Tabletop Role Play, Mothership

Let's play Gradient Descent, an official module for Mothership.

Considered a "Mega-Dungeon", this module cannot be completed in one session. So, it will be broken up into 3 sessions.

For this event we will be creating characters and then do a very short session to ground us into the world for the following 2 sessions.

What is Gradient Descent?

You are entering an abandoned android factory controlled by a powerful rogue AI known as "MONARCH".

The station's massive super-intelligent AI has always been here, optimizing processes and overseeing development of androids. It's not known what or when it broke its shackles, but the station has been forced to be abandoned and left in stasis ever since.

Since shareholders cut their loses. Prospectors often delve into the facility to salvage rare artifacts. Some do, but they always come out a bit different.

I'd like to know, maybe that's why you're here? ... let's find out in session 0.

Touchpoints: Blade Runner, System Shock, SOMA
Content Warning: body horror, emotional trauma, and harm to android children

If you're new to Mothership. Here's an overview

All you should bring is a d100 and d20 dice. I will have a few backups just in case.

captain@helm >DEFINE GRADIENT DESCENT
mu/th/ur >A 1847 algorithm for finding the steepest path down