The Star Streak follows the silver course beyond the chartroom, gliding toward a strange world beneath a violet sky. Kael's star-sown armor remains dim.
Beyond the prow, mountains float above a luminous sea of mist. Overhead, the constellations scattered across Kael's armor burn with steady, impossible clarity.
Maisie
There it is. The route ends on the surface, at that forest below.
Maisie, Sophie, Emma, and Miles gather near the prow, still pale from the shared dream. None has left the Star Streak behind; all have followed its summons.
Sophie
The trees are arranged too precisely to be natural. They form an arch, or perhaps a gate.
The dark forest opens beneath them in a vast outline, its branches tracing a threshold around violet shadow. Silver light from the chart settles along the ship's rails.
Emma
Your armor led us here, Captain. The question is whether that gate is waiting for the ship, or for you.
✓ Quest Accepted
Reach the forest gate
✓ Quest Accepted
Defeat the Scro at the dig site
“The captains armor has lead the Star Streak to the planet in the hidden star cluster. While on the planet the Star Streak arrives near a forest gate. The gang plank is lowered and the crew walk out and into the forest gate. Inside the forest gate there appears to be a large encampment and dig site occupied by more Scro. The crew begins their battle against the Scro.”
SUCCESS (Good Agility, rolled +1)
The Star Streak settles above the forest gate. Kael lowers the gangplank, and its dark length touches the luminous moss beneath the precisely woven branches.
Kael leads the descent with his star-sown armor dim but steady. Maisie, Sophie, Emma, and Miles follow, crossing beneath the living arch into violet shadow.
Beyond the gate, the forest opens into a broad encampment. Scro tents surround a deep excavation where stone pillars rise from the earth, marked with the same hidden constellations.
Sophie
Scro ahead. They have seen us, and they are moving to surround the gate.
Alarm cries split the camp. Scro warriors seize hooked weapons and rush from the tents, while others abandon the dig site to defend its carved stone rim.
Anna
Hold the entrance. I will keep their line away from the ship.
The crew advances together. Sophie sends a red burst across the nearest attackers, Anna drives them back with radiant force, and Miles darts between the trees as Emma guards the wounded. Kael enters the clash at the front, his black blade scattering star-bright arcs through the violet air.
Quest Complete
Reach the forest gate