Arms Race is a scenario for the The Terminator RPG written by Richard August. It is one of the fifteen curated scenarios included in The Terminator RPG Campaign Book.
Publisher Summary[]
A scenario inspired by the Graphic Novel: Hunters and Killers.
This post-Judgment Day mission, circa 2020s-2030s, is designed for 4-6 players. It is set in Eastern Europe and is designed to give players a look at the other side of the post-Judgment Day world.
Mission Briefing: Skynet's Russian equivalent is abducting key Resistance members and replacing them with nearly undetectable Terminator duplicates. The PCs must work to expose this new threat and forge an alliance between former enemies in the name of all humankind.
Plot summary[]
A team consisting of Resistance and Spetsnaz operatives, led by Grigory Bulganin, has been assigned the mission of capturing a new undetectable model of Terminator. They are tasked with escorting Bulganin to the Metro-2 Redoubt, an underground fortress in Moscow, to retrieve the wreckage of the new Terminator variant, known as the TS-300. Subsequently, they are to transport it to an extraction point on the Moskva River, from which it will be picked up by the submarine Kosatka.
During their mission, the team travels through secret Metro tunnels and encounters various challenges, including wild animals. Upon reaching the Metro-2 Redoubt, they discover that everyone inside has been killed. While examining the remains of the TS-300, they are ambushed by several T-600s. After fighting off waves of T-500s and evading more Terminators, as well as patrolling Hind helicopters and T-95 tanks, the team finally reaches the Kosatka and successfully delivers the TS-300 remains to Tech-Com in Alaska.
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Notes[]
- If the PCs are captured, one of them will be replaced by a TS-300. That Player Character will then be asked to subtly undermine the group in the name of Skynet for as long as they can without exposing themselves.