Fimbulwinter Braincataclysm

...to toss around possible ideas for forthcoming Fimbulwinter sessions.

Beginnings

The show needs to begin somewhere. Some ideas follow: of course, we can always revisit with flashbacks if we open with something on in events.

• A symposium of the International Geographical Society, at which the expedition is proposed
• The arrival of the main zeppelin at McMurdo Sound, and the establishment of base camp
• The first sighting of the Mountains by an expedition foray
• the establishment of a camp at the base of the Mountains
• the first death of the expedition

Random Stuff that Would be Cool

• I like the idea of calling the base camp Concordia (the name of a much later French/Italian Antarctic research station); it has the right tone of utopian internationalist-brotherhood which can then be horribly undermined.

Stuff That Could Change Due to the Pilot

• The most obvious thing that could change is the exact time of the setting; a few ideas:
  • Immediately post-WWI, for post-war trauma and new-world-order intriguing
  • Pre-WWI, but somewhat earlier so as to leave more wiggle room for alliance-building - perhaps in late 1903, shortly before the Entente Cordiale.
  • Late Victorian. Changes stuff very heavily.