The Orient Express Ghost Train

The Orient Express Ghost Train

Ghost Train
The Orient Express Ghost Train provides covert travel
throughout central and southern Europe
Contact Owner	Richard_Villiers
Owner's Discord Name	Villiers
Owner's Wiki Name	Terry Amburgey
Connection	6
Public Contact?	Yes
Archetype	Service
Location	Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits Right of Way
Metatype	Wild Spirit of Man
Gender	Nonbinary
Awakened/Emerged	Awakened
Age	0
Preferred Payment Method	Karma
Hobbies/Vice	Mystery Novels (Hard Bound), Iron and coal reagents
Personal Life	N/A
Faction	N/A
Aspects	Domain Bound Restricted to Iron and Anthracite Coal Transactional Nature Wild Spirits of Man Travels at the Speed of Time Passenger Service Freight Transport Recipe for Success Not Smol Not Patient Not above Hiring Help

Overview

The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger luxury train service created in 1883 by the Belgian company Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) that operated until 2009. The train traveled the length of continental Europe, with terminal stations in Paris in the northwest and Istanbul in the southeast, and branches extending service to Athens, Brussels, and London. The Orient Express is the world’s most authentic luxury train. Made famous in the Agatha Christie story, the train’s 1920s-vintage Art Deco cars, sparkling in their navy and gold livery and snowy white roof, take your breath away. The train’s mystique is such that its image is constantly in demand to portray elegance, beauty, sophistication and romance. The journey between Paris and Istanbul was legendary.

Domain

GM Notes

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Aspects Description

Aspect	Description
Domain Bound	The domain of the Orient Express is the route of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits railway with a 30 meter right-of-way to either side except for large facilities such as stations and marshalling yards. A rating 3 Song line runs along the center of the Orient Expresses' domain.
Restricted to Iron and Anthracite Coal	The Orient Express will accept reagents and material goods in return for low level spirit markers (Rating 1 or 2) but they must be iron or anthracite coal. Similarly the token worn for status is the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits logo cast in iron. The only status that qualifies for a rating 5 spirit marker is a tattoo of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits logo with ink containing iron.
Transactional Nature	The Orient Express has no conception of loyalty. Loyalty can never be raised above 1. Although the Ghost Train will accept appropriate reagents some karma must be part of every deal. The Ghost Train's opening position will be 1 point of karma per person per time zone of travel. The Ghost Train can be negotiated with normally but remember Wild Spirits are perfectly willing and able to walk away from a deal and may be insulted if not given the respect they feel they deserve (p. 177 FA)..
Wild Spirits of Man	Like wild nature spirits, wild spirits of man have the Domain quality and gain one additional optional power. Vehicle spirits have a few additional powers available to them: Evasion, Maneuvering, and Stealth. These function like the autosofts of the same name (p. 269, SR5), with a Rating equal to the spirit’s Force.
Travels at the Speed of Time	Time zones were invented by Sir Sanford Fleming, who worked as an engineer for Canadian railways. The Orient Express is schedule conscious. It takes one hour to transit to an adjacent time zone.Trips within a time zone take 30 minutes.
Passenger Service	Rating 1 spirit markers can be used to transport a single passenger with a single piece of luggage of 100 kilograms or less. Higher level spirit markers can be used to transport a number of passengers equal to the spirit marker.
Freight Transport	Rating 3 spirit markers or higher can be used to transport heavy freight such as a vehicle on a flat-bed freight car. GM fiat as to what fits on the freight car.
Recipe for Success	One hardbound mystery novel, autographed by the author. Place the novel between the rails in the domain. The Canadian Pacific Ghost Train will come to the location.
Not Smol	The Ghost Train is large, sometimes loud, and frequently leaves a faint miasma of coal smoke. It is also equipped with a natural weapon: a cannon equivalent to the Krime Cannon.
Not Patient	The Ghost Train is intolerant of obstacles obstructing free movement along the right-of-way. If necessary The Ghost Train will use its cannon to clear the way. Single shot, then semi-automatic burst. While attacking there is a 1 in six chance every combat turn that a mana storm will be triggered along the Song line (p. 35 SG). These Mana storms affect mood [rage] and produce elemental effects of lightning, hail, and rain.
Not above Hiring Help	Although the Orient Express is entirely transactional it is willing to be as generous as necessary (GM fiat) to hire metahumans to do its bidding. Financial remuneration is always in drams of iron or anthracite coal.

Dicepools

Dicepools
Knowledge Checks	10 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Active Checks	14 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Gear Acquisition Checks	6 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety
Networking Checks	4 + Loyalty + Aspects - Notoriety

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