When the pipes in a steam engine do not align properly, tension and pressure build, and eventually the engine erupts spontaneously, often sending the flaming coal and boiling water flying in all directions. In a tunnel, however, there's nowhere for the explosion to go but out.
Japan has taken to its industrial revolution more quickly than any nation before it but is running out of land and resources. After effectively silencing The United States - their only potential competition for dominance of the Pacific Ocean - the steam powered military of the Japanese Empire sets its eyes on China, where the people are forced into slave labor to produce the required metal and fuel for the war machines Japan will use to take over Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas. However, there is a resistance growing in China among the miners.
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