The Tartarus Intercept
The Miskatonic Playhouse presents ‘The Tartarus Intercept' by Alex Guillotte. We are joined by the wonderful Council of Shoggoths for a game that was streamed live during MRCon 2024.
For several centuries, scientists had hypothesized the possibility of a large ninth planet in the solar system just beyond the Kuiper belt. Most believed it to be an ice giant between ten and twenty Earth masses, but when it was finally discovered in 2080, there turned out to be two smaller planets orbiting each other. The larger of the two was named Erebus, after the primordial deity of darkness who existed before the Olympians, while the smaller planet was named Nyx, the sister of Erebus and goddess of night. The system was called: Tartarus.
The year is now 2181, and humanity has moved out into the solar system to establish mining outposts, colonies, and research stations as far out as Jupiter. The first crewed mission has just arrived in the Tartarus system after spending almost a year and a half traversing the unimaginable void of space to get there.
The crew’s objectives are simple. Perform a detailed survey of the system and establish possible resource claims on the surface of Nyx.
They never suspected that someone might be waiting for them.
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Keeper of Arcane Lore: T.A. Newman (@TA_NewmanSays)
M. Ortiz: XPLovecat
Captain Stone: Al Smith
Dr. Chandler: Heinrich Moore
Editing: The Cosmic Outpost
Music and sound by Syrinscape (http://syrinscape.com)
