1930's Pulp True20 Game

[trilobite]

Sikorsky S-43
The latest (1935-37) in the S-series from the Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division of the United Aircraft Corporation in Stratford, Connecticut, the S-43 is a twin engine flying boat. It is primarily used by Pan American World Airways for flights to Cuba, with several used by Inter-Island Airways of Hawaii to ferry Pan-Am Clipper passengers and local residents from Honolulu to the other islands. Thus its affectionate nickname "the Baby Clipper." A few are used by the US Army under the name "OA-1" and by the US Navy under the name "JRS-1."

Crew: 2 (pilot and co-pilot)
Passengers: 15
Cargo: 6,500 lbs
Top Speed: 190 (19)
Range: 775 miles
Size: Gargantuan
Cost: ?
Toughness: +11
Strength: 40
Defense Modifier: -4
Restricted: License (+1)

Full Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-43

Just changed a few things and added some more.

As for Augmentations, I would at least get Long Legs to increase it's Range by +50%. Some other good choices; Cargo Hold, Fixed Points, Good Luck Token, Improved Speed, or Improved Maneuverability.

 

[Quickleaf]

The plane looks good! Are we assuming the base plane has no machineguns? If so, I'll choose "fixed points" to equip it with some.

How's this for "long legs"?

Long Legs: Increase vehicle's maximum range by 50%. (~1160 miles) The pilot may make an extra effort to prevent the plane from falling apart due to damage until the plane touches down at the nearest suitable landing site...wherever that may be.

I'll let Jetzer choose one augmentation as well as christen the plane's name.

 

[trilobite]

I had come up the Long Legs augmentation and never posted it. I have edited the feats list to add it in. The +50% range is a good enough addition without the other stuff. Though in a flying boat the nearest landing strip could be right below you.

Yes, the plane has no standard machine guns.

 

[jezter6]

"Crazy Betty" shall have the Improved Maneuverability aug. This thing looks about as aerodynamic as my Jeep Liberty. How that thing obtains flight is beyond me. Hawkeye's a fighter pilot, so he needs a plane with the agility to keep up with his skills.

Just better not be any SNAKES ON A PLANE.

 

[trilobite]

Just better not be any SNAKES ON A PLANE.

Hummmm......

I wonder what snakes are native to the South Pacific.......

 

[trilobite]

Ok,

What characters know what characters? And Why?

Why is your character in Shanghai in 1937?

 

[Quickleaf]

Here's the "Crazy Betty" in the water...

She's got the following augmentations: Long Legs, Fixed Points, Improved Maneuverability

Crew: 2 (pilot and co-pilot)
Passengers: 15
Cargo: 6,500 lbs
Top Speed: 190 (19)
Range: 1160 miles (775 +50% long legs)
Size: Gargantuan
Cost: ?
Toughness: +11
Strength: 40
Defense Modifier: -2 (-4 size, +2 improved maneuverability)
Restricted: License (+1)
Armaments: Nose-mounted .30 caliber light machinegun (fixed points)
Special: +2 Pilot checks (improved maneuverability)

 

[iwatt]

Ok,

What characters know what characters? And Why?

Why is your character in Shanghai in 1937?

Ok.

I think we've settled that Colin knows Doc Raven quite well from guiding him in some african expeditions. And the subsequent chase scenes that ensued....


Hawkeye I guess could be an aquaintance from the British community in Shangai. I'm assuming he is/was an officer and a gentleman . Sherry, cigars, and toasts for His Majesty's Health.

The rest seem harder to connect.


Colin is in Shangai recently disembarked from a tramp freighter that brought him from India. He'd spent some time hunting tigers in the subcontinent, until an unfortunate incident in Calcutta involving a Coronel, and said Coronel's wife and niece. How was he to know the ladies were related?

 

[trilobite]

"Crazy Betty" look good!


Ok here is a list of characters:

Colin Fitzpatrick (Big Game Hunter)
Dr. John Raven (Two Fisted Professor)
Macasa “Mac” Miyamoto (Grease Monkey)
Jimmy 'Hawkeye' Draper (Flying Ace)
Amund "Red" Haarland (Mercenary?)


Now Mac and Hawkeye are best of buds and work together on their one plane airline. What kind of jobs you take is up to you two be cargo runs, passenger flights, smuggling, whatever.....

Now your characters do not need to know every other character but it would be nice that you know at least one other character in some way.

 

[iwatt]

She's got the following augmentations: Long Legs, Fixed Points, Improved Maneuverability

Nice. Now you just have to find a nice pinup design for the nose:

Pinups