You are a Myrmidon, an elite servant of the queen of the Attala Star Empire. You stole the secret weakness of the enemy’s star-eating superweapon, and must return it home for any chance to save your people.
While fleeing your pursuers, you were caught in the FTL-disabling zone of Charybdis Station, a massive, ancient Precursor relic that has ensnared generations of careless star travelers in its net.
If there is any hope to save your home, your people, your queen, you must traverse the myriad depths of the station, battle or avoid the perilous Custodians, locate and disable the FTL dampeners, and
This solo ttrpg is designed to fit on one page (front and back) as a tri-fold brochure. Downloads also include a printer-friendly version. All you need to play is two six-sided dice, a standard deck of cards (with jokers removed), some sticky notes or scraps of paper, a writing utensil, and a place to journal your adventure.
Touchstones: Hyper Light Drifter, Metroid, Star Wars, and metroidvania games
Escape from Charybdis Station, cover art, and setting details are ©2023 Kaid Brenen Sacander.
This work is based on Firelights, a product of Fari RPGs (https://farirpgs. com/), developed and authored by René-Pier Deshaies-Gélinas, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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