2026-09-16 · freighter
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Generate a derelict freighter in the free editor
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.
Download: upper deck PNG · lower deck PNG · upper deck .dd2vtt · lower deck .dd2vtt · GM key (text)
Free, CC0. The .dd2vtt carries walls, doors and 4 lights, for Foundry, Roll20 and Owlbear Rodeo. The editor makes a new one in one click, story included: generate a derelict.
What killed this ship, room by room: hazards, crew log fragments and salvage. Players get the map, you get this.
Three stations; one chair is bolted at a strange angle.
Hazard bodies, arranged. Someone took care over this. Disturb them and the air changes.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. Two bunks stripped; nobody says why.
Hazard one bunk is still occupied and the occupant is still warm.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. Long table. Someone always leaves a mug out.
Runs on battery. Something was treated here recently.
Hazard contagion. The isolation field failed with the power. Anyone who breathes here unfiltered is part of the story now.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. Sealed containers. The manifest says "agricultural".
Log fragment (Deckhand) "Lot 14 was breathing when we loaded it. Told the XO. XO said crates don't breathe."
Vacuum. Suit up. Netting, straps, one crate not on any list.
Salvage forty crates. Lot 14 is open. The others are worth a fortune to someone who does not ask where they came from.
Reactor scrammed. Manual restart: twenty minutes, two people.
Something moved in here — recently. Quarantine sign on the door. Inside, everything is very clean.
All pods gone.
Log fragment (Dr.) "Fever, then the calm. The calm is the dangerous part. Adeyemi was fine at breakfast."
Vacuum. Suit up. Air is thin here. The gauges disagree with each other.
Hazard the filters are grey with growth. Air is breathable for now; the gauges do not agree on how long.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. One shuttle, fuelled. Bay doors are manual.
Main engines. Loud, hot, hostile.
Log fragment (Cpt.) "Set the beacon to WARN OFF. If a ship answers anyway, they were warned."
Connections:
- Ladder at column 21, row 3 → Lower deck
Cold. Frost on every surface. Netting, straps, one crate not on any list.
Salvage full trauma kit, sealed, and a case of broad-spectrum antivirals that did not work.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. Scrubbers and water reclaim. Pump 2 knocks.
Vacuum. Suit up. Four pods; two show green.
Reactor scrammed. Manual restart: twenty minutes, two people.
Vacuum. Suit up. Quarantine sign on the door. Inside, everything is very clean.
Connections:
- Ladder at column 15, row 2 → Upper deck
The demo is the whole editor and generator, free, and saves a PNG with a small watermark. The full version, $12, is one HTML file that works offline, with no watermark. It exports the .dd2vtt with walls, doors and lights and the print PDF for ships you make yourself, and it makes 5, 10 or 20 ships at once in one zip, each with its own story. Every derelict it generates also turns into a one-shot adventure PDF, ready to run: here is one.
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