This mission is a large Armada of Extremophiles. This fleet of carefully pruned treeships has individuals so distantly spread that they rarely see each other. The citizenry is equally split between physical and dataform. Temperatures are typically cold. The physical space is dark, imposing, and gothic, while digital space has a surrealist aesthetic and a hierarchical filesystem with so much metadata that it outweighs the regular data. The Dancers on Broken Worlds have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from Mechanica and the Replicants.
On the surface, a religious schism interferes with the mission, but underneath, the mission is divided over ideological issues. You will find aid from pushy religious leaders manipulated by forces beyond their understanding, but face both exuberant lens programmers from Gaia manipulated by forces beyond their understanding, and unwary financiers. Meanwhile, misguided rebels are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a small Research group. This biological whale-like starship has a densely clustered population, as in a city. Most citizens are baseline dynamic. Temperatures are typically moderate. The physical space is carefully crafted to look organic and ancient, while digital space is encoded in heiroglyphics and ancient structures that operates under the ancient desktop-style metaphor. The Fictionaries have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from another Stardweller mission and the Spacers.
On the surface, the people are suffering under contradictory and pathological laws, but underneath, money is the real problem. You will find aid from over-zealous elders who don't know their own limits, but face both freeloading city planners overwhelmed by their work, and mad judges. Meanwhile, disillusioned lens programmers are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a small Armada. This fleet of blocky, modular starships has a densely clustered population, as in a city. The citizenry is equally split between physical and dataform. A few mass-mind compositions make up a substantial portion of the population. Temperatures are typically moderate, with extreme variations. The physical space is dark, imposing, and gothic, while digital space is a hyperrealistic portrayal of analog space that represents node-link diagrams. Organized Crime have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from the Independents and another Stardweller mission.
On the surface, overpopulation is creating resource issues, but underneath, this mission has been infiltrated by outside forces. You will find aid from overbearing Crisis Control officers in a tough situation, but face both controlling doctors, and harsh xenophiles. Meanwhile, conflicted grassroots activists forced into a lose-lose situation are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a large Armada of Extremophiles. This fleet of glowing arrangements of plastic and light houses only a single individual. Most citizens are baseline dynamic. Temperatures are typically cold. The physical space is like a cosmic Jack Kirby scene, while digital space looks and feels like a continuous disaster movie that operates under the ancient desktop-style metaphor. The Artisans have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from another Stardweller mission and the Independents.
On the surface, underpopulation is threatening the continuation of the mission, but underneath, the problem is that the people have given up hope. You will find aid from freeloading reporters, but face both overworked xenophiles fed up with their government, and bored judges forced into a lose-lose situation. Meanwhile, unwary rabble-rousers from the Masquerade who lost someone close to them are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a small Armada. This fleet of chromed, sharp-edged starships has a single center of population and many individual or family dwellings. The citizenry is equally split between physical and dataform. Temperatures are typically cold. The physical space is a constant surrealist fever-dream, while digital space is encoded in heiroglyphics and ancient structures that uses a strategy game to manage files and processes. Technomagi have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from the Replicants and another Stardweller mission.
On the surface, the citizens seem too bound in tradition to evolve, but underneath, this mission has been infiltrated by outside forces. You will find aid from starving artists who saw everything they worked for destroyed, but face both judges without enough information, and religious leaders from the Explorers manipulated by forces beyond their understanding. Meanwhile, judges trapped in a viral lens are pulling strings in the background.