Impulse Drive - The Expanse

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You’ll play a crew of misfits and scoundrels living a life of danger and adventure as you explore a solar system loosely based on the Expanse books and TV series (by S. A Corey). You’ll try to make your ship a home in a solar system dominated by the complex politics of Earth, Mars and the Belt. You may fight dangerous organizations, investigate unnerving mysteries, or look for (and find) trouble. While Impulse Drive includes rules for mysticism and ‘The Dark’ these will not be present at the start of the series but may appear of the protomolecule impacts on the narrative.

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Four sessions on Sundays in October at 2pm (GMT+1), loosely built out from the Expanse books and TV series.
Sunday 4 Oct: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MG-bX-wLKzRy0XRQ0Co
Sunday 11 Oct: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MG-bpyLwOx9Hb-RUeL7
Sunday 18 Oct: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MG-c89fgI9bsaTw07p6
Sunday 25 Oct: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/event-detail/-MG-cGJKksz6n4Ta2ug5

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Impulse Drive - the Expanse (1/4)
We meet Rae the Belter, who is soooo beltalowda; Kit the former MCRN Intelligence Officer; and Felix the former UN Marine, as they try to fulfil a contract to collect a datafile from a long mined out asteroid. There’s signs of the Inarta OPA terrorist group; a ‘base-within-a-mine’; and MCRN involvement with Protogen … and cockroaches … giving off a strange blue floursecent glow …

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Impulse Drive - the Expanse (2/4)
Felix snaps out of his first reaction to the ‘proto-roaches’ while Kit tries to seal them out of the control room so RaeDawn can finish downloading the data they’ve come for. We also meet Sofia Torres on board the Skylark, the crew’s ship, monitoring the ship that was on an approximate approach to the asteroid and whihc is now definately slowing down to intercept it … and them. There’s some panic on board followed by extra-vehicular repairs; growing concern over the 'roaches and their numbers; and the tricky problem of setting the asteroid base’s reactor to blow up … and then … an argument over who holds off the roaches, and an escape at full thrust … and a dead patron on Ceres …

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Impulse Drive - The Expanse (3/4)
RaeDawn secretly kept a ‘proto-roach’ but needs a biologist to study it. She let’s Felix into the secret and he agrees to use an MRCN Intelligence front man to find a biologist. Meanwhile, Kit goes to a shady MRCN contact to get a sniper rifle … but they want a biologist tracked down and delivered to a certain dive bar. Sofia tracks down the biologist and goes to a certain dive bar with her & Kit. There’s a surprise meeting, a confused biologist, and an MRCN Tactical Squad … and then … an arc changing revelation …

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Impulse Drive - The Expanse (4/4)
We pick up after last session’s shock reveal to find the crew still dealing with the relationship fall-out. RaeDawn feels betrayed; Sonia feels uncertain; Felix feels resigned; and Kit … well Kit feels buffeted. Things get no simpler when Dr Roberta Ashang reveals what she knows, and Major Kirstin Omala of MRCN Intelligence clarifies what’s at stake. There’s a spoofed transponder, a dubious cargo, and a trip to Jupiter’s trailing trojans … and (almost inevitably for this crew) an explosion …