Core Space Mission - Dead Planet

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MISSION BRIEFING – DEAD PLANET

Your scanner has picked up a signal from a nearby world, but the galactic map of this area is
blank. Oddly so… You’ve heard rumour that when the Purge completely assimilate a planet, all
trace that the planet ever existed is destroyed to prevent widespread panic. Could this be such a
world? If so, it could be the perfect looting opportunity.
If the Purge have wiped out the planet’s inhabitants odds are that you’ll find some Gatherers on
site cleaning up the last remaining biomass. Your contact at Giger’s says he can make you an
almighty weapon with the core of a Purge Mother, if you’re brave enough to extract it that is… Are
you feeling brave?
This mission is not part of a specific campaign – it is a side-mission for up to four crews. You will
need the Purge Outbreak and Purge Reinforcement packs to play this mission. Don’t forget that
this means you’ll be spawning up to double the number of Purge!

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE (regardless of LoS) but otherwise following


Reward: The Mother’s Venom the Mother.

The Traders’ aim is to take advantage of the Traders can also distract the Mother. If an
relative calm and corner and destroy the item is thrown within medium range and LoS
Mother. Parts of her core can be used to build of the Mother, she will not scatter. Instead she
a powerful weapon – the Mother’s Venom will move towards the nearest such item.
(see the Purge Outbreak booklet for details). When she reaches it, it is removed and she
will revert to being scattered as normal.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVE
Reward: Whatever you can find Little do the Traders know, but the Mother has
a bodyguard… As soon as she is alerted, her
This place is deserted, and it looks like the bodyguard, an Annihilator, will be awoken
inhabitants left without collecting their from its dormant state. From then on there is
belongings. There’s no-one left to care if you a chance the Annihilator will arrive.
loot the area, but you may not be the only
ones with that idea… • At Charge and above, it will arrive as
normal as per the Hostility Tracker.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS • If the Hostility is still below Charge, roll
Abandoned Planet the Chance die for its arrival as if it
Every living thing on the planet has been were a Live One. If it does not arrive,
‘purged’ and as such your arrival is increase the Hostility by 1 instead.
unexpected. The Purge Mother starts the
game on the board in the position shown, with Ship Parts
the Spiders in contact. The Plasma Reactor and Auto-doc represent
abandoned machinery that can be looted by
She does not know any Traders are in the the Traders. Either of these
area, and will only be alerted to your presence terrain pieces can be Interacted
when either: with, once only, to gain a Ship
• She starts her activation with a Trader Parts token (chosen at random
from those you have).
within medium range AND line of
sight. You’re on Your Own
• She is attacked. All Civilians in the area are dead or have fled
• The Hostility level reaches Charge – no Civilians or Security are used in this
mission. With nobody left to save, the Galactic
Until alerted, when it is the Mother’s turn to be Corps aren’t coming either, and should not be
activated simply scatter her to represent her used.
scouring the area for biomass. Her Spiders
will act as normal – moving towards Traders Gangs on the other hand might have the
once they are within medium range same idea as you – Gangers can be used in
this mission if you wish.
SET UP

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