Did I hear right? Did Owen say that the Starstone is on Absalom Station during the premier stream?

[IonutRO]

Title.

[Fardragon]

I don't know if he said it then, but it has been stated before.

[Mashallah]

IonutRO wrote:

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It was mentioned several times. I believe the Starstone is the reason why the Absalom Station is such a powerful Drift beacon.

[IonutRO]

I've never read or heard this anywhere before. And here I thought I paid attention to every bit of info released.

[Seisho]

There was a post on another website - an interview about space ships and the drift that told us the travel times from anywhere to anywhere and the travel times from actually anywhere to absalom station is always the minimum (d6 days, reduced by the quality of your rift drive, if i remember correctly) because the starstone is the friggin best drift beacon in the galaxy and installed in the heart of absalom station

[Gilfalas]

Seisho wrote:

There was a post on another website - an interview about space ships and the drift that told us the travel times from anywhere to anywhere and the travel times from actually anywhere to absalom station is always the minimum (d6 days, reduced by the quality of your rift drive, if i remember correctly) because the starstone is the friggin best drift beacon in the galaxy and installed in the heart of absalom station

Yeah this is correct. Here is the link to the article that has the details.

[Owen K. C. Stephens]

I absolutely said that.

[quibblemuch]

*Wigs. Out.*

[Gilfalas]

Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:

I absolutely said that.

Thanks as usual Sir.

[Zwordsman]

Hm I am super out of the loop as I don't understand any of the references here haha.

[Shinigami02]

@Zwordsman: The Starstone in Golarion days was basically you complete its challenge and you ascend. The only mortals known to have ever passed the trial are Iomedae, Cayden Cailean (who doesn't even remember it because he was black-out drunk at the time), and Norgorber. The fact that it's still around and in a known location is pretty significant.

[The Raven Black]

OMG !!!

O-O

You SFRPG guys are crazy !

I love you

[Jimbles the Mediocre]

Shinigami02 wrote:

The Starstone in Golarion days was basically you complete its challenge and you ascend. The only mortals known to have ever passed the trial are Iomedae, Cayden Cailean (who doesn't even remember it because he was black-out drunk at the time), and Norgorber. The fact that it's still around and in a known location is pretty significant.

Thanks for this. As someone jumping into the Starfinder AP without ever having read Pathfinder lore or played a Pathfinder AP, I'm slightly bummed I'm gonna gloss over all the Easter eggs and references in the setting.

[Seisho]

Jimbles the Mediocre wrote:

Shinigami02 wrote:

The Starstone in Golarion days was basically you complete its challenge and you ascend. The only mortals known to have ever passed the trial are Iomedae, Cayden Cailean (who doesn't even remember it because he was black-out drunk at the time), and Norgorber. The fact that it's still around and in a known location is pretty significant.

Thanks for this. As someone jumping into the Starfinder AP without ever having read Pathfinder lore or played a Pathfinder AP, I'm slightly bummed I'm gonna gloss over all the Easter eggs and references in the setting.

In that case some more infos for you:

Iomedae was a hero and follower of Aroden who clarified her position by taking the starstone test

Caiden was an adventurer and soldier of fortune and a big fan of ale of any kind, he made a bet while he was drung, disappeared a few days and came back as a god - his herals was an old friend and former prostitute

Norgorber...well, no one actually know who or what he was before taking the test

other non startstone related facts:
Azlanti were ancient believed to extinct humans and had an empire that sunk into the ocean (basically Azlanti = Atlanteans in some points and myths)

The Hellknights were an order with origin in a diabolic country, while not inherintly evil they promoted law with an iron clad (spiked) fist(/gauntlet)

[Owen K. C. Stephens]

Heck I took one of my favorite things I included waaaaaay back when I wrote the Guide to Absalom, and tied a new thing to it for Absalom Station and the setting in general, and I suspect 99% of people won't catch it.
(And it's not even revealed until either an article or Alien Archive comes out, I'm not sure which is first.)
And that's fine. The idea must stand on its own, the fact it has a thin thread to a previous bit of lore is fun, but neither necessary to use it in setting nor to enjoy it as an element of Starfinder.

[Jaxom Faux]

Owen K. C. Stephens wrote:

Heck I took one of my favorite things I included waaaaaay back when I wrote the Guide to Absalom, and tied a new thing to it for Absalom Station and the setting in general, and I suspect 99% of people won't catch it.

(And it's not even revealed until either an article or Alien Archive comes out, I'm not sure which is first.)
And that's fine. The idea must stand on its own, the fact it has a thin thread to a previous bit of lore is fun, but neither necessary to use it in setting nor to enjoy it as an element of Starfinder.

OOOOO the plot thickens!

[The Star Child]

My god... it's full of stars...