BY gwendolyn clark

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gwendolyn clark

Additional writing
adelaide song

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 INTRODUCTI
SCREAMING through the void along relativityʼs
bleeding edge, clad in starlight and fire, painting
glistered fractal burntrails in your wake—
piercing the Veil, bright and defiant, a meteor
through dark water, a white-hot knife carving
away the tide of boiling unlight—
a turbine in your heart, forever spinning, a bone-
deep thrum like fission up your spine, forever
pushing you HOTTER/QUICKER/BRIGHTER—
Your cannons ROAR
Your missiles HISS
Your blades SING
You are REVOLVER, Humanityʼs last and greatest
hope.
You breathe stardust.
You eat darkness.
You guard dreams.
You bleed light.
Now rev your Drive, and letʼs find out what that
means to you.

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ION
The game
In Infinite Revolution, you play as a Revolver—
a human with a hypersonic turbine for a heart—
and their Revolver Drive, an infantry-scale
exosuit made of and fueled by the concentrated
light of their hopes, fears, and dreams. Together,
you are sworn to defend your solar system
against the entropic scourge of the Veil.
The interplay between a Revolver, their Drive, and
the Veil—the living, feeling human, the invincible
cosmic protector, and looming existential threat
they both face—forms the thematic core of
Infinite Revolution, and is central to the types of
stories this game is designed to tell. For better or
worse, your Drive sets you starkly apart from the
rest of humanity—to most, youʼre a living myth, a
symbol that thereʼs something left to fight for.
THE STAKES
The galaxy has gone dark. The Veil—a legion of
bizarre paracausal anti-life, ruthless predators
made of animate entropy—have swept across the
Milky Way, shrouding the stars themselves in a
curtain of hungry shadow. Their presence has
disrupted both entanglement comms and V-Gate
travel, leaving the fate of the systems beyond
Prima Sol to grim speculation. Not that you have
time to speculate.
In the decades since their first appearance, the
Veil have covered vast swathes of stellar space in
their shroud of shimmering darkness, growing
stronger with every planet they consume. Now,
they mass their forces in the Jovian Belt,
preparing to launch a full-scale assault on the
remains of humanity. If the Veil take Jupiter, Prima
Sol is as good as lost. The gas giantʼs mass will
fuel an all-consuming tide of entropy, strong
enough to wipe away any hope of resistance.
Humanity has drawn their line. Itʼs up to you to
hold it.
HOW TO USE
THE KICKSTART
The Kickstart edition of INFINITE REVOLUTION
has everything your group (2-4 players and a
GM) needs to get started with the game: four
premade Revolvers, an outline of the game rules,
lots of helpful pointers, and a fully-plotted
introductory mission. Itʼs designed to get you off
the ground for your first session or three with no
stress and minimal prep—prior experience with
other tabletop RPGs helps, but isnʼt required!
This PDF is divided into three main sections:
PLAYING REVOLVERS, which contains all the
player-facing rules and dossiers for four
pregenerated characters, RUNNING THE GAME,
which contains all the GM-facing rules and some
example NPCs, and OPERATION: SWALLOW
THE SPEAR, a full-length mission!
The rules in the player and GM sections are
organized to give you everything you need to
play your role. Itʼs all there! No need to flip and
forth. Reading the entire document isnʼt a bad
idea if you want to familiarize yourself with the
game as a whole, but isnʼt necessary for play.
All youʼll need to get started is a group, some 6-
sided dice, a way to track your characterʼs stats,
and (optionally) something to sketch on.
Good luck out there, Revolver.
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 PLAYING REV
INFINITE REVOLUTION uses 3 phases of play:
Combat, Ops, and Downtime. Each phase
represents a different facet of life as a Revolver:
breakneck battles with the Veil, racing the clock
to save innocents or infrastructure, and trying as
best you can to catch some R&R between
missions. This quickstart focuses on the Combat
and Ops phases. This section includes all the
rules you need to know as a player, along with
4 premade Revolvers and some helpful reference
sheets for quick and easy table play.
THE FUNDAMENTALS
First things first. These are the three basic rules at
the heart of INFINITE REVOLUTION.
CHECKS
If the stakes of a scene would make one of your
actions interesting, cool, or dramatic, you make
a check. Hereʼs how.
▶ Describe your approach.
▶ Build a pool of d6s based on context or
character ratings (for example, a Spark).
▶ Apply situational costs or bonuses (the GM
handles these).
▶ Roll the dice. If the highest die is…
▷ 1-3: Null. There are complications.
▷ 4-5: Weak Hit. Success, with
complications.
▷ 6: Strong Hit. Success. No strings.
▷ 6+6: Crit. Success, and then some.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS
When you want to do something incredible and
defy all odds (or when an effect says so), you
can Push Your Limits. Roll 1d6 (to start with),
and if the lowest die is…
▶ 6-6: You get what you want.
▶ 4-5: You get what you want, but roll +1d6
whenever you Push Your Limits for the rest
of the mission. This can stack.
▶ 1-3: You get what you want, but you take a
point of Drive Burn.
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SAVES
When youʼre trying to react to or endure danger,
the GM can call for a Save. Roll 1d6—on a 4+,
you succeed, otherwise, you fail.
COMBAT PLAY
In Combat scenes, you use your weapons and
Drive powers to destroy all the Veil and seal their
Veil Breaches as quickly as possible. If a Combat
scene has an alternate objective (such as
protecting a VIP), your GM will inform you
before the scene starts.
Speed
Revolver combat usually occurs at a significant
fraction of the speed of light. At those velocities,
your specific position doesnʼt matter—but your
Speed does.
INFINITE REVOLUTION doesnʼt require a map or
battle grid for Combat. Instead, characters track
their Speed as a number from 0 to 8, which
represents how fast theyʼre moving relative to
others in the scene. You begin each Combat at a
Speed between 1 and 4 (your choice, higher is
usually better).
Most of your Revolverʼs Drive powers and
weapons can only target characters at certain
Speeds (see Speed Bands), and you can increase
or decrease your Speed by taking the Boost
and/or Turbo actions.
Taking damage from the Veil reduces your
Speed. Your Drive insulates you from all physical
harm, but they donʼt need you dead—they just
need you out of the way. If your Speed ever
drops below 1, youʼll Zero Out, drifting aimlessly
in the starless void, where youʼll remain until
Combat ends unless you risk your Driveʼs
integrity to Rally (see Rounds, Turns, and
Actions) and rocket back into the fight.
VOLVERS
Speed BANDS
Most weapons and powers have a valid targeting
range of one or more Speed Bands:
▶ Leading (X). The targetʼs Speed is up to X
higher than yours (but isnʼt the same).
▶ Trailing (X). The targetʼs Speed is up to X
lower than yours (but isnʼt the same)..
▶ Matched. You and the target share the same
Speed.
For example: youʼre at Speed 3, and your
weapon has a band of Leading (2). Foes at
Speeds 4 or 5 would both be valid targets, but
foes at Speeds 2, 3, or 6 would not.
ROUNDS, TURNS, AND ACTIONS
Combat moves in rounds, which are divided into
turns—one for each Revolver, and one or more
for the Veil. Revolvers take turns in any order the
brace agrees on, but only one Revolver can act at
a time. Hereʼs a breakdown of what you can do
on your Combat turn.
ONE OF:
▶ Attack. Put those weapons to use. Choose
targets in the Speed band of one of your
weapons, then roll d6 equal to your Sights
(default is 3). You hit and deal your weaponʼs
Harm on a Weak Hit or better, and deal your
weaponʼs Statuses on a Strong Hit or better.
Crits deal double damage.
▶ Boost. Gain or lose Speed up to your Driveʼs
Accel rating, or up to a specified amount (for
some powers and effects).
▶ Use a Drive power. Powers donʼt require
rolling dice—they just happen. After you
resolve a power, you take its Drive Stress cost
listed in [brackets]. Take too much Drive
Stress, and youʼll risk permanent damage
to your Core!
▶ Clear. Reset your Drive Stress to 0 and clear
all statuses. You can only Clear a certain
number of times each mission, determined by
your Driveʼs Pattern.
AND ANY NUMBER OF:
▶ Turbo. Boost 1, then take 2 Drive Stress. You
can Turbo up to 2 times each turn.
▶ Seal up to 2 active Veil Breaches Matched to
you, then clear 2 Drive Stress. You can only
Seal once per turn.
▶ →
▶ Rally. If youʼre Zeroed Out, you can Push
Your Limits to return to the fight in a blaze of
superluminary defiance. Reset your Speed to
1-4 (your choice) and take the rest of your
turn as normal. You can Rally any number of
times per Combat.
▶ Once per mission, Push Your Limits to
activate your coreʼs OVERDRIVE, an incredibly
strong power that can turn the tide of a fight.
DRIVE STRESS AND DRIVE BURN
Drive Stress accumulates when you use a power
or other combat action that strains your Coreʼs
stability. Some enemy actions can also inflict it. If
your Drive Stress ever exceeds your Coreʼs Burn
Gate, youʼll need to immediately Push Your
Limits to keep your turbine together. At the start
and end of every Combat scene, or whenever you
take Drive Burn, reset your Drive Stress to 0.
Drive Burn is permanent damage to the turbine
housing that keeps your atoms at a stable
frequency. When you take Drive Burn, choose
one of your Coreʼs Burn Scars—permanent
changes that alter your character—and mark it
off. You bear the chosen scar for the rest of the
game.
The last scar on each Coreʼs list is BURNUP, an
irreversible positive feedback loop that grants a
massive short-term boost in power—but when
the sceneʼs over, you sublimate into R-STATE,
and your Revolverʼs story ends.
You only get one BURNUP. Make it count.
RATINGS
Every Revolver has a few important ratings to
keep track of during Combat. Theyʼre listed here
for reference:
▶ Burn Gate: How much Drive Stress you can
take before you need to Push Your Limits.
▶ Weight: Reduce all Impact you take by this
value. Negative Weight increases incoming
Impact!
▶ Accel: How much Speed your Drive can gain
or lose in a basic Boost action.
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 PLAYING
REVOLVERS Cont.
OPS PLAY DOWNTIME
In Ops scenes, youʼll be racing against the clock The Downtime rules are in the process of revision
to solve a crisis, using your Revolverʼs ingenuity, and are not included in this Kickstart version.
guts, and unique skills to (hopefully) win the day.

Sparks and heat

Your Revolverʼs Sparks represent defining facets
of their character, something iconic and powerful
they do better than anyone else. Every Spark has:

▶ A name and short description.

▶ A rating—how many dice you roll when you
check the Spark (the default is 2).
▶ Two limiters, restrictions or caveats on what
the Spark can do. If youʼre trying to do
something against a limiter, itʼll cost
additional dice (GM discretion).
To use a Spark during Ops play, make a check
using the Sparkʼs base rating of 2. Before you roll,
you can give yourself up to 3 bonus dice and
take the same amount of Heat (you start at 0).

If rolling a Spark check ever puts your Heat above

9, youʼve strained yourself to a breaking point.
Choose, then reset your Heat to 0:

▶ Push Your Limits to turn the check into an

automatic Crit with explosive, unintended
collateral.
▶ EXTINGUISH one of your Sparks. You canʼt
use it for the rest of the mission.

WINGING IT
If you want to attempt something your Sparks
donʼt apply to (or just donʼt want to use one for
whatever reason), you can always Wing It: roll
2d6 and take the lowest. You canʼt use Heat
when you Wing It, but the check can still Crit.

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PREGEN
REVOLVERS
The following section includes a fully-statted
brace of Revolvers for you and your group to
play. Each character has two spreads: one
outlining their personal details, and one that
serves as a combined character sheet and rules
reference.

These are some of Prima Solʼs best and brightest,

as fiery and unique as any star.

Together, they are…

THE 9TH
SATURNIAN
BRACE
“SKYLIGHT
BURNING”

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KESTREL AKA
Drive Core
Suvi Solak she/her
Aries (Ultralight)
Presentation
Small-framed, trimmed nails; compact but
visibly muscular. Clearly puts in work to
keep it that way. Shock of white hair in a
rough chin-length bob, sliced through by
a glittering streak of red. Swears it isnʼt
dyed, that itʼs just a side effect of her Roil.
Likes loud jewelry and bold, bright colors
and patterns.
BACKGROUND
Fleet academy kid, top marks, long
disciplinary record. When the Blackout
came, she switched tracks from transport
to escort/interceptor.
Her Roil ignited in the last 31 milliseconds
of an unsanctioned fighter race between
her and her mentor. Maintains she won,
even if there wasnʼt a ship left to cross the
finish beacon. Drifted in the black for
several hours afterwards, venting miles-
long spiral jets of protostar miasma,
before an RS-intervention ship was
scrambled and retrieved her.
Her dad was a Revolver, too. Went dark
near Saturn around a decade back. Thatʼs
all sheʼll say.
PERSONA
Confident, fearless, intensely competitive.
Intense, period. Her peer-assigned
callsign at the academy was “Aggro”. Very
popular on her home station despite
(because of?) her hotheadedness.
Loves being a Revolver—nothing else
compares to the lucent joy of flight, the
brilliant choral howl of sorties against the
Veil.
Would rather risk everything than feel
powerless.
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Drive
An ace pilotʼs riotous dream, all angular
fuselage and sloped booster intakes and
needle-sharp spinals—like the joyful,
physically-implausible marriage of a pre-
Blackout fusion driver, a fleet corefighter,
and a terrestrial racing exosuit. Even has
the decals.
Anywhere not covered by a decal is
gunmetal black or aggressively cherry red
(mostly red). Glows brighter the faster it
flies.
PLAYING KESTREL
Play Kestrel if you…
Want to be the best and brightest, do all
your own stunts, love being the center of
attention, are incorrigible, enjoy playing
hotheads, speedsters, or ace pilots, and
donʼt mind glass cannons and big risks.
Combat
Your Aries Drive is by far the fastest in the
brace and hits like a superpowered truck
on the first round of Combat. Youʼre
nimble, close-range, and extremely
fragile if you get hit, but can bounce back
from almost anything and deal large
amounts of damage at high Speeds.
Ops
Aces high! No stunt is too wild to pull off,
no plan too risky to try, no heart too hard
to swoon for her. Kestrelʼs narrative sparks
focus on her amazing piloting abilities, her
fiery, magnetic personality, and her
massive projected lance weapon.
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 REFERENCE
CORE RULES
ROLLING CHECKS
When you want to do something interesting,
cool, or dramatic…
▶ Describe your approach.
▶ Build a pool of d6s.
▶ Apply any costs or bonuses.
▶ Roll the dice. If the highest die is…
1-3: Null. Complications.
4-5: Weak Hit. Success, with complications.
6: Strong Hit. Success. No strings.
6+6: Crit. Success, and then some.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS
When you want to do something incredible and
defy all odds (or when an effect says so), you
can Push Your Limits. Roll 1d6 (to start with),
and if the lowest die is…
1-6: You get what you want.
4-5: You get what you want, but roll +1d6
whenever you Push Your Limits for the
rest of the mission. This can stack.
1-3: You get what you want, but you take
a point of Drive Burn.
SAVES
When youʼre trying to react to or endure danger,
the GM can call for a Save. Roll 1d6—on a 4+,
you succeed, otherwise, you fail.
BURN SCARS
▶Your skin is ravaged by glowing fissures, like
youʼre burning from within.
▶Your touch conducts enormous force. Even
light contact can crush things and send people
sprawling.
▶Retreating or refusing a challenge becomes
physically painful, like your organs are being
crushed by a fist.
▶When youʼre angry, the world goes red. You
have to fight to stay in control.
▶BURNUP. Enter RED GIANT STANCE for the
rest of the scene, and gain the following power:
▷CANIS METEOR [9999]: Boost, then destroy
all Matched foes. If you Boosted more than 4,
destroy all foes within Speed 1instead.
At the end of the scene, your Drive grows to the
size of a small stellar body, and explodes into
roiling crimson plasma.
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SPARKS
ACE OF DIAMONDS
Suviʼs a natural-born pilot, and the Roilʼs only
sharpened her skills and her ego. Use
this spark to be first on the scene, nail wild
acrobatics, dodge and weave, and do anything
fast and flashy.
▷Limiter: Flying the way she does can put
reckless amounts of strain on her Drive.
▷Limiter: She canʼt outrace the speed of
light.
QUEEN OF HEARTS
Sheʼs a hotshot and she knows it: bold, beautiful,
and destined to win. If they canʼt see that, thatʼs
their problem. Use this spark to play a crowd,
snap someone out of it, make a big speech, argue,
flirt, and do anything fiery and charismatic.
▷Limiter: Passion is easy—vulnerability, not
so much.
▷Limiter: Emotes with her face, her arms, her
whole body. Visual contact is best.
GIGADRIVER LANCE
Suviʼs signature weapon: a gigantic projected
boarding lance she can extend, retract, and
deploy heavy-duty hilt stabilizers for at will.
Use this spark to get through whateverʼs in
your way, punch holes, skewer your problems,
and do anything with your forty-meter-long
Drivelight killbore.
▷Limiter: Max length of forty meters.
▷Limiter: The actual impact surface is only
about the size of a car tire. Punching bigger
holes takes repeated strikes or ingenuity.
OPS PLAY
To use a Spark during Ops play, make a check
using the Sparkʼs base rating of 2. Before you roll,
you can give yourself up to 3 bonus dice and
take the same amount of Heat.
If rolling a Spark check ever puts your Heat
above 9, choose, then reset your Heat to 0:
▶Push Your Limits to turn the check into a Crit
with explosive, unintended collateral.
▶EXTINGUISH one of your Sparks. You canʼt
use it for the rest of the mission.
To try something your Sparks donʼt apply to, you
can Wing It: roll 2d6 and take the lowest (you
canʼt use Heat, but can still Crit).
E: KESTREL
COMBAT PROFILE COMBAT TURNS
BASIC INFO Pick 1:
▶ROLE: Vanguard Assault ▶WEIGHT: -1 ATTACK. Choose weapon, roll Sights
▶PATTERN: Ultralight ▶ACCEL: 5 check (yours is 3), deal Harm on Weak
▶BURN GATE: 8 ▶CLEAR: 1 Hit or better and statuses on Strong
Hit or better. Crits are double damage.
WEAPONS
GIGADRIVER LANCE: Hits 1 Matched target for BOOST. Gain or lose Speed equal to
4 Harm. Massive1, Force2 4. While at Speed 5 or your Accel (yours is 5).
higher, gain +1 target, +2 Harm, and +1 Force.
POWER. Use a Drive Power (donʼt
PASSIVES roll), then gain the Drive Stress listed
On your first turn of Combat, enter RED GIANT in [brackets].
STANCE until the start of your next turn. While in
RGS, you gain +2 Accel, and your weapons gain 1/Mission CLEAR. Reset Drive Stress to 0 and
+1 Harm, Massive, and Force +1. Once you exit clear all statuses.
RGS, you canʼt enter it again until a full round has Pick Any:
passed.
When you Boost X, or Boost a specific amount 2/Turn TURBO. Boost 1, then take 2 Drive
(e.g. Boost 3), Boost that much +1 instead. Stress.
1/scene, you can take 1d6 Drive Stress to add
that much Speed+1 to a single Boost. 1/Turn SEAL. Close up to 2 Matched Veil
1/mission, you can Rally without needing to Breaches, then clear 2 Drive Stress.
Push Your Limits.
RALLY. Push Your Limits and return
POWERS to Speed 1-4 if youʼre Zeroed Out.
▶ PERSEI CHARGE [1]: Boost, then deal Harm 1/Mission OVERDRIVE. Push Your Limits and
to a Matched foe equal to that Boost. If youʼre in activate your Coreʼs Overdrive.
RGS, this targets all Matched foes instead.

▶ ANTARES LANCE [2]: Deal 3 Harm to Leading SPEED REF.

(2) or Trailing (2) foes. If youʼre in RGS, this
targets all Leading or Trailing foes instead.
Max Speed
▶ CYGNI FUSOR [3]: Enter RGS until the end of
your next turn. If youʼre in it, deal 5 Harm to Speed goes
Matched foes instead. from 0-8.
Gain Speed
▶ HYPERGIANT [OVERDRIVE]: For the rest of with Boost.
the scene, whenever you end your turn in RGS,
Matched foes take 3 Harm. Whenever you Lose Speed
destroy a foe, you may extend the duration of on taking
RGS by 1 round. Enter it now, until the end of Impact, or
your next turn. w/ Boost.
1: Deals half Harm, even on a Null.

2: Forces target to gain or lose up to X Speed on hit (you pick).

STRESS + BURN If your Starting Speed

When your Drive Stress exceeds your Burn Gate Speed is… (Your choice).
(yours is 8), immediately Push Your Limits. Your
Drive Stress resets to 0 when you Clear, when > : LEADING
Combat ends, and when you take Drive Burn. < : TRAILING

When you take Drive Burn, choose a permanent = : MATCHED

Zero Out! Push
Burn Scar and mark it off. When you mark the ! Your Limits to
BURNUP scar, your core is supercharged for this Rally back.
scene only, and then your Revolverʼs story ends.

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 AKA
STARRY Drive Core
Presentation
Lanky, lean and tan. Black hair trimmed
back to a perfect #2 cut at all times; if
anyoneʼs seen it any longer, theyʼve never
lived to tell. Jagged scar that just peeks
out of the top of his singlet, from the
wound that first woke up his Roil. Likes to
joke it was a bad first try at top surgery.
More comfortable in fatigues or a flight
suit than anything else.
BACKGROUND
The only Revolver in the brace whose Roil
awakened pre-Blackout. Worked as a
pathfinder for years, helping the first few
waves of “icebreaker” ships find new V-
transit routes through deep space.
Has a big, diffuse family of nomad belt-
hoppers. Claims to have relatives on every
station from here to Solʼs core, and heʼs
probably not even lying. Makes a point of
calling his Ma, his cousins, and his two big
sisters at least each solar month if not
more.
PERSONA
Serial worrier, and perpetually a little
weary (probably from all the worrying). He
cares a lot, maybe too much. Sometimes
wishes he cared less. Has a strong sense of
justice, with no sense of tact or propriety.
Stickler for detail and procedure. Would
always rather do it right the first time. This
has earned him a bit of a reputation as
Hammerʼs pet, which heʼs actually very
proud of.
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Eddy Ramble he/him
Sagittarius (Tactical)
Drive
A single burning brushstroke of righteous,
scintillating iridescence, bequeathed with
bladed glittering wings befitting a god of
light. A thousand Drivelight handguns
shimmer in the vacuum around it—when
Eddy drops the hammer, it sounds like the
first spark of a forest catching fire.
The rifleʼs name is Apollo, and itʼs his pride
and joy. Itʼs got integrated sights accurate
to the picometer and fires doped osmium
rounds heavy enough to crater a moon.
PLAYING STARRY
Play Starry if you…
Want the biggest gun, like sad cowboys,
donʼt mind playing a straightforward
damage-dealer in Combat, have a chip on
your shoulder, and are interested in more
emotion-driven character roleplay.
Combat
Your Sagittarius Drive is laser-focused on
inflicting enormous amounts of ranged
damage. Youʼre a little fragile and need to
carefully manage your Drive Stress, but if
you do youʼll be able to take out priority
targets quickly and cleanly.
Ops
Youʼre the ever-vigilant not-so-lone
gunman, ready to take an impossible shot
at a momentʼs notice—especially if itʼs to
save a friend. Starryʼs sparks are focused
around his arsenal of weapons, his spatial
and navigational skills, and his
supernatural protective reflexes.
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 REFERENCE
CORE RULES
ROLLING CHECKS
When you want to do something interesting,
cool, or dramatic…
▶ Describe your approach.
▶ Build a pool of d6s.
▶ Apply any costs or bonuses.
▶ Roll the dice. If the highest die is…
1-3: Null. Complications.
4-5: Weak Hit. Success, with complications.
6: Strong Hit. Success. No strings.
6+6: Crit. Success, and then some.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS
When you want to do something incredible and
defy all odds (or when an effect says so), you
can Push Your Limits. Roll 1d6 (to start with),
and if the lowest die is…
1-6: You get what you want.
4-5: You get what you want, but roll +1d6
whenever you Push Your Limits for the
rest of the mission. This can stack.
1-3: You get what you want, but you take
a point of Drive Burn.
SAVES
When youʼre trying to react to or endure danger,
the GM can call for a Save. Roll 1d6—on a 4+,
you succeed, otherwise, you fail.
BURN SCARS
▶ One of your eyes burns with starlight. Close
the other, and you can see infinity.
▶You have minor telekinesis. You canʼt always
control it, even when you try.
▶Your Core feeds you a constant, dizzying
stream of perfect spatial telemetry—arcs,
vectors, paths, and more.
▶Regardless of proximity, everything always
feels impossibly close.
▶BURNUP. You donʼt gain the normal bonuses
for BURNUP. Gain the following power:
▷GODSLAYER COREBOLT [9999]: Choose a
foe. Theyʼre completely annihilated—no trace
of them remains in the past, present, or future.
You remain in BURNUP until the mission ends
or you use GODLSAYER COREBOLT, whichever
comes first. You can otherwise act normally.
When you exit BURNUP, your Drive jettisons its
own Core, and forms the heart of a new
constellation.
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SPARKS
DEVILʼS RIGHT HAND
“Crack shot” understates it. Eddyʼs sense of
space, distance, and kinematics is supernaturally
rich and precise, and he can leverage it for plenty
of things besides fancy shooting. Use this spark
to find a safe route, predict a path, hit a long,
long shot, use physics to your advantage, and do
anything careful and precise.
▷Limiter: Needs quiet, calm, focus. The less
emotions in the way, the better.
▷Limiter: Can only visualize the line with a
clear look at the target. A momentʼs enough.
YOUʼLL NEVER WALK ALONE
Eddyʼs always been a worrier. When your Core
feeds you a constant stream of telemetry and
threat heuristics, you learn to keep one star-
bright eye open—especially for your friends. Use
this spark to see danger before it sees you, act
first in a bad situation, run overwatch, protect
with force, and do anything loyal and vigilant.
▷Limiter: Try as he might, he canʼt watch over
everywhere at once. Has to pick.
▷Limiter: A snap shot isnʼt always a kill shot.
MY ONLY SUNSHINE
An ultraheavy Antimateri[a/e]l Rifle, Apollo is
Eddyʼs darling, and his field instrument of choice.
Use this Spark to fire one massive killshot, sight
something from kilos away, strike at somethingʼs
core, or do anything with your high-precision
long-range death machine.
▷Limiter: Needs a while to reload between
shots.
▷Limiter: The recoilʼs strong enough to knock
Eddy off course if he doesnʼt hunker down.
OPS PLAY
To use a Spark during Ops play, make a check
using the Sparkʼs base rating of 2. Before you roll,
you can give yourself up to 3 bonus dice and
take the same amount of Heat.
If rolling a Spark check ever puts your Heat
above 9, choose, then reset your Heat to 0:
▶Push Your Limits to turn the check into a Crit
with explosive, unintended collateral.
▶EXTINGUISH one of your Sparks. You canʼt
use it for the rest of the mission.
To try something your Sparks donʼt apply to, you
can Wing It: roll 2d6 and take the lowest (you
canʼt use Heat, but can still Crit).
E: STARRY
COMBAT PROFILE COMBAT TURNS
BASIC INFO Pick 1:
▶ROLE: Artillerist ▶WEIGHT: 0 ATTACK. Choose weapon, roll Sights
▶PATTERN: Tactical ▶ACCEL: 3 check (yours is 3), deal Harm on Weak
▶BURN GATE: 6 ▶CLEAR: 2 Hit or better and statuses on Strong
Hit or better. Crits are triple damage.
WEAPONS
▶ APOLLO: Hits 1 Leading (6) target for 5 Harm. BOOST. Gain or lose Speed equal to
Cooldown1, Precise2, Pierce3, Taxing4. Ignores your Accel (yours is 3).
Cooldown if it Crits.
▶ FULLMETAL CHOIR: Hits [VOLLEY DIE5*2] POWER. Use a Drive Power (donʼt
Leading (6) targets for 1 Harm. Precise2. roll), then gain the Drive Stress listed
▶ AV-99 27MM REVOLVER: Hits 1 Leading (3) in [brackets].
or Trailing (1) target for 3 Harm. Agile6. Can take 2/Mission
2 Drive Stress on firing to attack all targets CLEAR. Reset Drive Stress to 0 and
within Speed 1 instead. clear all statuses.
Pick Any:
PASSIVES
You have +1 Sights and deal triple Harm on Crits. 2/Turn TURBO. Boost 1, then take 2 Drive
1/turn after you check Sights to attack, you can Stress.
take any amount of Drive Stress to reroll that
many dice. 1/Turn SEAL. Close up to 2 Matched Veil
Breaches, then clear 2 Drive Stress.
POWERS
RALLY. Push Your Limits and return
▶ ORIONʼS GLARE [1]: Choose a Leading (6) to Speed 1-4 if youʼre Zeroed Out.
foe at least 3 Speed away from you, then deal
Harm equal to your difference in Speed. 1/Mission OVERDRIVE. Push Your Limits and
activate your Coreʼs Overdrive.
▶ CALLED SHOT [1]: Choose a Leading (6) foe,
then attack them with a Ranged weapon. If the
attack destroys them, clear 4 Drive Stress.
SPEED REF.
▶ ARTEMIS RUSH [2]: Boost, then attack with a
Ranged weapon. Whenever you Crit, you can Max Speed
trigger this power (you still take Drive Stress). Speed goes
from 0-8.
▶ STARPIERCER [OVERDRIVE]: Your next attack
with a Ranged weapon rolls double your Sights, Gain Speed
is an automatic Crit, and ignores all reductions with Boost.
and immunity. For each 6 you roll, the attack
deals +1 bonus Harm (before multipliers). Lose Speed
1: Canʼt fire 2 turns in a row. 5: Start fight with a d6 on taking
VOLLEY DIE at 1. Add 1 to Impact, or
2: +1 d6 on attacks. VD at end of turn (up to 6). w/ Boost.
Reset VD to 1 on attack.
3: Ignores armor/reduction.
6: Can attack with this
4: +2 Drive Stress when firing before or after making a
if youʼve Boosted this turn. normal Boost action.

STRESS + BURN If your Starting Speed

Whenever your Drive Stress exceeds your Burn Speed is… (Your choice).
Gate (yours is 6), immediately Push Your Limits.
Your Drive Stress resets to 0 when you Clear, > : LEADING
when Combat ends, and when you take Drive
Burn.
< : TRAILING

When you take Drive Burn, choose a permanent

= : MATCHED
Zero Out! Push
Burn Scar and mark it off. When you mark the
! Your Limits to
BURNUP scar, your core is supercharged for this Rally back.
scene only, and then your Revolverʼs story ends.

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 AKA “Cutter” Slade she/her
THRONE Drive Core Taurus (Heavy)
Presentation
Big, stocky, sturdy, built from years of
hauling cargo in high-g environments.
Enormous mop of curly brown hair barely-
restrained by her trademark bandanas.
Always wears a (mostly unnecessary) nose
bandage, stuck atop a dense constellation
of freckles. Full arm sleeve of tattoos:
tributes to fallen friends, emblems from
successful missions, and plenty of pinups.
BACKGROUND
Before the Blackout, before the Roil, she
got things from A to B. Helped raise a
generation between shipments, built a
community on her home station.
When the stars went out, it fell apart slow.
She doesnʼt blame anyone on the station
for that. Missed meals, stranded
shipments, and the terror of uncertainty—
recipe for a pressure cooker, no ways
about it. When the stress boiled over,
though, they took it out on her crew.
Threats got made. Lines got drawn. Blood
got spilled. And in the end, no one else
was there for them—it had to be her.
And the Roil agreed.
PERSONA
Blunt, jovial, incredibly stubborn, very
physically affectionate. Doesnʼt wear her
heart on her sleeve so much as her entire
body—sheʼs seen what bottled-up feelings
can do and has resolved to be an open
book. Loves hugs, back-slaps, and fist-
bumps. Has a handshake that could rip a
shoulder off.
Always down to shoot the shit and spin
tall tales, especially around freshly-spun
Revolvers.
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Drive
Four-armed and imposing, clad nearly
head to toe in bulky, overlapping ‘scalesʼ
of neutronium plate. Towers over most
other Revolvers sheʼs met. Mounts a
massive shield of hypercompressed
topology—an infinitesimal slice of space
itself, hammered to shape by the gravitic
forge of her Drive—and a harpoon gun
welded together from scraps of her old
starward tug.
PLAYING THRONE
Play Throne if you…
Love being the “tank”, arenʼt too serious,
want to be the heart of the group, donʼt
mind going slow and steady, and would
rather sacrifice yourself than an ally.
Combat
Your Taurus Drive is all about bunkering
down and holding the line. Youʼre
extremely durable, and fantastic at
shielding your allies and locking down
foes, but arenʼt especially fast or agile.
Ops
You can take more raw punishment than
anyone in the system, and you can
leverage that to make sure everyone else
gets out alive. Throneʼs Sparks focus on
her warm, steadfast nature, her Driveʼs
ability to hunker down and be a literal
immovable object, and being a physical
wall between danger and the people she
cares about.
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 REFERENCE
CORE RULES
ROLLING CHECKS
When you want to do something interesting,
cool, or dramatic…
▶ Describe your approach.
▶ Build a pool of d6s.
▶ Apply any costs or bonuses.
▶ Roll the dice. If the highest die is…
1-3: Null. Complications.
4-5: Weak Hit. Success, with complications.
6: Strong Hit. Success. No strings.
6+6: Crit. Success, and then some.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS
When you want to do something incredible and
defy all odds (or when an effect says so), you
can Push Your Limits. Roll 1d6 (to start with),
and if the lowest die is…
1-6: You get what you want.
4-5: You get what you want, but roll +1d6
whenever you Push Your Limits for the
rest of the mission. This can stack.
1-3: You get what you want, but you take
a point of Drive Burn.
SAVES
When youʼre trying to react to or endure danger,
the GM can call for a Save. Roll 3d6—on a 4+
(keep highest), you succeed, otherwise, you fail.
Throneʼs Heavy Pattern gives her extra dice on Saves.
BURN SCARS
▶ Once youʼve made up your mind, thatʼs it.
They might as well ask Sol to spin the other way.
▶Small objects are inexorably drawn into an
orbit around you.
▶Your heart has an escape velocity. Most
emotions donʼt make it out.
▶When you think of someone, they feel a pull.
The closer you are, the stronger it gets.
▶BURNUP. For the rest of the scene, your
GRAVITY WELL is always on, and its effects
change: your Speed canʼt change for any reason,
allies within Speed 5 gain +3 Weight, and at the
start of your turn, pull all foes 3 Speed closer to
you, then destroy all Matched foes.
At the end of the scene, your Drive pulls in all
nearby matter and light, and collapses into a
luminous singularity.
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SPARKS
VNO, YOU MOVE
Cutterʼs Drive is several thousand tons of
hyperdense plate wrapped around a localized
gravitional singularity—if she decides to plant
her feet, thatʼs that. Use this spark to stop
danger in its tracks, hold the line, part the tide,
brace yourself, be the immovable object, and do
anything unflinchingly stubborn and defiant.
▷Limiter: Needs physical contact to exert her
Driveʼs incredible anchor-force.
▷Limiter: Sheʼs only so big— you probably canʼt
move her, but you can go around her instead.
GET BEHIND ME, HONEY
That giant Drivelight-banded shield is the shape
of her soul. Cutterʼs a protector to the bone, and
would rather burn herself to stardust than
abandon those in need. Use this spark to defend
the vulnerable, take the hit instead, buy some
time with your sweat, draw enemy fire, be a safe
harbor, and do anything noble and protective.
▷Limiter: Sheʼll always take the hit, whether she
can endure it or not.
▷Limiter: You canʼt always save everyone. But
she always has to try.
WE ALL LIFT TOGETHER
Sometimes, people need a reminder they arenʼt
alone—not on her watch. Use this spark to inspire
hope, be someoneʼs rock, quiet down a room,
remind people why theyʼre here, put on a brave
face, and do anything steadfast and reassuring.
▷Limiter: No patience for smartasses.
▷Limiter: Not the best at fancy speeches.
OPS PLAY
To use a Spark during Ops play, make a check
using the Sparkʼs base rating of 2. Before you roll,
you can give yourself up to 3 bonus dice and
take the same amount of Heat.
If rolling a Spark check ever puts your Heat
above 9, choose, then reset your Heat to 0:
▶Push Your Limits to turn the check into a Crit
with explosive, unintended collateral.
▶EXTINGUISH one of your Sparks. You canʼt
use it for the rest of the mission.
To try something your Sparks donʼt apply to, you
can Wing It: roll 2d6 and take the lowest (you
canʼt use Heat, but can still Crit).
E: THRONE
COMBAT PROFILE COMBAT TURNS
BASIC INFO Pick 1:
▶ROLE: Battlefield Anchor ▶WEIGHT: 2 ATTACK. Choose weapon, roll Sights
▶PATTERN: Heavy ▶ACCEL: 2 check (yours is 3), deal Harm on Weak
▶BURN GATE: 10 ▶CLEAR: 1 Hit or better and statuses on Strong
Hit or better. Crits are double damage.
WEAPONS
▶ TOPOLOGIC PHALANX: Hits 1 Matched BOOST. Gain or lose Speed equal to
target for 3 Harm and shields you from 3 Impact your Accel (yours is 2).
until your next turn. You can use your action to
charge the shield, shielding allies within Speed 1 POWER. Use a Drive Power (donʼt
from up to 3 Impact until your next turn. roll), then gain the Drive Stress listed
SHK-II HARPOON GUN: Hits 1 Matched or in [brackets].
Leading (3) target for 3 Harm. Force1 3.
1/Mission CLEAR. Reset Drive Stress to 0 and
PASSIVES clear all statuses.
You begin each mission with 2 Armor Charges. Pick Any:
Spend a charge at any time to either negate a
hostile attack on you and lose 1 Speed, OR pull
an ally to Match you when their Speed would 2/Turn TURBO. Boost 1, then take 2 Drive
drop below yours (you take 1 Drive Stress for Stress.
each additional Speed they would have lost). 1/Turn SEAL. Close up to 2 Matched Veil
At the start of each of your turns, you can take 2 Breaches, then clear 2 Drive Stress.
Drive Stress to activate your GRAVITY WELL this
round. While active, you gain +2 Weight and are RALLY. Push Your Limits and return
Slowed2, Matched allies gain +1 Weight, and to Speed 1-4 if youʼre Zeroed Out.
Matched foes are Locked3.
1/Mission OVERDRIVE. Push Your Limits and
POWERS activate your Coreʼs Overdrive.
▶ GREAT ATTRACTOR [2]: Pull all targets within
Speed 2 to Match you. Foes pulled take 1 Harm. SPEED REF.
▶ GRAVITON CRUSH [2]: Deal 2 Harm to all
Matched foes, then Lock them. If theyʼre already
Locked, deal 4 Harm instead.
▶ MASS BUNKER [5]: You and Matched allies of Max Speed
your choice gain +4 Weight and Locked until the Speed goes
start of your next turn. from 0-8.
▶ EVENT HORIZON [OVERDRIVE]: For the next
2 rounds (including this one), your GRAVITY Gain Speed
WELLʼs effects change: your Speed canʼt change with Boost.
for any reason, allies within Speed 3 gain +1
Weight, and at the end of your turn, pull all foes Lose Speed
within Speed 3 to Match you and Lock them. You on taking
may activate your GRAVITY WELL now. Impact, or
w/ Boost.
1: Forces target to gain or lose up to X Speed on hit (you pick).
2: Speed/Reach becomes 1. 3: Canʼt Boost/Fold.

STRESS + BURN Starting Speed

Whenever your Drive Stress exceeds your Burn If your (Your choice).
Gate (yours is 10), immediately Push Your Speed is…
Limits. Your Drive Stress resets to 0 when you
Clear, when Combat ends, and when you take > : LEADING
Drive Burn. < : TRAILING
When you take Drive Burn, choose a permanent
Burn Scar and mark it off. When you mark the
= : MATCHED
!
Zero Out! Push
Your Limits to
BURNUP scar, your core is supercharged for this Rally back.
scene only, and then your Revolverʼs story ends.

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 Hellion “Helly”
MONADFormerly: “A MONOID IN THE CATEGORY OF ENDOFUNCTORS”
AKA
Drive Core
Correia they/them
AQUARIUS (EXOTIC)
Presentation
Short, pale, worryingly thin. Unkempt
black hair pulled back into a long, greasy-
looking ponytail. Dark eyes with darker
circles beneath. Prefers big coats and soft
textures—quiet, warm, enveloping things.
When theyʼre tired or agitated, chunks of
their body sometimes rotate out of
conventional 3-space: their fingers or ribs
or heart will intersect with reality a few
feet from where theyʼre supposed to,
opening sightlines to their internal organs.
It doesnʼt hurt, but is fairly disconcerting
(for both them and witnesses).
BACKGROUND
A former Hammer V-topology specialist.
They looked too long and too hard for
patterns in Breach occurrence and ended
up finding more than anyone anticipated.
When their Roil hit, they woke up hovering
an inch above the floor, in suspended
animation along with everyone in the
room. The Aquarius core was a special
medical intervention, even by Revolver
standards—a way to keep both their
perception and interactions grounded
(mostly) in our timeline.
PERSONA
Listless, flighty, knife-edge clever when
they put their mind to it. Prone to
frustration—partly with others, mostly at
their own inability to live in the literal
moment. Has occasional lapses into
silence mid-conversation or responds to
unsaid conversations when their
perception slips into an adjacent timeline.
Haunted by premonitions of the dark half,
the bad timeline, their brace poisoned by
the Veil, surrounding them with blades.
Will do anything to make sure that never,
ever happens.
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Drive
A simple, low-profile survey exosuit
wreathed in a Drivelight “shawl”,
surrounded by concentric rings of phased
debris and measuring equipment. The
rings rotate around them along impossible
axes, like a fourth-dimensional orrery.
Optimized for esoteric CQC—when they
strike, flickering threads of exotic matter
tangle through their fingers as their
targets unravel.
Their Core itself is surrounded by an
experimental projection housing, designed
to reroute unpredictable “spike”
discharges (that would otherwise shunt
them back in time) externally.
PLAYING MONAD
Play Monad if you…
Want to support your allies and execute
clever plans, like spinning a lot of plates,
enjoy being “the weirdo”, donʼt have
strong feelings about the spotlight, and
donʼt mind a slightly more complex
Combat core.
Combat
Your Aquarius Drive can enhance your
allies and manipulate dice probability,
letting you turn missed attacks into hits,
hits into crits, and even manipulate Veil
breaches. Youʼll need to be on the ball to
get the most out of it, but the potential
payoff is massive.
Ops
As Skylight Burningʼs resident technical
esoterist, youʼre well-suited to coming up
with off-the-wall plans that wouldnʼt work
for anyone else. Your narrative Sparks are
focused on your technical knowledge,
multitasking and planning expertise, and
your limited time-travel abilities.
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 REFERENCE
CORE RULES
ROLLING CHECKS
When you want to do something interesting,
cool, or dramatic…
▶ Describe your approach.
▶ Build a pool of d6s.
▶ Apply any costs or bonuses.
▶ Roll the dice. If the highest die is…
1-3: Null. Complications.
4-5: Weak Hit. Success, with complications.
6: Strong Hit. Success. No strings.
6+6: Crit. Success, and then some.
PUSH YOUR LIMITS
When you want to do something incredible and
defy all odds (or when an effect says so), you
can Push Your Limits. Roll 1d6 (to start with),
and if the lowest die is…
1-6: You get what you want.
4-5: You get what you want, but roll +1d6
whenever you Push Your Limits for the
rest of the mission. This can stack.
1-3: You get what you want, but you take
a point of Drive Burn.
SAVES
When youʼre trying to react to or endure danger,
the GM can call for a Save. Roll 3d6—on a 4+
(keep highest), you succeed, otherwise, you fail.
BURN SCARS
▶ Your eyes are bright and empty, like windows
to a sea of glass.
▶ You can hear othersʼ surface thoughts. If
youʼre close, they can hear yours, too.
▶ You have visions of the future. Some are
hopeful, some are dire, most are unsettling. All of
them are your fault.
▶ Time feels fluid, mutable. If you arenʼt
careful, youʼll lose hours, minutes, days.
▶BURNUP. Time unfolds like a lotus. For the rest
of the scene, you choose the results of all dice
rolls.
At the end of the scene, your Drive entwines with
every possible past, present, and future, and
unravels into threads of brilliant light.
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SPARKS
WARP AND WEFT
Hellyʼs time immersed in V-topology lets them
see the world as a tapestry, an infinitely-dense
network of superstrings—and at their junctures,
meaning. Answers. Use this spark to see the
unseen, make sense of something strange, learn
from the Veil, orient yourself, and do anything
perceptive and esoteric.
▷Limiter: Sometimes, they see patterns they
wish they hadnʼt.
▷Limiter: Itʼs very difficult to explain high-
dimensional perception to people without it.
MULTITHREADING
If thereʼs one thing having your subjectivity
splintered across divergent timelines does, it
makes you good at multitasking. Use this spark
to see the bigger plan, execute contingencies,
master a system, predict outcomes, learn on the
fly, and do anything technical and complex.
▷Limiter: Little patience for explaining their
thoughts—thereʼs just too much going on.
▷Limiter: Works best uninterrupted and alone.
CHRONOSTITCH
Sometimes, even the best-laid plans arenʼt
enough. Sometimes, you need to give causality
itself a little nudge. Use this spark to try again, be
at the right place at the right time, gain
foreknowledge, make your own luck, or do
anything that strains the fabric of time.
▷Limiter: They can only shunt a few seconds in
either direction. Anything more risks permanent
temporal displacement.
▷Limiter: Unforeseen consequences.
OPS PLAY
To use a Spark during Ops play, make a check
using the Sparkʼs base rating of 2. Before you roll,
you can give yourself up to 3 bonus dice and
take the same amount of Heat.
If rolling a Spark check ever puts your Heat
above 9, choose, then reset your Heat to 0:
▶Push Your Limits to turn the check into a Crit
with explosive, unintended collateral.
▶EXTINGUISH one of your Sparks. You canʼt
use it for the rest of the mission.
To try something your Sparks donʼt apply to, you
can Wing It: roll 2d6 and take the lowest (you
canʼt use Heat, but can still Crit).
E: MONAD
COMBAT PROFILE COMBAT TURNS
BASIC INFO Pick 1:
▶ROLE: Force Multiplier ▶WEIGHT: 0 ATTACK. Choose weapon, roll Sights
▶PATTERN: Exotic ▶ACCEL: 3 check (yours is 3), deal Harm on Weak
▶BURN GATE: 9 ▶CLEAR: 4 Hit or better and statuses on Strong
Hit or better. Crits are double damage.
WEAPONS
▶ DEDEKIND KATA: Strikes up to 3 times at BOOST. Gain or lose Speed equal to
different Matched targets in order, dealing 1/2/2 your Accel (yours is 3).
Harm. You can Boost 1 before each strike. Agile1,
Parry2. Last strike has Leech3. Only roll one attack. POWER. Use a Drive Power (donʼt
▶ ARC PROJECTOR: Hits 4 Leading (2) or roll), then gain the Drive Stress listed
Trailing (2) targets for 2 Harm. Disrupts.4 in [brackets].
PASSIVES Pick Any:
Clearing doesnʼt use your action, but you can
only Clear 1/turn, and canʼt Clear and use a Drive 4/Mission CLEAR. Reset Drive Stress to 0 and
power on the same turn. 1/scene, you can use clear all statuses.
your action to deal Harm equal to your current
Drive Stress to a foe within Speed 1. 2/Turn TURBO. Boost 1, then take 2 Drive
At the start of each Combat, roll 3d6—your Stress.
ORACLE DICE—and note their values. At any 1/Turn SEAL. Close up to 2 Matched Veil
time, you can take 2 Drive Stress to swap an Breaches, then clear 2 Drive Stress.
ORACLE DIE with any d6, after the roll but before
the outcome. At the start of your turn, you can RALLY. Push Your Limits and return
take 3 Drive Stress to reroll your ORACLE DICE. to Speed 1-4 if youʼre Zeroed Out.
POWERS 1/Mission OVERDRIVE. Push Your Limits and
▶ OVERCLOCK [0]: For every 1-3 in your activate your Coreʼs Overdrive.
ORACLE DICE pool, clear 2 Drive Stress. For
every 4-6, Boost 2.
SPEED REF.
▶ CAUSAL SHUNT [0]: One Trailing (6) ally clears
1d6 Drive Stress, then you take the same amount.
▶ TERMINUS [2]: Choose a Trailing (6) character. Max Speed
Their next attack deals 1d6 Impact/Harm instead Speed goes
of its normal value. You can use this power at any from 0-8.
time, even when itʼs not your turn.
▶ RELATIVITY DECAY [3]: Roll 1d6. Prime5 that Gain Speed
many foes within the same amount of Speed. with Boost.

▶ PROPHETIC ELISION [OVERDRIVE]: Gain 5 Lose Speed

ORACLE DICE. You choose their values. on taking
1: Can attack with this 3: On destroying a non-Chaff Impact, or
before or after making a foe, clear 2 Drive Stress. w/ Boost.
normal Boost action.
4: Targets canʼt use powers.
2: Roll 1d6 when enemy 5: Next time target takes
attacks you on your turn. Harm, add +2, then clear this
On 4-6, reflect the attack. status.
STRESS + BURN If your
Speed is…
Starting Speed
(Your choice).
Whenever your Drive Stress exceeds your Burn
Gate (yours is 9), immediately Push Your Limits.
Your Drive Stress resets to 0 when you Clear, > : LEADING
when Combat ends, and when you take Drive
Burn.
< : TRAILING

When you take Drive Burn, choose a permanent

= : MATCHED
Zero Out! Push
Burn Scar and mark it off. When you mark the
! Your Limits to
BURNUP scar, your core is supercharged for this Rally back.
scene only, and then your Revolverʼs story ends.

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 RUNNING TH
This section lists some important GM-facing rules
for running Combat and Ops scenes, as well as a
selection of NPCs from the Hammer-9 Jovian
defense station for use in Operation: “SWALLOW
THE SPEAR” (or your games at home!)
RUNNING COMBAT
During Combat scenes, youʼll control the forces
of the Veil, track their Incursion on local
spacetime, and introduce strategic complications
as necessary in response to Revolversʼ actions.
THE VEIL
The Veil are divided into pattern-groups called
strains. Each strain only has a few important
ratings to track in Combat scenes.
▶ Reach: How much Speed the Veil can “move”
in a single Fold action. The number in
(parentheses) is the max Speed the Veil can
begin a Combat scene at. A Veilʼs speed can
never drop below 1.
▶ Armor: Reduce all Harm from Revolver
attacks by this value.
▶ Presence: The Veil strainʼs ability to fight.
Revolvers deal Harm, which reduces
Presence. Lose it all, and theyʼre destroyed.
The Veil donʼt take turns by default—instead,
whenever a Revolver rolls a 1-5 on an attack,
you can activate a foe of your choice after the
attack resolves. You can also activate foes as part
of an Incursion Turn. No matter what, every foe
only gets a single activation per round.
Veil aCTIONS
The Veil have a similar set of actions to Revolvers,
but use them slightly differently. Hereʼs what they
can do on a given turn.
ONE OF:
▶ Attack: Choose an attack and note its targets.
If theyʼre in range, they take the attackʼs
Impact and associated effects, no roll
required.
▶ Use a power. The Veil donʼt take Drive Stress
for using powers. Powers marked with [P] are
passive and always on, and powers marked
with [R] require a Recharge to use again.
▶ →
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▶ Recharge: Replenish all powers that require
Recharging, enabling them to be used again
next round.
AND OPTIONALLY:
▶ Fold: Gain or lose Speed up to the Veilʼs
Reach rating.
BOSSES
Boss-rank foes work similarly to their lower-rank
counterparts, but use some special rules to
represent their increased threat. Each Boss has a
number of phases, noted by the number in
(parentheses) after their Presence total. Bosses
begin Combat in phase 1, and each time theyʼd
be destroyed, they clear all negative statuses,
regain all Presence, and advance to the next
phase instead. (Excess Harm doesnʼt carry over).
When a Boss loses all Presence in their final
phase, theyʼre destroyed for good.
You can always use an Incursion Move (see
Incursion) to activate a Boss, but you canʼt
activate them normally on Weak Hits or Nulls.
Instead, each Boss has several unique counters
they can respond to those rolls with, which
doesnʼt count as activating an enemy and can be
triggered any number of times per round.
Each counter requires the Boss be in a certain
phase before it can be used, noted by the
number in [brackets] next to the counterʼs name.
Whenever a Boss enters a new phase, they can
immediately use that phaseʼs counter. You can
always use a previous phaseʼs counter instead of
the current one.
VEIL BREACHES
When the Veil are destroyed, they sometimes
leave behind a temporary, volatile portal to V-
Space: a Veil Breach. Veil Breaches have a Speed
(set when theyʼre created and unchangeable
afterwards), but arenʼt characters and canʼt be
targeted by most abilities. Once a Breach is open,
it remains active until the end of the scene, or
until a Revolver closes it with the Seal action.
Left unchecked, Veil Breaches pose a significant
threat: the more active Breaches remain, the
more vulnerable the battlefield becomes to
Incursion from V-Space.
HE GAME
INCURSION STATUSES
Once all Revolvers have taken their turn in a Some effects (from both Revolvers and their foes)
given round, you get to take an Incursion Turn: a inflict statuses, temporary conditions that restrict
chance to activate foes, introduce complications, a characterʼs abilities. Unless a rule specifies
and up the stakes. Incursion turns work like this: otherwise, statuses never stack and always clear
at the end of a characterʼs turn after theyʼre
▶ First, advance the Incursion clock (an 8- applied.
segment clock that starts every Combat
empty) by 1 for each active Veil Breach, to a
max of +3 in a single round. If it ever reaches STATUS REFERENCE
8, the Veil overrun local space and Combat
immediately ends. ▶Disrupted Canʼt use powers.
▶ Then, roll a d6 for each foe destroyed this
round. For each roll of 1-3, open a new Veil Canʼt reduce incoming
Breach within Speed 1 of a foe (your choice). ▶Fractured Impact/Harm in any way.
If there arenʼt any Veil remaining, you canʼt
open new Breaches.
▶Locked Canʼt Boost or Fold.
▶ Finally, use one of the Incursion Moves
below, as long the Incursion clock is equal to
or less than the listed value: Next time target takes
Impact/Harm, it takes +2.
▷ 0-1: ▶Primed Lasts until the target takes
▷ Activate 2 Chaff-rank-rank foes or 1 any Impact/Harm.
Soldier-rank-rank foe.
Accel/Reach becomes 1, canʼt
▷ Activate a Boss-rank foe. ▶Slowed increase above 1.
▷ Deploy 2 Chaff-rank-rank foes or 1
Soldier-rank-rank foe at an active Veil ▶Stunned Canʼt act.
Breach.
▷ Introduce a minor complication.
▶Strained +1 to all Drive Stress gains.
▷ 2-3:
▷ Activate 3 Chaff-rank foes, 2 Soldier-
rank foes, or 1 Elite-rank foe. ▶Weakened -1 to all Impact/Harm dealt.
▷ Deploy 2 Soldier-rank or 4 Chaff-rank
foes at an active Veil Breach.
▷ Introduce a moderate complication.
▷ 4-5:
▷ Activate 2 foes of any type.
▷ Deploy 3 Standard foes or 1 Elite-rank
foe at an active Veil Breach.
▷ Introduce a major complication.
▷ 6-7:
▷ Deploy 1 Boss-rank foe at an active Veil
Breach and immediately activate them.
▷ Introduce a dire complication.

You canʼt use the same Incursion Move two

rounds in a row.

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 RUNNING
THE GAME Cont.
RUNNING OPS
Ops play is all about desperate stakes, tight
timelines, and creative thinking. As the GM, youʼll
set each scene and describe important
objectives, work with the brace to resolve the
outcomes of their plans, and manage the Beat
clock and other essential mechanics.
COSTS AND BONUSES
When Revolvers use their Sparks to make checks
during Ops play, you can impose costs (negative
dice) and grant bonuses (additional dice) on
their rolls if you think the situation calls for it.
Some good reasons to impose costs are:
▶ If a Revolverʼs plan works directly against one
of their Limiters.
▶ If a Revolverʼs plan is extremely risky or
difficult.
▶ If the situation or environment would make
things more challenging.
Good reasons to grant bonuses are:
▶ If a Revolver gets help from someone or
something else, especially a bracemate.
▶ If a Revolverʼs plan is especially clever.
▶ If the situation or environment would turn
things to the braceʼs advantage.
You should always clearly inform players of costs
and bonuses (and the reasons for them) before
they roll a check. In general, both costs and
bonuses should cap out at +/-3 dice—beyond
that, there isnʼt much point in rolling.
Beats are tracked on the Beat clock, an 8-
segment clock that begins every Ops scene
empty. Once all players have decided how they
want to spend the beat, have them roll checks as
necessary, describe the outcomes, and then
advance the Beat clock by 1. When running Ops
play, make sure every member of the brace
has had a chance to act before advancing the
Beat clock!
When tracking both combat and Ops scenes in
the same sitrep, a good rule of thumb is to treat
every 2 rounds of Combat as 1 beat.
CRISES
The stakes of an Ops scene are represented by
Crises: the problems the brace is racing against
the Beat clock to avert. Before an Ops scene
starts, each Crisis is placed on a specific segment
on the Beat clock. At the end of any beat with a
Crisis, that Crisis triggers, with drastic
complications and consequences for the mission
as a whole. If the brace successfully averts a
Crisis via their actions in the narrative, remove it
from the Beat clock.
RUNNING DOWNTIME
The Downtime rules are in the process of revision
and are not included in this Kickstart version.

BEATS
Ops play moves in moments called beats. Beats
donʼt measure any specific length of time—
theyʼre the flashes of action, risk, and resolve that
define the outcomes of a mission. As a general
rule, every narratively-significant action a
Revolver takes during Ops play (usually, this will
be actions that require a check) will take 1 beat
to resolve. More involved actions might take
additional beats, and some actions with follow-
up consequences might require multiple checks
but only take a single Beat. Follow your intuition.

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HAMMER
NPCS
The GMʼs primary role during a mission, in
addition to playing foes and describing scenes, is
giving voice to Hammer: Revolver slang for their
deploying stationʼs network of scientists,
engineers, and strategists. Every stationʼs
Hammer is different, with its own hierarchy (or
lack thereof), values, and tactical specialties.
This section lists a sampling of the people you
might find aboard a Hammer station. Theyʼre
presented to help lend some texture to
Hammerʼs dispatches in both the included
quickstart mission and your own games. Use as
many of them as you like, including none.
REYNA HEED
Microgravity ballistics, superluminal fire control,
outside context armaments.
“You will treat my toys with respect, or you will
learn to fear me above the Veil.”
“Each day you people melt genius into slag at a
frightening rate. I suppose itʼs always worth
watching how you do it this time.”
“Slower, this time. My cameras wonʼt be able to
keep up otherwise.”
“Acceptable. Very much so.”
Grigori Verso
Head quartermaster, colony logistics, inter-
system diplomat.
“Six days; eight freighters; ten asteroids of ice
weʼve gotta haul straight through Veil waters.
Think you can make the math work out,
Revolver?”
“Comms clear, folks, weʼre on a deadline. You
want to gossip, I got a magazine needs writers.
You want to save our colony, you keep your
mouths shut and thrusters open.”
“Watch yourself out there. Weʼve only got so
many of you left.”
“Keep this between you and me, but my sonʼs a
huge fan.”
Ariane Mercer
R-engineering bay, stellar corona metalwork,
leading nicotine consumer station-wide.
“The next time you pull eight hundred gees in
that rig Iʼll have to hose you out of it.”
“Could we just go one whole day without the
flyboy shit, Revolver? For the sake of my blood
pressure? Oh, who am I kidding. Youʼre not
listening anyway.”
“You trying to impress me? Donʼt answer that, I
donʼt want to encourage you.”
“Weʼre getting you home, Revolver. You donʼt
escape an ass-kicking from yours truly that
easily.”
Leonid I
Sole survivor.
“Of course itʼs personal. It should be personal.
The Roil chose us, remade us; our Drives are a
deeper bond than blood. Listen to the song of
your turbine, and youʼll hear every Revolver
across the system sing too.”
“I still hear them in the vacuum. They come to me
in fluctuations: words, phrases, voices, begging
me to return home. But camaraderie canʼt come
before duty.”
“I didnʼt lose a brace that day. I lost three stars in
my sky; three songs Iʼll never be able to sing
again.”
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 OPERATION:
THE SPEAR
In Operation: SWALLOW THE SPEAR, the brace
will move to retake a beleaguered freighter under
attack from the Veil—only to discover the stakes
surrounding it are higher than anyone could have
imagined. This mission will give a comprehensive
introduction to INFINITE REVOLUTIONʼs systems,
setting, and tone, and is designed for a brace of 2
to 4 Revolvers to complete in 1-3 sessions.
Some of the enemy rosters and clock options in
this mission have three numbers separated by
/slashes/ (eg, 1/2/3). Each number (in order)
corresponds to an option balanced for 2, 3, or 4-
player groups, respectively. Use the one that fits
your group size, or tune them up or down to
adjust the challenge on-the-fly.
BRIEFING
T-5 days: Veil attacks have been increasing in
frequency and intensity along the 7th distal arc of
the Jovian Belt. These movements are too
focused to be random, but HAMMERʼs attempts
to discern a broader strategy have so far been
inconclusive.
T-1 hour: The Veil launch an en-route assault on
the PRS Blue Marigold, a pre-Blackout-era
autofreighter—a borderline derelict by modern
shiptech standards, itʼs one of the many hulks
that have undergone hasty repairs to transport
materials to the front. After disabling the
Marigoldʼs defenses, reports indicate the Veil
have “cocooned” the entire ship and have begun
physically transporting it away, towards the
Saturnian rim. A nearby patrol frigate, Last Days
of Winter, responds to the Blue Marigoldʼs
automated distress beacon and is severely
damaged in the ensuing battle with the Veil.
T-17 minutes: The 9th Saturnian brace “Skylight
Burning” is briefed and deployed as a support-
intercept team. Their objective is to repel the Veil
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from the Blue Marigold, divert its course from the
Jovian threshold, and recover any survivors from
Last Days of Winter. If the Blue Marigold is stolen
by the Veil, nearby colonies and Revolver
installations will be without basic supplies for
weeks to months.
T-4 minutes: The brace is breathlessly hailed by
Darshana Beck, acting captain of the Last Days of
Winter. She paints a grim picture: their life
support and primary power are both ravaged,
and the rest of the ship hasnʼt fared much better.
The Veil have refocused their attention on the
Blue Marigold now that the frigate is no longer a
threat, but not before lashing out and destroying
any attempts to launch escape pods. Survivors
from the pods have been left floating stranded in
the black, at the mercy of dwindling integrated
air. They—and the rest of the Last Daysʼ crew—
will need evac, and soon.
T-11 seconds: Hammer gives the alert: Breaches
active. Multiple Veil signatures on hard intercept
trajectory. They know youʼre coming, and theyʼre
trying to cut you down before you get there.
Donʼt let them.
SITREP 1: BREAKTHROUGH
Combat: Veil Ambush
Begin the Combat with the following foe roster:
▶Yarrow-Strain x4/5/6
▶Ivy-Strain x2/3/4
▶Rose-Strain x1/2/2
Combat ends when all Veil have been destroyed
and all breaches have been sealed.
This shouldnʼt be an especially difficult encounter,
and should help let your players learn the ropes
before the stakes start ratcheting up.
SWALLOW
SITREP 2: MEASURE
ONCE/CUT TWICE
With the ambush dealt with, Skylight Burning
closes in. Proximity scans reveal spirals of
corroded wreckage, multiple active breaches, and
scattered biosignatures, pinpoints in the dark.
The Blue Marigold is a fast-fading silhouette,
barely recognizable beneath filaments of searing
unlight, and the Veil swarm its hull.
Two ships, two conflicting objectives, and not
nearly enough time. The Blue Marigold is
wrapped in Veil cryofilaments and is being
rapidly pulled away from the Last Days of Winter,
which means the brace will need to choose how
and where to divide their efforts, or get very
creative. Emphasize to your players that while
they might be able to save both ships, they canʼt
be in two places at once.
Once the brace is briefed, add three Crises to the
Beat Clock: “OXYGEN DWINDLES” at segment 3,
“FREIGHTER LOST” at segment 6, and “FRIGATE
COLLAPSE” at segment 8.
When the “OXYGEN DWINDLES” Crisis triggers,
the escape-pod castaways around the Last Days
of Winter have run out of reserve air. Panicked
cries over wideband comms slowly fade to eerie,
frozen silence. The brace can avert this Crisis by
rescuing the castaways or providing alternative
means of life support.
When the “FREIGHTER LOST” Crisis triggers, the
Blue Marigold has been pulled beyond the
unlight curtain into Veil-corrupted space. Any
attempts to follow it would be charging headfirst
into enemy territory. The brace can avert this
Crisis by successfully driving off the Veil escort
party and diverting the ship (see Combat: Veil
Escort and Ops: Divert the Freighter).
When the “LIFE SUPPORT FAILS” Crisis triggers,
the Last Days of Winterʼs reserve power gives
out, and the ship will begin to depressurize and
tear itself apart. Any crew who havenʼt been
evacuated or otherwise shielded will be flung
into the black by explosive decompression—if
the debris or igniting coolant donʼt get them
first. The brace can avert this Crisis by stabilizing
the Last Days of Winter, or by fully completing
the “SAVE THE CREW” Objective clock (see Ops:
Save the Frigate).
Sitrep OBJECTIVE 1:
BLUE MARIGOLD
Combat: Veil Escort
To recover the Blue Marigold, the brace will need
to deal with its escort first: a mass of crystalline
Veil-spores that swarm around it like seething
turbulence.
Begin Combat with the following foe roster:
▶Yarrow-Strain x6/8/10
▶Lantana-Strain x2/4/4
▶Orchid-Strain x2/2/3
The Blue Marigold itself is an immovable object
at Speed 6 and is immune to all damage and
effects. Both Revolvers and Veil can use its bulk
as cover—whenever a character attacks a target
Matched to the freighter, roll 1d6. On a 1-3, the
attack deals half Impact or Harm, rounded down.
This effect doesnʼt apply if both the attacker and
target are Matched at Speed 6.
End the Combat when any of the following
conditions are met:
▶ When all Veil have been destroyed and all
Breaches are contained.
▶ When the “FREIGHTER LOST” Crisis triggers.
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 Ops: Divert the Freighter
If the escort is successfully driven off, the brace
will still need to divert the Blue Marigoldʼs course
to prevent it from crossing the unlight curtain.
Start a 4/5/7-segment Objective clock labeled
“STOP THE SHIP”.
Complicating the braceʼs efforts is the Blue
Marigoldʼs cocoon of writhing Veil cryomass,
which grants its already-immense mass a
physics-defying amount of additional inertia.
Attempts to progress the STOP THE SHIP clock
cost 3 dice until the cryomass is removed. This
can be done using direct force—energy weapons
are effective [+1 bonus]—but other, less obvious
methods may be even more efficient.
When the STOP THE SHIP clock is filled, the Blue
Marigold is saved—the brace can spend
remaining beats recovering the survivors from
the Last Days of Winter, but rejoining the frigate
after chasing down the Blue Marigold requires 1
full beatʼs worth of travel before theyʼre in range
to help.
Sitrep OBJECTIVE 2:
LAST DAYS OF WINTER
Ops: Save the Frigate
The Last Days of Winter is rapidly deteriorating.
Her hull is heavily damaged—eaten through by
Veil corrosion—and several of her key arterials
are leaking oxygen, coolant, and fuel. Her main
weapons battery is mostly intact, but lacks
power—every spare joule of reserve is being
funneled into sustaining what life support
systems remain. Word from Engineering (whatʼs
left of them) is that the ship isnʼt a lost cause yet,
but will be soon barring immediate and drastic
repairs—repairs they donʼt have the resources or
manpower to make. Captain Beck will assist from
her post however she can, but has no interest in
leaving the ship until all survivors are accounted
for.
Once the brace is briefed, start a 6/8/10-segment
Objective clock labeled “SAVE THE CREW”. If the
“OXYGEN DWINDLES” Crisis triggers or has
already triggered, black out two segments on
this clock—you canʼt save everyone, anymore.
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Physically recovering crew members (whether
from the bowels of the Last Days or the floating
wreckage of their escape pods) isnʼt enough—to
progress the SAVE THE CREW clock, the brace
will also need a safe place to evacuate them to.
Hammerʼs scans reveal there are no other ships
or stations within range for anyone but a
Revolver. Encourage creativity with what is
there—if the players seem stumped, remind
them they can always query Hammer.
If the brace decides to fix the Last Days before itʼs
too late, start a second 4/5/7-segment Objective
clock labeled “REPAIRS". Resources are very
limited, and the brace will have to scrounge and
scrape to get what they need— rolls to progress
this clock cost [2]. When the REPAIRS clock is
filled, the Last Daysʼ power and oxygen routing
are stabilized, and she is no longer in imminent
danger of destruction. Remove the “FRIGATE
COLLAPSE” Crisis from the Beat clock.
If the REPAIRS clock is filled and the OXYGEN
DWINDLES Crisis has been resolved (successfully
or not), immediately fill the SAVE THE CREW
clock—the situation on board is stable, at least
for now. After thanking the Brace profusely,
Captain Beck will offer use of the Last Days of
Winterʼs ship-to-ship weapons in attempts to
reclaim the Blue Marigold. For the rest of Sitrep 2,
any member of the brace can signal a frigate
strike at the end of a Combat round (see below).
▶Terajoule Arc Lance: Choose a Speed. Destroy up to
1d6+1 Veil at that Speed. Canʼt be used two rounds in a row.
SITREP AFTERMATH
Once the Beat clock fills or all objectives have
been resolved, play out events as follows.
The Last Days of Winter
If the SAVE THE CREW clock is…
▶Empty: No survivors. Captain Beck is the last
to go, cursing the brace and the Veil before the
frigate collapses into a pile of depressurizing
wreckage.
▶Under half: Only a scattered few remain.
▶Over half: Most of the crew is safe. The losses
could have been so much worse.
▶Full: You saved everyone you could. It wasnʼt
everyone, but it was more than anyone could
hope for.
If any survivors of the LDOW remain, Hammer
will coordinate a rendezvous and extraction.
The Blue Marigold
If the Blue Marigold is…
▶Secured: Cursory examination of the freighter
reveals paraspatial anomalies along her length,
concentrated in the aft section. Hammer requests
the brace investigate. Doing so reveals the Veilʼs
interest in the ship: the Marigold is old enough to
have a dormant but mostly-intact V-drive, which
was never properly decommissioned in the
scramble to get the old hauler functional again.
Begin Sitrep 3A.
▶Lost: The freighter is gone, swallowed by the
sheening weft of the Unlight Curtain. Baryon
oscillations fuzz and flicker. For a moment, you
feel a deep, abiding sense of dread. Begin Sitrep
3B.
SITREP 3A: CATCH
THE FALLING KNIFE
The Blue Marigoldʼs V-Drive housing is already
heavily corroded: a stadium-diameter sphere of
tungsten girdering, shot through with fissures
and rimed over with frost. Inside, nestled in
concentric rings of warped and broken resonance
trusses, is the V-Drive itself, two halves of a
sphere fused around a surreal hard-edged glow
of a perfect emitter. The light around it doesnʼt
scatter, isnʼt absorbed or refracted—it settles on
the air in arresting whitebody shards, winking out
and back in an unsteady heartbeat.
Hammerʼs consensus is swift and unanimous: the
Drive is damaged beyond repair and at risk of
criticality. If the core isnʼt disposed of or
otherwise handled, it will rupture and self-
annihilate, sending antipolar echoes across Prima
Sol for millions of miles—a blazing beacon for
the Veil.
Skylight Burning needs to stop it. Fast.
There are a myriad of ways to dispose of the V-
Core. Few are guaranteed. Even fewer are safe.
▶ Hammer-9ʼs heuristics recommend disposal in
Jupiterʼs gravity well—the immense forces
involved will destroy the perfect emitter and
contain the resulting antipolar eruption. Veil
vwill likely be attracted to the V-Drive even in
its decaying state, and the extreme gravity will
make Revolver combat difficult.
▶ A nearby shipyard and research station,
Hammer Auxiliary SY-2, also reports they
have facilities to repair and disarm the V-core.
This will take time, and will likely put their
station under threat of Veil attack—they ask
the brace to defend them as they work.
▶ As a path of last resort, Hammer-9 also
projects a Revolver could synchronize their
Drive with the V-Core, overloading it and
canceling any antipolarity with their own
radiative energy. This would decompose both
parties at the atomic level—instant, mutual
annihilation.
Once the brace has made their decision and is
preparing to depart, another dispatch hits their
entanglement comms, priority code
ONYX_ALPHA:
The Veil are massing for a spearhead attack on
Methusula-4, one of the 9 key Jovian bunker
colonies. Theyʼre detecting Breach traces
materializing en masse, with ambush forces
already dispatched to occupy their embedded
Revolvers. The colony is in the midst of extensive
construction and is in no shape to repel a full-
scale Veil assault. They need help.
Weapons systems, fortifications, flash-repairs,
scouting—anything you can provide, in whatever
time they have before the atack. If Methusula-4
falls, the ring of protection around the Jovian belt
shatters, leaving a glaring weak spot the Veil will
exploit to the fullest—a weakness Humanity
cannot afford.
The attack on the freighter was a clever
misdirection. Now, the Veil prepare to make
their move in earnest.
After a short span of tense silence, a third
dispatch: Hammer SY-2 has a proposal. Their
scientists could, in theory, rig the V-core for
inverse rupture, creating a short-lived paracausal
"membrane" that would, in theory, attract and
swallow most of Veil spearpoint like an enormous
net before collapsing back to antireality.
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 If your players think of another, unlisted
solution to the V-Core, lean into their
creativity! Donʼt be afraid to introduce
complications, but as long as itʼs reasonably likely
within the fiction, reward their planning and
moxie.
Once the Brace is briefed, add two Crises to the
Beat clock: “V-CORE DETONATES” at segment 4,
and “COLONY ATTACK” at segment 8.
When the “V-CORE DETONATES” Crisis triggers,
the Veil will flood the local sector, drawn by the
antipolar rupture. Any nearby ships and
settlements will be subsumed in a blink, and
any Revolvers involved in escorting the Drive will
need to fight their way out. If the V-Core
detonates while itʼs in Jupiterʼs orbit for disposal,
mark 1 point of reinforcements for Sitrep 4 as
even more Veil are drawn to the spearhead. The
Brace can avert this crisis by successfully
disposing of or disarming the V-Core.
When the “COLONY ATTACK” Crisis triggers,
immediately end the Sitrep and begin Sitrep 4.
There is no way to avert this Crisis—youʼll have to
face it head on.
Sitrep OBJECTIVE 1:
unstable v-core
If the Brace decides to dispose of or otherwise
handle the V-Core, here are some considerations
to keep in mind:
▶ The Veil will be attracted to the Core wherever
it goes, and will attempt to subsume it and
cause a rupture. (See Combat: Bait and
Switch)
▶ Traveling into the Jovian well consumes 1 full
beatʼs worth of time each way.
Combat: Bait and Switch
Begin Combat with the following foe roster,
regardless of where the brace takes the V-Core:
▶Lantana-Strain x6/8/10
▶Iris-Strain x2/4/4
▶Foxglove-Strain x2/2/3
If the brace decides to dispose of the V-Core
manually:
Start two 3-segment clocks labeled “CORE
RUPTURE” and “CORE DISPOSAL”. The V-Core
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starts Combat deployed Matched to any
Revolver, and moves with them when they Boost
(but not when they take Impact).
At the end of each round, if a core is Matched to
a Revolver and isnʼt isnʼt Matched to any Veil,
advance the “CORE DISPOSAL” clock by 1. If the
core is Matched to a Veil and isnʼt Matched to
any Revolvers, advance the “CORE RUPTURE”
clock by 1. If the core is Matched to both, itʼs
contested; donʼt advance either clock.
End the Combat when either of the “CORE
RUPTURE” or “CORE DISPOSAL” clocks fill.
If the brace is manually disposing of the V-Core
in the Jovian well, all Boosts are at -1 (minimum
1) due to the planetʼs immense gravity. Revolvers
can take 2 Drive Stress to ignore this restriction
for a turn. The Veil can freely translate through
exotic topology and have no such issue.
If the brace decide to bring the V-Core to
Hammer-SY2:
Theyʼll need to hold out while the technicians
disarm or retool the V-Core. Start a 4-segment
clock labeled “STATION DAMAGE”. The station
itself is an object at Speed 3—If a Veil hits it with
any attack, advance the “STATION DAMAGE”
clock by 1. If a Revolver is Matched to the station,
the Veil will always prioritize them.
At the start of rounds 2 and 4, deploy Ivy-Strain
x4 and Iris-Strain x1 as reinforcements (in
addition to any reinforcements via Incursion).
End the Combat when the “STATION DAMAGE”
clock fills (failure), or when 4 rounds have elapsed
(success).
If the brace ignore the V-Core and leave it as-
is:
The Veilʼs jaws snap shut on the local sector. The
Coreʼs detonation wonʼt just signal a weakpoint
in humanityʼs defenses, itʼll contain enough
energy for the Veil to tear a fresh combat force
into the region, ready and waiting to flank the
brace. If any survivors remain on the Last Days,
they—and their ships, their weapons, the
Hammer medics tending to their wounded and
dead—will be caught in the antipolar
entanglement and repurposed. [This will cause
additional complications in Sitrep 4.]
Sitrep OBJECTIVE 2:
METHUSULA-4
The atmosphere in the colonyʼs hab-dome is one
of barely-restrained panic. Thereʼs too much to
do and not enough time for any human to pull it
off. Good thing youʼre Revolvers.
If the brace decides to help bolster Methusula-4ʼs
defenses, start a 6/8/10-segment Objective clock
labeled “PREPARE THE COLONY”, then roll or pick
3 items from Table: Methusula-4 Resources (pg
44)—these are points of interest on the colony
that might be useful in the assault. Itʼs up to the
brace how they leverage them (if at all! Thereʼs
plenty to do beyond whatʼs listed here), but as
always, reward creativity.
Filling the “PREPARE THE COLONY” clock will
determine the intensity of the final Veil assault. If
the brace manages to fully fill the clock
(impressive), Methusula-4 is as ready as it can
get. Take a deep breath, say your prayers, and
begin Sitrep 4.
SITREP 3B: BREAK THE
BLADE IN YOUR TEETH
As the brace picks up the pieces of the previous
sitrep, a new dispatch hits their entanglement
comms, priority ONYX_ALPHA. Live feed from
Methusula-4, one of the key Jovian bunker
colonies:
At first glance, it looks like a brand-new star in
the sky. The black above the colony is pierced by
a shimmering fleck of blue-yellow and red-green,
swirling like an oil slick on water. It looks almost
beautiful, serene. But the longer you look, even
through the grainy video, the more your Drive
feels like itʼs spinning off its axis—itʼs an error in
your center of gravity, a twist in your gut that
pulls tighter with each passing moment.
A massive, metastable Veil breach, orders and
orders of magnitude larger than the usual
pinholes—nascent, still emerging, but expanding
rapidly. Surrounding it, thousands of glistered
fragments bloom and bloom like fresh buds; the
Veil are massing, pouring from the microbreaches
surrounding the anomaly. This is the gathering of
an army, a spearhead strike at one of the anchors
of the Jovian belt.
The attack on the freighter was a clever
misdirection. Now, the Veil prepare to make
their move in earnest.
Hammer-9 relays the situation in full: the good
news, such as it is, is that a breach of this size and
power doesnʼt come from nowhere. It needs fuel,
a source— either an absurd amount of mass-
energy or a high-intensity entropy emitter.
Somethingʼs in there, beyond the oily sheen of
fractured spacetime. Something is causing this.
By Hammerʼs heuristics, this affords the brace a
brief window of opportunity: dive the breach
before it opens, destroy its heart, and get
back out before it collapses in full. Itʼs as
simple as it is absurdly, desperately dangerous—
but leaving it unchecked will likely be worse.
The bad news is the megabreach is far from the
Skylight Burningʼs only problem. In addition to
the looming threat it poses on its own, the slow-
growing maw is surrounded by a small legion of
“conventional” Veil forces. Methusula-4 is in the
midst of extensive construction and is in no
shape to repel a full-scale assault. They need
help. Weapons systems, fortifications, flash-
repairs, scouting—anything you can provide, in
whatever time they have before the Veil fully
mobilize. If the colony falls, the ring of protection
around the Jovian belt will shatter, leaving a
glaring weak spot the Veil will exploit to the
fullest—a weakness Humanity cannot afford.
Youʼll need to do everything you can to prepare
before the Veil launch their assault. Make those
seconds count.
Once the brace is briefed, add two Crises to the
Beat clock: “THE MAW OPENS” at segment 4,
and “COLONY ATTACK” at segment 6.
When “THE MAW OPENS” Crisis triggers, the
megabreach has fully stabilized and can no
longer be closed. It hangs like an inverted sun,
pulsing with the strength of a vast heartbeat. Its
surface is glassy-still—but how long will that last?
[This will cause additional complications in
Sitrep 4.] The brace can avert this Crisis by
diving the breach and destroying its heart,
preventing it from manifesting.
When the “COLONY ATTACK” Crisis triggers,
immediately end this Sitrep and begin Sitrep 4.
There is no way to avert this Crisis—youʼll have
to face it head on.
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 Sitrep OBJECTIVE 1:
THE MAW
If the brace decides to dive the megabreach, its
glassy surface shudders, then crackles—then
swallows them hungrily with an ear-popping
static hiss.
V-Space is a fractalline Impressionist nightmare, a
swirl of impossible non-colors and gale-force
static winds, shot through by a massive webbed
superstructure that stretches out in all directions
(3-dimensional and otherwise). It is cold. It is so,
so horribly cold.
The web is made of the same oily something as
Veil-strains themselves. Touching it fills you with
exhaustion and numbing fire as your Drive works
furiously to counter the hungry anti-light. The
strands arenʼt distributed evenly—they thicken as
they flow towards a central stalk, a spiraling
cocoon-growth enveloping a hulk of flickering
wreckage: the remains of the Blue Marigold.
After its capture and assimilation, the Blue
Marigold is a warped shell of its former self, but
the shuddering black light at its inverted core is
still recognizable. A V-drive. The Veil are using
the freighterʼs ancient jump core to fuel the
megabreach. Youʼll need to close the distance
and destroy it.
Ops: The Blue Marigold, Reprise
Once the brace is briefed, start a 3/4/5-segment
Objective clock labeled “FIND THE HEART”.
Theyʼll need to navigate the Blue Marigoldʼs
depths to find its V-Drive housing before itʼs too
late, but V-Space makes pathfinding anything but
straightforward:
▶ Distances have been turned all inside-out and
non-Riemannian. From the outside, the
Marigold is a confusing patchwork of what
are clearly fuel tanks, cavernous hangars, and
maintenance arteries. Get close enough, and
youʼll suddenly find yourself in the bowels of
the ship, secluded from open space.
▶ Rooms occasionally open into themselves.
Move fast enough, and you might be able to
see yourself—or at least something that looks
like you—leaving.
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▶ Walls and floors have their materials swapped
at random. Occasionally youʼll find yourself
walking on a carpet of airlock doors,
sporadically opening and shutting beneath
you.
▶ As the brace delves deeper(?) into the
Marigold, their surroundings grow more
overtly hostile: rooms are filled with Veil
filaments, half-broken machines erupt from
the walls, passageways constrict like
intestines.
When the “FIND THE HEART” clock fills, the brace
has found the Blue Marigoldʼs V-Drive, which has
been totally colonized by the Veil web that
permeates its outside. The V-Core itself hovers in
the center, a broken-mirror amalgam of
machinery and unlight flowers, wrapped around
an unblinking dark eye of defiled spacetime. It
can be destroyed with massive amounts of
conventional force (slow), a focused burst of
Drive energy (dangerous; all brace members
Push Their Limits) or other, creative means.
If the brace successfully destroys the V-Core, the
breach begins to collapse. The web around the
Blue Marigold shudders and unravels, and for the
first time, the brace can feel a hint of warmth
again. Following the feeling will lead them back
to Jovian space—but not before the Veil unleash
one last horror.
As the brace races to the breachʼs terminus, a
shadow falls across them from every axis at once.
The web-structure has begun to weave itself
together again, motion birthing form: a flailing
mass of seething unlight tendrils coiled around a
vantablack maw, with rows of endless jagged
spikes spiraling down into infinity. You feel the
soundless roar of its presence in your blood, in
your bones—if the Veil can feel rage, this is it.
Combat: THE COCOON
Begin Combat with the following foe roster:
▶THE COCOON x1/x1/x1
If the brace destroy THE COCOON within 3
rounds or are at Speed 4 or higher when round 3
ends, they successfully escape. If any Revolver
ends round 3 lower than Speed 4 and THE
COCOON hasnʼt been destroyed, they are
dragged into the depths of V-Space and
swallowed forever by the breach.
THE COCOON
BASIC INFO
▶ROLE: Malignant Growth ▶ARMOR: 0
▶RANK: Boss ▶REACH: 1(1)
▶PRESENCE: 25 (1)
ATTACKS
▶ LASH: Hits 1 Leading (4) target for 3 Harm.
Ignores Weight.
▶ STRANGLE: Hits ∞ Leading (6) targets for 1
Harm. Targets must Save or be Slowed.
▶ DEVOUR: Hits 1 Matched target for 1 Drive
Burn.
POWERS
▶ VOID FILAMENTS [P]: The Cocoonʼs attacks
leave VOID FILAMENTS at any Speed they hit a
Revolver. The filaments are destroyed on taking
any Harm or if a Revolver Boosts through them
(if the latter, they interrupt the Boost and deal 1
Impact each).
▶ DEVOURER PULSE: Choose up to 3 VOID
FILAMENTS in order—they pulse with hungry
energy in that order. Each pulse deals 2 Impact to
all Revolvers Matched to that filament.
▶ SOUNDLESS SCREAM: Detonate all VOID
FILAMENTS. Each filament deals 1 Impact to all
Revolvers within Speed 1 of itself, ignoring
Weight.
COUNTERS
▶ ENDLESS WEB [1]: Create 3 VOID
FILAMENTS at any Speed without a Revolver.
TACTICS
Saturates the battlefield with VOID FILAMENTS,
then uses them to funnel targets into its gaping
maw.
If the brace successfully escapes the megabreach,
they can use their remaining beats to help
reinforce Methusula-4 before the Veil attack.
Sitrep OBJECTIVE 2:
METHUSULA-4
The atmosphere in the colonyʼs hab-dome is one
of barely-restrained panic. Thereʼs too much to
do and not enough time for any human to pull it
off. Good thing youʼre Revolvers.
If the brace decides to help bolster Methusula-4ʼs
defenses, start a 6/8/10-segment Objective clock
labeled “PREPARE THE COLONY”, then roll or pick
3 items from Table: Methusula-4 Resources (pg
44)—these are points of interest on the colony
that might be useful in the assault. Itʼs up to the
brace how they leverage them (if at all! Thereʼs
plenty to do beyond whatʼs listed here), but as
always, reward creativity.
Filling the “PREPARE THE COLONY” clock will
determine the intensity of the final Veil assault. If
the brace manages to fully fill the clock
(impressive), Methusula-4 is as ready as it can
get.
Take a deep breath, say your prayers, and begin
Sitrep 4.
SITREP 4: SWALLOW
THE SPEAR
Methusula-4 has run out of time. All at once, the
spear surges into motion.
On the sat feeds, the Veil first resolve as a
smudge, a scattering of dead pixels on the
background of the black. Only gravimetric
analysis even gets close to the real picture:
somewhere in that tiny blob is a moonʼs worth of
mass, a colossal central body with hundreds of
smaller strains swarming its surface. As the brace
approaches, they donʼt seem to get any closer,
and yet the Veil-amalgam grows, and grows, and
grows, til it swallows the horizon.
A Lotus-Strain. Hammerʼs records are scant but
terrifying. This is the closest thing the Veil have
demonstrated as a battlefield commander, an
existential threat unto itself—and itʼs brought an
army with it.
Up close, itʼs clear this Lotus-Strain isnʼt one of
the abstract geometric forms typical of the Veil.
The spires that protrude from its core are clearly
recognizable as manmade structures, facsimile
skyscrapers and houses hewn from pearlescent
osteomaterial. Damaging the exostructures
reveals a yawning non-Euclidean interior, where
smaller Veil circulate like blood cells through an
artery.
This is it. Hold the line, or the colony falls.
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 FINAL COMBAT: ▶ If the brace let the Blue Marigoldʼs V-Core
SAVE THE COLONY detonate in Sitrep 3A, the following foes
arrive to pincer them at the end of the second
The initial foe roster for this Combat depends on round of Combat:
the progress of the “PREPARE THE COLONY” ▶ Lantana-Strain x4/6/8
clock from Sitrep 3. ▶ Orchid-Strain x2/2/2
▶ Foxglove-Strain x1/2/2
If the PREPARE THE COLONY clock is…
▶Empty: Massive casualties. The Veil pour in like ▶ If the brace failed to close the megabreach
a tide. Use the following Combat roster: in Sitrep 3B, it inverts on itself, collapsing
▶ Yarrow-Strain x10/12/14 under its own energy but expelling a torrent
▶ Iris-Strain x1/2/2 of horrors as it does. Add the following to the
▶ Rose-Strain x1/2/2 initial foe roster:
▶ Foxglove-Strain x1/3/3 ▶ THE COCOON (pg 37) x1/1/1
▶ Lotus-Strain x1/1/1 ▶ Rose-Strain x2/3/4

▶Under half: All of the outlying colony habs ▶ If the brace has brought the rigged V-Core
and defenses are lost, but theyʼve managed to from Sitrep 3A as a counterweapon, start a
buy you some time. Use the following Combat 3-segment clock labeled “CORE BACKFIRE”.
roster: Treat the core as an ally that starts Matched
▶ Yarrow-Strain x8/10/12 to a Revolver and can move with them as they
▶ Iris-Strain x1/1/1 Boost (but not when they take Impact). If the
▶ Rose-Strain x1/2/2 V-Core takes any Impact from attacks,
▶ Foxglove-Strain x1/2/2 advance the “CORE BACKFIRE” clock by 1. If
▶ Lotus-Strain x1/1/1 the clock fills, the core is destroyed and
advances the Incursion clock by 4 unless a
▶Over half: The colonists meet the Veil at Revolver takes 3 Drive Burn to absorb the
Methusula-4ʼs edge—thereʼs casualties, but they antipolar eruption. If allowed to fully arm, the
hold the line. Use the following Combat roster: core detonates at the end of round 4,
▶ Yarrow-Strain x8/10/12 destroying all non-boss Veil and sealing all
▶ Rose-Strain x1/2/2 Veil Breaches.
▶ Foxglove-Strain x1/1/1
▶ Lotus-Strain x1/1/1 End the Combat when any of the following
conditions are met:
▶Full: Your planning pays off. The Veil are
shredded by the colonyʼs improvised defenses ▶ All Veil have been destroyed and all Veil
with minimal losses. They enter the fight Breaches have been sealed (VICTORY)
significantly weakened. Use the following
Combat roster: ▶ The Incursion Clock reaches 8, or no
▶ Yarrow-Strain x6/8/10 Revolvers remain to fight (DEFEAT)
▶ Rose-Strain x1/1/1
▶ Foxglove-Strain x1/1/1
▶ Lotus-Strain x1/1/1

Skylight Burningʼs actions in previous Sitreps also

influence this Combat:

▶ If the brace fully repaired the Last Days of

Winter in Sitrep 2 and recovered all her crew,
Captain Beck returns to lend long-spool fire
support. The brace gains a single use of
Terajoule Arc Lance at the end of any
Combat round:
▶Terajoule Arc Lance: Choose a Speed. Destroy up to
1d6+1 Veil at that Speed. Canʼt be used two rounds in a row.

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 signals, the yawning void of the incalculable
EPILOGUE: while the dead…

SUN still SHINES
If the brace successfully repels the spearhead
assault:
Your Drives howl. Your weapons sing. The void of
the sky is thick with smoke and fission-trails and
splining unlight death. Microseconds dilate to
seconds dilate to minutes to hours, the
hellrhythm of combat thundering in your ears—
And as you forge a path of light through the
wave of death, the Veil break against you. The
spearhead shatters, the breaches flicker out, and
the Unlight Tide is routed. Youʼve done the
impossible, and untold millions will keep their
lives because of it.
And then, like the crack of an ignition, scattered
blades of light erupt against the black. Pod after
pod flash-sublimates to R-STATE like a
constellation of fresh-born stars, shining with
familiar prismatic radiance. Hammer comms is
flooded with equal-balanced urgency and awe:
RS-Intervention squads en route, stations
prepped, contingencies ready. This isnʼt the end.
Until the galaxy dies—
Until the sun goes out—
Until the last human gasps their last breath—
The Roil will still burn.

The colony, of course, canʼt spare much to

MISSION
celebrate. Thereʼs repairs to make, rebuilds to
plan, and plenty dead to mourn. But even so—
COMPLETE
Even so, the atmosphere in Methusla-4 is
brighter than when you arrived. Youʼve shown
them hope. Reassurance that life will go on, even
in the face of all this. They arenʼt dead yet.

The Veil will come again, and when they do,

Revolvers like you will stand to face the darkness,
spinning fast and bright and brilliant forever,
towards the future Humanity deserves.

If the brace fails to repel the assault:

Methusula-4 falls.

As the Veil strike the reactor at its central truss,

the colony splits in two, then four, then twelve,
collapsing into uncountable fragments. Silent
explosions bloom as power arterials are torn to
pieces by the swell of Jupiterʼs gravity, and
fractured hab-spools and reinforcement anchors
drift through the darkness, rimed with Veilfrost.

Escape pods flicker out across the Jovian belt in

spider-trails of high-G launches. Hammer
entanglement comms buzz with grim chatter,
coordinating extractions. They try as best they
can to focus on the living—not the choked I-
love-yous and shattered habs and desperate SOS

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 MISSION AP
VEIL STRAINS LANTANA-STRAIN
BASIC INFO
Presented by rank and order of appearance.
▶ROLE: M.A.D ▶ARMOR: 0
▶RANK: Chaff ▶REACH: 3(3)
YARROW-STRAIN ▶PRESENCE: 3
BASIC INFO ATTACKS
▶ROLE: Massed Attack ▶ARMOR: 0 ▶ PURSUE: Hits 1 target within Speed 1 for 2
▶RANK: Chaff ▶REACH: 2(2) Impact. Can immediately blink to targetʼs ending
▶PRESENCE: 1 Speed after use.
ATTACKS POWERS
▶ OVERGROW: Hits ∞ Matched targets for 0 ▶ ANTIMATTER BLOOM [P]: When a Lantana-
Impact. +1 Impact for each Matched Yarrow- Strain is destroyed, Matched Revolvers take 3
strain. Impact.
POWERS ▶ CATALYZE [R]: All Revolvers within Speed 2
must Save or be Primed.
▶ MULTIPLICITY [P]: When the GM would
create or activate a Chaff-rank foe, they may TACTICS
create or activate two Yarrow-Strains instead Pursues for maximum disruption with Catalyze
(does not apply to initial rosters). and Antimatter Bloom—does not retreat or self-
▶ SUBSPACE RIPPLE: Fold 1. All other Yarrow- preserve.
Strains may also Fold 1.
TACTICS ROSE-STRAIN
Coordinates to sync Speeds with other Yarrow- BASIC INFO
Strains, then attacks in an overwhelming swarm.
Multiplicity allows for rapid resupply through ▶ROLE: Brawler ▶ARMOR: 1
Veil Breaches. ▶RANK: Soldier ▶REACH: 4(4)
▶PRESENCE: 7

IVY-STRAIN
BASIC INFO
▶ROLE: Distraction/Disruption ▶ARMOR: 0
▶RANK: Chaff ▶REACH: 3(8)
▶PRESENCE: 2
ATTACKS
▶ CONSTRICT: Deals 3 Impact to 1 Matched
target. Ignores Weight. Can only be used if
target is EMBRACED.
POWERS
▶ DISTORTION HELIX [P]: Attacks against the
Ivy-Strain from non-Matched sources cost 2.
▶ EMBRACE: Choose a Matched Revolver and
EMBRACE them. While EMBRACED, the target is
permanently Weakened and Slowed, and the
Ivy-Strain gains and loses Speed as they do,
moving with them. The Ivy-Strain can only
EMBRACE one target at a time.
TACTICS
Seeks target and uses Embrace to lock them
down, then Constricts them until destroyed.
ATTACKS
▶ CLEAVE: Deals 3 Impact to ∞ Matched targets.
▶ SHEAR: Deals 2 Impact to 1 Leading(3) target,
and all targets Matched to them.
POWERS
▶ THORNS [P]: Whenever the Rose-Strain takes
Harm, all Matched Revolvers take 1 Impact.
▶ PIROUETTE: Fold. All Revolvers the Rose-
Strain passes take 1 Impact, then one Matched
Revolver at the Rose-Strainʼs ending Speed takes
3 Impact.
▶VOID PETALS: Choose Leading (3) or Trailing
(3). All Revolvers in that band take 1 Impact,
ignoring Weight.
TACTICS
Gets in close with Pirouette, then wreaks havoc
with Cleave. Uses Shear and Void Petals for
evasive targets.

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ORCHID-STRAIN FOXGLOVE-STRAIN
BASIC INFO BASIC INFO
▶ROLE: Drive Saboteur ▶ARMOR: 0 ▶ROLE: Assassin ▶ARMOR: 0
▶RANK: Soldier ▶REACH: 3(8) ▶RANK: Elite ▶REACH: 4(8)
▶PRESENCE: 6 ▶PRESENCE: 8
ATTACKS ATTACKS
▶ SWELTER: Deals 2 Drive Stress to 3 Trailing ▶NULLIFY: Deals 5 Impact to 1 Trailing (6) target
(5) targets. and Fractures them. Must Recharge between
attacks; starts Combat uncharged.
POWERS
▶VETO: Deals 2 Impact to 1 Matched target and
▶ COREWORM [P]: Before combat begins, Disrupts them.
choose a Revolver. The target is Strained until
the Orchid-Strain is destroyed. The Orchid-Strain POWERS
can shift the target of this ability at the end of its ▶CIPHER CLOAK [R]: The Foxglove-strain
turn each round. becomes untargetable and immune to all
▶ STIGMA BOMB: Choose a Revolver within statuses and Harm until the end of this round. It
Speed 5. At the end of their next turn, they take can immediately activate this power in response
Impact equal to their current Drive Stress (max to a Weak Hit against it, nullifying the attack.
6). The bomb expires if the Orchid-Strain is ▶NULL STEP [R]: The Foxglove-strain blinks to
destroyed. any active Veil Breach, then attacks if able.
▶ STIGMA SNARE: Choose a Revolver within ▶ZERO POINT: The Foxglove-Strainʼs next
Speed 5. If they use a power before the end of Nullify attack ignores Weight and deals 10
their next turn, they take 3 additional Drive Impact. If it takes any Harm, this effect is
Stress and are Disrupted. canceled.
TACTICS
TACTICS
Opens with Coreworm, then attacks with Keeps to high Speeds, using Nullify and Zero
Swelter build large amounts of Drive Stress on Point for massive Impact against vulnerable
multiple targets. Uses Stigma Bomb and Stigma targets. If threatened at close range, uses Veto,
Snare to punish frequent power usage or high- Cipher Cloak, or Null Step to disengage.
value powers.
IRIS-STRAIN
BASIC INFO
▶ROLE: Focus Fire ▶ARMOR: 0
▶RANK: Soldier ▶REACH: 2(6)
▶PRESENCE: 6
ATTACKS
▶GAZE: Deals 2 Impact to 1 Leading (6) or
Trailing (6) target. FOCUSES the
target until the Iris-Strain attacks a
different one. Against FOCUSED targets, this
gains +1 Impact and Slows.
POWERS
▶GLIMSE THE THRESHOLD [P]: Choose a
Trailing (8) Revolver and Slow them, or Lock and
Fracture them if theyʼre FOCUSED.
▶CORNEAL SHIELD [R]: Until the end of this
round, the Iris-Strain gains 2 Armor vs. Revolvers
that arenʼt FOCUSED.
TACTICS
Chooses a priority target for Gaze and ignores all
others. Uses Glimpse The Threshold to lock
down its chosen target (if necessary) and
Corneal Shield if significantly threatened.
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 MISSION AP
LOTUS-STRAIN
BASIC INFO
▶ROLE: Legion ▶ARMOR: 2
▶RANK: Boss ▶REACH: 2(4)
▶PRESENCE: 9 (3)
ATTACKS
None.
POWERS
▶UMBRAL FLOURISHING [P]: The Lotus-Strain
is immune to Disrupt and Force. Other foes
within Speed 3 have +1 Armor and deal +1
Impact.
▶ UNFURL: Roll a d6. Open that many Veil
Breaches+1, distributed across any number of
Speed bands.
▶VOID TORRENT [R]: Choose Leading or
Trailing. At the start of the next Incursion Turn, all
Revolvers in the chosen band are Primed, then
take 1 Impact for every active Veil Breach.
COUNTERS
▶ VOID MAW [1]: Open a Veil Breach Matched
to the Lotus-Strain, then deal 2 Impact to the
triggering Revolver (ignores Weight).
▶ NEW GROWTH [2]: Create 2 Chaff or 1
Soldier foe at any active Veil Breach, and
immediately activate them.
▶ABUNDANCE [3]: Choose two: Recharge Void
Torrent, restore 5 Presence to any foe, activate
two other foes.
TACTICS
Constantly summons reinforcements via Unfurl
and New Growth. Uses Void Torrent once there
is significant breach presence, and Abundance as
needed to heal itself and others.
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METHUSU
Roll 1d6 to determine A column (even) o
1d6 ResourceS
1 Grav Turbines: First-stage attempts
abandoned in favor of more refined
disposed of. Uses a crude warping m
Jovian grav-envelope and project it
2
Icebreaker Charges: With water mi
the time being, an asteroid hauler h
Methusela-4 until the brace takes c
Thanks to the lack of work, thereʼs s
cracking explosives stuck in its haul
3
Fresnel-Rosen Lens: Colony engine
boost the output of Methusula-4ʼs s
with growing energy needs. The Fre
the most extreme solution to this p
mirror-sized wormhole with its othe
from Sol itself. Itʼs sitting decommis
of the nodes and then its own reson
4 VIA-Suits: The hangar contains a fu
servo-assisted mid-duty loader exo
and drill rigs. Theyʼre technically aw
company, and no one on the colony
up.
5 LOCKOUT: The LOCKOUT rig is a H
prototype built to enforce consensu
area, sealing Veil breaches at the lev
Unfortunately, itʼs only partially able
about managed to get it to simulat
theyʼre still working on the forward
6 Ignition!: Someoneʼs Roil has ignite
oncoming invasion, and colony med
with a volatile makeshift Core. They
full field operations yet, but there m
teach them a few tricks.
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ULA-4 RESOURCES
or B column (odd), then another d6 to determine the actual result.

SA
s at artificial gravity,
d options but never properly
mechanism to amplify the
t to the surrounding area.
1d6 ResourceS B
1 JoviBloom: A colony biologistʼs pet project. Twelve sealed viv-
canisters of an ultra-sturdy, ultra-fast-growing creeper vine
engineered for structural reinforcement and flash-building. Scientists
say it reacts unpredictably to antipolar radiation exposure, but
records on the actual effects have been lost.

ining operations on hold for

has been grounded at
care of things or they all die.
still a full supply of rock-
2 HRV Endurance: The Hammer Recon Vehicle Endurance is an old
emergency response hauler built to bash through even the densest
debris fields; its ridiculous-looking hull earned it the affectionate
nickname of “Forehead.” Itʼs currently docked at Methusela, awaiting
l, waiting to be put to use. a shipbreaking crew it may yet outlive.

eers have been trying to

solar arrays for years to deal
esnel-Rosen lens is, perhaps,
problem: a man-portable,
3 Satellite Artillery Grid: Nearby orbital defense systems are
struggling to function in the extreme anti-polar radiation from the
growing breach. With their targeting systems on the fritz, theyʼve
been taken offline for fear theyʼll put a kinetic kill rod through a
er end placed just inches friendly Revolver
ssioned after it vaporized one
nators.

ull shipment of collapsible,

osuits with attached flares
waiting pickup from a mining
y has the auths to start them
4 V-Wave Mimesis Module: Methusela-4ʼs embedded Hammer team
were working on a way to camouflage their water transports as Veil,
stopping the slow attrition of their supply chain. It isnʼt finished yet,
but they only need a little more data to tune it up.

Hammer resonance-projector
us reality in the surrounding
vel of the laws of physics.
e to do its job—theyʼve just
5 Volatile Debris Field: Exposure to exotic matter has transmuted
nearby asteroids into giant, unstable masses of contact explosive,
creating a literal minefield around the colony that prevents
evacuation.
te the third dimension, but
d movement of time.

ed under the stress of the

d support has provided them
y probably arenʼt ready for
might be just enough time to
6 Supersymmetric Majorana Ring Rifle: The SMRR is a pre-Blackout
relic emplacement, transported here so its onboard reactor could be
repurposed for the colony instead. If the Brace could find some other
way to reignite this beast, theyʼd wield destructive power humanity
hasnʼt seen in centuries upon centuries.

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Hey! Thanks for trying INFINITE REVOLUTION. I hope you

enjoyed it.

This quickstart is a living document that I plan to update and

refine as I build out more of the OVERDRIVE EDITION. This
version will always remain 100% free, and Iʼm very happy I got to
release it alongside the campaign.

f you have questions about the game, want to learn more, or

want to find a group to play with, feel free to check out our
official discord: https://discord.gg/c2Jp5k8rCf

Till next time—spin fast, spin free, spin true.

-Gwen <3