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Wars and conflict limited our potential. We had not explored or settled beyond the inner reaches of our own solar system. Even in space, we battled, fighting for resources or territory. Then we were brought together shared purpose. Roll on "Starforged Truths: Cataclysm" (columns: 1). Here in the Forge, the survivors worked together to build new homes. But now, years later, some of the lines that divided us are redrawn. The privileged amass power on the backs of the disenfranchised. Conflicts rage anew. Are we doomed to repeat our history?

The people of a remote settlement live and work as miners in a dense asteroid field. Recently, one of their teams discovered a massive deposit of ember stones. What special properties make these gems enormously valuable? What oppressive power seeks to claim them?

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We had taken our first tentative steps into the stars, exploring and settling nearby systems. The people adapted to those new homes and developed new traditions. For years, they dwelt under the light of alien suns. Then, brought together again. Roll on "Starforged Truths: Cataclysm" (columns: 1).  We live today, an array of people and cultures from a dozen worlds, trying to find a path forward in this new home.

A diverse community lives in the Tangle, a ramshackle station built from the remains of exodus ships. The station's orbit is decaying, and only weeks remain before it is torn apart in the atmosphere of the planet below. You swear to see these people to a new home, but their leaders refuse to acknowledge the danger.

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Over centuries, we built an empire among the stars, united under a single banner. We forged homes among more than a hundred systems. Great fleets plied the spaceways. It was a golden age of peace and prosperity. And then chaos and death. Roll on "Starforged Truths: Cataclysm" (columns: 1). The few who survived made their way to the Forge.

A faction under the direction of a charismatic leader seek to rebuild the glory of the fallen empire. Do you aid them, or stand against them?