Johnson Squared: a farcical whodunit mystery
Deputised with the full legal powers of Janus Corp, the Crewmembers must identify a rogue scientist leaking data off-colony. The only problem: everyone on the station is an exact c lone of the same man. Featuring: An isolated Research Station committed to extracting genetic potential A deadly arsenal of improvised weaponry A lethal menagerie of dangerous creatures Secret agendas, classified experiments, and interstellar corporate espionage At least seven unique Johnsons! Merch available! Get a Johnson patch or a badge. A farcical Cronenbergian romp featuring: Sabotage! Corporate Spies! Experimental Mutagenic Serum! And Janus Corp™ have hired you to get to the bottom of it! Find the Renegade, save the Project, but hurry! You’re on company time! Farcical Whodunit: A mystery for the ages with a colourful cast of suspects featuring: Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, Johnson, and Johnson. Don’t let the farce fool you, there’s plenty of horrors lying in wait across Gemini Station. Corporate Enforcers: It's up to you to investigate the mysterious happenings occurring on Gemini Station. Janus Corp™ have deputised you to get the job done by any means necessary. Acting counter to Janus Corp™’s interests may have financial, reputational and even lethal consequences.An A5, 72 page book printed lithographically on the fanciest paper we could get our hands on with an exposed spine, custom blue threading, and layflat binding. For the paper nerds: we're printing on Arctic's Munken Lynx. Janus Corp™: Janus Corp™ is in the business of genetic engineering, with portfolios in the health and agriculture sector, but mostly in massive bio-weapon manufacturing. After recent mishaps at Gemini Station and now fearing corporate espionage, or worse, a drop in shareholder value, they are sending you to investigate and solve this mystery so the company can get back to what it does best: turning people into monsters of mass destruction. Gemini Station: Gemini Station is a small research outpost nestled on a remote jungle moon designed to study and devise military applications of the genetic engineering the Johnsons pioneered. We’re certain you will enjoy your stay at the station with the colourful staff, and please note that all news of escaped mutations are just rumours. The Project: With their sabotage, whoever the Renegade is on Gemini Station has jeopardised the fate of the ‘Project’ on the eve of its completion. The culmination of years of work and the lives of many Johnson clones, possibly lost in vain. Janus Corp wants the Project completed, and the only way to do that is to recover the stolen Data-Drive and neutralise the Renegade. The Escape: The Renegade plans to escape with the stolen Data-Drive on the evening shuttle and leave a ruined Gemini Station in their wake. But they did not anticipate the arrival of the Crewmembers. The Players will have a single day to resolve the issue, before the Renegade blows the whole thing up. Holding Court: Paranoia is rife on Gemini Station. Throughout the day, as the Crewmembers investigate there will be several options to form an impromptu court in the canteen, where rumours can be gathered, accusations cast, and evidence shown, all in the search for the Renegade. You can’t have a whodunit mystery without a sordid bunch of characters to point fingers at. One of the following characters in the Renegade. Seven active clones of the maniacal genius geneticist, Doctor Richard Johnson. Each with their own schemes and suspicions to investigate. Three members of staff, the careerist administrator, Erika Debicki, the slack security officer, Isaiah Hudson, and the underhanded steward, Alek Greerson. Five so-called ‘Defective Johnsons’ eking out a hardscrabble life in the wild jungle around the station. Please note that their existence is purely speculative and Janus Corp™ will not tolerate rumours of defective clones living on any Janus Corp™ Property. Mutagenic Serum: The latest and greatest in Janus Corp™ tech. Why spend decades breeding a destructive bio-weapon when your enemies can become one for you? Just one dose of Janus Corp Mutagenic Serum (patent pending) will turn even the toughest of humans into rampaging monsters, destroying everything around them. Makeshift Weapons: Grudges and schemes fester in Gemini Station. Get your hands on home-made weapons, secret pistols and more! Unique Specimens: A menagerie of twisted Specimens born out of the immoral genetic meddlings of the Johnsons await the unwary.Conspiracies Abound: Everyone knows the best way to climb the corporate ladder is to throw someone else off of it, and in this case someone else is you! Watch your back in a situation full of devious characters who'd love nothing more than for you to fail.Severe Johnson Exposure: They didn't clone him and make him work alone for nothing, Johnson will be a tough nut to crack and even the strongest of minds may break under the strains of questioning with half a dozen egg heads. Joshua Luke Cable, WriterJoshua Luke Cable is a writer, filmmaker and events assistant from Yorkshire, with a voracious appetite for audiobooks and film, and a penchant for writing horror and historical fiction. He is a contributing writer at Peregrine Coast Press, on projects such as ‘Transmission For Them‘ and 'Filmmakers Without Cameras'. You can follow him at @jlcable.bsky.social.Samuel T. McNally, WriterSam is a writer and filmmaker, using a mix of celluloid, TTRPG's, cameras and prose to deliver stories ranging from abstract horrors to absurd comedies. His latest short horror 'DO NOT OPEN' is in film festivals now and is working on much more. Chris Airiau, EditorChris Airiau is a neurodivergent sf game writer living in France, forever obsessed with the weird and speculative. As 5 Million Worlds Press, they have published When in Rome and Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones for Mothership RPG, among others. You can keep up with their makings at 5mwpress.substack.com or chrisair.itch.io.Eryk Sawicki, Layout & DesignEryk is a pierogi-core grafik dezajner (Sin Eater, Sidekick, Transmission For Them) currently living in the UK. His time is spent running Peregrine Coast Press, organising games workers with the IWGB Trade Union, and being a fixer at SoulMuppet. He doesn't have any free time.Kyle Prior, Artist & Illustrator Kyle Prior is a freelance illustrator and designer who combines his love of all things sci-fi with a keen interest in myth and folklore to build worlds, create characters and tell stories for museums, immersive experiences, and print. You can follow him on instagram at @kyle.b.prior. I’m sure he’ll post on there eventually, right? This product is based on the Mothership® Sci-Fi Horror Role Playing Game, published by Tuesday Knight Games. This product is published under license. MOTHERSHIP® is a registered trademark of Tuesday Knight Games. All rights reserved. For additional information, visit www.tuesdayknightgames.com or contact [email protected]