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TimeWatch RPG Playtest Story Hour (Updated 9-2-14)
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<blockquote data-quote="Ladybird" data-source="post: 6242922" data-attributes="member: 10689"><p><strong>EPISODE 1: STARS AND BARS FOREVER</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Chapter 1: Red White and Blue Alert</strong></p><p></p><p>Sirens blare through TimeWatch HQ, and the team comes running.</p><p></p><p>TimeWatch HQ sits at the end of time, a floating citadel dedicated to preserving and repairing the timeline. The team runs past gleaming glass windows, past replicas of adobe houses and thatched-roof cottages used for training, past doors marked PARADOX CONTAINMENT: DO NOT ENTER, past doors they're sure they've passed before - or maybe doors they <em>will</em> have passed before?</p><p></p><p>The people who come running are Hypatia of Alexandria, Edward Plantagenet (also known as King Edward V of England, but hardly anyone calls him that, and he doesn't insist), Yves (he can never be bothered to give his last name), Dr. Michel Archembault, Katarina Rasmirovna, and Mace Hunter. </p><p></p><p>By TimeWatch standards, they're a fairly uniform group: not only are they almost all British and French, most are from the 18th and 19th century, and only one is from an alternate timeline. In TimeWatch, you can never take for granted that your fellow agents will even be human: not every Earth timeline was dominated by humans, so TimeWatch personnel include intelligent dinosaurs and insects from those alternate timelines as well as Neanderthals, other hominids, and non-Earthlings.</p><p></p><p>This team hasn't worked together before, and some of them are new agents - Edward has only recently grown old enough for fieldwork - but they've all been told that the next assignment will be theirs, and they're all ready for the challenge.</p><p></p><p>The briefing agent also happens to be human: Dr. Maria Gonzalez, one of the chronal technician specialists. She wears a white lab coat over her silver TimeWatch uniform, and wears an unusually agitated expression on her face. "It's the radiation alerts," is the first thing she says. "We've detected multiple nuclear explosions in the past." She clicks a button on a remote, and the huge viewscreen on the back wall of the briefing room throws up a map of North America. Red dots flare up as Dr. Gonzalez recites the name of each city: "New York. Boston. Philadelphia. Seattle. Portland. Buffalo. Chicago. Indianapolis…" </p><p></p><p>The team stares in horror as red dots bloom and spread across the map. "…and it's happening in 1938," Dr. Gonzalez finishes. </p><p></p><p>The date is almost as chilling as the sight itself. None of the team lived in the 20th century, but as TimeWatch agents they've all had at least a basic education in Earth history after their lifetimes. They all know that to have nuclear weapons that early is almost as serious a breach of the timeline as the destruction of those cities.</p><p></p><p>"1938?" Michel repeats. "Someone is trying to fight World War II several years early."</p><p></p><p>It's serious enough that the team has to act fast, but they can take a few minutes to assess the situation before they leave. They're time-travelers, after all - they can just hop back to whatever time they choose.</p><p></p><p>Edward frowns as he studies the map. "But…why <em>those</em> cities?" he asks. "They're all major cities, but Buffalo and Portland aren't on the same level as New York and Chicago. What do they all have in common?"</p><p></p><p>"Any particular industry that they all share?" Kat suggests. "Maybe someone's trying to take out their manufacturing. Or politics? Trying to destabilize the economy and the government?"</p><p></p><p>"If that were the case, they would have bombed Washington," Dr. Gonzalez observes.</p><p></p><p>"Wait," says Edward, looking at the map again. "They <em>didn't</em> bomb Washington. These are all Northern cities. They aren't trying to fight World War II. They're re-fighting the Civil War."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybird, post: 6242922, member: 10689"] [b]EPISODE 1: STARS AND BARS FOREVER[/b] [B]Chapter 1: Red White and Blue Alert[/B] Sirens blare through TimeWatch HQ, and the team comes running. TimeWatch HQ sits at the end of time, a floating citadel dedicated to preserving and repairing the timeline. The team runs past gleaming glass windows, past replicas of adobe houses and thatched-roof cottages used for training, past doors marked PARADOX CONTAINMENT: DO NOT ENTER, past doors they're sure they've passed before - or maybe doors they [i]will[/i] have passed before? The people who come running are Hypatia of Alexandria, Edward Plantagenet (also known as King Edward V of England, but hardly anyone calls him that, and he doesn't insist), Yves (he can never be bothered to give his last name), Dr. Michel Archembault, Katarina Rasmirovna, and Mace Hunter. By TimeWatch standards, they're a fairly uniform group: not only are they almost all British and French, most are from the 18th and 19th century, and only one is from an alternate timeline. In TimeWatch, you can never take for granted that your fellow agents will even be human: not every Earth timeline was dominated by humans, so TimeWatch personnel include intelligent dinosaurs and insects from those alternate timelines as well as Neanderthals, other hominids, and non-Earthlings. This team hasn't worked together before, and some of them are new agents - Edward has only recently grown old enough for fieldwork - but they've all been told that the next assignment will be theirs, and they're all ready for the challenge. The briefing agent also happens to be human: Dr. Maria Gonzalez, one of the chronal technician specialists. She wears a white lab coat over her silver TimeWatch uniform, and wears an unusually agitated expression on her face. "It's the radiation alerts," is the first thing she says. "We've detected multiple nuclear explosions in the past." She clicks a button on a remote, and the huge viewscreen on the back wall of the briefing room throws up a map of North America. Red dots flare up as Dr. Gonzalez recites the name of each city: "New York. Boston. Philadelphia. Seattle. Portland. Buffalo. Chicago. Indianapolis…" The team stares in horror as red dots bloom and spread across the map. "…and it's happening in 1938," Dr. Gonzalez finishes. The date is almost as chilling as the sight itself. None of the team lived in the 20th century, but as TimeWatch agents they've all had at least a basic education in Earth history after their lifetimes. They all know that to have nuclear weapons that early is almost as serious a breach of the timeline as the destruction of those cities. "1938?" Michel repeats. "Someone is trying to fight World War II several years early." It's serious enough that the team has to act fast, but they can take a few minutes to assess the situation before they leave. They're time-travelers, after all - they can just hop back to whatever time they choose. Edward frowns as he studies the map. "But…why [i]those[/i] cities?" he asks. "They're all major cities, but Buffalo and Portland aren't on the same level as New York and Chicago. What do they all have in common?" "Any particular industry that they all share?" Kat suggests. "Maybe someone's trying to take out their manufacturing. Or politics? Trying to destabilize the economy and the government?" "If that were the case, they would have bombed Washington," Dr. Gonzalez observes. "Wait," says Edward, looking at the map again. "They [i]didn't[/i] bomb Washington. These are all Northern cities. They aren't trying to fight World War II. They're re-fighting the Civil War." [/QUOTE]
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