2026-09-17 · freighter
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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.
Download: upper deck PNG · lower deck PNG · upper deck .dd2vtt · lower deck .dd2vtt · GM key (text)
Free, CC0. The .dd2vtt carries walls, doors and 2 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.
Cold. Frost on every surface. Viewports forward. Someone scratched a tally into the frame.
Log fragment (Cpt.) "Set the beacon to WARN OFF. If a ship answers anyway, they were warned."
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.
Log fragment, scratched into the table "we kept it out of the galley for nine days"
Runs on battery. Something was treated here recently.
Salvage full trauma kit, sealed, and a case of broad-spectrum antivirals that did not work.
Ladder down. Crates torn open from inside.
Log fragment (Deckhand) "Lot 14 was breathing when we loaded it. Told the XO. XO said crates don't breathe."
Ladder down. Crates torn open from inside.
Salvage forty crates. Lot 14 is open. The others are worth a fortune to someone who does not ask where they came from.
Reactor hums. The engineer sleeps here.
Sample cases, a sealed cabinet, a log nobody finished.
Something moved in here — recently. All pods gone.
Dark. Emergency lighting only. Scrubbers and water reclaim. Pump 2 knocks.
Empty cradle. Scorch marks.
Main engines. Loud, hot, hostile.
Connections:
- Ladder at column 8, row 3 → Lower deck
Sealed containers. The manifest says "agricultural".
Something moved in here — recently. Scrubbers and water reclaim. Pump 2 knocks.
Hazard bodies, arranged. Someone took care over this. Disturb them and the air changes.
All pods gone.
Reactor hums. The engineer sleeps here.
Something moved in here — recently. Sample cases, a sealed cabinet, a log nobody finished.
Hazard broken sample cases. The floor is wet and it is not water.
Connections:
- Ladder at column 2, row 3 → 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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