Your Mission
The Computer has generated the following mission for your team. It has been carefully designed to ensure the maximum safety and satisfaction for your team.
Paranoia is the Irrational Fear Someone is Out To Get You
(Fear) Dominant type of fear to install in the PCs: The Commie mutant traitors are losing, and that's bad.(Irrational) General kind of weirdness or irregularity that prompts The Computer to assign a mission to the Troubleshooters: The Computer has decreed a new holiday with odd customs and practices, and everyone knows about it but the PCs.
(Someone) Person, people, organization or agency responsible for the situation: A senior Food Vat Control supervisor in BLUE (Tension 13) inside Alpha Complex dome , whose division is overproducing, underproducing or doing something strange to the food. (The identity of the Someone need not be obvious at the mission's outset, and in fact things may play out more appropriately if the Someone is not discovered until late in the proceedings.)
(Out To Get You) General apparent threat posed by the situation, or the consequences if the situation is left unresolved: Surplus Armed Forces weaponry floods the IR market. Citizens (INFRARED algae pizza delivery person (information source, believes himself possessed by demons); YELLOW Tech Services office liaison (bureaucratic obstacle, drugged (sandallathon, visomorpain)); INDIGO Bouncy Bubble Beverage Brand Manager (indifferent bystander, wild eyed, incoherent, even frenzied)) happily demonstrate their new armaments in many locations (YELLOW (Tension 9) empty food production area (IR-Y: Food Vats, G-U: hydroponic gardens); ORANGE (Tension 8) crowded factory floor; GREEN (Tension 12) crowded corridor). The threat is a lie.
(Out To Get You) General real threat posed by the situation, or the consequences if the situation is left unresolved: The "Someone" believes (accurately?) the PCs are assassins sent to kill him; he tries to kill them first. Meanwhile, the PCs must complete their mission.
Mission Alert: Scrawled across a YELLOW (Tension 10) crowded computer interface (IR: public terminals area; R-Y: Computer cafe; G-B: private terminal, I-U: communications nexus) wall in half-meter-high letters written in blood. Message is intact and correct.
Briefing: Briefing is in ULTRAVIOLET mausoleum. When the PCs leave the briefing an explosion follows, leaving no evidence of the officer except a large burn mark and melted furnishings.
This Mission: The surveillance system at ORANGE (Tension 8) empty living quarters (IR: barracks; R-Y: dormitory; G-B: apartment; I-U: mansion) has gone down. Repair it and determine the cause.
Outfitting: PLC: A Multi-Purpose Chute with graffiti "CompUSUKS!" above it-a password (Comp-U-SUK-5) into an unlimited account on this compromised machine.
Debriefing: Debriefing conducted solely by R&D scientists. They ask many questions about equipment, giving the impression the only reason for the mission was to test equipment. After the scientists leave, The Computer covers the treason accusations.
Find weird phrasing, clearly erroneous output, or other signs of filthy commie mutant traitor sabotage? Copy the offending passages and email them to the High Programmer for investigation.