Session #1 – Daring Tale #1 – To End All Wars
[Author’s Note: This is the log for the 1st session. Note that the order of the events in this record may not be in the exact order that they occurred during play. After making characters we started in on the first session. The narrator is shown in italics.]
After a near fatal accident brilliant scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla decides it is time to do more with his incredible resources. Gathering the best and brightest Nikola forms a secret organization to fight corruption and evil head-on. He names this group of heroes Tesla’s Power Core.
In this pulse-racing adventure of Tesla’s Power Core you can follow the exploits of the following heroes:
- Liam Clark – Independently wealthy world traveler and transportation ace.
- Johnny Kelly – Self-taught mechanic and chemist who knows he is the best at what he does…just ask him!
- Quigley – Aussie big game hunter who has turned his sights on a far more dangerous prey.
Fade To Black
The scene open in a small Irish pub located in Greenwich Village named O’Mally’s. The PC sit at a large window table waiting for one of Johnny Kelly’s friends, Jim Black, to arrive. Jim called and told Johnny that he had something important to discuss…something that he did want to discuss over an open telephone line. As Jim crosses the street with a smile and a wave a black sedan slows behind him. In a hail of gunfire he is cut down. The PC race to Jim’s aid only to discover that his wounds are fatal. Jim mutters his last two words to Johnny, “Starkweather…Nazis…” In his pockets the PC find a business card for Valerie Braveheart from the New York Times. Her title is listed as “Ace Reporter”.
At this point Johnny Kelly relates what he knows about Starkweather Industries (SI). SI is a large medical company centered in upstate New York. They are known for developing some new experimental drugs using flora and fauna from the Amazon rainforest.
With that the PC head to the New York Times. They are met by a cub reporter who tells them that Ms. Braveheart is current out on assignment. After Quigley impresses on the young reporter the urgency of their request he stutters that he thinks Ms. Braveheart is, “doing a…an…espionage piece on some local chemical…or maybe drug…company.”
Factory Tour
After a short drive the PC arrive at the Starkweather factory. Outside the PC find a truck and two cars. Neither car is the black sedan that ran down Jim Black. The truck is being loaded by several tough looking thugs. One of the thugs reminds Johnny of the driver of the black sedan. At this point Johnny decides to rig up a makeshift mine that he plans to attach to the wheel of the truck. Liam distracts the workers briefly giving Johnny Kelly a chance to attach the device.
The PC next approach the factory office. After entering the office the PC observe what could only be Ms. Braveheart tied up in a chair. A huge beast of a man with a large “X” scar on his cheek is interrogating the New York Times ace reporter. Several armed men watch in amusement. The PC jump into action! Liam tells the men to give up. Quigley opens fire when the men start to draw their weapons. Johnny uses his slingshot and one of his latest Super Expanding Foam rounds to bind them up. As the thugs attempt to escape Quigley continues to gun them down in a blaze of lead! Quigley then grabs Ms. Braveheart and pulls her back into the office. In the chaotic exchange of gunfire a round hits a tank of chemicals marked with skull-and-crossbones symbols. Acting quickly Johnny seals the leak using one of his Super Expanding Foam rounds. As the hulking man leaves through the loading doc doors on the far side of the warehouse he barks at Liam in German, “You may have stopped us now ‘Hero’ but our master plan is already set in motion!”
As soon as the PC are sure that Ms. Braveheart is not hurt they rush outside. In one of the cars the huge man is racing away with 3 of his cohorts. The back wheel of the truck is blown off by the cleverly rigged mine Johnny placed earlier. The PC jump into their car in hot pursuit. After a harrowing chase where it looks like the car will escape Liam manages to close the distance allowing Quigley to take out the rear axel of the car using his massive Elephant Gun. Upon losing control the car skids over a guard rail and erupts into a ball of fire!
Now it is up to the able members of Tesla’s Power Core to get to the bottom of this dastardly master plan before it can reach its deadly conclusion…
