I am writing an intro scenario to basically get my players used to the new rules and to give me practice writing scenarios for Rogue Trader before I let them free to do what they want. Please feel free to criticise and give suggestions on what to add. Also any little details that can flesh the whole thing out would be much apprecieated.
The Rogue Traders background means they start with him taking over after his mother, the previous Rogue Trader, has died. They have just returned to Port Wander after returning her body to her homeworld where they get a request to meet from one of his mothers old friends willing to give them a head start (that will prove profitable for him). For this I will be using Jonquin Saul pg 362
He has acquired some old maps that show some worlds that are unexplored and one has been noted as having potentially abundant resources and no habitation. The idea is that the players explore it, make it safe for mining, set up a warp route and then use a mining company mostly owned by Saul to do the work, that way they both win.
The map is out of date though and since it was created a group of Enoullians from DH’s Creatures Anathema have moved in and set up their own mining operation mining obsidian for a chaos group plans on using to build massive cathedrals in the name of the Chaos gods, on some unidentified planet in the expanse. Enoullians are slipping to chaos worship due to their hatred of the Imperium.
When the players arrive in system they find a small ship, only 700m in length, in geostationary orbit which is obviously a mismatch of many different races and styles. I’m not sure how the first encounter will pan out but most likely they will attack unless the players can convince them to back down (very hard charm tests).
Once they have driven off the Enoullian ship then they can land their prospectors at likely locations shown by the scanners and begin the survey. The largest likely deposits are located near the Enoullians site.
The Enoullians are all gone from their mining operation but in reality have gone to ground in the forests surrounding their dig site awaiting the moment to strike. They are co-ordinating with a chaos transport approaching from the other side of the planet (staying out of site due to warning and position data from the Enoullians) and will attack when it arrives in orbit 2 days into the survey with the Enoullian ship returning to help.
The players will then have to try and salvage the operation by driving off the enemy ships and getting the survey teams out safely.
What I don’t know is how I should classify the endeavour and how I should split and award the achievement points.
Also ideas on other things the players could pick up as a result of the endeavour would be great.
Kaihlik