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The Discovery Arc

Extracted from TrueHistory — the full campaign pacing guide for the path from Mars to Pluto.

The path from Mars to Pluto is not direct. It unfolds over multiple phases:

Phase 1: Mars Surface (Sessions 1-2)

  • Initial discoveries confirm Leonidas was right — clearly artificial, clearly ancient
  • Linguistic fragments but not enough context to decode
  • Hints of something deeper underground
  • Politics explode; confirming alien existence is world-shaking
  • Personal threads activate (Victoria's psychometry, Leonidas's obsession)

Phase 2: Underground Facility (Sessions 2-4)

  • Deeper investigation reveals underground Tiamat installation
  • More linguistic material, but still incomplete
  • References to Deimos emerge — something important was there
  • Psychometry reveals grief, determination, purpose
  • The Belt cylinder becomes essential for linguistic progress

Phase 3: Cylinder Acquisition + Deimos (Sessions 4-7)

  • Getting access to the cylinder is its own challenge (comes out in play)
  • At Deimos: evidence someone's been here first, cleaned up but not perfectly
  • Key artifacts are gone — ARC took them
  • Psychometric trail gives next breadcrumb: Saturn system

Phase 4: Saturn/Hyperion (Sessions 7-9)

  • Trail points to Hyperion (Titan Extraction's territory)
  • ARC knows or suspects but cannot move openly
  • More puzzle pieces: linguistic keys, historical context, clearer warnings
  • The final pointer to Pluto emerges

Phase 5: Pluto Decision (Sessions 9-10)

  • They know where to go and understand the stakes
  • Warnings are genuinely ambiguous
  • Getting to Pluto requires serious commitment — resources, allies, a capable ship
  • The decision to go is meaningful