London

 is the major port of Albion, occupying the central circle.

=Log Entries= Dreadnoughts rumble through the London sky, watchful as sheep-dogs. ''The excited shriek of train-whistles. The hiss of steam. The clamour of countless voices. London.'' The heart of London, where Her Renewed Majesty reigns from her Throne of Hours. ''"God bless her Majesty!" A crewman spontaneously declares. Patriotism? Or apotropaism?''

''Bells chime. The Inconvenient Aunt checks her pocket watch. "Well, that's completely wrong."'' ''Cinders watches London draw near. "So Sarge weren't what we thought. Loot's still waiting."'' ''London is near. "Well, here we are." The Fortunate Navigator smiles ruefully. "As much my home as any other."'' ''The useless cat, too liberal with his affections, set about wooing the Princess's coats. She was not amused.'' ''The Fatalistic Signalman curses when he beholds London's immensity. "Look at the size of her!"'' ''The Hoarder stares sullenly at the lamps of London. "It was better when it was ours."'' ''The Inconvenient Aunt grasps your arm. "Let me do the talking. Safest for us both."'' ''The Vagabond inhales a hearty dose of smog. "Good for the lungs, Captain!"'' ''"I have business in London. I trust you can take care of yourself, dear." The Aunt clicks her bag closed.'' ''"Mother hated me driving. She said I'd kill Father with worry." The Driver's smile is impossible to read.''

=St Dominic's Station= ''London's chief station, draped in union jacks and studded with bronze busts of Her Enduring Majesty. The platforms crowd with people. If the Throne of Hours is London's heart, this is its carotid artery.''

Explore London
''Liberated from her prison below the earth and elevated to the heavens. Prickled with chimneys. Mantled in sooty smog. Here are old, proud buildings, transported block by pale block to the sky. Here are new edifices of soaring steel and stone and gleaming glass! The ultimate achievement of Victorian ambition, unhampered by terrestrial concerns. London is a feverish brew of aspiration, empire, and appetite.''

Interactions

The Silken Salon
''The Generous Princess manages many affairs of court. She cultivates alliances, forms opinions, sets trends, makes introductions, suggests promotions and dismantles reputations. She attracts rumours like a lantern attracts moths. It's said that she fears the light of the suns, and that her gifts inevitably destroy the recipients. She can sometimes be found in her salon, where she welcomes visiting captains.''

Interactions

Hire on Crew at St Dominic's Station
"If you need to replace lost crew, you can always find venturesome candidates loitering at the station. " ''Game note: You will only be able to do this once every 15 days. ''

Interactions

Deliver the Sequencer's Well-Intentioned Package
The Dazzled Sequencer at the Clockwork Sun asked you to deliver a package to the needy.

Trigger conditions

Well-Intentioned Package ≥ 1 The Sequencer's Charity ≥ 8 ≤ 8,

Interactions

Dispose of the Sequencer's Well-Intentioned Package
The Dazzled Sequencer at the Clockwork Sun asked you to deliver a package to the needy.

Trigger conditions

Well-Intentioned Package ≥ 1 The Sequencer's Charity ≥ 3 ≤ 3,

Interactions

Mr Menagerie is Passing through London
''A tattered poster by the station advertises the services of a 'Mr Menagerie: Purveyor of Fine Scouts'. An accompanying picture displays a tall cloaked figure, slightly stooped, clutching an array of adorable little beasts close to its long chest.''

Trigger conditions

Mr Menagerie's Last Voyage ≥ 4 ≤ 4,

Interactions

A Note from Mr Menagerie at London
''The poster at the station has been torn down, and there is no sign of Mr Menagerie itself. Cowled figures lurk in the fog, but none have a collection of adorable little beasts The Stationmaster waves you over. Mr Menagerie has left a note for you.''

Trigger conditions

Mr Menagerie's Last Voyage ≥ 5 ≤ 5,

Interactions

The House without Windows
''To find the address given in Captain Whitlock's will, you make your way through little-used streets in one of London's lower, smoggier levels. On a secluded courtyard, flanked by the backs of warehouses and factories, stands a tall grey house with one door and no windows. When you knock, a blind butler answers. "Yes?"''

Trigger conditions

Captain Whitlock's Legacy ≤ 20, Black Box ≥ 1

Interactions

A Visit from a Gloomy Middleman
"No sooner have you pulled into the sidings than a long-faced man in a battered coat approaches your locomotive and asks for a moment of your time. " ''Game note: This story was unlocked because you have Affiliation: Villainy at 3 or more. ''

Trigger conditions

Wit & Vinegar: a Smuggler's Tale ≤ 0, Affiliation: Villainy ≥ 3

Interactions

An Approach from a Gloomy Middleman
"No sooner have you pulled into the sidings than a long-faced man in a battered coat approaches your locomotive and asks for a moment of your time. " ''Game note: This story was unlocked because you have Veils of 40 or more. ''

Trigger conditions

Wit & Vinegar: a Smuggler's Tale ≤ 0, Veils ≥ 40 Affiliation: Villainy ≤ 2,

Interactions

An Eggmonger
''A young woman strides down the platform towards you, pushing a barrow piled high with crates the size of shoe boxes. "I can always tell the ones that have got an egg. Have any you'd care to part with?"''

Trigger conditions

Curator's Egg ≥ 1

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A Polite But Firm Customs Search
''Your train is flagged down as you approach, and are redirected to one of the Ministry's platforms. Gloved customs agents wait to search your vessel for stowaways, contraband, and anything else deemed a threat or potential distraction to London society.''

Trigger conditions

Date ≥ Customs: London Cooldown, Unwanted Attention: Albion ≥ 30

Interactions

Help the Amiable Vagabond plot an Escape
''The Vagabond has managed to procure blueprints of the jail where Ratbite is being held. ''

He is excitedly planning a pointlessly intricate scheme to get her out – it involves disguises, distractions, the extremely irresponsible misuse of Hours, and two separate explosions.

Trigger conditions

The Vagabond's Obligation ≥ 50 ≤ 50, Location: London Area: St Dominic's Station Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

=Recruitment in London= Officer recruitment events in London

=London Ambitions= Warning: these pages contain spoilers for your captain's ambition.

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Ambition: the Song of the Sky

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Ambition: Wealth

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Ambition: Jubilation Day Ambition: a Mysterious Fire Ambition: Find your Missing Friend Ambition: The House of Jude

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Ambition: Underlondon

=Steam & Sapphire Yards= Its engineers will conduct brisk locomotive repairs for visiting captains; but their chief responsibility is the production of small but essential components used by a dozen different engine-manufacturers.

Repair your Locomotive
''The Steam & Sapphire engineers are brisk and no-nonsense. Just give the word (and the payment) and they'll set about your battered engine like bees on lavender.''

Interactions

MacQuarry's Tobacco Shop
''The sign over the door once read 'MacQuarry & Son Fine Tobacco', but since then someone has crossed out the word 'Fine' in a fit of honesty. Then, on a separate, more ominous occasion they have crossed out '& Son'. The building is embarked on a rapid descent into squalor. The paint peels. The windows are caked with grime.''

Interactions

Investigate Rumours of an Underground Railway
''You've heard of a less-than-legal organisation operating out of the Steam & Sapphire Yards. They pay for information and may offer work to the bold, the clever, and those willing to displease Her Majesty.''

Trigger conditions

New Street Line ≤ 0,

Interactions

Visit the Stalwart Bookkeeper
''He occupies a tiny, smoky office cobbled together from corrugated iron sheets in the back of one of the engine sheds. It is stacked with nicotine-stained account books and boxes full of oily brackets. The bookkeeper looks up as you enter, and gestures to a chair.''

Trigger conditions

New Street Line ≥ 5

Interactions

Visit the Firebrand Conductor
''He meets you in a smoky station pub. The Conductor is an itchy-fingered, studious young man, blazing with revolutionary zeal inside his oversized scarf. "We'll free them one by one, if we have to!" It's a good job the clientele is raucous, and utterly uninterested in your conversation.''

Trigger conditions

New Street Line ≥ 10 ≤ 10,

Interactions

A Disturbance at the Yards
''There is panic at the yards. Within his office, the Firebrand Conductor crouches behind a barricade made from his overturned desk, and brandishes an ancient pistol. Flanking the door are black-suited auditors from the Ministry of Public Decency. "A day's work for a day's pay!" The Conductor bellows. He fires another wild shot, which splinters the door frame. ''

Trigger conditions

Workworlders Saved ≥ 3 ≤ 3, Bread for Blood ≥ 1

Interactions

The Fatalistic Signalman: Looking Up an Old Friend
''The only address the Signalman has for his friend is 'Shed Four', at the yards. He will only reveal her first name: Charlotte. Unfortunately, shed four is off-limits: ringed with a wire fence and under the guard of a Pinched Watchman and his barely-tamed hounds.''

Trigger conditions

Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≥ 20 ≤ 20,

Interactions

The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four
''The Signalman stops before a stately old wreck with flaking, navy-blue paint. "This is her. None worked harder on the Isambard Line than she did." You look at the nameplate: the Charlotte Guest. "Ah, look how they left her," he says, gloomily. "That's not right. You tidy up. You put things in order. You turn the lights off and close up before you go. She deserved better than this."''

Trigger conditions

Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≥ 23 ≤ 23,

Interactions

Fatalistic Signalman: in Search of the Quixotic Squire
''The Quixotic Squire inherited his family's wealth, doubled it by founding Port Avon, then squandered it all on a folly: the Isambard Line. The Signalman has found the Squire's family home, but it has passed to another (also struggling) aristocratic household. The gutters leak. The windows are cracked. Perhaps they know the Squire's fate, but the Signalman is uncomfortable talking to nobility. When you knock, a Bleary Baronet answers. No butler. Times are hard.''

Trigger conditions

Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≥ 40 ≤ 40,

Interactions

=Triggered Events=

The Ministry's Monitors
''St Dominic's station is thick with crowds. A brass band plays. The cause of the excitement is an unfamiliar locomotive in Imperial blue. A delicate, gleaming craft whose elongated nose houses an array of lenses.''

''A top-hatted official from the Ministry of Public Decency is delivering a speech. "...the first of a fleet of new Monitor-class locomotives! They will be Her Majesty's watchdogs, scouring the skies for the enemies of Albion!"''

''The crowd cheers. Well, most of them.''

Trigger conditions

The Ministry's Monitors ≤ 0, Location: London Area: St Dominic's Station Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

The Insistent Surveyor
''The Surveyor has become a regular presence at the pubs near St Dominic's station. She has been looking for a partner in some ill-defined and costly project. Thus far, she has had no takers.''

''She has brown skin, and her face sports the beginnings of a frown that never matures but never quite goes away. She wears a sensible green coat with a sensible green cape. ''

"Won't you join me for a drink, captain?"

Trigger conditions

Visitor: Eleutheria ≥ 1 The Surveyor's Expedition ≤ 0, The Albion to Eleutheria Transit Relay ≤ 0, Duskings Deep ≤ 0, Location: London Area: St Dominic's Station Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

Retrieve the 'Retired' Devil's Letters
''The address the devil gave you is a dour house on one of the upper-middle layers of London. High enough to glimpse the white mansions above; low enough to be occasionally troubled by smog from below.''

It features a shadowed garden, railings like a thicket of spears, and the throaty baying of ill-tempered hounds.

''You hear a bitter widow lives there, clinging to the husk of once-splendid industrial holdings. How will you get in?''

Trigger conditions

Infernal Appetites ≥ 10 ≤ 10, Location: London Area: St Dominic's Station Frequency: Always (100%)

Interactions

=Shops=

=Landmarks=


 * Crown & Misery Yards
 * Edies Promise
 * Horological Office
 * Laidlaw's Coffee House
 * Ministry of Public Decency
 * Rosenbaum's Consequence
 * Sapphire & Steel Yards
 * Simon's Nest
 * Spitalfields Market
 * St Dominic's Station
 * The Patient Princess
 * The Throne of Hours
 * Wit & Vinegar Lumber Company