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: One of the service groups is breaking down.(Irrational) General kind of weirdness or irregularity that prompts The Computer to assign a mission to the Troubleshooters: Changed perceptions only certain characters (ORANGE sector sign correction manager (indifferent bystander, drugged (thymoglandin, hydropsionic acid))), including one or more PCs. The changed perception is thoughts or memories.
(Someone) Person, people, organization or agency responsible for the situation: An R&D experiment that went right, created by psychotic, kill-crush-smash-destroy. (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: Endless wave of assassination attempts will befall drugged (thymoglandin, hydropsionic acid), who uses the Troubleshooters as decoys while he protects himself. 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: Surplus Armed Forces weaponry floods the IR market. Citizens (INFRARED barracks bedding delouser (indifferent bystander, psychotic, kill-crush-smash-destroy); RED R&D weapons beta tester (physical threat, dreamy, dazed, probably a Mystic); RED HPD&MC Sector Survey assistant (bureaucratic obstacle, drugged (thymoglandin, hydropsionic acid))) happily demonstrate their new armaments in many locations (RED (Tension 5) Proper Bedding Maintenance Hall of Fame; INFRARED (Tension 1) decommissioned missile silo ; RED (Tension 6) empty forms processing center).
Mission Alert: Special "breaking news" bulletin in middle of vidshow: interrupts crucial revelation. Identifies PCs by name. Briefing location is wrong. The information is obscured by advertising (pop-up ad, jingle, viral marketing, etc.). Sponsoring advertiser may possibly have record of unaltered alert.
Briefing: Briefing is in Communists meeting room (holds only guards). Briefing officer is dead on arrival and no one comes to replace him. May have notes on his body that describe the PCs' mission.
This Mission: The food delivery system in ORANGE (Tension 8) empty IntSec surveillance station has become plugged. Unplug it.
Outfitting: PLC: A Monty Python "Cheese Shop" warehouse; nothing is actually in stock. Staffers are proud of their multiple awards for cleanliness and efficiency.
Debriefing: The debriefing officer stands behind a massive, blast-shielded podium flanked by blue Vulture troopers with plasma generators, while the PCs sit in brilliant interrogation spotlights that look disconcertingly like bullseyes.
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.