Episode 9: Osage | We're Alive: Frontier | Season 1

The group has just forced a steam-powered rail driver through the outskirts of Jefferson City, dragging a city bus as a battering ram. They are fleeing a hail of machine-gun fire from a militia that controls the town. The rail driver is grinding to a halt, barely moving at six miles per hour, and the team is running out of options. They have to abandon the train and escape on foot through a hostile, unfamiliar city.

The Breach and the Abattoir

As the rail driver stalls, the team makes a desperate decision to abandon it. Kent uses his hatchet to finish breaking open a damaged panel at the back of the car, creating a small exit. They slip out into the city, moving low and fast. Ray takes point, leading the group on a stealthy path through the rubble and makeshift structures. She spots a large canvas tent and cuts an opening with her knife, intending to use it as temporary cover. The team files in, only to discover they have entered a butcher’s tent. Inside, they find the flayed bodies of men and women hanging from hooks, with smaller bodies strung up like chickens and buckets collecting the draining blood. The horror of the scene is immediate and visceral. The game’s morale mechanic kicks in for the first time: each character loses one point of morale, representing a crack in their will to continue. The world they are trying to save is showing them exactly what it has becom