Hipps that pass in the night

[ffutures]

And so that there's something to do with hipps, here's an adventure outline:

Adventure Idea: The Last Round-Up
All of the hipps used around Hydropole come from a single herd. After several decades of domestication the colonists start to notice that they are no longer thriving; their endurance and speed is deteriorating, and they seem to suffer more illnesses. The natives claim that the herd is too small, and is becoming too inbred; unless new blood is introduced things will only get worst, and the herd will be headed for the last round-up. Needless to say the Nympus don’t use that exact phrase, but that’s what they mean.

Adventurers with suitable skills such as Scientist (zoologist), Doctor (veterinary surgeon), Riding, etc. should be recruited for a mission to save the herd – they’re to take the best hipps and ride North, find wild herds, capture the best animals, and bring them back to Hydropole. Just to complicate things, National Geographic happens to have a camera crew on Ganymede, and wants to film the expedition; Blasters and Ammo wants the adventurers to field-test some new weapons designed for Ganymede’s conditions; and the local Ford dealership plans to launch a rival expedition by truck to prove that hipps are no longer needed. And needless to say there are going to be problems with the tide, dangerous animals, etc. etc.

Comments

[johnreiher.livejournal.com]

So, are there the equivalent of hipp powered wagons? I take it from your previous descriptions, this will be a wet trip, so what kind of "truck" will Ford be driving?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

No references to wagons at all, so I'm assuming saddle bags.

For trucks, I'm thinking something like a DUKW - an amphibitruck, nothing terribly sophisticated. But I'll leave the details to the GM.

[johnreiher.livejournal.com]

Hmm, thinking about this, I wouldn't do this trip on Ganymede without a dry suit for riding the Hipps, and an inflatable, floating tent. One that resembles one of those covered life rafts. It have to have a electric pump to inflate it, possibly solar powered, when your miles away from a convenient mountain top/island.

That's a long trip riding the back of a Hipp in an ocean the size of the Pacific.