The Dark Times: A Sci-Fi RPG Podcast
Aug 13, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min · 13 segments
Holy Blarg! Another book came out! And our Dark Times boys are right on schedule (late) to cover it. This episode we talk about the Downlow and Synthhaven sections of Absalom Station, and even…
Very good.
As you remember, we talked about, um, e- extreme environments-
Yes
... on the last episode.
Oh, it was so much fun.
And using them in combat especially.
You know how much I love...
You know, I was thinking of issuing a revised encounter design checklist for Starfinder 2e, so I, I've-
That would be cool.
Yeah.
Yeah, this, this-
That would be really cool
...
this comment got me thinking, but go ahead and read it.
And we could do it on the show.
That would be cool.
I like that.
Yes.
Well, I, I wouldn't do it anywhere else, for sure.
[laughs]
Well, I mean, yeah, that's fair.
It would be useless.
Hey, welcome back to the Steve Times podcast.
Yeah, on my other podcast.
Uh, this is the one where it's just me.
Very good.
As you remember, we talked about, um, e- extreme environments-
Yes
... on the last episode.
Oh, it was so much fun.
And using them in combat especially.
You know how much I love...
You know, I was thinking of issuing a revised encounter design checklist for Starfinder 2e, so I, I've-
That would be cool.
Yeah.
Yeah, this, this-
That would be really cool
...
this comment got me thinking, but go ahead and read it.
And we could do it on the show.
That would be cool.
I like that.
Yes.
Well, I, I wouldn't do it anywhere else, for sure.
[laughs]
Well, I mean, yeah, that's fair.
It would be useless.
Hey, welcome back to the Steve Times podcast.
Yeah, on my other podcast.
Uh, this is the one where it's just me.
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