The Right Stuff by Joseph Mohr is a role playing game supplement published by Old School Role Playing for use with Cepheus Engine. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result.
The supplement is available as a 16 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, three the front matter and three the Open Game License.
The opening paragraphs explain that an outbreak of a disease on an industrial world in the Sonora sector – the adventure is set in the Frontiers of Space – has caused concern and the characters are hired to bring vaccines to the planet.
Patron is the, soon to be dead, employer.
Complications are things that can go wrong or which aren’t known.
Amdus IX has details on the world.
The Leadership of Amdus IX describes and gives, unnecessary, stats for the five council members.
Problems on Amdus IX looks at overpopulation, pollution and riots.
The People of Amdus IX has some brief details on the populace.
Star Ports is a paragraph on the planet’s ports.
Hagin Secunda has details on the world where the vaccines are to be purchased.
The Sellers on Hagin Secunda has details on them.
The Transfer of Goods briefly covers this.
Sonoran Hemmorhagic Fever looks at the disease.
Delivery is how the characters deliver the vaccines.
The Plague Hits Amdus IX covers the outbreak of the plague.
An Unfortunate Accident covers the death of the patron.
SIPOL looks at the sector police’s involvement.
Aftermath looks at the aftereffects.
Mission Completion has the characters paid.
The final page of content has a map of Amdus IX.
The Right Stuff in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough with enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is okay. The text maintains a single column format and appeared to be mostly free of errors. Bar the map and cover, there are no illustrations. Presentation is okay.
This is a no-win adventure for the characters. If they do what they are hired to do, they will end up releasing a disease, causing billions of deaths and more than likely be sought by the police as they’ve been framed as terrorists. There is no way of them avoiding this if they do their jobs, making this a very unfair adventure. The Right Stuff can be found by clicking here.
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