Survival needs no Redemption

Summary

The Kepler Crater, a lunar impact crater on the moon, is now home to a sprawling enclosed city. Within the city, mega-corporations such as New U, Cyberdyne, and EconoLux have a choke hold on the government and economy, while street level citizens struggle to pay rent. This story follows three such citizens, who risked it all on the hope that their gamble would pay off. But it didn’t. Now, weighed down by crippling debt, the three find themselves tasked to do some questionable jobs, to pay down what they owe. And the loan sharks are not the forgiving types.

We tell this actual play story using The Sprawl, a variant of the Powered By The Apocalypse TTRPG system.

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Meet the Protagonists

Ivo Osgood

The Race Car Driver

Ivo has a need for speed, but not just for greed. The money he gets from racing helps to care for his father Haram at home, and even his dear friend Hana, next door.

Breaking into the big time is not easy and Ivo put everything on the line to get a new car. Racing under the alias of Racer X, he was coming up on 1st place when he spun out and totaled the vehicle.

Now Ivo and his two friends have to figure out a way to pay back the loan sharks.

Ivo is voiced by Brian Bridges
@ManlyBrian

Illex Ansdorf

The Influencer

Illex is motivated by his influencer status on the social media platform, CLC. One might argue his status has a greater influence on his own actions than those of the public. Nevertheless, he has a few followers to whom he live-broadcasts, with the help of his camera drone that hovers around him.

Illex is a ray of positivity in the friendship trio, whether the other two like it or not. He’s the most charming of the friends, as well as Ivo’s biggest promoter.

Illex is voiced by Chris Riley
@ChrisRileyLCP

Lotus (Anderson Cyrka)

The Artist

Anderson has hidden his real name and goes only by Lotus now. A graffiti and street artist, Lotus has done all the paint jobs on Ivo’s race cars.

Lotus’ father, Hans Cyrka, is a wealthy ex-exec of New U, which is something Lotus keeps hidden from the world. He mostly avoids contact with his father whenever possible.

Lotus is voiced by Eric Patt
@ES_Pattycake

Encyclopedia of Names

There are many names in this story. As a listener, you don’t need to know them all to enjoy the show, but if you are curious about anything, here is a (spoiler-free) alphabetical list.

Anderson Cyrka
Lotus’ real name, which he keeps hidden from the world.
Atoro
Manufacturer of race cars and racing products. They are a sponsor for race car driver Jahns Guten. They were also made famous by their founder, racing champion K.D. Barnes
Board Sec
Kepler Board’s security forces. Basically they’re the cops in the crater where this story takes place.
Braiden Coe
A well-dressed associate of Gage
CLC
The largest online service for social media, data storage, communications, and just about everything else online
Cyberdyne
A major technological manufacturing company
Dandry Sebring
A race car driver who is sponsored by CLC
EconoLux
A major manufacturer of household goods, foods, electronics, and just about everything else for general consumers. “Putting the economy into luxury!”
Engramits
Followers of Mara, named after the engram, a unit of cognitive information imprinted in a physical substance.
Fantasia Lightman
Secretary to Sixth Street’s leader, Korvo Smalley
Faye Laurent
Owner/Operator/Bartender of One Bar
Gage
A wealthy car collector and one of Illex’s contacts. Illex introduced him to Ivo, and Gage sponsored Ivo in the big race, loaning him a high-end race car. But the car was totaled in the race, so now Ivo owes Gage big-time.
Galactic Frontier
The primary company involved with space expansion and settlements on other planets. Galactic Frontier is a sponsor for race car driver Shelly Steel.
Golden Arm
Shortened from their original brand name, Golden Armaments, they are a major manufacturer of guns, munitions, and everything related in the industry.
Hana Sato
Ivo’s neighbor, close friend, confidant … and sometimes counselor. Hana is a waitress and she helps Ivo care for his elderly father at home. Ivo tries to aid Hana financially when he can, but in reality, she’s probably more help to him than he is to her.
Hans Cyrka
Lotus father Hans was once an executive of New U. He is incredibly wealthy and collects sailboats. His relationship with Lotus is rocky at best.
Hansel Grubick
Ivo’s racing partner, disliked by Illex and Lotus. Before entering into the big race, Ivo used to trade off driving with Hansel.
Haram B Osgood
Ivo’s elderly father. Haram has begun showing early signs of memory loss. He lives at Ivo’s apartment, and is often cared for by Ivo’s neighbor and friend Hana Sato.
Jahns Guten
A race car driver sponsored by Atoro
Jason Takahashi
Ivo’s mechanic. Jason owns a garage and does all the body work on Ivo’s race cars.
Jim Cronkite
Owner of Mighty Burger, Jim gave Ivo his first racing sponsorship.
Jones Family Farms
The leading manufacturer of food products for the general population
K.D. Barnes
A racing champion from back in the day, and founder of the Atoro company
Korvo Smalley
Businessman and mob boss of the Sixth Street gang. His secretary is Fantasia Lightman
Mara
A legendary hacker from back in the day. She once worked on CLC, gathering and selling data. It is believed she got in too deep and people came after her. It’s rumored she was found brain dead while still connected to her computer rig. Now, 100 years later, she is a religious figure people follow, usually in hopes that she will aid them financially.
Megan Malan
Illex’s social media rival
Mighty Burger
A small-time fast food restaurant owned by Jim Cronkite. Mighty Burger was Ivo’s original racing sponsor
New U
A major technological manufacturing company
Niko Powers
A man who hopes to get information on a prototype.
Oleg Kolchinski
A race car driver and one of Ivo’s long time rivals
One Bar
A favorite hang-out and meeting spot for Ivo, Illex, and Lotus. This bar is owned and operated by Faye Laurent
Ricky
Jason Takahashi’s cousin. Ricky has contacts in the underworld.
Roisin Daggers
Leader of the Trafalgars gang.
Shelly Steel
A race car driver sponsored by Galactic Frontier, Shelly went head-to-head with Ivo in the big race. As they were fighting each other for 1st place, Ivo spun out and caused both of their cars to wreck.
Sixth Street
One of the gangs in Kepler, lead by businessman & mob boss, Korvo Smalley. (Korvo’s secretary is Fantasia Lightman.)
Sketch
Illex’s contact for all things hacking and techy. Sketch lives in his mother’s basement, no surprised there, and he is a wiz at computer hackin’ and crackin’.
QAIS
A media brand, famous for their conspiracy theories. QAIS is a sponsor for race car driver Chris Cowart
Thelonias
Ivo encounters this old man on a soap box, preaching to people about Mara.
Trafalgars
One of the gangs in Kepler, lead by mob boss, Roisin
Tim Timmerson
One of Illex’s contacts at EconoLux