This mission is a small Armada. This fleet of jump-capable asteroids has a densely clustered population, as in a city. Most citizens are baseline digital. Temperatures are typically moderate. The physical space is full of neon and reckless designs, while digital space is a pointillistic display and a hierarchical filesystem with so much metadata that it outweighs the regular data. Explorers have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from an Old-Worlder settlement and another Stardweller mission.
On the surface, overpopulation is creating resource issues, but underneath, the mission is divided over ideological issues. You will find aid from judges who don't know their own limits, but face both highly-placed reporters from the Darwinians fed up with their government, and fired-up grassroots activists stuck in a past mission. Meanwhile, politicians trapped in a viral lens are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a tiny Warband of Extremophiles. This arrangement of translucent foam and bubbles has a densely clustered population, as in a city. The citizenry is equally split between physical and dataform. Temperatures are typically warm. The physical space is like a cosmic Jack Kirby scene, while digital space is a hyperrealistic portrayal of analog space and a hierarchical filesystem with so much metadata that it outweighs the regular data. The Fictionaries have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from another Stardweller mission and another Stardweller mission.
On the surface, extremism threatens to tear the mission apart, but underneath, this mission has been infiltrated by outside forces. You will find aid from pious rebels without enough information, but face both data-starved con artists who don't know their own limits, and cranky engineers. Meanwhile, con artists who just want to watch the world burn are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a small Research group. This inhabitable terrestrial moon has a single center of population and many individual or family dwellings. The citizenry is equally split between physical and dataform, with mutual parasitism as a typical state of being. Temperatures are typically frozen. The physical space is full of neon and reckless designs, while digital space is a pointillistic display that uses astronomical phenomena as a metaphor. The Abstractionists have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from an Old-Worlder settlement and a Cargo Cult.
On the surface, a nearby rival mission is causing trouble for this one, but underneath, this mission has been infiltrated by outside forces. You will find aid from rabble-rousers forced into a lose-lose situation, but face both bored xenophiles, and twisted police officers who have lost everything. Meanwhile, politicians from the Darwinians who saw everything they worked for destroyed are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is a small Mainstay group of Extremophiles. This impressive protoplanetary disk has a single center of population and many individual or family dwellings. Most citizens are baseline digital, and group-minds are common. Temperatures are typically cold. The physical space is dark, imposing, and gothic, while digital space is a text-only interface and is operated as if it were a huge steampunk machine. The Breathstealers have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from the Daoine and another Stardweller mission.
On the surface, the populace is in open revolt, but underneath, the mission is divided over ideological issues. You will find aid from lens programmers without enough information, but face both grassroots activists in a tough situation, and xenophiles overwhelmed by their work. Meanwhile, harsh artists with a death-wish and a terrible secret are pulling strings in the background.
This mission is an average-sized Armada of Extremophiles. This fleet of long, dark, sleek starships has individuals spread out as in a small town. Most citizens are baseline dynamic, with nearly all citizens belonging to a single mass-mind composition. Temperatures are typically moderate. The physical space is filled with jetpacks and rayguns, while digital space is encoded in heiroglyphics and ancient structures that uses astronomical phenomena as a metaphor. The Dancers on Broken Worlds have an unexpectedly large presence. Also visiting are some citizens from another Stardweller mission and Gaia.
On the surface, extremism threatens to tear the mission apart, but underneath, the problem is greed at the top of the power structure. You will find aid from artists manipulated by forces beyond their understanding, but face both greedy Crisis Control officers, and lazy elders who lost someone close to them. Meanwhile, lazy Crisis Control officers from the Breathstealers with a death-wish and a terrible secret are pulling strings in the background.