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In the dilapidated remnants of the Kroshan ecumenopolis lays the neon-lit sprawls of S.E.T. City, where magic and cybernetics collide in a dystopian metropolis teeming with corruption and danger. Wandering its streets is a nameless spacer with a past shrouded in mystery and haunted by fragmented memories.
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Follow A MAN CALLED STRANGER, navigating the city from its treacherous Downs to its gleaming Skylines, and unwittingly becoming entangled in the city’s web of conspiracies. Uncovering secrets that threaten to unravel more than he ever wanted and all he wishes to remain forgotten.
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Follow A MAN CALLED STRANGER, navigating the city from its treacherous Downs to its gleaming Skylines, and unwittingly becoming entangled in the city’s web of conspiracies. Uncovering secrets that threaten to unravel more than he ever wanted and all he wishes to remain forgotten.
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2It all starts soon. A spacer. Corporate dystopia. Cyberpunk mayhem. And a conspiracy that will be the end of it all.
CITY BUSINESS, the pilot prologue of A Man Called Stranger. In the depths of S.E.T. City is a man, a stranger for sure, but really just a lost spacer. With little memory and even less money, another day turns quickly into... the beginning.
Having bitten off a bit more than he can chew, and now on the run from either cops or private security, our lost spacer turns to his last option for help. He'll take whatever he can find because as he's slowly coming to find out, he truly is a stranger in this city.
With the realization that they have stumbled into something they shouldn't have, Stranger, Cupid, and Packet Tracer are now in over their heads and must get to the bottom of it, not because it may or may not be the right thing to do, but because no one else is going to clear their names... and maybe, just maybe, they can still get paid.
It all comes to a head as the puzzle pieces fall into place when allegiances are revealed, bonds are forged and details are rewritten to be their corporate best. As the pilot prologue of A Man Called Stranger ends, a new beginning for some starts.
The prologue CITY BUSINESS might have left S.E.T. City with dead politicians, many dead gangers, and a few dead cops, but A Man Called Stranger is very much alive and the story is just getting started.
Season 1: BLACK COLLAR, coming January 2024.
A MAN CALLED STRANGER, is still recovering from the series of unfortunate incidents that was 'City Business' with a breaking cyber-arm, tricky magic, and still finding himself broke with little opportunity to remedy the situation. Having to take any job that comes his way to afford some Breakfast Bourbon, he and his new contacts are roped into their first proper case together; a woman has seemingly gone missing from the Underground, and this new client wants her found, at all costs. but much to Stranger's chagrin, there's always more once you get into the muck.
While the previous night might have been a bust (through a window), Stranger has a new job that's (hopefully) not a divorce case this time. But between the shady clientele and sketchy job details, unfortunately for Stranger, he's not the only one on the hunt, and he might not actually know what the prey is.
With the search getting increasingly complicated with every step he takes, Stranger is out of his depth and seeks out help from the denizens of S.E.T, but with the puzzle pieces falling into place, it's not painting the picture he prefers.
Stranger is hit with new faces, old faces, and in his own face as the pieces of this job start to fall around him. Leaving him with more questions than he prefers, and a concern for his well-being that's setting off alarm bells in his mind and across the city. As another job draws to a close, so does Act 1 of Black Collar.
With the Mathers' job done leaving Stranger (literally) bent out of shape, it's time for him to do something he's been putting off for quite a while; going to a Dr. Unfortunately for him what could have been a normal day quickly begins to go Clinically Insane. In a very soulful kind of way. Pretty crazy huh?
Getting one step closer to actually seeing an AugDoc, but there's always more to it, and for Stranger it's already too much. Unfortunately for all involved, it's not just him. Many seem to be having problems with, the chrome within.
With decisions already made, wounds almost healed, and still plagued by his shattered mind, Stranger has a new job on the horizon. One that's hopefully simple this time, as meeting with the Lasher Org. has consequences rearing its head, and others possibly losing theirs.
On the job and hunting for information, Stranger delves into the East-Side Boroughs in search of a lead that'll help clear all this up, maybe even wrap it in a nice bundle. Unfortunately for him, it's never quite as simple as he'd like.
Still following every lead he can get, Stranger is going from an uncomfortable conversation to sketchy findings with answers still proving to be alluding, but when there are no more cards to play there's always one option left... A little bit of corporate espionage flavored breaking and entering.
Shackled, beaten, and forced to endure possibly cruel torture (ads), Stranger is finally poised to get answers, just not the ones he'd prefer. Visions and arcology gunfights aside, he's going to put in as much effort as they're paying him to, even if it's coming with its usual side of caveat.
Shoutout to MysteryFrequency and StellarFutureRadio, both shows worth checking out
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This is a great podcast keep it going guys
I think this is the best episode yet 🤯
goddamn what an ending!
loved it, hope we get to see more of this 'Packet' guy 😉
10/10, great episode!
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