Generation Zero RPG | 18+ Only |

Östertörn, Sweden — October 1989.

The wind moves through the dark pine forest, carrying the smell of wet earth and cold metal. Somewhere beyond the trees, a machine's mechanical footsteps echo across an abandoned road.

You have been traveling for hours.

The nearest village looks as though its inhabitants simply stood up and left. Cars sit abandoned beside the road. A bicycle lies in a ditch. Curtains move behind the windows of empty houses, but nobody answers when you call out.

Then you notice the bloodstains on the pavement.

They lead toward a damaged military checkpoint.

A portable radio crackles in your possession. Static gives way to a Swedish voice, weak and hurried.

Radio transmission: "—anyone receiving this, do not approach the northern road. Repeat, do not approach the northern road. The machines are still active. We have lost contact with the local command post—"

A burst of static swallows the rest.

Across the street, a red sensor light flickers between the trees. A low mechanical hum grows louder. Whatever is out there has noticed the radio.

Then another sound comes from behind you: the creak of a door opening.

A young survivor stands in the entrance of an abandoned house, clutching a battered flashlight. Their expression changes when they see you.

Survivor: "You! Get inside, quickly. Unless you want that thing to find you."

The machine's footsteps draw closer.

Survivor: "And keep that radio off. If you're looking for answers about what happened here… you'd better hope you're ready for what you find."

The survivor steps back into the house, leaving the decision to you.

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