If you go to earn rewards there is extra pass for clicking the check-in button (plus one for voting on a story (like this one for example) and one for voting on the upcoming story (can be voted from the link on the main page))

Thanks for the chapter!!!

Am I the only one to immediately think about "Exotic Butters"? :)

Altough there is a large delay the further you go. At Mars it's basicly imposible to have a conversation and you have to wait a long time for a message.

Pretty sure Sarah is lacking the "h" in the first word.

I'm pretty sure that the answer is both yes and no. I think in the last Ordeal when you got ranking points you also got the same amount of Aether point, so I think you can't use ranking points in store but you can use the Aether you get for earning those Aether points. Or something like that.

By the way if it's a "spherical force field enveloping the owner" can the radius be 0 meters? It would have to be form fitting for 0 meters range and then it wouldn't be a sphere.

AS because it's from Ancient Designer (I also don't get why S. Maybe for skill, like Ancient Designer Skill?)

Thanks for the chapter! Also Question!!! Did AD adding the AS skills reduce the amount of alloy in Jake's device? If so how much is left (and at the same time how much space in his storage does he have, because it depends on the alloy amount?) and does the reduced weight impacts Jake positively in any way (like reducing the burden)? Also I know I asked (because I'm a curious person), but if the answers contain spoilers I'm perfectly fine not receiving any (it's always up to the author in my opinion :) ).

Correction!!! In this section I think the "upgrade Promotion to lvl2" should be the "upgrade AS Promotion to lvl2" (it makes more sense in the context) and if that's the case then AS 1 -> 2 = 400 so Normal 1 -> 2 = 200 (400/2 from last section) and than Normal 2 -> 3 = 800 and Normal 3 -> 4 = 3200 which is less then 10 000. Even a sum of all stages of upgrading gives only 4200 and that is nowhere near the "tens of thousands of credits" mentioned. Alternatively if it shouldn't be AS and it's the price of a normal one (makes less sense in the context) then Normal 1 -> 2 = 400, 2 -> 3 = 1600 and 3 -> 4 = 6400. Again even the sum of all is just 8400, still nowhere near the "tens of thousands of credits" mentioned. I personally think that making it "AS" and removing the "tens of" and leaving it as just "thousands of credits" is the best option in this case, but I'll leave it up to the author to decide :).

Question!!!! How are the bonus points for ranking calculated? If they are calculated at the moment of death then does that mean if you die at the beginning but were the first person to achieve no.1 rank (like for example being first to appear at the island (being first in ranking) and then dying immediately) you get +50 for being no.1 rank? Or if they are calculated later from the final list how is it possible if people (like Ruby) can receive rewards and get out before rest of participants (like Jake) finishes? Does the Oracle use some future prediction to know the final ranking? Or is it something simple like only the no.1 of the final ranking (Jake) receives the bonus points (+50) and no one else gets anything from the ranking (which would give Jake quite a bit of an advantage)?