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    The Derelict Ship of the Ancients: An Ephemeris RPG adventure
    The Derelict Ship of the Ancients: An Ephemeris RPG adventure
    The Derelict Ship of the Ancients: An Ephemeris RPG adventure
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    The Derelict Ship of the Ancients: An Ephemeris RPG adventure

    By J Alan Erwine

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    A ship of unknown origins has been discovered drifting in the space between the Althani and Culthan sectors of space. As the ship is in what is "technically" considered to be neutral space, the Althani and the Culthan are aggressively negotiating what should be done with the ship. While they're negotiating, others have taken it upon themselves to investigate the ship without the blessing of either of the governments. Your party is one of these groups. You know that both governments might come after you because of what you're about to do, and you also know that you won't be the only group trying to discover the secrets of this ship, but it doesn't matter. It's a ship from the past, and you have no idea of what you might discover on the ship...and that alone makes it worth the risk.

    An Ephemeris adventure for 4-6 characters of 6th-9th levels.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomadic Delirium Press
    Release dateSep 4, 2011
    ISBN9781465908995
    The Derelict Ship of the Ancients: An Ephemeris RPG adventure
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    J Alan Erwine

    J Erwine was born Oct. 15, 1969 in Akron, Ohio. Early in his life he was exposed to science, and specifically astronomy. From there on, J’s passion turned to science fiction, a passion that’s never died.Due to family issues, J eventually found himself in Denver, Colorado, where he still lives (well, right outside now.)From the time he could put subject and predicate together on paper, J has been writing stories. None of those early stories exist anymore (thankfully), but that passion for writing has never waned.After several years of rejection, the story Trek for Life was eventually sold to ProMart Writing Lab editor James Baker. It wasn’t Asimov’s, but it was a start. Since that time J has sold more than forty short stories to various small press publishers. In addition ProMart also published a short story collection of J’s entitled Lowering One’s Self Before Fate, and other stories, which is still available. ProMart also published a novel from J entitled The Opium of the People, which sold a few copies before going out of print.The relevance of the novel after the events of September 11th caused J to self-publish the novel, as he felt the story had a lot to say in the new reality we now find ourselves living in. Now, this same book has been re-released by Nomadic Delirium Press.Eventually J would become an editor with ProMart. Then, after the untimely death of ProMart editor James Baker, J would move on to ProMart’s successor Sam’s Dot Publishing. J also spends most of his time working as a freelance writer and editor.J’s novel was voted a top ten finisher in the 2003 annual Preditors & Editors contest, and his short story The Galton Principle won a ProMart contest for best story over 5,000 words. In addition, a number of his stories have been voted “best of” in various issue of The Martian Wave and The Fifth DI... and have been included in Wondrous Web Worlds Vols. 2, 3, 4, and 6.In 2009, the Ephemeris Role Playing Game was released. J is the co-creator of this game, and has written numerous supplements for the game.J has now sold three novels and four short story collections, all of which are still available from various sources, including Smashwords.J currently lives with his amazing wife, three wonderful children, three cats, and a very quiet turtle.

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      The Derelict Ship of the Ancients - J Alan Erwine

      The Derelict Ship of the Ancients

      An Ephemeris Adventure

      By J Alan Erwine

      Copyright 2010 by Nomadic Delirium Press

      Learn more about the Ephemeris RPG at http://www.nomadicdeliriumpress.com/ephemeris.htm

      Published by Nomadic Delirium Press at Smashwords

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This adventure is designed for a party of four to six characters of 6th-9th Levels. A mix of player character classes is recommended, but there is quite a bit of combat, so it would be best if the party had at least one Soldier/Mercenary or Law Enforcer. Any other character class would also be helpful, but the game master should make sure that at least one character has quite a bit of training in Computerese, as this is a vital skill in this game.

      This adventure was first played at MileHiCon in Denver, Colorado on October 23rd, 2010. Due to formatting problems, the characters that were used at MileHiCon could not be included with this version of the adventure. If you would like those characters, please feel free to drop us an e-mail at editor@nomadicdeliriumpress.com and we'll e-mail them to you. Sorry for the inconvenience.

      It’s important to keep in mind that a lot of the gear that is taken off of the bodies of slain enemies will only fit characters that are of the same species. For example, Level One Body Armor taken off of an Althani Soldier will only fit an Althani character, and if a weapon is taken from a

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