The Centurion is a scenario for the The Terminator RPG written by Mark Rapson. It is one of the fifteen curated scenarios included in The Terminator RPG Campaign Book.
Publisher Summary[]
An Original Concept Scenario.
This post-Judgment Day mission, circa 1980s, is designed for 3-6 players. It is designed as a follow-up to any successful mission set in the past, and not as a stand-alone scenario.
Mission Briefing: The PCs have beaten Skynet's threat from their last mission and are now chilling at a bar, wearing colorful shirts and throwing back cold ones. And in walks a man dressed a bit too warmly for the weather....
Plot summary[]
During a victory celebration, the PCs are ambushed by a new T-800, known as Dad Plaid. Luckily, a young woman named Katrina, who turns out to be another Resistance fighter from the future, comes to their rescue, but she is fatally injured while saving them. Before dying, Katrina slips a blood-stained napkin into the hands of one of the PCs. The napkin contains a list of companies to investigate, suggesting she had been searching for a collaborator in Skynet's rise. As the PCs start investigating these companies and hunting down Dad Plaid, they realize another time traveler is trailing them: Katrina's brother, Nicoli.
Eventually, the PCs make their way to Century Industries' headquarters and confront the company's CEO, C. T. Shepard, who is developing humanoid robots that appear to be a precursor to the Terminator. Aware of the existence of Terminators, Shepard releases his Centurion prototype, Billion, to attack the PCs, thinking them Soviet operatives. Amid the battle, the damaged but operational Dad Plaid shows up, even going as far as detonating his hydrogen cells to destroy the lab. Following Shepard's demise, Nicoli arrives at the scene and, among anguished screams, reveals that Shepard and the Centurions were part of a Resistance plan to create a weapon against Skynet in the future. After this devastating revelation, Nicoli takes his own life.
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Notes[]
- This mission is designed as a follow-up to any other mission set in the past, and not as a stand alone scenario.