A MACULATE CONCEPTION (5 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors, X-O)

"This is a distress signal from the science vessel Sycorax. There's something on our ship, and
it's been laying eggs. But they're not hatching: they're empty. Our captain -- before she killed
herself -- said that... that she thinks we're supposed to go into them. Listen, please, we need
help. Whatever this xenomorph is, it slaughtered most of the crew on our ship. I'm only getting
a few life signs. Our ship is damaged, and we're in danger. Requesting immediate assistance."

BILLIONS OF SCARS (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors)

"Hailing on all frequencies. This is the crew of the Red Ghast. After exploring the surface, we
discovered that the planet had once been the home of an advanced civilization. Their records
indicate that they destroyed their bodies and uploaded their minds -- billions of them -- into a
4-EXA drive containing some kind of virtual reality construct. Without meaning to, we released
them, and... It appears that while in that state, they went completely insane. Theyre like
ghosts... God, theyre digital ghosts, just hate-filled consciousness without a body... Theyve
managed to take over most of the ships functions, and have butchered the crew. A few of us
remain, and were being hunted. Please send help at once, but make no attempt to connect with
our systems, or else they might take control of your vessel."

BLACK WIDOW, BROWN RECLUSE (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors)

"This is a distress signal from the starship Black Widow. We are in grave danger, and request
immediate assistance. Recluse, the artificial intelligence that controls our ship, has just gone
antipathic, and is attempting to kill us. Most of the crew were wiped out within the first few
minutes. Only a few of us remain, and we are stranded in war-space, littered
with quantum anomalies from the Anubis Conflict. Please help us."

CULLER OUT OF SPACE (3 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical)

"This is a distress signal from the Leviathan. We were culling life-forms from the planet's
surface, in preparation for terraforming -- we awoke something. These... globules of organic
matter, displaying colors we had never seen before... They floated up and attached themselves
to our ship. Our crew became violent. They turned on each other, killed each other... Devoured
one another. A few of us are still alive, but we're displaying horrific symptoms, and I'm not
sure how much longer we have left. Please help us!"

DESTINY RISING (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Nav, Pilot, Tech)

"Uh, this is a distress -- Hello? Is this thing on? This here is a distress call from the Destiny. We
got set upon by a bunch of Regulation forces, and they shot us up pretty good. We're all four of
us still in one piece, but Destiny got chewed up one side and down the other. Reckon if we don't
get this sorry scrap-trap fixed up fast, those Regulation jokers are going to come back for
another run at us. In that event, I guess we aim to take them with us. I have no idea who I'm
talking to, because if you can hear this, then that means you're with the Regulation Empire. So
I guess I'm saying come and get us. We ain't going down without a fight."

DUNWICH HAULER (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical, Surgery)

"Hailing on all frequencies. This is a distress call from the Bridge of the Dunwich Hauler. There
is something on board our ship. Sensors can't detect it, weapons can't stop it, and if we don't
get to our escape pods soon, we're dead. It has slaughtered most of our crew and sabotaged our
ship's systems. Please help us!"
GOLGOTHA STATION (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors)
"This is a distress signal from the command deck of Golgotha Station. Guerrilla forces have
attacked this mighty orbital citadel, and my small crew is all that remains of the once-mighty
Dominion Shock Troops. We will go down fighting! To our enemies, we say, you will lose a
hundred soldiers for every inch that you advance. No mercy!"

LIGATURE MARKS (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors)

"This is a distress signal from the bridge of the Alala. After a nightmarish first contact with an
alien race, nearly everyone on board our vessel committed suicide. After that, the vessel's
artificial intelligence woke the rest of us up from hypersleep. Our ship is in danger, and we are
in need of rescue. Can anyone hear me?"

NEONGELES (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Crypt, Grey Hat, Runner)

"From the gene-traders of Melrose Avenue to the flesh-printers of Anaheim, my crew has seen
it all. But this time, with one botched heist, weve changed Neongeles forever. What were we
thinking? It was a simple job -- an eternity-sim for the wealthy dead. Just before you die, you
get uploaded, and you enjoy a virtual paradise forever (or as long as the money covers your
server expenses). We picked at the code, and there was a way in, a loose brick in the
architecture. We exploited it for a few million bit-yuan, nothing the plutocrats would even
notice. But everything went straight to hell..."

OPTIMAL VIRULENCE (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Engineering, Helm, Sensors)

"Hailing on all frequencies. This is a distress call from the Imperial Hellhound. A horrid
infection has wiped out most of our crew. They have risen, and they are hunting us. Some of
them have sabotaged our ship. They will not speak to us -- they only laugh. Please, in God's
name, help us."

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical, Surgery)

"This is a priority-one distress signal from the medical vessel Asclepius. We are stranded in
orbit around GL-832-C. Someone aboard this vessel is a saboteur, and used explosives to destroy
much of the vessel. We lost many crew members. But those who survived the initial attack have
been found... Cut up, burned, vivisected... There are four of us remaining. Please send help. In
Gods name, help us."

SUMMERVOX WHISPERS (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Crypt, Grey Hat, Runner)

"It seemed like the perfect job. All we had to do was hack our way into some corporate network
and harvest a few petabytes of social data. Not sure what they were going to use it for. To build
a better sex-bot, maybe. Who knows? But it was the weirdest thing -- there was no data. After
we got through all the countermeasures, we just found this empty folder called Summervox.
Then the security team hit us, and hard. Intrusion protocols, hate-ware, security drones, all of
it. And for what? Who set us up? Who did this to us?"
THE CALL OF KULLAT NUNU (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical, Surgery)
"This is a subspace message broadcast on all longwave omicron patterns. We are aboard the
science vessel Emma, and we're experiencing severe malfunctions. Our biomechanical ship has
somehow bonded symbiotically with several crew members, taking over their bodies and
forcing them to... do things. Weve lost over 100 souls, including Captain Johansen, all chief
officers, and most of the crew. Some are dead, and others are being controlled by the ship.
There are only four of us left, and our chances of escape are slim. Requesting assistance. Please
help."

VADE RETRO SATANA (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical, Surgery)

"This is a distress signal from the medical vessel Beatrix. We were transporting a prisoner to a
prison planet, when our ship befell numerous emergency situations. We are in great danger.
Please help us!"

YELLOW SINE (4 PLAYERS: Bridge, Cryo, Medical, Surgery)

"Hailing on all frequencies. This is a transmission from the command deck of the Yellow King.
While en route to the Hyades cluster, we experienced severe malfunctions. Most of the
crew members are dead. The four of us who survive have been infected with some kind
of nanovirus. Requesting immediate assistance."