A northern sector tabletop science fiction RPG gathering.
Website: northstarcon.org.uk
2018
Manchester 1984, five minutes into the future. SafeCorp NW regional HeadQuarters, briefing room 101. “OK team, get your guns and vests ready, and head out to the roof and jump in the Spinner. “We’ve got a hot lead that the IRA gang who were responsible for last year’s bombing of …
Manchester 1984, five minutes into the future…. SafeCorp NW regional HeadQuarters, briefing room 101. “Right Ladies and Gentlemen, here’s your next assignment. You know Anna Rose, that presenter off Treasure Punt on Channel 23? Yeah, the one with the designer jumpsuits (no sniggering at the back). Well, she’s off to …
A 66 Suns Space Opera According the old Judeo-Christian calendar (which is half remembered on a few backwater worlds) it is AD 13,686. Humanity has spread throughout the stars. Earth is now an all but forgotten mythical place left behind by long-dead ancestors. Welcome to the Magellanic Clouds, dwarf galaxies …
-+OPERATION CODEWORD HORATIO+ MISSION PARAMETERS: MOBILISE TO HAWKINS, INDIANA. DIRECTOR OF US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LABORATORY DR.MARTIN BRENNER HAS BEEN BACK-TRACED AS SECONDED TO CIA MKULTRA PROGRAM WHILST PART OF DOE NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. ASSESS TARGET AND ESTABLISH THREAT PROFILE. INTERVENE IN THE EVENT OF UNNATURAL/OCCULT COMPLICATIONS. DEPLOY BY 11/7/83 …
BLACK PEGASUS [casevac chopper]: Copperhead Three this is Black Pegasus. We are on approach to coordinates lima alpha seven niner seven four. We have no visual confirmation. Where’s your smoke? COPPERHEAD THREE: Black Pegasus, this is Copperhead Three. Smoke everywhere… smoke… BLACK PEGASUS: Copperhead Three – I see no smoke. …
The planet of Beltaris used to be part of the Commonality, but is now ruled by the brutal Venu regime. On the surface it seems to be a model Venu world, but an individual claiming to be part of a resistance movement contacted the Commonality to ask for their help. …
In contrast to the utilitarian nature of O-12 war rooms, the Haqqislamite accommodations are downright luxurious. As you’re getting seated, Colonel Helmut Greiser of Bureau Aegis’ Psi Unit — and your mission handler — slinks into the room, the dark circles under his eyes betraying his casual demeanour. Whatever else …
A remote monastery on the paradise planet of Dawnworld (District 268) comes under attack by pirates seeking the secret to a great treasure the monks may possess. Play the unarmed but undaunted monks as they try to resist and repel the plundering pirates and preserve the Monastery of the New …
The Rebellion still struggles to find recruits despite winning several big battles like that of Yavin. The Galactic Empire is just too big to cripple quickly, and a long inevitable slog may be in the cards for all involved. Even outliers, like your team of rag tag hobos, have been …
On the newly discovered world of Xilos lie the ruins of an ancient and powerful people – the Builders. An expeditionary force arrives charged with with exploration of the verdant and savage world, only to discover that the warlike Ghar have laid claim. But the secret of the Builders is …
Trapped aboard a runaway TARDIS a motley collection of characters have the time of their lives. A Dr Who adventure without The Doctor. Play any character from anywhere across the Far Frontiers of Time and Space – just not one from the TV series. The adventure starts with a motley …
The Battle of Endor was a tragedy for the Empire, and an embarrassment for the Imperial military. The only consolation was that the destruction of the Death Star in low orbit filled the Endor atmosphere with debris and created a nuclear winter style extinction event which wiped out life on …