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when I wrote it I intended it as a vibes check basically and the warden could deduce who’d to sedate. Ad Astra was a big influence on the performance review and you see Brad Pitt mentally break while giving a psych evaluation but the robot is like you passed. When Brad gives a concise, well worded responses they ground him. In the movie it’s all about control and I thought the warden could pick the players who most defied the company that day regardless of the answers. 

My pillar of design is to provide as many fun toys for wardens to play with and to break and ignore whatever doesn’t fit their flavor. Plus I feel Mothership is more fun when it’s narratively rich as opposed to mechanically rich. That’s why I added the mod section as it’s loose ideas I thought could be implemented but didn’t necessarily think it needed to be a core feature and if a warden thought it sounded fun or not they could run with it. 

I have not actually play tested this and I do hope I get the chance this month as I work on a polished version. I think a playtest to see how the performance reviews play at the table will help me find the right balance but I really appreciate your input. I think I might end up splitting the difference but I do agree if I ran it I would just go off vibes and sedate players that I think would make the most paranoia. I just want players to point fingers and trust no one, they can’t trust the company, the crew, the mines, and most of all each other :)