conversations.from: system
conversations.value: A small crew, manning a mining station in the asteroid belt, drilling ore out of a giant space rock floating between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, are concerned with the day-to-day of their work. They each have their specialties, their wishes and their conflicts with the others.
  
  Then, one day, all that changes.
  
  
  # Setting
  
  Asteroid mining in this setting is an international project built from many countries combining their interests and trying to ensure humanity's continued survival by spreading across the solar system. First steps involve Earth orbit habitats, and they need raw materials, which are most easily found in space.
  
  Characters can be from any nation, and can have loosely speaking any agenda. The game takes place in 2078, and a lot has changed. Earth is a mess of climate changes, overpopulation and the remnants of several decades of increasing unrest and pressure. The UN-based Diaspora project is an attempt at solving some of these problems by giving humanity a common goal and increased survival chances in one sweep, while advancing science and technology in the process.
  
  This, then, requires rough-handed people to go out into the black and dig holes in big rocks.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This is the control system for the mining machinery. A myriad screens all provide information about the goings-on inside the mining shafts. It's tight here, but it's set up so you can move around.
conversations.prefix: Ops Deck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They're small, but they're yours. Each crew member has a private sleeping cabin, and there's a common room to spend off-shifts in.
conversations.prefix: Living Quarters:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This serves as a combination EVA suit locker and airlock antechamber. The shuttle dock also leads in here, so all access in or out of the station goes through here.
conversations.prefix: White Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A weird blue cube, roughly 20cm to a side, with patterns and inscriptions on it. It almost looks like it ought to activate in some way. It also doesn't look like something made in recent history...
conversations.prefix: The Thing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: HAZARDOUS.
  
  The shaft leads into the depths of the asteroid, and since it's usually used by robots, it is not pressurized.
conversations.prefix: Mining shaft:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're the people person aboard. It's your job to make the decisions about who does what and when, and to handle any major decision that requires a quicker reaction than HQ can manage.
conversations.prefix: Crew Boss:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not good with people.
conversations.prefix: Asshole:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to know more. That object is key to this whole thing, you know it. It could be crucial to everything that's going on here.
conversations.prefix: Find the Thing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A simple device - yet so very useful.
conversations.prefix: Prybar:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a wall here. Breaking through it is going to require concerted effort.
conversations.prefix: A strange wall:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your bailiwick is the health of the crew, physical as well as mental and emotional. While you're not a doctor, per se, you're trained in a broad array of subjects dealing with staying healthy and functional in space.
conversations.prefix: Medic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to know what it does. You have to know. It's the most important thing humanity has ever discovered, and you. Must. Know.
conversations.prefix: Activate the Thing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're here because your country needs you. Your world needs. Your species needs you. And you have answered that call.
conversations.prefix: Patriot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's pretty empty out here.
conversations.prefix: Open Space:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some people have gone AWOL. Finding them may be tricky.
conversations.prefix: Missing Persons:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The ground you need to cover is very unsafe. Many things could go wrong.
conversations.prefix: Dangerous Terrain:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Figuring out A) what it is and does, B) how to get it open is not going to be easy.
conversations.prefix: A pedestal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Home Sweet Home. Also Workplace, Sweet Workplace. A bunch of small modules strung together and lashed to the asteroid surface, performing a bunch of roles as needed - living quarters, lab, infirmary, mining drone ops, repair bay, shuttle dock, you name it.
  
  This is the only part of the asteroid that has an atmosphere, but gravity is quite low.
conversations.prefix: Mining Station:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The great outdoors means a bleak, impact-pitted, dark grey surface, with high radiation on the sunward side and pitch blackness on the night side. You've little business here, normally, and the low gravity makes travel risky - keep tethered to the surface or station at all times.
conversations.prefix: Asteroid surface:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Drones are the usual inhabitants of this hole dug into the side of the asteroid. It burrows into the rock, tunnels narrowing as they split off, following ore veins and rock structures.
conversations.prefix: Mining pit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you want to give your family a better life or spend it all on yourself, you are here for the pay.
conversations.prefix: For the Money:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An excavator drone has gotten itself stuck in the tunnels. To get it out, it'll need outside intervention.
conversations.prefix: Jammed excavator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small spacecraft, designed to ferry crew to and from the station, and to serve as a lifeboat in an emergency.
  
  Accommodations and life support are sufficient for six people for three weeks.
conversations.prefix: Shuttle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of a number of transit hubs. Crews come through here, and it's the only place to go for a bit of R&R while posted.
conversations.prefix: Hub Station:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know rocks. Especially rocks in space. Astrogeology is crucial to know where to dig and where definitely not to dig. As such, your decisions affect both the profitability and habitability of this rock.
conversations.prefix: Rock hound:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your main task is the smooth operation of the drones that do the dirty work here. You know exactly where you need to push or pull to get the best performance out of them.
conversations.prefix: Drone wrangler:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whenever something breaks and needs a human touch, that human is you. If it's mechanic or electronic and isn't working as it should, you're the one the crew turns to with expectant eyes.
conversations.prefix: Gearhead:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't belong back on Earth. That many people around you don't suit. You've considered moving to one of the orbital habitats or Mars colonies, but for now, here you are.
conversations.prefix: Out in the Black:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You didn't really want to go, but the judge pointedly suggested jail as an alternative...
conversations.prefix: Crime and Punishment:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You could probably sell ice in the arctic. You're very good at convincing people to your point of view.
conversations.prefix: Smooth talker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're good at learning, and you've done a lot of it. If you don't know it, you probably know where to find out about it.
conversations.prefix: Egghead:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't like anyone. You can tolerate people, but you do not ever like them. There may be exceptions to this, but there aren't any of them around right now.
conversations.prefix: Sour:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can handle harsh treatment. You're never sick, and your bruises heal before you even notice them.
conversations.prefix: Thick Skin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why do today what can be put off to tomorrow? You tend to take easy ways out, even when they cause trouble in the long run.
conversations.prefix: Lazy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For whatever reason, you startle kinda easy. Sudden noises or lights tend to make you flinch.
conversations.prefix: Twitchy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your reactions are really, really fast. They're usually smack on target too.
conversations.prefix: Wired:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You tend to see through to the core of problems, and can suss out solutions well.
conversations.prefix: Incisive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It takes a lot to bring you down, and you're pretty good at helping others keep their mood up as well.
conversations.prefix: Cheerful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You hate changes. Anything is different to your usual habit, it doesn't work well for you.
conversations.prefix: Hidebound:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You always look out for number one. This occasionally means you make bad decisions, screwing others over unnecessarily.
conversations.prefix: Egotist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not as hard on the inside as you are on the outside. You may hide it, but your feelings get hurt, and it makes a difference.
conversations.prefix: Vulnerable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're here for the fringe benefits. Maybe you have family, or maybe you want to start one. Maybe you want voting rights, or some other prize your government has offered for doing this.
conversations.prefix: Incentivized:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Last shipment was short. That is, in the vernacular, Not Good. You need to get more ore out.
conversations.prefix: Behind on Shipments:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is too dangerous, and mankind is not ready yet. The Thing, whatever it is, must be stopped from whatever it is it does. And the only way to do that is to break it.
conversations.prefix: Destroy the Thing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A nondescript phone drone in a call center back on Earth, this is who you contact to talk about whatever needs talking about. This is also who will call and bug you if you aren't living up to your service contracts.
conversations.prefix: Earth Liaison:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somebody is floating off into space! Fetching them back quickly is paramount - before their life support runs out.
conversations.prefix: Flying Dutchman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A difficult decision needs to be made.
conversations.prefix: Decision making:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Is this safe, or suicide? You need to find out. Preferably before any dangers materialize.
conversations.prefix: Assessing the Danger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A weird blue cube, roughly 20cm to a side, with patterns and inscriptions on it. It almost looks like it ought to activate in some way. It also doesn't look like something made in recent history, or by human hands...
  
conversations.prefix: The Thing (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The tech you're relying on has broken down and needs fixing to be useful again. This can be annoying, or lethal.
conversations.prefix: Technical Failures:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The inopportune placement of the primary shaft has caused a far too low output for the station.
conversations.prefix: A Misplaced Mineshaft:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nobody is going anywhere, now. The psychological effects of this are going to make themselves felt.
conversations.prefix: Closed in:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A cubic room, built as if there were gravity here. There's a recognizable floor and ceiling, and walls around the edge. The floor has narrow walkways between what looks like some sort of furniture.
conversations.prefix: The Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some sort of unknown substance is aboard base, and causing problems.
conversations.prefix: Foothold:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A weird blue cube, roughly 20cm to a side, with patterns and inscriptions on it. It almost looks like it ought to activate in some way. It also doesn't look like something made in recent history, or by human hands...
  
conversations.prefix: The Thing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Astronauts used to train their entire lives to get up into space. With an increased need for warm bodies, there's a lot more on-the-job training.
conversations.prefix: Trainee:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You had a sheltered upbringing and haven't been on the job for long. You're bright, but you still have a lot to learn.
conversations.prefix: Inexperienced:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jury-rigging, thinking on your feet, call it what you want: you are able to tailor the tool to the situation and produce results.
conversations.prefix: Adaptive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You move through zero-g like a fish through water.
conversations.prefix: Zero-Gravity Pro:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's not that you don't _like_ other people, sometimes you are just eager to get things done or maybe you just have a hard time understanding other people.
conversations.prefix: Inconsiderate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't deal well with boredom.
conversations.prefix: Restless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether it's jumping out of a plane, racing motorcycles down the highway, or strapping yourself into a rocket headed for space, you don't let fear hold you back.
conversations.prefix: Bold:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not trained for this. 
conversations.prefix: Powerless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are good at analyzing complex problems and isolating issues.  
  
  You have the experience and procedures to find the problem and make the fix, even under pressure.
conversations.prefix: Troubleshooter: