Predation: Bring Home The Beacon Session 1

Predation: Bring Home The Beacon

Location

• Heartsong Refuge in Lower Larmidia

Summary

Dr. Jurita Abrashi, a SATI scientist, is researching a time anomaly from the last commute. Though the original site was destroyed, a **subsurface anomaly** allows him to "see but not touch" critical data and processes. He encoded these into memory and intends to share them with the team—**but only under strict confidence**.

To ensure secrecy, **each party member was required to ingest a SATI-engineered lozenge**:

• These lozenges enforce a **deadly contractual agreement**—if any member attempts to betray SATI, it will trigger **organ failure**.
• This binding agreement applies collectively—**if one betrays SATI, all are affected**.

Party Roster

• Syd plays Marcus Camus – A techno-shamanic **Osteon** with a recording **ocular implant** that intermittently transmits imagery back to SATI. Distrusts dinosaur dependency and yearns for a technological underground.
• Keybounce plays Dr. Holly Marshal – A field researcher and tech with a loyal **Triceratops companion named Spot**.
• Blurwake plays Patrocles – A dynamic character partnered with a **Mega Raptor named Taloes**. Recently had a new implant tested by Lomaton.

Hex 42

• Location cannot be confirmed.
• Message transcription occurred **seven years ago**.
• The facility was a **secret project site**.
• Dr. Abrashi introduces the party to the legacy of **DISCO**, a key to restoring time travel.

DISCO

• “DISCO is the key to getting back to the 24th century.”
• “DISCO is not dead.”
• The party now holds a **beacon listening device** which allows them to monitor the repeated signal.
• The beacon is actively receiving the **distress message**, which is being transmitted over and over.
• DISCO is requesting:

 - A **negotiator**
 - A **technician**
 - An **extraction team**

DISCO’s Fate

• Originally possessed **air transport** capability—now lost.
• A **time jump** led to its return at the wrong coordinates due to **continental drift**.
• It previously recovered **LUCA**, went back to the **Mid-Carboniferous**, and is now back but **vulnerable**, without shielding.
• If recovered, DISCO provides:

 - Time travel core tech
 - LUCA
 - Pathway back to the **24.5th century**

Consciousness & Evolution

• DISCO is **sapient but not sentient** (or possibly vice versa).
• Claims to have fulfilled its directive.
• May have **merged with LUCA**, which appears to have evolved.
• pop culture reference::V'Ger

Ancient Presence

• In the **future**, humanity fled into oceans due to an **invasion**.
• **Sub-oceanic settlements** were built using discovered alien tech.
• Tech and fossils suggest:

 - **Aliens coexisted with dinosaurs**
 - **Alien technology enabled time travel**
 - **LUCA was sent back** further than the invasion, possibly avoiding alien detection

Current Goals

• Retrieve **time travel core**
• Secure **LUCA** as either secondary or equivalent objective
• Re-establish **air transport systems**
• Gain access to **lost databases and biological data**
• Understand and possibly alter the **timeline**

Rare Material: Halfium

• A newly discovered substance named **Halfium**
• Exhibits an **atomic weight of ~1.5**
• Can **alter or modify existing materials**
• Believed to be a **critical component** for time travel and advanced technological interfaces

Environment and Route

• Destination: **Camp Setawan**, south of the **Cinder Ocean**, near the “Boot”
• The **target location lies off all known maps**
• **Sea travel is dangerous** due to aerial predators
• Safer passage found **through the tree zones on land**

Additional Characters

• **Dr. Holly Marshal and Spot** – Researcher with Triceratops companion
• **Patrocles and Taloes** – Operative with Mega Raptor; both recently received tech implants
• **Lomaton** – SATI agent who’s “gone native”:

 - Older, not a commuter
 - Dino handler
 - Tests **Patrocles** and **Taloes**' new implant

GM Notes

• Extra items requisitioned by **SATI**
• “**Wielctrically**” – Thought caps can transmit visual/memory data