Session #2 – Daring Tale #1 – To End All Wars
[Author’s Note: This is the log for the 2nd session. Note that the order of the events in this record may not be in the exact order that they occurred during play. 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.
- Brent Hardcastle – Stunt pilot and all-around tough guy.
- Johnny Kelly – Self-taught mechanic and chemist who knows he is the best at what he does…just ask him!
- Tommy Kelly – Teen thief with a “Robin Hood” complex.
- Quigley – Aussie big game hunter who has turned his sights on a far more dangerous prey.
Gathering Clues
After assessing the crash and determining that there are no survivors the PC calm down Valerie Braveheart and ask her about Starkweather. Valerie says that she was contacted by Johnny’s friend Jim Black. Mr. Black told her that Doctor Henry Starkweather has been kidnapped by Nazis. She was investigating the warehouse and was discovered by those “ruffians” and that hideous man with the “X” scar. She then asks the PC to investigate the Starkweather mansion while she gets the story into the evening edition of the Times.
Maniac Mansion
On the way to the Starkweather mansion Liam calls ahead. A woman answers the telephone and says that Starkweather is “indisposed”. Liam tells her it is “Klaus” on the line. The woman then tells “Klaus” to “come on in”.
Upon reaching the mansion the PC decide to use stealth. Tommy Kelly takes the lead while Quigley, Brent, Johnny, and Liam stand watch. Tommy finds a gray haired man packing a suitcase in one of the upstairs rooms. He then enter a window where he spots a wheelchair and a small elevator. Downstairs the grayed haired man, Starkweather, is meeting with a woman. Tommy overhears them speaking about having “visitors”. He then finds a study with a safe. After rigging the door the teen thief starts to work on the safe lock. At this point a black sedan approaches the front of the Starkweather mansion and starts down the driveway. The PC recognize it as the same one that ran down Jim Black. Quickly Brent jumps on the back of the sedan. When the car reaches the front door Brent rolls off into the bushes. An attractive blonde woman in a black pencil skirt and white blouse opens the door. As Tommy finishes with the safe he removes a locked metal briefcase, some money, and a pistol. At this point Tommy hears someone entering the study. He quickly closes the safe then hides under the desk with the briefcase. At the same moment the four thugs exit from the front door with a large suitcase. Brent decides it is time to act and jumps out guns blazing! After hearing gunfire outside Starkweather rushes to the safe. The woman stands watch at the door to the study. Tommy emerges from under the desk with his gas mask on and a vial of toxic gas that he took from the back of the truck. He drops the vial then attempts to run. The woman heads back into the house. Outside Johnny, Liam, and Quigley join Brent in attacking the thugs. After a short exchange of gunfire the ruffians are down. When Tommy reaches the door Starkweather tells him to give up the briefcase then tries to wrestle with him. At this point Liam and Brent run into the house. Liam finds the woman, Claudia, on the phone and detains her. Brent knocks out Starkweather then ties him up.
Balloon Busters
After gating evidence from the briefcase and Claudia the PC realize that Starkweather plans to poison NY City using the gas and a company blimp. They rush to Liam’s plane in hot pursuit. When the PC catch up to the Starkweather Industries dirigible it is over the Hudson River. Liam artfully lowers the plane above the blimp so others can jump out. Upon entering the gondola they are met by a large man with an “X” scar on his forehead and four flunkies. Are these guys with the “X” scar on their foreheads brothers?!? Valerie Braveheart is tied and gagged in his arms. After espousing on the might of the Reich and their brilliant master plan to end the war now he throws Ms Braveheart out of the gondola door! With that the PC jump into action. Tommy dives out of the gondola door after Valerie. Quigley and Brent open fire. Johnny gums up the works with a well placed Super Expanding Foam pellet. When “X” falls his body slumps back against the switch that releases the gas! At the same moment the pilot who is unsuccessfully trying to pilot the gummed up zeppelin crashes into the spire of the Chrysler Building. The blimp is ruptured and is starting to fall. Liam puts the plane into a power dive while artfully maneuvering it along side Tommy and the helpless ace reporter. Tommy grabs Valerie then rolls into the plane door. At the last possible moment Liam pulls the plane out of the nosedive inches above stunned onlookers. In the blimp Brent grabs the controls and steers it towards the Hudson River. Just before crashing the PC jump to safety.
This is the end of the first daring tale of adventure that will become the legend that is Tesla’s Power Core. In our next heart pounding story the Core travels to Greece where they will learn the hard way that some myths are better left alone!
