Question about Fallen Spire campaign (spoiler possible?)

[mindloss]

So things are all well and good, and I'm off collecting my third shard under decidedly unfavorable conditions, and the damn buggers pop the thing before I even get it out of the system it spawned in.

It's been a few minutes and I haven't gotten any acknowledgment from the game about it, so I'm wondering whether there is one: something like "Whoops, you f---ed up, too bad! Go kill the AIs." or "We're getting another transmission for a new shard sir, hang on." or ... etc.

Figured I'd ask here instead of waiting around arbitrarily long in my game to see what happens. Do I wait around or move on with life?

[Commiesalami]

Once a shard is gone, its gone.  Also gone is the rest of the fallen spire storyline, Just stick with what you got and carry on.  A new save before every shard run is always a good idea 

[keith.lamothe]

Yea, basically you savescum if that happens, or try to beat the game normally   When I get a chance to revisit the campaign stuff I want to add in a journal entry that tells you as much, but yea, it's over.