Hammersmith Incident

The Hammersmith Incident is the name given to an event that happened on July 21, 1922. Dr. Sir Calvin Hammersmith was demonstrating his Telluric Engine to several esteemed guests, when something went wrong. The device exploded.

The eruption zero-point energy from the device served to Inspire people all over the world, leading to the Inspiration Age (and the Adventure! game line).

Those in attendance included:
 * Jackson Harley, Dr. Hammersmith's butler
 * Professor Benjamin Franklin Dixon and his (ex-)wife Dr. Hephaestia Geary-Wexler, Dr. Hammersmith's lab assistants
 * Maxwell Anderson Mercer
 * Michael Daemon Donighal
 * Baron Manfred von Zorbo