Feb 6, 2016 3:34 pm
When the characters awake, you find yourselves floating in the ruins of the asteroid. The explosion doesn't seem to have damaged anything, so it likely wasn't an explosion of force. The orb rests inertly in the center of the asteroid, and doesn't look any the worse for wear.
The dozen or so aliens are all floating about the interior, either dead or unconscious. Awium is shaking himself awake near the ruined console.
When aliens do awake, they seem much more agreeable, and surrender immediately. They babble their story out only semi-coherently.
They belong to a people that evolved in a different part of the galaxy. As they grew in power, their explorers discovered The Strange network and began to wander further about the galaxy. Like the feeble shrieks of an infant, their squabblings eventually drew the attention of a planetovore and their world was consumed.
The survivors, those who could flee into the Strange, were those who learned to navigate the unreal reality of the dark energy network and left. But a few sought out the planetovore and began to work with it, hoping to find meaning or understanding of what had befallen their home. But the ways of the planetovore were mysterious and incomprehensible and instead of enlightenment, they found only the slavery of a parasite to a host.
Many lifetimes have passed, and the aliens before you are the descendants of that people. What horrifies you to learn is that the planetovore is the asteroid itself! The asteroid itself is an interdimensionally complex object, and is much larger than it seems, like a recursion, you suppose. The orb itself - they are not sure what it is. What they do know is that the planetovore will wake up, and will punish the parasites that have disrupted it's routine.
You flee the asteroid to The Ilsidur anchored to the outside of the asteroid, with 4 alien survivors. Awium moves his craft away from the sleeping planetovore to return to Tombstone Station. After studying his instruments for some time, he begins calling up maps, switching frantically through his entire database of Strange navigation charts and then leans back and lets out what the racially indelicate might call a howl of frustration.
"I don't know where we are. We've moved an incalculable distance into The Strange. We could on the otherside of the universe for all I know. I don't even know what direction Earth is." Outside, the asteroid shudders 'awake' and begins to move toward you.
Here ends the adventure. I want to thank each of you for playing The Strange with me. For the sake of closure, you can each mark 3 xp on your character sheets, haha.
The dozen or so aliens are all floating about the interior, either dead or unconscious. Awium is shaking himself awake near the ruined console.
When aliens do awake, they seem much more agreeable, and surrender immediately. They babble their story out only semi-coherently.
They belong to a people that evolved in a different part of the galaxy. As they grew in power, their explorers discovered The Strange network and began to wander further about the galaxy. Like the feeble shrieks of an infant, their squabblings eventually drew the attention of a planetovore and their world was consumed.
The survivors, those who could flee into the Strange, were those who learned to navigate the unreal reality of the dark energy network and left. But a few sought out the planetovore and began to work with it, hoping to find meaning or understanding of what had befallen their home. But the ways of the planetovore were mysterious and incomprehensible and instead of enlightenment, they found only the slavery of a parasite to a host.
Many lifetimes have passed, and the aliens before you are the descendants of that people. What horrifies you to learn is that the planetovore is the asteroid itself! The asteroid itself is an interdimensionally complex object, and is much larger than it seems, like a recursion, you suppose. The orb itself - they are not sure what it is. What they do know is that the planetovore will wake up, and will punish the parasites that have disrupted it's routine.
You flee the asteroid to The Ilsidur anchored to the outside of the asteroid, with 4 alien survivors. Awium moves his craft away from the sleeping planetovore to return to Tombstone Station. After studying his instruments for some time, he begins calling up maps, switching frantically through his entire database of Strange navigation charts and then leans back and lets out what the racially indelicate might call a howl of frustration.
"I don't know where we are. We've moved an incalculable distance into The Strange. We could on the otherside of the universe for all I know. I don't even know what direction Earth is." Outside, the asteroid shudders 'awake' and begins to move toward you.
Here ends the adventure. I want to thank each of you for playing The Strange with me. For the sake of closure, you can each mark 3 xp on your character sheets, haha.
