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A Tabletop Roleplaying Game about the crew of a spaceship in a sector full of tensions and criminal opportunities. With themes typical of cyberpunk, political schemes and explosive action, it is inspired by sci-fi universes like Altered Carbon, Dune and Mass Effect.

You play a group of desperate freebooters trying to thrive amidst the teeming threats of rival ships, powerful corporations, alien horrors, the authorities of the Sector, and the dark call of the freebooters’ own flaws and illusions.

As a standalone Forged in the Dark game, the rules have been adapted to offer a new game experience focused on sci-fi action and intrigue.

Core Premise

• You can swap between bodies by uploading your mind.

Dying is only a setback. Increase the intensity of your games by making your players embrace the wildest risks. Injuries are still dangerous (dying in the middle of a mission greatly reduces your chances of success, and you still need to recover your persona chip to get a new body) but the specific stakes of each operation become more important than mere survival.

• You can travel throughout the sector, between planets and star systems.

The experience is focused on the sector,  allowing your players to see the consequences of their choices on the factions and setting. However, the players can move around to vary their missions or escape their enemies.

• There is psionic powers.

Telepathy and telekinesis are a thing.

Main Content

• Complete bookmarked PDF ruleset and setting.  243 pages
• Create a unique character by choosing among 7 Minds, 7 Frames and 7 Clades, allowing you to pick from over 100 different abilities to create highly customized freebooters.
• A detailed sector with 8 major systems and zones containing over 25 worlds and locations to explore.  Space to add your own and homebrew.
• 50 factions ready to jump at each other's throats. 
• Guidelines and advices for players and GM
• Ready-to-print PDF versions of the Crew, Ship and Character sheets, as well as high-resolution image files of the Crew , Ship and Character sheets to play on virtual boards like Miro.

This is a complete rulebook, which has benefited from extensive playtesting. However, as long as the book is not published in paper format, it may be subject to modifications in order to improve its quality. Your purchase entitles you to all future digital versions of the game at no additional cost.

Latest update: 2.3

Information

• Recommended Players: 3-5
• Recommended Age: 18+
• Playtime: 2-6 hours per session
• Display: the PDF is designed to be displayed in double-page format and with  "separate cover page" in your PDF reader's options