This session was run on January 18, 2024. 220-1118 In the morning, they decided to take the Gerald Masters interview job. Marvin was still too hung over from the night before and had to beg off for the day. They spread out through the station looking for prospective interviewees. Simmi was fairly successful, finding three people willing to be interviewed. She was surprised to learn that most of…
This session was run on January 4, 2024. 212-1118 One evening, while in jumpspace en route to Hewes, Zarf noticed a ticking sound coming from the briefcase "Mr. Johnson" hired them to transport from Gyration to Westfir. Aryanna ran some tests on it and could not detect any radiation, electronic or otherwise, coming from the case. She also noted that the surface of the briefcase was at ambient…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on December 14, 2023. 192-1118 When the travellers arrived at Gyration, knowing that the system only had a Class D starport, they proceeded directly to the gas giant to begin refueling operations. While scooping hydrogen from the upper levels of the gas giant they spread Arenui’s ashes in orbit. The droyne had been quite taken…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on November 30, 2023. 173-1118 They decided to see what jobs were available on Daazu in order to make som extra money between jumps.They found three patrons looking for help. The first, Steven Brachen, the captain of the Duke Leto , an 800 ton passenger liner, was looking for help repairing his ship. He had picked up a lucrative…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on February 13, 2023. Determined to find Uggmar, the party, now accompanied by Rasaz, headed back into the dungeon beneath the barrow mounds using the northeast entrance. They decided that they were unlikely to find him on the first level and, rather than risk getting swarmed by skeletons again,they headed directly down the stairs…
This session was run on February 6, 2023. 17 Longgrass 4433 At the end of the last session, the party returned to the dungeon under the barrow mounds with Sylviana in tow and immediately found themselves in another large battle with skeletons. The battle unfolded throughout the session with heavy use of Vargr and Sylvianna’s turn undead abilities, Duycken’s Quack of Doom, and Rouen’s illusionary…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on January 30, 2023. 15 Longgrass 4433 After Stranger disarmed the trap, Vargr opened the secret compartment and found a leather sack. Inside the sack he found a ring with a blue gem, a ring with a green gem, a 50’ coil of rope, a tuning fork, and a pin with an oval and a hand carved into it. The two rings, the rope, and the…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on January 23, 2023. 14 Longgrass 4433 After recovering from the fight with the skeletons, the party continued to explore the dungeon beneath the barrows. They found an arcane scroll and a dagger +1 in the bone filled rooms where the skeletons originated from. In the northern part of the dungeon, they found a room with a fallen…
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This session was run on January 9 th 2023. 14 Longgrass 4433 After resting up, they decided to reenter the barrows from the western entrance. Vargr brought a large log with the intention of disrupting the summoning circle they found on an earlier excursion. While the others were skeptical, the Odin priest was sure that the man in the lacquered armor…
This session was run on June 15, 2023. 130-2108 They confronted Reverend Kavanaugh about the wrench and the explosive bolts and he changed his story again. He now claimed that, even in his revised story, he had still tried to protect Dieter and his memory. Dieter had not just surrendered to fate and drawn straws after his failed attempt to poison Kavanaugh at breakfast. As soon as it was clear…
This session was run on June 8, 2023. The crew of the Far Horizon woke from their five-year voyage from Tartarus in 2105 C.E. to find themselves in a different world. The political situation between Earth, Mars, and Luna had degraded and, eventually, resulted in outright war. This was humanity’s first orbital war, and it was almost its last. Mars and Luna had long complained about the Earth…
This session was run on February 9, 2023. Hour 63 With the submersible mission and refueling operations complete at Area 58, they decided to move on to investigate another area. Based on the damage from collisions the Far Horizon had suffered and CASS’s strange behavior, they decided that they had to assume that they might only get a chance to investigate one more site. They chose Area 23, as the…
This session was run on May 18, 2023. 023-1118 After they had put a few hours between themselves and the gas giant, Aryanna realized they had a new problem. She had used a sedative on Aminaha out of fear of her psionic abilities, but she could not use that sedative for the rest of the trip. The sedative she had used was safe for short term use, but never intended to keep somebody under for a few…
This session was run on May 4, 2023. 023-1118 Marven carefully maneuvered the Hollow Ranger to dock with the failing Zhodani ship, Ayman Bahamdan . Torvald calculated that they only had three hours before they would have to separate from the Zhodani ship in order to escape the gravitational pull of the gas giant. He warned that, if the travellers did anything to worsen the situation while aboard,…
This session was run on November 20, 2023. 15 Thawmist 4434 After catching up with Roderick and Kang, the party decided to investigate the inside of the giant dome in the White Worm village. The roof of the dome was still split open from where the giant white worm that the tribe considered to be their god had bust through during their battle. In the center of the dome, they found a large hole, 50’…
This session was run on April 27, 2023. 019-1118 After parting ways with Chakraborty, they decided to look for more work until the slot for the Prismatic Ray opened up at the depot. Two possible jobs caught their eye: 1. Abigail Bullet: A woman looking to get off the planet without anyone noticing. Offering 25,000 Cr. 2. Torvald Dent: A drive systems engineer looking to test a new, high…
This session was run on April 20, 2023. 018-1118 As they rode the elevator up to the higher level of the city, they examined the radio more carefully. Arenui determined that it was not a commercial radio and that it had strong encryption. Zarf took a closer look at the statue and thought that it seemed to be really old, potentially pre-human starflight. Concerned, he asked Trow if there was any…
This session was run on August 24, 2023. 216-1118 In the morning, they decided to split into three groups for the day. Brauer will try to surveil The Thorn to determine if they have to worry about them interfering with the mission. Carstairs will try to get a job with the repair facility in order to get aboard The Hare’s Revenge . Don, von Borkus, and de Groot will hang out in the Lucky Eagle…
This session was run on August 10, 2023. 208-1118 Fairbairn was a desert world with very little air and even fewer people. The seven hundred it did have were all mining corporation employees squatting in small, run-down domes. They began refueling operations at one of the gas giants and hailed Oliver Harris. While waiting for a response, they did a quick scan and saw that they were the only ship…
This session was run on July 27, 2023. First half of 1118 As the ships Craig ordered for his covert squadron were being prepared, Admiral Ten was pulling the command crew for The Invisible Hand , the first ship and the test case, together. He chose some of the brightest officers under his command for the mission: · CDR van Borkus · Hanzo de Groot · CDR Yost van der Deen · Carstairs · Don Gerritson…
This session was run on July 13, 2023. We did not do any actual play this session. Instead, we created the ship. The Invisible Hand , that we will be using for the next arc of the campaign. This arc revolves around a covert operations squadron that Archduke Craig plans to send deep into Solomani space to disrupt their logistics, gain intelligence, and reduce their ability to wage war in the Daibei…
This session was run on September 28, 2023. 044-1118 This session began right after Ulrich confined the travellers to their quarters aboard the Ine Givar ship. They decided to do a quick search of the room. The room was long, with metal beds bolted to the floor and lockers along one wall. Its original purpose was clearly a bunk room. Like everything else they had seen so far aboard the ship, the…
This session was run on October 5, 2023. 047-1118 They spent the morning setting up cots in the cargo bay and moving the necessary personal items for everyone to sleep there. Aryanna performed a medical examination of Zeke but could find nothing physically wrong with him. He seemed lucid but claimed that he had fired at a giant ball with tentacles in the hall. They decided not to tell him that he…
This session was run on May 25, 2023. First Half 1118 As the civil war expands and the archdukes spread out, communication delays play a bigger and bigger role in the domain level game. This means we have moved to a more abstract way of handling the archdukes, the information they receive, and the orders they give. The conflict raging throughout the Imperium has increased in intensity and started…
This session was run on September 14, 2023. 030-1118 As soon as the dust settled from the Hull Eating Virus and the confrontation with Nadeemi, Executive Officer Harrison determined that they had dropped out of jump in an empty parsec. Harrison explained that the Twilight Ember did not carry any spare fuel to enable another jump. With no gas giant in sensor range, there was no hope of refueling…