The Merician Freehold | The Sojourn Lore
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As the work continues on The Sojourn, we return to explore the history of the Merician Freehold.
Ben Prendergast as Mathias Croft. Art by Leon Woon. Animation by Alasdair McCabe.
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pro tip: you can watch movies at kaldrostream. I've been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Nico Christopher Yea, have been using kaldrostream for since december myself :D
Great narration really felt like some guy chatting about his home town
Well said. I hope other characters from The Sojourn get to narrate future videos.
The Rest of Humanity: Oh no we are out of resources and food and stuff what would we do.
Space Venice: Thats like... rough dude. So about those trade ships...
So, the Belt meets Swizerland meets the early American colonies? Huh. I like it.
With a hint of British accent so yeah early colony.
Funny because " 'Merican Freehold" is also how I read tge first time when I first so the title
@@chheinrich8486 switzerland in terms of staying neutral
@@justiron2999 Australian accent. Not British.
Sounds like heaven
I love this character already.
MERICA
Wait, no. Close though.
No seriously though this is freaking AMAZING
That is exactly what i thought, until i noticed the extra "i".
totally read it that way too
I hail from planet murica.
MURICA *screams in bald eagle while shooting an AR-15
Dude's a great actor.
Okei Mike
That voice actor is amazing, don't let him slip through your fingers.
That's a cool concept, 100 years without outside contact
I'm sorry, is this some sort of extrovert problem I'm too introverted to understand?
Yea if that's what happened than that's nuts
Also is that over a 100 years? Wouldn't they use the idk the 4 season per year mark or like idk how you would calculate this tbh
ABSOLUTLY LOVE how fleshed out and real this character feels in the video, it wasnt just a history monologue, the charcter just felt like he was reminiscing about the past while having a drink and chatting to the recorder. Perfect way to introduce lore!! SOOO EXCITED FOR SOJOURN
They be like "War? Nah. We like trading better. You go have fun, we'll just watch and keep selling you stuff."
The Ferengi would be proud.
rule of acquisition 34/35: war/peace is good for business
@@theishiopian68 It's easy to get the two confused.
Well i'm sold, Australian space Venice for the win.
"Australian." no one actually believes in the mythical land of upside-down people.
@@sirrickardjamesesOi, I don't appreciate you slandering my Aussie lads in arms. Power off your engines and prepare for boarding by Emus.
Sojourn content? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
Also yes, the work continues. Can’t stop the work.
Ever.
I see what you did there . . .
Sultan SOON!
...We hope.
Ah, I see your a man of culture as well.
113 times a day it watches The Sojourn.
A society of Engineers and Space Merchants... Where do I sign up?
adam dubin Right?
This is encyclopedia level world building i love the inclusion of a civilization like this that wasn't just a strero typical Darwinist "only the strong may survive" Orkish race. For once castaways are competent and well educated who managed to save themselves without an overly complicated mcguffin. Well done Sojourn team
Well, the disaster did put the engineer in charge, so that is lucky.
My god, it's an entire nation of space MacGyvers.....I love it!
1am: I sleep
Spacedock with Sojourn lore: OH NO YOU DONT!
No worries about the schedule, Daniel. All of us funded the project because we trust you to get it done right, not done fast. These little appetizers are great for keeping the interest up, and I'm looking forward to the full show whenever it is ready.
Absolutely. By all means give us these little Lore vids to tide up over, but the priority on the Sojourn needs to be quality not speed. I'd rather have an impressive product half a year down the line than a slap-dash shitty one delivered to me now.
Spacedock: **uploads a new The Sojourn video**
Everybody liked that
Oh hi.
@@PraetorPaktu Hey there
Turn this into a table top rpg. It would take off like wild fire.
My god yes. If this went proper tabletop rpg i'd buy everydamn thing they put out for it and not even bat an eyelash
I love hearing the aussie accent there mate really fits the sort of civilized survivors for these people, friendly, hard working and come together in mateship by the sounds of it.
Perfect Voice acting from Ben Prendergast great work mate.
It's just obvious how much love has gone into this project. I wish it was a live-action.
I could've sworn it said Merican for a second. America has gone to the one place not corrupted by capitalism...SPAAAYCE!
In all seriousness, I'm so excited for the Sojourn.
@@MichaelHarmonMfhGuy lmao
This is already my favourite location, and possibly my favourite character in the series, buuut a little early for that lol honestly Freehold would absolutely be my go to place to live, just building ships non-stop and hanging around the biggest bazaar in the cluster? Count me in!
"...make enough to keep the lights on." Anyone else get Firefly vibes from that?
BlazeTalisman 0506 not until you pointed it out, but now I can’t help not hearing them.
Sounds like a mash up of the Phezzan Dominion with the Free Planets Alliance's backstory from Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
I like it!
This series is gonna be cool, can't wait to start hitting play over and over.
That was brilliant. I loved the in universe style lore exposition format. I can’t wait for y’all to start dropping the episodes!
Me, a naive child of a rocky planet: "You can't keep getting hyped over and over again at infinite"
Daniel, at the Spacedock: *Releases Soujourn related video*
Me: "Well, i'll be damned"
Outstanding content, as always with The Sojourn. Like many have said before, take all the time you need, patience makes perfect. Also, is it me or does this character have any inspirations from Alex in The Expanse? Lonely traveler, almost a rock Hopper, always wants to provide for his new-found family while he left his old one back home... Rings quite a few bells, and I quite like it!
what a fantastic premise, i look forward to see what you guys have made!
I loved his comment about dirt on boots when marines came on board, I could imagine spacers hating dirt.
Excellent narration- felt very much like a conversation and not just someone telling you the details.
Be cool for the Sojourn to be a Stelaris mod
someone will do it.
Signal Jones once we see more ships than just the Guinevere we most likely will.
'MURICA
'Came together by accident'
Ironic. I was browsing TH-cam about the latest depressing news from Scam Citizen, stumbled onto your Last Starfighter video, then misjumped to here. And...well, I love what I see. This is incredible. You've got a subscriber. Finally some good space opera science fiction.
That got me more excited than the previous Sojourn stuff if I'm honest! I'm in the process of designing me own Sci Fi setting (though for a significantly less ambitious purpose - D&D setting) called Chorus and Dischord, and I just wish I was coming up with the believable lore and history you are for this!
I loved all of that! Cant wait for this to start! A huge thanks to all of you who’ll make this happen!
If there was a book just about the lore of Sojourn, I'd buy it.
Give 'em enough "duct tape and string" and they build you just about anything. I love the concept and the character of Mathias is awesome. Wonderful blend of irreverent sarcasm, plain spoken personality, and stubborn independence. I can't wait until you release more. Thanks for sharing this small tidbit.
This is where the fun begins.
Wasn't sure what to expect, but what I got was a beautifully acted, sing-me-to-sleep voiceover with some quality content. Loving it, I wish I had jumped on the kickstarter when it was happening
Spacefarers that had never seen a planet because they were stranded in a system with only asteroid belts... that's really clever.
That's nice!
Smoothe. coherent and believable.
Builds a solid foundation, pulls you in and you are there.
Very well written.
The animation is only going to be a bonus.
Your team should write a book.
You've got the chops. You've got the vision.
You are on to something more than you realize.
This is AWESOME!
It's a treat to rewatch the lore videos after binging Volume 01 part 01
Your opening has a very Mass Effect feel to is, so that's good.
What superb voice acting!
this is beautiful
Love the lore for this! A very cool sounding backstory for a city!
More...must have MORE!!!!! Well done!
Have I mentioned how much I've loved the promo material you guys are making for The Sojourn? 'Cuz I am so hyped right now!
Centrum is a planet,
but where's
Centrum Silver?
I can't wait for this series!!! The hero ship looks so cool! And all this lore is amazing.
Also, i'm not gonna lie. Mathias Croft SOLD this series for me. It wasn't just the lore or the ships or anything else really...just this voiceover...croft is just plain awesome!
This is why I am so exited for the Sojourn. We get a (hopefully) amazing series and lore-, analysis-content directly from the creators and like in this case in-character. Amazing!
One question:
On the Tantalus Cluster map Mericia and Meric‘s Keep are two different systems. But in the video it sounds like Meric‘s keep is a station in the Mericia system. Can anyone clear this up?
The keep is built around the gate you need to access Mericia, so yeah two systems.
Holy... I got no words. This is beyond incredible. Thank you, Spacedock, for being so awesome.
Holy shit this is AWESOME. I want to hear more stories from him!
Glad to see more Sojourn.
Love it!
Was watching some of the old sojourn videos yesterday and now i wake up to a new one! Great timing man.
This is amazing like literally gave me chills
The voice acting man, uff great .
Brilliant writing, and Ben is a great voice actor. Can't wait for the full series!
The Merician Freehold looks like a dan for mercs/pirates/traders and whatnot and it sounds like a good place to visit.
Love the voice acting and all of this world building and lore is fantastic. Really looking forward to the series.
Heck, what's another 9 minutes at 12:21 AM?
12:30?
9 minutes of enjoyment....
Same
Hot damn! You've made something awesome. The writing, voice work, music, and visuals are good, but they've been put together into something great.
looks awesome cant wait to see its release
This is amazing! As a fan of sci-fi and a world builder this is just the sort of thing I enjoy.
Can't wait for more episodes.
I love the narrative view of this story
Love it. The description is great and sounds like what would hopefully happen in that event.
Absolutely love this lore dump. I can't get enough Sojourn stuff, I need more!
Just wanna give Ben props for the excellent voice work in this one.
We need more of that,so I can't imagine how it is too live there in the cluster.
very cool
okay this is pretty interesting. hope you continue and it grows into something grand.
already love the universe you guys are building! I want the series and books and movies and... but by all means, take your time please.
You guys are so sick!
That was really well written.
I am so amped for this, looking forward to more Sojourn stuff!
Still. Cant wait until the next episode
The asteroid trick is a very neat security solution in a setting which uses jumpgate-style travel. Not only do you make it tough to mount an effective invasion, you're also stacking up all the visiting civilians from other systems right next to the gate - making them unofficial hostages, since they'll be right on the front line if a shooting war does break out.
It does make me wonder about the physics of the Driftgates, though. If there's a driftgate in the destination system, does it act as an unavoidable 'lock-on' to any incoming travellers, forcing them to emerge through it - or could you tilt the outbound gate a few millionths of a degree, shunt your invasion fleet out elsewhere in the destination system, and let them worry about reclaiming the gate later?
Also, does having a gate at both ends matter only in terms of being able to make the return trip? Or is gate-to-gate travel inherently safer / quicker / cheaper than gate-to-no-gate?
Don't quote me on this, but I remember hearing in the episode on drift gates that if you're jumping to a gate, it's a lot more accurate than jumping to a location without a gate. The thing that makes gate propagation possible is that you can get somewhere inside the target system, then build a return gate with your resources and stuff. You just have no idea where you're going to emerge.
Which, fun fact, makes it nigh-impossible to try to invade a system without jumping directly to the target gate, because you have no idea where you'll emerge - and the odds that your fleet's cohesion will be maintained are basically zero.
(I hope you're listening Spacedock)
Nice bit of world-building there. Glad to see work continues on the Sojourn.
Well that's cool! Nice little establishment of what the Guinevere's deal is on top of a really neat piece of setting.
Those last words made me shiver I look forward to the rest of it
Eagerly (and only slightly patiently) waiting for this to start! :D
Great voice acting!
Really brings the character across.
Mericia sounds like a right tenacious lot. Those spacer-folks must have been pretty good at growing food in space, since they've been living in a worldless system for so many seasons.
Very excited for this indie project. It's nice to see something original. Can't wait for this to go live.
Very curious about the ship type designs and naval ORBATs and TO&E's. Love the lore side of the universe.
Ok, that is some nifty world-building you've got going on there. Looking forward to more!
Oh man. So good! Well done to everyone involved. I'm excited to see more. Peace.
I love the Audio Visualizer!
Long anticipated and greatly received!!
Wow that sounds like a very interesting back drop. Cant wait for this
Really liked the voice acting!
Really super good video and compelling story!!
Nicely Done!!
This will be one hell of a story. Can't wait!
I can't wait for this series to come out
I am really looking forward to the release of this!
Amazing story! Subscribed!