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The Invicta
<div class="iv"><style>@import url("https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/style.css");@import url("https://darkskies-timers.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/invicta/editions.css");.iv .iv-music-on{display:flex;gap:18px;align-items:center;margin:0 40px;padding:16px 20px;border:1px solid #3e3220;border-left:3px solid #c9a35b;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(201,163,91,.07),rgba(6,8,11,.9));color:#a39b8c}.iv .iv-mthumb{flex:0 0 180px;width:180px;height:180px;border:1px solid #6e5a33;box-shadow:0 0 18px rgba(127,210,154,.12)}.iv .iv-mtxt{flex:1;min-width:0}.iv .iv-mtitle{font:400 20px/1.3 Georgia,serif;color:#ece4d2}.iv .iv-mtitle i{font:italic 400 20px/1.3 Georgia,serif !important;color:#ece4d2 !important;letter-spacing:0 !important;text-transform:none !important}.iv .iv-mdesc{font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#a39b8c}.iv .iv-mplayer{display:block;width:100%;max-width:460px;height:36px;margin-top:10px;color-scheme:dark;background:transparent;border-radius:18px;filter:sepia(.45) saturate(1.3) hue-rotate(-8deg) brightness(.95);box-shadow:0 0 0 1px #6e5a33,0 0 14px rgba(201,163,91,.15)}.iv .iv-mkind{font:12px "DejaVu Sans Mono",monospace;letter-spacing:.12em;color:#8fb89c;text-transform:uppercase}@media (max-width:700px){.iv .iv-music-on{margin:0 14px;padding:12px;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start}.iv .iv-mthumb{flex-basis:120px;width:120px;height:120px}.iv .iv-mtitle,.iv .iv-mtitle i{font-size:17px !important}.iv .iv-music-on{display:block}.iv .iv-music-on:after{content:"";display:block;clear:both}.iv .iv-mthumb{float:left;margin:0 14px 8px 0}.iv .iv-mplayer{clear:both;max-width:none;margin-top:12px}}.iv{position:relative;z-index:0;isolation:isolate}.iv img{max-width:100%;height:auto}.iv .iv-brief-img img{position:absolute;inset:0;height:100%}[length]:has(>.msg-mkdn-container .iv){max-height:none !important;height:auto !important;overflow:visible !important;display:block !important;-webkit-line-clamp:unset !important;-webkit-mask-image:none !important;mask-image:none !important}[length]:has(>.msg-mkdn-container .iv)+div:has(>button){display:none !important}</style><p class="iv-plain"><b>Plain-text view.</b> This card has a themed page. Turn on custom CSS in Chub to see it. Everything you need is below.</p><div class="iv-hero"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/hero.webp" alt="Elena Hartwell alone in the Invicta's dark ballroom, staring at the lit band stage where nobody is playing" width="1600" height="900"><span class="iv-br iv-b1"></span><span class="iv-br iv-b2"></span><span class="iv-br iv-b3"></span><span class="iv-br iv-b4"></span><div class="iv-rec"><span class="iv-dot">●</span> REC · SUIT CAM 2 · PROMENADE DECK</div><div class="iv-hud">LIFE SIGNS: 0<br>HULL TEMP: −41°C<br><span>AUDIO: MUSIC DETECTED</span></div><div class="iv-title"><h1><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/wordmark.webp" alt="Elena Hartwell: The Invicta" width="460" height="153"></h1><p>You captain the salvage scout. Your best friend opens the doors.<br>Wake the ship, and something hears it.</p></div></div><div class="iv-brief"><div class="iv-bar"><b>ESTOC · SALVAGE BRIEF</b> <span>CO-OP SURVIVAL HORROR</span></div><div class="iv-brief-in"><div class="iv-brief-txt"><p class="iv-hook">The lights are on. The band is still playing. Nobody is left aboard.</p><p>The Invicta went missing months ago. Now she drifts with a weak distress call, and she's the salvage claim of a lifetime. You captain the Estoc, a two-person scout. Elena Hartwell, your engineer and best friend, can open almost any door aboard.</p><p>Power gets her through fast, and wakes the ship. Working by hand is slower, and can leave the ship asleep. Something aboard is listening.</p><p>She’s adored you for years and never said so.</p></div><div class="iv-brief-img"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/brief.webp" alt="The tiny salvage scout Estoc clamped to the vast dark hull of the Invicta, one row of portholes still lit" width="1200" height="675"></div></div><div class="iv-choice"><div class="iv-ch iv-ch-p"><b>WAKE IT</b> <span>Power opens routes, tools and answers. It also wakes systems, and something aboard is listening.</span></div><div class="iv-ch iv-ch-q"><b>STAY QUIET</b> <span>Manual locks and cold work can leave the ship asleep. It’s slower, and darker.</span></div></div></div><div class="iv-sec"><h2 class="iv-h">Before you board</h2><p class="iv-sub">Thirty seconds, then you’re ready.</p><div class="iv-play"><div class="iv-card"><h3>You are the Captain</h3><p>You decide where you go, what you risk and when to leave. Waking the ship is your call. The narrator plays the ship, Elena and everything aboard, never you.</p></div><div class="iv-card"><h3>Light cuts both ways</h3><p>You carry a hand lamp and two flares, and the status line tracks both. Light lets you see, and it lets you be seen.</p></div><div class="iv-setup"><h3>Setup</h3><p>In Configuration, turn on <b>Use Lorebooks</b> and <b>V2 Spec</b>.</p><p>Every reply opens with a status line. Watch Menace and your light:</p><p class="iv-status"><b>></b> Grand Atrium, Deck Seven | Chapter One | Menace: Lull | Elena: Steady | Lamp: Full | Flares: 2</p><p>Lines like <span class="iv-mono">[FOUND: Sighting]</span> are clues, not glitches. Leave them in.</p></div></div></div><div class="iv-rule"></div><div class="iv-sec"><h2 class="iv-h">Openings</h2><p class="iv-sub">Eleven recovered camera logs, in order. Pick where you come in.</p><div class="iv-grid"><div class="iv-tile iv-t1"><div class="iv-cam"><span class="iv-start">START HERE</span><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-01.webp" alt="Embarkation, Grand Atrium, Deck Seven" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 01 · 00:41</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>01 · Embarkation</b><br><span>Grand Atrium, Deck Seven</span></p><p class="iv-log">The collar seals behind you. Every armchair faces the door.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-02.webp" alt="Last Call, The Halcyon Lounge" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 02 · 01:12</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>02 · Last Call</b><br><span>The Halcyon Lounge</span></p><p class="iv-log">A hologram band plays to tables laid for nobody.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-03.webp" alt="Vow Renewal, The Starlight Chapel" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 03 · 01:58</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>03 · Vow Renewal</b><br><span>The Starlight Chapel</span></p><p class="iv-log">The chapel doors lock. The ceremony expects a couple.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-04b.webp" alt="Wellness Check, Infirmary" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 04 · 02:30</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>04 · Wellness Check</b><br><span>Infirmary</span></p><p class="iv-log">Hiding in the infirmary. The cold store is “at capacity.”</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-05.webp" alt="Lost and Found, Purser's Office" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 05 · 03:05</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>05 · Lost and Found</b><br><span>Purser's Office</span></p><p class="iv-log">A deputy purser barricaded his cabin, then left his shoes.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-06.webp" alt="Below Decks, Main Engineering" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 06 · 03:47</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>06 · Below Decks</b><br><span>Main Engineering</span></p><p class="iv-log">Something came down the stairs behind you. Nobody saw where.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-07.webp" alt="Shuttle Service, Spine Platform" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 07 · 04:20</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>07 · Shuttle Service</b><br><span>Spine Platform</span></p><p class="iv-log">The tram runs on time. A thin, glassy note follows you there.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-08.webp" alt="Do Not Disturb, The Sovereign Suite" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 08 · 04:52</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>08 · Do Not Disturb</b><br><span>The Sovereign Suite</span></p><p class="iv-log">Bolted in. Something stopped right outside the door.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-09.webp" alt="Crew Only, Crew Ways, Deck Five" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 09 · 05:33</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>09 · Crew Only</b><br><span>Crew Ways, Deck Five</span></p><p class="iv-log">Elena is sealed in a storeroom two sections forward. She can see you on the cameras.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/greeting-10.webp" alt="Disembarkation, The Bridge" width="1536" height="1024"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 10 · 06:10</span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>10 · Disembarkation</b><br><span>The Bridge</span></p><p class="iv-log">The bridge is verifying you. 40%. Something climbs the shaft.</p></div><div class="iv-tile"><div class="iv-cam iv-cam-ep"><span class="iv-ts">● CAM 11 · --:--</span><span class="iv-lost">SIGNAL LOST<br><span class="iv-lost2">epilogue · save it for last</span></span></div><p class="iv-cap"><b>11 · Port of Call</b><br><span>Epilogue</span></p><p class="iv-log">Epilogue. Somewhere warm, after the Invicta.</p></div><div class="iv-logcard"><p class="iv-lc-h">ESTOC · SHIP’S LOG</p><p class="iv-lc-row"><span>Camera feeds recovered</span> <b>11</b></p><p class="iv-lc-row"><span>Saved for last</span> <b>1</b></p><p class="iv-lc-row"><span>Status</span> <b>Docked, awaiting Captain</b></p><p class="iv-lc-stamp">BOARDING CLEARED</p></div></div></div><div class="iv-rule"></div><div class="iv-rule"></div><div class="iv-sec"><h2 class="iv-h">DarkSkies Signature Editions</h2><div class="iv-board"><p class="iv-edhead"><b>SAME ELENA. RARER CARD.</b></p><p class="iv-edintro">Every launch now comes with two DarkSkies Signature Editions: the full card in exclusive art, downloadable for a limited time after launch. When an edition’s timer runs out, its download closes. </p><div class="iv-eds"><div class="iv-ed iv-ed-w1"><div class="iv-edart"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/edition-week-one-600-v2.webp" alt="Week One edition card: Elena in cyanotype blue" width="124" height="186"></div><p class="iv-edlbl"><span class="iv-bulb">🟠</span>Week One</p><p class="iv-edname"><b>The Artist’s Vision</b></p><p>Elena in cyanotype blue.</p><p class="iv-edavail"><strong>7 days only.</strong></p><span class="iv-clock"></span><a class="iv-btn iv-edbtn" href="https://darkskies-timers.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/invicta/download/week-one">DOWNLOAD PNG <small>Week One edition</small></a></div><div class="iv-ed iv-ed-d1"><div class="iv-edart"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/edition-day-one-600-v2.webp" alt="Day One edition card: the design Elena picked" width="124" height="186"></div><p class="iv-edlbl"><span class="iv-bulb">🟠</span>Day One</p><p class="iv-edname"><b>The Character’s Choice</b></p><p>We asked Elena what her card should look like. This is what she picked.</p><p class="iv-edavail"><strong>24 hours only.</strong></p><span class="iv-clock"></span><a class="iv-btn iv-edbtn" href="https://darkskies-timers.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/invicta/download/day-one">DOWNLOAD PNG <small>Day One edition</small></a></div></div></div></div><div class="iv-music iv-music-on"><img class="iv-mthumb" src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/music/hull-pressure-thumb-360.webp" alt="Cover art for Hull Pressure: Elena alone in the frozen Halcyon Lounge while the hologram band plays on stage" width="180" height="180"><div class="iv-mtxt"><b>SHIP’S AUDIO</b><br><span class="iv-mtitle"><i>Hull Pressure</i> <span class="iv-mkind">· ambient score</span></span><br><span class="iv-mdesc">A low drone pressing in on the hull. It rises out of silence, holds steady, and never resolves.</span><br><audio class="iv-mplayer" controls loop preload="none" controlslist="nodownload noplaybackrate" src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/music/hull-pressure.mp3"></audio></div></div><div class="iv-sec"><h2 class="iv-h">Creator’s note</h2><div class="iv-note"><p>Hey everyone. If you've been following for a while, this might seem like a rerun. Because it is. But... don't change that channel just yet.</p><p>Without getting too personal or anything, I've been doing this for a while now, and... when I started out, I wasn't very good. You could argue I'm <em>still</em> not good. My own brain makes that argument plenty, so... join the club. 😅</p><p>But so often, the things I wanted to make were bigger than what I knew how to actually pull off. Sometimes I'd shelve an idea because I knew I couldn't do it justice. Other times, I'd try anyway and hope for the best.</p><p>Elena was one of those times.</p><p>When I originally released her, I thought, "Well, it's worth a try." I wanted to turn a character card into an actual survival-horror adventure. And at the time, it seemed like it worked!</p><p>Looking back? Ehhhh.</p><p>It didn't do nearly as much as I'd hoped. The idea was there, but the execution wasn't quite what I wanted. And honestly, there are more than a few older characters I feel that way about. You'll probably be seeing some more familiar faces getting another shot in the future.</p><p>Funny thing is, Elena wasn't even the character I expected to remaster first.</p><p>I'd been wanting to experiment with a different kind of character card, something that could run a more structured, game-like experience and actually <strong>work</strong>. And somewhere along the way, it hit me.</p><p>...Wait. I already HAVE a character who's practically made for this.</p><p>So... here we are!</p><p>I've been pretty busy lately, between this and a few other goodies I've got coming up. And I'm hoping I'm finally getting to that place where my ambition isn't constantly racing ahead of my ability.</p><p>Don't get me wrong, I love making slice-of-life characters. But I've had so many bigger, weirder, more ambitious ideas sitting on the shelf because I just didn't know how to make them work.</p><p>I'm hoping my ability is finally catching up.</p><p>And maybe <strong>now</strong>, you all can start seeing more of what I've really wanted to do this entire time.</p><p>For better or worse. :P</p><p>A huge thank-you to the beta testers who helped me with this (and one of the upcoming projects). Your feedback was tremendously helpful, and it genuinely meant a lot. I couldn't have gotten this far without you!</p><p><strong>Enjoy!</strong> 💙</p><p class="iv-sigline" align="right"><img class="iv-sigimg" src="https://i.postimg.cc/vHqGxsBy/DS-SIGNATURE.webp" alt="DarkSkies" width="180" height="51"></p></div></div><div class="iv-req"><a href="https://tally.so/r/81gpEx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/ElenaHartwell/invicta/page/request-ending.webp" alt="Elena on a cargo crate by the Estoc's viewport, holding out a glowing datapad, the derelict Invicta drifting outside" width="1200" height="800"></a><div class="iv-reqtxt"><h2 class="iv-h">Suggest the next character</h2><p>Tell me which character you’d like to see next. Elena will make sure it gets my way.</p><p><a class="iv-btn iv-reqbtn" href="https://tally.so/r/81gpEx" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">REQUEST FORM ↗</a></p></div></div><div class="iv-sec" style="padding-top:6px"><h2 class="iv-h">Looking for the original?</h2><p class="iv-orig">The original Elena Hartwell card is retired. Download her final version:</p><p class="iv-dls"><a class="iv-btn" href="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/retired/elena-hartwell/elena-hartwell.png?download=1">DOWNLOAD PNG <small>card image with data</small> </a><a class="iv-btn" href="https://darkskies-assets.neverendingdarkskies.workers.dev/retired/elena-hartwell/elena-hartwell.json?download=1">DOWNLOAD JSON <small>card data only</small></a></p></div><div class="iv-foot"><p class="iv-fdeco">◆ ◆ ◆</p><p class="iv-fname">THE INVICTA</p><p class="iv-fsig">ESTOC LOG ENDS · SIGNAL LOST</p></div></div>
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