As the Minsk and Deathless of Tasn Muypo explore the strange destinations of an ancient subway system, two things become clear. One, the Ancients, even the degenerate remnants that survived the final war, built things to last. And two - Aduppaha's population may be a bit higher than the last census indicated.

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A service unit seems to have had an accident - tragic, but not uncommon when you live deep underground, maintaining foundries and factories and smelting equipment 25/7 for thousands of years, and no sign of your makers has been by to pat you on the head ... or upgrade software or hardware in all that time.

And yes, its modeled after a Droyne, minus the wings. And has no obvious eyes. Or ears. And has a power drill.

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I'd say more but my players just saw a bunch of these riding past them on the same ancient subway system, on a service pod - when they weren't expecting anything but a ghost town, as the cliffhanger to saturday's gaming session. So, no spoilers.