Khorboth Khronicles

Well, my prep paid off. It was really cool and everyone had a good time. We wound up going about 10 hours, which is longer than any of us expected.
We started by establishing how all the PC’s knew each other. Zeth had dated Mitzie’s roommate (I can never spell MItzie right). Zeth, Bray, and Bill (X’s char) met in math class. Michael (Tripper’s char, still female) was met in some other random class. They had hit it off pretty well, and had done parties at Bill’s place.

I passed out a folder with a bunch of pictures of people who worked there. PC’s were there along with their bosses and such. I had looked up a list of the top 10 sexiest men in Hollywood over 40. The crap magazines produce these days. So, we had a bunch of hot guys. I’m a better judge of hot women, so that was less challenging.

Bill worked for Professor Patricia Patrelli (picture: Ms. Dewey) with Polymers. She also taught at NMU where all of the PCs went to school. She was the source of their knowledge about the facility, and snapped up Bill as soon as he applied.

Mitzie worked for Charles Chipper (picture: Kieth Urban, blonde). Her uncle, Admiral Barak knew Charles from the Naval academy, and arranged the assignment. The admiral described Charles as “brilliant but arrogant.” This proved very true. He never let Mitzie in his lab, bragged about his top-secret status, and was generally an ass. Mitzie was reduced to fetching coffee, answering a couple of phone calls, and shopping on the internet. Despite Charles always bragging about his progress, he reported no real advancements to the pentagon. At campaign start, he’s been gone for several days as the brass called him back to account for his project.

Michael worked for Brian Billson. They formed the counseling team for the facility(she did psych in the final build). He was a very new-age kind of counselor. He encouraged her to expand her horizons, embrace her feelings, and be empowered. He was also Zeth’s pot hookup in the base.

Bray worked with Julie Jacobson for Dirk Doolittle (not sure who the pics are). They were involved in mapping the stars more accurately. With the reduced light and atmosphere near the pole, this was easier. Bray worked the night shift; between the three of them, the array was working 24 hours a day.

Zeth worked under the Facilities manager, Doyle O’Grady (played by Dennis Leary). Zeth was mostly a secretary, but gained a lot of good knowledge from Doyle who had been there since the ground was broken. Nika Hu, the housekeeper (unknown model) and Phil Pental, the handyman (Johnny Depp) reported to them.

Other figures of note are: Gina Garfield (Pic unknown), general director, Tina Thompson and Arnold Armstrong in Zoology, and Arnold’s twin brother Marvin Masters, the mechanic/driver/pilot. The twins were separated at birth and raised by different families only reuniting when they signed up for work in the same research base. There was also a brief cameo by the director of research, Simon Lawrence (pic: Stan Lee)
I then described the facility. There is a large shed/hanger on the surface of the ice. Heaters usually keep this above 0 degrees, and it’s the home of several snow cats and the Cessna. The elevator shaft descends through 100 feet of ice and then 50 feet of rock before reaching the actual research facility.
The top floor is living quarters. The second is offices. The next three are laboratories. Then there is the recreation level, including a full gym, a small theater, and such. Below that is over 10′ of rock before the facilities level. That’s where the generator and such are.

The stage is set, and this post is too long. I’ve got to make session 1 its own thing.

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