d20 | What do you have? | Where does it need to go? | Who else wants it? | What do you need? | Who can help you? |
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1 |
A little girl with a dark secret/ |
The edge of known space at coordinates x,y,x. |
A team of expert bounty hunters. |
Guarantees of safety for someone's dependants. |
A legendary ghost ship populated with androids. |
2 |
A planet destroying bomb. |
The heart of the galaxy. |
A large crime syndicate. |
Better weapons and shields. |
Your real boss. |
3 |
The sacred royal treasure of a prominent alien race. |
The chief historian of the Imperial Archives. |
The Emperor of the Galaxy. |
A new, more powerful reactor core. |
A team of adrenaline-seeking smugglers. |
4 |
The cryogenically frozen body of someone important. |
A secret temple on a remote planet. |
A powerful corporation or one of its subsidiaries. |
A new mechanic/technician with flexible morals. |
A tenancious street kid you met when you got here. |
5 |
The only signed copy of the peace treaty. |
One of the last known pockets of the resistance. |
The person/faction that hired you. |
Supplies. [Flip a coin then reroll one of the if you get both]. |
The planetary governor's younger brother. |
6 |
A powerful new energy supply. |
To someone that can keep it safe for us. |
A rogue government official/office. |
Permission from a governing body. |
An untrustworthy acquaintance of yours. |
7 |
A critical resupply. |
Home. |
A pirate captain. |
A new engine. |
An old sage. |
8 |
An artifact of a legendary ancient alien race. |
A maximum-security prison on an uninhabited world. |
A new alien race recently risen to space-faring. |
Something to distract your opposition. |
A mysterious stranger who contacts you out of the blue. |
9 |
A religious relic of crucial importance. |
An uninhabited world you had to hole up in one time. |
A militaristic faction with dreams of galactic domination. |
Something to safely contain what you are carrying. |
Someoneyou saved back in the war. |
10 |
An illegal weapon. |
Your old boss. |
Its rightful owner. |
More fuel. |
An eccentric reclusive scientist. |
11 |
An experimental starfighter. |
The alien's despot king. |
Your rivals. |
Advice from a sage. |
A crewmember's ex-wife. |
12 |
The only working FTL drive. |
Agents of the imperial army. |
A remorseless general. |
An extension of your contract. |
The captain's mentor. |
13 |
The survivors of a genocide. |
Earth. |
Whoever you stole it from. |
The blueprints for your ship. |
The bishop. |
14 |
A gentically engineered clone. |
A neglected mining colony way out on the frontier. |
An important cleric of the Imperial Diocese. |
Back pay for the last job you did for this employer. |
A disgraced polician infamous for scandalous habits. |
15 |
A virulent disease. |
Your father. |
A former lover. |
An advance payment. |
No one but yourselves. |
16 |
The last specimens of an endangered organism. |
A top secret deep space research lab. |
Nightmarish creatures from outside the galaxy. |
Something to fix the radiation/fluid leak. |
A grizzled war vet with nothing left to lose. |
17 |
One metric tonne of a powerful narcotic. |
The ship doctor's compatriots/lab. |
Someone you left for dead back in the war. |
The planet you are on is quarantined. |
The leader of the local insurgency. |
18 |
The blood soaked body of the universe's most powerful diplomat. |
An underworld contact who you think will give you a good price for it. |
Your old boss. [Flip a coin, then reroll one of the two if you get both.] |
A new AI, this time a little less sarcastic (Dont' hold your breath.) |
A few of the Emperor's advisors. [Roll a d6 for how many.] |
19 |
A hibernating serial killer. |
Your hideout. |
A fanatic cult. |
Your ship has been taken. |
A friend with a pirate crew. |
20 |
Nothing of value. [Roll again for what you are supposed to be carrying.] |
A badly outmatched fleet about to engage the enemy in a last-ditch battle. |
You don't know. [DM secretly flips a coin, if heads then there is no one, if tails roll again]. |
A new navigator. (Probably best to not tell him what happened to the last one.) |
A family member with a commission in the Imperial Navy. |
Space Opera Plot Hook Generator (d20)
A generic sci-fi scenario/mission generator.
A random result will be collated from each column