Hi, my first Post here :) I have been reading a lot here and first wanted to say thanks to all. A lot of threads and everything have already been very helpflu to me. I recenly started playing EP in a group, though I know the setting and universe for a while now. Since we have more people wanting to play EP I was asked to gm another group and so face my first time of serious GMing (not counting some Vampire 10 years ago). We are two gamemasters now, that are familiar with the universe and play each a character in the group of each other and in some time we want the two groups to work in some way together, since they all are in some way into the outer system. Anyway, since this is my first game and i had to come up with a plot I decided to ask here if the thing I came up with actually make any sense. I've read a lot general tips on GMing and are already considering several things but here is how i think things might go: We will between 3 to 5 players, of which only one has done an rpg before, he is also the one that know as much about the universe as i do. the roles are: - a titanian uplift investigator - an argonau techi/hacker - an ultimates deserteur maybe: - a xeno-archäologist - an extropian morph designer/trader Since only one person has experienced in playing a rpg before, i decided to start more linear in the beginning und then will progress to more open games later. Each character has different reasons to be at the extropian (but somewhat conservative) station when the adventure starts. The investigator has to investigate a recent murder on a fellow Titanian. The argonaut is going to get some fresh algorithm, since the station is a thriving greymarket for software/blueprints and a hub for Trade between inner and outer system The ultimate started in a emergency capsule after he fled, because he was accused of something he did not do. So he was picked up and then dropt off at the Station because, well he is a fascist in some several ways. So what happens, that all of there characters will be caught up in what is the beginning of the cold war between inner and outer system going hot (though this will happen over several gaming sessions). Some extremist corporate group seem behind that. Also they tend to have some serious technology at their hands. So the characters have to flee the station as ultimates seize control in a coup that is empowered by a virus that shuts the station off from the mesh. Everything is blamed on an outbreak of titan nanoswarms and machines, due to some infection from an outersystem freighter or darkcast. The characters are then later going back to that station undercover to find out more about the murder and discover that a hypercorp is behind it all. These first two acts are merely tutorials, as i think that i will remind players regularly about theit possibilites. While the first section is more action focused, fleeing and not getting caught, while recording evidence, the second will give the players more possibilities to find out certain clues about the murder and attack, probably already linking it together. I also think of giving them support from a firewall agent, during these scenes, maybe to keep everything more in game. Of course this is not exacty the whole conspiracy behind it all :) I also read a thread about players not wanting to join firewall. I will try to solve this by actually giving the characters only "good" information about how firewall is (e.g. "democratic" voting, preventing another fall etc.) and then later introduce them to the darker aspects of the organization. So tell me what you think, if you like. I could of course outline the plot more, but i did not want my first post to be a novel Also, please excuse mistakes, since english is not my native language and also I wrote this in a bit of a hurry.