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In a technologically advanced underground world, a thief named Hok steals a rare and illegal compilation A.I., represented by the voices of /quest/. With its help, he and the insanely deadly Rokoa begin a profitable string of disasters, death, and explosions. Then again, that seems to be a common occupation here.
This quest makes fairly extensive use of Inside the Quest, providing lots of background information on the characters and setting, as well as often filling in unanswered questions and epilogues between plot arcs. Rokoa first shows up near the end of thread 6, and the rest of the cast dominate thread 7 (even Chee helps out at one point).
Current stats and inventory for Polo Quest can be found here.
 This article contains spoilers! You were warned.
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Major Story Arcs
Asteroid Quest ends up as something of a large, complicated thing, encompassing several major plot arcs, lots of characters, perspective swapping, at least two different planet(oid)s, and different time zones. The fact that intermissions and side stories have a tendency to grow larger then the main quest doesn't help any.
To make things easier for the reader (and so you can do something as simple as looking up who a character was again with incurring lots and lots of spoilers) this article has been broken into parts, by story arc.
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| Stuck in a box |  |
In his attempts to escape a storage box he's been sealed inside, Hok, miklik thief extraordinaire, discovers a rare and illegal compilation AI. With the CAI's questionable and somewhat erratic advice and extraordinary hacking abilities, he embarks on the previously mentioned string of disasters, death, and explosions.
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| Everyone's favorite vacation spot | |
In in dangerous wilds of the neumono homeworld, a green native and an offworld tourist climb a spire of the Untameable Needles on what is supposed to be a simple hunting trip. If the thread-count didn't tip you off, things end up being more complicated then they bargained for.
We return to the Asteroid. Things pick up at the trade hub the morning after the events of thread 1, and we get down to the the business of managing the trade hub and making zenny. No longer playing exclusively as the CAI, our perspective bounces around a bit. We meet some new characters too, where we find out what it's like working for the space mafia.
Back to Polo and neumono homeworld. It's been several months since her last mission, and now she's been assigned to an inspection team as part of the effort to tie up some loose ends from last time.
Polo Quest has a separate page for tracking current stats and inventory.
Three Stripes and his neumono buddies adjust to life outside the spire and away from the Salikai and deal with strange outsider neumono instead.
The chronology of events in AsteroidQuest is somewhat complicated; we change time zones nearly as often as we change character perspective. As such, the order that threads are presented in is not necessarily the same as the order in which events occurred.
A timeline is available, but as the details are something of a spoiler, it has been given it's own page. After all, uncertainty as to exactly when and where we are in the course of the story adds to the excitement, and the speculation is part of the fun!
ITQ Guide
This quest makes fairly extensive use of Inside the Quest, providing a good deal of background information on the characters and setting, as well as often filling in unanswered questions, tying up loose ends, and providing epilogues between plot arcs. Rokoa first shows up near the end of thread 6, and the rest of the cast appear frequently throughout thread 7 and thread 8.
While the simplest approach may be to simply read the ITQ threads in their entirety, for readers who are concerned with spoilers, or who wish to try and preserve the original order of discovery, the following list has been provided. ITQ posts are listed below in order, broken into groups by the threads they ran consecutive to, between, or after.
The observant reader may note that several characters actually lose count of their ITQ posts and start over. It's not just Polo who is bad at math.
| Part 1 Epilogue: |
Rokoa/Shabin, Rokoa 1, Kappi 1, Rokoa 2, Rokoa 3, Rokoa 4, Rokoa 5, Rokoa 6, Rokoa 7, Rokoa 8, Rokoa 9
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| Intermission 1-1: |
Rokoa 10, Polo 1, Polo 2, Rokoa 11, Chee 4, Chee 5, Polo 1, Polo 2, Polo 3, Rikek 1
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| Between I1-1 and I1-2: |
Polo 4, Three Stripes 1
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| Intermission 1-2: |
Three Stripes 2, Rokoa 12, Kappi 2, Rokoa 13, Three Stripes 3, Rokoa 14, Polo 5, Hok 1, Rokoa 15, Rokoa 16, Kappi 3, Polo 6, Rokoa 17, Kappi 4, Polo 7, Rokoa 18, Prettiest 1
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| Intermission 1-3: |
Rokoa 19
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| Intermission 1-4: |
Kappi 5, Kappi 6, Kappi 7, Kappi 8, Pilon 1, Pilon 2, Pilon 3
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| Between I1-4 and 1-5: |
Pilon 4, Rokoa 20, Kappi 9, Polo 8, Kappi 10, Pilon 5
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| Intermission Epilogue: |
Three Stripes 4, Korli 1, Emere 1, Rakae 1, Rikek 1, Rokoa 21, Polo 9, Polo 10, Emere 2, Three Stripes 5, Polo 11, Rokoa 22, Polo 12, Polo 13, Polo 14, Polo 15, Three Stripes 6, Three Stripes 7
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| Part 2: |
Lukratsa 1, Lukratsa 2, Lukratsa 3, Lukratsa 4, Lukratsa 5, Polo 16, Polo 17, Hok
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| Part 3: |
Hok 2, Itcher 1, Red 1, Rokoa 23, Polo 18, Jessica 1, Polo 19, Father Zozu 1, Red 2, Father Zozu 2, Father Zozu 3, Red 3, Hok 3, Jules 1, Agnes 1, Hok 4, Red 4, Itcher 2, Agnes 2
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| Part 4: |
Agnes 3, Red 5, Whiskers 1, Itcher 3, Ben 1, Karri 1, Red 6, Agnes 4, Itcher 4
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| Part 4 Epilogue: |
Ben 2, Pilon 6, Polo 20, Jessica 2, Whiskers 2, Rokoa 24, Red 7, Wendel 1, Father Zozu 4, Jessica 3, Polo 21, Jessica 4, Father Zozu 5
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| Polo Quest: |
Polo 22, Polo 23, Rokoa 25, Polo 24, Viln 1, Viln 2, Korli 2, Korli 3, Viln 3, Polo 25, Polo 26, Viln 4, Korli 4, Polo 27, Polo 28, Pilon 7, Polo 29, Pilon 8, Three Stripes 8, Rokoa 26, Polo 30, Pilon 9
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| Between PQ1 and 2: |
Polo 31, Pilon 10, Father Zozu 6, Father Zozu 7, Pilon 11, Polo 32, Katzati 1, Polo 33, Polo 34, Polo 35, Pilon 12, Pilon 13, Itcher 5, Pilon 14, Korli 5, Polo 36, Ben 3, Pilon 15, Ben 4
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| Polo Quest 2: |
Polo 37, Rokoa 27, Rokoa 28, Polo 38, Jessica 5, Jessica 6, Jessica 7, Polo 39, Kappi 11, Polo 40, Pilon 16, Rokoa 29, Rokoa 30, Polo 41, Rokoa 31, Rokoa 32, Rokoa 33, Rokoa 34, Korli 6, Polo 42, Rokoa 35, Polo 43, Polo 44, Korli 7, Lukratsa 6, Rokoa 36, Niam 1, Kappi 12, Lukratsa 7, Rokoa 37
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Polo Quest 2 /
Three Stripes Intermission: |
Polo 45, Niam 2, Polo 46, Polo 47, Pilon 17
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Polo Quest 3 /
Three Stripes Intermission: |
Pilon 18, Polo 48, Rokoa 38, Giant 1, Munick 1, Munick 2, Pilon 19, Giant 2, Pilon 20, Munick 3, Munick 4, Pilon 21, Munick 5, Pilon 22, Munick 6, Rikora 1, Polo 49
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Other Stuff
Pending.
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| Neumono are bad at poker | |
Poker Game
A nsfw flash poker game where you play as Polo against Pilon and Rokoa with intentionally terrible AI and an empathic advantage. It's only an alpha, and there are some bugs, but it's still good for some fun.
The game is available in fixed size and with image scaling. For the best results (resolution permitting) it may be advisable to play the fixed version at full screen with a local flash player, rather than your web browser.
Gallery
Official
Mostly commissioned work of questionable canonity.
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| Asteroid species babies | |
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| Babies, part II | |
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Fanart
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| This ain't canon, baby. | |
A full fledged fanquest, by Jukashi. This spinoff takes place in an absurd, over the top alternate universe where Polo and Rokoa managed to end up fused into one person. It's recommended you read at least through the second Asteroid story arc if you want to recognize all the characters who show up.
Other Fanart
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