[Hajo]

Assuming some adventurers found the entrance to an abandoned underground complex that aliens have left on earth ... maybe from a visit many thousand years ago.

Is there a reasonable way to explain why the area isn't secured right away by army and secret service, and that adventures still have access to it?

One thing that comes to my mind is a post-apocalyptic setting, where no states and organized forces exist anymore, but I'd like a less apocalyptic background.

It's meant to become a multiplayer game, so there should be some reason why quite a number of people know about the place (every player), but also why they still are allowed to go on exploration without any restrictions - other than the dangers in the complex.

Another plus was to have a reason why there is a camp nearby with scientist and some more or less legal trader types, who are interested in the adventures information and loot from the inside of the complex - actually I guess such camps will grow immediately once the area is no controlled by police or army, and the word about the complex spreads.

[Verious]

What if the underground complex was located on a Native American Indian reservation? As I understand it, the U.S. government doesn't have very much authority there.

The game could blend Native American Indian stories and folklore with alien visitors and their technology. Perhaps the Native American Indians are offerring a reward for people who are willing to explore the underground complex and retrieve artifacts because of the danger involved or for a non-violent game the reason could be because of the complex puzzles involved with unlocking the secrets.

This would draw many people to the location and could be an integral part of the story.

There are many reservations scattered throughout the U.S., see the following map (reservations are marked in white):



Several reservations are located near Area 51, a U.S. location associated with extraterrestrial activity.

[Hajo]

This is an interesting suggestion. While I'd like to have the location fictional, the legal outlines of the reservations give a good reasoning.

I wonder if it'd work to place the location into a smaller, highly corrupt country, where the major countries don't have much influence and/or do not want to get too much attention drawn to and therefore don't sent military, but rather special agents to secure the area and investigate. Those agents also could spice up the setting if they get in conflict with agents of different powers and/or the adventuring players.

I think I'll then start making maps of the camp site(s) and the area around the entrance to the underground complex.

[Jinroh]

[Hajo]

I'm not really good at story-heavy games. I just need a reason why access to the alien complex is available to the player, since this will be the starting point for the game. And since it is meant to be a multiplayer game, the reason must be good enough to allow a bigger number of adventures and scientists to run around there.

The game itself will be a sandbox like exploration game, circling around the research of alien artifacts. I'm not quite sure how well I can do that, but I'll try to make it as interesting as I can.

[RedSlash]

The alien complex in a country which nobody owns? Or maybe the complex is too dangerous, even the U.S. government is too afraid to even go near it. Or perhaps the complex IS secured, however the adventurers got access to it through the second entrance that the US government failed to discover?

[Jinroh]

Or perhaps they give the guards a too many drinks on Christams Eve and they get all tipsy and pass out. Like George Washington.
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