Learn to Play Alien RPG: Chariot of the Gods

About the adventure

THE CRONUS INCIDENT: A Salvage Mission in Deep Space The USCSS Montero is just another corporate workhorse hauling gas through the outer rim. Your crew is tired, underpaid, and ready for cryosleep—but the company has other plans. A distress signal has been detected from the USCSS Cronus, a Weyland-Yutani science vessel that went missing nearly eighty years ago. Now, it’s drifting near a dying star, and your contract’s salvage clause just kicked in. All you have to do is board her, secure the data, and tow her home. It should be the biggest payday of your lives. But the Cronus is a tomb of rusted steel and flickering lights, and the air smells like ozone and ancient decay. As the shadows stretch long in the corridors, you’ll realize that some things were meant to stay lost in the black. The Game Experience This is a cinematic one-shot for the Alien RPG by Free League, designed for both veterans of the system and players brand new to the universe. We use the Cinematic Mode rules, which means the game is built for high-tension, fast-paced horror where the stakes are life and death. Themes: Corporate greed, cosmic isolation, and the primal fear of the unknown. Playstyle: I prioritize atmosphere and narrative tension over complex "map-crawling." Expect a heavy focus on roleplay, Rule of Cool, & Theater of the Mind. New Players Welcome: No prior knowledge of the Alien RPG rules is required. I will provide pre-generated characters and a quick rules primer at the start of the session.