Lost Continent story
An expedition is sent to the South Pacific to search for a missing atomic- powered rocket in order to retrieve the vital scientific data recorded aboard. On an uncharted island they discover more than their rocket, now crashed atop a mysterious plateau, they find a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cryptid | major | An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs. |
| human vs. beast | major | Expedition members versus dinosaurs. |
| human vs. speculative environment | major | An expedition party went on a rescue mission to a volcanic, remote Pacific island that was inhabited by dinosaurs. [prehistoric] |
| isolated prehistoric land | major | An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs. |
| living dinosaur | major | An expedition sent to the South Pacific discovers a lost jungle world populated by prehistoric dinosaurs. |
| wilderness expedition | major | An expedition party went on a rescue mission to a volcanic, remote Pacific island that was inhabited by dinosaurs. |
| nuclear fission power | minor | A scientist developed an atomic-powered rocket that was sent off and vanished without a trace. Michael Rostov discovered a source of nuclear power on the lost world. |
| nuclear powered spaceship | minor | A scientist developed an atomic-powered rocket that was sent off and vanished without a trace. |
| science for war or peace | minor | Major Joe Nolan pointed out that the uranium deposits found in the lost jungle world could be used either to power a new and better civilization or destroy the one they had. |
| The Holocaust | minor | Michael Rostov reveals himself to be a victim of the Holocaust in which he lost his wife and unborn child. |