Ep 9x04 A Salty Situation (Secrets Laid Bear) | Dark Cosmos Podcast | A Scum and Villainy Actual Play episode artwork

EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 49 MIN

Ep 9x04 A Salty Situation (Secrets Laid Bear) | Dark Cosmos Podcast | A Scum and Villainy Actual Play

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An Australian Scum and Villainy Campaign.A medical miracle turns into a mechanical nightmare! Join the Placeholder NPCs as a simple mistake with smelling salts causes the Coyfish's containment fields to fail, sending the crew and their unconscious mystic into a zero-gravity tailspin and worst of all Voel must contend with the greatest fallacy his species has ever know... a bruise.Voel just confirmed the Coyfish is diesel-powered... what other questionable design choices do you think this ship has? Let us know in the comments!About the Podcast:Dark Cosmos is a deep-space campaign setting using the Scum & Villainy system, following a crew of space faring scoundrels who rebel against controlling factions and face down the traumas of their past.Staring:Dush - Arc Ferris aka "Rook"Sam - Algernon Blue aka "Kentucky"Lex - Voel Burung aka "Demon"Xeno - The Game Moderator"Pew Pew"-----Placeholder NPCs is a real play podcast by Dush, Lex, Sam and Xeno.Scum & Villainy is a Forged in the Dark game produced by Evil Hat Productions.Character art by Hangdok https://facebook.com/hangdok/Sound Effects from ZapSplat! https://zapsplat.com https://facebook.com/hangdok/Background music by Fesliyan Studios via https://www.FesliyanStudios.com and Sascha Ende via https://ende.app/Timestamps(00:00) The Scent of Burning Plastic(01:40) Algernon's Risky Study Roll(02:50) Secrets of the Science Bay: The Shard Artifact(05:50) Sabotage! The Smelling Salt Incident(07:25) Containment Failure: The Ship Artifact Clock Starts(11:20) Pulse of Energy: We Have Zero G(14:10) Voel and Wiffy's Hallway Navigation(20:53) The Logistics of Diesel-based Engines(30:05) The Limousine Touchdown on Planet Ix(36:15) The Way Void: Ark Meets Blish(43:00) Lost Souls and the Erosion of Identity(48:40) Credits

An Australian Scum and Villainy Campaign.A medical miracle turns into a mechanical nightmare! Join the Placeholder NPCs as a simple mistake with smelling salts causes the Coyfish's containment fields to fail, sending the crew and their unconscious mystic into a zero-gravity tailspin and worst of all Voel must contend with the greatest fallacy his species has ever know... a bruise.Voel just confirmed the Coyfish is diesel-powered... what other questionable design choices do you think this ship has? Let us know in the comments!About the Podcast:Dark Cosmos is a deep-space campaign setting using the Scum & Villainy system, following a crew of space faring scoundrels who rebel against controlling factions and face down the traumas of their past.Staring:Dush - Arc Ferris aka "Rook"Sam - Algernon Blue aka "Kentucky"Lex - Voel Burung aka "Demon"Xeno - The Game Moderator"Pew Pew"-----Placeholder NPCs is a real play podcast by Dush, Lex, Sam and Xeno.Scum & Villainy is a Forged in the Dark game produced by Evil Hat Productions.Character art by Hangdok https://facebook.com/hangdok/Sound Effects from ZapSplat! https://zapsplat.com https://facebook.com/hangdok/Background music by Fesliyan Studios via https://www.FesliyanStudios.com and Sascha Ende via https://ende.app/Timestamps(00:00) The Scent of Burning Plastic(01:40) Algernon's Risky Study Roll(02:50) Secrets of the Science Bay: The Shard Artifact(05:50) Sabotage! The Smelling Salt Incident(07:25) Containment Failure: The Ship Artifact Clock Starts(11:20) Pulse of Energy: We Have Zero G(14:10) Voel and Wiffy's Hallway Navigation(20:53) The Logistics of Diesel-based Engines(30:05) The Limousine Touchdown on Planet Ix(36:15) The Way Void: Ark Meets Blish(43:00) Lost Souls and the Erosion of Identity(48:40) Credits

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