The Orpheus Protocol

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First Anniversary Q&A Special Nov 20, 2017

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TheCalebG of The RPG Academy fame hosts a (very, very) long Q&A session and retrospective on this, the anniversary of The ORPHEUS Protocol's release. Staci, Dan, Jhan and I join Caleb as we look back on the project from its humble beginnings to its perhaps overambitious present, take some great questions from the listeners, and act a bit silly. It's been a hell of a year, and we have you, the listeners, to thank.

Episode 51: Road Trip Part IV Nov 13, 2017

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Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are put through a crash course in operational training by Jack, who's less than impressed by their capabilities as a cell. At the compound of the Coyote Ramblers motorcycle club, our operatives hone their skills, discover new abilities, and prepare to run a deadly errand for the gang. The Ramblers will help the cell secure supplies they need to go after Andrew Bernier, but a counter-operation against the Sinaloa Cartel is the price of admission... Music Credits: Nathan Kross and Rob Stith - In the Dark Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Josh Woodward - Dust (Instrumental Version) Chase Rayment - Epicenter Myuu - Grotesque Fantasia Alexander Nakarada - Crossroads F.O.G. - Intervalo de Horror Josh Woodward - Flypaper (Instrumental Version) Myuu - Troublemaker Theme Kai Engel - Difference Myuu - Crime Scene Myuu - Ground Noises (Horror Soundscape) Zombie-Fish - ANNIHILATOR Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 50: Road Trip Part III Nov 06, 2017

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Kiera, Mitch, and Pierce are finally given a moment of respite, now rid of the Sol Invictus team that had been hunting them since Chicago. Jack re-establishes contact with our operatives, and much is revealed as all (or maybe not quite all) of the cards are put on the table. The way forward is unclear, but the danger is certain; and tensions mounting within the cell threaten to tear the group apart once more... Music Credits: Sergey Cheremisinov - Seven Lights Kai Engel - Mist and Clouds Somewhere off Jazz Street - Don't Give it All Away Myuu - Prey ~Reprise~ Somewhere off Jazz Street - Collateral Damage Peter Rudenko - The Painter Three Chain Links - Gaining Traction Josh Woodward - The Hollow Grove Instrumental Version Kai Engel - (I Am) Climbing on Air MATHBAT - Rasputin Crawls out of the Neva River Covered in a Dark, Oily Substance Sergey Cheremisinov - Train Myuu - Pop Goes the Weasel (Traditional Cover) Natus - Screaming Silence Alexander Nakarada - Flynrd Mynrd Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 49: Road Trip Part II Oct 30, 2017

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Lying low in a ratty motel, Kiera, Mitch, and Jack try to make sense of what's on the audio cassette tapes Tiresias led them to in his final moments. But Sol Invictus hasn't given up the chase. Our operatives will have to determine how the strange accounts recorded on the tapes can be used to find their way forward to the contact Tiresias told them about... but they'll need to get out of the crosshairs first. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Somewhere off Jazz Street - Tonight Myuu - Obsessions Kai Engel - Tumult Moonlit Align - Dark Moss Taddart - The Legend of Anzar (Act 2) Marlon Lewis - DEATH CULTVIOLENCE Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 48: ?????? Oct 23, 2017

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In a place beyond imagining and beyond time, a man finds himself on the shores of an impossible sea. Upon this final precipice stands the Last House, and its lonely keeper within.

Truth, the future, self... all are disassembled and reconfigured by the enormity of the infinite, reflected in eyes that see beyond all things. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Angels Blind Ear Left - Inner Vision Three Chain Links - Masks and war drums Myuu - Promise ~Reprise~ (Silent Hill 2 Cover) Sleep Rivers - Above an Abyss WARHORSE - Caldor's Going Out of Business Darren Curtis - Highland Castle Alexander Nakarada - Traveler bXmMusic - Metal $399 Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 47: Road Trip Part I Oct 16, 2017

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Cut off from ORPHEUS, terrified of pursuit, and with certainty itself a bitter memory, Kiera and Mitch make their journey on dark, lost highways. They search for hope, with nothing to hold onto but a handful of numbers; a final order and gift from Tiresias. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Demons Three Chain Links - Darkness Somewhere off Jazz Street - Refuge Kevin MacLeod - Ghostpocalypse - 8 Epilog Fatal Injection - Untitled Zackrificed - Escape the Nightmare juliangruber - Black progressive groove DegITx - Machine Paradigm THUNDEROSE - Instrumental Cover - My Own Summer (Deftones) Alexander Nakarada - Jack the Lumberer Three Chain Links - Solace Sergey Cheremisinov - Clouds Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Bonus Episode 2: Cleanup Part II Oct 09, 2017

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As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episodes for upload, it's long you guys). Cleanup chronicles an important event in ORPHEUS's recent past, and honestly, it'd be unkind to say much more than that. Cleanup's story is a mystery, and trust me when I say that the threads that were pulled led somewhere horrifying. Find out just where that was in this very episode. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Hide Kevin MacLeod - Lightless Dawn Myuu - Forgotten Factory Kevin MacLeod - Quinn's Song: First Night L'Incal Noir - Analog Horror Stings Three Chain Links - Drive Fast Kai Engel - Imminence Alexander Nakarada - Nomadic Sunset Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 1 - A Beginning Kevin MacLeod - Shadowlands 4 - Breath ROZKOL - Ambient V-X Kevin MacLeod - Birch Run Tri-Tachyon - The Glow Kevin MacLeod - Decay Three Chain Links - Look how bright the city burns at night... Kevin MacLeod - Giant Wyrm Kai Engel - Melted Wings Kai Engel - Touch the Darkness Igor Sysoev - Chasm Darren Curtis - Bad Dreams Three Chain Links - Dance Harder Director's Note: You may notice some antiquated rules and game mechanics in this saga, due to the fact that it was recorded rather a long time ago. The ORPHEUS Protocol has been (but hopefully won't always be) a beta test, and this adventure was an important step in that process. Enjoy the look back into ORPHEUS history, both canonically and in a metagame sense! If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Bonus Episode 1: Cleanup Part I Oct 09, 2017

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As a thank you to everyone who left iTunes reviews, followed us on Twitter, and helped to solve the ARG, I now present to you the "Cleanup" saga in its entirety (though split into multiple episodes for upload, it's long you guys). Cleanup chronicles an important event in ORPHEUS's recent past, and honestly, it'd be unkind to say much more than that. Cleanup's story is a mystery, and trust me when I say that the threads that were pulled led somewhere horrifying. Music Credits: Kevin MacLeod - Temple of the Manes Wimus - Crockett's theme remix Myuu - Prey Kai Engel - Silence Darren Curtis - Peaceful Forest "Into Oblivion" Borrtex - Darkness Kevin MacLeod - Bridge DOS-88 - City Stomper Tri-Tachyon - Edge of the Wastelands Kevin MacLeod - Anxiety Myuu - Phantom (Horror Soundscape) Three Chain Links - Resetting the Grid Myuu - Ghost Town Kevin MacLeod - Satiate Strings Three Chain Links - Portals The One They Fear - Wolves Director's Note: You may notice some antiquated rules and game mechanics in this saga, due to the fact that it was recorded rather a long time ago. The ORPHEUS Protocol has been (but hopefully won't always be) a beta test, and this adventure was an important step in that process. Enjoy the look back into ORPHEUS history, both canonically and in a metagame sense! If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 46: Contingency Part III Oct 02, 2017

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A plot to subvert ORPHEUS itself is brewing, and Diana enlists Rhett and Freya to help turn the tables on the double agents executing the coup. And as a familiar group of Operatives make their way out of Chicago, it's up to Maenad Directive to safeguard their escape. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Into Darkness Three Chain Links - Magic Hour Kevin MacLeod - Deep Haze Myuu - Look Out Three Chain Links - Gray is the Sky Bertram Tung - Something AKIRA - Final Fight bXmMusic - E1m8 (Doom Cover) Alexander Nakarada - Jack the Lumberer Alexander Nakarada - Flynrd Mynrd Three Chain Links - Dance Harder Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. Follow Chanel's work at Swallows of the South. Hear Alan's GM chops in action at Pokemon World Tour United. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

Episode 45: Contingency Part II Sep 25, 2017

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Freya and Rhett risk life and limb to board the secret train ORPHEUS is using to evacuate Diana and Orion from the besieged facility. But a speeding train full of armed ORPHEUS operatives with orders to shoot intruders on sight turns out to be the second worst thing to happen to them today. A new and bizarre enemy reveals itself, and The Maenad Directive is put to the test in battle. Music Credits: Three Chain Links - Magic Hour DOS-88 - Checking Manifest Waveform Walker - Ain't Animals Three Chain Links - Deus Ex - Unatco Headquarters Kevin MacLeod - Deadly Roulette Muciojad - N O S E D I V E Mykee Morettini - Horror Movie Music Instrumental Theme Myuu - Spook Box Myuu - Fatal Shrine Douglas Mendes - Red Violin Rock Caprice Myuu - Song of Unhealing (Creepypasta Cover) DEgITx feat. Matty M. - Grim Reaper Opening and Closing Themes by Nathan Kross and Rob Stith Director's Note: If you enjoy The ORPHEUS Protocol, please consider dropping us a review on iTunes. This is the best way for us to reach a broader audience. Follow Chanel's work at Swallows of the South. Hear Alan's GM chops in action at Pokemon World Tour United. The ORPHEUS Protocol releases every Monday.

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