World Builders Magazine, Issue 06
Mission Orientation
Mission Orientation
You are part of the AstroNautical team. Your job is not to memorize dates. Your job is to prove how contact between civilizations reshaped Europe’s economy, learning, and power.
The recovered notes are written in first person. You will read them section by section. After each section, you will complete a checkpoint. Passing checkpoints unlocks artifacts you can use as evidence later.
Build note: This page is ungated. The next page begins checkpoint validation and evidence capture.
Debrief Protocol
How to progress through the issue
Read with purpose
Each page contains a recovered field note entry. The traveler is moving between real events and observing change over time. Your first goal is to identify what changed and why it changed.
Prove understanding, not recall
Checkpoints ask for short explanations using topic vocabulary. Your answer should show cause and effect (not only a list of facts).
Support your claim with a sentence
You will attach at least one sentence from the recovered notes that supports your answer. Evidence makes the unlock real. It also helps you later when you must write your final debrief.
Artifacts are evidence tools
Passing a checkpoint unlocks an artifact card. Artifacts may represent vocabulary, important figures, or systems of change like trade routes, translation, law, and governance.
Pick artifacts, build the argument
Near the end, you will enter the Artifact Vault and choose three artifacts that prove the legacy of the Crusades. You will write one paragraph that connects economy, learning, and governance.
What to watch for as you read
Look for moments where Europe changes because of contact: new goods, new knowledge, new methods, and new rules. Pay attention to how money, learning, and authority shift over time.
The traveler is not a king or a knight. That matters. You are watching history from the ground level.