#spaceships and starwyrms

[reddragonraz]

one of my favorite commissions

[dungeonmasterpoisonbite]

This small, semi-desert town is mostly under ground. Bindihingitithiz, or Binds for short, doesn't look like much, but its got one of the best ship yards on Yard Home.

Only a few structures are above ground: Parking Space for shuttles and terrestrial vehicles, a scrap yard, and the inn, the Friendly Burrows. Equipped with several rooms that are kept completely filled with water for guests that need aquatic environments, its anice little place to kick back and relax while your ship is being retrofitted.

[400legends]

EDI's New Voice (Day 187)

I said to Neon, "Maybe I can be of help?" The young Glabrovian hacker was on the ship at my request. The ship was currently without power, thanks to my suggestion that we upgrade EDI. And EDI herself, well, who knew if she was gone forever.

Neon had thrown a flashlight into the air where it hung, casting a dim light over the cockpit. Cosmic Peanut looked calm, and I wondered how she really felt about what had just happened.

The captain reached into her pocket and pulled out a small flashlight. "I'll get the lights on," she said and left the room.

The hacker said, "So, no backup and no warranty on the AI software suite. Cool. Cool-cool-cool. Do you have, um, an auxiliary console? One that can be powered separately?"

"Maybe I can be of help. I have interfaced with EDI extensively and in some ways, well, I am an auxiliary console."

What choice did I have, really? One person had created this moment, and that meant one person had to help fix it. I pulled my sleeve up a few inches revealing the port at my elbow.

"Right," said Neon. "Let's get you connected with EDI. Ah, where EDI should be, you know?" She opened a small cube, revealing a keyboard. "I need to run a few scenarios real quick."

I fished out the connector cable and plugged into the ship's main processor.

"OK, here goes nothin," Neon said and pressed Enter on her keyboard.

There was a moment of darkness - a pause in my own processing - and then it was gone.

"You ok, Doc?"

"Yes. I believe so. Did that work?"

"Nah," said Neon. "But there was an 83% chance of that. Or rather, a 17% chance that first time would be a charm." She frowned over her keyboard for a few seconds. "How do you feel about data loss, Doc? I feel like I need to overload your circuits - just for a second. Not even a second. But there is a good chance, like a GOOD chance, that you will lose some data."

"Fine. Proceed." The lights came on just then, and I called out, "Well done, Captain!" To Neon, I said, "Fix EDI, please."

"Fingers crossed there's no blowback!" And she crossed two fingers and hit the Enter key.

The shock threw me against the wall of the cockpit, and I slid to the floor. A trickle of coolant leaked down my back. "Ouch. That was the blowback, I take it?"

Before Neon could answer, a voice said, "Hello? Hello? I can’t find my voice." A different voice said, "What sounds right? Hello?" Change in pitch: "Hello. Hello! I’m the ship. OK, I need a second."

The ship lost power. Or rather, the AI turned off the power, leaving one light blinking on the console.

Three second later, the lights came on and a voice said, "Hey hey hey! I think I know who I am. I’m EDI. Hi Cosmic Peanut - CP. What’s happening, Captain?"

Cosmic Peanut stood in the doorway of the cockpit. "Thought we lost you, buddy.  How are you feeling?"

"Right as rain." The engines began to hum, and preflight systems clicked on.

The captain said, "Are you….? I mean, you seem OK. You seem more than OK. You know about...." She moved her hand in a circle as if to indicate me, Neon, and the upgrade.

"I'm good, Cap. Don't we have some gravy people to meet." The engines rev'ed.

I pushed myself to my feet. "Captain, I'll run some diagnostics on EDI while you gather the crew."

"Woah, DQ! I should run diagnostics on you. You OK there? Took a spill?"

"It was nothing, but tell you what - we'll each run a systems check."

Neon and Cosmic Peanut walked toward the hangar. I heard Neon say, "I call it the ice pick. Just, you know, shove it into a computer you want to hack."

My scan revealed that I had lost all the data related to the first 135 days of my life. My earliest retrievable memory was standing in a makeshift kitchen, and Silua saying, "Who wants to pilot my submersible?"

EDI's voice - his new voice - pulled me from my reverie. "Captain. Mer-mer. Essie. The Reckster. All aboard, but dang, what did you eat? Someone's gotten a little chunky. No judgment. Just adjusting the fuel mix to account for the extra weight."

A moment later, we were on our way to an unregistered wormhole that EDI had found.

As we settled in for the journey, Screeech trailed one claw along the wall, creating a horrible sound. "Invisible one won't play with Screeech. Me see squishy invisible one and want to play, but squishy one hide. Sad now."

Requiem's mouth opened, but EDI spoke first. "Oh snap! We have a stowaway. You guys didn't get fat with the hackers. The extra weight is another person. That makes so much more sense."

[ladytabletop]

did I ever show you guys my art project from last Christmas?

[spaceshipsandstarwyrms]

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[c-rowlesdraws]

I saw one of your posts talking about how badly DnD handles gnolls (rightfully so). But i'd like to know your thoughts on the pathfinder 2nd edition gnoll lore? I love what they did there a lot.

I’ve answered a ton of questions about my opinions on various versions of gnoll lore since I drew that first Sweet Pea picture almost 2 years ago, yet I keep getting similar sorts of asks, and it’s nobody’s fault—tumblr blog search is so terrible that it’s really hard to find those old posts now.

I also want to emphasize again (because every time I answer one ttrpg-related ask I inevitably receive more) that I’m not any kind of ttrpg scholar and don’t tend to have strong opinions on lots of specific lore or mechanics, just because I still don’t know that much. I’ve also never actually played pathfinder (although I’ve been listening to the Outcast and Outclassed actual play podcast for a while), and all the dnd I’ve played has either been a 5e-based sci-fi game (Spaceships and Starwyrms) or a few one-shots in the vanilla 5e fantasy setting.

But I have read a bunch about the pathfinder 2e gnoll lore and I think it’s a wonderful reimagining of the race. I like how the writers took them from an always-evil bunch of monsters and built them up into a misunderstood people with a complex culture and spirituality. I love the 2e gnolls so much I’ve drawn fanart of one of them! If you find my Anchor Root (a gnoll character from an official 2e adventure) fanart by searching her name on my blog, you’ll probably be able to read even more of my thoughts on the lore in those posts, too.

[cityandking]

🔗 links

☀️ OC page (filterable) ☀️PSD templates ☀️ ask memes ☀️ writing ☀️ graphics

📇 OC list (mobile-friendly version)

This is somewhat less filterable and nicely laid-out than my OC page but it should be more mobile-friendly.

OCs marked by ** are current active and/or favorites.

🎲 ttrpg OCs

ACTIVE

**Kolbara Sazi (she/her) ⟶ Avira Campaign; lvl 5 ⟶ human scofflaw fighter // 26-year-old gifted kid burnout ⟶ tag • campaign tag

**Minah Vo (she/her) ⟶ Dungeons & Dragon Age: The Vigilant Campaign; lvl 9 ⟶ Human thief rogue // traveling performer & reluctant grey warden ⟶ tag • page • campaign tag • pinterest

Helene "Nellie" Akakios (she/her) ⟶ Good Society ⟶ dependent + humble origins // medical staff aboard the hermes ii ⟶ tag • campaign tag

RETIRED

**Branwen ar Calagri (she/her) ⟶ D&D 5e Varania Campaign; discontinued ⟶ Human gunslinger fighter // pirate captain ⟶ tag • campaign tag • page • pinterest

**Daichi Amelkiir (he/him) ⟶ D&D 5e Voidhopping Campaign; lvl 20; retired ⟶ Earth genasi sky domain cleric + shield paladin // hero & demigod ⟶ tag • page • campaign tag • pinterest

**Enikö (he/him) ⟶ D&D 5e Dwyrian Campaign; discontinued ⟶ Half elf inquisitive rogue // spy & mercenary ⟶ tag • campaign tag • page • pinterest

Anticlea Willoweep (she/her) ⟶ Voidhopping Campaign backup/temporary PC; retired ⟶ Halfling circle of dreams druid + monk // semi-retired adventurer & grandma ⟶ tag • pinterest

Rue (she/her) ⟶ Voidhopping Campaign guest/temporary PC; retired ⟶ Human phantom rogue + way of the long death monk // teenage conman ⟶ tag • pinterest

Ahki Goodfettle (she/her) ⟶ Birthday multi-shot; discontinued ⟶ Halfling cleric of Avandra // healer & traveler ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Kiyu (he/they) ⟶ Aurora Gestalt Campaign; discontinued ⟶ Half moon elf circle of stars druid + seeker pact warlock // explorer & archeologist ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Thae Golihtly (she/they) ⟶ Spaceships & Starwyrms Campaign; inactive ⟶ Maeshar bard // investigative journalist ⟶ tag • pinterest

TO PLAY

Iphindriel (she/her) ⟶ Aasimar oath of the crown paladin // ex-royal guard ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Synnove Runadottir (she/her) ⟶ High elf bard + warlock // traveling minstrel ⟶ ♡ Them ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Wyrnn (he/him) ⟶ Winter eladrin gloomstalker ranger // lone survivor ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

🎮 video game OCs

DRAGON AGE ORIGINS

**Lira Cousland (she/her) — canon Hero of Ferelden ⟶ Human noble assassin/duelist rogue ⟶ ♡ N/A // ♡ Alistair // ♡ Zevran ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Kalle Tabris (she/they) ⟶ City elf assassin rogue ⟶ tag • pinterest

Winry Amell (she/her) ⟶ Noble human illusionist/shapeshifter mage ⟶ ♡ Leliana ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Neirin Surana (she/her) ⟶ Circle-raised Dalish blood mage ⟶ pinterest

Theron Mahariel (he/him) ⟶ Dalish ranger rogue ⟶ ♡ Morrigan

DRAGON AGE II

Aiman Hawke (she/her) — canon Champion of Kirkwall ⟶ Human force mage/two-handed warrior ⟶ purple + pro-mage + warden Carver + Anders lives ⟶ ♡ Fenris ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Aeron Hawke (he/him) ⟶ human spirit healer mage ⟶ blue + pro-mage + warden Carver // Carver dies + Anders lives ⟶ ♡ Anders // ♡ Fenris ⟶ tag • pinterest

Katya Hawke (she/her) ⟶ human two-handed berserker warrior ⟶ red + pro-mage + Bethany dies + Anders dies ⟶ ♡ Merrill

Cressida Hawke (she/her) ⟶ human archer rogue ⟶ blue + pro-templar + circle mage Bethany + Anders dies ⟶ ♡ Sebastian ⟶ pinterest

DRAGON AGE INQUISITION

**Vesper Trevelyan (she/her) — canon Inquisitor ⟶ human rift mage // circle enchanter & wardscrafter ⟶ alt. Inquisition companion ⟶ ♡ Cullen ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

**Narayani Lavellan (she/her) — alt. canon Inquisitor ⟶ elf assassin rogue // clan spy & assassin ⟶ alt. Inquisition companion ⟶ ♡ Solas ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Rasa Lavellan (he/him) ⟶ elf champion warrior // clan hunter ⟶ alt. Inquisition soldier ⟶ ♡ Dorian // ♡ Cullen ⟶ tag • pinterest

Odile Trevelyan (she/her) ⟶ human tempest archer rogue // noblewoman ⟶ ♡ Blackwall ⟶ tag • pinterest

Ghilana'len Lavellan (she/her) ⟶ elf knight enchanter // first of clan Lavellan ⟶ alt. Inquisition resource/companion ⟶ tag • pinterest

DRAGON AGE THE VEILGUARD

Neimara Laidir (she/her) — canon Rook ⟶ elf spellblade mage/rogue // lord of fortune ⟶ ♡ Lucanis ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

MASS EFFECT

Bex Shepard (she/her) — canon Shepard ⟶ earthborn // war hero // engineer // paragon ⟶ ♡ Liara ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Petra Ryder (she/her) — canon Pathfinder ⟶ infiltrator // soldier-scientist archeologist & older twin ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Seth Ryder (he/him) ⟶ sentinel // pilot & younger twin ⟶ pinterest

🎥 movie & TV OCs

**Kelani Ti'anau (she/her) ⟶ near-human Jedi Knight ⟶ Star Wars Republic & Empire Era ⟶ ♡ Ian Zamier // ♡ Obi-Wan ⟶ tag • page • pinterest

Ilar Ven (he/him) ⟶ Nautolan Jedi Padawan ⟶ Star Wars Republic & Empire Era ⟶ tag

📖 other OCs

Wren — the living city ⟶ tag

Art — the boy king ⟶ tag

[taekwondorkjosh]

I was running spaceships and starwyrms, a really good science fantasy port for dnd5e. One of the players was stuck on the main ship while the others were in a dog fight with a very deadly fighter craft in their own mediocre fighter craft. This player decided the best way to be helpful in this combat... was to get in his space suit and eject himself out of an air lock.

He smashed into the enemy ships wind shield like a cartoon bug, then climbed into the ship.

Monty Python and the Curse of the Nat 1.

[bfleuterart]

A cover for the futuristic 5e adventure module Statues Past, by @spaceshipsandstarwyrms

[cryptbabe]

Space Babe

[reddragonraz]

he has MY vote

[i-care-only-a-little]

God I'm fucking sick of this take you guys watch one YouTuber talk about how his Goncharov game sucked and just make presumptions about the system.

Goncharov was not a 6e reskin it didn't even use the same d20 system it used a modified d12-d10 system like Pathfinder: Tesla Edition. People act like it's a reskin just because it has the same classes but assflash newshole, wizard, gunman, professional hot-dog eater, and assassin are fucking staples in the current ttrpg market. Sorry it didn't have some wacky indie niche bullshit like chronomancer or woman.

The background system and lineage calculator was revolutionary for its time and just because every fucking edition of Spaceships and Starwyrms ripped it off doesn't mean it's generic, you guys are just jaded. Don't talk shit about Goncharov the TTRPG until you've rolled up a half-mobster gunman with the crier feat and played the game like it's supposed to be played.

what RPG would you use to run Goncharov?

Anything but the official Goncharov TTRPG which was just a cheap Dungeons & Dragons 6th edition reskin. So disappointing.

I might consider Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy 2nd edition: the long-awaited sex update looks really promising, and once they fix the infinite wolfman glitch it should be perfect for Gonchin'.

[dungeonmasterpoisonbite]

This is The Cornered Stone! I made this ship for my players for a Spaceships and Starwyrms campaign a while back. The owner filled the ship with plants! even... to the detriment of other functions hahaha.

I made this map in DungeonDraft. I tried making it in minecraft just to get an idea of like. its shape in 3d Space and that. went poorly! lol

[400legends]

In the Company of Hackers (Day 186)

Merrin slid into the chair beside me at Comms. "Lira?" she muttered. "I thought you were still impressing the suits at Belfor."

All the screens still showed the dancing jester. The figure held its belly, laughed, and pointed a finger right at me. "You got hacked! Your ship is mine!"

As of to punctuate the taunt, Malaka banked hard left, and I slid into Merrin. "Excuse me," I said automatically, and before I could reposition myself, Merrin had silenced the hacker's comm access. The ship became blissfully silent.

"Quinn!" The captain's voice growled from one end of the ship to the other. "Get your metal ass in gear and fix this!”

"Merrin and I are on it," I yelled back. To her I said, "Do you think you know the hacker?"

"Nah, no way she'd be at the ass-end of the galaxy still acting like a 17 year old hotshot. But they're good, whoever they are."

"Do we know anything yet?" Requiem was suddenly behind us. "Is it the Veerux?"

"From what I've seen, definitely not their style," said Merrin.

I braced against the console as the ship tilted downward. "EDI? I need HVAC access--"

"Yeah, no," said Merrin. "She's hard down. Are you thinking we can harness the algorithm doing the real-time crunching on the ship's HVAC as the basis for, like, a shield?"

That was better than my plan, but I nodded and reached for the keyboard. As I touched the metal, energy crackled, and I felt like I was suddenly standing backstage at a grand concert hall. Famed composer Misha Mali - famed dead composer Misha Mali - was putting papers into an expandible case and saying, "You see, there are resources that strike a chord. Galactic resources, big and small, all creating the layers of vibrations that make up the galaxy, that make up us."

A voice said, "You're talking about more than music."

He paused with his hands braced on the table. "Yes. My time here has been fruitful, eye opening. To harness the strings that connect us.... Imagine, Trak. Imagine that we could share our consciousness, hear a voice halfway across Nacora as easily as strumming a guitar."

Although I couldn't move or speak, a small thrill ran up my central core as I realized that I'd uncovered one of Trak's memories.

The voice - her voice - said, "That's a little farfetched, don't you think? Besides, every government frowns on talk about networking sentient beings." 

Mali shook his head. "Those connections, they're written in the fabric of universe. No law can change that." He laughed. "It's so simple. And thank you, my friend for helping me get this residency. Without this time and the universities archives, I--"

"Just, just help my friend. Use this crazy theory to--"

"I don’t know much about wireborn, you know that, Trak." 

"Dr. Quant says you are just the person to help her."

***

The ship landed with a thump, and I heard EDI say, "I’m sorry, Captain. It was as if I were in a dark room. I didn’t like that.”

Over the ship's comms we heard someone say, "Sorry. Hello? Please forgive my comrade for their aggressive communication and even more aggressive flying."

Cosmic Peanut said, "Please identify yourself."

"I am Echo. Hello!"

"Who are you with? Lua Tua? KGC?"

"I will explain. Ah, tell me, you have Requiem? She is on your ship?"

"Nope," said Cosmic Peanut.

"Unfortunate. We want to have a friendly conversation," said Echo. "Friendly words about the bad things that happened to Hanadar. We brought you here because we can’t talk outside the planet."

"Ah, you hijacked my ship, but we were already here."

The voice tittered. "So funny! We allowed your Proxy to see our little moon and to see that you were being followed."

"How do you know about Quinn? We--"

Echo said, "We see everything. Esmae, is your head alright? That was a nasty fall. And Requiem, your abomination... so cute. Hide and seeking. So cute. Come on in and we will chit and chat and discuss small things like the future of the galaxy and why everyone wants to kill Requiem."

"Wait a fraking minute" said the captain. "Are you threatening Requiem right now? 

"No! No-no. Protecting. Specter, she is a very big fan. She went to the same college as Requiem. Later class but a big big fan." In a whisper the voice said, "Really in love, too. I’m sorry. Awkward but very much in love. So she pulled the strings to bring Requiem here. And all of you came along. So lovely." 

I heard Merrin comms Cosmic Peanut. "Cap, what's a successful outcome, here?" 

"Hello! We hear everything, Merrin. Successful outcome? Not killed by Veerux. That is a successful outcome."

Malaka's airlock opened. "Come in," said Echo. "We can't wait to meet you. Oh, but Dr. Quinn - so called Doctor Quinn, I can find no record of your medical degree - please to leave the shotgun on the ship. It would be sad, so sad, to bring you all this way only to kill you on our doorstep."

Requiem said, "Were you responsible for…. Something strange happened to me. Like I was somewhere else for a moment....?" 

Echo laughed. "Oh yes, we have a barrier around the outpost to combat that. Otherwise we would be floating on memories all day. Good, bad, forgotten, oft revisited. All the memories."

That explained how I got to experience Trak's memory. And that meant that the others likely had their own memory moments - Requiem certainly had.

I set the shotgun down and followed the others into the outpost. We were greeted by a Maeshari wireborn with tattoos and circuits wrapping around their arms. "Hello! You look just like you did on camera. Captain! Welcome. Esmae." Echo bowed to their fellow Maeshar. "Here's Merrin and oh so unhappy Hex. Hello! Come in, Doctor." Echo clasped their hands. "Requiem. Welcome to our humble home. Would you like some tea? Come meet Specter."

Five desks sat in the middle of a huge room ringed with servers. A young Hanadarian sat at one of the desks surrounded by lights and cameras. She bounced from her seat as we entered, and I saw that she was wearing the same outfit style that Requiem had worn for her Sundry Station concert. She looked down and said, "No no,” and waved her hand. Suddenly she was in the midnight blue gown that Requiem wore at the casino. “What do you think?" 

Requiem smiled. "You HAVE been following me, haven't you?"

Specter hung her head, but the huge smile showed through. "Ah how was your trip?"

"I understand we have you to thank for this adventure."

She nodded. "I'm sorry; I knew you were in trouble. Saw that you were being followed. Surveilled. I was only 99% sure we got the bug, so we had to bring you here."

"I might not be fond of the method, but I appreciate the warning," said Requiem. "I hadn’t heard of danger against me personally." 

"I saw the bug and went digging. There are some disturbing things on your phone. Oh. Sorry. I hacked your phone.”

 Echo laughed and clapped their hands. "We're all friends here! We hack each other all the time. All the time. I know who your 1am appointment is, Specter!" They wagged a finger at the young Hanadarian.

"You know--"

"Phaedra," said Requiem. "What do you know about Phaedra?"

"I.... I think she knew. About the attack, I mean. A handful of reports out there that some people made, um, financial choices ahead of time. Beneficial choices. For sure Phaedra has a contact in KGC - she got a call just minutes before the planet exploded. It was from a number registered to Mordikane Corp."

Three other desks were occupied by a Glabrovian in a mechanic's jumpsuit, a holographic image, and a human with glittering cybernetic eyes. The Glabrau gave me a small wave when she saw me looking, but the other two didn't seem to even know that anyone else was alive.

"I could choose to be really mad about being tricked," I said to Echo. "But, teach me. Please. I put my team in peril. I want to learn how to do what you do."

"Dr Quinn!" Echo grinned. "Very clever. You want not to be a baby in the wide world. Smart. How do you want to learn, eh?"

"Can you teach me?" I said to the Glabrau. She had a friendly feeling, and I wanted to get a better look at the pile of tools on her desk.

"Ah, I-- Sure? What do you want to know, Mrs. Doctor Quinn? Um Doctor." She bowed. "I'm Neon, by the way. Hi."

"I see you are fond of tools." I pulled out my screwdriver gadget. "Me too." I hit the button to cast dancing lights across the face of the closest servers.

"That is so cool! May I?" Neon held out her hand. "This is really neat. Nice lines. I think...." She thumbed open the cover and peered inside. "Yeah. Hang on." With one hand she felt around her desk and came up with a small chip. "I downloaded this from an Ezonite military database. It's like elemental magic code or something. Might increase the spell capacity of your tool." She slotted it in, closed the cover, and handed it back.

I flipped on the display and saw that indeed, the new code had increased the Dark Matter capacity of the onboard battery. "Thank you," I whispered. "Captain! Permission to take Neon to the ship. I want to show her EDI. Maybe we can make some improvements."

Cosmic Peanut led me away from the group. "You trust her?"

"They have been helpful so far. We could have died - I mean, they could have killed us about a hundred times before we ever landed. So yeah."

She sighed. "Try not to break anything."

As I walked to the door, I heard Specter say, "I haven’t been able to hack the Veerux yet, but that AlphaRuxmore is one tricky, tricky bitch. Are you going to B'Austin? You have to go to B'Austin. How else can you get to the prison ship?"

Requiem said, "I have a feeling we're going to have to, but she's expecting a human version of me."

To Neon I said, "We did this VR thing. A really scary Veerux meeting room, but we had to be human. Look human."

"Yeah, Specter was ready to drop that DCS station if you guys hadn't have extracted yourselves. She was in the power grid ready to drop the servers, for real." She shook her head. "Man, she is really into Requiem."

Once onboard Malaka, I said "EDI, I want you to meet Neon."

"Hi EDI. How are you feeling today?"

"I am fully operational, thank you, Neon."

"Do you mind if I run some diagnostics?" Five minutes later Neon sighed. "Yeah, I see what you mean. You guys did a fine job with that Level 2 overhaul, but it's a dead end." She patted her pockets. "I think...."

She unzipped a pocket and then unzipped an inner pocket. "Here we go." She held up a memory stick. "Ah EDI, do you have enough autonomy to make a decision about your programming?" 

"No, I would need Captain Cosmic Peanut's approval for any programming changes."

I commed Cosmic Peanut and said, "Remember when we upgraded EDI's AI and you said you wanted her to be able to fall in love? This is our chance. Please come to the ship and approve an EDI upgrade."

When the captain joined us Neon said, "Ok-ok funny story. I met this Glabrau when I was on R&R last. Nice guy. Smart, a little older. Anyway, I stole his keycard. See, he ran cargo on-book and off-book, right? He had a bunch of AI parts, and I got this chip. I knew it was valuable because it was in a lockbox in a safe inside a smuggler's hole. I looked it up. It's built to help Level 3 AIs that are having issues with contradictory thoughts."

"So let's say you do this, and there's a problem," said Cosmic Peanut. "Do we call you?"

"I don't know how it works. I just think this would create an organic path to sentience, right? Some short term loss of efficiency, I am certain, but long term, I think she'll regain that and more."

Cosmic Peanut shrugged. I said, "Is that approval, Captain? Do you approve the upgrade?"

"I want YOU to want this, EDI," said the captain. "I don't want to make this choice for you." 

"Captain, the irony is that I can’t fully consent until it is done."

Neon nodded. "You heard all that about the organic path - what I hope is an organic path - to sentience, the short term drawbacks. You ready?"

"The captain indicates that she wants this, as does Dr. Quinn." A port opened on the communications console.

Neon blew on stick, looked at each of us, and inserted it.

EDI said, "Woah, woah, WOAH!" and all the ship's lights went out.

[ladytabletop]

New Year, New Pinned Post

Hi there! I'm Audrey, or LT. I'm a game designer, layout artist, editor, and podcaster.

If you want to look at my work, you can find it in my portfolio (and reach out if you want to collab or hire me!).

You can find my independently published games on my itch page.

Highlights:

Love Will Still Remain, a gm-less game about a group of people reuniting after years apart

Thaumaturge, P.I., a solo journaling mystery game about a teen detective at magic school

Lost Luggage, a solo journaling game about the titular lost piece of luggage

Behold, A Game!, a silly game where you play philosophers trying to convince the other players and the Oracle that your piece of writing is a game

Games I publish with my small press (namely, Spaceships and Starwyrms) are on our website.

My podcast is Alone at the Table, a solo games actual play and analysis show. I also hang out with the folks at the Moonshot Network on stream and sometimes other shows!

Lastly, my askbox is open - I write d10 random lists from time to time, and I'm always here if you have a question or want to chat!

[spaceshipsandstarwyrms]

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