Convergence 68: Hourglass (Part 4)

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