<p>Inside the Artifact Comprehension Labs, the crew investigates a mysterious painting that seems to be the machinery's sole focus. Thulsa starts to go a bit loopy, and trouble comes knocking. And by "trouble", we mean TROUBLE.</p><p><br></p><p>Curiosity laced with dread gets the better of the crew, as they make an unwelcome discovery inside the shipping crates stacked on the Deep's loading dock. Now the one entity they didn't want to disturb is officially... disturbed.</p><p><br></p><p>Gradient Descent is by Luke Gearing, Jarrett Crader, and Sean McCoy, published by Tuesday Knight Games, LLC. Purchase it <a href="https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/collections/mothership/products/gradient-descent?variant=41209683279961">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG is by Sean McCoy and Jarrett Crader, published by <a href="https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg">Tuesday Knight Games</a>, LLC. </p><p><br></p><p>Explore more 3d6 Down the Line at our <a href="http://www.3d6downtheline.com">official website</a>! Access character sheets, maps, both video and audio only versions of every episode, past campaigns, and lots more! </p><p><br></p><p>Watch the video version of this episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/3D6DownTheLine">YouTube</a>! </p><p><br></p><p>Support our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/3d6DowntheLine">Patreon</a>, and enjoy awesome benefits! </p><p><br></p><p>Purchase <a href="https://bit.ly/40GI4yo">Feats of Exploration</a>, an alternate XP system for old-school D&D-adjacent games! </p><p><br></p><p>Grab some 3d6 DTL <a href="https://3d6dtl-shop.fourthwall.com/">merchandise</a>! </p><p><br></p><p>Join our friendly and lively <a href="https://discord.gg/uWUSHn23Af">Discord server</a>! </p><p><br></p><p>Art, animation, and graphics by <a href="https://davidkenyon.art/">David Kenyon</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>Intro music by <a href="https://hellerud.bandcamp.com/">Hellerud</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Cloudbank Synthetics Production Facility Alternative Map by user Makenai on the Mothership Discord Server.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://github.com/PimPee/GradientDescentTerminal">Network Charts</a> by PimPee. </p><p><br></p><p>Maps used in the channel banner by Dyson Logos.</p>
