Setting: The year is 2150. Your party is taking place aboard the Astral Express, a luxury space liner en route to an exclusive resort on a newly colonized planet.

Basic Plot: A Henry Phillips, the trillionaire visionary reclusive investor behind this intergalactic project, is found dead during the voyage, and suspicion falls upon everyone aboard. Amid the futuristic setting, hidden agendas and alien secrets intertwine.

Characters

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• Captain Elias Thorne: Stern and seasoned leader of the Astral Express.
• Dr. Mira Sato: Brilliant but enigmatic ship’s doctor with questionable ethics.
• Chef Pierre LeBlanc: Celebrated culinary artist harboring a short fuse.
• First Mate Zara Khan: Ambitious second-in-command with a ruthless streak.
• Jax Riley: Eccentric maintenance engineer who knows all the ship’s nooks and crannies.
• Tourist 1 – Vera Ashford: Wealthy socialite with a condescending attitude.
• Tourist 2 – Baron Nikolai Von Strauss: Shady industrialist with a penchant for secrets.
• Tourist 3 – Professor Luna Clarke: Renowned astrophysicist with a distracted demeanor.
• Tourist 4 – Kai Chen: Tech-savvy influencer with an obsession for social status.
• Tourist 5 – (Secret Alien) Z’xith: A shapeshifter from a distant star system, disguised as a human, with their own mysterious motives.

Suggested Props

• Futuristic drinkware: Metallic goblets, glowing glasses
• Control panels: Cardboard cutouts with futuristic dials and buttons.
• Medical equipment: Fake futuristic scanners, vials of colored liquids.
• Chef’s tools: Odd-looking kitchen utensils.
• Holo-screens: Images of stars and planets projected on the walls.
• Specimen Jars: Empty jars with labels like “Moon Dust” or “Alien Flora”

Costumes

• Crew: Sleek jumpsuits with rank insignia.
• Tourists: Extravagant clothing reflecting their personality (outlandish patterns, metallic fabrics, high-tech accessories).
• Secret Alien: Subtle difference in appearance – odd eye color, slightly disjointed walk for a touch of the strange.

Decor

• Low lighting with star projections
• Metallic accents
• Control panel backdrop in the main dining area

Outline

Act 1: The Introduction

• Guests arrive in costume, mingling and getting to know their characters (Character sheets with backstory and secrets provided beforehand).
• Captain Thorne makes a welcome speech cut short by the discovery of the body!

Act 2: Clues and Suspicions

• Initial investigation – odd details about the crime scene.
• Guests split into groups, exploring ‘rooms’ of the ship (pre-designated areas).
• Clues found: Strange symbols, sabotaged equipment, a hidden note, etc.

Act 3: The Dinner Party

• Tension-filled dinner where guests trade accusations.
• Motives revealed through heated discussion.
• Another twist! A vital piece of the ship malfunctions (lights flicker, fake ‘oxygen leak’ alarm).

Act 4: The Final Revelations

• In the scramble to fix the ship, more secrets are uncovered.
• Each character has a final chance to defend themselves.
• The killer is revealed! (With the possibility of an accomplice).

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