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The Bifrost Incident. Any schoolchild could tell you about it. The fall of the old order; two hundred years of Asgardian hubris come together in a single epoch-defining event. The maiden voyage of a train through the stars, vanished without a trace. For decades it had been old lady Odin’s passion, her long-sought legacy: shoot a locomotive through that man-made rainbow wormhole, reduce the time between worlds from three months to three days. All the tests had worked with quite literal flying colours, and the train was deemed safe. And what a train it was: gilded with gold and swirls of bismuth mosaic. Every high-up, well-to-do, noseturning Asgard hobnob signed up to that first trip, or risk Odin’s displeasure, so when it didn’t come out the other side, who was left to rule?

In the chaos that ensued, no one really thought to look into what actually happened to the train itself. And that’s where I come in, Inspector 2nd class Lyfrassir Edda, New Midgard Transport Police. Because the Ratatosk Express has finally arrived in Midgard, 80 years late. All that’s left is the ruin of the engine room and a couple of twisted skeletons. And the black box. It’s as much a history project as an actual crime scene, but combing through the data still comes down to me.

First recording is Odin’s launching speech. Almost a century ruling Asgard, you’d think she’d be a better public speaker, not rambling on about the glory of her pet science project, as if exporting quicker tyranny to Midgard was all she had ever dreamed of.

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from The Bifrost Incident, released January 29, 2017

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The Mechanisms: a band of immortal space pirates roaming the universe in the starship Aurora. Some say they’re from a steampunk future, others claim they’re from a cyberpunk past, a few even whisper that they may be from a dieselpunk alternate now. They are all correct. ... more

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