SYNOPSES of Chapters

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NOTE: This is a work in Progress (and will always be, since the story continues...)! Over time, it will serve as a nice index of events and actions for players.

SYNOPSES LIST

• Prologue Synopsis
• Chapter 1 Synopsis - Arrival in New York City
• Chapter 2 Synopsis - Death of a Sea Captain
• Chapter 3 story line has not yet been begun by our team of explorers
• Chapter 4 Synopsis - Departure
• Chapter 4a Synopsis - Late Additions
• Chapter 5 Synopsis - At Sea > NYC to Panama
• Chapter 5a Synopsis - Øyvind's experience
• Chapter 5 Synopsis - At Sea > Panama to Australia
• Chapter 5 Synopsis - At Sea > Australia to Antarctica
• Link to EnWorld website Synopses (i.e. EnWorld website is where this BtMoM campaign was first begun, before Play@YSDC existed)
• Link to BtMoM Obsidian Portal website page

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Link to Prologue Synopsis on EnWorld website

Index of correspondence between expedition members and James Starkweather

• James Starkweather acceptance letter to Martin LeBlanc
• James Starkweather rejection letter to Annie Mahoney
• James Starkweather rejection letter to Camille Bardier
• James Starkweather rejection letter to P.J. Rucker

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Link to Chapter 1 Synopsis on EnWorld website

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NOTE: This story line has only just begun, therefore the synopsis is not yet very detailed.

Start of Chapter 2

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NOTE: Chapter 3 story line has not yet been started by our Explorers. This post is merely a placeholder.

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Link to Chapter 4 Synopsis on EnWorld website

Link to start of Chapter 4 on the EnWorld website (originally, this story line was begun here)
Link to start of Chapter 4 on the Play@YSDC website (this story line continues here)

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Link to start of Chapter 4a

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INDEX of each day's classes and skill increase rolls

• OOC Rules for skill increases when a character takes a class aboard ship
• Sept 12th Class Schedule
• Sept 12th die rolls for Characters to increase skills

INDEX of all chapter events

• Link to start of Chapter 5: IC (In Character) thread
• Professor Moore posts a list of lessons to be presented by the expedition members while at sea
• Øyvind Raknes awoke to a noise
• Øyvind Raknes volunteers to take the Boxing Fundamentals lesson (last one standing gets to take on James Starkweather)

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Link to start of Chapter 5a

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INDEX of all chapter events

• Start of Chapter 5 - At Sea > Panama to Australia
• Thursday, 21st September, 1933: Rough Seas and Lurching Stomachs
• Saturday, 23rd September, 1933: Moody Crewmen
• Saturday, 23rd September, 1933: Starkweather agrees to Katie Wright joining the expedition
• Sunday, 24th September, 1933: ALL HANDS ON DECK!
• Sunday, 24th September, 1933: Davy Jones arrives and speaks to the Captain
• Sunday, 24th September, 1933: The crew is formally charged
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Start of the Crossing the Line ceremony
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: End of Crossing the Line ceremony. And certificates!
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Ammonia gas released aboard ship?
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie Wright is overcome by ammonia gas
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Adam Henning is initially questioned by Father Rucker
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Starkweather climbs from the freezer hold and Douglas volunteers to fix the ammonia leak
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind and Starkweather volunteer to bring an air hose into the tweenhold
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Douglas succumbs to the ammonia gas!
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Starkweather rescues Douglas, but injures himself in the process
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie begins recovering and returns to the main deck to help
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The air pump is finally connected
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind and Starkweather lift Doug back back up to the main deck, then Øyvind returns below to position the air hose
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Starkweather seems to be hurt
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Doctor Greene examines Douglas Orgelfinger
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie and Professor Moore rush to Starkweather's aid
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Father Rucker questions a suspicious crew member, Peter Stokely - And more questions.
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The Gabrielle's Medical Room gets crowded
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind hunts for the ammonia leak - and continues hunting - and continues...
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind spots the kill switch for the refrigeration pump, and shuts it down
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie warns of ammonia-contaminated food
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind and Katie help Peter Sykes
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Father Rucker questions a suspicious Adam Henning - and probes further
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Contaminated food is thrown overboard; - half the food?
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The hunt begins for the cause of the ammonia leak - and they enter the reefer compartment to find signs of sabotage?
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Our explorers repair the refrigeration equipment
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Martin discovers evidence of additional sabotage!
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The team informs Professor Moore of what they've discovered - and they decide on a course of action
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: He is bloody Starkers!
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Professor Moore provides information about Acacia Lexington
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Father Rucker finds Adam Henning - asks questions - with responses - more - more - Rucker believes Henning is...innocent
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Martin searches the aftercastle - meets Pierce Albemarle & Albert Gilmore - and greets - to take pics - neither seems suspicious
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie, Camille, and Doug begin searching the Fo'c'sle and Bosun's storage area
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie checks the Pabodie drill crates - finds wear and tear - examines floor nearby - but sees nothing suspicious
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie investigates Lower Hold #1 - examines decking - finds nothing - but then in tweendeck #1... - more sabotage evidence?
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Douglas searches the Bosun's store and lower Bosun's holds and finds nothing suspicious
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Father Rucker meets First Officer Turlow and Captain Vredenburgh - asks questions - and the Captain becomes...enraged
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The First Officer attempts to calm the Captain - but the Captain locks down the ship - and commands a top-to-bottom search
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Camille begins searching Tweendeck #2 - continues - more - and spots something in the lower hold
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Martin finds Douglas Halperin - who's lost his keys - Martin suspects foul play - Douglas comments - and begin - searching - more
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: The ship's lockdown is heralded - and begins - and continues
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie finds George Barrow in his cabin, asks him to examine evidence of tampering - he examines - and confirms sabotage!
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Katie and George are confined to quarters - and protest confinement - without success - more - Katie escorted to her cabin - more
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Martin LeBlanc and Douglas Halperin are confined to quarters
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Father Rucker returns from the bridge to his cabin - to find his cabin mates are already there
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Øyvind climbs to the main deck - and is confined to his cabin - more
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Camille climbs to the main deck from her search of the lower hold
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Professor Moore visits Katie in her cabin - will ask the Captain to free Katie & George - Starkweather visits - and chats - further
• Monday, 25th September, 1933: Martin (confined) flags down Professor Moore in the corridor - and asks - a few questions - and snaps a photo of a scruffy guard

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