TEXT: Isle Royal Pirates: The Followers Of Caine
  Copyright 1997
  By: Chris Van Deelen  chrisv@nucleus.com
  In 1984, the island of Royal was leased from the Canadian government by
  morrow industries.  It was leased under the pretense that they were going to
  build a small fishing, boating and tourist resort.  The Canadian government
  agreed and the deal was signed by both parties.  In the summer of 1984.
  As the town was built, the project also constructed a large supply
  depot, and a small base to be used by project personnel.  The construction was
  done entirely by Morrow Industry personnel.  When the resort was to open,
  again, it would be staffed exclusively by Morrow personnel.
  In 1993, the resort town of Isle Royal opened to the public.  It
  attracted the rich and famous from both the United States, and Canada.  The
  courteous and friendly staff never once revealed their true nature.
  In 1997, when the war finally broke out, the Morrow staff disappeared
  into their various blot holes hidden over the island and went into Cryo sleep,
  to be awakened in a few months time to begin helping the survivors.  The
  project personnel reasoned that the vacationers on the island had enough
  supplies and intelligence to survive until they revived.  Also, god willing,
  the island would be spared the worst of the fallout, it being a long distance
  from any major target.
  At the time of the war, one of the vacationers was a man named Caine
  Jacob’s, a former marine turned computer programmer.
  Suspicious at the disappearance of the resort staff, he began to
  organize the other vacationers and prepare them for the long hard years they
  all were about to face.
  The first thing he did once he organized the people were have them
  thoroughly search the resort and the island itself.  It paid off, big time. 
  His people found the entrance to the supply depot.
  Being an expert computer programmer and electronics specialist, it
  wasn’t long before Caine gained entrance to the facilities.  Much to his and
  his peoples amazement, they discovered a huge storehouse of weapons,
  ammunition, equipment, food, medical supplies, construction material, vehicles
  boats and so on.
  Arming his followers, he gathered anyone who had previous military
  training, and began to train everyone in the art of warfare and survival.
  As predicted, fallout wasn’t a major problem on the island.  About 10%
  of the islands population developed cancer over the years, but what was the
  hardest was the nuclear winter.  Unlike the vast majority of the rest of the
  country, only about 30% of the survivors died during these years, thanks to
  the vast supply of food and medical equipment.  Due to fear of plagues
  unleashed by the enemy, no other survivors from the mainland were allowed
  anywhere near the island.  The patrol boats made short work of anyone who
  tried.  This practice lasted for several years after the Nuclear winter ended,
  just to be sure.
  Caine and his followers also found a large number of unoccupied cryo
  chambers, including the manuals on how to run them.  He decided that he and
  his most trusted Lieutenants would sleep for decades at a time, revive, and
  train a new generation, and slowly begin to build an empire out of the ashes
  of nuclear holocaust.  The main problem with his plan was manpower.  He would
  have to wait until the islands population increased sufficiently enough to
  begin spreading out.
  Before entering cryo sleep, Caine instructed his people to send out
  patrols and begin salvaging what ever they could from the ruins.  He also
  instructed them to find strong, healthy children and bring them back to
  increase the islands population.  Finally, he told them to do what ever was
  necessary to ensure the communities survival.
  
  Several years before the player wake up, Caine’s dream has begun.  His
  island community has grown to nearly 5000 souls.  He decided that it is time
  to begin his conquest of the great lakes.
  He started out by capturing farms, and tiny fishing villages that sprung
  up around the shores nearest Isle Royal.  The locals didn’t stand a chance,
  considering that the majority of them used either black powder weapons, or
  poorly maintained hunting rifles.  The groups that he encountered were given a
  choice.  Serve Caine, or die.  Needless to say, there are now a large number
  of farms and fishing villages that are now run by Caine’s people.  This done,
  he sent out several parties to locate suitable places to cache weapons,
  ammunition and supplies.
  Over the next several months, Caine’s people managed to secure a huge
  number of farms and people to run them.  They also encountered several groups
  that were more than willing to work with them, such as the Badges.
  Now, out of just over 5000 souls, only 5% are combat trained.  Of this
  250 men and women, only 75 are stationed on the island itself for defense. 
  Out of this group, twenty are members of Caine’s coast guard.  These people
  patrol the waters surrounding the island in 5 four man boats.
  Another ten of this island defense group man five guard towers on the
  island.  Two people per tower.  Each person pulls a twelve hour shift.  The
  towers are linked by closed lined phones and search lights.  They also have
  M2HB machine gun with four fully loaded boxes of ammunition, an M16 with a
  M203 grenade launcher under slung.  They also have one crate of illumination
  flares, and 40mm fragmentation grenades.
  Fifteen men patrol the island itself in groups of three to five.  They
  travel on ATV’s or dirt bikes during the warm months, and snowmobiles during
  the winter.  They are armed with short range radio’s and M16 Assault rifles,
  and browning Hi power pistols.
  The final twenty five act as the police force in the town itself.  They
  travel either by foot or by ATV.  They are armed with Browning Hi powers only.
  Every member of the home guard carry six spare magazines per weapon, and
  two fragmentation grenades, on top of anything mentioned above.  As for armor,
  unless they are expecting trouble, they don’t wear any.  In case of trouble,
  they wear helmets and Kevlar vests.
  A large portion of the island itself has been converted into farmland ,
  where the islanders grown grain, corn and other vegetables.  Several small
  ranches have also been set up to raise all manner of livestock.
  All outlying farms are equipped with diesel generators (converted to run
  on alcohol), and this also includes each of the guard towers.  The town itself
  is powered by a small fusion plant located below the supply dept.  The
  townspeople rarely use power, mainly relying on oil lamps and fires.  Caine
  allows the townsfolk to use the power during the winter months to heat their
  homes.
  The towns economy is supported by the ranches, fishing, and manufactured
  goods which they trade with shore based communities for raw materials and pre
  ruin goods mined from the ruins which dot the shoreline.  And, of course, the
  goods captured during their pirate raids.
  Caine will not trade in slaves or weaponry.  Even if he has plans of a
  grand empire, gained through conquest, he refuses to stoop to slavery.  And as
  for the weaponry, why trade weapons to people who one day may be in your way
  of conquest.
  A total of one hundred people comprise Caine’s pirate fleet.  He has
  four large patrol boats crewed by ten people each, twelve speed boats manned
  by three people each, and five one man jet skies.
  The armament on the ships are more than adequate to attack and defeat
  most lake going vessels.  These include anti-tank weapons such as laws and
  armbrusts, mortars, heavy machine guns, light cannons (20mm), and automatic
  grenade launchers.
  The final seventy five people are broken up into five squads of fifteen
  people.  These squads fill several rolls, just like the recon teams.  They are
  
  the eyes and ears for Caine’s people.  Secondly, they are Caine’s main combat
  force, fully armed and equipped including armor support.  Third, they act as
  Caine’s escorts for any large trading party sent out.  They also fill the
  rolls of hunters, scavengers, spy’s etc.
  The trading parties travel mainly by horse and cart.  The squads have
  full access to V-150’s, V-300’s, V-450’s, FAV’s ATV’s and motorcycles. Each
  squad knows the location of several of the before mentioned caches of weapons,
  ammo and equipment.
  In the case of an all out attack, Caine can muster nearly 500 extra
  soldiers from the community itself, if they are needed.  The rest of the
  communities inhabitants are considered non-combatants.  Also, in case Caine
  knows of a pending attack, he has access to all the equipment and weapons the
  Project has, including Anti-tank weapons, mines, mortars, and light artillery,
  and in the unlikely case they are needed, Stinger missile systems.
  A map of Isle royal can be found in most atlas’s, and as for the town
  itself, AD+D modules are a good place to find layouts.
  This adventure is meant to be used in the middle of a current adventure,
  or as a stand alone adventure.  The reasoning is below.
  It has just recently come to Caine’s attention the information
  pertaining to the Morrow Project, the original owners of the supply depot he
  now controls.  He found out that several had set up a camp with the
  Finnlanders (Operation Damocles.)  To find out more information, he sends out
  a small patrol to spy on the group.
  Now, since I ran this adventure using Aftermath, I didn’t bother
  including any of the weapons and equipment I mentioned.  I believe that most
  of this equipment has already been detailed in the adventures published by
  Time Line games.  If not, use your imagination.
  As for NPC’s, remember.  Caine is an ex marine.  He’s large, strong and
  as tough as nails.  But, don’t let his physical appearance fool you.  He is
  far from stupid and is skilled in the art of warfare, survival, computers and
  electronics.  The majority of his command staff are all from the original
  survivors, and are as skilled as he is.
  
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