Set during the Battlestar Galactica (2004) election arc, as the human fleet evades prying Cylon eyes, this 15-session tabletop RPG campaign lets you embroil yourself in the messy business of politics as one of four characters:
Patrick Leon is Achilles's closet friend and confidant. Patrick's a legal genius, wholly dedicated, and secretly in love with Achilles. Unfortunately, the feeling isn't mutual. Still, as Achilles's closest friend, Patrick is determined to see him elected president.
Ajax Naxon is an influential priest - and the very person to suggest that Achilles run for the presidency of the 12 Colonies. Outwardly, Naxon is a religious fundamentalist who wants to reassert religious virtues, driving out the cowardice of Roslin and the blasphemy of Baltar.
Delphi Abrom is a soldier, dutiful and pious to the core. Back on Gemenon, Achilles saved her sister from certain death at Cylon hands, and that won him Delphi's loyalty. When Achilles declared his candidacy, Delphi was torn between her loyalty to Achilles and her duty to Admiral Adama, but she agreed to join his election campaign.
Thetis Rand-Rhodes is a socialite with powerful connections and immense wealth. A known flirt, she is able to extract whatever she wants out of most - whether it be information or action. Though she plays dumb, her razor wit and extensive knowledge of history and literature allow her to come out on top whenever she's underestimated.
All is not well, though - Achilles has been acting strange, an old comrade named Agnes Morgan has claimed that his heroic deeds are not what they seem, and there may well be a Cylon spy in the party. Will you win the highest office in the 12 Colonies? Or will the office be compromised and lead humanity right into the Cylons' waiting grasp?
I worked on the Achilles Campaign as a class project at Carnegie Mellon University, where I wrote the fifth (and final) act of the campaign, helped edit the story arcs and beats to match the mechanics of the Cortex system, and adapted the writing - where we took influence from The Manchurian Candidate - to put together a playable campaign.
