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Campaign Overview "The Campaign Book is an unforgettableexperience. as a player, you want to say youplayed this. As a GM, take a deep breath and s/archive/17/17552.phtml )"Infiltration, sabotage, a massive space battle,enemies foreign and domestic, and a dungeoncrawl in space [The Seven Worlds Campaign]would make a pretty good TV series." -- 7/08/05/review-seven-worlds-campaign/)“A wealth of sci-fi that seems much more plausiblethan most sci-fi." -- Roleplayer’s Chroniclehttp://roleplayerschronicle.com/?p 48871PLOT SUMMARY OF THE CAMPAIGNThe Seven Worlds campaign occurs in the year2217, when humanity's greatest achievement is thecolonization of six nearby star systems. In theseSeven Worlds (counting Earth) humanity thrives andprepares for the next great wave of spaceexploration. Psionic powers are real but neithertheir existence nor their origin are explained byscience, and psions are grouped (for everyone’sprotection) within an organization called the PsionBrotherhood.The main campaign has two parallel plots:This is a short plot summary of the Seven Worldscampaign, the galaxy-shattering science-fictionstory that has been nominated for an Ennie Awardfor Best Adventure of 2018. Inspired by such grandRPG campaigns as the original Dragonlance saga,and classic science-fiction books and TV series likeThe Expanse, Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica, thisis a story arc the players will never forget!Warning: This document is full of SPOILERS!We’ve posted a spoiler-free campaign review c.Don’t know what Seven Worlds is? Checkhttp://www.sevenworldsrpg.com/about or, ifyou only have 60 seconds to spare, watch theSeven Worlds announcement video athttp://overview.sevenworldsrpg.com.WHAT HAVE REVIEWERS BEEN SAYING?Several reviewers have shared their impressions onthe Seven Worlds campaign. Here’s a sample:1) The invasion of human space by an advancedalien species (“the Devourers”); and2) the conspiracy orchestrated by GanendraNathan, leader of the Psion Brotherhood, toeliminate all non-psion human societies bytaking advantage of the invasion.The Devourers have been close to human space forseveral decades, preparing their invasion. Twentyyears before the beginning of the adventure, thePsion Brotherhood came across a Devourer scoutship, thus learning of the alien menace; and theyalso discovered that despite being significantlymore powerful than mankind, Devourers werefatally vulnerable to psionic powers (Unsolvedmystery: Isn’t this a convenient coincidence?).Seeing an opportunity, Ganendra Nathan, leaderof the Psion Brotherhood, planned to leverage theupcoming Devourer invasion to make psions theundisputed leaders of humanity.For the next twenty years Ganendra ran a massivemigration program to Chrysalis, a secret PsionBrotherhood outpost on a planet unknown to non-

psions. All psions in this planet were trained in theuse of a psionic power that could stop theDevourers, should they try to invade Chrysalis. ThusGanendra ensured that when the Devourersoverran the Seven Worlds, Chrysalis will survive.Simultaneously, Ganendra prepared to plant theseeds of discord in human society, making sure nonpsions are weak and divided when the Devourersattack:--He fosters a war between the two nationscoexisting on the planet of Nouvelle Vie, thuscreating a proxy war between these nations’sponsors, the powerful worlds of Concordia andBay Jing.And he plants a software backdoor to sabotagethe Stellar Communications Network, thetechnology that allows the Seven Worlds tocommunicate and could be used to orchestratea coordinated defense against the Devourers.When Dr. Luis LaMarche discovers this hack, hebarely manages to escape Brotherhood agentswith his information.In the months leading to the start of the adventure,strange sightings and ship disappearances in thefrontier worlds have increased. Sensing that theDevourer invasion is about to begin, Ganendra putshis plan into action.CAMPAIGN OVERVIEWIn the introductory adventure (page 159 of theSetting Guide) the heroes are members of n. During a routine mission to the frontierplanet of Nouvelle Vie the heroes witness theappearance of a strange alien ship (a Devourership, of course) and experience its awesomedestructive power.This concludes with the heroes being sent to CircleHQ on Concordia to report on their sighting.Unsolved mystery: What strange thing did theheroes witness in the depths of space?PART I: RUMORS OF WAR (PAGE 3)In Concordia the heroes are ordered to continue toEarth to:--Obtain more information from the PsionBrotherhood on these strange sightings (since theBrotherhood has been asking for the sightings tobe classified); andTo investigate the disappearance of Dr. LuisLaMarche, a renowned scientist from Earth withties to the Circle.Before leaving Concordia, the heroes witness theassassination (orchestrated by Ganendra Nathan)of the leader of Bay Jing during a diplomatic event.This precipitates a war between the worlds ofConcordia and Bay Jing.On Earth, the heroes meet the N’ahili, the only alienspecies mankind has encountered so far, and reacha dead-end in their investigation into the mysteriousalien ship they saw. Following Dr. LaMarche’s trail,the heroes break into the offices of his employerand discover that he had been working onunspecified “improvements” to the StellarCommunications Network, which apparently hadsomething to do with his disappearance.Unsolved mysteries: Why is the Psion Brotherhoodkeeping alien sightings files classified? Whoordered the assassination on the leader of BayJing? What secret on the Stellar CommunicationsNetwork did Dr. LaMarche discover? Where is he?COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT:-A “game within the game” full fantasy virtualworld, where the heroes can become knights,wizards, and more (pages 20-28).

-LaMarche’s employer’s offices are physical andvirtual spaces, at the same time; the heroes mustexplore both simultaneously (pages 28-31).entire Stellar Communications Network crashes, thusisolating the Seven Worlds. The heroes barelyescape with their lives, carrying a desperate cry forhelp against an unstoppable invader.PART II: DIVIDED WE FALL (PAGE 37)As the heroes return to the frontier they becomeinvolved in the war between Concordia and BayJing (precipitated by the assassination in Part I).After secretly infiltrating the Concordian navy, theheroes discover that the Concordians know of asecret jump point shortcut to Nouvelle Vie. Thissecret shortcut is the foundation of a deviousConcordian plan to destroy the Bay Jingian navy atNouvelle Vie.Unsolved mystery: The Stellar CommunicationsNetwork crashed at the same time the aliens begantheir invasion. How could this possibly be acoincidence? Is this connected to Dr. LaMarche?COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT:--The jump point shortcut (pages 43-44, 46-47)is a great example of how 3-D starmaps withREAL star locations enhance the game (you canwatch a demo video of the 3-D starmaps athttp://3DStarMaps.SevenWorldsRPG.com).There is a detailed, rich social combat scene inwhich the heroes must understand each warringcouncil member’s personality and motivations,and convince them to set their quarrels aside toface the alien invaders (pages 54-58).PART III: INTO THE FIRE (PAGE 65)As the Devourers begin their advance into the Seven(now Six) Worlds, the heroes are sent on a longshot mission to find a way to stop them: Ananonymous tip points to a terrorist in the planet ofApollo who may have a clue the heroes need. Afterbecoming involved in a political war betweencorporations and storming a faraway ice-coveredresearch facility taken over by terrorists, the heroesobtain the clue they were looking for: The rumors ofan unknown place that goes by the name of“Chrysalis.” The trail to Chrysalis points to Logan’sEnd, the farthest and least civilized planet in theSeven Worlds.When, pursued by the Concordian navy, the heroesreach Nouvelle Vie with their precious information,war between both fleets breaks out. At this point, aDevourer fleet materializes and obliterates bothfleets and the planet under them. Simultaneously the

coming? Are they allied with the Devourers? Whatis hidden in the coordinates for Chrysalis?COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT:-Unsolved mystery: Who sent the anonymous tip?What is “Chrysalis” and how can it help stop theDevourers?COOL THINGS TO CHECK OUT:-The core of this chapter has the heroes breakinto a huge ice-covered research station. Theclimactic battle occurs in a garden dome withmultiple obstacles and robotic tools for heroesand Assistants to use (pages 78-85).PART IV: BROKEN CIRCLE (PAGE 95)Three of the Seven Worlds have now fallen to theDevourer invasion. On the way to Logan’s End theheroes find Dr. LaMarche and obtain his secret: Hehas discovered that the Psion Brotherhoodorchestrated the sabotage of the Stellar CommNetwork at the exact moment the Devourers wereattacking the human fleets.When the heroes reach Logan’s End, they crisscrossthe planet investigating the fate of the crew of theAurora Borealis, a failing smuggler ship that had astrange encounter years ago. After surviving thedangers of the jungles of Logan’s End, the heroesobtain their reward from the only remainingcrewmember: The coordinates to Chrysalis.Unsolved mystery: Why would the PsionBrotherhood want to sabotage the Stellar CommNetwork? Did they know the Devourers wereThe heroes must plan the defense of a ricketyspace station against hired agents of the PsionBrotherhood. To do this they have the spacestation (with special space station combat rules)as well as a fleet of mini-mining ships that mustbe managed as a unit (Pages 108-109).PART V: CHRYSALIS (PAGE 127)The heroes reach Chrysalis, the Eighth World, anddiscover Ganendra’s secret plan. They also discoverthat Ganendra locked a secret psionic power,called raze, into all Chrysalis’ psions minds, and onlyhe knows the password to activate it. This psionicpower apparently can stop the Devourers!