Idle thought here spurs this question<br /><br />In SFman #5 page 37 we find the vimh (rodent PC race) <br /><br />They dont know where they come from, they reproduce rapidly, have little culture of their own besides what the borrow from the surrounding culture, not well educated, pretty much scavengers, with huge appetites. they are written as an under class exisiting at the edge of society and scavenging. They dont maintain technology of their own but borrow what they need.<br /><br />1. one implication is that they are not a proper space faring race.<br /><br />2. a another implication is they live a rat like existence on the edge of civilization.<br /><br />So my question is What would their first contact with the Frontier look like?<br /><br />I've been imagining that they would first stow away on a ship and reach the Frontier that way. Then get aboard a station and hide out in the guts of the station. Eventually they would infest the whole Frontier. <br /><br />So in thinking about how this would happen and how to incorporate it into a game it seems that the first station that they got aboard would experience some problems: food disappearing, things being stolen, stuff along those lines. Someone would begin to take notice and investigate. That would be where the PCs would come in.<br /><br />The vimh would be a little fearful and seeking to protect themselves. How would you could set up some Alien (the movie) style bug hunt and first contact with the vimh?<br />
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