Scene 1: Kalevra's 1st Job
You hail from Absalom Station, a huge space platform that is the hub of culture, commerce, and government in the
solar system known as the Pact Worlds. Life is relatively safe in many districts of Absalom Station, but danger is more
common in the hundreds of levels of the Spike that extend beneath the station. In particular, the half-explored Ghost
Levels in the depths of the Spike, abandoned for hundreds of years or more, are home to monsters of all sorts, from
simple criminals to alien creatures that have arrived on the station over the years by unknown means, creating whole
ecosystems in the gloom. Lately, however, a far greater danger has come to threaten the people of Downside, as locals
call the Spike.
A few weeks ago, valuable junk started vanishing from the recycling yards in the Botscrap neighborhood of the
Spike. Everything from technological components to scrapped robots has gone missing. Local residents’ livelihoods
are at stake, but even worse, there are reports that some people have been killed as well. Someone—or something—has
made Downside their hunting ground. Although no one has seen the killer directly, a long metallic shard was found in
one of the bodies, prompting the locals to dub the unseen killer “Steel Talon.” Under political pressure to do something
about the problem, Absalom Station’s 2nd-in-command, Executive Kalevra, has put out a call for heroes to search out this
menace and stop it before it kills more people. She’s offered a reward of 1,000 credits to the group that defeats this
mysterious creature.
You have decided to go on a quest to put an end to this monstrous threat. Rumor holds that Steel Talon is living in
the nearby Ghost Levels, which many monsters have used as a den over the years. You’ve gathered your gear and are
now approaching the entrance to this level, but you still have a few moments to get to know your fellow adventurers.
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