Campaign 3, Episode 4: A Frog in the Fog (The Mothership Saga)

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**A Frog in the Fog** is the fourth episode in campaign 3, and the fourth episode in The Mothership Saga.

Duck Team battles the Juicy Rats and the Lightkeeper cultists! Calder has a green thumb, Sol goes toe to toe with a Rat Daddy, and Callie has some break-throughs with the duck.

## Plot Synopsis

The Blue Crew have a brutal fight with the Lightkeepers and Juicy Rats that sees Sister Rosaline escape, several rolls on the wild magic table, and Sol nearly die after being knocked out in a magic fog. They win by the skin of their teeth, largely assisted by several rats being turned into potted plants, and they manage to secure the stolen cargo for Mob Goblin.

They each receive a treat, and collectively receive a 1,000 gold piece reward from Darg for their excellent work. Having won the trust of Mob Goblin, they are granted an audience with Ma Goblin, and are led to a subterranean vehicle that houses her moving laboratory. Ma Goblin, a stocky, blue-grey ice goblin, informs Duck Team that she is actually a revolutionary committed to taking down Mothership. Ma Goblin then fills them in on what she knows.

She confirms that the alleged dragon elf attack on the S-Class squad was indeed a hoax perpetuated by Mothership. Paetina had attempted to use them to slaughter whistleblower scientists, namely Beedra Weevil, but some of the S-Class knights had resisted, and they engaged in an all out battle that saw Beatrix Netherin as the only survivor. Beatrix is now hellbent on getting revenge on Mothership. Ma Goblin tells them that she provided Beatrix with the jammer she needed to access Mothership labs. Beyond that, Beatrix has refused to work as a team and has gone off on her own with plans of eventually attacking the Mothership HQ by herself.

Ma Goblin has since designed a wand that can infect Alexandrite with a virus, which would badly hobble Mothership's capabilities to retaliate or defend themselves against Beatrix. However, she has no way to get it to Beatrix, and no way to communicate with her. The Duck Team offer to bring this wand to Beatrix, or to use it on Alexandrite themselves. Currently they have no way of tracking Beatrix until she uses her jammer again, which will give Ma Goblin a ping on her system, and they fear that won't happen until she invades the mothership HQ.

In the meantime though, the Blue Crew find out that they are officially being pursued by Mothership A-Class knights. Worst of all, the A-Class Knights received a tip from an eyewitness who saw them leaving the religious district on an overburdened moped, which left a trail of scratches in the road. This led the A-Class knights right back to Krugan and Albin. Upon trying to alert Albin via the Rolodex that Mothership goons were coming, they receive a response from Albin saying, "They're already here."

## Quotes

* "I am trying to destroy Mothership." -Ma Goblin
* “This is like a sustained *Find Familiar* spell, you do not even need to feed this duck! You do not need to take care of it, it looks like it’s taking care of you!” -Ma Goblin on the nature of The Duck
* "Do you know what I need?" -Calder to the duck, shortly before receiving a kind and gentle duck hug.

## Trivia

* In this episode, the Duck is finally given his name by Ma Goblin: Foster.

## Music and Sound Effects

* "A Wizard's Tournament" by Emily Axford.
* "Mothership" by Emily Axford.
* "Mob Goblin" by Emily Axford.
* "The Red Fen" by Emily Axford.
* "Spooky Shafts" by Emily Axford.
* "Pordemola" by Emily Axford.
* "A Memory" by Emily Axford.
* "Alexandrite" by Emily Axford.
* "Left is Left and Right is Center" by Emily Axford.
* "The Red Fen" by Emily Axford.

## External Links

* Headgum
* Spotify
* NADDPOD Subreddit Thread

## References

1. ↑ **Campaign 3, Episode 4: A Frog in the Fog (The Mothership Saga)** 1:21:11
2. ↑ **Campaign 3, Episode 4: A Frog in the Fog (The Mothership Saga)** 1:22:30