After conferring with the govenor concerning the events related in Episode 33, the adventurers were walking through Syrtis Major when they saw one of the waiters from the reception they had so narrowly escaped with their lives.
Giving chase they witnessed the waiter being attacked by what were obviously Brootherhood assassins, and they waded in to render aid - and grab the waiter for some interrogation as to the whereabouts of Lord and Lady Hyperion. The team were victorious, but the waiter was badly hurt and dying. He was able to give his testimony before departing this plane of existence.
Kronos is planning a massive assault. He is using the final batch of Red Sands in conjunction with aninvisible ship, Death-Seeker, to subjugate the largest British army division on the planet.
Even if it fails to do anything more than destroy the troops, the balance of power will shift to Oenotria. The war will end with a Martian victory. With proof that the red devils can be beaten, all of Mars will rise and the sands will run red with blood.
This time the Red Sands may do more than it did at the gala, and I do not wish my people to be turned into monsters. The way to the secret location of the Death-Seeker is located in the home of a Martian scholar…named…Queeleek Thorshian.
The team, anxious to talk to Queeleek after the recent events aboard the Wasp, quickly tracked down his address and hurried to make a house call. Arriving at Queeleek's house they observed several shadowy and shady figures, but were able to evade the,m and effect entry. In a concealed basement they discovered many pieces of evidence that poijted to Queeleek being not only involved in the machinations of The Brotherhood of Luxor, but the ringleader - Kronos himself!
Not only that, there were detailed plans of an attack to be made on the British forces, including fleet movements and Army positions on the Oenotrian border, and listing a landing station in the dockyards of Syrtis Major.
Upon exiting the basement the adventurers became aware that the house was under attack, but they were able to fight their way clear with no injuries, and they raced for the Dockyards but were too late to prevent the ship that was docked in the aforementioned station from departing at speed.
But all was not lost. Nearby, the redoubtable Wasp was heaved-to, with boiler alight. The team borded her and persuaded her captain to give chase.
And a tense chase it was too, lasting well into the next day, with the Brotherhood kite making the most of the uncharacteristically unpredictable weather to keep ahead of the Wasp until, with no warning, a huge war kite seemed to appear out of nowhere at point-blank range, bearing directly toward our gallant band!
to be continued
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