Moon's Haunted

was a campaign that took place on Nocturne and Kamens in .
== Background ==
During the First Coalition War, a few months after the signing of the 2nd Treaty of Korinth, ATC ships patrolled Celestial Space. On one occasion, a cruiser returning to the Pin Jump on the way from liaison in Sigvald's Domain was forced to take maneuvers to avoid an inexplicably panicking pod of void whales, far outside their usual territory. In the process, the ship incidentally discovered a very weak etheric gate, nearly un-findable unless right on top of it.Upon investigation, the ATC found a pocket dimension containing a bi-planetary system.
Scans told of population centers, though fairly primitive, on one planet. And on the other, no apparent inhabitants, but spectacular, vast quantities of quicksilver as well as the wrecks of many ships. The ATC also found that etherics worked less effectively upon entering the system, though minutely so. The ATC made first contact with the inhabitants of the former planet, Nocturne, so named for its longer night cycles, a result of the etheric phenomenon. The ATC learned that the Nocturnals are essentially a hodgepodge of stranded and exiled Celestials who came together to create a settlement over time; though they were aware of the the value of the other planet, Kamens, they lacked the technology to reliably reach and further extract anything from it. The ATC made a deal with Nocturnal leaders to do all the labor in extracting and selling the quicksilver of Kamens, as well as “protect” the system from potential Fialta or Perfect Prince invasion, in exchange for a 75% cut of whatever was found there.
The first few ATC mining parties assigned to Kamens reported progressively worse phenomena after first breaking ground: first, more aggressive, infrequent disruptions of etheric devices that at first were limited to short-outs on Kamens’ surface and have since increased in scale all the way out to the gate of the pocket dimension. These preceded reports on Kamens of missing and mutilated miners, as well as hominids seen at a distance on the surface and within the mining tunnels. Details are unclear about what the last mining party saw before all operations were suspended, as almost all of its members either died on-world or have been shuttled back to Aeldrum for advanced psychological treatment.
However, rumors spread like wildfire that survivors raved about “the chittering,” and seemed to make noises no one else could hear. Nocturnals claim to have no information about what could possibly be on Kamens, pointing only to their knowledge that the planet is covered in wrecks. 
Rather than abandon such rich quicksilver deposits at a time of war (or report the danger to the Aeldman military, which might ask the ATC to abandon its new source of income), the ATC Board of Directors authorized an expeditionary mission to travel to Kamens (undercover, to prevent panic about the seriousness of the threat), discover the source of the disturbances, and neutralize it. The mission, in short, is to make Kamens safe for capitalism.
Session Zero will take place at Port Muirkirk, an artificial plateau created by the ATC near Nocturne’s main settlement to host and resupply docking ATC ships on their way to Kamens with mining equipment. Your handler McCabe (discussed in a later section) briefs you the following:
== Characters ==
=== Player Characters ===
Character 	Player 	Description
Eleanor Macabeau 	Brynn 	ATC civilian psychiatrist
Nolwen Katarin 	Brynn 	Sniper, wife of Eleanor Macabeau
Moirin Cuilinn 	Brynn 	Irish mercenary, wife of Eleanor Macabeau
Master Sergeant Jaures de Vranne	Christophe	Soldier type with some experience in first-contact situations, deputy team lead
Cpl. Belle Zuiki O'Clery 	Lux 	Half-elf covert operator from Ireland
Maj. Vash Kesdis 	Sarah 	Expedition commanding officer
Specialist Mik Dozir 	Sarah 	Vash Kesdis' aide-de-camp
Gaston Rimm 	Seth 	Children’s book author and expert in frontier research and alien cultures
Le Fou 	Seth 	Scribe and assistant to Gaston Rimm
"Grandma" Gladys Lockheart 	Tom 	Occult specialist
Abbey Lockheart 	Tom 	Granddaughter of Gladys Lockheart
Doorman Chief 	Kristen 	Doorman
=== Important Non-Player Characters ===
Character 	Description
McCabe 	An ops chief working directly under the ATC Board and given control over the team within the “Expeditionary Exploitation Operations” section of the ATC. Your orders come from him. You have never seen him, only heard his voice over radio transmissions; brusque and authoritative, but seemingly with an appreciation for creativity if it accomplishes the mission. Most people in the ATC are frightened to discuss him as a person whatsoever, which might tell you enough.
Dr. Gant 	ATC researcher who oversaw treatment of work injuries and mental stress among miners on Kamens.
Dr. Larsen 	ATC Doctor treating miners on Nocturne.
Renata 	Leader of the union of surviving ATC miners on Nocturne.
Pike 	Renata's second.
Edgar 	near-comatose patient of Dr. Larsen.
Paul Wilson	Possessed miner on Nocturne.
Pete Wilson	Paul's brother, left behind on Kamens.
Irakli 	De Vranne's hunter deputy.
Bata 	Leader of the Vakhtangian village on Kamens.
Ketavan 	The Vakhtangians' priest of Othal.
Spork 	Vakhtangian village member.
Beans 	Vakhtangian village member.
Evriksen 	Angel of the Spider God
Spider God 	Elder god inhabiting Kamens
== Summary ==
=== Session 1 ===
=== Session 2 ===
=== Session 3 ===
=== Session 4 ===
=== Session 5 ===
=== Session 6 ===
=== Session 7 ===
=== Session 8 ===
=== Sessions 9 and 10 ===
=== Session 11 ===
=== Session 12 ===
== Notes ==
* Campaign doc: link
* The name is a reference to this tweet: 
Category: Campaign Summaries