👽 What is Mothership?

Mothership is a sci-fi horror RPG where you and your crew are deep-space professionals trying to survive in an indifferent, terrifying universe. Think Alien, Event Horizon, Dead Space, and Sunshine—with panic, body horror, and existential dread baked into the rules.

This is a game about:

• Lonely survival in the vacuum of space
• Things that should not be lurking in the dark
• Fragile humans cracking under pressure
• Scavenging, sabotage, and the terrifying unknown

🎲 How Does It Play?

Mothership uses a simple d100 roll-under system:

• Core Mechanic: Roll under your stat + skill on percentile dice.
• Four roles: Team members are Marines (fight), Scientists (study), Androids (survive), or Teamsters (haul and fix).
• Stress & Panic: As things go wrong, stress builds. When it breaks? You panic—scream, freeze, flee, or worse.
• Character death is common, but so are heroics—sometimes in the same scene.
• Modules (like Dead Planet and Gradient Descent) offer intense, often sandbox-style horror mysteries.

🚀 Ships, Crawlers, and Derelicts

Expect gameplay focused on:

• Claustrophobic exploration of derelicts, alien ruins, and research stations
• Salvage gone wrong, AI corruption, and xenobiological threats
• Shipboard tension: oxygen levels, reactor integrity, and who’s hiding something...

Every noise in the air ducts might be the last thing you hear.

🧠 Why You Should Play

This game is:

• Quick and deadly: Character creation in minutes, lethal outcomes in seconds.
• Atmospheric and scary: Pure space dread and lo-fi sci-fi vibes.
• Tactical and tense: Players must manage gear, stress, and limited knowledge.
• Compatible and flexible: Easy to hack, modify, and blend with your own scenarios.

If you love survival horror in space, Mothership is your nightmare playground.