Work for Arrow Biomed performing extrajudicial abductions of privileged addicts on their behalf of wealthy benefactors. Kick down the door and drag your target out of whatever drug den they’ve ended up in. For a hefty price, that is.
Straight Arrows is a 36+ page campaign frame for Mothership where you play as bounty hunters that work for the insidious Arrow Biomed.
Arrow is an interstellar monopoly that bends governments to its will and makes its fortune curing the problems it creates. Work for them performing extrajudicial abductions of privileged addicts on the behalf of their wealthy benefactors. Kick down the door and drag your target out of whatever drug den they’ve ended up in.
3+Hand drawn maps, including Archer Farm, a luxury, maximum security drug rehab facility deep in the wilderness of PlanetIthaca.
10+ NPCs with actionable behaviors, motivations, and personalities. Succinct but nuanced.
A rich setting, both speculative and grounded in reality.
4+ new ways to get high and the associated consequences.
A new class with flavorful load outs and a new stress response. Play as a Retriever, one of Archer Farm’s "Straight Arrows". Susceptible to temptation by the vices that surround them, will they end up locked in with the very people they’ve captured?
Straight Arrows takes place on and around Ithaca, first detailed in Sunset Over Ithaca. The pamphlet isa drug culture and setting supplement where we got out first glimpse of Ithaca, its capital Hewitt Spring, and the terminus of its space elevator, Hewitt Gateway. For fans of Sunset (the pamphlet, not the illicit substance), Straight Arrows is the perfect setting expansion offering more to explore, more danger, and more lucrative opportunities to test your wits, resolve and conscience. From the streets, to the backwoods, to the wastes, to the zero G slums high above, and back, Ithaca packs a whole world full of gameplay opportunities.
Don't have Sunset Over Ithaca yet? Get it as a FREEpdf if Straight Arrows reaches its funding goal!
Cygnus 7 is the first stop coming out of Ithaca's star system and usually the last chance to catch you quarry before they're in the wind for good. The station was first featured in the Voices of the Void Entry DO NOT REMOVE // DO NOT TRANSCRIBE. Straight Arrows expands upon the setting and revisits one of the characters involved in the sordid affair detailed in the classified dossier.
The main event. What you've been fiending for. The reason to get up in the morning and only way to go to bed.
Find 4+ new drugs, and one other way to get high, with both interesting mechanics and ties to the setting. No sterile stat blocks. These drugs don't exist in a vacuum. I mean... unless you're getting high in space.
Clonaxaprazamine AKA "Ground Control"
Ground Control was developed as a pharmaceutical to address the de-personalization and de-realization caused by artificial environments far removed from the ones humans evolved to comprehend. Creates a sense of calm and immersion in one's surroundings that ironically became highly abusable with VR. Legal with a prescription.
NDs AKA "Endies"
Initially, the practice of inducing near death expereinces was pioneered by bored starliner crews using jury rigged cryochambers. The body is put into a state of near suspended animation allowing the rider to have a prolonged, artificially induced, near death experience. The practice is used by new age thrill seekers, cutting edge psychiatrists, cult leader con artists, and bored teamsters with unsupervised access to cryopods, same as ever. It is Illegal to modify cryochambers or to own modified cryochambers.
I’m an artist from Hungary. I was always obsessed with creating games because it’s the best way for me to share my imagination with others. Making games for art and art for games is my passion.
Pristine wilderness on Ithaca is as rare as it is breathtaking. The ancient pine forests are home to semi-domesticated deer brought for their ability to feed on local vegetation with minimal genetic modification. Against this backdrop, the privileged are given a chance to recover at Archer Farm. Whether they like it or not.
Bee
Illustration, Layout
Hi! I’m Bee, or skararts on IG, and am a current junior illustration student at MICA. I have a passion for illustration & game design, and have worked with local Baltimore developers and studios before, such as Akabaka Studios. I’m personally interested in working with this game, as I find the premise to be truly engaging, and have a history of different types of addiction running in my family, and have seen how substance abuse affects those close to me. I want to help see Ryan’s vision come to light, and hope it can help others as well.
Sarah, the informant, is discreet, observant, and soft spoken, but not easily shaken. She doesn’t smile much, drives a hard bargain, but is kind when not consumed by her vice.
RAC Computing (Ryan)
Writing, Illustration, Additional Layout My cousin died of drug related complications less than a year after I moved out of our apartment. The love of my life overdosed and nearly died in my arms. I have been involuntarily hospitalized as well as have struggled with substance abuse myself. This is a deeply personal work and is informed by my own personal experiences, studies, and frustrations with the US healthcare system. Influences include the wonderful people of Appalachia and their rich history of organized resistance, The Wire, with all its nuance and dedication to social realism, punk rock zines, Johnny Cash, The Expanse, and more.
Hardy, reliable, and incredibly dangerous, the ce-84 fires fast fissioning cesium pellets in the general direction of the target. Ammunition lasts decades and the gun itself is rugged enough to function after submersion in water, being buried, and even used as a bludgeon. Atomic hellfire in the palm of your hand, these terrifying weapons don’t see any more use by conventional militaries, but are a favorite of the cartels. As illegal as they are simple to build, the only thing difficult to come by is their ammunition. Most aren’t loaded or fired even once, but when you’re staring down the barrel, that’s not a wise bluff to call.
Brace yourself for Mothership Month—a group-collab project led by Tuesday Knight Games featuring some of the brightest stars from the Mothership third-party publishing (3PP) community. Each 👩🚀 creator has launched a brand new adventure filled with criminals, smugglers, and rimspace pirates.
Mothership Month Supply Pods
🚀 Back 5+ projects at the physical level and gain access to the SUPPLY PODS. All Supply Pods are now unlocked, so backing just 5 projects will get you all of the below:
🌟 Supply Pod 1 (Unlocked!): 1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS. Each pack contains 13 pre-made character cards ready for use as pre-gen characters or NPCs. Each pack comes with at least one FOIL card.
🌟 Supply Pod 2 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, 5 foil campaign project stickers.
🌟 Supply Pod 3 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS, +5 foil campaign project stickers, and an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin!
🌟 Supply Pod 4 (Unlocked!): +1 pack of Mothership CHARACTER CARDS,+11 foil campaign project stickers, and Shadow of a Doubt a brand new "reverse murder mystery" pamphlet adventure by Ian Yusem (Hull Breach, The Drain).
All in: if you back 5+ projects you're getting 4 Character Card packs (an entire deck of cards), 21 foil project stickers, an exclusive Mothership Month 24 pin, and a brand new adventure pamphlet.
Are there more Supply Pods to come? We're looking into it now!
Streams, Interviews, and more!
All month long, we're diving into the void with daily streams, unsettling interviews, and exclusive, heart-pounding reveals. Whether you're a veteran spacer or new to the Mothership, join us in celebrating the universe’s bravest survivors…and those who didn’t make it back.
Thanks for joining us on our first ever Mothership Month! 👽
Play testing and iteration is currently underway. We are currently revising and expanding, as well as making illustrations, maps, and page layouts.
Late January: Second draft completed. March: Developmental editing and revision completed May: Editing, proofing and layout completed Late May/Early June: Fulfillment begins
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