89054424 the Thing They Brought Back Call of Cthulhu

THE THING THEY BROUGHT BACK BY C.M. PARISH

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“This was no fruit of such worlds and suns as shine on the telescopes and photographic plates of our observatories. This was no breath from the skies whose motions and dimensions our astronomers measure or deem too vast to measure. It was just a colour out of space--a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all Nature as we know it; from realms whose mere existence stuns the brain and numbs us with the black extra-cosmic gulfs it throws open before our frenzied eye.”

--H.P. Lovecraft "The Colour Out of Space" "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that."

--Captain Edward J. Smith, R.M.S. Titanic "Not even God himself could sink this ship."

--Employee of the White Star Line, at the launch of the Titanic, May 31, 1911

BACKGROUND OF THE AGE… The 19th century is regarded by many as a golden age of science; Charles Darwin published, The Origin of Species, Louis Pasteur developed the first vaccine against rabies, and Thomas Edison gave the world its first practical light bulb. Karl Weierstrass worked out the math for functions of real and complex variables even as he and other mathematicians were also beginning the use of hyper complex numbers. Most importantly though, at least from a pure physics standpoint, were the accomplishments of James Clerk Maxwell, whose work united all previously unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity and magnetism into one consistent theory. His set of equations—Maxwell's equations—demonstrated that electricity, magnetism and even light were all manifestations of the same phenomenon, which he called the electromagnetic field. The latter half of the 19th century, sometimes referred to as the Gilded Age, also proved to be huge as the second Industrial Revolution was made possible with the advent of such breakthroughs as the internal combustion engine and electrical power generation via the steam turbine. By 1870 the work done by steam engines exceeded that done by all inanimate sources: water, wind, animal and human power. The world was churning out steel at an unheard of pace thanks to the new Bessemer process. Countries such as the Great Britain, rich in coal, firmly consolidated their hold as first world powers, and many among their upper class took advantage of this new prosperity to travel the globe on fine ocean liners. The greatest among these palatial cruise vessels, was the flag ship of the White Star line, the RMS Titanic! The Titanic was the largest passenger steamship in the world when she set off on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City on 10 April 1912. Four days into the crossing, at 23:40 on 14 April 1912, she struck an iceberg and sank at 2:20 the following morning, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. Designed by some of the most experienced engineers, and using some of the most advanced technologies available at the time, it was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features, Titanic sank. It is therefore no wonder that speculation regarding just why this mighty ship, carrying so many powerful and famous personages, should have met such a tragic end.

R.M.S. TITANIC Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard and designed to compete with the rival Cunard Line’s, Lusitania and Mauritania. Titanic, along with her Olympic-class sisters, Olympic and the soon-to-be-built, Britannic (originally named Gigantic), were intended to be the largest, most luxurious ships ever to sail. The designers were Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and White Star and naval architect Thomas Andrews. Construction of RMS Titanic, funded by the American J.P. Morgan. Titanic's overall length was 882 feet 9 inches (269.1 m), the molded breadth 92 feet (28 m), with a gross tonnage of 46,328 GRT. It’s height, from the water line to the boat deck, 59 feet (18 m). She was equipped with two reciprocating four-cylinder, triple-expansion steam engines and one low-pressure Parsons Turbine, each driving a propeller. There were 29 boilers fired by 159 coal burning furnaces that made possible a top speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).

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Only three of the four 62 foot (19 m) funnels were functional: the fourth, which only provided ventilation, was added to make the ship look more impressive. The ship was licensed to carry 3547 persons, passengers and crew. Of the two steam-powered steering engines installed, one was kept in use and one kept in reserve; the engines could be slid away and disengaged when not required. A quarter-circle rack-and-pinion drive was connected to the short tiller through stiff springs, to isolate the engines from any shocks in heavy seas or during fast changes of direction. As a last resort, the tiller could be moved by ropes connected to two steam capstans. First Class accommodations were undoubtedly the most celebrated on Titanic and what truly established her majesty. The opulence was visible everywhere in the architecture and appointments. Moreover, such premier luxuries seemed without end. Titanic featured a gymnasium, tennis courts, a swimming pool, Turkish and electric baths, a dark room for photographers, kennels for First Class dogs, elevators (an innovation for the period) private enclosed promenades and nearly a dozen styles of Staterooms, all of which attracted attention and millionaire passengers. The Shipbuilder magazine commented, "Indeed everything has been done in regard to the furniture and fittings to make the first-class accommodation more than equal to that provided in the finest hotels on shore." First Class public rooms were as well without compromise, where notables enjoyed passing their time. The First Class Smoking Room was one such area, along with the À La Carte restaurant, the Verandah Café, and the charming Café Parisien which was unique to Titanic. First Class passengers could relax for tea or coffee in the café, with the French waiters and ambiance. The First Class Lounge was also inspired by the French. In Louis XV style, it was modeled after the Palace of Versailles, and included a miniature statue of the famed Artemis of Versailles on one the mantelpiece above a fireplace. Perhaps the most notable element of First Class however was the forward Grand Staircase. The center of First Class activity, the staircase was adorned at the top with a glass and wrought iron skylight. Generous polished oak included an intricate carved panel housing a clock surrounded by the classical figures Honor and Glory. The elaborate balustrade was also in oak and at the foot of the stairway was a bronze cherub statuette holding a lamp, leading to the First Class reception. Passengers would meet in the Reception Room before dinner and would of course do all in their means to look their best.

KEEPER ADVICE… This scenario allows the players a chance to experience that fateful Transatlantic crossing as it might have taken place in the strange and otherworldly nightmarescape of H.P. Lovecraft. In order to maintain a realistic atmosphere during gameplay, the Keeper is encouraged to familiarize himself/herself with both the period background and the history of the Titanic prior to running this scenario. In addition, it is extremely important that the Keeper maintain a mood of growing unease as the ship nears its fateful date with destiny. The Thing which has been brought back by the now quite insane scientists, Heinrich Werner and Samuel Gates, will, with each day and night, increase its maddening influence over both crew and passengers; it is up to the Keeper to reflect this without actually revealing the source. Nightmares, strange acts by those on board and a constant feeling of dread should hang heavy upon the investigators, keeping them always on edge. And if this is not enough, there are also the strange deaths which will begin by the first night at sea. Are there simple explanations for these happenings or is something more sinister at work? Allow the players to pursue their suspicions as they investigate what is afoot, using the cast of NPCs as continual sources of gossip, rumor and revelation. If you plan to run this scenario as a tournament event, it is suggested due to the limited time allotted for play, to merely narrate the events involving the initial departure of the Titanic from Southhampton, England, such as the odd site of Jardine and his thuggees loading the coffins aboard the ship during the day or the near collision with the SS New York. Instead, begin the actual play at the cocktail party being given just before dinner. For a campaign, you may enjoy the expanded play, letting the players react to such events and perhaps even having the characters do a bit of site-seeing on the Titanic during the day prior to the cocktail party. Additionally, for tournament play, it is advised to begin play on the final evening of the Titanic’s fateful journey, there is no reason Jardine’s thuggees could not have orchestrated the release of the color prior to the begin of play. In your introductory narrative, refer to the dream sequence section and explain the series of dreams all share each night leading up to the beginning of play. Also narrate the deaths that seem to related to these dreams. The reason for this is that oftentimes, players will simply continue their investigation throughout the first night, eating up valuable time and leaving very little time for

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the events to be played through in the ensueing nights leading up to the crash. When this happens, it can be very difficult for a GM to encourage the players retire to bed each night with anything short of railroading the players. Understanding that Werner and Gates know how to recapture the Color should it escape – and their magnetosphere remain in working order – they can always have it back in captivity by the final night when the unveiling is scheduled and play begins. Feed clues out at a careful but steady pace. And finally, be ever mindful of in-character time. The ship has a date with destiny and there is little the investigators can do to stop this, but they can survive the sinking, assuming they possess a level head and a lot of luck. If you are planning to run this as a convention event, as it was first ran at Gencon 2008, it is recommended that a timer be used once the ship begins to sink, as this will add to the players' sense of urgency and confusion.

Now, good luck! THE WERNER EXPEDITION… Between 1882 and 1906, Doctor Reinhardt Werner, an ambitious Austrian theoretical physicist and mathematician, sought to prove the existence of certain wavelengths of light within the electromagnetic spectrum, inhabiting a greater then three-dimensional space, capable of being harnessed as a fantastic new self-replenishing source of energy. He published several papers on this belief, citing what he saw as flaws in the differential equations of Scottish physicist, James Clerk Maxwell, whose own work on electromagnetism, published in 1873, was now widely accepted by the scientific community. Werner's work was met with widespread criticism by his peers, most citing the fact that the second law of thermodynamics precluded such kinetic movements. Angered by their narrow-mindedness, Werner swore that he would share no more of his work until he had the proof that would force them to recognize his brilliance. Werner thereafter withdrew from the halls of academia; he wrote no papers and neglected much of his lecture work. It was not long before he was asked to offer up his chair at the respected University of Vienna as head of the Mathematics College, only adding to his fervor to prove his theory. Werner's pursuit of his work became ever more frenetic, he poured through the papers written by the English electrochemist, Michael Faraday. Always, though, he was missing the elusive bits that he knew were needed to guide him towards the solution towards higher dimensions of state in which matter and energy might exist simultaneously with those known by man. When he did not find what he needed in conventional science, he began looking into other less established studies. Alchemistry, shamanistic ritualism and the heightened mind states practiced by eastern philosophers, where it is believed he gained access to the sanity shattering, Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan. Werner made many strange contacts during this time and attended many strange gatherings. It is also during this time that he first met the wealthy, yet reclusive financier, Pierre Jardine. Monsieur Jardine had made his fortune in shrewd market investments. Always knowing what stock would yield the most for his money, his peers felt his luck to be almost unnatural and would often hold to see where his own resources were allocated. Yet Jardine disdained society and took advantage of his great wealth to seclude himself from the public, preferring to work through various agents whilst he occupied his own time with more eclectic pursuits carried out in remote areas of the world. Jardine was fascinated by Werner's theory of a perpetual energy source and offered to fund his research on the condition that Jardine be the first to capitalize on the results and that all materials of the research remain the property of Jardine. Werner readily agreed, for he was now almost destitute. Working under the umbrella of Jardine proved to be quite fortunate for Werner, as Jardine had also made many interesting contacts in his years of travel and was able to open doorways for Werner that the Austrian never would have known of on his own. With the monetary backing of Monsieur Jardine, Werner began collecting works long shrouded in dark speculation, such as the curious Eltdown Shards, a complete nine folio collection of the dreaded Revelations of Glaaki and even a rare edition of the dreaded Necronomicon, translated in Latin by Olaus Wormius! Perhaps this was when Werner's mind first began to snap, for reading from the pages of these awful works, no man can long remain sane, or the professor may have already started down that strange road ere ever he opened those ancient tomes. Either way, Werner was now convinced that he had uncovered the final link needed to bring his theory to fruition. Yet tension had then begun to grow between himself and his benefactor. Werner did not wish to share his knowledge with the French businessman; he saw his work as something far greater than the mundane purposes he presumed Jardine intended. His was a mission of enlightenment, not greed. He severed his relationship, sure that he would no longer need the man’s financial backing as the great universities would surely embrace his expedition.

Werner began sending out missives to various scholars he knew and respected as well as requests to the various institutions to back his purpose, that purpose being that they join him on an expedition to the

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Svalbard archipelago, located at the northern most part of Norway in the Arctic Circle. Werner’s final destination was the island of Spitsbergen. The requests were dismissed by both. However, one man, a young anthropologist named Samuel Gates, who was newly installed in the college of science at the Miskatonic University in Arkham, MA. did accept. Professor Gates was eager to make his mark in the world of science, and thus acquire a Chair in his department. He was not the only one to agree to come along on the adventure though, for an explorer by the name of Phillipe Gallios also came to join them on their trip. Gallois, a French-Canadian whom Werner knew to have the reputation as somewhat of a thrill-seeker, wished to add his own name to those who had gone where none other had gone before. The adventurer promised to find the needed funds for the expedition if he were brought along. With backing now found, an expedition was soon mounted; it was July 14, 1911. The team traveled to the frozen island of Spitsberg via steamer. Arriving at the western settlement of Longyearbyen, a place settled primarily by miners working for the Arctic Coal Company. Hiring local guides and dog sled teams, they again boarded their steamer ship and now made for the frozen island of Nordaustlandet. Much of Nordaustlandet lay year round under large ice caps, mainly the Austfonna—the largest glacier known of in Europe, inhabited only by reindeer and walruses. There the expedition made their way deep into the icy fjords and valleys of the Austfonna glacier. Werner was convinced that under the ancient glacier, they would find evidence of a primordial meteorite that exhibited the energies he had come to call radensity. Their steamer carried the disassembled parts of a device he was confident would contain the meteorite and its cosmic radensity. Assuming his calculations were correct, Werner was confident he would find the star stone buried under the ice, kept pristine by the frigid cold throughout the aeons. Within just six weeks, the team at last located the spot, deep in the heart of the glacier. It happened after a particularly violent tremor, in which an avalanche of snow and ice washed away one of their sled teams manned by a local guide. They searched for guide and dogs, but never found either. They did find though, a strange obelisk covered in characters depicting figures of alien description. The obelisk itself seemed reminiscent of the much larger two found in Luxor, Egypt. The glyphs upon it seemed to begin on one side with a story of a dying people. On the next surface, a strange meteor obviously fell from the sky and the people now began to look strong again. It went on to depict rays of what must have been light extending from the orb and figures then worshiping these rays. And on the last surface, the people made war on all around them, the rays of light always around them. Werner was ecstatic and ordered a camp be struck as they now began their excavations. Digging began into the ice and after only a week, they began to strike signs of the ancient civilization. It soon became apparent that not all in this tribe had died by violent means, for many appeared to have lived to old age. So if this tribe had not been wiped out by war, what had wiped it out? Another two weeks passed and Werner was now obsessed. Gates could see the locals they hired for the dig was growing ever more reluctant and wished to leave the place. Even Gallois was now growing skeptical of Werner's decision to continue. But just when it seemed all would at last mutiny, they found what Werner had been seeking, a metallic meteorite, and roughly four feet in diameter. Gates declared it to be of no ferrous element he was familiar with. Werner declared his prize found at last. The expedition ended, the group left that remote glacier and over the next few weeks the scholars worked their way back to London. Gates was forever changed upon their return, taken to heavy drinking and a nervous manner. Of Gallois, the official report claimed he slipped, falling into a hidden crevice shortly after uncovering the meteorite. However, during particularly drunken bouts, Gates would claim it an act of suicide.

KEEPER INFORMATION… The story opens April 10th, in England with the much touted ocean liner, Titanic, preparing for her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on a four day cruise across the Atlantic. The passengers, numbering over two thousand, are lining the rails tossing streamers out and waving to loved ones as the great ship prepares to depart on its transatlantic journey. The investigators have each arrived with a first class ticket, to come and bear witness to a great scientific unveiling by the German physicist, Reinhardt Werner. Some have decided to make this trip in order to bear witness to Werner’s discovery, some due to concern regarding startling rumors of his health and others for more reasons of a more sinister nature. The investigators are unfamiliar with one another at the start of the cruise, yet will be given ample time in the beginning to become acquainted with one another.

APRIL 10, 1912 – THE NEAR MISS… As Titanic leaves her berthing, her wake causes the nearby liner, SS New York, to rock heavily and suddenly break away from her moorings! Crewmen aboard both ships begin shouting and many of the female passengers scream as the rouge vessel starts to draw dangerously close to Titanic. A tugboat crew frantically works to hook tow ropes to the drifting New York's bulwark yet meet with repeated failures as the waves generated by Titanic's bulk continue to toss the smaller liner about like a mere toy boat. Only when the New York is a frightening

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four feet from Titanic's own hull does the tug manage to begin successfully separating the two ships. The relief felt by all is palpable and several of the ladies look to have feinted in the midst of the crisis. Ultimately, the incident ends up delaying departure for about half an hour. It is not a good beginning, but the flagship of the White Star line eventually makes it out into the Channel and begins steaming towards Cherbourg, France, to board additional passengers.

A MYSTERIOUS CARGO… At Cherbourg, some of the crew and passengers opt to disembark, but on the whole, the ship takes on many more eager travelers. And Werner, along with a pale faced Gates, direct several teamsters as they load a massive crate on board the ship.

APRIL 11, 1912 – THE FINAL PICK-UP… Once the ship is out on open and steaming for Queenstown, its final port of pick-up before the true journey begins. Amongst the pickups at this port is a small man with a pencil thin mustache. He is richly attired in a top hat and dark cashmere coat. Standing at the dock and brandishing a polished cane, he directs the loading of three rectangular crates, each roughly six feet in length. Behind him stands a man of obvious near East persuasion wearing a yellow turban. After the crates have been loaded on board by the teamsters, the gentleman casts a searching look up towards the rails where passengers again stand waving out to the crowds of French well-wishers, and then boards the ship himself, his dour man-servant in tow. Those who make an INT x3 recognize the crates to contain coffins. Odd as bodies are generally boarded on ships only at night. Those who make their Credit Rating roll, recognize the richly attired man as the reclusive millionaire, Pierre Jardine. Jardine is rarely seen these days but known for his amazing ability to predict the stock market and his penchant for world travel.

COCKTAILS AND CURRENT EVENTS… With the last port of call made, Titanic steams out across the Atlantic. The great ship will not reach New York for another four days. Many of the passengers begin looking for ways to enjoy themselves; Titanic offers many delights to while away the time. Among the travelers is the eccentric Austrian physicist, Reinhardt Werner. For the first night’s evening at sea, Werner has invited several of the elite to a black tie dinner at the luxurious, A La Carte Restaurant to hear him speak of his Arctic Circle expedition. However, before the dinner, attendees gather for drinks in the First Class Reception Hall located just behind the Grand Staircase. There, lounging in the many floral patterned grandfather chairs found throughout the room, the well-heeled guests discuss their matters of business, science and leisure. It is a veritable who's who of international celebrity, academic genius and industrial power; the Swiss geologist Doctor Gustav Erickson, author and socialite, Miss Ethel Berkshire, physicist and mathematician Alexandre Illinovitch, industrialist Benjamin Guggenheim, Denver heiress Margaret "Molly" Brown, millionaire John Jacob Astor IV and his wife Madeleine Force Astor, Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon and his wife, Lady Lucille Duff-Gordon, United States presidential aide Archibald Butt, and finally the American mystery author and journalist William Thomas Stead. A gathering crowd consisting of Doctor Ericson and the Astor couple listen as Sir Gordon relates anecdotes of how he won the silver in fencing for Great Britain in the 1906 Olympics. Guggenheim is engaged in somewhat heated conversation with Archibald Butt, the American diplomat looking increasingly irritated as he sips from his champagne and endures the industrialists rant on international policy, yet their conversation simmers quickly when William Stead joins them. Miss Ethel Berkshire sits near a window with Margaret Brown debating the progress of the suffrage movement in the United States. Erickson meanwhile speaks quietly with Illinovitch near the stacks, it is impossible to tell what their discussion entails.

Keeper Information… At this point, allow the investigators the opportunity to move amongst the assemblage and meet the rest of the attendees as well as one another. Miss Ethel Berkshire is a good source of gossip and background on most of the people here and generally affable. The guests chat with one another as they await their host. After perhaps half an hour, Doctor Reinhardt Werner does arrive and with him is the pale figure of his compatriot, Prof. Samuel Gates. Werner thanks all for their attendance. At this point the investigators get to meet the others invited by the German anthropologist. As for the demeanor of the esteemed guests, they seem congenial enough if a bit subdued and it is clear that all are extremely curious to know more of the doctor’s findings for their own individual reasons. It is clear that while most hold the Werner in high regard, not all seem to hold him with the same degree of affection. Prof. Illinovitch in particular comes across as fairly skeptical of the Austrian, often shaking his head with a cynical smile as he puffs from his pipe. Erikson seems cautiously open as Werner discusses his premise and the subsequent expedition. Gates, for his part, remains rather pensive and even a bit evasive when questioned on what was found during the expedition and Werner is always quick to take over the answers. Guggenheim and J. Astor appear more interested in hearing how Werner's find can be of practical use. Stead looks indifferent, but peppers the scientists with questions, his pen scribbling notes. The rest simply look rather out of their depth on the scientific side, yet interested nonetheless on the retelling of the journey through the glacier.

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DINNER IS SERVED… Dinner is served, it is a congenial affair. All are eager to hear of Werner’s expedition to the Arctic and see proof he claims will justify his theories. After desert has been served, Werner taps his crystal wine glass to gather attention to himself. He proceeds to tell of his amazing journey of discovery. Starting with his estrangement from the scientific community, detailing his time studying along less orthodox avenues and finally telling of how—guided by his calculations-- he and Gates journeyed out into the cold northern wastes to find a strange meteorite buried in the ice and snow. Then, after ringing a small bell, a waiter arrivers bearing a silver tray covered by black linen. Gates drains his wine in a single gulp, perspiration on his forehead. With a grand flourish, Werner pulls the linen from the tray to reveal a curious fist-sized stone marked by many bands of color none at the table seem to be quite able to identify at first or even second look. The shape of the stone is oddly smooth yet there is a concave area, like a tine small crater marring its surface. Gates shrinks from the sight of it, leaning back in his chair and motioning for a new glass of wine. Werner now tells of how this is but a piece chipped off a much larger meteorite. The greater stone was similar in appearance but with many odd globules in the stone. Of the larger meteorite, he resists the cries to bring it forth as well, saying that he intends to save that for the next night after dinner when all will assemble in the salon! At this Gates reaches once more for his glass, knocking it over in his haste with a shaking hand, the pooling wine mirroring now the strange colors of the luminescent stone. Werner scowls at gates then smiling to his guests, he sweeps up the stone, covering it again in the linen before abruptly departing, answering no further questions. The others retire to the private smoking salon to discuss what they have seen.

AFTER DINNER APERITIFS GONE AWRY… With the finish of dinner, the elite gather together in the smoking salon to hear of Werner’s great find. Yet this time, the guests hope to actually see what has to this point been hidden in the large crate Werner loaded on board earlier. There, at the front of the room, is a dais which has been erected and lies curtained in black silk. Behind the curtain comes the soft hum of electricity. When the lights dim, the room grows hushed in expectation. The voice of the Austrian scientists breaks the still and Reinhardt Werner now offers the faint of heart the opportunity to exit. None take up the offer. Suddenly the room is illuminated by strange bands of color that emanate from dais whereupon the curtains have now been cast back to reveal a great glass sphere roughly six feet in diameter and studded with thick metal diodes. Within the glass sphere, the otherworldly hued illumination seems to writhe like something alive all about a large four foot tall meteorite. The onlookers now gasp and begin chattering amongst themselves only to again be stilled by the emergence of Reinhardt Werner.

“You look upon a power as old as time, yet beyond the confines of the electro-magnetic spectrum we believe to know. Within its glow, crops will grow faster and fields will remain more fertile. It will power our factories and light our homes. Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, I give you, Radensity!” Upon finishing his declaration, Werner accepts questions and all clamor to ask about the meteor, and the power it exudes. What keeps it confined is it safe and how can it be harnessed? Werner explains that the energy given off by the meteorite, which he calls radensity, is kept in check by a powerful magnetic field generated by the spherical apparatus. He seems about to go into greater detail when suddenly the lights go out and the hum of the machine also falls silent. Screams erupt from several women and all now see the weird illumination suddenly flair and expand outwards to bathe all in the strangely hued light. Then the colored light seems to flee the room, its light briefly illuminating a window before the room is again left in darkness [1d4 sanity loss if the investigators fail their sanity check]. Porters now arrive bearing flashlights and candles as they try and calm the crowd. Moments later the power returns and while the meteorite remain within its glass enclosure, it no longer glows with the same degree of radinsity. A pale faced Gates kicks back his chair and flees the salon. Werner tries to pacify his guests before giving up and then making his own exit. Several of the guests now cry out that the whole thing is a joke in very poor taste. Only Professor Illinovitch looks on silently, apparently not so sure that the events have been merely an elaborate hoax.

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Keeper Notes Should the investigators attempt to pursue Gates, they will find him out on the ship deck apparently attempting to drown out the recent events with a hip flask of scotch. Should he be asked about what went wrong, he’ll claim not to know and should he be asked about why he fled the scene, he tell the investigators that a great horror has been loosed upon them all. He’ll resist further elaboration but if successfully pressed, he states that the death of Gallios was no accident and that Werner knows more than has been told. Finally, the answers the investigators seek can be found within a log he kept during the Werner Expedition. He tells them that he will give them the log if they meet him at his room in the morning. He then stumbles away, nursing his flask. Should he be followed to his room, the investigators are locked out and he will not answer his door. If forced open, he is seen passed out in his bed in a sweat.

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Should the investigators seek to follow Werner, he will answer no questions as he makes for his private stateroom. He will refuse to answer his door, and threaten to call for security if pressed. [One of Jardine’s five thuggees whom he smuggled aboard in the coffins now hides within the closet, he has snuck in to seek Werner’s notes but Werner returned before he could begin his search of the stateroom. If discovered, he will attack the investigators with a curved Khanjar dagger. Otherwise, he strangles Werner during the night with his yellow scarf and then ransacks the room. He does not find what he seeks as Werner has placed the notes within the Titanic’s strong room for safe-keeping.]

Thugee #1 STR 16 | CON 15 | SIZ 14 | INT 08 | POW 10 | DEX 10 | APP 06 | EDU 03 | SAN 0 | HP 15 Damage Bonus: 1d4 Weapons— Garrote 85% Strangle* | Khanjar Dagger 75% 1d4 +2+DB| Fist/Punch 50% 1d3+DB | Head-butt 50% 1d4+DB | Kick 50% 1d6+DB

Refer to drowning rules for strangulation Should the investigators remain to join the speculation offered by the other guests, they get little more than that, speculation, most of which seems to point to an elaborate hoax. However, should any approach Professor Illinovitch, while initially reticent to air his own views; he will say that Werner has never been prone to promoting hoaxes. He suspects what they saw was indeed something new and incredible but he has always known Werner to be too hasty. It is likely that Werner simply did not take all the needed precautions to debut such an unknown source of energy. [A successful Spot Hidden check will reveal the Russian’s hand shaking as he places his pipe to his mouth] Approaching a porter or other ship officer to inquire about the sudden power loss will reveal that indeed the whole ship experienced a brief power outage but it is being investigated. The investigators are not given permission to seek out the generators themselves.

MORE TRAGEDY IN THE NIGHT… The next morning, many familiar faces can be seen in the 1st class Verandah Café enjoying their breakfast. The talk amongst these affluent passengers centers on the mysterious deaths within an Irish family travelling 3rd class. The Irishman and his infant child were found dead in their small cabin, leaving behind the mother and her five year old son. No details are known regarding the death, but there is speculation that it involved whiskey and an argument between the man and his wife. The

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incident is subsequently dismissed in favor of conjecture on Werner’s failed exhibit from the night before. As for both Werner and Gates, they make no appearance. One person who does show up for breakfast is the enigmatic Pierre Jardine. Standing behind the Frenchman is a swarthy man of obvious Indian heritage who wears a dark suit with a yellow comberbun and a fez. For his part, Jardine also wears a well-tailored suit which shows off a gold watch chain. He seeks no company and refrains from joining in the conversation with his peers, content to finish his breakfast and read his paper. All other notable members of the cast can be seen and approached during the day.

Thuggee #2 STR 15 | CON 15 | SIZ 14 | INT 10 | POW 10 | DEX 10 | APP 08 | EDU 03 | SAN 0 | HP 15 Damage Bonus: 1d4 .38 Revolver 65% 1d10 |Garrote 85% Strangle* | Khanjar Dagger 75% 1d4 +2+DB| Fist/Punch 50% 1d3+DB | Head-butt 50% 1d4+DB | Kick 50% 1d6+DB

Keeper Information: • If additional information is sought from the crew regarding the tragic events with the murders from the previous night, they are simply reassured that Captain Smith is taking the matter seriously and they have no need for worry regarding their own safety. They are discouraged from taking the matter into their own hands.

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If Pierre Jardine is approached, his man-servant glares menacingly at the investigators even as Jardine is brusquely dismissive. If pressed for conversation, he rises and departs, returning to his own stateroom. If further pressed, the swarthy man in the fez emerges and orders that Jardine be left in peace before he calls for porters to escort the pesky investigators away. If the investigators continue to insist on entering, he pulls his pistol on them.

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Should the investigators seek out Werner in his stateroom, they get no answer at his door. However, they find the door is not locked and if they enter, they find the room in disarray as though someone were searching for something. They also find Werner, who lies dead upon his bed, still dressed as he was the night before. Around his neck is twisted a long yellow scarf. It is obvious he has been strangled during the night for his body is already beginning to stiffen with rigormortis. [A successful Occult Roll will make the investigator think of the traditional yellow scarves with which the mysterious Thuggee cult used to garrote their victims.]

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If the investigators seek out Illinovitch during the day or night, they can find him in the library of the ship. He is smoking his customary pipe and reading a book. Looking up he seems not so surprised by the visit. Once told of their fears, he begins to relate how he feared Werner’s rashness would lead to something like this. He thinks that what Werner has brought back is more than simply some primordial source of energy. He believes it to be an extraterrestrial sentience. He then thumbs through the book he holds and points to a picture of a strange star shaped emblem, he tells them that it was once used to guard humanity from fell things that lived beyond the thin veil of human comprehension. He calls it an Elder Sign. Illinovitch reveals that he belongs to an ancient order bound to an oath to protect humanity from the terrors beyond. He believes there are parties aboard the ship who would welcome such abominations. He does not think Werner one of them, but rather a dupe, one who has become a pawn unwittingly used by them. Should things go any more wrong, he has a plan to set things right. He will reveal his plan when he feels the time is right. At the end of their meeting, he gives them a key, telling them to seek out his safe and use it should anything happen to him before next they meet.

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The investigators are at some point in the morning passed a message to seek out Gates at his own stateroom, there they find the door locked but he does answer and invite them inside. It is obvious that Gates is scared and his room is a mess. A nearly empty bottle of gin sits by his unmade bed. He proceeds to tell them of how he believes what they brought back is somehow a live and sentient creature from beyond the stars. He also believes that it exerts a maddening influence on its surroundings, which led to the death of Gallois. He can’t be sure, but he thinks Werner murdered Phillipe Gallios. He also believes Werner to be quite mad, and he is not so sure of his own sanity. Gates is on edge and hastily digs out from under the mattress a leather bound

log. He thrusts it towards the investigators urging them to keep it safe and present it to the authorities once in New York. He reveals that the first night, they lost the Thing when the containment device lost power—or as he believes, was intentionally turned off. They recaptured it though. Finally, he reveals his suspicions that along with the threat of the thing they brought back, there are others aboard the ship that seek to take possession of Werner’s find and are not above murder in order to do so. He does not know where Werner received all his funding for the expedition, but he suspects those parties have now come to collect on the debt and he suspects it was they who deactivated the containment device that first night then shut off the ship’s power at the unveiling. Finally, he then tells the investigators that he has a plan to recapture the thing they brought back. He begs them to meet him in the private salon after lunch.

STRANGE STATES… Arriving as planned later that day, the investigators stand outside the door to the private salon and hear an argument taking place within. Yet from under the door, also comes a strong weirdly hued glow. Suddenly there are screams and the sound of glass breaking.

Keeper Information: Should the investigators burst inside the salon, they bear witness to a terrible scene. Gates is locked in combat with a turbaned man, the electro-magnetic-sphere lies in ruin around both and all throughout the room, and the strange glow is cast. Their own forms seem to give off a strange other-worldly phosphorescence and they scream insanely as they grapple one another. The weird glow seems to be heaviest directly upon them both and there is a sinister sucking sound that can be plainly heard over both their cries. Even as the investigators watch this strange scene, the two combatants seem to wither in one another’s arms and parts now break off and crumble in one another’s fingers! [Sanity check to see the Colour, failure results in 1d6 sanity points. Sanity Check to see victims, failure results in 1d8 sanity points, 1d4 for success. The colour then moves to envelop them next. After one round of feeding, it then flees, leaving all seeing a weird vision of alien color as it passes through them]

NEWS OF FURTHER DEATHS The next morning brings with it further talk of tragedy. It appears that there has been another death, this time an apparent suicide by one, Virginia Ikard. Miss Ikard was a passenger travelling second class who during the night leapt from the ship to her death. It is also known now that Werner has been murdered in his stateroom. The details concerning the tragedies are kept secret by the ship’s crew in order to try and avert any undue distress amongst the passengers. Despite their efforts, it is the talk of all the 1st class elite, as well as many in 2nd and 3rd class. The passengers who attended Werner’s unveiling are nervous as all have had disturbing dreams and thus decide to gather in the 1st class lounge to discuss the matter that evening after dinner.

Keeper Information: If the investigators seek out Gates, they find his door unlocked and his stateroom ransacked similar to the way Werner’s was. This time, it is Gates whom is found dead. He is still seated in his chair before a bottle of gin, the marks of strangulation on his neck pointing to the manner of his death. It is clear he was garroted in the same fashion as Werner.

A NERVOUS GATHERING… All who came together for the unveiling now arrive after dinner to take up a large table in the corner of the salon, all that is but the Swiss Geologist, Gustav Ericson and the Russian physicist, Professor Sergei Illinovitch. Much discussion begins concerning the strangeness of the deaths which have plagued the voyage and whether Werner’s discovery has had anything to do with these deaths. It is clear all are uneasy. Some, such as Astor, Guggenheim and Butt, are incredulous of any connection. They blame the deaths on coincidence and lower breeding. Others though, namely, Margaret Brown and William Stead believe that the ship is cursed and Werner is responsible. Sir Cosmo Duff looks drunk and tries to laugh it all off even as the Lady Duff looks anxiously out a window with increasing regularity. Joseph Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line joins the group to try and put them at ease. He states that their fears are baseless. The colour will appear if this meeting goes over half an hour. Its arrival will be subtle, a slight shift in mood, people will begin to act more erratic, and some may take it as drunkenness. There will be unexplained laughter, arguments, even lewdness. The lightning in the room will take on an odd hue and soon all will feel a greasy sensation before a sucking sound can be heard near Lady Duff, where the greatest concentration of the light is seen. The Colour will not kill Lady Duff, merely drain her and any who seek to interfere

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with its feeding. Even after it has departed, Joseph Ismay will seek to try and explain away the occurrence to overactive imaginations. Any investigator seeking out Ericson are told he was last seen alone in the gym of the Titanic perhaps an hour before dinner. None have seen Illinovitch since that morning. However, bribing the crew will reveal that Illinovitch was last seen speaking with Jardine at the stern of the ship just after breakfast. o Should the investigators seek out Ericson in the baths, please move on to the section entitled, The Bath House Horrors. Seeking out Illinovitch shows his stateroom door open, the room ransacked and a turbaned man attempting to burn a piece of paper. The men turn when they notice the investigators, the first drops the paper and both charge at the investigators with drawn daggers! Their scream of “Kali!” heralding their attack. o [Assuming the Thuggees are overcome, a check of the papers remains reveals a note hastily scrawled but half-burnt in the wastepaper basket. It is only half legible but what is not burnt, reads, “…sins in the coffins!” Should the investigators decide to follow up on this clue go on to the section entitled, Coffins in the Dark.

Thuggees #3 & #4 STR 14 | CON 15 | SIZ 14 | INT 10 | POW 10 | DEX 10 | APP 08 | EDU 03 | SAN 0 | HP 15 Damage Bonus: 1d4 Garrote 85% Strangle* | Khanjar Dagger 75% 1d4 +2+DB| Fist/Punch 50% 1d3+DB | Head-butt 50% 1d4+DB | Kick 50% 1d6+DB

There is a 50% chance that during the fight, the Colour will appear. If so, assume it goes first after the Thuggees who are likely doomed as they are zealots who will attack the investigators until dead or somehow subdued. The paper is Illinovitch’s attempt to alert the others that Jardine has smuggled assassins aboard the ship, hidden inside coffins. The full page read, “Beware, Jardine has smuggled aboard assassins in the coffins!” Assuming the Thuggees are overcome and the Colour does not arrive to drive off the investigators, a successful spot hidden roll will reveal a hidden safe behind a picture frame. If the investigators have the key given by Illinivitch earlier they can open it or perhaps crack the safe to find a leather bound book within. It is a Latin copy of the Necronomicon, as translated by an Olaus Wormious and dated 1228. [Sanity Loss 1D10/2D10, +16% Cthulhu Mythos].

COFFINS IN THE DARK… Like many of the great ocean liners of the day, the Titanic serves to carry more than merely the living across the Atlantic. It also carries the bodies of the dead. Not so strange, really. The bodies are generally stored in the freezers deep below in the lowest depths of the ship’s hull. If the players insist on seeing just what Jardine was loading aboard the Titanic in those five caskets, a reluctant Joseph Ismay will, in order to placate the important passengers, escort his the characters down to the cold storage cargo hold in order to show that there is nothing out of the ordinary. However, it soon becomes apparent something is out of place as the investigators find three of these caskets open and empty, one though contains several pieces of mechanical apparatus similar to that Werner used in the building of his magnetosphere, the machine used to contain the strange energy of the Colour. In the fifth casket is a shriveled man of Eastern persuasion wearing a yellow turban. His skin is no longer its traditional swarthy tint but rather an ashen grey and it crumbles at the touch. [Sanity Check, failure results in 1d4 sanity loss, 1d8 if it is touched]

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Keeper Information: No check is needed to alert the investigators that this is merely some left over pieces to the overall assembly which has apparently already been removed from the coffin in which it was smuggled on board the Titanic. Checking the ledger will reveal the coffins as belonging to one, Pierre Jardine.

THE BATHHOUSE HORROR…Beginning in the Victorian era and extending well into the beginning of the twentieth century, the “Turkish Bath” became quite popular as a form of relaxation in Western Europe for the well to do. Reflecting this fad, the designers of the Titanic were not remiss when it came to including a posh example of such a spa in their own creation. As for what constitutes such a spa, a person taking a Turkish bath first relaxes in a room (known as the warm room) that is heated by a continuous flow of hot, dry air allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before splashing themselves with cold water. After performing a full body wash and receiving a massage, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation. Titanic’s Turkish baths are located on the starboard side of the F-Deck, just behind the swimming pool and ahead of the 3rd Class Dinning Hall. The suite is comprised of a shampoo room, a steam room, a hot room, and finally a cooling room for one to lay back and relax within after having endured all the prior rooms. Strictly for 1st class passengers, it was one of the most opulent of areas on board the ship.

Keeper Information: Assuming the investigators have arrived as a result of following up on a tip to seek out Gustav Erickson, they make the grisly discovery of his dead body within one of the electric beds residing in the hot room. There are livid bruise marks around his neck. An appropriate skill check will determine he has been strangled. The culprit is one of Pierre Jardine’s Thuggee assassins who caught the poor man unaware. Erricson was murdered because he was working in league with Jardine. It was Erricson who sabotaged the magnetosphere. His work complete, he was awaiting his payment. Jardine’s assassins delivered that payment. What the investigators do not know is that there are still three Thuggees hiding in the steam room and these fanatic assassins will attack the group if they feel the characters have knowledge of Jardine’s plot, or if they think the characters are in possession of Gate’s notes. And of course they attack if they are discovered.

Thuggees STR 14 | CON 15 | SIZ 14 | INT 10 | POW 10 | DEX 10 | APP 08 | EDU 03 | SAN 0 | HP 15 Damage Bonus: 1d4 Garrote 85% Strangle* | Khanjar Dagger 75% 1d4 +2+DB| Fist/Punch 50% 1d3+DB | Head-butt 50% 1d4+DB | Kick 50% 1d6+DB

If the investigators arrive for any other reason prior to Ericson’s murder, they may initially overhear Erricson demanding his payment, followed by the sounds of his strangulation. There is also a 35% chance that the Colour will appear.

CONFRONTING THE STRANGE OLD MAN… If the characters have pieced together the facts, it is probable their conclusion is that Pierre Jardine has smuggled aboard the ship not only murderous Thuggee assassins within coffins but also a second containment device with which to hold the deadly Colour. The investigators may now wish to converge upon his suite. Or they may simply wish to confront him and demand answers earlier in their investigation. Assuming it is the final night, the door to Jardine’s stateroom is found unlocked (if it is an earlier night, his Thuggees will likely turn the players away or the GM can have the old man invite them in where he will then try, in a

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subtle manner, to figure out how much they know about him). Entering the room, they see the room more or less in order but for a set of clothes covered in what appears to be black coal dust. Using a commonsense check, the investigators can determine the coal dust most likely from the boiler room below. In addition there is piece of parchment paper on the writing desk. It appears to be a

draft for a telegraph message which reads as follows… Werner dead STOP Will retrieve the object tonight using the second container STOP Have funds ready STOP Keeper Information: Assuming the investigators can infer from these clues that Jardine is, on the final night, deep below decks, in the great boiler room where he has set up his second magnetosphere, assuming they then move down to the subdecks to seek out the old man, it is time to move them on down to the boiler room scenario, Within the Bowels of the Ship, for the final confrontation.

WITHIN THE BOWELS OF THE SHIP… Moving down the metallic stairwell which goes down into the belly of the ship, it is hot and there is the ting of red hot flame all about. Standing off a bit, near a veritable mountain of coal, men heave coal into a monstrous furnace. However, unseen by these men as they labor, another group quietly attends to work of their own. Among them is the mysterious Pierre Jardine, attended by his loyal Oriental servants. They seem to have just completed the set-up of a device much like that used by Werner to contain the Radensity. Another magnetosphere! The GM must manipulate the game so that the investigators reach this point at an in-character game time of 11:30PM as the Titanic strikes the iceberg at 11:40PM on the 14th. It will require clever manipulation to ensure that the ship meets her date with destiny. Assuming all goes right, it is suggested a timer be put in place once the iceberg is struck to ensure a sense of urgency. Jardine is within, even now using his own containment device to draw to him the Colour. Should the investigators burst in, he has his remaining Thugees to fend them off while he completes his work. Jardine smuggled five assassins aboard, one died already by the Colour, depending upon how many the investigators may have already dispatched prior to this encounter, will determine how well armed the GM will wish to make the remaining Thuggees. Bear in mind, it is not the goal to have the Thuggees be the main deadly force of the adventure, the Titanic itself more than suffices in that. Jardine is not only an accomplished man of science, he is also a crazed sorcerer; therefore feel free to bolster his spells as you see fit to make the encounter interesting. The Colour will appear in 1d4 rounds and when it does, begin rolling randomly to see who it attacks prior to the device containing it in 1d4 rounds. After 10 rounds the Titanic’s alarms ring signaling an iceberg ahead and the whole ship lurches as it strikes the iceberg. At this time, the investigators are officially on the clock and have one hour game time to make it off the ship alive and into a life boat.

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ICEBERG! By midnight of the final night, the Colour has now affected the sanity of all upon the Titanic to the point to which the crew on shift responsible for keeping watch are no longer in any way capable do their duty to their full measure. This means that early on, when reports of icebergs come in, people like Ismay, who are already prone to arrogance, are even more so, and later those on watch are incapable of seeing threats such as the looming iceberg upon which the Titanic steams towards at full speed until it is too late. Indeed, it is the Colour which is responsible for all the maddening actions aboard the great ship, a fact now becoming all too apparent only too late on the voyage.

Once the ship strikes the iceberg set a timer for one hour. The investigators have only this time to make it safely to a lifeboat by whatever means available. At the half hour, the ship tips up and all must make rolls or fall to their deaths, as the ships is roughly the height of the Empire State Building. Those that are in the water at the 45 minute marker and have not drowned then make yet another roll as the hull cracks, to avoid being smashed. If not in a boat at the end of the hour a third roll is made to avoid freezing to death. Finally, those who make it into a boat must make a sanity check (2d10 fail / 1d10 save) as they watch the ship sink below the water, for the Colour escapes from the water to soar up into space even as the ship sinks below the water glowing with what they can only know are the remnants of remaining spoors from the meteor. Please see drowning rules per book. Freezing rules and other rules to be determined.

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DREAMS… Throughout the voyage, the investigator’s experience a troubled sleep filled with dreams that are both vivid and troubling. Select from amongst those listed below for the players. If The Thing They Brought Back is being used as a tournament event, read off the dreams at the initial narration where you inform the players of what has already occurred during the nights leading up to when play begins at the beginning of play.

The investigator’s tossed and turn in their beds, their dreams filled with alien colors swirling before their eyes… (Night One, April 11th) The disturbing hues at one point seeming to coalesce into a scene showing a 3rd class berth in which a young family of four prepare to turn in for the night. The mother holds an infant while a young girls plays with a raggedy doll. The father sits at a small table with a bottle of rye in front of him. As the scene unfolds, their cabin begins to take on an unhealthy glow and the baby begins to cry. The mother looks worries and holds the child closer to her as the girl rises and moving to the entrance, she inexplicably opens the door to allow a strange light to bath the room in its incandescent glow... The husband suddenly looks up from his drinking, his face puzzled. The strange illumination grows brighter and a semiopaque patch of color now streams through the open doorway. Rising, the husband moves to the door seeking out the source of the illumination. The light swirls about the man with strange bands of color which illuminate the growing dread in his face. Time seems to slow down in the cabin as the girl now huddles in the corner of the room and the baby wails even louder. Suddenly, the man collapses. Even as his wife moves to check on him, the light begins to move through the small berth, with an almost lazy speed, like something alive. The baby’s cries now grow still to be replaced by the mother’s as both are bathed in the hungry glow. The scene breaks apart and the investigators slumber on, the swirling bands of color pervading their sleep…[A failed sanity check results in loss of 1d4 sanity]

(Night Two, April 12th) A well-dressed woman gripped the rail as she looked out from the stern of the Titanic to gaze fixedly upon the churning wake below. The skies were overcast yet her features were clearly illuminated by an alien glow coming off the water. As she stared, her puzzled expression turned to dread for out of the sea arose a nocturnal exhalation seen as a phosphorescent mist against the black waves. It rose up the ship’s outer hull to at last glow as a ghastly miasma before her. It wasn’t right—it was against nature—and it extended tendrils of banded brilliance out towards her as she grips the rail with white-knuckled panic. Awash in the horrid glow, the woman screams and suddenly leaps overboard to disappear in the dark wake of the ship. The body of light slowly diminishes, dipping back down once more to the ocean depths. [A failed sanity check results in loss of 1d4+1 sanity points, while a successful check results in the straight loss of 2 sanity points]

(Night Three, April 13th) In the 3rd class dining area, tables were pushed to the side, the remains of the dinner—fresh fish, boiled potatoes and biscuits left for the most part uneaten. Yet the diners now danced to the strains of fiddle and flute. As they danced, the illumination grew, a strange, otherworldly hue which seemed to pulsate in time with the ever more-frenetic jig taking place. Soon it grew into a chaotic scene with several of the reveler’s brawling amongst one another and the woman both shrieked and cackled as the music played on. The entire scene eventually devolved into a strange orgy of violence and lust. In the end, all collapsed from the exertion just as the alien light died away, almost as if it slunk from the room, once again returning to the black night outside. [Failed sanity check results in loss of 1d4+3, a successful check results in the loss of 4 sanity points]

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TITANIC’S BLUE PRINTS

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Cast nd Crew

Reinhardt Werner — The scientist blinded by ambition and the desire to prove his brilliance, no matter the cost.

Pierre Jardine – The enigmatic financier who made Werner’s work possible.

Samuel Gates -- American geologist, he saw things with Werner he tries to forget but do they include what he saw in the Arctic and what they now bring back?

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Captain Edward John Smith — Captain of the Titanic, Capt. Smith was a man seeking a success after having manned the bridge previously for the White Star line’s, Olympic, the ship held responsible for the crash of the RMS Hawke.

From left to right: First Officer William M Murdoch, Chief Officer Henry T. Wilde, an unidentified officer and Capt. Edward J. Smith

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Alexandre Illinovitch – Russian physicist, a leader his field and Werner’s greatest rival. Illinovitch has worries regarding the dangers Werner’s find and the precautions being taken.

Gustav Ericcson – The Swiss geologist, eager to examine the strange meteorite. Ericson would like nothing more than to be included in Werner’s discovery – and perhaps something more….

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Joseph Bruce Ismay – As chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, Ismay was the highest-ranking White Star official aboard the Titanic and had the most to gain from her success, as well as the most to lose from her failure.

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Benjamin Guggenheim — The wealthy American industrialist intent on having Werner’s find first

Major Archibald Butt – Chief military aide to President Taft, Major Butt is ostensibly on vacation but is in actuality working to stave off the threat of a world war.

Thomas Andrews, Jr. – The Irish shipbuilder and managing director for Harland and Wolf, responsible for designing the Titanic. A man of conscience, he was determined to see his creation make it safely across the Atlantic.

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Margaret "Molly" Brown – Denver heiress and philanthropist. She does not see herself as one of the wealthy elite and enjoys raising eyebrows amongst them with her plainspoken ways.

John Jacob Astor IV and his wife, Madeline Force Astor – The richest man on the Titanic and the one all wish to please. He is enjoying Titanic’s maiden voyage with his new young wife.

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Sir Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon – A former Olympic fencer and member of British nobility seeking to regain his fortune.

Lady Duff Gordon — A former actress of some ote, she gave up her chance at stardom for a title.

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The Investigators

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Father Patrick O’Flanagan

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Sir Reginald Fenton

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Frankie “The Barber” De’Luca

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Doctor Frederick Feingold

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Doctor Ali Azim Sharif

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Lord Heathcliff Fabersham

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Henry Hunter “H.H.” Bristow

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Marcel Durand

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Resources and Photos

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FIRST CLASS CABIN

1ST CLASS GRAND DINING SALOON.

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1 CLASS SUITE WITH PARLOR ST

1 CLASS SINGLE CABIN ST

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2 CLASS CABIN ND

3 CLASS CABIN RD

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1ST CLASS SMOKING LOUNGE

1 CLASS DINING ROOM ST

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3 CLASS DINING ROOM RD

1 CLASS RECEPTION HALL ST

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2 CLASS READING ROOM ND

DOME OF THE GRAND STAIRCASE

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GRAND STAIRCASE

2 CLASS STAIRWELL ND

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3 CLASS RD

STAIRWELL

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CORRIDOR

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VERANDAH CAFE

TITANIC BARBERSHOP

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MAIL ROOM

TITANIC TELEGRAPH ROOM

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TURKISH BATHS

TITANIC’S GYMNASIUM

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ELECTRICAL PANEL

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TITANIC’S 1 CLASS POOL ST

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THE ICEBERG

ARTIST’S RENDERING OF 1 CLASS ELEVATORS ST

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TITANIC’S DECKS AND PROMENADE

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TITANIC BOARDING PASS (FRONT SIDE)

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TITANIC BOARDING TICKET

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3 CLASS MENU RD

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2ND CLASS DINING ROOM MENU

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1 CLASS MENU FOR THE GRAND DINING SALON ST

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