Alien, page 28
FINALE
The Alexiares begins its descent into the atmosphere, either to land under the control of PCs loyal to Vaughn or to crash due to the actions of those loyal to the UAAC. Keeping the ship on target—either towards the summit area or away from it—requires two PCs to each make a formidable (-3) PILOTING roll. Other PCs can help them as a group action (see page 63 of the core rulebook).
If the ship is under control, disaster strikes—the damage done by the Biodrones aboard leads to an internal explosion that cripples the ship! The Alexiares will crash—setting up the events that occur on LV-846 during the Enemy of My Enemy novel.
A NOTE FROM MU/TH/UR:
Remember, it’s your game table! If you wish to deviate from the events of the novel, that’s your call. The important thing is that you and your players have fun!
SIGNING OFF
A suggested sign-off message by one of the PCs. This can be said right before the ship’s crash. The player can read the following message aloud or adapt it according to what happened in the scenario.
Final report from the Colonial Marine frigate, Alexiares. [PC SPECIALTY] reporting. Bio-weapons intended to attack the LV-846 summit were released on our ship. The crew complement is dead or dying. We did our best to make things right. This is [PC NAME and RANK], signing off.
AGENDAS & STORY POINTS
After it’s all over, evaluate how well each player followed their PC’s Personal Agenda and hand out a Story Point to those who did. Then have the players reveal all their Personal Agendas for the scenario if they so wish, and have a debriefing discussion.
Story Points belong to players, not PCs—so players can keep their Story Points to use in the next Cinematic Scenario if they wish. Just remember: no player can ever have more than three Story Points at a time.
XENOMORPHIC XX121 ABERRANT TYPE
BIODRONE XENOMORPH XX121B
A genetically engineered dead end, Biodrones do not metamorphose beyond Stage IV of the Xenomorph XX121 life cycle (Chapter 11 in the core rulebook). In addition to being neutered, Biodrones have a built-in expiration date—they are designed to be dropped planetside, kill anything that moves, and then drop dead. They live only six days without ever producing a Queen.
Of course, life somehow always finds a way. Biodrones often don’t die when they are supposed to. While General Vaughn’s scientists were able to deactivate the so-called “Queen Gene,” they neglected to account for the alien’s ovomorphing reflex. When without a Queen, Drones are capable of creating more of their species by capturing victims and injecting them with genetic material. Administered via tail barb, the injection contains an altering agent which consumes the victim within one or two Shifts while ovomorphing their remains into a new egg (see page 300 of the core rulebook). For most of this process, the victim is still alive and in excruciating pain.
Slightly smaller and less healthy than their brethren, Biodrones use the same signature attack table as the Stage IV Drone Xenomorph found on page 309 of the core rulebook.
BIODRONE
SPEED: 2
HEALTH: 5
SKILLS: Mobility 8, Observation 10
ARMOR RATING: 8 (4 vs fire)
ACID SPLASH: 8
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