The StarBirds

Facing yet another obstacle in the glacial mine, the crew of the Titan's Mercy must decide how best to maneuver through the cloud of combustible gas and reach the cavern beyond... NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Soundtrack: The Diamond Dove (aka Sam Emery) The StarBirds is played, albeit loosely, using the Edge of the Empire system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks and currently published by Edge Studios

After a quick battle with a zombified Rhodian miner, the crew of the Titan's Mercy uncovers even more of the unfolding mystery... Music by: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and Bandcamp) NightCast Discord: see previous releases Donate to Destiny: see previous releases The StarBirds is played using the Edge Of The Empire system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks/Edge Studio    

After coming across an empty spacesuit with an oddly cracked helmet, the trio of Tad, Gyd and Vickers continue their search for the lost miners..... NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening Theme: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) Soundtrack: Our GM Sam Emery (First Attempt, so be kind :) The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks - also now run by Edge Studios  

After a quick talk with Solara, the head of the glacier mining operation, the crew prepares to enter the mine and retrieve the lost miners... Donate 4 Destiny:  https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks and currently published by Edge Studios  

As the crew of the Titan's Mercy prepares to visit the head of the mining operation at Sinta IV, another passenger asks to tag along.... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Edge Studios and Fantasy Flight Games!  

As the crew of the Titan's Mercy exits hyperspace, having spent nearly all of their fuel, they are shocked to discover an Imperial Star Destroyer orbiting the main settlement of Sinta IV..... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Fantasy Flight Games and Edge Studios

The crew of the Titan's Mercy find a way to safely guide the StarViper into the hangar bay before discussing plans for a new stopover alternative en route to Corellia.... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks

Tad, Gyd and Vickers must decide what to do next after they jettison the tracking/listening device into space.... Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks!  

Having just discovered the tracking/listening device in the engine room, the crew of the Titan's Mercy must find a way to disable and dispose of it.... Music by: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds is played using the Edge Of The Empire Rulebook by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks

Still dripping with bacta, a concerned Mag Vil informs the crew of the Titan's Mercy of the possibility of a tracking device somewhere aboard the ship.... Opening Theme: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html (Quick Disclaimer: In the opening, our GM Sam mistakenly debated the existence of wool bathing suits in the past. After a brief google search, he would like everyone to know that he knows how wrong he was. Thank you) The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire game system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks

Having made some hasty off-the-beaten-path hyperspace calculations, the StarBirds and their passengers enjoy some downtime before making a shocking discovery... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound/BandCamp/Spotify) NightCast Discord (aka, the NiceCast Discord - like seriously it is such a positive and uplifting community): https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny:  https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds is played, whenever we finally force ourselves to pick up the dice, using the Edge of the Empire rulebook by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks. All likenesses to real voice actors or even voice acting in general are purely coincidental and are best consumed with a steaming helping of silliness and a proper laughtrack

After a prolonged chase/fight with the Black Sun crime syndicate, the crew boards the Titan's Mercy and attempts to leave the planet as quickly as possible....hijinks ensue All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html All StarBirds adventures are played using the Edge of the Empire system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks, though we do reserve the right to never actually use the dice or the system at all and just play make believe. Like why not, ya know? Just have a little fun with it all

Thinking quickly, Vickers scoops an unconscious Mag before entering the Maneuverer and kicking it on. Gyd races for the dorsal hatch as a Black Sun Star Viper latches on to the Titan's Mercy and winds up a modified mining laser, preparing to bore into the hull. Will our beleaguered heroes find a way to stop the onslaught and flee Toydaria at last, or will they meet their untimely demise? Find out this week on the StarBirds! NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds is played under the loosest set of guidelines even possible to still be referred to as an actual-play podcast, but nonethless using The Edge of the Empire roleplaying system by Fantasy Flight Games and Lucasbooks. All likenesses either actual or imagined are used under the Creative Commons license and are only ever a vague attempt at humor  

As the Titan's Mercy hovers in place above Porky's Chop Shop, the three Black Sun starfighters begin to circle. The crew and friends ascend the staircase, looking for a way to board while avoiding the terrifying prospect of being blown to itty bitty bits.... All Music : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and Band Camp) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG The StarBirds is played using the Edge of the Empire roleplaying game by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks

The chase continues! Having dispatched the vast majority of the operatives the Black Sun had thrown at them, the trio of Tad, Gyd and Vickers must now manever through the crowded city and rendevous with the Titan's Mercy before a trio of starfighters can intercept.... opening music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds is (loosely) played using the Edge of the Empire series by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks

As the mall begins to fill with Black Sun mercenaries, the crew of the Titan's Mercy and their new-found friends/fellow fugitives attempt a daring escape from the food court of the Merchant District in Toydor... NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny:  https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html All Music: Joshua Empyre  

After a stray blaster bolt knocks out an already bedraggled Bort Tadoras, the team must find a way to bring him back and rendevous with Corte and Syra before the clutches of the Black Sun crime syndicate close around them once more..... Opening Theme : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html The StarBirds adventure is played (loosely) using the Genesys system by Fantasy Flight Games and LucasBooks  

Having fled Ma'ar Shi's home and adeptly maneuvered thru the Underground, the crew of the Titan's Mercy finds themselves stuck on the access ladder beneath the Cinnabon. Will they discover a way inside or be captured by the Black Sun operatives in hot pursuit? All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and Bandcamp) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG StarBirds is played using the Edge Of The Empire Series by Fantasy Flight Games and Lucas Books  

Following a rescue from the sewers by the generous Ma'ar Shi, the crew of the Titan's Mercy discovers a way to cleanse the clearly possessed crystal as Black Sun operatives tear through the Underground.... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Donate For Destiny: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

After narrowly escaping an encounter with Black Sun, the trio of Tad, Gyd and Vickers must find a way through the sewers beneath the underground and past the mercenaries patrolling the streets above... Donate for Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html  NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Music by Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) FFG games are trademarked by Disney and LucasFilms and all that jazz

The blast from a concussion grenade still ringing in their ears, the trio of Tad, Gyd and Vickers must extract Mango and Mag from the Rainbow Room and find some way to escape this overpowered assault... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html All Music : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

The tea still drying at the bottom of their impossibly tiny cups, the crew of the Titan's Mercy must deal with a new threat.... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and Bandcamp) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

Having contained the hideous strength of the crystal once again, the crew of the Titan's Mercy heads for the Underground and the info they so desperately need to complete their mission.... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html

After a brief and decisive battle with a mysterious force enchanting the botany lab aboard the Titan's Mercy, the crew must decide what to do with the crystal and what path they must take next.... Donate for Destiny : https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG All Music by Joshua Empyre: FreeSound and BandCamp

Tad, Gyd and Vickers race through the streets of Todor hoping desperately to reach the ship in time to rescue Kef and save the ship from a strange and powerful force... All Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) Donate For Destiny : https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord : https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

After a scrape with some local ruffians in Todor, the crew of the Titan's Mercy goes shopping...   All Music : Joshua Empyre ( FreeSound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

Almost immediately upon entering the Market in Todor, Tad, Gyd and Vickers spot a gang in an alleyway roughing up a local. Will our brave and strange heroes decide to help or will they simply walk by on their way to the Underground... Donate For Destiny : https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html All Music by : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) Night Cast Discord : https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

In the joyous and confusing wake of Flippin' Jock's Flapjack Emporium, the crew of the Titan's Mercy must navigate the city of Todor in search of the Underground.... All Music : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) DonateForDestiny : https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord : https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

Finally setting foot on the planet of Toydaria, the crew of the Titan's Mercy and Davith set out to retrace Davith and Yem's steps with the hopes of finding some trace of the group who made them smugglers.... All Music : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound and BandCamp) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

On this auspicious #starwarspodcastday, the trio of Tad, Gyd and Vickers must finalize their plans as they approach the planet of Toydaria.... All Music: Joshua Empyre (Freesound and Bandcamp) rVgqXwWEpCwRppDbeGeo NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

The crew of the Titan's Mercy experiences an odd encounter and Vicker's wild game of show and tell...

We rejoin the crew of the Titan's Mercy as they speed through hyperspace on the quickest path out of the Nebula... Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html  NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/bJkYFwMj4j  

In the final part of our Intermission Crossover, the trio of Rhes, 8UT-13R and Toxone move deeper into the Stone Forest, trying desperately to keep their heads and lose their tails... All Music by: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Rhes (Sammi) - @GoddesSammi Toxone (Dustin) - @panda_greasy 8UT-13R (Josh) - @redpandainaywing The Force (Sam) - @SamEmery82  

Recovering from a triumphant wreck, the trio of Rhes, 8UT-13R, and Toxone take a quick inventory of supplies, before a new danger presents itself and they must once again....run... Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Social Medias: (Twitter) Rhes(Sammi) - @GoddesSammi  Toxone(Dustin) - @panda_greasy 8UT-13R(Josh) - @redpandainaywing  

Rhes, Toxone, and 8UT-13R continue to run away as the sound of two speeder bikes grows ever closer... Sammi (Rhes) - @GoddesSammi Dustin (Toxone) - @panda_greasy Josh (8UT-13R) - @redpandainaywing Sam (GM) - @SamEmery82 Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html    

Toxone, Rhes, and 8UT-13R must navigate a treacherous canyon and unravel the mystery of their current predicament.... Social Medias Dustin: @greasy_panda Sammi: @GodesSammi Josh: @redpandainaywing Sam: @SamEmery82 Opening theme: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) all sound effects and music courtesy of Freesound.org    

In our first Intermission Episode we are joined by  Dustin: @panda_greasy on Twitter Sammi: @GodesSammi Josh: @redpandaywing Sam: @SamEmery82 Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound.org)  

In wrap up for Season 1, Katie, Ean, Zack and Sam sit down to answer some questions and take a quiz determining which kind of bird they identify with the most... Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html  

Finale! The crew of the Titan's Mercy must find a way off of the Hutt ship... opening music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html NightCast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG    

The crew of the Titan's Mercy faces down their greatest threat and attempts to talk their way out of the slipperiest of pickles... Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html  

Having released Davith from an icy prison, the crew of the Titan's Mercy make a call to the Hutt ship outside and create a backup plan should things go horribly wrong.... Opening Theme: Joshua Empyre (Freesound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html  

With their newfound friend Liftee in tow, the crew of the Titan's Mercy continues their plan to rescue the Bothan, Davith, as the threat of the Hutt just outside continues its menacing barrage... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening Theme: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound)

As the crew enters the asteroid again, they must find Davith, enough coolant to repair the hyperdrive and some way to permanently disable the interdictor generator.... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound)  

After a brief respite and some get-to-know-ya downtime, the crew of the Titan's Mercy heads back to collect some coolant and begin the process of transporting the many people trapped in carbonite back to their ship... Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening Music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound)

Basking in the pale glow of their valorous mission's success, the crew of the Titan's Mercy gets a little closer to each other and discovers hints of secrets which have yet to reveal themselves... opening music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Donate For Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html

After discovering their captain in a precarious state, the crew of the Titan's Mercy leaps into action to recover a cannister of V-Con 4 and rescue Raymond P. Skitters, bogwing extraordinaire, from the Suwantek TL-1200 before it floats away into the space storm...

Having defeated the artist formerly known as Silver Chester Cheetah, the crew searches the ship for Corte and Syra.... Donate For Destiny : https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening Music : Joshua Empyre (FreeSound)

Faced with the slobbering maw of a bogwing leaning down into the airlock above, the crew of the Titan's Mercy must decide quickly what to do or risk being caught betwixt 2 formidable villians.... opening music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound) Donate for Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Night Cast Discord: https://discord.gg/K8PYcFG  

The sound of the airlocks disengaging thrusts the crew into action as they rush for the bridge and frantically search for a way to regain access to the Titan's Mercy... Donate for Destiny: https://childsplay.salsalabs.org/childsplayonlinedonationwidget/p/StarBirdsPodcast/index.html Opening music: Joshua Empyre (FreeSound)  

Mark Eberhardt (of Coruscant Nights and OtherPlace fame) hosts 4 other GMs from the Star Wars Actual Play Podcast Arena to discuss what it is like to start an actual play podcast, or any podcast for that matter, in honor of Star Wars Podcast Day (February 7th)! Adam Beltaine - Force Majeure DeWayne Feenstra - Flight Risk Andrew Armstrong - Dicey Cantina and Sam Wescott from StarBirds