Compromise and Conceit
Infernal adventuring…
Tag: Spiral Confederacy
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Our heroes have arrived, bedraggled and cowed, at the remote and frozen outpost of Niscorp 1743. They have come bearing a pair of cryogenic medical pods that contain trafficked humans from Dune, who the Confederate Navy has charged them with retaining until they can find the organization that was smuggling them. They also came bearing…
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Can’t all be coincidence Too many things are evident You tell me you’re an unbeliever Spiritualists? Well me I’m neither Wouldn’t you like to know The truth? — The Seer of Argent, as the Confederate Navy destroyed the system An Oracle is the name used by adherents to refer to an artificial intelligence that has…
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Niscorp 1743 is a small, frozen planet on the inner edge of the frontier. This small planet circles a small, dim orange star at the very edge of its habitable zone, running without a planar inclination in a stable orbit that takes 3.4 standard years to complete and is sufficiently circular that the planet does…
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I stand in a barren void that’s featureless No sight or sound can penetrate at all Though silent storms may try to tear me down When dusk descends, I’ll still be standing tall Daylight breaks and shatters empty skies Has nothing changed for better or for worse? The cycle just repeats itself again Can’t tell…
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When we left our heroes they had just discovered that the starport they had returned to was due to be destroyed in four days, due to contractual disputes. The company intending to do the destroying, Soleria, had sent two ships to pick up starport residents, but some 200 would not be able to travel on…
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I’m all alone Matter and shadow In the darkflow Treading deep waters Searching for the shore Waiting for the dawn to come – Catechism of the Tomb Masters of Duat Duat is a small desert planet on the Frontier. Its two big oceans frame one huge continent that appears to be all sand and stone.…
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The first adventure of the Spiral Confederacy campaign starts with just two adventurers, who find themselves looking for work on a Starport above the Remnant planet of Dune. The two adventurers for this first session are: Alpha, a psion with an interest in archaeology who has travelled out to Dune in hopes of exploring its…
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I have begun a campaign set in a post-scarcity science fiction setting, called the Spiral Confederacy. The setting is a sprawling corner of the galaxy that was once a sprawling human interstellar empire. This empire fell apart in some ancient catastrophe that separated all the planets, and over thousands of years they lost contact with…
Compromise and Conceit 