Dungeon

Origins/Major Influence: The Underplex (Paranoia Supplement)

The Dungeon is an underground complex filled with mutants seeking to flee persecution and paperwork. The mutants generally live autonomous lives and share resources communally - not quite a utopian lifestyle, but at least a non-hostile one. They tend to look weird and bizarre (and have a strange system of morality to match their appearance) - these mutants are less "clones with superpowers" and more "monsters that will eat you if they're bored or hungry". But they're not hostile (usually); if you live them alone, they'll leave you alone.

The official story is that mutants voluntarily built The Dungeon and are using it as a haven for The Next Stage Of Human Evolution™. However, there's been rumors suggesting otherwise - genetic abominations being drugged in Alpha Complex and then waking up in the Dungeon without any memory of what happened, mutants mysteriously being kidnapped and winding up dead (or worse), covert military patrols that allow people to safely enter the Dungeon but violently prevent them from leaving, hidden cameras set up to observe and watch the mutants' hidden activities...

The truth about The Dungeon is that it's being controlled by a "Secret Ruling Class" who wants to use its residents for their own cynical purposes. But who is this Secret Ruling Class, and what are their motives? Here's the usual suspects (but feel free to create your own if it makes your game more interesting):

• Anti-Mutants: It's very easy to whip up hysteria against mutants when they actually look like mutants. By creating a system where mutants are kept "secured", the Anti-Mutants can rally their troops against a convenient (and suitably scary) scapegoat. Some Anti-Mutant squads conduct periodic raids into the Dungeon (supposedly for 'training' purposes, actually for recreational purposes).
• Psion: They want to conduct genetic experimentations to breed the best possible mutants. They want to eventually unleash those mutants onto Alpha Complex in the hopes of ultimately destroying that hated regime. Some Psion members privately infiltrate the Dungeon to 'test' the combat abilities of the Dungeon's citizens - if the Dungeon's citizens fail in those tests, obviously Psion needs to try harder in their breeding programs.
• R&D: It's the perfect place to conduct research into mutant powers and to learn how to best "duplicate" them, without having to deal with unnecessary safety regulations. R&D also sometimes conduct 'field tests' to see how the Dungeon's citizens react to certain R&D devices.

Spy From Another Alpha Complex: No matter who actually runs The Dungeon, spies report to the Secret Ruling Class and will carry out their secret agenda. They must cover up the existence of the Secret Ruling Class while trying to 'recruit' more mutants into this haven. The spy does not care about the oppressive nature of the Dungeon - it's not like any of the other complexes are any better, and at least the Secret Ruling Class are relatively honest about their evilness.

• A new genetic abomination has been released in your complex. Cool! Kidnap it and drag it over to our complex. If you can't capture the abomination, then at least collect its genetic material (we might be able to clone it later on).
• Some mutants have fled The Dungeon and are looking for help. Terminate them with extreme prejudice. To avoid raising any suspicions, make it look like they were invading your complex.
• The mutants in The Dungeon are...actually kinda dull, to be honest. Can you find some new and exciting mutagens for us to covertly inject into The Dungeon's water supply?
• The Secret Ruling Class is currently engaged in some heated debates over the future of The Dungeon, with both sides pointing lasers at each other. See if you can conduct some strategic assassinations to end the schism before it gets worse.