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 PCs suspect a High Programmer is out to get them.(Irrational) General kind of weirdness or irregularity that prompts The Computer to assign a mission to the Troubleshooters: Mysterious duplicates or analogues of the PCs or other YELLOW troubleshooter dispatcher (amputee) (bureaucratic obstacle, paranoid with truncheon (S5K impact), knife (S5K), brass knuckles (S5W), or any other low-tech melee and prismatic armor (Experimental R&D equipment, E4, mirrored suit reflects energy attacks, wearer is most visible target around))s are active in Alpha Complex.
(Someone) Person, people, organization or agency responsible for the situation: A lone Communist. (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: The "Someone" has taken control of empty vidshow entertainment lounge and is slaughtering enemies. The PCs are either trapped there or sent to deal with the problem. The threat is real.
Mission Alert: A drugged INFRARED biohazard detection helper acting as a courier delivers alert verbally; seeks 10cr 'tip' for the delivery. Briefing time is wrong. The information is in machine-readable code, missing vowels, encrypted, etc. Computer Phreaks can help. The Computer doesn't see the problem.
Briefing: Briefing is in crowded Armed Forces dormitory. Briefing occurs in a pitch black room, where the only source of light is from the corridor outside the briefing room filtering in under the door. 1 officers present.
This Mission: Corpore Metal has stolen VIOLET Clearance plans. Intercept and retrieve them before the thieves deliver them to their superiors.
Outfitting: PLC: Empty office. Door is open. No security (Tension level 0). PCs may take what they want, but have to find it themselves and fill out proper paperwork. If the paperwork isn't filled out, the items are reported stolen. May be interrupted by IR market thieves, passing looters, etc.
Debriefing: A compact office with one desk and a chair, occupied by the debriefing officer, with the PCs standing amid towers of forms, printouts and manila folders, all bearing the names of one or more PCs.
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.