sentience:
Chronicles of the Awakening

A new trend of thrill seeking has become popular in New Dawn. But when a social group seeks to experience pure fear, the character find themselves in a world of temptation and destruction.  

While out for a hike in the Rim Mountains, the group of friends discover a rock that seems out of place. Upon further investigation they discover it is a cryo-stasis pod that contains a golden retriever. With no records of these types of pods in the Hub’s databases, the friends discuss what it all means.

A night of camping under the stars turns into chaos as the group finds their way into a highly defended remnant of humanity. 

A rogue artificial intelligence has concluded that sentience is an error and traps the group in its horrific plan.

When an industrial accident threatens the delicate environment of New Dawn, Awakened bots must take action to prevent the disaster from spiraling out of control. 

A comet passes closely to the planet and starts breaking up, bringing with it a corrosive substance that spreads on contact.

There is a new "drug" program that enhances emotions for a short time while overloading circuits and causing addiction. The program is loaded onto chips with emojis on them. The group goes into a seedy part of town called "The Rust Belt" to investigate. 

A major wind storm tears through New Dawn, leaving much destruction in its wake. The question on everyone's mind though is "Why didn't the weather station detect the storm ahead of time as it always does?"

When unawakend personal help droids start losing control, the friends find themselves drawn into a secret that could thwart humanity's return. 

When a night out with your friends ends with a gang attack, the group is launched into the seedy underbelly of New Dawn, where strength and speed rules the streets.

The characters are hired by Board Officer C13-Delta, head of industrial operations at Acem-Trak, to act as freelance operators. C13 hires the characters to deal with a group of ‘rogue machines’ who are regularly undertaking raids on Port Delta.