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Podcast: Gauntlet Calendar
Episode: SWS: Smashball 01
Description: The extreme sports space opera you never knew you needed is finally here.The roar of the holocrowd is overpowering. The weight of the ball in your hands isn’t nearly as heavy as the fate of your Colony on your shoulders. The smell of burnt duracrete fills the recycled air as your gravskates crackle to life. -----------------------------------After the fall of the Empire and the great exodus of the nobles to the Core Worlds, the six colonies of Eliad adopted a cultural imperative of pacifism.Aboard the specially-configured arenaship Ersatz, the colonies’ chosen representatives mediate their conflicts through a tournament of c...