The first 4 adventures from my defunct HERO 4Ed/Space: 1889 "supers" campaign. (Note: some of the terms used below may be offensive, but they were the terms of common usage for the time period. No offense is intended, its just for flavor.)
The Man with the Golden Sun
A state-of-the-art Babbage Machine (a.k.a. Difference Engine) has been stolen from the British military. The guards who were present at the raid described assailants who defy imagination- a man who multiplied into a squadron before their eyes; a man in a suit of armor with steam-powered-pistons on the arms and legs, and nozzles that shot fire; and a "pair of Oriental bastards"- one whose dragon tattoo sprang to life, and another dressed like an Emperor who seemed to be the leader, shouting orders and seeming to cast spells.
Scant weeks later, a mirror-making factory gets hit- by the same group of miscreants. Thousands of their best mirrors are stolen, and little else.
Then, later that same year, ships start dissapearing off of the coast of China. Survivors report being approached by a small band of unarmed pirates, who, when the captains of their vessels laughed off the threats, signaled with a flag. Seconds later, a burning light flashes out from a nearby island, igniting the ship and sending it to the bottom in mere minutes.
The PCs have been approached by the British government to go to the China seas to find out more, and if they can, defeat this upstart pirate Dr. Chun, the so-called Son of the Dragon.
The Opium War on Mars
The God Mars is back to rule his eponymous planet...
Someone has smuggled opium to Mars and the High Martians have developed a taste for it. Unlike humans, opium acts as a highly addictive stimulant to High Martians, increasing their strength and endurance but with horrible withdrawal symptoms. Some of the packets of opium are wrapped in paper bearing Chinese characters meaning "Dragon."
The addicts do hard labor for their fix, cutting down acres of their liftwood to be smuggled to Earth when they get what they crave, disrupting the official business of Earth's protectorates on Mars when they do not.
The flow of opium must be stanched, and the British Government feels the PCs are right for the job. It seems that a few of Dr. Chun's minions have been spotted at a High Martian temple near the epicenter of most of the unrest.
Claws of the Dragon
Unknown operatives of Dr. Chun's organization are raiding Fort Knox, the installation where his and his consort's corpses were being studied, and where his captured minions are being held.
The PCs, coincidentally, had been invited to inspect the base and talk to researchers about their experiences with the villains when the attack occurs.
Things are going just fine, when Chun and his consort rise up from their slabs to tip the balance!
Warlord of the Air
The Oriental Lich, Dr. Chun, has escaped into a base in the Himalayas, from whence he issued a challenge to the world- submit to his rule or be destroyed!
Refusing to bow to such a ridiculous demand, airships of 6 nations decend over his base- the British Aerial Ironclad Boudicca carrying the PCs as luminaries...and potential combatants, should ground forces be needed.
As the warships rumble into striking distance, the weather becomes heavily clouded...
Just as the warships fire their first cannon shots, thousands of tiny one-man "sky-sleds" of Martian liftwood dive out of the cloud cover, dropping incendiary bombs upon the ponderous European airships...many of them scudding from the aerial battlefield without a mark (the cowards!), others plunging from the heavens like damned fallen angels.
Even the Boudicca is driven from the sky. Now, the ground forces must join in mortal combat for the fate of the world, but only the PCs have the ability to stand toe-to-toe with Dr. Chun and his minions!
The Man with the Golden Sun
A state-of-the-art Babbage Machine (a.k.a. Difference Engine) has been stolen from the British military. The guards who were present at the raid described assailants who defy imagination- a man who multiplied into a squadron before their eyes; a man in a suit of armor with steam-powered-pistons on the arms and legs, and nozzles that shot fire; and a "pair of Oriental bastards"- one whose dragon tattoo sprang to life, and another dressed like an Emperor who seemed to be the leader, shouting orders and seeming to cast spells.
Scant weeks later, a mirror-making factory gets hit- by the same group of miscreants. Thousands of their best mirrors are stolen, and little else.
Then, later that same year, ships start dissapearing off of the coast of China. Survivors report being approached by a small band of unarmed pirates, who, when the captains of their vessels laughed off the threats, signaled with a flag. Seconds later, a burning light flashes out from a nearby island, igniting the ship and sending it to the bottom in mere minutes.
The PCs have been approached by the British government to go to the China seas to find out more, and if they can, defeat this upstart pirate Dr. Chun, the so-called Son of the Dragon.
The Opium War on Mars
The God Mars is back to rule his eponymous planet...
Someone has smuggled opium to Mars and the High Martians have developed a taste for it. Unlike humans, opium acts as a highly addictive stimulant to High Martians, increasing their strength and endurance but with horrible withdrawal symptoms. Some of the packets of opium are wrapped in paper bearing Chinese characters meaning "Dragon."
The addicts do hard labor for their fix, cutting down acres of their liftwood to be smuggled to Earth when they get what they crave, disrupting the official business of Earth's protectorates on Mars when they do not.
The flow of opium must be stanched, and the British Government feels the PCs are right for the job. It seems that a few of Dr. Chun's minions have been spotted at a High Martian temple near the epicenter of most of the unrest.
Claws of the Dragon
Unknown operatives of Dr. Chun's organization are raiding Fort Knox, the installation where his and his consort's corpses were being studied, and where his captured minions are being held.
The PCs, coincidentally, had been invited to inspect the base and talk to researchers about their experiences with the villains when the attack occurs.
Things are going just fine, when Chun and his consort rise up from their slabs to tip the balance!
Warlord of the Air
The Oriental Lich, Dr. Chun, has escaped into a base in the Himalayas, from whence he issued a challenge to the world- submit to his rule or be destroyed!
Refusing to bow to such a ridiculous demand, airships of 6 nations decend over his base- the British Aerial Ironclad Boudicca carrying the PCs as luminaries...and potential combatants, should ground forces be needed.
As the warships rumble into striking distance, the weather becomes heavily clouded...
Just as the warships fire their first cannon shots, thousands of tiny one-man "sky-sleds" of Martian liftwood dive out of the cloud cover, dropping incendiary bombs upon the ponderous European airships...many of them scudding from the aerial battlefield without a mark (the cowards!), others plunging from the heavens like damned fallen angels.
Even the Boudicca is driven from the sky. Now, the ground forces must join in mortal combat for the fate of the world, but only the PCs have the ability to stand toe-to-toe with Dr. Chun and his minions!
