RQ Network Feed Drop – Soul Operator – 1.01 The Awakening

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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This month we are featuring a feed drop from Soul Operator one of the brilliant shows launched on the RQ Network.

Soul Operator is Actual Play blended with Narrative Story telling where solo TTRPGs are adapted into brilliant Audio Dramas covering multiple genres across multiple seasons.

Each bite-sized episode is perfect to keep you company on your commute and are created with a diverse cast and crew at the helm with an equally diverse cast of characters.

Follow Tessa Whitlock as she navigates these new and interesting worlds, for better or for worse. In this first episode of Soul Operator Tessa recounts her first few days in a mysterious neighbourhood, surrounded by strangers.

Introduction and outro by Billie Hindle.

You can listen to the next exciting episode of Roll Britannia by clicking on this link, or by searching for Soul Operator wherever you find podcasts, or on the Rusty Quill website

Cast

Tessa Whitlock played by⁠ ⁠Tatiana Gefter⁠.

Audio editing and music by⁠ ⁠J Strautman⁠⁠.

Follow Soul Operator on ⁠twitter⁠, ⁠tumblr⁠, ⁠instagram, bluesky, and tiktok

For transcripts, check out their website.

Produced and Distributed by Rusty Quill.

Content Warnings:

-Fear

-Isolation

-Paranoia

-Audio Distortion around 19:50.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Billy Hindle here.
0:02.9	Today, we are sharing an exciting episode from one of the podcasts launched on the RQ Network,
0:08.8	Soul Operator.
0:10.7	Soul Operator is an actual play blended with narrative storytelling,
0:15.1	where solo TDRPGs are adapted into brilliant audio dramas,
0:19.4	covering multiple genres across multiple seasons.
0:22.7	Each bite-sized episode is perfect to keep you company on your commute, and are created with a
0:27.9	diverse cast and crew at the helm, with an equally diverse cast of characters.
0:33.2	Follow Tessa Whitlock, as she navigates these new and interesting worlds for better or for worse.
0:41.0	Find other brilliant episodes in this series by searching for Soul Operator wherever you listen to podcasts.
0:47.5	Click the link in the show notes or find more information at www.com or wwwRustyQuil.com. Have fun and enjoy the episode.
1:00.0	Are you ready? Because I'm ready. Let's get this started. Season one of Soul Operator is based on gameplay of the solo TTRP.
1:12.8	Welcome to the Habitrails by A. Yoland.
1:17.4	And is distributed under an attribution non-commercial, share-alike 4.0 international license.
1:24.6	Like the game, this season will feature horror typical themes as well as isolation,
1:30.4	derealization, grief, and paranoia. For episode-specific trigger warnings, or to purchase the game
1:36.9	for yourself, check out the description of the episode. Listener discretion is advised.
2:08.6	Thank you. Listener discretion is advised. Episode 1. The Awakening. The awakening. The awakening. Come on.
2:14.6	Come on.
2:17.6	The lights on.
2:20.6	I think it's working. Come on, come on.
2:20.3	The lights on. I think it's working.
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