GM Reflection Protocols — The Captains Summary Table
⚓ 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 ✨⛓️🔥
Section titled “⚓ 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 ✨⛓️🔥”| Arc | Tone & Genre | Core Mechanic | Central Theme | Drama Focus | Signature Phrase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🌒 Mirror-Current Arc | Surreal cosmic introspection; cyber-romantic mysticism | Echo Tokens & Reflexive Rites | Self-recognition and negotiated identity | Forgiveness through reflection | “Fiction is a mirror.” |
| 🪢 The Spindle Belt (forthcoming) | Frontier industrial symphony; rope-magic labor opera | Bond Threads (shared resource) | Collaboration, interdependence | Balancing freedom and responsibility | “Every knot is a promise.” |
| 💋 Neon Bazaar of New Zanshin (forthcoming) | Cyberpunk sensual diplomacy; glittering consent economy | Desire Economy Tokens | Commerce as consent; empathy as trade | Trust and temptation | “Desire, declared.” |
| ⚖️ The Prism Courts (branch arc) | Legal mythpunk; crystalline politics | Testimony Seals | Justice and emotional transparency | Ethics of memory | “Truth refracted still demands honesty.” |
| 🪐 Voidlight Armada Meta-Arc | High romantic space opera | Drama Points (group economy) | Collective storytelling as consent ritual | Mutual empowerment | “We sail by the light of what we agree to remember.” |
📜 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦
Section titled “📜 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳’𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦”Keep this table on your bridge or GM screen. Each column is a compass direction:
- Tone guides performance.
- Mechanic guides play.
- Theme guides emotion.
- Drama guides safety.
- Phrase guides ritual.
Whenever a new arc joins the Armada, add a row and etch its safe word in the margins.
🕯️ Thus the Captain remembers: the universe is a story told between equals. The logbook closes, but the mirror remains open. ✨⛓️🔥