Welcome to the second episode of series 82, everyone! In this series, we are covering Salvage Union, a hope-core, giant mech TTRPG, with designers Aled Lawlor and Panny Lines! In today’s episode, we finish our character creation and then create our mobile Crawler community!

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Aled Lawlor:

• Website: https://leyline.press/

Panny Lines:

• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/unpanny-valley.bsky.social

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Salvage Union by Leyline Press:

• Webpage: https://leyline.press/collections/salvage-union
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/salvageunion.bsky.social

Timestamps:

• (00:00:00) - Announcements
• (00:01:18) - Introductions
• (00:03:40) - What's in a game? - Core concept
• (00:07:18) - The Setting
• (00:10:37) - What tools do we need to play?
• (00:13:17) - What stories and themes does this game support?
• (00:20:05) - What do characters do in this game?
• (00:23:32) - What is unique about Salvage Union?
• (00:31:55) - History of Salvage Union
• (00:35:54) - Terms and Concepts
• (00:40:00) - Let's make some people!
• (00:42:46) - Pilot Class
• (00:56:12) - Class Abilities
• (01:04:24) - Pilot Equipment
• (01:10:12) - Call Signs!
• (01:14:12) - Call to Action
• (01:21:49) - Credits

Music:

• Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
• Clip 1: Get in the Game by Cody Martin
• On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/17525
• Clip 2: Robot Dance by Elision
• On Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/13228
• Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs

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