Your Mission
The Computer has generated the following mission for your team. It has been carefully designed to ensure the maximum safety and satisfaction for your team.
Paranoia is the Irrational Fear Someone is Out To Get You
(Fear) Dominant type of fear to install in the PCs: The PCs just aren't good enough to handle their assignment.(Irrational) General kind of weirdness or irregularity that prompts The Computer to assign a mission to the Troubleshooters: The economy has grown even stranger than usual.
(Someone) Person, people, organization or agency responsible for the situation: The 21st-degree leader of the secret society Corpore Metal, who plans to expand his personal power and the might of his secret-society. (The identity of the Someone need not be obvious at the mission's outset, and in fact things may play out more appropriately if the Someone is not discovered until late in the proceedings.)
(Out To Get You) General apparent threat posed by the situation, or the consequences if the situation is left unresolved: Waste disposal is breaking down; garbage is backing up in the hallways and will soon flood the complex. The threat is a lie.
(Out To Get You) General real threat posed by the situation, or the consequences if the situation is left unresolved: The "Someone" has taken control of crowded corridor and is slaughtering enemies. The PCs are either trapped there or sent to deal with the problem.
Mission Alert: A drugged INFRARED barracks bedding delouser acting as a courier delivers alert hardcopy; seeks 10cr 'tip' for the delivery. Message is intact and correct.
Briefing: Briefing is in IR marketeer living quarters. When the PCs leave the briefing an explosion follows, leaving no evidence of the officer except a large burn mark and melted furnishings.
This Mission: YELLOW (Tension 10) empty Vulture Squadron barracks is having problems processing forms. Go help out.
Outfitting: C-Bay or other online auction site: Price: 30% off. Delivery: please allow 24 hours for delivery to PCs' specified address. Drop point to pick up purchased equipment is hangar (or other big room) run by Internal Security plant (hiding as Spy for another Alpha Complex), which charges a 2% commission for services.
Debriefing: A compact office with one desk and a chair, occupied by the debriefing officer, with the PCs standing amid towers of forms, printouts and manila folders, all bearing the names of one or more PCs.
Find weird phrasing, clearly erroneous output, or other signs of filthy commie mutant traitor sabotage? Copy the offending passages and email them to the High Programmer for investigation.