# Operation Void Shell tags: #game/rpg/void-shell #game/rpg/starforged ![[Operation Void Shell (cover).jpg|600]] **Operation Void Shell** is Marcin Zawadzki's (Rock Paper Story) two-page **[[Ironsworn - Starforged|Starforged]]** quest starter — numbered **Quest Starter #11** in his line of short, ready-to-play hooks that exist so the hobby never has to write an adventure again. A few days ago, scanners on an orbital station picked up off-the-charts anomalous readings from a nearby sector housing a **black hole**. Everyone's best guess: an undiscovered **Precursor Vault**. Thanks to your connections you know before the news does — but there's one big obstacle between you and the treasure hunt: the violent anomalies near the destination. It's not the first time the sector's been researched, and no expedition has ever made it back. Your only real chance is to acquire a cutting-edge upgrade to withstand the journey, which means finding — and persuading — someone with access to that technology. The starter pitches you straight into that corporate thicket: **Caitlin Kade**, an information broker on the station Solitude who plays it safe; **Eren Whitlock**, an Atlan employee on an infiltration mission of his own, "recovering" stolen data and hunting a trustworthy specialist; and a choice between corporate giants **Atlan** and **Canpus** that the book refuses to moralize for you. It throws in a fortified derelict settlement as a base of operations, a set of questions about who the "good one" really is, and **positive and negative resolutions** — including one where Solitude is quietly abandoned and turns derelict, all its research dead, its anomalies unexplained. A compact, morally ambiguous reason to swear a scientific vow. ## Editions - **Operation Void Shell** (Quest Starter #11) — 2-page quest starter, by Marcin Zawadzki (Rock Paper Story). *In the library.* ## References - [Rock Paper Story — Itch.io](https://rockpaperstory.itch.io/) - [Rock Paper Story — Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/RockPaperStory)