Category: Empire Of Rust

Deep beneath the surface of the Harmonium, the crew has finally reached the heart of Statera and discovered a Titan who is still alive, but only barely. With the Spark Chamber damaged and its vital systems deliberately sabotaged, the crew sets to work repairing what was broken and restoring the flow of energon to Statera’s massive green spark. Ancient conduits are reconnected, damaged systems are brought back online, and piece by piece, the Titan’s life support systems begin to awaken. But this isn’t simply a repair job. The deeper the crew works, the more obvious it becomes that the damage was intentional. Someone didn’t merely abandon Statera. Someone went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the ancient Titan would remain cut off from its own spark. And as the final connection is restored, for the first time in thousands of years, the Titan’s spark burns with something approaching its former strength.… Continue reading

The crew’s exploration is interrupted by a violent confrontation with the three Burrowmaws that have made the ancient Titan’s remains their home. Once the creatures are defeated, the crew presses deeper into the forgotten corridors, uncovering chambers untouched since before the Harmonium’s oldest histories were written. Then they find something they never expected. A Hot Spot. Thousands upon thousands of unborn Cybertronian sparks drift within a vast chamber, slowly drawing energy from Statera and beginning the impossibly long process of creating new bodies. For the first time, the crew witnesses the ancient process by which Transformers are born, from the living spark of a Titan. Following the ancient systems deeper into Statera, the crew finally reaches the Titan’s Spark Chamber. There, suspended within an enormous lattice of ancient machinery, they find the source of everything they’ve encountered below. Statera’s spark still burns. But barely. We want to hear your feedback!… Continue reading

Beyond the ancient lift lies a world forgotten by history. Far beneath the cities, temples, and battlefields of the Harmonium, the crew begins exploring the colossal interior of Statera—an ancient Titan whose body has slumbered beneath the planet for millions of years. Vast halls stretch beyond the reach of their optics, abandoned maintenance chambers remain frozen in time, and impossible machinery stands silent, waiting for commands that will never come. Yet despite the ages, Statera is not entirely lifeless. Something still moves through the forgotten corridors. As the crew ventures deeper into the Titan’s labyrinthine interior, they discover that the ancient depths have become home to creatures perfectly adapted to life beneath the world. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by Dashery! Like what we’re doing and… Continue reading

With General Libra’s recommendations in hand, the crew departs Arris One aboard one of the Harmonium’s ancient underground monorail lines. Once built to unite the world’s great cities, the tunnels now serve as lifelines beneath a planet at war, carrying the team ever closer to Principle. But Principle is only the beginning. Beneath the bustling heart of the Harmonium lies an older world, sealed away beneath layers of history and forgotten engineering. There, hidden behind colossal vault doors and dormant machinery, the crew discovers an immense transport lift descending far below anything found on modern maps. Their journey is no longer toward another city. It’s toward the foundations of a civilization… We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by Dashery! Like what we’re doing and want to help… Continue reading

The road to Arris One finally comes to an end, but the battle for the Harmonium has only just begun. Within the shielded walls of the military outpost, the crew meets General Libra, one of the few commanders still capable of coordinating the planet’s fractured defenses. The heroes’ destination is Principle, the Harmonium’s ancient center of power, information, and infrastructure. Somewhere beneath its foundations lies a secret buried so deeply that even most of the Harmonium believes it to be little more than a legend. A Titan, known as Statera. As fleets clash across the skies, the crew sets out not for the front lines, but for the quiet place beneath them, where history has been waiting a very long time to be uncovered. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our… Continue reading

After surviving the destruction of their ship and an impossible journey through the void, the crew finally reaches the surface of the Harmonium. However, their relief is short-lived. The skies above are alive with Black Block Consortium warships, and the planet itself is under relentless orbital bombardment. Across the horizon, ancient cities burn beneath curtains of anti-aircraft fire as defensive batteries struggle to hold the line. Separated from any formal military support, the crew and the Harmonium ambassadors must cross a war-torn landscape toward Arris One—the nearest shielded military outpost and perhaps the only place left capable of coordinating a defense. Every crater tells the story of a battle already lost. Every explosion reminds them they’re running out of time. For the first time since arriving in Harmonium space, the war is no longer something they were traveling toward. They’re standing in the middle of it. We want to hear… Continue reading

After being scattered across the void, the crew finally reunites in the wreckage field orbiting Harmonium space. Bruised, battered, and running on dwindling supplies, they pull themselves—and the surviving ambassadors—back from disaster long enough to take stock of the situation. With no ship, limited resources, and no clear way home, the crew is forced to improvise a descent plan while deciding where they stand in a conflict that may reshape the balance of power across Cybertron. For the first time since arriving in Harmonium space, survival is no longer enough. Now they have to choose what comes next. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out our online shop, powered by Dashery! Like what we’re doing and want to help make our podcast even better? If you already support us, thank you! Continue reading

Lost in the freezing void of Harmonium space, the crew fights to survive the aftermath of the catastrophic collision that destroyed their ship. With debris, failing systems, and drifting survivors scattered across the darkness, every second becomes a race against momentum, oxygen, and distance. One by one, the crew manages to regroup, pulling the Harmonium ambassadors and each other back from the edge. For a brief moment, it almost feels like they might actually make it. Then Spindrift shoots a missile. What follows is immediate chaos. The detonation tears through the debris field and sends everyone spiraling away from each other once again—scattered across the void with damaged systems, broken comms, and rapidly shrinking chances of rescue. The cold between stars suddenly feels much larger. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to rust@transmissionspodcast.com! Want some TransMissions swag? Check out… Continue reading

The jump into Harmonium space should have been the easy part. Instead, it becomes a disaster. As the crew exits the spacebridge, another vessel barrels through the corridor at the worst possible moment. The collision is immediate, violent, and catastrophic—tearing the ship apart before anyone can react. In a heartbeat, the mission changes from escort to survival. Ejected into the cold void with systems failing and debris scattering in every direction, the crew scrambles to stabilize themselves, locate the Harmonium ambassadors, and keep everyone alive long enough to find a way out. No gravity. No safety. No margin for error. Just drifting bodies, dwindling power, and the fragile promise they made to deliver their passengers home. Because out here, even a single mistake doesn’t just end the mission. It ends everything. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for Empire Of Rust directly to… Continue reading

With the dust settling in Iacon, the crew receives a visit from an influential ally: Windblade. Carrying both authority and urgency, she brings a new mission—one that requires diplomacy, discretion, and a steady hand. The Harmonium representatives currently under Iacon’s protection must be returned safely to their home territory. Though the organization still stands, the political landscape around it is delicate, and the journey could have consequences far beyond a simple escort mission. Windblade lays out the stakes and the route ahead, turning the crew’s attention from recent battles to the careful work of diplomacy and safe passage. For once, the task is not to infiltrate, sabotage, or fight their way through an enemy stronghold. Instead, they must deliver something far more complicated: people. And on Cybertron, even the act of going home can be dangerous. We want to hear your feedback! Post a comment here or email feedback for… Continue reading