Archival Announcement 6
Directive 140 & The New Age
This is an ongoing Announcement segment where I go over any and all major & minor updates regarding Arthadian Anthologies as a whole. All Archival Announcements will be featured through the Arthadian Anthologies Podcast as well as this Substack. I hope you enjoy!
~ M. S. Arthadian
Greetings fellow travelers and storytellers, welcome to another Archival Announcement. The last one of 2022.
It's been a crazy year for me! Finished Season 3, developed the Chosen Creation Study, began this Substack, recorded over 50 sessions of Reborn in Power for Season 4, and have started the official New Age Livestream Campaign!
There are still a few more things I need to focus on in order to have the foundation set for you to be fully immersed into these realms.
Directive 140:
These past few months I've been working on multiple things at the same time. And I’m sure most of you are aware of how stressful things can get when you are juggling multiple projects at the same time.
In between game session recordings, writing exclusive entries, recording and editing Chosen Creation Video Guides, and planning out the New Age Livestream, I hope you don't blame me for cutting back a bit so I can focus on one of the most important aspects that will help bring you along for the ride.
That aspect is titled Directive 140.
What is Directive 140?
If you aren't familiar with how Directives work inside the CORE Realms, they are basically mission assignments given to people.
What is Directive 140 though? Well, with Tabletop RPGs, you typically will find Game Modules that guides a Gamemaster (GM) and their Players through a storytelling adventure. This is exactly what I’m going to be focusing on for the next 2 months!
A Beginner Module:
Directive 140 will be a Beginner Module, focused on Chosen Levels 1-4. This is known as Tier 1 Play.
This module will be in the same type of Study that Chosen Creation resides in. It will be tailored to aspiring Loremasters, to guide you through multiple planned out Reborn in Power sessions that will make it easier to understand how the game operates.
What's different about this module is the fact that it is online just like Chosen Creation. Usually, these modules are published books that GMs need to buy in order to run through it. What I’m excited for in regards to this and future modules I create is that they can be constantly updates for new content.
This means the story can evolve as the CORE Realms does as well.
Directive 140's Plot:
In this Beginner Module, you’ll get the chance to either run the mini campaign or play as a Chosen in it!
Directive 140 is titled as such due to the Cycle being 140 ACR in the CORE Realms. The Foundation Region is still in the War for Command but the focus of these missions will be on the Pillars, primarily The Harborer.
In recent marks, Branch I of CORE Command discovered an opening in the infamous Zellic Dynasty's plan. As a result, General Plutell has sent out Directive 140 to counter the dynasty and their plans. I won't spoil too much but the gist is that you’ll be accepting a list of missions that will go up against the authoritarian Newgonian society.
Release Schedule:
The projected release date for Directive 140 will be early February 2023. Once it is released, it will be open for playtests within the New Expanding Universe Discord Server.
You’ll also find that the story aligns with the New Age Campaign is some regards. In fact, you’ll learn in Season 4 just how big of a threat the CORE Realms faces.
The New Age:
As you may already know, the New Age Campaign has officially begun with the first session now available on multiple platforms.
Season 4 will begin with a Prologue Series, showing you how the Chosen of the New Age first come to meet. You’ll get a glimpse as to what the first threat will be in the New Age Campaign, as well as get more of the personalities behind Arok, Cy, Marmaduke-9, and Liam.
Reborn in Power Series:
There will be 6+ different Reborn in Power Series featured in Season 4. Each one will correspond directly to the New Age Campaign in some regard.
A New Squad: The first Series featuring the New Age Chosen. This will be 13 sessions long, releasing on Tuesday & Thursday at 6 PM PST.
The Foundation: A goofy, entertaining, yet serious series about a hitchhiking Prime that uncovers a strange vessel in deep Foundation space, partnering with an unlikely Eagelian that was stored in the strange vessel in order to survive the strange things happening to them. This will be a 16 session long series, beginning after A New Squad finishes.
The Guardian: Following a Guardian of Votonic known as the Nameless Blade, you’ll be get to learn about aspects of the CORE that have yet to be explored in this podcast. Facing off against a fiery cult and the deeper ties that link to the New Age. At this point in time, the series has not completed its production. It will begin releasing after The Foundation.
The Champion: The first series bringing back Champion, Kinna Jolanthe, continuing where her Season 3 Trilogy left off. You’ll get to listen to Kinna as she struggles with the concept of carrying the Champion mantle. This series is still in production and won’t be released until mid 2023.
Cyfra & Nyss: A short series that will dive into the origin of Cy, the New Age Chosen that is a Syn with two conscious minds merged into one frame. This series won’t be released until the right time presents itself in the New Age Campaign.
Dusk vs Dawn: One of the longest series and most impactful, this will feature two notable Chosen played by Jaron Marsilio. If you’ve listened to the Retikon Saga in Season 3 and Entry 40 of Season 2, you’ll have a good idea of what might be coming in this 21 session series. Then again, even I did not expect the ending that occurred in this EPIC series!
Knight of Kravion: Another long series that continues from where Plasmatic Sci-Knight, Deacon Tremir left off. This series will follow Deacon in his quest to understand Kravion and face off against those who might want the power lurking in the system. This series is still in production and will be released at the proper time.
Other than those 7 series, there may be others sprinkled in. I also plan on doing the occasional Guest Entry, but those will be special bonuses on top of the series.
There will be more Lore Entries but the focus will be on each of the series for you to get the most of Reborn in Power as possible while this New Age Campaign is running.
In the end, there is a lot of content coming to the New Expanding Universe, and some of it is goofy, other parts extremely intense, but overall it will be an EPIC experience to immerse yourselves in.
So, thank you all for your patience these past few months, since Season 3 concluded, and I hope you’ll tune in this Thursday, December 1st or 2nd for those who are ahead of me in timezone. And if death comes to you, may you be reborn in power…