“Paradise in Shadows”

“Paradise in Shadows” (4LD02)
by Tom Wong & Nigel Findley

Game Master: Brian   Players: Adam, Erin
Game Date: 24 August 2019

Characters: The Doctor, Riddell
Adversaries: Army for the Liberation of Hawai’i, et al.
Time: 17 May 2355 CE
Space: Kingdom of Hawai’i, Earth

 

 

Synopsis: Touring the high-tech tropics of twenty-fourth century Hawai’i, the Doctor and Riddell think they’ve found paradise. After accepting a dinner invitation from an enigmatic stranger, however, the travellers are ushered into a cruel and treacherous underworld. Beneath the neon glare of its high-class hotels and tourist havens, the Kingdom of Hawai’i is a battlefront where corrupt mega-corporations and savage gangs compete for technological supremacy. At the centre of this war of industrial sabotage and corporate espionage is a powerful device that could mean life or death for those brave enough to venture into cyberspace, an advancement certain to shift the balance of power. The Doctor and Riddell find themselves taking fire from all sides as they search for this mysterious prototype and struggle to decipher the true motives of those factions vying to control it. Their efforts take them from the unforgiving streets of Honolulu to the dazzling but dangerous virtual world of cyberspace, each access code and digital trace leading them ever closer to a fateful confrontation with the victor who has claimed their prize—a hidden army intent on dictating the future of the Hawai’ian Islands!