The Cannonball Crustacean Caper

Mod Priority: Must-Go/Meta

Desired Timeslot: Saturday Evening, after V-Day Ritual Climax

NPCs Required: 2+ Adventreer Smuggler Crew (probe players for interest if possible to ensure appropriate threats), 1-3 Crustacea Remnants

Content Type: Heist, Combat/Strategy, Social Interaction

Summary:

A well-meaning band of criminals must intercept a convoy smuggling live-captured crustacea remnants through a back road along the coast. The players can employ violence, con artistry, or larceny to secure the cargo. After acquiring the crustacea remnants, the players face a moral dilemma: release them, sell them to a rich fashion designer for stealth armor, or bring them to a local Red Star cell for a different reward.

Hooks:

Captain Doomthunder receives a cryptic letter from "Your Friend Tom," a member of the Red Star Cell, hinting at the convoy's route and the value of the crustacea remnants to the right buyer. It mentions a rich fashion designer who wishes to use the parts to fashion an advanced set of stealth armor and who has offered to make a set in payment for the live delivery, or offers to take them somewhere safe where they can be acclimated to civilized living (or players could simply release them to the Patomic).   [See Handouts]

Details:

This module will involve planning and executing a heist to intercept a convoy that will be traveling along a nearby road. Players must strategize the best approach to outmaneuver The Adventurers. Post-heist, players engage in negotiations and moral decisions regarding the fate of the crustacea remnants, influencing their standing with various factions.

Rewards:

100 Shells and a suit of experimental armor to be delivered next trade if they take the lucrative option, a fresh relationship possibly worth more than money otherwise.