Amber & Ash: The Fossil-Fuel Famine – Pyre-Keeper’s Spark
Ignite the Dead. Cinder the Sky. The sleek efficiency of the future has run out of juice, leaving behind a world of cold iron and ancient peat. The "Fossil-Fuel Famine" isn't a shortage; it’s a desperate, soot-stained homecoming. By claiming the Pyre-Keeper’s Spark, you aren't just a survivor—you are the furnace at the center of the frost. This ignition grants immediate Combustion-Priority for all steam-pressure propulsion, smoke-screen cloaking, and heat-sink shielding at a significant Soot-Build-up discount.
The Charred Ledgers (District Campaigns)
The Grease-Pit Catacombs: Descend into the "Crank-Shaft Sub-Basements," a grinding underworld of rusted gears and congealed oil where ancient machinery has developed a hungry, mechanical metabolism. The "Piston-Hounds"—beings of brass and boiling water—track your movement by the warmth of your breath.
The Smog-Choke Fog: A suffocating "Carbon-Cloud" is blinding the inhabitants and turning the air into a heavy, flammable soup. You must reach the "Bellow-Towers" to vent the atmosphere before a single spark turns the entire sector into a localized supernova.
The Coal-Dust Cartel: Infiltrate the high-pressure "Boiler-Rooms" of the Steam-Barons. A friction-filled war has ignited between a radical "Manual-Labor" cult, a fleet of "Coal-Carriage" raiders, and a massive, coal-fed Intelligence that calculates the cost of every human life in British Thermal Units. Will you stoke the fire or douse the flames?
⚙️ Stoker’s Apparatus & Black-Smith Hardware
The Fire-Tender’s Kit (Utility Expansion): Industrial gear for a world of heat and friction. Includes the Bellows-Jump Pack, Asbestos-Lined Ponchos, and Coal-Shovel Rappels for digging through heaps of slag and debris.
Internal-Combustion Armory (Weapons Expansion): High-heat tools for the heavy-duty enforcer. Features the Flint-Lock Slug-Gun, the Red-Hot Branding-Iron, and the Pressure-Cooker Grenade (which releases a blast of 500°C steam).
