Rhythms of the Dead Core

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Techno-Horror Dungeon Crawl

Rhythms of the Dead Core

Lvl 5 to 73 to 5 players3 to 4 hours· Hard

“Silence is the only way to survive the beat.”

— Hook · Techno-Horror Dungeon Crawl

QuestgiverOverseer Kaelen

Techno-Horror Dungeon Crawl

Science Fiction

Hard

Lvl 5 to 7

3 to 5 players

3 to 4 hours

3 NPCs

2 encounters

The Opening

“The floor plates under your boots vibrate with a rhythmic, bone-deep thrum that makes your teeth ache. Station Overseer Kaelen grips your arm, his eyes bloodshot, and whispers that the core pulse has changed. If the beat does not stop, the station will shake itself apart within the hour.”
— Hook · Techno-Horror Dungeon Crawl

Set the Scene

The floor plates under your boots vibrate with a rhythmic, bone-deep thrum that makes your teeth ache. Station Overseer Kaelen grips your arm, his eyes bloodshot, and whispers that the core pulse has changed. If the beat does not stop, the station will shake itself apart within the hour.

Patron

Questgiver

Overseer Kaelen

The Overseer approaches the party in a crowded docking bay, looking physically ill and clutching a data-pad with trembling hands. He offers a massive bounty if they can reach the Core Hub and initiate a manual override.

On the Streets · In the Books

Rumours

d3 · table

01
They say the vibrations in the lower decks are making people's teeth fall out.
02
Ironpulse Station was built over a derelict ship that was never fully scavenged.
03
The Overseer hasn't left the command deck in three days.

Stakes

If the party fails, the station vibrates into a cloud of debris, and 'The Signal' broadcasts its personality-overwriting code to every ship in the sector.

Ticking Clock·The Resonance Meter: Every hour, the station's stability decreases by 20 percent. At 0 percent, total structural collapse occurs.

Background Lore

Ironpulse Station is an industrial mining hub built into a hollowed-out asteroid. Its power core is a salvaged experimental drive found in deep space. Recently, the drive has begun emitting a low-frequency resonance that is disrupting both machinery and human neural pathways.

What the World Knows

The station core is experiencing a massive mechanical resonance failure. Maintenance teams have been unable to reach the dampeners due to structural damage and frantic crowds.