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Ruin's Gate 60: Out of the Ruin
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When the first settlers left Earth for Antarras, they did so with the understanding that they would never see Earth again. Either their mission would be a grand success, and they’d make a new life for themselves on those distant shores, or the trip—and the attempt to establish a new home in alien lands—would kill them. An equal mix of refugees and dreamers, none of them even bothered to imagine that their children, or their grandchildren, would see Earth again: they were, after all, fleeing a planet on fire, daring to explore the unknown because it felt safer, somehow, than staying put....
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Ruin's Gate 59: In the Wrong Hands
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Hellstone weaponry was always destined to be a matter of convergent evolution: with so powerful an energy source at their fingertips, and in such a volatile set of situations, the eventuality that someone tried to create a more powerful weapon was certain. The mystery was only a matter of who would get there first—and, of course, who would get to wield them. For the Company, Antarras was not only a source for hellstone, but it was also a testing ground, a safe place far from Earth to see just what these hellstone weapons could do. But for the people of Antarras who were developing their own...
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Ruin's Gate 58: Hellstone or High Water
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CONTENT WARNINGS: discussions of body horror (1:15:00-1:17:00) While there was a contingent of separatists, among the first settlers of Antarras, the original missions to Antarras weren’t launched with the idea of ever becoming fully independent from Earth. Enough uncertainties plagued the early missions that finding native alternatives to every single need could never have been high on the list of priorities: early efforts towards practical sustainability went into determining what familiar crops found functional homes in Antarran soil, and what available building materials could...
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Ruin's Gate 57: Election Day
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Those first three months were, in some ways, the easiest. Even if it seemed like the world had fallen apart around us, at least the path was clear: to get through, at all costs. Pure survival. A straightforward goal with straightforward steps. Ensure the farms were undamaged, replant what seeds had been destroyed. Check the stability of the town and its buildings, rebuild anything that needed shoring up. Tend to the wounded. Bury the dead. One foot in front of the other, heads down all the way. It was only after that initial period of work, when we finally started to look up and to look out,...
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Ruin's Gate 56: Aftermath, part 5
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This week, on Ruin’s Gate: A choice of some consequence. GET YOUR "SAY OK TO THE CLOCK" SHIRT HERE: Support us on Patreon: Follow us on Tumblr: Art by Ben Prevas Music by Andrew: Indigeneity Consultation by Wind: , Transcripts:
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Ruin's Gate 55: Aftermath, part 4
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This week, on Ruin’s Gate: Crossing bridges. GET YOUR "SAY OK TO THE CLOCK" SHIRT HERE: Support us on Patreon: Follow us on Tumblr: Art by Ben Prevas Music by Andrew: Indigeneity Consultation by Wind: , Transcripts:
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Ruin's Gate 54: Aftermath, part 3
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This week, on Ruin’s Gate: Religious reform. GET YOUR "SAY OK TO THE CLOCK" SHIRT HERE: Support us on Patreon: Follow us on Tumblr: Art by Ben Prevas Music by Andrew: Indigeneity Consultation by Wind: , Transcripts:
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Ruin's Gate 53: Aftermath, part 2
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This week, on Ruin’s Gate: A symbolic gesture. GET YOUR "SAY OK TO THE CLOCK" SHIRT HERE: Support us on Patreon: Follow us on Tumblr: Art by Ben Prevas Music by Andrew: Indigeneity Consultation by Wind: , Transcripts:
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Ruin's Gate 52: Aftermath, part 1
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This week, on Ruin’s Gate: Rebuilding and building anew. GET YOUR "SAY OK TO THE CLOCK" SHIRT HERE: Support us on Patreon: Follow us on Tumblr: Art by Ben Prevas Music by Andrew: Indigeneity Consultation by Wind: , Transcripts:
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The paradox of hellstone has always been this: it’s plentiful on Antarras but too valuable to keep; it’s rare on Earth, where they have the resources to experiment. It’s so useful as a power source that it gets used up faster than the time it would take to truly understand it. And so that little red miracle that saved the people who first fled to Antarras has remained far more of a mystery than the businessmen, the scientists, and the miners might like. Just what might hellstone be able to do, if we put it to the test? What other miracles, what other wonders or horrors could be at humanity’s fingertips, if we managed to use hellstone just right?
This week, on Ruin’s Gate: A disturbing truth.
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