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=Space Race 1907= ; Game System : Either [http://www.smithandrobards.com/index.php?cPath=2 Savage Worlds] or [http://bbs.dragonslanding.com/viewforum.php?f=16 The Project Chupa CORE System] ; Pitch : The major powers of the world are engaged in a race to claim the Moon and its rich mineral resources. Recent experiments by high altitude balloon, long range giant artillery shells, dirigibles, magnetic rays, and other means have shown that spaceflight can be viable and practical. Observations of the moon by high altitude and ground based telescopes show the possibility of vast mineral wealth waiting to be exploited by industrious nations. The first to arrive on the scene will reap huge rewards. : President Roosevelt has announced his Lunar Initiative, granting vast mining rights to whomever conquers the moon first. In response, Nikola Tesla, backed financially by Westinghouse, the Astors, and the Rockefellers has created The American Lunar Expedition Company, and aims to send the very first humans to the Moon from his laboratory and launch facility near Colorado Springs. : The competition is hot on his heels, however. Tsar Nicholas II of the Russian Empire, eager to stir up Russian patriotic nationalism to distract his citizens from their recent troubles, has put into play his country's considerable wealth and is offering vast riches for success. So, too has Franz-Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, President Armand Fallières of France, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and King Edward VII of Great Britain. : Can you, as one of the first selected "astro-nauts" survive international intrigue, untested experimental launch vehicles, and the dangers of space to make it to the moon and claim glory for self, company and country? And make it all the way back home to tell the tale? : If you succeed, you'll be wealthy, famous, and receive a medal from Teddy Roosevelt himself! : ''"If there is wealth to and resources to be had up there in outer-space, then by Jingo, it will be brought back to Terra Firma by American hands. I have every confidence that our American astro-nauts piloting Mister Tesla's space machine will make it to the Moon first. We will be first because we must be first. Our pride, our national character, and our future prosperity is at stake. This Lunar Initiative, recently passed by Congress and signed into law by me, will assure our place in the constellation of civilized nations as a bright star of industrial vigor and democratic virtue."'' : -President Theodore Roosevelt, June, 1905 (Reprinted with permission from The New York Morning Journal, A William Randolph Hearst Company) ; Game Master : Mark Walters ; Players : ; Characters : ; Date : August ; Technical Notes : Genre: Steampunk, Post-Victorian, Industrial era. (Kerosenepunk?) I'm interested in any comments anyone would have about this, particularly the viability of the CORE system. ; Recaps : ; Player Thoughts : ; Additional GM Thoughts :
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