The Third Sathar War was a homebrewed campaign by Jason Janicki using TSR’s 1982 Star Frontiers system. In our wrap up, we take a trip down memory lane investigating our experiences with science fiction, how we got into gaming, and the origins of tabletop gaming in general. Plus our favorite moments from the game!

Bloodied, beaten and betrayed, the party is in a real bind. They really want to get revenge on Mark Murmur after his horrific treachery nearly caused a TPK. Unfortunately, only he has the codes to fly the Succubus and the GM is using video game logic to force us to follow him. With only one objective left in the quest log, the party heads down into Jocasta Base to meet their destiny.

Finally on their way out of Minotaur’s orbit, the team heads to the outer system with Mark Murmur in tow. It’s super fortunate that this extremely helpful NPC has the codes and the know-how to fly this highly experimental craft. Unfortunately, the team must now help him complete his mission. Such a simply run to a communications station is so easy. What could go wrong?

Our battered team heads deeper into the Lambda Facility. As they do, they begin to encounter more and more terrible things. Rogue monsters, horrible experiments, and mysterious lights permeate the area. “I hope we get out of here soon,” they say. “If only there was a guy who could provide us with everything we need, conveniently around the next corner, I’d trust him implicitly!”

Upon breaking into the mysterious Lambda Facility, the team grabs what they can and heads out. Unfortunately, the facility is not what they expect. As they trudge down the long dark tunnels, they come across room REC-42. This rest and recreation area provides all the comforts a lonely soldier could ever need, trapped in a dim UPF Facility for years on end. Unfortunately, It appears that someone has some very strange definitions for the word “Recreation”

Misinterpretations put everyone’s life in jeopardy as Fred Burgess is forced to activate the defenses of Mining Colony Alpha in response to some bad intelligence. Now, the party must make some hard choices. Do they abandon their new friends to the fate they have brought upon them? Or will they stand, fight, and run the risk of not living to tell the UPF of this new and terrible threat?

As Melosba Station crumbles and the Sathar Fleet closes in, our team lands near Mining Colony Alpha. What seems like an out of the way holdout location takes an interesting turn as the denizens turn out to have rather eclectic tastes. Hopefully these locals will be able to provide some help, as the Sathar are closing in and there isn't much choice but to delve deeper into the mysteries of Minotaur.

With members of the party down for the count and the UPF Naga getting closer to its destination, the heroes begin to formulate the full picture of what has happened here. Apparently, an old enemy has re-surfaced to menace the Frontier yet again. This time, however, they have new and terrible tricks up their sleeves. As the true horror of what is happening sets in, the players can do nothing but sit back and watch as the entire, terrible plan unfolds. What even CAN be done? Find out as the action heats up on this episode of The Third Sathar War!

Things are not good aboard the UPF Naga. Bodies packed into small rooms, people trying to dig their brains out with a spoon, and entire sections of the ship devoid of life can only mean one thing: Time to explore! As the team investigates the bridge and the crew sections, they soon realize that maybe they aren’t the best team for this job. Critical failures and poor decisions make for some entertaining scenes and more uses of the grenade bounce table than I have ever seen in a single combat.

Following the harrowing and confusing experience in docking bay 49, our intrepid heroes finally get to the meat-and-potatoes of the mission. The UPF Naga is a mystery to the UPF and, rather than blow it out of the sky, they are being forced to investigate by the mega-corps. Upon setting out on their own ship, the Terra’s Grace (Captain Old Greg commanding), the team finds mounting evidence that something is VERY wrong aboard. The question is: who or what is behind all of this?