Editing SGA 2007 Archive (section)

=The Channel Tunnel Hurrah!=
; Game System
: [http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/index.htm Forgotten Futures]
; Pitch
: It's 1897. Victoria is on the throne, and it is an unparalleled era  for science and technology. Projects that were once dreams are coming  to fruition; chief amongst them is the Channel Tunnel, begun in 1875,  endlessly delayed by politics and inept management, but finally  opened today. The Queen herself has made a rare public appearance to  cut a ribbon at the English end and travelled to France aboard the  Royal Train. Tomorrow she will cut the ribbon to the British side of  the tunnel and dine in Calais with French nobility. Then she will  travel by train back to Dover and then to Windsor. All is bright and  happy, and hopefully this event will improve relations between France  and England...

: The tunnel is the latest marvel of an ingenious age; a railway link  between Dover and Calais. On each shore there are stations and  railway bridges out to artificial islands, where trains enter the  tunnel itself; the bridges are mined and overlooked by the guns of  heavily-armed forts, to guard against invasion through the tunnel.  Ventilation shafts at intervals lead up to small concrete and brick  "islands" supporting tall chimney stacks and warning lights. In mid-Channel, on the Varne bank, a larger artificial island is used for  coaling and watering trains, and to give passengers a welcome break  from the dust and smoke of the tunnel. Eventually a hotel and docks  will be built there.

: The tunnel itself is dug through the bed of the Channel. Each of the  railway lines is carried in a steel pipe, waterproofed with layers of  bitumen and pitch, lined with concrete and brick, and reinforced with  steel hoops. At intervals the pipes are linked by cross-tunnels, just  large enough for a man, which can be used to evacuate a train in an  emergency.

: So what could mar this grand event? What could possibly go wrong?
; Game Master
: John Reiher
; Players
: 6
; Characters
: Clarissa Zinicola, Opera singer (Laura)
: Chloe de Tournay, Inventor and race driver (Sophie)
: Sultan Ikram Imad Zulfiqar, Ex-sultan of Persia (Bryan J.)
: Les leMonde, Abomination hunter (Aaron)
: Konrad Fahrenspiel, Swiss, semi-famous explorer , adventurer, glory-seeker (Mark)
: The Magnificent Mechanical Man (Peter)
; Date
: July 30, 2007
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