Lumen
Masters of disruptive technology, Lumen entered Sol literally at the speed of light within the last few years. They’ve been shaking things up ever since.
“MiniCorps” and others
Minicorps, spin-offs, and dead corporations…and, possibly, the player characters
HSD Live Chat, 12/12/16, at The Hardboiled Gumshoe
Notes from Pierce Frasier’s 12/2016 HSD 2.0 livechat!
A Year On…Mars
Notes on Martian seasonality and calendar
Episode 7: Building a Party in a Classless Society
#7. Building a party in a classless game. Also, NASA’s space poop challenge, dimensional travel, ExIstenz, and trash-talking lions.
Episode 6: On the Grid
#6. The difference between breaking and shouting, everything you could possibly want to know about XdY+Z, and fun with novelty proficiency combinations.
The Timeline of Everything
The unofficial HSD history of everything
Episode 5: The Rules of Cuil
#5. Strange ravings from TTI’s archives, the language of Vectors, and a long, long chat about weirdness, hamburgers, and cuil theory.
Episode 4: The Futurism is Now
#4. Spyglass’s new corptown, prodding the pilot into action, and where’s my jetpack?
Episode 3: A Whirlwind Tour of Sol (part deux)
#3. Big Reveals, Epic Conclusions, and wrapping up a two-part episode on “plot-centric tour of Sol”
Mechanics and Statistics
Lots of crunchy number breakdowns on the XdY+Z dice system
Episode 2: A Whirlwind Tour of Sol
#2. Upgrading your ship AI (with a cog), Moisture-farming on Tatooine, “Where everybody knows your avatar,” and the first part of our plot-focused tour of Sol.
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Mind control for bad dogs
Corbeau talks about his character, and the behavioral adjuster
Episode 1: Bucket of Opinions!
#1. Meet (most of) the hosts. Kickstarter. DIY Great Whites and Snepperds. Why HSD?
Connecting the Stars
Lightstream: An ASR/Pulse/Spyglass operation servicing SolNet, and some suggestions for information transfer rules
Episode S0E0 – Greetings from Lake Voltaire
Greetings from Asaph Hall on Lake Voltaire! Not a lot to say except “Hello, here’s HC SVNT DRACONES, and where we’ll go as a podcast.” That’s it…actual content later…
Science Fiction Archetypes, Tropes, and Character Ideas
A “comprehensive” list of Sci-Fi PC/NPC archetypes, tropes, and seeds.
TTI Withdraws
AE 690: TTI regulates travel, fades from public view
TTI Establishes Mercury Presence
AE 674: TTI Research on Mercury