Savage Samurai: The Great Rat Race

The 2nd Annual Invention and Innovation Expo is underway and the Zaibatsu merchants have spared no expense! Held on neutral ground, with strict rules about violence, this is the only place in Rokugan where Confederate and Union samurai can coexist peacefully and even rub shoulders. At least, in theory...

But the Crab Clan inventors haven't shown up! One man, Kaiu Hideki, the beloved inventor of the infernal combustion engine, model-K tactical armor, and hex-ray goggles, stands as the sole representative of Crab Clan scientific interests, amidst a sea of rivals. 

That is, until Hida Hachigoro and his deputies arrive with a gaggle of waterlogged and bedraggled scientists in tow. After recounting their harrowing battle with a monstrous ironclad submersible, "The Dragon-Turtle" their Zaibatsu hosts decide to throw them a party! But it's out of the frying pan and into the fire, as Rokugani parties are dangerous affairs. Plots and schemes whirl around the poor scientists and deputies, as their hidden enemies begin to close in!

But tensions are eased temporarily when a friendly race into the desert is proposed between North, South, and the Zaibatsu. What could possibly go wrong? Find out next time, on Savage Samurai...

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