Jd Smith1
Hero
So, I am looking at a scenario involving a smallish space station where forbidden research on an old AI went wrong, and the the AI (shocker) has gained control.
The PCs are sent to investigate (another shocker)
OK, so the station has no robots or androids, and other than simple internal defense systems, is unarmed. There was a small research and maintenance staff aboard, who may or may not still be alive, depending on the needs 0f the plot. It is orbit around a dead moon, and there is nothing resembling a Internet.
This is Fading Suns, where a space empire is experiencing tech and social decay, and a growing Luddite attitude towards tech (which is why there's no robots or androids).
So its not original, but I have the station map, and I thought this would make a decent change (the PCs have mostly dealt with the occult so far).
The AI is centuries old, a bit of forbidden tech from more advanced times. And by forbidden, I mean the PCs will destroy it the instant they realize it exists and can get to its core (heavy XP reward for doing so).
But I don't have a lot of movie/book history of 'hostile AI' plots, so any suggestions, guidance, etc?
EDIT: OK, I have taken several ideas and woven them into a variable-outcome issue. Thanks a million!
The PCs are sent to investigate (another shocker)
OK, so the station has no robots or androids, and other than simple internal defense systems, is unarmed. There was a small research and maintenance staff aboard, who may or may not still be alive, depending on the needs 0f the plot. It is orbit around a dead moon, and there is nothing resembling a Internet.
This is Fading Suns, where a space empire is experiencing tech and social decay, and a growing Luddite attitude towards tech (which is why there's no robots or androids).
So its not original, but I have the station map, and I thought this would make a decent change (the PCs have mostly dealt with the occult so far).
The AI is centuries old, a bit of forbidden tech from more advanced times. And by forbidden, I mean the PCs will destroy it the instant they realize it exists and can get to its core (heavy XP reward for doing so).
But I don't have a lot of movie/book history of 'hostile AI' plots, so any suggestions, guidance, etc?
EDIT: OK, I have taken several ideas and woven them into a variable-outcome issue. Thanks a million!
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