The data-lich has destabilized the orbit of OSS DRB MR-997S/a1 and it is hurtling in-system. The mining robots, the maintenance droids and the sentinels have all been repurposed, retasked, and where needed, reprogrammed entirely. The asteroid has been cleared of all other personnel. (he believes) and it is under lockdown.
Send in the Legionnaires.
This situation presents itself as especially suited to a mixed group game – one where only one or two Legionnaires are available and must make do in a co-opted civilian system ship surrounded by randomly involved imperial subjects; the PCs vessel can be the one coopted, or they can be aboard station when the emergency starts.
At this point, you may as well just go whole hog and rip the original game completely off (if you have a copy of GDWs ASTEROID! Go Get It Right Now) For the rest of you, you will need maps. Four to eight depending on party size and how long the Judge wishes to drag this out. Somewhere on one of these maps exists the physical architecture for the station computer hosting at least -part- of the Datalich’s consciousness.
There are many handy map resources available on the the Wireless Fabric but I will suggest from (playtesting) experience that Dyson’s index card maps are especially useful for this.
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