“Once one has mastered sailing through the realms of possibility; any return to so called reality, even temporarily, can be devastating and should be avoided whenever possible.” – Sut’ Munthu “The Dream Strider” Pawns Without a King? Summer, Earth Year 2901- Some side Alley’, Copper Lane District, Mars. ‘Winston’ paused for a moment once the pawns were certain they weren’t being chased and they could no longer hear the chaos of Hassan’s Corner in the distance. “These side

“It was touch and go there for a bit Piz my man. But once they said we were being sent to The Copper Lane Security Services for detention I knew we had our opening. They happen to be one of the most easily bribable Enforcement organizations in the entire Consortia, hell maybe in all the Three Realms.” - Tasker Gunn, Smuggler. Setting The Home Fires Ablaze. Summer, Earth Year 2901- Hassan’s Corner, The Copper Lane District, Mars. “Yuri, don’t be so stupid.” Ben chided him,

“The Children of Wyrd- This strange group of individuals have somehow adapted to thrive in the old toxic sewers that run throughout the Stretch. They are highly xenophobic but will occasionally trade with Scav town. They are often seen as possessing ‘mystical’ powers by locals. In reality, their ‘priests’ are highly skilled self-taught chemists, which they themselves see as “practicing magic.” - From “Gangs of the Stretch- Episode #3- The Mad Mystics of the Sewers!” produce

“…And I ask you who is the tramp? Who is the king? Who can say?” -From The King in Rags by Peter Kearney Summer, Earth Year 2901- X Monitoring Station Alpha’, The Stretch District Sewers, Mars “Popcorn, I wish I had some popcorn”. As the Grix sat listening to and questioning the machine called Winston, that stray thought occasionally hovered in the back of the King’s mind as he absorbed everything the pawns were hearing. The persistent mind wander was exclusively projected b