The Hands that Feed
At a Glance
An anthology of powder keg missions for Mothership
The Hands that Feed is designed as a modular campaign split into three sections: missions, multi-station sandbox, and corporations for Mothership RPG.
Missions
One to four of the major corporations are at the center of each mission’s conflict, making them perfect for introducing the crew to the setting, or playable as stand alone experiences.
- BETWEEN A CORP & A HARD PLACE. A rescue mission turned all-out corporate war on the surface of the frontier planet Phrixus. Featuring KV KORP, Yucatan Tech Co, Oxygen-On Demand, and Weevil Inc.
- IN VINO CAPTIVITAS. A sabotage mission taking place on an alien-infested vineyard. Featuring Juicy Family Co-Op, Nisei Pharmaceuticals, Hypnaxus, and the Slice News.
- TIME FOR A CHANGE. Survival in the midst of three battling factions and mass alien assimilation. Featuring KV KORP.
- CHOKE POINT. Special ops through the vents and maintenance tunnels of the Corogo Dam while being hunted by a trio of killers. Featuring Yucatan Tech Co.
Multistation Sandbox
Major factions exercise their control while pervasive and writhing corporate hands continue to wring the populace. Four stations provide home bases with dozens of connections between them for your crew to travel between destinations. Use any of the four storylines to escalate tensions and change.
- CLIPSE HAVEN. Cults and corps fight for control over the population by providing a new sense of meaning in the horrific space life while stimpaks and vile science proliferate in the background. Two advancing storylines bring terror, prosecution, and a transcendental sophont.
- OXENVAN YELLOW. Gang-dominated C-Class station providing cut-tooth opportunities and refuge for extralegal dealings. Custom cyberware, gene modding, and alien biowares are plentiful among the piles of drugs and weapons. Two advancing storylines upend current controls and initiate a great reset.
- ROACHERA STATION. Epicenter of the xenotech and alien artifact trade. Home of anonymity and opportunity to offload grand treasure.
- TAO OMEGA. Epicenter of information. A heart of the corporate beast that takes careful navigation for the most valuable finds.
8 Corporations
Plug-n-play material for each of the eight major corporations so you can adapt to your players’ interest and build out deadly storylines. Including dozens of NPCs, services, and items. Plus tips to run the corps and a bonus mission for Juicy Family Co-Op.
176 pages, 6 x 9 inches, full-color hardcover RPG Book
Includes PDF access via Digital Downloads
THtF is an incredible resource. It is well structured and laid out with great design. Marco has done an amazing job of weaving a growing sandbox across multiple releases. With this book, you now have more ways to link the Tunaverse to those releases, as well as the many other sandbox settings made by the many great writers involved. (Hines and Sorrell, aka Silverarm Press and Meatcastle Gaming being my favorites.)
If you use (or want to use) MoSh for more than short burst one-shots and enjoy a longer form campaign, you should grab this and the other Spicy Tuna books/zines. It’s almost a shame because I’ve been so excited to push further into the Tunaverse that I’ve neglected the rest of my collection.
Pick it up!
