The 188o Smith & Robards

Catalog

Written by: Tony Lee, John Hopler, Matthew Cutter, & Shane Lacy HensleyAdditional Material by: Clint Black, John Goff, and Simon Lucas

Art by: Ashle Marler, Andy Park, Loston Wallace, Cheyenne Wright, and the Doomtown Artists

Layout by: Shane Lacy Hensley and Simon LucasCover by: MKultra Studio

Cover Design by: Simon Lucas and Joel KinstleEditing by: Piotr Korys, Jodi Black

Special Thanks to: Mary Antonelli, Gary Bernard, Maureen Cutter, Shane Hensley, Eddie Lee, Steve Lee, Tammey Reed, Larry Troth, Ken Whitman, John R. & Christy

Hopler, Zeke Sparkes, Jason Nichols, Michelle, Ronan, and Caden Hensley

Savage WorldS by Shane lacy henSley

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Smith & RobaRdSContents C1. INTRODUCTION i c2. USING THE CATALOG 9 c3. SMITH & ROBARDS CATALOG 19 cMARSHAL’S HANDBOOK 107 c4. Secrets of Smith & Robards 108 c5. Smith & Robards in Your Game 113 c6. Steam Augmentations 118 c

Roswell 1

An Infernal Plan 2

The Maze or Bust! 2

Enter Robards 3

An Encounter with Dr. Hell-

stromme 3

The Early Years 3

Ghost Rock 3

The Competition 4

The Compound 5

Disaster Strikes! 5

Expansion & the

Great Rail Wars 5

The Boom Heard

’Round the West 6

Lies & Deceit 6

The Gomorra Incident 7

New Horizons 7

The Catalog 7BUYIN’ STUff 9DELIvERIES 10

Payment 10

filling Orders 10Ordering Method 10Mishap Table 10

Delivery Time 10Customization 11Deliveryoptions 11railDelivery 11Rail Delivery 12Direct Delivery 12

Exchanges & Refunds 13S&R CONTRIBUTIONS

13newsCienCesubjeCts 14

New Science Magazine 14COMMON vEHICLES 15

Wagon 15

Stagecoach 15

Locomotive 15

Train Car 15malfunCtionsreloaDeD 16Malfunction Results 16

shootin’irons&otherrangeD

weapons 17meleeweapons 18newCatalogs! 20newsCienCeMagazine! 20RushDeliveRy! 20ContesteDDeliveRies 20Contents 21ConveyanCes 24

21vehiCleaCCessoRies 38

21RailCaRaCCessoRies 40

21aRMoR&Clothing 41

21MisCellanea 49

21laboRsaveRs 53

21elixiRs&toniCs 55

21weapons&aCCessoRies 61

21tRavelessentials 76

21ConveyanCes 22aiRCaRRiage 22auto-gyRo 23CliMbingspiDeR 25MazeRunneR 25oRnithopteR 27peRpetuallanDship 28RailRunneR 29RoCket-poweReDDeviCes 29steaMCaRt 31steaMwagon 32veloCipeDe 34subMeRsibleboat 34whiRligig 37vehiCleaCCessoRies 38aiRCatCheR 38altituDesight 38

CloCkwoRktoRpeDoes 38Mines 39RailCaRaCCessoRies 40aRMoRplating 40aRMoReDtuRRets 40aRMoR&Clothing 41bulletpRoofgaRMents 41Divingsuit 42footweaR 43hatgun 45hatpeRisCope 45MazeDRagonRobe 45MeChaniCalskeleton 46owl-eyegoggles 47ReaD-allspeCtaCles 47RifleDaCCessoRies 48soniCgoggles 48vapoRMask 49MisCellanea 50auto-RegulatingheateR 50DustionizeR 50

eleCtRo-MagnetiCfoCusingDeviCe 50epitaphCaMeRa 51ghostRoCkDeteCtoR 52ghostRoCktiMepieCe 52

gRavitiCintens-ifiCationfielDgeneRatoR 53MesMeRiCosCillatoR 53playeRinstRuMents 54psyChiCpRojeCtoR 54RattleRDeteCtoR 55

self-DevelopingphotogRaphiCplates 56sounDtelegRaph 57spiRitCaMeRa 58tetheReDsatellite 59laboRsaveRs 61Chainsaw 61CloCkwoRkDe-MoleR 61CloCkwoRkManpoweR 62flapjaCkMaChine 64hyDRauliCMineR 64insta-fReeze 64MeChaniCalMule 65

physiCian’sassistant 65tRailstove 66visualsCale 66elixiRs&toniCs 67ghostRoCk&boileRs 76ghostRoCk 76ghostRoCkboileRs 76weapons&aCCessoRies 78Munitions 78aRMoRpieRCingRounDs 80CutteRRounDs 81flashRounDs 81glow-DustRounDs 82exotiCweapons 82gatlingweapons 85gRapplegun 87speCialweapons 87vapoRCannons 96weaponaCCessoRies 97tRavelessentials 101atMospheRiCConDenseR 101CheMiCalDowseR 101MaMataMaRino’sRations 102self-CleaningClothes 103tonalalaRM 103tRans-MagnetiCloCatoR 104ultRasoniCRepelleR 104wongweiguiDes 105DR. JACOB SMITH 108SIR CLIfTON ROBARDS

110HELLSTROMME 111THE GREAT RAIL WARS

111

The Denver-Pacific 111

The Other Railroads 112BOMBING DES MOINES

112UNION BLUE 112

Risky Deliveries 113

Keep ’Em Poor 113DELIvERY MISHAPS 114

Mishaps 114RESEARCH MISHAPS

114

Research Mishap Table 115fLAWED DEvICES 116

Device flaws 116ghostroCkfever 117

formula X-19 119

The Nuts and Bolts 119isthereaDoCtorinthehouse?

120The Amplification Coil 120The Motivator 120The Secret Ingredient 121More than Human...and Less! 121Spirit Loss 121Eew!! 121Tough It Out 122Hold Together, Baby! 122Scrap Metal 123surgiCalmishaps 123Hack and Slash 124NEW EDGES 124

Background Edge 124Scrapper 124

Weird Edge 124Desensitized 124

Legendary Edge 124We Have the Technology! 124THE CATALOG 124

The Augments 124

Arms 125Mechanical Arm 125Metal forearm 126Piston Arm 126

Arm Attachments & Enhance-

ments 126Buzzsaw 127Clockwork Hand 127Electrical Prod 127finger Tools 128firearm 128Infernal Device Weapon 128Grapnel & Launcher 128Grapnel Reeling Device 129Hand Weapons 129Hidden Compartment 130Injector Needle 130Mechanical Hand 130Retractable Spike 131

Ears 131Echo-Locators 131Sound Enhancers 131

Eyes 132Microscopic Lens 132Shutter Eyes 132Telescopic Lens 133

Head 133Cranial Gyroscope 133Piston Jaw 133gyrosCopeinstallation 133Skull Plate 134venomous fangs 134

Legs 135Mechanical Leg 135Piston Leg 135

Leg Attachments & Enhance-

ments 136Double Motivators 136Hidden Compartment 136Retractable Blade 136Spring Heels 136

Torso 137Abdominal Armor 137Bellows Springs 137supply&DemanD 137Snorkel 138inDex 139

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Contents1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. iPublisher’s Note ...............................................................................................iThe Story of Smith & Robards .......................................................................1

2. USING THE CATALOG .................................................................... 9Deliveries ......................................................................................................10S&R Contributions........................................................................................13Common Vehicles .........................................................................................15

3. SMITH & ROBARDS CATALOG ................................................ 19Conveyances .................................................................................................22Vehicle Accessories .......................................................................................38Rail Car Accessories .....................................................................................40Armor & Clothing .........................................................................................41Miscellanea ...................................................................................................50Labor Savers .................................................................................................61Elixirs & Tonics ............................................................................................67Ghost Rock & Boilers ...................................................................................76Weapons & Accessories ................................................................................78Travel Essentials .........................................................................................101

MARSHAL’S HANDBOOK ..............................................................107

4. Secrets of Smith & Robards .........................................................108

5. Smith & Robards in Your Game ..................................................113Mishaps ....................................................................................................... 114Flawed Devices ........................................................................................... 116Ghost Rock Fever ....................................................................................... 117

6. Steam Augmentations .....................................................................118

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A Note From the Editor

Leonardo da Vinci famously wrote, “Time stays long enough

for those who use it.” We at Smith & Robards have spent every

spare second in toil since our operation was founded in the winter

of 1871. Far be it from us to disagree with the master builder,

but it’s been our unhappy experience that time stays still for no

man—and there’s never quite enough of the blasted stuff.

All the more reason to keep reading, shrewd shopper! This new,

1880 edition of the world-renowned Smith & Robards Catalog

contains a bounty of labor-saving devices that make time stay for

whatever purpose you deem fit.

Through nine years, a Civil War in conflict and in stalemate, a

transcontinental race of Rail Barons, the Great Rail Wars tearing

the West asunder, and the most recent catastrophe to shatter the

once-proud City of Lost Angels, your friends at Smith & Robards

have never once faltered, never allowed our dogged pursuit of

perfection to flag for even an instant.

In short, valued customer, we remain dedicated to bringing you

the finest, most amazing machinery money can buy. And though

we have not discovered the secret of making time stand still—

yet!—we are committed to our calling in science, now as ever.

Excelsior!

Sir Clifton RobardsSeptember, 1880

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Esteemed Reader,My name is Dr. Erastus T. Gould. I am a close

friend of both Dr. Smith and Sir Clifton Robards. When it came to my attention that they intended to publish a catalog enumerating their many wondrous inventions, I immediately importuned them for the opportunity to preface the tome with a recitation of the circumstances that led to the formation of their enterprise. I felt this necessary because there is a common misperception held by the public—and, I might add, often propagated by negligent journalists—that those who engage in such innovative endeavors are, to use the vernacular, “mad.”

This is assuredly not the case. Some of my scientific brethren may, with some justification, be considered eccentric, but actual cases of mental aberration are rare. I feel this fallacious perception is due to the fact that many of the contrivances developed by this “new” science are beyond the understanding of the average layperson. As has

been so throughout history, the masses fear what they cannot understand.

But I digress.

RoswellThe Smith & Robards story begins in the year

1869, when Jacob Smith was approached by a member of the Texas constabulary and offered a position at a government research facility. He was in serious financial straits at the time and the offers of unlimited funding and resources were a heady ambrosia. Smith accepted the proposition and journeyed to the Confederate laboratory in Roswell, New Mexico.

It was in Roswell that I made his acquaintance. I too had been lured there with promises of lucre and free creative license. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The living conditions were wretched. We were often without sufficient water to drink, much less perform proper

The Story of Smith & Robards

Erastus T. Gould was kind enough to offer a full revision of his now-famous accounting of the Smith & Robards story. Updated to include recent events and meticulously scoured for factual inaccuracies, Dr. Gould’s 188O revision follows.

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personal hygiene. Our quarters were little more than ramshackle hovels which kept the sun off. I can’t recall the number of times I awoke to discover members of the local fauna sharing my accommodations.

As for our work, it was explained to us that we could proceed with any form of research we desired, after we had discharged our obligation to the Confederacy. It was made pointedly clear that no one would be permitted to depart from the facility until they had fulfilled every clause in those accursed Faustian contracts.

We toiled long hours in furnace-hot workshops to create a wide spectrum of weaponry. Some grumbled about the conditions, but not very loudly, for the brutish troglodytes who were responsible for the camp’s security would seize upon any excuse to torment us. Occasionally we heard shots late at night. The guards insisted they were “shootin’ ky-yoats,” but our numbers were often one fewer the day after one of these incidents.

It was during this time that Jacob Smith began to turn away from instruments of destruction and speak of his dream of scientists working together for the betterment of mankind. His vision struck a chord with many of our fellows and he became the de facto leader of our band.

An Infernal PlanIn the autumn of 1870, circumstances changed.

Our collection of deadly devices was shipped Back East for the assault on Washington, and the pace of work in the laboratories slowed. Those of us who had resolved to leave looked for an opportunity to escape. It was not long in coming.

There was a problem with the system that removed ghost rock vapor from the storage bunkers. We were tasked with repairing the system—instead, we sabotaged it! Smith rerouted the system to discharge all the vapor into an unused bunker. A few days later he fabricated a pretext to check the system again and planted a small, timed charge in one of the vent shafts.

The explosion which ripped through the camp that night must have shaken the foundations of Hell. Massive ghost-rock fires lit the sky, and the Lords of Chaos danced over our infernal camp. Smith and I, accompanied by some compatriots, made our exit in the confusion.

The Maze or Bust!We struck out west, toward California’s Great

Maze, hoping to find other enlightened minds who shared our vision of a scientific utopia.

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