A Happy Stellar New Year to all you Pilots! 

It's been a while since our last post, so we wanted to give you an update on some bits and pieces we’ve been developing. The team has been hard at work on all things ION Heart and we thought we’d share some with you. In particular, we’ve been doing a lot of work to flesh out the lore of the Astral Union.

The Corporate Charter is included in the Mech Toolkit, and gives you in-world information about the various nefarious mega-corps operating within the Astral Union. A fun detail we’ve included are profiles of some of the most eccentric and unpleasant figures who operate at the top of these companies, who can easily act as NPCs in your ION Heart sessions.

Meet Hortak Noth II, the CEO of the massive shipping conglomerate Noth Logistik:

Aside from their public-facing activities, Noth Logistik also like to dabble in arms manufacturing and are notable for their hostile takeovers of rivals’ shipping lanes. 

Each corporation tends to specialise in a different field, with Gramyll-Keeler Resources (also known as GKR) having a particular investment in mining. Here is a look at blueprints for the special GKR ‘Sonal Prospector 904’ mining unit:

The Corporate Charter will feature more background, characters, mechs and equipment for you to encounter in the Astral Union, and we’ll give you more updates as we go. Don't forget you can still add the Mech Tool Kit via your pledge manager as an add on or as part of a late pledge here.

Stay safe out there Pilots!