GM Notes -------- These are a few random notes that help the GM make things even more interesting. The introduction is intentionally dull and uninteresting, the team is studying the planet and they are meant to produce lots of dull, dry facts. Full details of the ATV and it damage tables are provided in Double Adventure 2: Across the Bright Face/Mission on Mithril from GDW. The Characters Make sure one of your more vocal players gets to play Hanit and one of the better roleplayers gets Sherina. This ensures a little bit of internal friction to spice things up. One Last Shanghai After the party has investigated the three sites and returned to the ship's landing area, a final special surprise awaits: the ship is gone! The engineer, Bob, finished the repairs and decided to perform a test lift off just to be sure things worked. Unfortunately, he didn't set down again in exactly the same place. He is located about 20 km away from the initial landing site which is well over the horizon and naturally no radio communication will reach the ship. If the ATV team performs a search of the surrounding area, they should be allowed to locate the ship eventually. Return to site C is another option, which the GM should adjucate on based on the pervious actions of the group. Remember, however, that if Bruce is absent, entry will not be possible. The Final Surprise This last surprise is optional, for the sadistic or evil-minded only (I didn't use it). The base at site C provides planetary defences that will, at the GM's option, shoot down the scout ship whilst the players are escaping. A benevolent GM may allow Sherina a piloting roll to avoid this or allow the ship to land and the plart to mount another cross country trip to destroy the controls at the base. Just remember that Sherina is a very very very good pilot and she is capable of making most escape rolls. Really bright players may catch onto the defence system because there are no craters on the planet and two decent sized asteroid belts in the system. Reward them if they do so.