Dead End
A space-noir GURPS campaign at the frayed dead-end of charted space — where four nobodies stumble onto the biggest secret in human history.
Sessions 14
Latest Session — October 25, 2026
The crew were already deep into their patrol, and the sniper was still out there. Marlo Petrak walked Six past every building with a clean line of sight, pointing out the rooftops and upper windows a shooter could use, while Shackleton Magellan’s nanobots kept their quiet tail on the assassin, The Hotel Sniper. Then Paul Harrelson called Shack away on some other errand, and Shack handed the swarm to Six on his way out. Six had no way to steer them. The nanobots fell back on their default…
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The Team
Rock Lavey
Trauma surgeon (struck off) / crew field medic
Brilliant trauma surgeon, Lost his own child on the table, Wanted on planet Wu negligent-homicide charges — a portable bounty closing on Thides, Cannot refuse a request for medical aid, Bound to the crew (Sense of Duty) — the crew's sharp eye
Ronin Sanchez
Bespoke bodyguard (dismissed) / crew gun & wheelman
Four-armed bio-sculpted bodyguard, Armani swagger, empty pockets, Announces your odds of dying, deadpan, Cannot make himself flatter anyone, Natural pilot
Shackleton Magellan
Freelance explorer / survey specialist (frontier discovery & salvage)
Ace surveyor — invented a better way to scout the unknown, Chasing the great find that clears his name, Owes Corvid Financial on a failed, raided mission, Curious, overconfident, too trusting, Runs a nanotech recon rig no repo crew could take
Six
Hull breacher / boarding asset (escaped corporate property)
Vat-grown human-based replicant, Spacer Kung-Fu melee monster, No social graces, On the run from his maker
NPCs in Play
Marlo Petrak
Security-systems subcontractor (ex-Kinetic Logistics); crew member aboard The Albatross — probationary as of Session 6, staying by his own stated choice as of Session 7
Gary Johnson
Research scientist and systems subcontractor — formerly Pratrock Dynamics, latterly Kinetic Logistics
Adelina Feliciano
The Hotel Sniper
Unknown
Flora
Pensioner tourist
Frederick
Pensioner tourist
Latest Locations
Latest Messages
- Six to P.E.T.A. — the Peric letter Session 11. Eleven numbered lines from a datapad, and an envelope with one word on it.
- Corvid Financial — Notice of Default and Recovery Shackleton Magellan's background. A recovery file with the handling agent's note at the foot.
- Sable Reclamation — Salvage Manifest Shackleton Magellan's background. The moment his life came apart, itemised.
Explore the World
Characters
Crews, fixers, and the corporate machines they answer to.
96 entries
Locations
Stations, systems, and the lanes between them.
235 entries
Factions
Corporations, syndicates, and powers in the dark.
55 entries
Items
Hardware, ships, and tech best kept off the manifest.
61 entries
Events
Contacts, incidents, and points of no return.
19 entries
Creatures
What the void holds — known and otherwise.
6 entries