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: Alpha Complex works with terrifying efficiency.(Irrational) General kind of weirdness or irregularity that prompts The Computer to assign a mission to the Troubleshooters: The security clearance system has provoked an intractable crisis.
(Someone) Person, people, organization or agency responsible for the situation: A warbot reprogrammed by Humanists. (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 psychotic, kill-crush-smash-destroy, 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: A minor malfunction in GREEN (Tension 12) crowded living quarters (IR: barracks; R-Y: dormitory; G-B: apartment; I-U: mansion) may grow into a major problem. The PCs must fix the malfunction and deal with the problems already created. The "Someone" doesn't want the team to succeed, and is actively working against them.
Mission Alert: Relayed through a public confession booth, read in the scrolling "Credit Due" message on a vending machine or overheard in a communal area. Message is intact and correct.
Briefing: Briefing is in empty corridor. 1 briefing officers undercover; wary, paranoid; speak in evasive code-phrases.
This Mission: The Computer's own CompNode in INDIGO (Tension 15) warbot armature fitting lab has gone down. Repair it at once! Instantly!
Outfitting: C-Bay or other online auction site: Price: 10% over list price. Delivery: agreed drop point nearby (RED (Tension 4) empty dining area (IR: mess hall; R-Y: cafeteria; G-B: dining room; I-U: dining hall)), immediate. Drop point is an ambush by Communists thugs; there is no equipment; the PCs regain the money they bid.
Debriefing: Debriefing conducted solely by R&D scientists. They ask many questions about equipment, giving the impression the only reason for the mission was to test equipment. After the scientists leave, The Computer covers the treason accusations.
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.