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===== Play Test Module =====

====== Echoes Below ======

A short ODDS RPG playtest adventure.

Genre: Space Adventure  
Theme: Exploration, tension, tactical combat  
Length: 1–2 sessions  

Players investigate a derelict underground research facility on a remote colony world.

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===== Adventure Hook =====

A mining outpost on planet Kestrel-9 has gone silent.

Orbital scans show power fluctuations beneath the surface.

The corporation (or patron) hires the party to:

  * Investigate the underground lab
  * Recover research data
  * Retrieve valuable prototype tech
  * Determine what happened

Reward:
  Wealth increase OR 500 credits equivalent
  Plus salvage rights

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===== Planet Overview =====

Kestrel-9 is:

  * Thin atmosphere
  * Jagged rock formations
  * Frequent electrical storms
  * Low-level seismic instability

Surface threats:
  * Electrical storm bursts
  * Unstable rock shelves
  * Abandoned mining drones

Access to the lab is through a collapsed mining tunnel.

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===== Lab Overview =====

The underground facility consists of:

1. Entry Tunnel
2. Security Checkpoint
3. Research Wing
4. Containment Block
5. Power Core Chamber

The lab was researching alien bio-tech discovered during mining operations.

Something escaped containment.

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===== Area 1 – Entry Tunnel =====

Dim emergency lighting.
Scorch marks on walls.
Discarded mining equipment.

Challenge:
  Clear debris (TN 12 Might)
  OR bypass through side shaft (TN 15 Agility)

Failure:
  Minor collapse – 2d10 damage (Agility TN 12 halves)

Clue:
  Log tablet mentions “Subject Gamma breach.”

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===== Area 2 – Security Checkpoint =====

Blast doors partially sealed.

Options:
  Hack control panel (Extended Task Goal 3)
  Force doors (TN 18 Might)
  Cut power reroute (TN 15 Engineering)

Random Event (roll 1d6):
  1–2 Motion sensors activate automated turret
  3–4 Nothing happens
  5–6 Strange movement in vents

Automated Turret (Standard)

Health 14  
Attack +5  
Damage 2d10+1  
Defense TN 13  
Armor 1  
Ability: Suppressive Fire (-2 to next attack roll if hit)

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===== Area 3 – Research Wing =====

Broken glass.
Containment pods shattered.
Bio-fluid stains.

Encounter (choose one):

Alien Parasite (Elite)

Health 22  
Attack +7  
Damage 2d10+2  
Defense TN 14  
Armor 2  
Abilities: Regenerate, Terrify

OR

Corporate Retrieval Team (2 Standards)

Health 14 each  
Attack +5  
Damage 2d10+1  
Defense TN 13  
Armor 1  
Ability: Coordinated (+2 when adjacent)

Loot:
  Prototype energy weapon (2d10+2, ignores 1 Armor)
  Research data core (valuable)

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===== Area 4 – Containment Block =====

Cold.
Lights flicker.
Containment chamber breached from inside.

Environmental hazard:
  Radiation leak (TN 15 Might or lose 2d10 Resolve)

Inside:
  Evidence of forced extraction.
  Something large was moved.

Clue:
  Power readings spike below.

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===== Area 5 – Power Core Chamber =====

Massive generator hum.
Alien organic structure fused with reactor.

Boss Encounter:

Hybrid Entity (Boss)

Health 38  
Attack +9  
Damage 2d10+3  
Defense TN 15  
Armor 3  
Abilities:
  Regenerate (5 per round)
  Terrify (1/scene)
  Cleave
Phase at 50%:
  Reactor destabilizes (everyone rolls TN 15 Agility or take 2d10)

Victory Options:

  * Destroy creature
  * Shut down reactor (Extended Task Goal 5 during combat)
  * Seal chamber and escape

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===== Random Encounters (Optional During Exploration) =====

Roll 1d6 between areas:

1 Seismic tremor – debris fall (TN 12 Agility)
2 Drone reactivates (Minion stats)
3 Strange whisper over comms (Resolve TN 12)
4 Environmental fire burst
5 Rival scavenger team arrives
6 Nothing… but something watches

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===== Rewards =====

Major Success:
  Wealth +1 (temporary or permanent)
  Unique tech asset
  Faction reputation boost

Partial Success:
  Data recovered
  Creature escaped

Failure:
  Facility collapses
  Creature reaches surface colony

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===== Expansion Hooks =====

The alien organism was not native.
Coordinates found in data logs.
Corporate cover-up begins.
Rival faction wants the tech.

This lab was only one of many.