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ISV Oriel went through a debris field that was not on the chart and came out the other side with holes in it. The air went in stages, one compartment at a time, and the crew moved forward ahead of it until there was no more forward. Six weeks, give or take. Last log entry: Nav Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: A distress beacon is still running. It is not the ship's.
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Whole week in one download: 7 derelicts, 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-25 (3.5 MB) — PNGs, .dd2vtt files, GM keys and the editable plans, CC0.
One dead ship a day, made with Bulkhead's starship deck plan generator. Each comes as a PNG, a .dd2vtt (walls, doors and any lights still working — import into Foundry, Roll20 or Owlbear Rodeo) and a GM key with what killed the ship, the hazards, the log fragments, a trail of clues through three rooms and the salvage. All of it is CC0. Want your own? Generate one — every derelict comes with a story.
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RSV Morrow Drift misjumped. The drive fired with the nav plot half-loaded and the ship came out somewhere with no stars in the right places. The crew rationed, then argued, then stopped. The drive is cold. The plot is still half-loaded. Last log entry: Cpt. Kowalczyk. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The plates in the lab show a planet in the wrong sky, and it has lights on the night side.
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FTV Nimbus Drift carried a specimen and the specimen did not stay in its crate. The crew tracked it room by room, sealed what they could, and lost. The log stops. The seals are intact, from outside; whatever is inside them is not the crew. Last log entry: Dr. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The consignment buyer already knows about the open crate and is paying for it to arrive that way.
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Farthing Station is still warm at the core. The reactor tripped, the coolant loop failed a day later, and the engineer sealed the reactor ring with herself inside it. The rest of the crew waited at the spoke hatch for word. The word never came, and neither did the rescue. Last log entry: Deckhand Moreau. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The core is stable now. Someone stabilised it, recently, and left.
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ISV Magpie went dark on a long haul when the main bus dropped and would not come back. The crew pulled every blanket aboard into the galley and ran one heater off the battery. The battery lasted sixty hours. The cold has lasted longer. Last log entry: Deckhand Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The heater in the galley was switched off, not exhausted.
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ISV Juniper is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the ship in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Tech Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: A buyer is already paying for Lot 14, sight unseen, and will pay more for silence.
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ICV Gallowglass took a micrometeoroid swarm broadside about six weeks ago. Half the hull is open to space, the rest is holding by habit. Crew of five. One pod launched; the bodies aboard do not account for the rest. Last log entry: Dr. Okafor. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The debris that did this is on a known orbit, and it comes back through in nine days.
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Marrow Station was taken at the airlock by a cutter with no transponder. The crew held the bridge for an hour and the hold for less. The boarders tore the cargo apart looking for one crate, left without it, and vented the station on the way out. The crate is still aboard. Last log entry: Dr. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The autodoc's patient is a boarder, alive, and willing to talk about the buyer.
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RSV Cinder split down the middle and stayed split. Eight of the crew wanted to turn back, three wanted to press on, and the ship drifted while the argument went from words to doors to worse. By the end the bridge held the doors and engineering held the power. Both factions kept logs. Both logs end the same week. Last log entry: Nav Petrov. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The company's recovery contract pays double if the recorder is destroyed on site.
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FTV Tallow carried a specimen and the specimen did not stay in its crate. The crew tracked it room by room, sealed what they could, and lost. The log stops. The seals are intact, from outside; whatever is inside them is not the crew. Last log entry: Dr. Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: There were two crates marked as ore. The manifest lists one.
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FTV Rowan misjumped. The drive fired with the nav plot half-loaded and the ship came out somewhere with no stars in the right places. The crew rationed, then argued, then stopped. The drive is cold. The plot is still half-loaded. Last log entry: Cpl. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The tally in the crew quarters is still being added to.
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Wayfarer Station lost power, then heat, then everyone. A cascade fault dropped the bus mid-shift, with the tender a week out and the crew could not bring it back. They gathered in the warmest room and waited. The station has been at minus sixty for a long time. Last log entry: Cpt. Adeyemi. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Bring the bus back and the station comes back — and the mayday resends, and someone answers.
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RSV Peregrine took a micrometeoroid swarm broadside about six weeks ago. Half the hull is open to space, the rest is holding by habit. Crew of seven. One pod launched; the bodies aboard do not account for the rest. Last log entry: Tech Petrov. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: One of the bodies is wearing a suit from a different ship.
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RSV Whimbrel is dead of its own reactor. The scram held, the coolant did not. The crew sealed engineering, then sealed themselves in, then stopped answering. Everything aft of the mid-frame is warm in the wrong way. Last log entry: Dr. Moreau. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The reactor logs show a second scram, three days after the crew stopped writing.
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ICV Ironbark died of a mutiny that neither side won. The bridge held the doors, the drive section held the power, and the ship drifted while they argued. Both sides left notes. Both sides are still aboard. Last log entry: Nav Petrov. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The company's recovery contract pays double if the recorder is destroyed on site.
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Dray Station is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the station in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Deckhand Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Two crew are missing and the pods are all here.
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RSV Nettle was taken at the airlock by a cutter with no transponder. The crew held the bridge for an hour and the hold for less. The boarders tore the cargo apart looking for one crate, left without it, and vented the ship on the way out. The crate is still aboard. Last log entry: Nav Lindqvist. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The autodoc's patient is a boarder, alive, and willing to talk about the buyer.
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ICV Esker Drift misjumped. The drive fired with the nav plot half-loaded and the ship came out somewhere with no stars in the right places. The crew rationed, then argued, then stopped. The drive is cold. The plot is still half-loaded. Last log entry: Nav Kowalczyk. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The nav plates on the bridge show a planet in the wrong sky, and it has lights on the night side.
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ICV Yarrow Drift lost power, then heat, then everyone. A cascade fault dropped the bus in the middle of a long haul and the crew could not bring it back. They gathered in the warmest room and waited. The ship has been at minus sixty for a long time. Last log entry: Cpt. Lindqvist. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Moreau's mother filed a claim, and the company told her the ship was never lost.
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Sandpiper Station is still warm at the core. The reactor tripped, the coolant loop failed a day later, and the engineer sealed the reactor ring with herself inside it. The rest of the crew waited at the spoke hatch for word. The word never came, and neither did the rescue. Last log entry: Cpt. Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The reactor logs show a second scram, three days after the crew stopped writing.
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ICV Tolliver was carrying something alive in a crate marked as ore. It got out between one watch and the next. The crew sealed the aft sections with some of their own still inside, then the fore sections, then the log stops. The seals are intact. Something is still using the ducts. Last log entry: Tech Adeyemi. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The consignment buyer already knows about the open crate and is paying for it to arrive that way.
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FTV Winnow Verge is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the ship in days. The crew quarters are sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Tech Moreau. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Two crew are missing and the pods are all here.
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FTV Solace was taken at the airlock by a cutter with no transponder. The crew held the bridge for an hour and the hold for less. The boarders tore the cargo apart looking for one crate, left without it, and vented the ship on the way out. The crate is still aboard. Last log entry: Nav Tamura. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The autodoc's patient is a boarder, alive, and willing to talk about the buyer.
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Harrow Station split down the middle and stayed split. 17 of the crew wanted to evacuate, eight wanted to hold the station, and the station drifted while the argument went from words to doors to worse. By the end the bridge held the doors and engineering held the power. Both factions kept logs. Both logs end the same week. Last log entry: XO Haddad. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: There was one more crewmember, on neither list.
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ICV Gossamer went dark on a long haul when the main bus dropped and would not come back. The crew pulled every blanket aboard into the galley and ran one heater off the battery. The battery lasted sixty hours. The cold has lasted longer. Last log entry: Dr. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The contractor who fitted the fault has three more ships booked this month.
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ICV Saltmarsh went through a debris field that was not on the chart and came out the other side with holes in it. The air went in stages, one compartment at a time, and the crew moved forward ahead of it until there was no more forward. Six weeks, give or take. Last log entry: Eng. Lindqvist. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: A distress beacon is still running. It is not the ship's.
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FTV Quillon Dawn is dead of its own reactor. The scram held, the coolant did not. The crew sealed the drive section, then sealed themselves in, then stopped answering. Everything aft of the mid-frame is warm in the wrong way. Last log entry: Cpl. Kowalczyk. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: A second coolant loop was ordered, paid for and never delivered; the invoice names the port you just left.
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Heron Station was carrying something alive in a crate marked as ore. It got out between one watch and the next. The crew sealed the ring deck with some of their own still inside, then the hub, then the log stops. The seals are intact. Something is still using the ducts. Last log entry: Tech Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The buyer for the consignment is already docked at the port you were heading for.
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ICV Hollis was taken at the airlock by a cutter with no transponder. The crew held the bridge for an hour and the hold for less. The boarders tore the cargo apart looking for one crate, left without it, and vented the ship on the way out. The crate is still aboard. Last log entry: Nav Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The boarders' cutter is still out there, and it knows this hull's beacon.
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RSV Kestrel misjumped. The drive fired with the nav plot half-loaded and the ship came out somewhere with no stars in the right places. The crew rationed, then argued, then stopped. The drive is cold. The plot is still half-loaded. Last log entry: Deckhand Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The drive will fire once more, and somebody has already loaded a destination.
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ISV Petrel died of a mutiny that neither side won. The bridge held the doors, engineering held the power, and the ship drifted while they argued. Both sides left notes. Both sides are still aboard. Last log entry: Deckhand Kowalczyk. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The company that owns the hull wants the recorder, and only the recorder, and will pay for it to be lost.
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Calloway Station is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the station in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Dr. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The beacon says WARN OFF. Somebody switched it back to MAYDAY an hour ago.
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ICV Kittiwake Dawn lost power, then heat, then everyone. A cascade fault dropped the bus in the middle of a long haul and the crew could not bring it back. They gathered in the warmest room and waited. The ship has been at minus sixty for a long time. Last log entry: Cpt. Okafor. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Moreau's mother filed a claim, and the company told her the ship was never lost.
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RSV Sparrowhawk Drift went through a debris field that was not on the chart and came out the other side with holes in it. The air went in stages, one compartment at a time, and the crew moved forward ahead of it until there was no more forward. Six weeks, give or take. Last log entry: Eng. Lindqvist. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The insurer paid out on this hull a month ago. It is not supposed to exist.
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ISV Zephyr carried a specimen and the specimen did not stay in its crate. The crew tracked it deck by deck, sealed what they could, and lost. The log stops. The seals are intact, from outside; whatever is inside them is not the crew. Last log entry: Deckhand Moreau. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: The thing in the ducts learned the door codes from watching.
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Candlemas Station is still warm aft. The reactor tripped, the coolant loop failed a day later, and the engineer sealed the drive section with herself inside it. The rest of the crew waited at the mid-frame door for word. The word never came, and neither did the rescue. Last log entry: Cpt. Reyes. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: A salvage tug is inbound; its transponder says it has been inbound for three months.
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ISV Corvid misjumped. The drive fired with the nav plot half-loaded and the ship came out somewhere with no stars in the right places. The crew rationed, then argued, then stopped. The drive is cold. The plot is still half-loaded. Last log entry: Tech Okafor. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Tamura's suggestion about what comes after a third is written down, and it was carried out.
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RSV Osprey Verge is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the ship in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Dr. Lindqvist. Their trail runs through three rooms. Hook: Lot 14's shipper has a second consignment on the way to a colony of forty thousand.
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FTV Sable Verge split down the middle and stayed split. Seven crew wanted to turn back, two wanted to press on, and the ship drifted while the argument went from words to doors to worse. Both factions kept logs. Both logs end the same week. Last log entry: Cpt. Lindqvist. Hook: The company that owns the hull wants the recorder, and only the recorder, and will pay for it to be lost.
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Vantage Station took a micrometeoroid swarm broadside about six weeks ago. Half the hull is open to space, the rest is holding by habit. Crew of nine: three bodies aboard, one pod launched, the others unaccounted for. Last log entry: Deckhand Moreau. Hook: The salvage claim on this hull was filed two days ago by someone who has not been here.
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FTV Osprey went dark on a long haul when the main bus dropped and would not come back. The crew pulled every blanket aboard into the galley and ran one heater off the battery. The battery lasted sixty hours. The cold has lasted longer. Last log entry: XO Petrov. Hook: Moreau's mother filed a claim, and the company told her the ship was never lost.
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FTV Corvid was boarded. The airlock was cut, not opened; the crew fought a retreat from the bridge aft and lost. The boarders took the cargo and the pods and left the ship spinning. Whatever they were really after, they did not find it. Last log entry: Eng. Moreau. Hook: One survivor in the coolant trunk, three weeks on emergency rations, very quiet.
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ICV Vantage went through a debris field that was not on the chart and came out the other side with holes in it. The air went in stages, one compartment at a time, and the crew moved forward ahead of it until there was no more forward. Six weeks, give or take. Last log entry: XO Kowalczyk. Hook: The pod's heading was wiped, but the drive core still remembers the last vector.
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Nimbus Station was boarded. The airlock was cut, not opened; the crew fought a retreat from the bridge aft and lost. The boarders took the cargo and the pods and left the station spinning. Whatever they were really after, they did not find it. Last log entry: Eng. Reyes. Hook: The crate is worth a hull and a half, and everyone who knew that is dead — nearly everyone.
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RSV Halcyon Verge is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the ship in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Tech Adeyemi. Hook: The beacon says WARN OFF. Somebody switched it back to MAYDAY an hour ago.
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ISV Sable Dawn is under quarantine, by its own crew, in the end by whoever was left. Something came aboard in a cargo lot and moved through the ship in days. Medbay is sealed. There are marks on the doors, from the inside. Last log entry: Deckhand Okafor. Hook: Two crew are missing and the pods are all here.
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