Starfinder Society Scenario #5-03: Combatant's Concerto: Fugue of the Traitor

The premise is great and allowing the players to have an easier time by doing the slightest bit of critical thinking is great.

Also, appreciate the Macross references in this one, maybe some Legends of Galactic heroes for the next storyline? :)

I ran this scenario 6 times at this years gen con and I have to say it was an incredible experience every single time.

This scenario features the society slowly but surely choosing a side in the civil war on Vesk 6 aka Pulonis and dealing with the repercussions of the SFS earlier actions in the Veskarium back when we were desperate for help during the fallout from the Scoured Stars incident.

This is a really thick and heavy scenario despite being the normal length.

It has it all, travel adventures, a detailed look at previously unexplored locales, intrigue and a mystery to solve (there is a traitor after all) and of course super cool plot reveals and our first foray into mech combat.

Highly recommend but give yourself an extra hour to finish up.

This scenario has plenty of options for fun roleplay, some interesting combat, a fun 'whodunnit', and then swaps in for some mech combat.

It was fun to see a designer do something a little bit fresh and not just run what is now becoming formulaic 'social combat', but instead get the players themselves having to think and come up with what they think happened and how they feel about that.

The mech combat was nice to see, but this is where we bogged a bit as the rules are not really well understood although the cheat sheets really helped.

It took us about 5 hours when we normally take about 3.5 hours per scenario, so it may run long.