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Men of Steel
Holmes & Laylah are draw to Earth in the year 1927 by a time
anomoly.
Episode One
1. The TARDIS lands in the
back yard of a small terrace house. fortunately the occupants are
away.
Laylah "Is it interesting?"
Holmes "Oh very. But not why we are here."
Laylah "Why are we here?"
Holmes "I detected a time rift."
Laylah "Are they that advanced."
Holmes "They haven't split the atom yet. And that doesn't
go well."
Homes and Laylah, his Tharil companion, walk through the streets of
the small mining town of Brierley Hill.
Do they find the disturbance (using a gimmick) db 12
(science + ingenuity) Yes.
Holmes and Laylah find they are led to Steven Park.
Is it guarded - yes.
By Police (highly probable) yes,
and Army (somewhat probable) YES.
2. Holms suggests trying to sneak past the guards.
Do we have to climb a
fence? (Probable) Yes.
dc 12
(coordination + Athletics)
Laylah with her feline instincts jumps the fence but Holmes
struggles.
Does this alert guards? (50/50) Yes.
Holmes hands Laylah the scanner and they both hide, with Laylah
being within the Park.
Laylah hides dn 12 (coord + sub) manages to hide.
Is Holmes spotted? No, he too hides from the guards.
3. Laylah sneaks closer.
Is it an alien pod? (probable) Yes
Do I recognise it? (Tech/Know + Intelligence) dc 14 - YES! It's
CYBERMAN tech.
Is there a Cyberman here? (somewhat Improbable) No.
Is the Scholar here? 50/50 Yes
Is the Survivor here? 50/50 No
Laylah sneaks back out and meets up with Holmes
4. Holmes is concerned
Holmes "Cybermen on Earth at this time, they could destroy
everything. And disrupt the time lines."
Laylah "Their capsule must have fallen through the time
rift."
Holmes "But if they were not there, where are they? I
think we should introduce ourselves."
Holmes walks up to one of the policemen.
Policeman "Sorry sir, the Park is closed. Police
incident."
Holmes "I can see that. I am here to help. I need to speak
to whoever is in charge of the military here."
dn 12 (presence + convince) Yes.
 Holmes
is taken to meet Captain Wainwright.
Captain Wainwright "Now sir, how can you help us?"
Holmes "My name is Holmes, this is Laylah. I know what was
in the pod. If I don't stop it this entire world will perish."
Captain Wainwright studies Holmes and Laylah "So, more
monsters. I met a man called Holmes once before, looked somewhat
different, but manner was similar."
Holmes "Ah. Well... maybe I do meet you again. I always
gets things out of order."
Captain Wainwright "Well you cannot be the same man, and
how could you meet me in the past?"
Holmes "The universe is a wondrous thing, but I don't have
time to explain it all right now, I have the planet Earth to save.
Will you help me?"
dn (Presence + convince) DC 10 (because Captain
Wainwright has met a future Holmes before) Yes.
5. Captain Wainwright orders a truck.
Captain Wainwright
"The pod was empty when we got here. But Viscount Ednam was spotted.
I think we should pay him a visit, ah... and this here is Mr. Franz
Goldstein, he has been assisting Torch... me."
Franz "Mr. Holmes, what if I were to say I believe the pod
was extra terrestrial?"
Holmes "I would say you were phishing for information."
Captain Wainwright , Franz, Holmes and Laylah travel to the Round
Oak Steekworks where Viscount Ednam is in charge. On arrival Franz
excuses himself and leaves. Holmes tells Laylah to follow him.
Pleasantries are exchanged.
Holmes "Now, the pod. Have you ever heard of Cybermen?"
Does Viscount Ednam know about Cybermen? 50/50 No.
Holmes "Then what was removed from the pod?"
Does the Viscount lie? (highly prob) Yes
Viscount Ednam "I'm sorry there was nothing in the pod."
Is Franz working with the cybermen? (Probable) No.
Does he know about them? (Probable) Yes
Is he looking for them? (Highly Prob) Yes
Does he spot Laylah following him? 50/50 Yes
Does he conform here? 50/50 No.
Does he find the Cybermen (Probable) Yes
Are the Cybermen active? (Probable) No
Laylah watches as Franz discovers the Cymbermen.
Cybermats are scurrying around, they appear to have infected several
of the steelwork workers, who are being transformed into Cybermen!
Do the Cybermats spot Franz & Laylah (Highly Prob) Yes.
Suddenly several Cybermat turn from their duties and close in on
Franz and Laylah!
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GM Notes:
Planetary Exploration
Pre-warp species detects starship - change to detect time rift
Theme: unknown lifeform - temporal anomaly
Incident: Navigate
Advantage: surprise discovery
NPC: scholar - affluence gain territory, subjugation - working
with...
NPC: survivor - mining colony, art, add to collection, sacrifice
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