Venues/Groups Involved: All/Crossover
Type of Plot: Mystery, involving Mental and Social skills with Physical Skills being necessary from time to time
Useful Skills: Academics, Computers, Investigation, Medicine, Occult, Politics, Science; Athletics, Brawl, Firearms, Larceny, Stealth, Survival, Weaponry; Animal Ken, Empathy, Expression, Intimidation. Persuasion, Socialize, Streetwise.
Summary of Plot: Montauk, New York is a village located in the Hamptons on Long Island. A series of strange events follows, starting with the rotation of a radio tower that causes headaches and strange dreams for everyone in town, that will lead to the uncovering of a secret government project that covers not just Montauk and Camp Hero, but also the nearby Plum Island.
The story takes place in Montauk a small village in the Hamptons. There, Camp Hero at Montauk Air Force Base, a decommissioned base that allowed for the state to take over (and make a park) out of the surface area, but for many years rumors and conspiracy theories claim the government continues to run in secret below ground. What goes on below the surface has been the subject of at least one conspiracy theory about the government. According to this theory, the government conducted both legal and illegal research and experiments on their own citizens.
For the most part, none of this has really meant much to the folks living in the village of Montauk, that is, until three events take place within the same week. First, the radar dish turns 90 degrees in the middle of the night, causing many residents to wind up with massive headaches and terrible nightmares. Second, a strange creature washed up on the shore dead, with what looks like burns all over its body. Last, a man stumbled into town, swearing that government officials fifteen years ago kidnapped him and had just escaped.
On the Radar
At the old Camp Hero base, there is a large imposing radar dish that has been there for as long as anyone can remember. No one remembers it moving quite like it’s done in the last month. The radar dish turned 90 degrees. Talk shows are gossiping about it, but no one’s really doing anything, and word on the street is that everyone in the village had horrendous nightmares the night it happened, and a blaring headache that lasted for three days. It baffled doctors as to the cause of these things, but certain things will be fine so long as the dish doesn’t move again.
Strange Creature Washed Up
A strange rodent/dog-like creature washed up on the shore with burn marks all over its body. It has baffled scientists, being unable to determine what species the animal is. Some think it’s a mutated racoon, but it’s got the front teeth of a rodent and hooved feet. What everyone can agree on is that the creature is not natural. Many fear it’s not the first or last of its kind.
Missing People
For as long as Montauk has existed, there have been stories of folks wandering off the path and becoming lost to time. No one really knows the extent of the story, but it’s whispered around the village that it’s true just about any time anyone leaves without warning. Sometimes it’s utter nonsense, like when Jenny Wheeler left town and then showed up on a pilot episode for an NBC sitcom. But sometimes it’s spookily true, like when Greg Edgerton was nine when he went missing and just last week, he stumbled back into the village.
Illegal Experiments
Rumor has it that the strange things that are going on, and have been for as long as anyone can remember, are due to illegal government experiments. No one has any specific proof, but that doesn’t stop the conspiracy theorists from coming to the island to prove things, or the sci-fi books to not use the name for their plots. Many of the townsfolk are tired of being known for that, but after the recent events, more folks are starting to wonder if those theorists might be right.
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