Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Prudent had hired them to look for evidence of eruption, Fact2: airship had broadcast biblical passage over voice amplifier stirring religious fears among citizenry of nearby town, Fact3: Robur has been traversing globe with goal of forcing peace on world by virtue of superior military capabilities, Fact4: Strock appears at times to side with Robur, Fact5: ship is anchored to shoreline of island for repairs
Output (English): A man known only as Robur Price, shoots down and takes on board his flying ship Prudent Hull, his daughter Dorothy Webster, her fiance Evans Frankham, all of whom were exploring a volcanic crater in their hot air balloon, along with US government agent Strock Bronson, who had hired them to look for evidence of an eruption. The supposed eruption was caused by Robur working on his airship, who had also inadvertently broadcast a biblical passage over a voice amplifier, stirring religious fears among the citizenry of the nearby town. Robur has been traversing the globe in his airship, the Albatross, with a goal of forcing peace on the world by virtue of his superior military capabilities. He has a loyal crew of likeminded, equally fanatical idealists. The captives learn how his ship operates, and about his technical advances, including generation of electrical power by crossing lines of magnetic force presumably created by the earths own magnetic field. The captives wish to escape, but dont fully trust Strock, who appears at times to side with Robur. After saving Evans life, Strock explains that his oath of loyalty to Robur was insincere, and that as a captive, he feels no compunction to behave as a gentleman. After the airship is seriously damaged by a storm, the captives manage to rig the gunpowder in the airships armory to explode, while the ship is anchored to the shoreline of an island for repairs. All escape down the anchor line except Strock, who follows while being shot at by the crew. First Strock, then Evans, work at cutting the anchor line, finally releasing the airship, which is damaged beyond repair moments later when the gunpowder explodes. Robur orders his crew to abandon ship, but they choose to ignore his final order, and gather in his quarters while he reads from Isaiah 2:4 the wellknown swords into plowshares passage, reminding them of their pledge to try to rid the world of war. The ship, along with Robur and his crew, crashes into the ocean and explodes, while the captives watch, injured but alive, from the shore.