History TabletopGame / MothershipRPG

* CloningBlues: The main theme of Gradient Descent. [[spoiler: As the players explore the Deep, they fill up a stat called "Bends". The more Bends they build up, the most likely it is that they are, in fact, cloned androids.]]

** [[JackOfAllTrades Teamsters]] are intrepid spacefarers handy in any situations. They start with basic space survival skills and can go anywhere from there.
** [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Scientists]] take to the stars in order to understand them, which means people tend to get creeped out if they start losing their grip on reality.
** [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Androids]] make everyone around them nervous, but they're almost impossible to shake. Being AIs, they're excellent with numbers.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The combat shotgun deals up to 20 damage at close range, putting a huge dent in anything it doesn't outright kill. Bear in mind, especially lucky players might get up to 13 hit points at character generation, and will never go higher than 17.

* ShortRangeShotgun: The combat shotgun deals up to 200 damage at close range, putting a huge dent in anything it doesn't outright kill. Bear in mind, especially lucky players might get up to 130 hit points at character generation, and will never go higher than 170.

* AnAxeToGrind: The boarding axe, added in 1e, is a very good weapon for its price due to its high damage.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Common, considering the setting and it's inspirations.

* ShoutOut: In spades. Pretty much any piece of equipment in the Player Survival guide is straight up lifted from popular sci-fi franchises. Of course, you get the time-honored [[{{Franchise/Alien}} pulse rifle with underbarrel pump-action grenade launcher]], but the third party modules tend to have their own set of references, like the one set in a [[Franchise/JurassicPark park for dinosaurs]]. [[RecycledInSpace In space]].

* AnAxeToGrind: The boarding axe, added in 1e, is a very good weapon for it's price due to it's high damage.

* SchrodingersGun: The Mothership Cannon is what you decide to use from the books you decide to use.

The main books published by TKG are the Player Survival Guide, ''Dead Planet'' (the first adventure module), ''A Pound of Flesh'' (a sourcebook for space stations) and ''Gradient Descent'' (containing a MegaDungeon called the Deep). The game is designed to be easy to create for and to licence , so it has a quite active and collaborative third party scene. Some of these modules even reframe various adventures into a consistent setting of sorts, the Third Sector Campaign Framework, complete with star maps and job-seeking rules for enterprising crews.

A game published by Tuesday Knight Games. It's about dying in space.

Inspired by classics of sci-fi horror such as Film/BladeRunner, Videogame/DeadSpace and {{Franchise/Alien}}, this indie production is intended as a system for anyone wishing to roleplay the ordeals of spacefarers in the worst places between the stars. It lacks a canon, which is intentional, as it is intended for anyone to be able to plug their own interpretation of the horrors of the univers.

However, while there is no stated canon, there are themes. The main book, Player Survival Guide, and most first and third party contributions tend to revolve arround BodyHorror and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corporate Intrigue]] as well as CosmicHorror. Players and [[GameMaster Wardens]] are encouraged to discuss various points of their universe together beforehand or when they come up, deciding for example if Androids can take drugs or what kind of corps exist in their universe.

For now, the main books published by TKG are the Player Survival Guide, Dead Planet (the first adventure module) A Pound of Flesh (a source book for space stations) and Gradient Descent (containing a MegaDungeon called the Deep).

This game has a quite active and collaborative third party scene, some of these modules being collected in a rare "canon" of sorts in the Third Sector Campaign Framework, complete with star maps and job-seeking rules for enterprising crews.

* NailEm: A nail gun is an available weapon. It does as much damage as a revolver while penetrating armor better, being much cheaper, and having 4 times the magazine capacity. However, it has extremely low range, requiring you to get into melee range to use it unpenalized.

* ATeamFiring: Untrained shooters are unable to control their rate of fire with fully automatic weapons, causing them to waste the entire magazine instead of properly conserving ammo

* Powered Armor: The Advanced Battle Dress. It gives excellent protection and allows a marine to carry twice as much stuff but gives disadvantage to all speed checks.

Inspired by classics of sci-fi horror such as Film/BladeRunner, Videogame/DeadSpace and {{Franchise/Alien}}, this indie production is intended as a system for anyone wishing to roleplay the ordeals of spacefarers in the worst places between the stars. It lacks a cannon, which is intentional, as it is intended for anyone to be able to plug their own interpretation of the horrors of the univers.

However, while there is no stated cannon, there are themes. The main book, Player Survival Guide, and most first and third party contributions tend to revolve arround BodyHorror and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Corporate Intrigue]] as well as CosmicHorror. Players and [[GameMaster Wardens]] are encouraged to discuss various points of their universe together beforehand or when they come up, deciding for example if Androids can take drugs or what kind of corps exist in their universe.

This game has a quite active and collaborative third party scene, some of these modules being collected in a rare "cannon" of sorts in the Third Sector Campaign Framework, complete with star maps and job-seeking rules for enterprising crews.

** [[{{Robot}} Androids]] make everyone around them nervous, but they're almost impossible to shake. Being AIs, they're excellent with numbers.

** [[SpaceMarine Marines]], as a staple of the genre, are the fighters. They fight even better in firing groups, but when they panic, everyone else might start losing it as well.

** [[SpaceMarine Marines]], as a staple of the genre, are the fighters. They do incredibly well in squads where they have each other's backs and aren't easy to scare, but when they do panic, everyone else might start losing it as well.

* CustomUniform: Characters can roll for random patches that their characters have sewn or painted on their clothes and armor. Examples include[[AdorableAbomination Chibi Cthulhu]], a soviet hammer and sickle and [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I Am Not A Robot"]].

* ShoutOut: In spades. Pretty much any piece of equipment in the Player Survival guide is straight up lifted from popular sci-fi franchises. Of course, you get the time-honored[[{{Franchise/Alien}} pulse rifle with underbarrel pump-action grenade launcher]], but the third party modules tend to have their own set of references, like the one set in a [[Franchise/JurassicPark park for dinosaurs]]. [[RecycledInSpace In space]].