Convergence 69: Hourglass (Part 5)

Part five 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 development of planetary cloaking of life signs
• 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

• The Aventine volunteer en masse for Project Iphigenia, to help spread humanity throughout the Verge
• 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