How ’bout some game content..?

This Norwegian explorer turns up in the core book of the Hollow Earth Expedition game — but the writers decided to turn the great man into a hulking action hero.  He wasn’t hulking, first off, and he was in his 50s when he disappeared.  So here is my take on Roald Amundsen — polar explorer:

ROALD AMUNDSEN
Archetype: Explorer

Motivation: Escape

Date of Birth: 16 July 1872 (Age 64, physical, 59)
Nationality: Norwegian

ATTRIBUTES:  Body: 2   Dexterity: 3   Strength: 2   Charisma: 2   Intelligence: 4   Willpower: 4

Size: 0   Move: 5   Initiative: 7   Perception: 8   Defense: 5   Stun: 2   Health: 6

SKILLS:  Academics (general): 5, Athletics: 5, Brawl: 4, Diplomacy (Leadership): 4 (5), Firearms (Rifles): 6 (7), Investigation (Search): 6 (7), Linguistics: 7, Medicine: 5, Melee: 4, Pilot (Boats, Plane): 6/4, Science (Geography): 5 (6), Stealth: 5, Survival: 8

LANGUAGES: Norwegian (native), English, French, German, Spanish

RESOURCES & TALENTS:  Artifact 2: Latham 47.02 seaplane; Followers 2: Leif Detrichson, pilot from Latham 47.02; Iron Will

And his plane…the Latham 47, number 2.

This twin engined seaplane was constructed in France by Societe Latham & Cie for Amundsen specifically.  He would use the vehicle to attempt the rescue of Umberto Nobile’s failed expedition to the North Pole.  Lost while looking for Nobile, most of the world thinks the great polar explorer dead, but in actuality, his plane and crew were sucked into the Interior World through the North Polar Entrance and have been seeking a way out of the Hollow Earth for eight years (for them, it has seemed only about three.)

LATHAM 47.02

Size: 4   Def: 4   Struc: 12   Speed: 106   Range: 900 mi   Ceiling: 16,000′   Han: 0   Crew: 6   Pass: 4   Cost: n/a

The Latham 47.02 has seen better days.  she was damaged in the entry to the Hollow Earth, has run out of fuel and been hard landed on the water.  Her pontoons are patched, as has her canvas hull, the engines have been run on sustandard fuels and the vehicle requires a CRAFT/MECHANICS 2 test just to fly each time.  Specially rigged fuel bladders have halved the cargo load of the vessel to about 500 lbs. with crew, but give the plane a range of 1500 miles.

(Note the same dual engine nacelle style as R.100 — a pusher propeller in the back, a puller in the front…)