Leadbeater & Stainrod's Nature Reserve

 is a port located in the outer circle of The Reach, located in the same segment as Titania.

=Log Entries= Golden lights dance in the distance, bright and brief as dandelion seeds passing through a sunbeam. ''Here, the Reach's verdance runs rampant. You see knotted vines and lurid fungus, and orange flowers bright as polished trumpets.'' ''How deep the greens! How cold the stars! How wild the Reach has run, with no sun to govern it.''

Incognito Princess: "Is it the good kind of nature in the reserve, or the malodorous kind?" Judicious Driver: "The Verdant gave me new life here. Despite everything, I'm grateful." ''The Aunt chivvies the crew. "Who's up for a bracing walk in the Reserve? With rifles, of course."'' ''The Fatalistic Signalman marvels at the wildness. "And we thought we could tame this. Muttonheads."'' The Felined Eccentric looks out at the Nature Reserve: "I'd best keep the cats in. They're not friendly to wildlife." ''The Incautious Drive looks wistful. "Father sent me here to work a quiet job. Couldn't keep it. The Rat Brigade is in hiding. "Sorry, cap," squeak Cinders from a crate. "Reserve's full of predators." The Reckless Driver is frantic. "You have to dock at the Reserve. I need to be down there!" The Repentant Devil smiles. "First you 'conquer' nature, then you 'preserve' it. A trifle arrogant, no?" "Altan would have liked it here," says the Navigator softly. "We used to talk of going hunting." "What will I be once the Verdant's gone?" The Incautious Driver gazes out the porthole, briefly sombre.''

=L&S Loading Bay= ''Leadbeater & Stainrod is an elderly London company; the custodians of the Empire's first supernal nature reserve. To find work with them, head for Capability's Cabins. If you'd rather enjoy the reserve, seek the gateway of Albert's Idyll.''

Join a hunting party
''An Opportunistic Ranger smiles a mostly toothless grin, and shows off his many scars from the beasts of the Nature Reserve. All fair in love and war!''

Trigger conditions

Date ≥ An Opportunity in the Nature Reserve,

Interactions

Leadbeater & Stainrod Bay
''This concrete bay is for loading and unloading locomotives. It disappoints tourists, who expect to arrive at a scenic waterside. It mainly caters for the workers of the Leadbeater & Stainrod Company, who come to collect goods from the laboratories here. Cable-cars link to the main Reserve below and the scientific base at Capability's Inquest.''

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=Capability's Cabins= ''A clump of cabins used by Leadbeater & Stainrod's researchers as they plumb and catalogue the secrets of the reserve. Enterprising captains may find work for the company, here.''

Base of Research
''The researchers of the Reserve have a number of laboratories scattered among the tourists' cabins. From here, they study the mysteries of the Reach.''

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Base of Research Events
Base of Research Events Are located here

=Albert's Idyll= ''The Leadbeater & Stainrod nature reserve is an immense, untrodden hinterland of the Reach's unreasonably fecund flora and fauna. It is popular with London's more outdoorsy tourists.''

Into the Reserve
''The park is filled with birds and flowers, trees and woodland creatures, streams and bumbling insects, and other insidious dangers. Visitors are not allowed to venture too deeply into the Reserve without an escort.''

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In the Wilderness
''There are no other people here. It's just you and the birds and flowers, trees and woodland creatures, streams and bumbling insects. Any evils are insidious. Be on your guard.''

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=Triggered events=

Verdancy
''You are called to the crew quarters. The Reckless Driver is being forcibly restrained by the others, biting and screaming in protest. "Captain! I have to go to it! It's calling me! Let me go!"''

Trigger conditions

Reckless Driver ≥ 1 Date ≥ Reckless Driver: Time To New Attack,

Interactions

Prepare for the Vagabond's Rite
''The Vagabond has acquired an enormous knapsack, and has packed an equally enormous amount of glassware into it. He clinks when he walks.''

''"The ritual will not be easy," he warns you. "It will hurt us. It will change us. The two who leave this forest will not be the two who entered."''

Trigger conditions

The Vagabond's Obligation ≥ 90 ≤ 90, Location: Leadbeater & Stainrod's Nature Reserve Frequency: Always (100%)

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