Tasks and Events

Players will often look to you for tasks they might take on during downtime, especially if they're looking to Earn Income. You should also interject special events to surprise your players and add interesting scenes. If you need some quick ideas for tasks characters might offer a PC, look at the tables below for inspiration. The Earn Income tasks are arranged with tasks appropriate for low-level PCs first, but most can be adapted to the level you need. For the events, you might need to “zoom in” to focus on a special scene or even a short encounter or adventure. ### Earn Income Tasks Art, Library, Other Educational Lore Work at a library, museum, or school Compile information on another world for an expedition Conduct lectures on the infosphere Acquire a rare object that predates the Gap for a collector Augmentation Lore Try to develop new augmentations or refurbish old ones Volunteer to try experimental augmentations Help patients get used to their new augmentations Cooking Lore Compete in a cooking competition Livestream cooking tutorials on the infosphere Find rare alien ingredients that can't be synthesized Corporate Lore Get an entry-level job at a major corporation Become a recruiter or manager for a major corporation Conduct corporate espionage for the highest bidder Crafting Make handicrafts to sell on the infosphere Sew a costume for an influencer going to a convention Scavenge a local junkyard for working electronics Gambling Lore Get lucky in a casino Run a betting pool for a local brutaris league Operate a site that buys, opens, and sells collectibles Infosphere Lore Work as an IT professional helping people with tech Find deals on the infosphere and resell the items for profit Create, host, or administrate content on the infosphere Legal Lore Clear some minor red tape Bring a corporation to justice through the legal system Find loopholes in an EULA written by a devil Life Science Lore Help care for exotic animals at a local shelter Give a lecture at a local university about xenobiology Develop a new painless way to install a specific biotech augmentation Mining Lore Work a shift in a local crystal mine Determine the exact composition of a composite starmetal Help develop a plan to mine out a newly discovered asteroid Performance Play vidgame theme songs on a street corner Livestream on the infosphere Get a gig as a backup singer for a pop star Piracy Lore Sell shipping information to local pirates Smuggle and sell stolen goods without getting caught Recognize crew emblems and recall the history of piracy Sports Lore Become a player in a professional brutaris league Sell merchandise or scalp tickets in front of a sports arena Help condition and train athletes Underworld Lore Track down stolen items or missing people Make a deal with the head of a crime syndicate Smuggle a shipment of pirated goods into a port Vidgame Lore Livestream games as a professional vidgamer Design, develop, and program your own vidgame Charge for "gear runs" to help people beat a popular game Warfare Lore Teach a doshko fighting class at a dojo Join one side of a conflict as a mercenary or gun for hire Train fleet officers in military maneuvers and stratagems ### Downtime Events Craft or Earn Income (Crafting) A shipment of important materials is delayed, and the PC must track it down. The PC creates a superlative work, which draws the attention of a collector or thief. Create a Forgery (Society) The legal format the PC is attempting to mimic gets changed, and they must adjust. A mysterious benefactor gifts the PC special information but suggests they’ll ask for a favor later to reciprocate. Earn Income (General) A fussy client demands dramatic changes throughout the process. An accident at a work site puts someone in danger. Something the PC is working on becomes a fad or hit—demand skyrockets! A tourist is impressed with the PC’s work and offers them a more lucrative task on a faraway planet. Conditions on the job site are abysmal, and other workers ask the PC to join them in confronting the corporation. Earn Income (Performance) The PC launches their debut tour, becoming busier and more popular than ever! A popular infosphere channel finances a special performance but demands some changes to the contents. One of the PC’s fellow performers doesn’t show up, but the show must go on! Subsist (Survival) Over a long time subsisting in a single area, the PC finds a rare berry or herb that could be useful for making a new medicine. The PC finds signs indicating some large creature has been foraging as well—possibly a monster. Program (Computers) An update to your computer systems makes your program unstable on any system connected to the infosphere. You need help finishing a program, and the only programmer willing to help has a shady background. A megacorporation steals your idea and demands you cease your operations unless you can prove the computer program was stolen. Buy and Sell Items The PC buys or sells a stolen item and is pursued by the organization looking to get it back at any cost. A vendor sells the PC a dangerous fake item. An online vendor has the item the PC wants but won’t ship it, requiring them to pick it up and smuggle it back home. Retrain Tapping into new magical powers inflicts a curse or creates an odd phenomenon. The vids the PCs have been using to train were fraudulent and resulted in an injury during their physical training.