The Device (Patreon)

... nothing? OK, erm... oh yes, I have this... thing? Yea, I got nothing on this one. 

He shows you a small metallic object. It has a few lights on and a few buttons, but even you are scratching your head. Though it does look like something is missing from this thing. 

DM notes – want to send your players to mechanis? Need an excuse to put a dooms day machine in your campaign? Require them to discover a message from the past? This will do you. Have them find the parts and assemble to discover something interesting.