Arcanium Rush

== Forward Forevermore, a timeline ==
* May 8th: The city is abuzz with activity as news abounds about some new constructs doing unloading and offloading at the Docks from a strange ship! They seem to almost bend and stretch like living beings, and are ornately crafted of chitin, bronze, and gold.
* May 10th: In today's paper was the headline - "Breakthroughs made in research with mysterious new crystal! Arcanium forges a new path!" It appears that a crystal discovered a few years ago has been found to have harnessable magical properties that can be used to power or enhance existing technologies! The uses are still being researched, according to the paper, but more are undoubtedly coming...
* May 11th: A mushroom cloud explosion erupts at the docks, sending shudders into the buildings nearby. A flurry of crackling gunfire fills the air...very fast gunfire. Here, various groups of adventurers encountered these pirates armed with arcanium weaponry, and fought them as well, some groups capturing this new material.
* May 12th: The day after the battle at the Docks resolved, an official report on the skirmish is released. Apparently, the battle was over a shipment of a new mineral, "Arcanium"! Its destination was supposed to be the Arcanamirium for research and invention, but crafty weaponsmiths seem to have obtained or invented blueprints to make new, highly dangerous weapons with them - giving the crystals hefty black market value. It's rumored that a few of these weapons are already in circulation.
* May 16th: A deposit of Arcanium in its purest form - crystalline, has been discovered in the mountains of Kortos. Talks are underway with local centaur tribes and Lord Gyr to set up outposts and a new road up the mountain - this stuff seems to fetch a pretty penny.
* May 23rd: Construction on the new outpost is proceeding at a rapid rate, and the citizens of Absalom now are able to travel up and down the Kortos Mountains in a rather futuristic railcar system! It seems to work with cables that are pulled and lowered up the slope, with engines at the top and bottom powered with strange red crystals! This amid territorial dispute by resident mythic shapeshifter Izack, although it seems he was eventually overcome...
* May 27th: The first thing to jolt Absalom out of its sleepy decade of peacetime seems to be a gang war - fought with dangerous new weapons. Nighttime in the Docks and Coins is rather unsafe as of right now, with any merchants attempting to transport Arcanium - sometimes in broad daylight - are being robbed!
* July 3rd: An airship from Alkenstar, the AFV Manawinds, has arrived in the docks of Absalom today. The Arcanamirium begins a festival called the 'Manawild Cultural Exchange', which hopes to show bits and pieces of technology from around Golarion, such as Irorium matches that involve strange things such as Steam Golems, to help make Arcanium less terrifying to the general public due to the increase of banditry and crime related to it.
* July 7th: The Arcanamirium is having a public showcase of research and development projects by graduate students and professors. The general public is invited to see the wonders developed over the past few years by Golarion's best and brightest at the finest center of learning in the known world! Attendants were asked to dress nicely.
* July 24th: What seems to be a minor earthquake starts to knock plates off of shelves and crack windows all across Absalom, as a massive spire of...iridescent...crystal? Starts to grow out of the top of the tallest mountain on the island.
* July 25th: Rimfire Munitions and Holdings has set up a store in Absalom, and they seem to be selling weapons made with this new, magical mineral. They all seem to be firearms of some sort, and a very new, volatile, and powerful variety to boot! [The Arcane Firearms and Explosives on the Forward Forevermore Doc are now available for purchase and use! You must have proficiency with advanced firearms to use them.]
== Player Involvement ==
=== The Gilded Flame ===
Members of the Gilded Flame, including Arthes Beithir, Yuri, Casey, Primrose, Pyra, and Astia had their day on the town disrupted by the skirmish at the docks and went to investigate. After taking stock of the situation, they went to the aid of the sailors to fight off the pirates. After defeating the thieves, the party was rewarded a few pieces of arcanium technology including a flamethrower and a few crystals for private research.