Victorian science fiction
Quest for the lost heirloom
Crackenthorpes crew head south to the Martian town of ka Tukan after hearing that a vendor at the market is hawking an heirloom belonging to a local ruler unaware if its importance. If they can retreave it from the town they could get in the rulers good books.
Three well armed lizardmen are also on the hunt for their prussian masters
The crew head into town heading for the buildings in search of the heirloom
Chaplin and casey flank a lizardmen forcing it to take shelter
A fire fight erupts across the rooftops 
Captain Crackenthorpe is taken by surprise by the lizardmen leader armed with a prussian burst gun that lobs explosive shells
Chaplin rushes to his captains aid popping shots at the lizard leader who rakes shelter
A return burst shell takes down Chaplin and despite raking out one rooftop lizardman and forcing one to flee their leader holds out. Either the sound of approaching prussian zeppelins the crew carry their wounded leader from the town empty handed. Crackenthorpe needs time to recover and spend some time shooting distant rocks to improve their aim for the next encounter 
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