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<blockquote data-quote="Hand of Evil" data-source="post: 1009162" data-attributes="member: 371"><p>One from this list: Dr. Moreau</p><p></p><p>Now from the list that I want to know more about: Vampire Bomb just saying it sparks ideas!</p><p></p><p>Vampire Bomb. The "vampire bomb" is from Robert Duncan Milne's "A Question of Reciprocity," which first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on November 15 & 22, 1891. A revolution brings to power a new government in Chile, and they refuse to pay for a huge new battleship that they have ordered. A disgruntled group of Chilean magnates, who have lost money because of the U.S.'s policy towards their country, decides to recoup their losses by holding part of the US for ransom. They buy the battleship and bring it to Chile, where they put in it the amazing new invention of the brilliant Professor Tellus: a propellor-driven drone plane similar to a helicopter, powered from the battleship by long cables and capable of carrying many bombs which it can drop electronically. The drone can be operated by a sloop which accompanies the battleship. The Chileans go to San Francisco and issue their demands; the San Franciscans reject their claims and buckle down for war. The Chilean drone plane begins dropping bombs, destroying City Hall (among other parts of the city). The warship is beyond the range of San Francisco's coastal batteries and the city is seemingly helpless. The city government and wealthier citizens begin bringing gold to the docks from the San Francisco mint. An American Naval cruiser arrives to challenge the Chilean varlets. The helicopter tries with limited success to bomb her, the fog prevents the cruiser from seeing the Chilean ship, and the cruiser is generally out-gunned and out-armored by the Chilean ship. But the cruiser is armed with a new weapon: the vampire bomb, a torpedo guided by a "magnetic warhead." The cruiser launches the torpedo, it homes in on the Chilean ship and destroys it. San Francisco is saved, America is triumphant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hand of Evil, post: 1009162, member: 371"] One from this list: Dr. Moreau Now from the list that I want to know more about: Vampire Bomb just saying it sparks ideas! Vampire Bomb. The "vampire bomb" is from Robert Duncan Milne's "A Question of Reciprocity," which first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner on November 15 & 22, 1891. A revolution brings to power a new government in Chile, and they refuse to pay for a huge new battleship that they have ordered. A disgruntled group of Chilean magnates, who have lost money because of the U.S.'s policy towards their country, decides to recoup their losses by holding part of the US for ransom. They buy the battleship and bring it to Chile, where they put in it the amazing new invention of the brilliant Professor Tellus: a propellor-driven drone plane similar to a helicopter, powered from the battleship by long cables and capable of carrying many bombs which it can drop electronically. The drone can be operated by a sloop which accompanies the battleship. The Chileans go to San Francisco and issue their demands; the San Franciscans reject their claims and buckle down for war. The Chilean drone plane begins dropping bombs, destroying City Hall (among other parts of the city). The warship is beyond the range of San Francisco's coastal batteries and the city is seemingly helpless. The city government and wealthier citizens begin bringing gold to the docks from the San Francisco mint. An American Naval cruiser arrives to challenge the Chilean varlets. The helicopter tries with limited success to bomb her, the fog prevents the cruiser from seeing the Chilean ship, and the cruiser is generally out-gunned and out-armored by the Chilean ship. But the cruiser is armed with a new weapon: the vampire bomb, a torpedo guided by a "magnetic warhead." The cruiser launches the torpedo, it homes in on the Chilean ship and destroys it. San Francisco is saved, America is triumphant. [/QUOTE]
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