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Spring, 1926: Norwegian explorer Roald Amund- SHODJRLQFOXGLQJD5XVVLDQLFHEUHDNHUWKHKrasin.
sen and Italian aeronautical engineer/pilot Colonel  7KLVLQYHVWLJDWLRQZHDYHVWKUHDGVRILQWHUQDWLRQDO
Umberto Nobile cross the North Pole in the airship intrigue and cosmic horror into the fabric of this mo-
Norge 6KRUWO\ DIWHU WKLV ÀLJKW WKH\ KDYH D IDOOLQJ ment in history.
out.
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the rank of General and at the helm of the airship Ita-  7KHPLJRRI<XJJRWKKDYHEHHQFRPLQJWR(DUWK
lia returns to the North Pole with the backing of Mus- VLQFHEHIRUHUHFRUGHGWLPHWRFROOHFWLQIRUPDWLRQFRQ-
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sumed lost. and the ElizabethLQDQG'XWFKVDLORUVLQLQ
Smeerenburg. Using the unfortunate men as raw mate-
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protestations). The General’s detractors in Italy pub- ing to create a walrus-like subrace suitably adapted to
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 $PXQGVHQDQG1RELOHSDVVLQJRYHUKHDGLQWKHLU tors board their rescue plane.
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FDXJKWDJOLPSVHRIWKHUHVHDUFKYHVVHODVLWVXUIDFHG meets each other and has a chance to learn some local
The falling-out that the two explorers had after their history.
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Scene 1b, The Tin Goose, page 6: :KHUHLQWKH
Nobile presented the information to Benito Mus- LQYHVWLJDWRUV PHHW 5D\PRQG &RUW DQG WKHLU SLORW EH-
VROLQL ZKR ¿QDQFHG WKH Italia expedition in order to fore taking off.
make contact with the aliens and acquire their tech-
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the ItaliaDSSURDFKHGWKHIXQJLIURP<XJJRWKKRVHGLW SURMHFWRUDQGPXVWODQGWKHLUSODQH2UGLHWU\LQJ
GRZQZLWKIURVWGRZQLQJWKHDLUVKLS Scene 2a, Into The White, page 11: In which the
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SOLJKW UHDOL]HG ZKDW KLV IRUPHU FROOHDJXH KDG GRQH Scene 2b, A Bad Lead, page 11: In which crack-
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enough for his brain to be collected by the aliens. Scene 3, Wreck Of The Italia, page 12: In which
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WKH,WDOLDQSUHVVIRUDEDQGRQLQJKLVPHQDQGUHMHFWHG alien artifacts and the bodies of Russian sailors.
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Russia. As this spy transmitted back to his superiors in
corpse.
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The Russians dispatched the icebreaker Krasin
clue.
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against later encounters. ³LPSDOH´LVFRQVLGHUHGDFULWLFDOVXFFHVV
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they are probably going to call him on it. Cort mingles
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them in the right direction.
‡ What’s with this hidden gun in the plane?
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as appropriate:  GG.LFNGGRU
“All right. This isn’t just a rescue mission. The  0DUWLDO$UWVNLFNGG
Italians were up here testing a new weapon that Mus- Skills:)DVW7DON+LGH/DZ/LVWHQ
solini’s boys worked up. After General Nobile got sold  0DUWLDO$UWVMXGR2WKHU/DQJXDJH
up the river by the Italian press, he cried to anyone  ,WDOLDQ6QHDN6SRW+LGGHQ
who would listen – including a Russkie spy.
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chatter between some of Russia’s best. That icebreak-  7KHDGYHQWXUHSURSHUEHJLQVZLWKWKHLQYHVWLJDWRUV
er? It’s here for the Italian weapon, not those sailors. LQDEXVKHDGLQJWRWKHDLUSRUWDW/RQJ\HDUE\HQ1RU-
Same reason we’re – I’m – here. Nobile said they ZD\7REHJLQWKHDGYHQWXUHUHDGDORXGRUSDUDSKUDVH
saved it when the ship crashed, but it’s not here. The the following:
Russians are still here, so they don’t have it. It’s out on
this ice somewhere, probably with those aeronauts. Three weeks ago, the semirigid airship Italia went
down twenty-three miles north of the Svalbard archi-
So that’s the deal. Don’t ask me what this weapon SHODJRLQWKH$UFWLF2FHDQDVLWUHWXUQHGIURPDQDHUL-
does ’cause I don’t know, but your country wants it be- al exploration of the North Pole. Among the handful of
fore Stalin or Mussolini. And let me tell you something survivors was the famed Italian aeronautical engineer
else…that Great War we just fought? The next one is General Umberto Nobile. A Swedish pilot rescued
going to be won with technology – not manpower – Gen. Nobile, but left the rest of the men, claiming that
and I for damn sure am going to see the US of A win the extra weight would crash his plane.
it.”
It is now June of 1928, and an international rescue
Cort Goes Nuts: Raymond Cort has a low SAN effort is underway to get the remaining survivors off
VFRUH±KHLVDOUHDG\GULYHQE\SHUVRQDOGHPRQV±DQG the ice before it melts or they die of exposure. Despite
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Cort’s short-term temporary insanity always manifests Italy, Finland, Norway, and the Soviet Russia, the men
DV KRPLFLGDOVXLFLGDO PDQLD .HHSHU¶V FKRLFH DQG remained trapped.
his long-term temporary insanity always manifests as
Longyearbyen, the largest city in the Svalbard ar-
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chipelago, has taken on the atmosphere of a macabre
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carnival as its population booms with the international
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commander, Raymond Cort, arranged for a bus to de-
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dropped off at the airport.
dawn departure.
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himself and greets each of you with a businesslike
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tor’s appearance and demeanor. The heroes are assumed
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sheltered in the wreckage of their airship.
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them. show these other countries how it’s done. You each have
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“Whenever Europe comes to Svalbard, there is
greater detail if asked: The plane lands near the wreck
tragedy. The Dutch and English killed each other over
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our whales in the 1600s. They built villages and then
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took turns burning them down. English ships, Dutch
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men. Now Italian men. Europe never learns.”
to repair the wreckage site’s radio.
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some newspaper padding. Raymond Cort placed the
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pistol in case that he needed it.
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of a baby seal.
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they were being marched to their death.
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man, curled up in an unnatural position. He wears a
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clutches a heavy revolver. The poor man’s neck has
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the Krasin has a small plane aboard it that dropped off
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the sailors. It is not due to return unless signaled for.
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this is static, it is unlike any you’ve ever heard.
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he didn’t survive the experience – his body partially
our place. My friend, was it worth it?
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ments.
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those aboard the Tri-Motor before it went down.
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lowing:
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anything in a twenty-foot-wide blast. The weapon can
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centric rings. Near one of the elongated ends is a clus- :DOUXVPHQDUHOXPEHULQJFUHDWXUHVKRZHYHUDQGWKH
ter of hoses and sticklike protuberances. .HHSHUVKRXOGDVVXPHWKDWLWWDNHVWKHPWKUHHFRPEDW
rounds to reach the base of the mound (where the mist
The entire device radiates a biting cold. SURMHFWRUFDQQRW¿UH
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entry includes a Climb skill). They use the same rules
realize that only the mi-go of Yuggoth use such de-
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 Any walrus-men that manage to climb onto the tures a steep slope that leads down into a grotesque
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Instead they will use their tusks right away. underside of the ice like a leech. You’re not sure if it’s
alive or merely sculpted from organic matter, but it is
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wholly abhorrent.
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EDVHLQGURXQGV At one end of the bubble-thing is a tunnel open-
ing that runs under the ice. The tunnel’s matter looks
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somewhat like muscle tissue.
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their current Sanity points (a one-time award). tors to make a Sanity check (1/1d6).
Area 6-2 – Holes: The membrane is durable and able to withstand
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The walrus-men and mi-go pass through these
hp and reduces damage from non-impaling weapons
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paraphrase the following:
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The hole in the ice has been dug, like a pit. It fea-
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as the weird shape drawn thereon.
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or paraphrase the following: Area 6-3 – Prison Pod:
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tives might. Painted in shades of white, blue, and gray, SROLWLFDORI¿FHU9DVLO\5XVKHQNR2QHZHQWPDGDQG
it is at once horrifying and beautiful. ELW RII DQG VZDOORZHG KLV WRQJXH NLOOLQJ KLP LQ WKH
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You see that there are several more bubble-pods
men came and took the dead body away.
clinging to the bottom of the ice, only some of which
lead back to the surface. Each is connected to the oth- The walrus-men keep the Russians here while the
HUVE\DWXEHRIYHLQHGWLVVXH2QHSDUWLFXODUO\WKLFN mi-go prepare their arcano-surgery for further experi-
tube descends into the depths of the ocean like a ship’s mentation.
anchor chain.
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XQVHWWOLQJFDOOIRUDSanity check (0/1).
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cum of care. VDLORUVLQ(QJOLVK9DVLO\EHJLQVFRQYHUVLQJZLWKWKHP
as best he can.
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PHQW WR ORRN DW WKH OD\RXW RI WKH ³YLOODJH´ WKH\ FDQ  )RUWKHPRVWSDUW9DVLO\WHOOVWKHLQYHVWLJDWRUVWKH
make a Spot Hidden check to notice that one of the WUXWK+H¿JXUHVWKDWLWZLOOJHWWKHPWRWUXVWKLPDQG
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DURXQGEXWGRQRWVHHPDEOHWROHDYHWKHLUSRG point.
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RIWKH³DQFKRUFKDLQ´FDQPDNHDSpot Hidden check Krasin,DP9DVLO\5XVKHQNRSROLWLFDORI-
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the following:
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The vein-tube eventually terminates in a massive, WKHVHDUHDOLHQVPHQDQGWKLVKRPH:DOUXV
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bles an asymmetric crab of impossible proportion. You below. Italians are there captured.
begin to consider that the tube isn’t an anchor-chain,
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but rather an umbilical.
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but cannot radio Krasin for pickup plane be- KLVVDLORUVWR³SDUWQHUXS´ZLWKWKHLQYHVWLJDWRUV7KH
cause of crab-bat static. .HHSHU PLJKW FRQVLGHU JLYLQJ WKH SOD\HUV D VDLORU WR
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‡ How do we get you out? There is room with
are neither stupid nor suicidal.
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which we speak. To be putting ball in hole LI WKH LQYHVWLJDWRUV ZHUH FDSWXUHG 7KH LQYHVWLJDWRUV
opens door. KDYHWKHLUHTXLSPHQWWDNHQIURPWKHPDQGGURSSHGLQ
Area 6-4EHIRUHEHLQJHVFRUWHGKHUH
‡ Why should we give you your weapons? Can
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ZRQ¶WFDSWXUHXV%HWWHUKDYHEHVWZHDSRQV tors back to health (with First Aid checks made at base
with soldiers. FKDQFHDQG9DVLO\H[SODLQVWKHLUVLWXDWLRQLQKRSHVRI
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get out.
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rounds. .HHSHUVKRXOGHQFRXUDJHWKHSOD\HUVWRFRPHXSZLWK
solutions of their own.
Cort’s Refusal: Cort absolutely refuses to free
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WKHP$WEHVWKHZRXOGHQWHUWDLQOHDYLQJWKHPDORQH biting Russian sailor. That would at least get
EXWKHZRXOGSUHIHUNLOOLQJWKHPRXWULJKW,IWKHLQYHV- a walrus-man to open the door so the cap-
WLJDWRUVDWWHPSWWRIUHHWKH5XVVLDQVKHDFFXVHVWKHP tured can rush it. Pulling off this deception
RIWUHDVRQDQGHQGDQJHULQJWKHZHOIDUHRIWKH³86RI would be a DisguiseFKHFN7KHER-
$´ ,I WKH\ LQVLVW KH GUDZV KLV ZHDSRQ LI DQ\ DQG QXVLVEHFDXVHWKLVKDVKDSSHQHGEHIRUH
threatens to attack the party. DQGWKHZDOUXVPHQDUHYHU\VWXSLG
A Fast TalkFKHFNJHWV&RUWWRFDOPGRZQ ‡ Shout and create a ruckus to lure the walrus-
$GGWRWKHFKHFNLIWKHLQYHVWLJDWRUVVD\VRPH- man into opening the door. This boils down
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being captured (mi-go prefer intact lab specimens). ¿QLVK WKH MRE EHIRUH D ZDOUXVPDQ VKRZHG
up to open the door. This walrus-man would
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attack to kill.
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that order. PHQ ZDQWLQJ WKHP DOLYH IRU VRPH UHDVRQ
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ning. It also causes freezing water to course YLQFHG WKDW QRWKLQJ FDQ EH GRQH DQG WKH ³FUDEEDWV´
LQWRWKHFHOO7KRVHLQVLGHWDNHGGDPDJH will kill him.
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The Russian sailors’ short-term temporary insan-
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guaranteed to get the door open.
and long-term temporary insanity manifests as claim-
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show up and gas all present (see Area 7-2). GHDG:KHQWKH\¿QDOO\UHDOO\VQDSWKH\EHFRPHGH-
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make a SanityFKHFNG&RPPLWWLQJFROGEORRG- Area 6-4 – Nutrient Bath:
ed murder does not rest well on the conscience.
The mi-go learned that it was a time-consuming
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phrase the following:
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sense of accomplishment. This bubble-pod is larger than the others, and
smells far worse. The bile stench here has an under-
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8VHWKHVWDWVSURYLGHGIRU5D\PRQG&RUWH[FHSW structure? – that resembles a wart with the top lanced.
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To the side of the wart-pool, you see a stack of ri-
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       there is usually a walrus-man here soaking in the bath.
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them that the bath heals wounds if they submerge in it 0RWRU¶V*($5VXSSO\ER[
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explain how.  7KH RUJDQLF ³YLOODJH´ UHTXLUHV D QHUYRXV V\VWHP
to regulate its autonomic functions. Rather than create
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merges himself completely in the nutrient bath for a
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lined with brachiated blue veins, all converging on a
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spot in the ceiling, there to form a great, coiling mass
ment of mental contact with the quasi-intelligence
that hangs down like a pulsing stalactite.
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ing ache of the cold. They also physically sense them-
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forces a SanityFKHFNG7KH³RWKHUPLQG´LVWKH
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no healing (or magic point loss) is gained.
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a human brain. It has a faceplate in the form of an is you?
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a shiny faceplate of a different material. ZDV D¶ZDWFK DV ZH URXQGHG (QJOLVK %D\
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like instrument.
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