The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey | Ashley's One-Shot
When the last of humanity is in cryostasis on the Ark, it’s up to the intrepid crew of the Nautilus to ferry them to a fresh start on a new planet… If they can make it.
The Nautilus Ark takes inspiration from many sci-fi survival horror films, and as such, contains darker themes of isolation, body horror, and self-harm. Practice self-care and use your best judgment to step away if needed. Your health and well-being is important to us and Psycom has a great list of international mental health resources, in case it’s useful: http://bit.ly/PsycomResources
The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey is a homebrew mashup of Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games and Alien RPG by Free League with original goodness crafted by our team made special for this one-shot. Check the systems out below below:
Mothership: https://www.mothershiprpg.com
Alien RPG: https://www.alien-rpg.com
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Meet the Players!
Game Master Ashley Johnson
Taliesin Jaffe as Dr. Ramsey Wiser
Liam O’Brien as Forrest Coreman
Laura Bailey as Captain Seraphine Glass
Marisha Ray as Dr. Nomen L. Frenno
Travis Willingham as Gunnery Sergeant Cameron Garrett
Character & Thumbnail Art by Anna Grinenko
Miniature Painting by Ian Phillips
Miniature VFX by Jonathan Sims
Set Design & GM Screen by Flip This Bitch
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HEY, there might be some SPOILERS under the thing
0:55 Ashley does the announcements
3:50 Intro cinematic
5:20 Episode Starts
8:45 Intro ends, Nautilus reveal
9:55 Dr. Nomen Frenno intro
10:45 Dr. Ramsey Wiser intro
11:00 Gunnery Sergeant Cameron Garrett intro
12:00 Forrest Coreman intro
12:40 Captain Seraphine Glass intro
13:30 That whole exchange was in tubes
15:55 6969
16:45 Mother
23:35 Making our way
24:55 Naming the guns
26:15 Do an ops
30:20 Vax suits
33:45 Sergeant Cameron drops some bombs
36:20 You can certainly try
47:10 In hindsight, maybe guns in space are a bad idea
49:30 Happy to stay safe
50:35 Into the Nordiverse
52:10 Ashley miniseries when?
52:40 Space map
54:00 Space walk begins
55:25 Psssht
57:45 Nomen has poor trigger discipline
59:20 Never trust black space goo. Tasha Yar taught me that
1:12:20 An important clarification
1:15:20 Pooper on the bridge
1:19:35 It’s everywhere
1:33:35 Laura has already been infected
1:36:55 A monstrous creature
1:38:10 Break Starts
1:53:10 Break Ends
1:54:35 …Meanomorph
1:57:45 Battle begins
2:01:50 To be clear, Matt would look real messed up right now
2:04:00 Wiser’s psych degree
2:07:45 Wait, he’s not a robot?
2:17:50 Max damage on Travis
2:25:05 Forrest's secret
2:32:10 Bleeding Quaker Oats
2:34:30 Dropping a med kit
2:38:00 Asking in binary
2:40:25 Sarge, duck
2:47:15 Virgil
2:53:45 HDYWTDT
3:03:50 One last game of Scrabble
3:08:55 Nomen ends her mission
3:13:30 Family
3:17:25 Ashley Planet of the Apes’d us
3:19:20 Thanks Kyle’s Mom
3:20:20 The origin of Nomen
3:22:40 Post credit thank
3:23:05 Episode Ends
The in-game start date for the episode was set sometime after 3051 PD.
The system they used for this game was a hybrid of Mothership RPG and the Aliens RPG systems. Some other sci-fi systems you might like are Esper Genesis (a DnD 5e based system), Starfinder (a Pathfinder based system), and Stars Without Number (based in some old school DnD mechanics). I love science fiction, I don’t get to use it enough in my games, and this one-shot was definitely an inspiration to correct that. Also, if you like this, watch The Expanse.
Any moments I missed? Feel free to post them here. Is it Thursday yet?
This is so critically acclaimed best effort best production and all that stuff I want to see if there's a sequel coming out. In Johnson corporation heading the spear of this particular situation in a part 2. That would be awesome 👍👍👍😎
Favorite one shot!
As a lover of scifi horror, this is a one shot I always come back to. Thank you Ashley and crew!!
For a second i thought they were doing Alien RPG before they mentioned it was homebrew! This was a lovely game!
My God, this was beautiful. Cried a lot, laughed a lot. What a beautiful group of people, characters and an amazing and talented crew. Also… Ashley IS Mother lol.
53:02 – Hold up Ashley Johnson. Is that a top-down birds-eye view of a Star Wars Empire Star Destroyer?! I immediately recognized the two shield generator domes! I love it
This is such a awsum love letter to sci-fi ❤🥲
i am actually so IN LOVE with ashley's voice for the ship's AI. she has the perfect tone for that kinda role 🥺
If any of their one shots get animated into a feature length movie I vote for this one.
What system are they using? Genesys?
way to make a grown man cry fuckers
This was bloody brilliant. Ash does an AMAZING job as GM and the story and world she created, along with the others bringing their characters to life.. Chefs kiss.
Travis is having me kick my feeeeeet and squeeling. Damn that man is goooooood
wow what an excellent piece of DnD, i got hooked from the very start 😀 pls moar <3
🎉❤❤❤❤I love this!!!👍
Fought back tears ngl 3:8:00
ANOTHER! [smashes mug]
What game system is this? And can you still buy the books? Lol
I love how they spend 5-10 minutes discussing whether or not to close off the galley and get into the science lab that way, and you can see it and Ashley's face, and even hear it in her RP as mother, that she's just like "Go the f*** outside please! I worked so hard on this, please just go outside!"
So, I'm watching this on September 13, 2023 I started around 11pm. It's now September 14th (1AM). (2 years later to the day)… and yes, it is Thursday.