Hopeless said:
Sort of like Speed in outer space or Point Break in the Future?
Fairy tale wise how about Elsa is actually infected by a parasite released by Hans' uncle and his plans to usurp the throne is revenge for his uncle's death at the hands of their parents who were conveniently lost in a hyperspace accident?
There is a Psionic telekinetic talent called Pyrokinesis, Elsa has its opposite, a much rarer talent called Cryokinesis.
Cryokinesis Effect Target
0-4 Becomes cooler, but is undamaged
5-8 Living tissue is frozen, suffering 1d6 points frostbite damage
9+ Suffers 2d6 points of damage due to frostbite, and may freeze solid.
11+ Target is frozen so quickly, there is no ice crystalization, target may be revived using procedures for bringing people out of low passage, but no chance of death with this result, that is already accounted for with lower result numbers.
Arendel is a cool planet with large ice caps. Elsa's powers are off the chart, threatening to cover the entire planet's surface in ice sheets, Her mother was a Zhodani Nobel who was the subject of various experiments, and the product of genetic engineering, she passed on her trait of Cryokinesis to her daughter, but it turns out that in very emotional and stressful situations, her talent goes into overdrive, and is partly triggered by her subconscious. Arendel is the capital planet of a pocket empire, Elsa was recently coronated as Queen of the realm of Arendel, a collection of a dozen worlds all within one subsector, Hans is the 12th son of a ruler of one of those worlds, and he seeks to become King of the entire Pocket Empire by marrying Anna, Elsa's sister, and then disposing of both Elsa and Anna, so he could rule alone. Anna meets an Ice Cream salesman named Christoff, he has a free trader starship, and helps Anna find her sister in a remote part of Arendel, near the north pole, is attacked by Vargyr Pirates and his starship crashed. Anna promises to buy him a new starship, if he can help get her to Elsa so she can convince her to undo the ice age before its too late!
This seems to work in a Traveller setting.
Hopeless said:
Anna is aware there's a problem but everyone thinks Elsa is now a monster who has deliberately isolated herself believing she will infect others unaware that Anna was infected as a child and survived meaning she's immune.
The bad guys want to secure her as a potential new weapon unaware that all Elsa needs is for someone to willingly accept the parasite and then it will go dormant long enough for them to prove she's no longer infected.
Cue sequel as they now seek a cure for Anna I believe that alternative is also a fairy story regarding an infected princess requiring someone willing to sacrifice themselves to take the curse from them isn't it?
Sleeping Beauty except she's the ship brain of a massive warship, everyone wants it but she wants to be free to live a normal life... cue the four surviving aliens who know the secret to gaining control with three trying to find a suitable person to take control and their rogue rival who wants control for themselves...
Then throw in the hapless heroes who end up trying to save the slumbering woman trapped at the heart of the ship...
Rapunzel the mysterious tower and the life draining monster posing as the hair of the "damsel in distress" this time the hero is a hairdresser who knows something isn't right about that lady... :wink:
Cinderella trapped inside an ancient Fortress controlled by an AI and the menacing stepmother whose unknowingly become the AI's personality whose only hope is a group of uplifted Travellers being not human gives them access and a chance to save the trapped young woman...
EDIT: Sorry got a bit distracted!
