Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:44 — 23.2MB)
Subscribe: Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | TuneIn | RSS
The battle in the Doctrine’s storehouse of constructed bodies reaches its most blasphemous stage yet. As alarms wail and conveyor lines grind to life, the crew fights deeper into a cathedral of false creation—where half-finished Cybertronian forms hang like saints in reliquaries, waiting for stolen minds to give them purpose. Doctrine cultists chant synchronization rites over control consoles, desperately trying to complete their “ascension” before the facility is lost. This isn’t just a fight for survival—it’s a theological brawl. Steel clashes with faith. Synapse meets skepticism. And the crew makes it very clear that they do not accept walk-ins to the congregation. By the end of the episode, the storehouse burns, the Doctrine’s holy work lies in ruins… and the consequences of stopping this “miracle” are only beginning to reveal themselves.
We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com!
Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by Dashery!
Like what we’re doing and want to help make our podcast even better?
Become a Donatreon and support us on Patreon or PayPal!
If you already support us, thank you!
Show Notes:
- Intro [0:00:00]
- Chapter 1 – Building Size Matters [0:02:37]
- Chapter 2 – Enchanting Chanting [0:10:57]
- Chapter 3 – “If I Were A Building I’d Be Way Stronger!” [0:21:33]
- Chapter 4 – Cultists Never Surrender [0:36:51]
- Closing [0:46:45]
If you enjoy Empire of Rust, please rate us and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify! These ratings greatly help podcasts become more discoverable to other people using those services and is an easy way to help out our show.
What is the Empire Of Rust Podcast?
TransMissions Podcast Network presents: the world’s first and only Transformers RPG actual play podcast! Conceived, developed, and run by TransMissions Podcast producer and editor Michael Ordway (@minervion), this podcast combines the tabletop role playing game (RPG) experience (think Dungeons and Dragons) with the setting, universe, and characters of the Transformers into an actual play podcast. Each episode records the gaming sessions as the player characters experience the adventures planned and designed by the game master (GM). The RPG system being used is based on Starfinder, a sci-fi variant of Pathfinder, combined with elements of the Transformers-themed Mechamorphosis d20 system (more info here).
Empire of Rust takes place in the IDW Comics Transformers Universe that ran from 2005 to 2018. It is set at the beginning of the “First Strike” storyline that was published in 2017. But while the starting point is based on the events of the first issue of First Strike – where Earth is being inducted into the Cybertronian Council of Worlds – the story of Empire of Rust will be very different. So if you’ve read the comics, don’t think you know what’s going to happen!
The players have all created original Transformer characters to take part in this adventure, but they’re sure to encounter some familiar faces in their adventures on Cybertron, and beyond.
Cast:
- Game Master, Narrator, & NPCs (Non-Player Characters) – Michael Ordway
- Magnum and Pythagoras – Matthew G
- Spindrift – Mike M
- Carapace – Patrick Finn
- Rough & Tumble – Kevin Carlson
- Additional Voices – Brandon Ouellette
Special Thanks:
- Teletraan 1 Outro – Brandon Ouellette
Contact us:
- Website transmissionspodcast.com
- Twitter: @trnsmissions
- Instagram: transmissions_podcast
- Facebook: facebook.com/trnsmissionspodcast
- e-mail (rust@transmissionspodcast.com)
