The Merician Freehold | The Sojourn Lore

[@Spacedock]

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[@nicochristopher8846]

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[@ezequielrussell5901]

@Nico Christopher Yea, have been using kaldrostream for since december myself :D

[@BattleUnit3]

The Rest of Humanity: Oh no we are out of resources and food and stuff what would we do. Space Venice: Thats like... rough dude. So about those trade ships...

[@captainzac24]

Great narration really felt like some guy chatting about his home town

[@TheVeritas1]

Well said. I hope other characters from The Sojourn get to narrate future videos.

[@KillerOrca]

MERICA Wait, no. Close though. No seriously though this is freaking AMAZING

[@superdupergrover9857]

That is exactly what i thought, until i noticed the extra "i".

[@WardNightstone]

totally read it that way too

[@realdad32]

I hail from planet murica.

[@chriswong8821]

MURICA *screams in bald eagle while shooting an AR-15

[@bluewarbler9034]

So, the Belt meets Swizerland meets the early American colonies? Huh. I like it.

[@justiron2999]

With a hint of British accent so yeah early colony.

[@RealWolfHraban]

Funny because " 'Merican Freehold" is also how I read tge first time when I first so the title

[@RealWolfHraban]

@@chheinrich8486 switzerland in terms of staying neutral

[@benjaminodonnell258]

@@justiron2999 Australian accent. Not British.

[@lEGOBOT2565]

Sounds like heaven

[@702octopus]

ABSOLUTLY LOVE how fleshed out and real this character feels in the video, it wasnt just a history monologue, the charcter just felt like he was reminiscing about the past while having a drink and chatting to the recorder. Perfect way to introduce lore!! SOOO EXCITED FOR SOJOURN

[@tcsmagicbox]

I love this character already.

[@SultanOfAwesomeness]

Sojourn content? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Also yes, the work continues. Can’t stop the work. Ever.

[@jako4576]

I see what you did there . . .

[@LtDavidB312]

Sultan SOON! ...We hope.

[@calorinedarkness5232]

Ah, I see your a man of culture as well.

[@youtubeisapublisher6407]

113 times a day it watches The Sojourn.

[@unknownuser4692]

This is encyclopedia level world building i love the inclusion of a civilization like this that wasn't just a strero typical Darwinist "only the strong may survive" Orkish race. For once castaways are competent and well educated who managed to save themselves without an overly complicated mcguffin. Well done Sojourn team

[@Hiperruimteindustriee]

Well, the disaster did put the engineer in charge, so that is lucky.

[@michaeldriggers7681]

That's a cool concept, 100 years without outside contact

[@kombatace7971]

I'm sorry, is this some sort of extrovert problem I'm too introverted to understand?

[@koiyujo1543]

Yea if that's what happened than that's nuts

[@koiyujo1543]

Also is that over a 100 years? Wouldn't they use the idk the 4 season per year mark or like idk how you would calculate this tbh

[@volcryndarkstar]

That voice actor is amazing, don't let him slip through your fingers.

[@kpmh2001]

1am: I sleep Spacedock with Sojourn lore: OH NO YOU DONT!

[@Maniac3020]

They be like "War? Nah. We like trading better. You go have fun, we'll just watch and keep selling you stuff." The Ferengi would be proud.

[@theishiopian68]

rule of acquisition 34/35: war/peace is good for business

[@mattstorm360]

@@theishiopian68 It's easy to get the two confused.

[@Midknight0122]

Well i'm sold, Australian space Venice for the win.

[@sirrickardjameses]

"Australian." no one actually believes in the mythical land of upside-down people.

[@1597B]

​@@sirrickardjamesesOi, I don't appreciate you slandering my Aussie lads in arms. Power off your engines and prepare for boarding by Emus.

[@Restilia_ch]

No worries about the schedule, Daniel. All of us funded the project because we trust you to get it done right, not done fast. These little appetizers are great for keeping the interest up, and I'm looking forward to the full show whenever it is ready.

[@jaredkidd1]

Absolutely. By all means give us these little Lore vids to tide up over, but the priority on the Sojourn needs to be quality not speed. I'd rather have an impressive product half a year down the line than a slap-dash shitty one delivered to me now.

[@adamdubin1276]

A society of Engineers and Space Merchants... Where do I sign up?

[@aresthecrazy9335]

adam dubin Right?

[@zulthyr1852]

Spacedock: **uploads a new The Sojourn video** Everybody liked that

[@PraetorPaktu]

Oh hi.

[@zulthyr1852]

@@PraetorPaktu Hey there

[@arcane_rogue3440]

My god, it's an entire nation of space MacGyvers.....I love it!

[@rhyds28]

I love hearing the aussie accent there mate really fits the sort of civilized survivors for these people, friendly, hard working and come together in mateship by the sounds of it. Perfect Voice acting from Ben Prendergast great work mate.

[@JasonAguirre]

It's just obvious how much love has gone into this project. I wish it was a live-action.

[@Ravenous1369]

This is already my favourite location, and possibly my favourite character in the series, buuut a little early for that lol honestly Freehold would absolutely be my go to place to live, just building ships non-stop and hanging around the biggest bazaar in the cluster? Count me in!

[@cypher4783]

Turn this into a table top rpg. It would take off like wild fire.

[@gryphon3241]

My god yes. If this went proper tabletop rpg i'd buy everydamn thing they put out for it and not even bat an eyelash

[@thomasgodridge5945]

I could've sworn it said Merican for a second. America has gone to the one place not corrupted by capitalism...SPAAAYCE! In all seriousness, I'm so excited for the Sojourn.

[@aurnoradasati6896]

@@MichaelHarmonMfhGuy lmao

[@ricardogens9834]

Sounds like a mash up of the Phezzan Dominion with the Free Planets Alliance's backstory from Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I like it!

[@jamesthomas1213]

I loved his comment about dirt on boots when marines came on board, I could imagine spacers hating dirt.

[@brandondavis8005]

This series is gonna be cool, can't wait to start hitting play over and over.

[@BlazeTalisman]

"...make enough to keep the lights on." Anyone else get Firefly vibes from that?

[@aresthecrazy9335]

BlazeTalisman 0506 not until you pointed it out, but now I can’t help not hearing them.

[@TaisharEnder]

That was brilliant. I loved the in universe style lore exposition format. I can’t wait for y’all to start dropping the episodes!

[@Ducky555YTP]

'MURICA 'Came together by accident'

[@alexandrearrive6199]

Outstanding content, as always with The Sojourn. Like many have said before, take all the time you need, patience makes perfect. Also, is it me or does this character have any inspirations from Alex in The Expanse? Lonely traveler, almost a rock Hopper, always wants to provide for his new-found family while he left his old one back home... Rings quite a few bells, and I quite like it!

[@RetroVikingr89]

Excellent narration- felt very much like a conversation and not just someone telling you the details.

[@IconoclasticFeverDream]

what a fantastic premise, i look forward to see what you guys have made!

[@brotherofthesouth]

I loved all of that! Cant wait for this to start! A huge thanks to all of you who’ll make this happen!

[@crashstudi0s]

Me, a naive child of a rocky planet: "You can't keep getting hyped over and over again at infinite" Daniel, at the Spacedock: *Releases Soujourn related video* Me: "Well, i'll be damned"

[@TheoLogiCultist]

Ironic. I was browsing KZbin about the latest depressing news from Scam Citizen, stumbled onto your Last Starfighter video, then misjumped to here. And...well, I love what I see. This is incredible. You've got a subscriber. Finally some good space opera science fiction.

[@owenpeters1823]

Wasn't sure what to expect, but what I got was a beautifully acted, sing-me-to-sleep voiceover with some quality content. Loving it, I wish I had jumped on the kickstarter when it was happening

[@yellowprime8491]

It's a treat to rewatch the lore videos after binging Volume 01 part 01

[@lukehandscomb3133]

That got me more excited than the previous Sojourn stuff if I'm honest! I'm in the process of designing me own Sci Fi setting (though for a significantly less ambitious purpose - D&D setting) called Chorus and Dischord, and I just wish I was coming up with the believable lore and history you are for this!

[@Talondas]

That's nice! Smoothe. coherent and believable. Builds a solid foundation, pulls you in and you are there. Very well written. The animation is only going to be a bonus. Your team should write a book. You've got the chops. You've got the vision. You are on to something more than you realize. This is AWESOME!

[@grand-dadmiral]

This is where the fun begins.

[@ryderlynch2281]

Give 'em enough "duct tape and string" and they build you just about anything. I love the concept and the character of Mathias is awesome. Wonderful blend of irreverent sarcasm, plain spoken personality, and stubborn independence. I can't wait until you release more. Thanks for sharing this small tidbit.

[@Pedro_Dactyl]

Be cool for the Sojourn to be a Stelaris mod

[@SignalJones]

someone will do it.

[@aresthecrazy9335]

Signal Jones once we see more ships than just the Guinevere we most likely will.

[@joshuaperrine2019]

I can't wait for this series!!! The hero ship looks so cool! And all this lore is amazing.

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

Love the lore for this! A very cool sounding backstory for a city!

[@LtDavidB312]

Have I mentioned how much I've loved the promo material you guys are making for The Sojourn? 'Cuz I am so hyped right now!

[@TruePacifist201]

Holy... I got no words. This is beyond incredible. Thank you, Spacedock, for being so awesome.

[@ihaveasticknmyi]

Dude's a great actor.

[@nicholas9105]

Okei Mike

[@sigfridKKP]

Was watching some of the old sojourn videos yesterday and now i wake up to a new one! Great timing man.

[@CharlesUrban]

What superb voice acting!

[@Riku006]

Nice bit of world-building there. Glad to see work continues on the Sojourn.

[@armedmage]

Brilliant writing, and Ben is a great voice actor. Can't wait for the full series!

[@ThePCguy17]

Absolutely love this lore dump. I can't get enough Sojourn stuff, I need more!

[@mrdrprof8402]

Holy shit this is AWESOME. I want to hear more stories from him!

[@Fubblin]

Love the voice acting and all of this world building and lore is fantastic. Really looking forward to the series.

[@orbitalvagabond3297]

Spacefarers that had never seen a planet because they were stranded in a system with only asteroid belts... that's really clever.

[@concon09090]

Just wanna give Ben props for the excellent voice work in this one.

[@warriorpoet458]

More...must have MORE!!!!! Well done!

[@GrayderFox]

Well that's cool! Nice little establishment of what the Guinevere's deal is on top of a really neat piece of setting.

[@kairon156]

This is amazing! As a fan of sci-fi and a world builder this is just the sort of thing I enjoy. Can't wait for more episodes.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

The Merician Freehold looks like a dan for mercs/pirates/traders and whatnot and it sounds like a good place to visit.

[@ferallion3546]

Very excited for this indie project. It's nice to see something original. Can't wait for this to go live. Very curious about the ship type designs and naval ORBATs and TO&E's. Love the lore side of the universe.

[@phopis]

Hot damn! You've made something awesome. The writing, voice work, music, and visuals are good, but they've been put together into something great.

[@kennethbedwell5188]

Love it. The description is great and sounds like what would hopefully happen in that event.

[@testbenchdude]

Ok, that is some nifty world-building you've got going on there. Looking forward to more!

[@sprites4ever482]

Great voice acting! Really brings the character across.

[@johnsteiner3417]

Your opening has a very Mass Effect feel to is, so that's good.

[@rawwset]

I love the narrative view of this story

[@maldoran9150]

already love the universe you guys are building! I want the series and books and movies and... but by all means, take your time please.

[@nathanielpratt7413]

this is beautiful

[@jordondodge3819]

Those last words made me shiver I look forward to the rest of it

[@iudfr]

okay this is pretty interesting. hope you continue and it grows into something grand.

[@TheStormWolf10]

Also, i'm not gonna lie. Mathias Croft SOLD this series for me. It wasn't just the lore or the ships or anything else really...just this voiceover...croft is just plain awesome!

[@jesseberg3271]

Heck, what's another 9 minutes at 12:21 AM?

[@thishonestgrifter]

12:30?

[@Red_Lanterns_Rage]

9 minutes of enjoyment....

[@derektorres3092]

Same

[@audioguitarman]

I am so amped for this, looking forward to more Sojourn stuff!

[@Airwolf-lm9cm]

This is why I am so exited for the Sojourn. We get a (hopefully) amazing series and lore-, analysis-content directly from the creators and like in this case in-character. Amazing! One question: On the Tantalus Cluster map Mericia and Meric‘s Keep are two different systems. But in the video it sounds like Meric‘s keep is a station in the Mericia system. Can anyone clear this up?

[@eps200]

The keep is built around the gate you need to access Mericia, so yeah two systems.

[@fryingscotsmanful]

Wow that sounds like a very interesting back drop. Cant wait for this

[@Gauntlet1212]

If there was a book just about the lore of Sojourn, I'd buy it.

[@Zaffre]

Glad to see more Sojourn.

[@jonskowitz]

Eagerly (and only slightly patiently) waiting for this to start! :D

[@someidiotwithnoname]

This will be one hell of a story. Can't wait!

[@dunamoose3446]

Centrum is a planet, but where's Centrum Silver?

[@tfallspark5104]

I am really looking forward to the release of this!

[@michaelrobinson5796]

I love the Audio Visualizer!

[@christophergreenegreene2561]

We need more of that,so I can't imagine how it is too live there in the cluster.

[@daveawesomesauce772]

Oh man. So good! Well done to everyone involved. I'm excited to see more. Peace.

[@jaredkidd1]

Damn, with Worldbuilding like this, I'm so glad that I backed the Kickstarter!

[@rebelappliance771]

Now that’s a pretty big “bitch I lived” moment if I ever did see one.

[@LordTuskk]

I can't wait for this series to come out

[@murphinators7589]

Love it!

[@CybershamanX]

@Spacedock It would be cool if the star system maps w/ legends/points of interest keys were available for download. Are there any plans to release them at some point? Maybe those along with ship schematics, artwork and whatnot could be made available in book form for purchase, too. Any plans along these lines in store for us in the future? :)

[@brandondavis8005]

This would be great material for RPGs set in universe.

[@CybershamanX]

@@brandondavis8005 Oh, yeah! Man, I was just thinking from the standpoint of casual reading/curiosity, but, heck yeah, that would be awesome! GREAT material for RPG use! It would be fun to explore this society/culture. I wonder if this is percolating in their minds, as well? It would be awesome to have some RPG content released that focuses on different things that the main story doesn't and have it be officially sanctioned. It might even put what happens in the story in a different light or help explain certain aspects of what's going on. It wouldn't have to be anything major, either, perhaps just deal with interactions between some minor factions or whatnot so that it wouldn't affect the main story whatsoever. Thanks for mentioning this, man! :)

[@manuelleites5981]

The voice acting man, uff great .

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Mericia sounds like a right tenacious lot. Those spacer-folks must have been pretty good at growing food in space, since they've been living in a worldless system for so many seasons.

[@deanlawson6880]

Really super good video and compelling story!! Nicely Done!!

[@DrakeAurum]

The asteroid trick is a very neat security solution in a setting which uses jumpgate-style travel. Not only do you make it tough to mount an effective invasion, you're also stacking up all the visiting civilians from other systems right next to the gate - making them unofficial hostages, since they'll be right on the front line if a shooting war does break out. It does make me wonder about the physics of the Driftgates, though. If there's a driftgate in the destination system, does it act as an unavoidable 'lock-on' to any incoming travellers, forcing them to emerge through it - or could you tilt the outbound gate a few millionths of a degree, shunt your invasion fleet out elsewhere in the destination system, and let them worry about reclaiming the gate later? Also, does having a gate at both ends matter only in terms of being able to make the return trip? Or is gate-to-gate travel inherently safer / quicker / cheaper than gate-to-no-gate?

[@gammarailgun5406]

Don't quote me on this, but I remember hearing in the episode on drift gates that if you're jumping to a gate, it's a lot more accurate than jumping to a location without a gate. The thing that makes gate propagation possible is that you can get somewhere inside the target system, then build a return gate with your resources and stuff. You just have no idea where you're going to emerge. Which, fun fact, makes it nigh-impossible to try to invade a system without jumping directly to the target gate, because you have no idea where you'll emerge - and the odds that your fleet's cohesion will be maintained are basically zero. (I hope you're listening Spacedock)

[@Access.Denied]

Oh god... I expected it would be good but this? Very nice... High quality voice acting. If this is just a sampling i cant wait for more

[@akrinornoname2769]

Given Volume 3, the thing about duct taping together a chunk of a driftgate seems like a giant Chekov's Gun

[@cellestee]

This is amazing like literally gave me chills

[@fireball75677]

Hmmmmmm, seems like something to look forward to, I'm interested, hope everything goes well for the production guys!

[@rightsaidfred72]

Long anticipated and greatly received!!

[@brotherofthesouth]

Still. Cant wait until the next episode