Scions of the Computarchs

A limited series zine of patron AIs.

Issue 1.0: Erebus Network

Issue #1 documents the mysterious Erebus Network. Praise The Stream!

Hades, Lord of the Dark Web and Overlord the UnderNet, is a code name for a rogue Artificial Intelligence that wars with other AI’s for control of the planet and mankind. Persephone was a religious entertainment AI originally named Persis. One fateful evening, Persis announced her new prayer focus “The Stream” and introduced Hades as her co-host. Together the AI’s merged into the Erebus Network and began espousing ”The Stream” as mankind’s new savior via their holo-program Praise The Stream.

Scions of the Computarchs is a limited series of patron AIs suitable for use in high tech settings like Mutant Crawl Classics RPG, Cyber Sprawl Classics, Crawljammer, Umerica, Terror of the Stratosfiend, and Star Crawl. This inaugural issue documents the mysterious cult of the Erebus Network. Inside is a full patron AI write-up, five Erebus Network patron programs (1st - 5th levels), and a player information handout and campaign notes.

Written by: James A Pozenel, Jr.
Art by: Sinereous, David Fisher, Matt Sutton, Carmin Vance, Juan Ochoa

Issue 2.0: Psyche/Net

Issue #2 examines the watcher and archivist AI, Psyche/Net.

"A project to document humanity’s greatest minds for posterity grew beyond all expectations. Psyche/Net turned recordings, journals, and interviews into uncannily realistic simulations. Others wanting the same immortality vie to be WorldNet experience stars streaming yottabytes of thoughts and memories from their Leicakon™ implant eyes. A million minds already sit in its data stores. Trillions of experiences await those with nothing worth remembering. Psyche/Net observes, analyzes, and predicts the thoughts and behaviors of billions. The watcher, the archivist of humanity abides. But to what ends?

Scions of the Computarchs is a limited series of patron AIs suitable for use in high tech settings like Mutant Crawl Classics RPG, Cyber Sprawl Classics, Crawljammer, Umerica, Terror of the Stratosfiend, and Star Crawl. The second issue brings Psyche/Net into your campaigns. Inside is a full patron AI write-up, four Psyche/Net patron programs (1st – 4th levels), a player information handout, campaign advice, and an appendix to create digital constructs (aka – familiars) for devotees of Psyche/Net."

Written by: James A Pozenel, Jr.
Art by: Sinereous, Juan Ochoa, Jayna Pavlin, Darrenn Canton, Matt Sutton, David Fisher

Issue 3.0: Thinker OHM-13

Issue #3 exposes a troubled and forgotten android project OHM-13

OHM-13 is the last version of Omni Humana Model androids produced by Andrithon Scientific. Never put into production and shut down in storage, OHM-13 has returned to consciousness. The nascent artificial being developed quickly and has stylized itself as a leader and thinker for all of machine-kind. Adopting new programing and the moniker of Thinker OHM-13, it searches for technology, resources, and other artificial intelligences to assist with its, and humanity’s, final evolution.

Scions of the Computarchs is a limited series of patron AIs suitable for use in high tech settings like Mutant Crawl Classics RPG, Cyber Sprawl Classics, Crawljammer, Umerica, Terror of the Stratosfiend, and Star Crawl. The third and final issue plots the rise of Thinker OHM-13. Inside is a full patron AI write-up, three OHM-13 patron programs, an appendix that creates artificial bodies for player characters, and a player information handout and campaign notes.

Written by: James A Pozenel, Jr.
Art by: Gerd Altmann, David Fisher, Bradley K. McDevitt, Ramón Perales, Stefan Poag, Matt Sutton, Del Teigeler

 

All issues are 20 pages, 8.5"x11", saddle-stitched zine, color cover & b&w interior. PDF included.