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I ran this scenario as a GM on the Paizo boards, and had lots of fun hamming up the NPCs.

The scenario is set on an interesting location, and the title should give away that piloting skill way be needed every now and then. I'm really hoping to see more of Amek Na.

The scenario picks up some of the loose ends of the Historia storyline, and does so with a nice balance of combat, social encounters and whimsy, all set in a very original and interesting adventuring location.

I had great fun playing through this my character-that-takes-himself-too-seriously, and found myself enjoying the versatile encounters as well as the 'ah-ha!' moment of discovering the underlying mystery.

The adventure does great job of tying up some old storylines while kicking off new ones, and

Having both played and GM'ed this scenario, this one is definitely made my short for 'to be run again'.

What I liked:
- Talk or fight. For many encounters, the scenario offers both a diplomatic and a rowdy solution.
- Part of the universe: It's good to see recurring characters. The description of Lady Darchana gave me something to work with in the Hellknight's feast, and made her something more than a minor NPC
- The backstory: The first two sentences of the scenario made me very happy.
- The little details: intricate descriptions of NPC's mannerisms really help bringing the characters to life.

One thing that did strike me as a design oddity was the callback to Hellknight's feast. That scenario is a 5-9, and this is a 1-5 scenario, so chances are very low of anyone having the Hellknight's feast chronicle when running this scenario.

I ran this module twice on the Paizo PbP boards, for two different sets of faction.

The module really does feel like a follow-up on first steps, and there are definite upsides to that.

- There's a significant social backdrop to everything that is going on. I had quite a bit of fun making with a 'pathfinder party', making oblique references to player's other PC's, referring to past events, and generally playing out the encounters. There's plenty of 'time' for this in a PbP, though I'm not so sure how it would pan out in RL.
- You'll be using less than half of all quests, so it's a good idea to ask what factions you'll have at the table before preparing the run.
- There's not really a bigger story to any of the quest, nor a significant wrap-up. Such an encounter would probably have come at the cost of making the individual quests shorter, so I actually support the decision
- It's a real delight to have factions at the centre of attention, rather than being the - sometimes forced - afterthought to a scenario.
- The quests I ran were Silver Crusade, Osirion, Grand Lodge, Liberty and (my favourite) Sovereign Court. They were each quite interesting set-ups, especially for their shortness.

Looking at the structure of the scenario, it actually bears close resemblance to the silver hex chronicles: these were all 1 hour - or so - quests that have been put together as a scenario. They could have been put in a format similar to the silverhex quests, and this would have allowed some more flexibility in running the 'paths'. I'm secretly hoping for something along those lines in the future.

I certainly applaud the effort to put more depth into the various factions.

I ran this scenario as a GM on the Paizo boards with a group of players that was very much into roleplaying.

The scenario creates a paranoid atmosphere really well, and if the GM does his job, this makes for an excellent horror game. It was almost a pity that a combat shattered the suspense to some extent. As mentioned in other reviews: memorable NPC, creepy interactions and the threat of something lurking out there make this scenario a very memorable experience.