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 TravelerHumankind grapples with the reveal of sapient lifeEvidence of sapient life is revealed on earth via telecastFirst public demonstration by the Chosen (a sect of pro-Shepherd humans)ICOH commissions the “Manhattan REDUX”The evacuation of EarthThe Halcyon Veil is destroyed in orbit under mysterious circumstancesThe Assassination of Aiden Kiros, his personal ship sabotaged in a manner that appears similar to the Halcyon VeilThe vote of no confidence in the RepublicEarth is reorganized for those that remainThe rebirth of the Halcyon Veil: a new ship is built to evacuate people from EarthThe Era of Great ProjectsThe invention of the wyrm driveThe discovery of the Brink (name under duress)The beam splitter successfully reverses a particle cannonHumanity figures out how rapidly terraform planetsSecond ContactA manned mission on a wyrm-drive ship reaches the BrinkHumanity abandons the BrinkHumanity closes a riftThe evacuation of AventineIndustrial accident at the Nemerov facilitiesEstablishing the FrontLooking Glass stations are placed into orbit around human-occupied planetsThe arrival of the Shepherds

Game System: Microscope by Ben Robbins

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