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!!! MAJOR SPOILERS for 3-00 The Last Bite, 3-14 Hollow Lies, the s4 Data Scourge metaplot, and the Drift Crisis !!!
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I'm prepping to run 3-14, and wow, re-reading that scenario now, with a few years of hindsight: it's wild, the seeds that were planted in that adventure!
During the adventure, PCs get the opportunity to view some scrying mirrors, as well as read a space-lich's thoughts on them.
"There’s a growing force in the Vast that is preparing some sort of massive operation. I’ve tried to determine the identity of its leader, but I am unable to."
2. A rotting corpse of a vesk stands on the bridge of a starship crewed by undead members of various species belonging to Veskarium-occupied worlds. A PC who succeeds at a DC 25 Culture check to recall knowledge notes that all of these undead wear the blue attire of the Corpse Fleet.
"Captain Kovlov and his crew are my likely escape vector from the Pact Worlds should I need to rejoin the Corpse Fleet."
3. Garbed in the vestments of Triune, a hidden humanoid figure works with dozens of others while operating on a large device. A PC who succeeds at a DC 25 Engineering or Mysticism check to recall knowledge notices that the humanoids seem to be performing maintenance on a Drift Beacon.
"The priests of Triune have been acting in increasingly indecipherable ways. I have identified at least one major fringe element within the church that seems to be planning some large-scale operation."
4. The final vision takes place in a sleek metallic room, with a human-sized figure wearing advanced armor that has a curved golden faceplate to obscure the face. The figure cocks its head at the watching PCs, while a small robotic figure seems to mill about in the background. A PC who succeeds at a DC 25 Engineering or Culture check to recall knowledge recognizes the figure as an anacite, native to Aballon. Shortly after this, the armored figure snaps its fingers and the vision ends.
"The Corpse Fleet requested I investigate the mysterious new arrival to Aballon. I have yet to discern anything about this individual, only that they seem exceptionally powerful and act as though they want to be watched."
At the time, we didn't really know what 1, 2, or 3 referred to, and we had some hints about 4. I do remember, at the time though, thinking that 1 could be a reference to the shadowy not-Starfinders that were alluded to by a certain elf from the end of 3-00. From where we now are, in s5, we know that 1 refers to Historia-Prime and his force of muder-nano-bots.
In retrospect, 3 also looks like a reference to the Drift Crisis: the 'fringe element' mentioned is the Architects, the secret cadre of Triunite 'innovators' who sought to 'upgrade' the Drift, but instead just Crashed it. 3-14 was probably written and developed mid-2020, meaning that this Drift Crisis foreshadowing came a good year and a half before Drift Crisis came out? I don't have an exact timeline, but I think this was well before Drift Crisis was even teased or announced? Wild how far back this one goes!
Makes me excited for what we haven't seen yet: to my knowledge, neither the Corpse Fleet nor "Captain Kovlov" have come up since 3-14, but "fighting Veskarium Corpse Fleet out for vengeance" sounds fun! And I mean, if what we suspect about #4 is true, who knows what that could turn into! Of course, just because a seed was planted two years ago, doesn't mean it's guaranteed to come up; it's still neat to think about, though!
Venture-Agent, Finland—Tampere
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Fun fact, Captain Kovlov is "Captain Kovlov Amalan (LE male vesk corpsefolk mechanic)" from Corpse Fleet's VIP article section so he is actually major npc. That said, I could have sworn corpse fleet made appearance after this scenario but I probably misremember it since can't remember what scenario that would have been
But yeah, some of the foreshadowing in retrospect are about Drift Crisis and Data Scourge, but there are bunch of ones that is still unknown yeah :D I'm looking forward for all plot hooks to be addressed
I vaguely recall a Corpse Fleet base being at the periphery of one scenario (not Into the Unknown) but heck if I can remember which one.
That's the one! (But obviously not what was seen in the vision.)