The year of the Chicken.

Greetings friends!

   According to the Chinese zodiac, beginning January 28th we enter the year of the Rooster. If you been following along for any length of time, then you will know how susceptible I am to ginormous shiney chickens. WELCOME to the year of the Chicken!
   Listening to the RPG Circus podcast, one of the hosts made an offhand comment about one of my favorite modules from back in the day. S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. He said he would like to see someone advance that module into the future about 150 years and see what happens.
   OH DEAR LORDY! The smallest thing can set me off in a new direction like atoms in a supercollider. That small comment set me off in a direction of no return. I sat in the lobby of the staffing agency, writing notes furiously. So now I've added another project to the queue...

Return to the barrier Peaks. My process is to ask, then answer questions. You probably know this if you've been reading for more than the last coupe of posts. So here is the list of lobby questions...

What it is still alive in the ship?
What technology still works?
has the ships' computer evolved into an AI?
Is it insane?
Has the mage from Valley of the Mage moved in?
Have the vegypigmys run rampant?
With all the magical creatures on board, with them dying, has it created magical fertilizer, making super powered vegypigmys?
Is the ship still covered in a landslide?
Are the power packs drained? (i.e. do you want to give the PCs energy weapons?)
Will there be treasure left from previous adventurers?
Was there an automated distress call when the energy levels on the ship reached critical levels?
Was the distress call answered?
Was the rescue ship disabled in the same way as the as the original ship?
Did the Mind Flayer from the original adventure survive?
Did the Sphynixes from original adventure survive?
Did any of the intelligent creatures from the original ship survive?
What are they like now?
Does the computer have access to magic?

   So there is the initial set of questions. As is my process, this set of questions will generate others, and more after that. Don't ask for a time frame for completion, you know you won't get a solid commitment.
   Basically, I have discovered a new shiney chicken, and if you want to see the results let me know.

Happy Gaming!

Edit: If the ship's computer has access to magic, will it become a god? Nifty... An insane AI god.