Step 14: Story Event (Optional)

14.0 Story Event [d100]

d100	Result
00–01	After a long stretch of bad, you hit bottom. No way left to go but up.
02	You participate as a test subject in a research project. You suffer no ill effects … that you can tell.
03–04	You leak confidential information to a journalist or the mesh at large.
05	You hear from an unknown source that Oversight has taken an interest in your affairs.
06	You have an unfortunate run-in with Jovian Republic troops, but manage to extricate yourself.
07	After years, you finally get a chance to inflict revenge on someone. Do you take it or walk away?
08	You survive a major disaster, such as a habitat failure, ship collision, terrorist attack, or a freak but deadly accident.
09	Circumstances force you to move from one end of the Solar System to the other.
10	Your habitat goes through a regime change. Which side are you on?
11	You are falsely accused of a crime but then cleared.
12–13	You develop a long-term rival. The relationship is complex and non-dangerous, but it does occasionally interfere or consume your attention.
14	You develop a long-term life-partner relationship.
15	You suffer through the failure of a major long-term relationship.
16	You enter into a convenience-based, contract-defined, romantic relationship.
17	You develop an ongoing polyamorous relationship with a group of friends.
18	You are pursued by an irritating but (mostly) harmless suitor/stalker.
19	You are recruited to secretly help some faction. Randomly determine that faction from the Faction table.
20	You are re-united with a lover/relative/friend thought lost during the Fall or previous conflicts.
21	Political upheaval in your local habitat/polity throws your life into turmoil.
22	You are the only survivor of a deadly accident on board a ship or small hab, which raises some suspicion …
23	Your life has been blissfully serene and untroubled. Your friends may secretly resent you.
24	You find out that one or both of your parents weren’t really your parents.
25	You pursue a period of self-isolation and introspection.
26	You catch an authority figure doing something illicit, but you don’t have the means to prove it.
27	You take a sabbatical with the Solarians, Ringers, or other space-faring clade.
28	You have an affair.
29	You are privileged enough to meet a Factor.
30	You discover an unknown and intriguing or devastating secret about your family’s past.
31	An unfortunate accident leaves you stuck in a healing vat for a couple of weeks.
32	While traveling by spacecraft, a malfunction takes you months off course.
33	You use someone to get ahead.
34	Someone uses you to get ahead.
35	You unexpectedly make a close friend with someone from a rival or even hostile faction.
36	You have a falling out with a formerly close friend.
37	You are forced into a thankless position of heavy responsibility.
38	Facing unwanted responsibilities, you pack up and move on.
39	You are persecuted for your nature or beliefs.
40	You finalize a particularly good research paper, work of art, commercial enterprise, or similar achievement.
41	Someone close to you opts for a real, final death.
42	You discover a new subculture to embed yourself in.
43	You befriend a brinker with some interesting ideas and unbelievable stories. Well, almost unbelievable.
44	You find repeat evidence that someone has you under close surveillance — but why?
45	You are fairly certain that your new friend is secretly a singularity seeker.
46–47	You come across an interesting surveillance blind-spot in your local habitat.
48–49	A string of disappearances in your habitat has everyone on edge.
50–51	A friend discovers disturbing information about a powerful entity, and they are considering blowing the whistle.
52	You don’t have what it takes, and your current job/prospect ends in a washout.
53–54	Your inquisitive nature leads you to discover a secret that could get you into trouble.
55	You receive a wake-up call that challenges your current priorities.
56	Your current job/pursuits take you somewhere dangerous.
57	A friend reveals a terrible secret to you.
58–59	You become estranged from a parent or other family member.
60	You finally get recognition for something you deserve.
61–62	You experiment with your sexuality.
63	A friend or relative goes missing under mysterious circumstances.
64	You throw your hat in the ring for an important position but do not get it.
65	Someone you respect shows their true colors, and they aren’t pretty.
66–67	Everything is going great, but you still somehow manage to fuck up something major in your life.
68	You fall victim to disinformation or a scam.
69	Your hard work and contributions are overlooked.
70	You are the victim of a crime, but the perpetrator is caught.
71	A sibling or friend relies on you for support until they get back on their feet.
72	You get fired or kicked out. You start over somewhere new.
73	You spend years (from your perspective) inside a time-accelerated VR simulspace.
74	You go through a long period of stagnation.
75	Your local living conditions become increasingly threatening in some way.
76–77	You test out life with multiple forks active at once, with mixed results.
78	You receive an unexpected gift.
79	You find out someone close to you has been living a double life.
80–81	You lose yourself in the hedonism of a scum warm for several months.
82	Through no fault of your own, you let a lot of people down.
83	You have a major disagreement with a sub-group within your faction.
84	You are witness to (but not an active participant in) a historical event of some kind.
85–86	You modify your personality with psychosurgery, but revert the process a short period later.
87	You ditch your friend group and start over with new friends.
88	You go out of your way to help someone out, but they don’t really acknowledge it or reciprocate.
89	You change your opinion on a major political stance.
90	You acquire a new pet.
91–92	You switch your gender identity.
93–94	Somone you looked up to does something that shatters your respect for them.
95–96	You cross paths with an influential oligarch.
97	You have a near-death experience.
98	You are influenced by an async’s sleight, but you may not know exactly what that is or how, nor can you prove anything.
99	You are forced to interact with a faction you normally would have nothing to do with.