Campaign: Skyjacks

Jonnit, Gable, Travis, and Orimar sort through all the wild things that happened this evening. Orimar makes a startling confession about what he was doing on the island where he died. Hewano offers to aid The Uhuru for the coming Tornado Calling. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Tragic love, T'oni Hawk Dear Uhuru: Reference to Terminator and a bunch of other time travel movies, mild body horror, weird Spit...

The captain's council of The Uhuru and The Tempest investigate the strange weave recovered from The Civility. They have precious little time to determine how different this substance might be from traditional featherweave and whether their deal can still stand. Time is not the only enemy that stands before them. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: scary creepy ghost stuff, difficulty communicating,  Dear Uhur...

The Crew of the Uhuru must act quickly to calm a horde of angry corsairs and figure out what the feather weave they captured from The Civility is glowing gold. With Orimar still unable to speak, the crew has to rely on the persuasive power of Travis Matagot. Jonnit finishes his meringo jaunt just in time to get caught up in this mess. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Political intrigue, you have to remembe...

Jonnit goes cool teen dancing with Grace and Janni while trying to master a meringo. Meanwhile, the rest of the Uhuru crew begins the formal exchange with representatives of The Tempest Armada. Both of these activities surely go absolutely fine with no unforeseen problems. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: teen social situations, mild teen romantic tension, extreme sport going wrong, scaling to react to a t...

James invites game designer Jeeon Shim to chat about their upcoming setting work for Spéir: the City of Janchi. James refreshes Jeeyon on the basics of the setting and Jeeyon teaches James about food forests, diverse biomes, and thriving in environments where water is dangerous. This conversation will help Jeeyon build an amazing new piece of Spéir! CONTENT NOTE Main Show: We make some jokes about...

James invites Aaron Catano-Saez and Jeff Stormer to join him in discussing a little community on Spéir that throws rocks into the sea to send The Mariner a very clear message: Fuck around and find out. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Anger management, actual muppet Aaron Catano-Saez does a cuss Auditions for Orimar Vale are open! Character breakdown  Send applications to auditions@oneshotpodcat.com PRIM K...

James invites Aaron Catano-Saez and Jeff Stormer from the All My Fantasy Children podcast to join him for some worldbuilding in the world of Spéir. This week they take a look at the Selkie myth and what place it might have in Spéir. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Murder, discussions of myths that had elements of toxic relationships in them Auditions for Orimar Vale are open! Character breakdown  Send app...

Gable discovers they have more in common with Cu than they'd like, and that challenging people to fights is not always the best idea. Travis takes an opportunity to make himself the center of attention. While Jonnit tries to unpack the things he saw about Grace. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Drinking, fighting, violence, mild body horror, reference to bodily fluids, James might have mixed up a snake wit...

The Uhuru Captain's council is presented with an interesting problem: politically it would be convenient for them to make nice with the crew of The Glas, but they just don't like them! Also, there might be a pig butt involved. Gable tries to settle their score with Cú Chulainn, Travis makes some wagers, and Jonnit notices something that pulls his attention away from all the chaos. CONTENT NOTE Mai...

Jonnit, Gable, and Travis take some time after their somewhat eventful conversations early in the day to clean more of Dref's office. They receive an unexpected invitation to an event that takes place just before the exchange in the evening. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: We mention Dref and sometimes that makes people sad, sibling baggage, ruthless retcon because Tyler gets what Tyler wants, James needs...

Jonnit continues his brunch with The Bandit Queen and she gives him unexpected news about someone close to him after judging him worthy. Meanwhile, Gable follows through with a request Margaret made of them before she departed. Travis finally talks about the things that listeners have been screaming about for weeks. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Making choices and growing up, sibling stuff, guilt, feeli...

Orimar grills Gable, Travis, and Jonnit over their decision to use his body to mask his death and control his ship. Each one must explain what drove their deception and begin the task of trying to make amends. This calls for them to confront uncomfortable truths. Jonnit is called before, The Bandit Queen who seems just as curious about Jonnit's life aboard The Uhuru and his plans for the future. C...

Gable, Travis, and Jonnit reach out to the Captain in order to offer a difficult apology. Meanwhile, the captain— despite being in control of his body— struggles with the limitations auto-necromancy places on his ability to express himself. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Person struggling with motor control, allusion to underage drinking Dear Uhuru: Accent work (German) Skyjacks Setting Zine Volume 1 Sky...

Gable, Jonnit, and Travis finally manage to find Spit. He does understand Orimar better than anyone else on the crew, but they'll need to prove to him that they have Orimar's best interests at heart. Which might be difficult because he's unwinding a bit too much. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Psychadellics, betrayal, anger, pervert sign Dear Uhuru: James can't pronounce names Skyjacks Setting Zine Volum...

The Captain's council meet with Liuto and learns about the past between Captain Orimar and The Bandit Queen. With so much at stake, they decide it would be best to learn as much as they can about their employer before heading into this meeting. CONTENT NOTEMain Show: We have to learn about the places spit has been in Family Circus-style trail, bullyingDear Uhuru: Arranged marriage Skyjacks Setting...

After a night of celebration and some heartache exploring, the crew of The Uhuru wake to greet the arrival of The Tempest Armada. The Bandit Queen and a small fleet of her most trusted generals have arrived, prepared to finish the deal struck at The Broker's Table in Bura Nyth. It should be an easy deal, but will the history between Captain Orimar and Sifa get in the way? CONTENT NOTE Main Show: N...

Travis and Jolly Jack go to The Well and try to outmatch one another in a game of secrets and honesty. Even for his companions, Travis' history with Jack is shrouded in mystery. Margeret senses a wound in Jack's heart shrouded in layers of artifice. Can Travis draw it from the well? CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Trauma response, feelings of abandonment, goodbyes Dear Uhuru: I think this one is actually...

The captain's council is thrown into confusion after Travis dramatically threatens Jolly Jack, a seemingly affable visitor to the city of N'Goni. Still, they seem determined to back his play. Thankfully Margaret is around to keep things from getting too bloody and nudge the council back on track. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Dear Uhuru: Mention of Nazis in the context of a pulp-hero type character figh...

Under the Spring storms of the hollow valley, a Lily is pulled from worship. A Skyjacks short story written and read by James D'Amato for the Worldbuilders End or Year drive. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: This is a sexy one folks, There is nothing explicit but we reference sex a ton, sex work, suicidal thoughts, grief. Dear Uhuru: None this week! World Builders End of Year Drive Skyjacks Setting Zine...

After a few short weeks of travel, The Uhuru arrives at the city of N'Goni. OR at least where the city should be. However, they are having a little trouble finding where to land. Once they arrive they encounter a mysterious stranger while awaiting The Bandit Queen. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Bullying Dear Uhuru: Robo hogs, diapers, meta bullshit, crying babies\ World Builders End of Year Drive Skyjac...

Gable, Travis, and Jonnit try to process what Dref told them as Margaret delicately tries to teach two immortals how to deal with emotions like a well-adjusted person. They discover Dref's shelf is full of secrets that were waiting to be discovered. Some buried for nearly a century. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Greif, guilt, justified anger, emotional development, implied cannibalism Dear Uhuru: NeoScu...

The crew holds a seance to commune with the spirit of their departed friend. He is not the same man he was in death that he was in life, but there is still much they have to tell him. They intend to learn more about the captain, but they discover unexpected danger. CONTENT WARNING Main Show: Death, grief, regret, ghost piss Dear Uhuru: Returns next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Margaret arrives to counsel our heroes on how to navigate the tricky social faux pas of using necromancy on a man's body to pretend he is alive while he happens to be haunting that body. We've all been there. Together they decide it might be wise to get some help and Travis thinks of the perfect person to do it. CONTENT NOTE Main Show: Realizing the monumental scope of your fuck up, loss, grief, J...

The crew reacts to Gable's story in the Grandfire. Before they get too much time to process, Jane takes the stage and tells a story about Rusalka that a stranger told her in a bar. Then Travis is compelled to enter the fire and gets compelled to do something he only very recently has grown accustomed to: tell the truth. That obviously causes trouble and our heroes are forced to hide in Dref's offi...

We gave Casey the week off because the last two days have been A LOT. In place of an episode, we're bringing Patreon content to the main feed. This is the worldbuilding session zero that created Nordia! We also thew in James' thoughts on the Nordia arc and answered listener questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices