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Old 02-05-2020, 06:41 AM   #66
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Default Re: PBY Catalina

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Originally Posted by Rupert View Post
They're both cool. I do like the use of the nacelles as drinking/snuggling nooks with a view.
I know, right!

Hmm... back in the early 1980s, Kessler didn't have any kind of urgent mission to spend his wealth on (not having yet found about the supernatural), so maybe he set out to replicate a Landseaire luxury flying yacht at that time just for fun. It is very much in character, not to mention that in the early 50s he's likely to have heard about these things, wanted one, but not been rich enough for it at that time.

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So the PCs that aren't tech level-limited wizards will be 'enjoying' a 8+ hour trip in an an old flying boat, only to transfer to another old flying boat for another 8-12 journey... Well, it'll have them pining for a ride in a nice 'modern' TL-7 jet transport (the Il-76), at least (those things aren't internally quiet in their standard configuration either).
Actually, out of three 'full-time' PCs and two 'part-time', everyone has some kind of magical ability or gift. It's been established that at least one player is adamantly opposed to having his PC fly and two others have so far not done so (but then, there has been no pressing reason to do so yet). Only one part-time PC has been on an airplane in the past year and it's probably not a coincidence that that is the character whose background is the most 'mundane' (a USMC Recon officer).

Basically, the non-magic using 'Night Riders' (Monster Hunters) who are former special operators or the like are NPCs, with the PCs filling the occult expert roles.

Granted, the PCs exist in a continuum of tech-trouble, with some of them still managing to live a TL8 life (which still tends to involve being on a first-name basis with a lot of tech support guys) and others, e.g. 'Nonc' Morel, essentially living a TL5 existence (he lives in a cabin without electricity in the Atchafalaya Basin).

Still, barring the one exception, all of the players seem to have taken my warning that their tech-trouble could also add to the Malf. of devices around them... such as on airplanes, as a hard bar to them flying at all.

That being said, if and when the PCs and their allies need to make a quick trip covering hundreds or thousands of miles, they'll probably be offered a choice of a) modern helicopter + charter jet (if the hurry justifies it), b) Commercial flight, c) Il-76 (late TL7) or d) A museum piece kept by Kessler, like a C-47 Dakota, Short S.25 Sandringham or PBY-5A Catalina.

Even if they have to take a private flight in order to be able to take various gear that can only pass customs inspection if it goes through a private airport or docking facilities where Kessler has a lot of influence, the mundane members of the 'Night Rider' team will still probably have the option of flying to the nearest airport to the destination in a modern jet and then pick up their anachronistic occult experts by the time they finally arrive in the WWII plane.
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