognize the legend of the lost Independent ship that vanished without a trace on it's way to reinforce Independent troops fighting the losing Battle of Serenity Valley. Attacked by reavers, the crew had detonated the engines rather than be taken. However, one survivor escaped. He was the man on Lilac.

Hermes leaves by himself to be the first to put on his space suit. Shortly, the crew join him, arming themselves and exiting the Aces and Eights. Once they reach the Sweet Dreams, Hermes has them separate into two teams.

Ruth and Jim join Hermes searching for a data disk he calls the Omega List. He explains that it will lead them to great wealth and an antidote for the toxin killing them. Xyon and Guido enter and pressurize the bridge to check the status of ship's systems and salvage any systems that may be working.

Ruth and Jim split off from Hermes to search the cargo hold. They find it full of heavy weaponry. They know they can't simply turn over a valuable commodity like that, but it might be the only way to a cure. They discover two doses labeled antidote, a red data disk, and a blue data disk. The blue data disk is the Omega List!

On the bridge, Xyon and Guido have gotten some systems working. Guido shows Xyon when to hit a switch on a system he is working on.

Hermes asks Jim and Ruth if they have found the disk. They tell him that they have and give the disk to him. Quickly, he pulls out a hidden communicator and says, "we have it." On the bridge, Guido asks Xyon to hit a button again, but when he does, he hears a gun cock. Looking up at Guido, who stands tall instead of his normal slump, he sees a man of intelligence, not the foolish mechanic.

"Thank you Mr. Xyon. Initially, I had my doubts about you, but you have proven yourself very capable. Too capable."

Guido shoots Xyon in the gut. Meanwhile, Hermes hits a button on his comm.

"Pleasant dreams," says Guido into the comm, "I couldn't have done this without you. To show my appreciation, I will let you live until the salvage crew arrives."

The crew then collapse unconscious, victims of gas charges inserted into the breathers in their suits.

When Xyon awakens, his suit's helmet is gone and the outer airlock door is off it's hinges. He can't leave the bridge! Jim and Ruth are unconscious outside the ship. They all have about 6 hours of air!

By timing the ship's rotation, Jim manages to grab Ruth and pull himself into the cargo hold. They aren't sure how long they have been unconscious. Xyon manages to get short range sensors, and immediately discovers an incoming ship. Just visible to the naked eye, he recognizes it as a Firefly class transport.

The crew all wait in ambush as the ship goes through it's docking procedures. The ship chooses to dock with the unconventional narrow nose dock rather than the main airlock. Immediately, two figures circle around to the cargo hold. They carry spearguns. Xyon finds a hidden compartment beneath the captain's chair; in it, a disk, a pistol with one bullet, and a bottle of whisky.

Jim and Ruth retreat out of a breach in the far side of the cargo hold as the two armed figures scan the cargo bay. Xyon hides as two crewmen enter the bridge and begin to examine the ship's systems.

Finally, Jim can't wait anymore. He sneaks up behind on of the suited figures and destroys his airhose, then throws him into space. He then works his way around the ship and Ruth spears the other space suited salvager. They then work their way around to see into the bridge.

Xyon shoots the leader and grabs the unarmed engineer. He interrogates the engineer to see if there are any more on board, but there are not. The ship is theirs! He takes the engineer along because he can't abandon him on a ship in deep space.

Jim and Ruth enter the ship through the airlock and examine their situation. Guido and Hermes are gone without a trace taking the Aces and Eights with them. Captain Jax and Rose were on that ship. Were they in on it? What about the Omega List?

They watch the disk with the red label. It is a letter from the captain's family. After it is over, it has an odd burst of static. However, all of this becomes the least of their problems when they realize that they have seven days to live unless they get either a booster or an antidote!