{"id":180,"date":"2011-10-07T13:27:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkharvest-legacyoffrankenstein.com\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2011-10-07T13:27:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T13:27:25","slug":"dhlof-resistance-sample","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.darkharvest-legacyoffrankenstein.com\/dark-texts\/dhlof-resistance-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"DH:LoF – Resistance (sample)"},"content":{"rendered":"

All things being equal, the\u00a0first full\u00a0supplement for Dark Harvest: The Legacy of Frankenstein<\/em> will be out in May 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a little taster of what’s to come.\u00a0 This is the raw 1st draft, unedited version of a piece on the Resistance fortress given to them by the nervous Bulgarian authorities.<\/p>\n

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LEAVING PROMETHEA \u2013 BABA VIDA<\/h3>\n

As has been pointed out, the Resistance has just one place it maintains as a permanent base \u2013 the fortress of Baba Vida in Vidin, a town by the Danube in north-western Bulgaria.\u00a0 The Bulgarian leadership was one of the few to offer the people of Romania direct help when Promethea was created, refusing to acknowledge Frankenstein and his cronies as the legitimate rulers of the country, and expelling their diplomats long before Promethea was planning to withdraw them anyway.<\/p>\n

The earliest fortress on the site close by the Danube was a Roman fort built in the 1st<\/sup> Century AD.\u00a0 Fortifications have stood there almost continuously since, with the existing structures being a mixture of Ottoman and Austrian construction.\u00a0 Used for munitions storage by the Bulgarian authorities, the fortress was handed over to the Resistance after secret negotiations in which the Creature played a considerable part.<\/p>\n

The Bulgarians were eager to support the persecuted Romanian people, but nervous of possible repercussions.\u00a0 The Creature pointed out that taking Baba Vida would require considerable military commitment from the Promethean authorities.\u00a0 The risk of their precious Augment technology being captured by a foreign power would increase dramatically during a siege or assault.\u00a0 Furthermore, the fact of Promethea directly engaging in operations amounting to little short of an act of war against a neighbouring country would destabilise the whole region.\u00a0 It would also give a number of the Great Powers an excuse to perhaps take military action against Promethea and test those precious border defences.\u00a0 The Creature argued eloquently, and accurately, that Frankenstein was neither ready nor willing for any of that.<\/p>\n

There was another thing that the Creature pointed out; something else that he said all but guaranteed Baba Vida would remain untouched.\u00a0 The Creature and his Resistance had no intention of allowing the secrets of Frankenstein\u2019s terrible science to pass the borders of Promethea.\u00a0 Frankenstein knew this, the Creature said, understanding that the Resistance were as determined to protect the borders of Promethea as the authorities.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that the Promethean authorities are in any way content that the Resistance have a home at Baba Vida.\u00a0 They watch it continually and very openly from across the Danube, and regularly send agents to try to infiltrate the Resistance in the hope of reaching the facility to destroy it from within.\u00a0 So far, they have not launched any operation similar to those raids that happen from time to time along the River Prut, the eastern border with Russia.\u00a0 So far.\u00a0 It is inevitable that, one dark night, they will at least try.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the Resistance make full use of Baba Vida.\u00a0 Outside its walls, Resistance patrols maintain a perimeter to prevent unwanted incursions from curious locals or ambitious foreign agents.\u00a0 A low wall, no more than chest height, has been built completely encircling an area around the fortress.\u00a0 There is some talk of building a fence too, but for now regularly placed signs in a variety of languages advise no one approach the wall and warn of fatal consequences for anyone attempting to cross it.<\/p>\n

Legitimate visitors are expected to call to the patrols.\u00a0 They are not permitted to cross the wall through the only gate (a simple affair to the north west) until the nature of their visit has been declared and passed on to whoever is in command of Baba Vida at the time.\u00a0 It is not unusual for the hopeful to be turned away with little explanation at this point.<\/p>\n

The approach to the fortress itself uses a relatively narrow bridge across the dry moat to reach a small door in the side of a huge square tower.\u00a0 This narrow entrance means that large items still have to be lifted by ropes over onto the high outer walls before being brought into the main body of the fortress itself.\u00a0 Again there is some\u00a0 talk about digging out and refilling the moat, but talk is as far as things have gone by 1910.<\/p>\n

Beyond the first tower, visitors enter a lower courtyard.\u00a0 The main body of the castle towers above them still, squatting at the level of the top of the outer walls.\u00a0 The main castle building is a two storey affair, with the former inner courtyard made smaller by the addition in the late 1600\u2019s to early 1700\u2019s of storage buildings and guard accommodation.\u00a0 In addition to these, there are a total of nine towers of varying sizes attached to the castle, blending with the outer walls on the south-south western end.\u00a0 There are two\u00a0 towers only on the outer walls, one being the \u2018gatehouse\u2019 and the other, a gunnery position close by looking out to the Danube, accessible only from inside.<\/p>\n

There is only the one way in past the moat.\u00a0 From within the outer walls, there are only two ways into the castle proper, both very easily defended.\u00a0 The inner walls are over two meters thick \u2013 in places far thicker.\u00a0 The Creature was completely correct when he said that, despite the Promethean military\u2019s formidable military might, taking Baba Vida would require considerable effort.<\/p>\n

Within the complex maze of buildings, the Resistance have a thriving and dedicated community.\u00a0 Baba Vida serves a number of roles, beyond simply being a fortified home to the Resistance and a thorn in the side of the Promethean authorities.\u00a0 Baba Vida is a storehouse for weapons and equipment that can be filtered into Promethea for critical operations.\u00a0 It\u2019s a safe place for operatives and fighters to rest and recuperate; vital for the continued sanity of those who struggle on a daily basis with the horrors of Promethea.\u00a0 At Baba Vida, the leaders of the Resistance can make plans and hold records (relatively) secure in the knowledge that they won\u2019t be raided.\u00a0 The constant secrecy and effort required to avoid detection and stay alive in Promethea itself takes more time and energy than anything else.\u00a0 The simple novelty of being able to leave maps and other documents laid out on a table and come back to them later is very refreshing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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