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Very interesting experiment ... following along with this to see where it goes. I wish I had something more to offer, but I bought Blade Runner primarily to stand in as future Earth for me in ALIEN. This thread has got me thinking maybe there's more ways to slightly bend things to merge them both in...

Honest criticism is tough these days - to give or get - but I think you have done a great job laying out your view on this game and the starter case. If taken on board for future material - it can only make things stronger - which will be great! Blade Runner seemed to be a tough game to play or run ...

I think its a good discussion because you are 100% right that ALIEN RPGs do have this central question to address. The trick is science-fiction is so huge ... I've seen people on the forum here talk about crossing over thinks like Terminator onto ALIEN ... and you could, and probably still make it f...

I guess I still didn't figure out what you were after because it seems to me that almost any sci-fi can inspire an equivalent Alien-esque story. Maybe start by defining what "feels" like an Alien story versus what doesn't, to you? Which tropes do you lean into? Which tropes do you subvert?...

Here's a specific framework / recommendation - maybe this is more in line with the original wish? Play on the setting and player *expectation* that everything is xeno-related. But, have the villain be a straight up psychopath / serial killer type disguising their killing spree in ways to mislead any...

The ALIEN setting is far, far more than the roster of xenomorphs, Weyland-Yutani, Colonial Marines, and Seegson. All of the stories told in the ALIEN universe (basically listed here: https://roguereviewer.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/defining-canon-in-an-alien-world/) add up to fewer stories than the nu...

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Have different factions within the companies use different verbiage as a puzzle for the players to sort out

Apollo Directive
Apollo Override
Override Directive

When did a company use the same jargon for something more than once in a row?

Just know you're not alone in self-doubt and many people do struggle with individual realities when trying to create shared fun experiences for groups of folks. You know you - and it sounds like some more honest self-assessment there where you have fenced in areas you want to make sure don't drag do...