A billion files you might find in any computer memory


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62. Wow a font made of identical vertical lines!


73. A font of patterns of dots. Any document displayed in this font will be readable by Azathoth. Old 1 Font.


74. A program with magical code and a warning not to run. If run the code leaves the computer manifesting into an infernal Outsider of immense power. The demon rampages out and goes about its evil business.

75. A sentient computer virus that turns every piece of technology the person who opens it has or comes into contact with into Talky-toaster from Red Dwarf or Hal from 2001.

76. Another magic program with a label begging to be run. The program sucks anyone nearby into a virtual reality game, a la tron. The game is a version of whatever your favorite videogame is.


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The Pilot episode of Zo!s show Sprinting Man. Convicts are released into the wilds of Eox with little more than a hazmat suit, with the goal of escaping. Those who succeeded got a full pardon. A cast of bounty hunters are also hired to track them down, and were awarded for a confirmed kill, but even more if captured alive. The show ran for three seasons, where fans would have their favorite bounty hunters, and each episode was full of anticipation whether a particular convict would escape, be captured for another season, or have their Sprint end on the kill pile.

The show ran for three seasons before it had some hang ups. Mainly the high mortality rate of the convicts (whether by bounty hunters or the planet itself) lead to fewer volunteers from Eox's convict population, short of the lifers and those on undead (or redead) row. As a result the pool of new contestants thinned and were less empathetic, and when the question was posed what would happen if one of these hardened criminals actually escaped, it lead to litigation that ultimately saw the pact council order the show cease and desist for humanitarian and public safety reasons.

In spite of the controversy the show still has a dedicated fanbase that hold a yearly convention declaring "bring Sprinting Man back!"


78.The veritas computer virus. Anything infected with it will tell the truth, even if nobody asks.


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79.The world seed. This packed file can be opened to create a virtual reality game of your choosing. Caution, combining high magic with high tech can affect the non virtual world.


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80.A digital file of Pony Life, introduced by the artist, who admits it was supposed to be a cute parody, but was accidently released as an official preview.


81.A program for calculating Pi. If you run it, it will grow till it crashes the computer or device it's in.


Goth Guru wrote:
81.A program for calculating Pi. If you run it, it will grow till it crashes the computer or device it's in.

82. A seemingly identical program for calculating Pi. However, if has a subroutine to "borrow" processing power from networked devices that is dangerously buggy. There is a 50% chance on operation that it will attempt to take over any computer it can reach via any type of network connection, retasking said computer with calculating Pi and seeking more processing power to retask.


Metaphysician wrote:
Goth Guru wrote:
81.A program for calculating Pi. If you run it, it will grow till it crashes the computer or device it's in.
82. A seemingly identical program for calculating Pi. However, it has a subroutine to "borrow" processing power from networked devices that is dangerously buggy. There is a 50% chance on operation that it will attempt to take over any computer it can reach via any type of network connection, retasking said computer with calculating Pi and seeking more processing power to retask.

Warning. The virtual dictionary has gotten loose in Paizo's system.:)

Liberty's Edge

83. A recorded conversation think-tank of AI/Android programmers/creators discussion what to include the new upgrade to their androids.
84. BETA testing of new upgrades. Debate among programmers continue about android's pronunciations of gif vs jif and other vitally important changes needed.

Liberty's Edge

85. Dossier containing the mission statement, movement, recruitment, agenda, and secret handshake data about the PAA (People Against Acronyms).
86. A collections of erotic fan-fiction paying tribute to a popular e-book "Starlight" surrounding the key protagonist female struggling with her conflicting feelings and attractions to both a Borai and a Ysoki.


A collection of recipes for fried, baked, or flambeed (insert your species here.)


88. Vast quantities of surveillance camera footage. Sorting through it to determine that there is nothing useful there will take a lot of time.
89. Detailed descriptions of next seasons stationwear line from a noted designer.


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90. A packed memory save of one of your ancestors.


91. Coordinates. Probably leading to a pirate base or treasure.

92. Sales records. Either for a legitimate business or an unscrupulous one.

93. Correspondence between a high ranking government official and someone else. Government officials talking about government things, probably secrets. Or with the officials mister/mistress, possibly blackmail. Definitely don't want them out in the public either way.


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94: The data that you want is in a pie being guarded by an Orc.


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95: An apparently ancient backup file referring to a project codenamed, Galactic Annihilation Protocol. It references the Golarion Planetary Protectorate as commissioning the report and discusses how to deal with some apparent unforeseen cost overruns. However, the last 99% of the file appears to be corrupted by no longer being their despite the file's length stating it is present.

The odd part of this file is it seems to behave like a virus, and any attempts to delete the file, the file appears to jump to some other computer system, normally within a mile of the first system...

96: Record of a self proclaimed scholar who speaks anonymously about the existence of item #95 above, stating there is rumor of said exact file having successfully jumped to a remote probe in a system when a planet was reportedly destroyed. Oddly enough, the source material for this rumor seems almost as hard to track down and identify the source of this report. It also seems to have an ability to vanish when tracked, and appear in other systems via completely unknown reasons. Some wonder if this is some sort of digital life form that lives by jumping between systems, and each 'story' is signs of a different family member, each somehow related to one another.

Some say there are multiple different variants of #96, and that might support this supposition. But none have actually ever been isolated, so it is pure conjecture.


97: A file that from outside is labeled "Confidential". In virtual space it is revealed to be a nondescript man, wearing a black suit and mirrorshades. He has the odd ability of identifying the purpose and source of anything he looks at. Thus he will know an avatar, and who is controlling it. His gun will erase an entire file or program if it hits it. It's just a pistol, so it's range is not great. He also has a small medkit with which he can repair damaged files or programs.

GM notes. He is a literal MIB and his prime directive is to destroy any threat to sentient life. You can have a player run him, as long as they are a good roleplayer.


98: Write only memory. It's an orb of oblivion in the virtual world.


99 Recording of a primitive transmission. It shows a red haired human prophet with a glowing face making predictions of the year two thousAAAAAAANNND


100: A maze of virtual stone blocks. Every 10 feet there is a literal experience point. If your avatar hits their head on a stone they receive a random power up. In a room in the middle of the maze is 4 orcs who will come looking for the avatars. If they "kill" an avatar it returns to the entrance with active power ups ended. In the chest in the central room is 1000 credits, 1000 XPs, and the virtual equivalent of a random piece of high tech equipment.


101:Castle made of same blocks. At the center is an operating system(Partially or totally disabled in a derelict). May have a firewall around it. Add 1-6 virtual traps and 1-6 monsters.


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102: A file containing a set of coordinates claiming to represent a distinct place in the Drift. It includes a method do utilize the coordinates, but requires gathering a set of rare materials to create a device to render the coordinates.

Should require at least three rare materials and a relatively high level crafting to put together properly.

What is in the location isn't clearly defined. (is it a treasure, or was it meant to be something hidden due to its danger)


103:Futuretile Uplink: If this App is installed in a communicator of any kind, it allows communication via drift beacons with other systems throughout the galaxy. It's expensive(10 credits a minute or 1 an alpha numeric character) so sending a text is probably best.


104:Link to a social network called Clip Clop. To sign on you create an avatar and set up a password. Most are a type of pony, but some choose a cute monster, including griffons, dragons, kirins, bat ponies, ect. It's hard to tell which are humans who are fans of ancient trivid cartoons, and which are what they claim to be. If you agree to meet someone(or thing) "IRL" throu8gh DMs, it might be through a dimensional gate of some kind.


An episode of a cooking show hosted by a Shirren. They make macaroni and cheese while speaking in a very soft reassuring voice. Psychically, because it's a Shirren. It's very wholesome, chill and cozy.

A photo of a Skittermander on a fishing trip on an ocean you assume is somewhere on Castrovel. They're posing with a massive fish held up with a small crane.

If you want something a bit darker, an audio recording. When played, "We found Old Golorian. Please, I'm begging you, don't come here. The Drift, it--" the file cuts out and when it cuts back in, there's only screaming

Dark Archive

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108: A rather large vesk streaming his recreation of The Joy of Painting(Bob Ross), complete with an afro wig.


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109: A heavily redacted dossier detailing something called PROJECT: STRING. The nature of the project is unclear, but it centers around a person referred to as "Target B". There is a photo of Target B; it looks precisely like one of the PCs, down to the bar and wardrobe, except the person in the picture is wearing an sunglasses that the PC is sure they have never owned. The sunglasses are an ordinary, common style that the PC could purchase cheaply anywhere.

Attached to the dossier is the following annotation:

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:

1. DO NOT attempt to kill, harm, or apprehend Target B.
2. DO NOT attempt to make contact with Target B.
3. DO NOT discuss PROJECT: STRING or Target B's role in PROJECT: STRING with Target B.
4. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW THE SUNGLASSES TO BE LOST OR COME TO HARM (this directive supersedes all others).


110: Looks like a monolith made of words. It's actually a very chunky text. It starts as a flirtatious attempt to arrange a date and it meanders into several slightly related topics.


111: A naked goat girl doing a seductive dance. It's a 3D digital recording so it cannot be interacted with, even in virtual reality. Eventually one of the characters will realize it's an extra dimensional parallel of their little sister.

Wayfinders

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112:

History of the Gap years.:
________ ________ ___ ____________ _________________ ______________ ______ _______ _________________ __________________ _ _________ _________________ _________ _____________ __ __________ __________ ____________ ____ __ ______ ________________________ _________ _________ _________ ____________ _____ ________

Wayfinders

113: It only makes sense that the Data Scourge was created by skittermanders who simply thought they were helping out by writing the code for the Date Scourge. Now the real question is who tricked the skittermanders into it. I have proof it was the Vesk frustrated with the occupation of Vesk 3, were trying to frame its overly helpful residents. I fear if the Vesk find out I know they will try to kill me.


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114: An NFT of a bored looking monkey. It is totally worthless because it wasn't that hard to copy. This might be a copy, because who can tell. All the museums have several.


115. The build code for a log-in program. This framework was used as the basis for most log-in programs in the region. It contains backdoor algorithms and breaching protocols. If installed on a hackpad or loaded into the device, it has a 9% chance of outright bypassing log-in security (but not any later firewalls or security).

116. "Marvin, I love you!"

117. A supply and demand listing for several markets. It's a bit out of date, but some of them do show good deals where market and trade goods can be bought low and locations where they can be sold at a premium.

118. The outline for starting a cult. It may or may not sync up with a group or organization that's gaining popularity currently.


119. 34 terabytes of adorable 3D pet videos featuring cats, dogs, squoxes, squirrels, rats, ducks, mewclocks, large caterpillars, giant cicada grubs, tiny dragonets, miniature shotalashus, Castrovelian and Vercite farm animals, and even a few proogs. The collection seems to have been curated from greatest hits because there are no duds and no annoying music.

120. A crudely shot home video of a small child opening a present, squealing joyfully, and playing with their new toy.

121. A snuff film. It releases a computer virus if you watch the film up to the 13 second mark.

122. An internal Steward record discussing a famous serial-killer case solved 112 years ago. The file seems to have been declassified (at least internally), but still has some redacted sentences.

123. An encrypted file dated to the Gap. When decrypted it proves to be somebody's dental records.

124. Numerous secret recipes for gourmet desserts sold by a famous chef. The treats are so amazingly delicious that any carbon-and-water organism (living or borai) who eats one regains a Resolve point on the spot (limit 1 RP per day). However, if they are shared beyond a small group you will receive a strongly-worded cease-and-desist letter, a virus designed to delete the files, and possibly a lawsuit.

125. Full genomes for several alien organisms, each using six base-pairs instead of four. They are not related to any known life-form, but most are related to each other.

126. Vacation photos of a Nuar family in a beautiful, pristine wilderness park on some planet you don't recognize.

127. A break-up email.

128. A 3D holo-ad for Akfverdtig's Amazing Legzikson Tablets. The jingle is an annoying earworm that doesn't even entirely explain what Legzikson is or what it supposedly does. The accompanying contact info is out of date and useless.

129. A sort of musical archaeological collection. It includes Star Sugar Heartlove!!!, a Dwarven epic poem about the Quest for Sky, the first album or song released by each of several famous historical musicians and bands, and the first known song released in each of certain popular musical genres (sugar pop, rat-hop, Hellmetal grunge, Pahtra protest yowls, devotion techno, fractal-beat, fractal-palindrome, pun-rap, etc.)

130. Instructions for assembling a "self-assembling" furniture set. The remains of said furniture might be found somewhere in the vessel, building, or station where you found the data.


131: A 3D cartoon titled SNUFF FILM. It starts with Chucky the Cabbot using snuff. The visual puns get worse from there.


132. At first it appears to be audio recordings of a person screaming in pain and terror; then you hear brief coughing, clearing the throat, commentary on how that one sounded, then another bit of screaming but this time with a slightly altered pitch.
Maybe this is a copy of the original recording session for the Starfinder equivalent of the wilhelm scream; maybe it's a clue that the person who produced this recording has aspirations of being a voice actor.

133. A collection of files, labelled by date, that depict artwork, seemingly all by the same person. The earliest-dated pieces are consistent with something a young child would make, and they show an improvement in skill and sophistication as time goes on. There's a gap of a few years, where there's nothing for that time, then when it starts up again, the pieces are radically different in subject matter.

134. Video journal from a few years ago, of a normal person with a coincidental strong resemblance to a minor celebrity. Or rather, that was a minor celebrity back then, and is now a major public figure; and you have information which you can use to find someone who looks a LOT like that important and/or controversial person.

134. Amateur-quality draft of a story with the EXACT same plot points and twists as a recent hit space-movie. The file's date means that it can't have been written AFTER the movie was released.
Maybe this was the original, and the recent thing is plagiarised; maybe this is the original, and the recent thing is the creator's final version after years of improving their craft; maybe this was someone writing down their psychic visions of a popular movie in the then-future.

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