Worlds Away

Faced with a new threat to the Looking Glass station, the crew of the Asterales makes their way through the meteor storm and tries to get their injured colleague to safety.

Lara spends some time on her hobby. Han has a crisis of confidence. Wren puts the finishing touches on his latest reporting. Chet grabs some shuteye.

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Hundreds of thousands of miles above the ground of a distant planet, the light of the stars reflects off a mirror, slowly drifting through the black of space. And on this station, we meet four people standing on the front lines, waiting to defend humanity against an unfathomable threat. They’re just not the four you’re thinking of…

Helie Dharia is Lara Morrin (the Warhorse), Lauren Wilbanks is Chet Burgham (the Scoundrel), Michael Morales is Wren Castellan (the Infiltrator), and Mo Shatara is Min-Joon Han (the Tempest), with Jon Ossip returning as your gamemaster.

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Nasir and Mara go to pay their respects. Lila reaches the end of the maze.

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The party says farewell to a new friend. Mara sees a new side of Aventine, while Nasir returns home. Arnaud makes a choice.

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Part five of Microscope, from first contact with the Traveler to the arrival of the Shepherds.

The timeline so far:

First contact with Doran, the Traveler

Humankind grapples with the reveal of sapient life

• Evidence of sapient life is revealed on earth via telecast
• First public demonstration by the Chosen (a sect of pro-Shepherd humans)
• ICOH commissions the “Manhattan REDUX”

The evacuation of Earth

• The Halcyon Veil is destroyed in orbit under mysterious circumstances
• The Assassination of Aiden Kiros, his personal ship sabotaged in a manner that appears similar to the Halcyon Veil
• The vote of no confidence in the Republic

Earth is reorganized for those that remain

• The rebirth of the Halcyon Veil: a new ship is built to evacuate people from Earth

The Era of Great Projects

• The development of planetary cloaking of life signs
• The invention of the wyrm drive
• The discovery of the Brink (name under duress)
• The beam splitter successfully reverses a particle cannon
• Humanity figures out how rapidly terraform planets

Second Contact

• A manned mission on a wyrm-drive ship reaches the Brink
• Humanity abandons the Brink
• Humanity closes a rift

The evacuation of Aventine

• The Aventine volunteer en masse for Project Iphigenia, to help spread humanity throughout the Verge
• Industrial accident at the Nemerov facilities

Establishing the Front

• Looking Glass stations are placed into orbit around human-occupied planets

The arrival of the Shepherds

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

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Part four of Microscope, from first contact with the Traveler to the arrival of the Shepherds.

The timeline so far:

• First contact with Doran, the Traveler
• Humankind grapples with the reveal of sapient life
• Evidence of sapient life is revealed on earth via telecast
• First public demonstration by the Chosen (a sect of pro-Shepherd humans)
• ICOH commissions the “Manhattan REDUX”
• The evacuation of Earth
• The Halcyon Veil is destroyed in orbit under mysterious circumstances
• The Assassination of Aiden Kiros, his personal ship sabotaged in a manner that appears similar to the Halcyon Veil
• The vote of no confidence in the Republic
• Earth is reorganized for those that remain
• The rebirth of the Halcyon Veil: a new ship is built to evacuate people from Earth
• The Era of Great Projects
• The invention of the wyrm drive
• The discovery of the Brink (name under duress)
• The beam splitter successfully reverses a particle cannon
• Humanity figures out how rapidly terraform planets
• Second Contact
• A manned mission on a wyrm-drive ship reaches the Brink
• Humanity abandons the Brink
• Humanity closes a rift
• The evacuation of Aventine
• Industrial accident at the Nemerov facilities
• Establishing the Front
• Looking Glass stations are placed into orbit around human-occupied planets
• The arrival of the Shepherds

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

Full credits available at: worldsawaypod.com/convergence

Part three of Microscope, from first contact with the Traveler to the arrival of the Shepherds.

The timeline so far:

• First contact with Doran, the Traveler
• Humankind grapples with the reveal of sapient life
• Evidence of sapient life is revealed on earth via telecast
• First public demonstration by the Chosen (a sect of pro-Shepherd humans)
• ICOH commissions the “Manhattan REDUX”
• The evacuation of Earth
• The Halcyon Veil is destroyed in orbit under mysterious circumstances
• The Assassination of Aiden Kiros, his personal ship sabotaged in a manner that appears similar to the Halcyon Veil
• The vote of no confidence in the Republic
• Earth is reorganized for those that remain
• The rebirth of the Halcyon Veil: a new ship is built to evacuate people from Earth
• The Era of Great Projects
• The invention of the wyrm drive
• The discovery of the Brink (name under duress)
• Second Contact
• A manned mission on a wyrm-drive ship reaches the Brink
• Humanity abandons the Brink
• The evacuation of Aventine
• The arrival of the Shepherds

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

Full credits available at: worldsawaypod.com/convergence

Part two of Microscope, from first contact with the Traveler to the arrival of the Shepherds.

The timeline so far:

• First contact with Doran, the Traveler
• Humankind grapples with the reveal of sapient life
• The evacuation of Earth
• The Halcyon Veil is destroyed in orbit under mysterious circumstances
• The Assassination of Aiden Kiros, his personal ship sabotaged in a manner that appears similar to the Halcyon Veil
• The vote of no confidence in the Republic
• Earth is reorganized for those that remain
• The rebirth of the Halcyon Veil: a new ship is built to evacuate people from Earth
• The Era of Great Projects
• The discovery of the Brink (name under duress)
• Second Contact
• The evacuation of Aventine
• The arrival of the Shepherds

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

Full credits available at: worldsawaypod.com/convergence

After the party finds Doran and learns of their relationship to the threat facing humanity, we zoom out and switch game systems to explore the timeline of Convergence, spanning from first contact with the Traveler to the arrival of the Shepherds.

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

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Lila and Nasir continue their discussion with the Traveler. Mara and Arnaud consider their roles in humanity’s future. The party decides what to do next.

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