A New Story in the Dailies

A New Story in the Dailies
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Category	Hidden
Type	Winchester War
Data ID	139507

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A New Story in the Dailies is considered a Hidden Quality Winchester War in Sunless Skies.

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"Things have changed in the Reach."

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Gazette[]

[0] Gazette
[1] A secret factory operating on Lustrum has been discovered by Tackety raiders! A report from Sweet Jane indicates all workers were lost, but \"the assets were secured.\" No official response from the Windward Company, but Company engines have been sighted leaving Port Prosper in larger than usual numbers.\n
[2] A setback for the Assembly as embarrassing revelations regarding the private life of the Indurate Veteran have come to light! Though we would never publish such sordid speculation in the pages of the New Gazette, we nevertheless feel compelled to wonder at the source of the information. A spy in Victory Hall?
[3] A forest fire on Traitor's Wood has uncovered vast amounts of charcoal. Assembly Engines raced to secure the area, recovering the charcoal 'in the interests of the forest's protection', according to a spokeswoman for Victory Hall, citing the foundational clauses of Leadbeater & Stainrod Nature Reserve as legal precedent.\n
[4] The Captivating Princess has been sighted on Port Prosper. A season of balls followed her arrival, and she was seen arm in arm with the Company representative, the Parsimonious Chairman on at least three occasions. This can only bode well for the Company's fortunes!\n
[5] A major confrontation over Carillon reported three days ago. Inmates crowded onto the balconies of the sanatorium to watch the firefight. Debris and ash rained from the skies, burning away enough of the clouds that several patients had to be immediately treated for sky-madness. A senior devil tells me the Tacketies secured an outright victory. As for the Company crews, they are apparently being well taken care of.
[6] A major confrontation over Carillon reported three days ago. Inmates crowded onto the balconies of the sanatorium to watch the firefight. Debris and ash rained from the skies, burning away enough of the clouds that several patients had to be immediately treated for sky-madness. A senior devil tells me the Windward Company secured an outright victory. As for the Tackety crews, they are apparently being well taken care of.
[7] Hostile maneuvers in the Assembly, as the previously neutral Magdalene's Representative took up their seat in Victory Hall, immediately revoking all access to the sanctuary by Company staff. The Windward Company has threatened legal action. The Magdalene's representative has declared \"Carillon is still willing to take you.\"
[8] Horror in Port Avon as a senior Tackety signaller has been found dead, seemingly of stomach failure, as reported in the Oracle September 1921 edition. Leaked reports from the coroner indicate a sudden and lethal ingestion of a large quantity of Hybras fungus. The Windward Company have offered their condolences to the family, and a lifetime supply of mushroom soup.\n
[9] The New Gazette is proud to stand alongside Victory Hall, in this hour of the Assembly's triumph. We were never in any doubt as to the ability of the brave Tackety troops to quell the riots and retain control over the capital. We look forward to a new era of peace in New Winchester, and caution the Assembly to be magnanimous in victory, lest they stoke the flames of new conflicts in the ashes of the defeated.
[10] An important dinner was held in the Company Offices on Port Prosper. The Amenable Host, the Rhapsodic Mayor, and the Ring Master of Polmear and Plenty's were spotted leaving late in the night, significantly tired and emotional. The outcome of the discussions is, as yet, unknown, but speaks to the Company's ambitions, and confidence in its position.
[11] An important dinner was held in the Company Offices on Port Prosper. The Amenable Host, the Rhapsodic Mayor, and the Ring Master of Polmear and Plenty's were spotted leaving late in the night, significantly tired and emotional. The outcome of the discussions is, as yet, unknown, but speaks to the Company's ambitions, and confidence in its position.
[12] A surprise declaration at Victory Hall this morning, sanctioning routine inspections of all mercantile ships coming into New Winchester, \"in the interests of fairness.\" The Windward Company has cried foul, arguing that the line between merchant and fighter vessels is too loosely defined for Tackety engines, and the measure is merely a pretext to search Company ships alone.\n
[13] Lustrum has been turned upside down this week. A raid on a prominent counting house has turned up evidence of collusion and collaboration with known criminal elements. The notorious agent provocateur, murderess and saboteur Sweet Jane is believed to be operating out of Lustrum. The Windward Company believe she has gone to ground, and will be significantly impeded in her activities for the near future. \n
[14] An old face has returned to frontline Reach politics. Sweet Jane has had her name cleared at a heated meeting of the Assembly, which ran well into the small hours of the morning. Despite fierce opposition from the Indurate Veteran, the Assembly ruled Sweet Jane innocent of wilful malice in the actions leading to the destruction of the Queensbridge during the Blockade, and thirteen of the other fifteen charges made against her dating from that period. The Governor of New Winchester, in exile in London, has declined to comment, though the family of her wife has expressed their opposition to the ruling.
[15] Stocks have risen in the Windward Company, following the restoration of the Parsimonious Chairman to Head of the Committee for Peacetime Liaisons, following a brief absence after what a spokesman referred to as 'a lapse'. It is understood that the Wilful Accountant is expected to make a swift recovery. Company engines have resumed operating around Port Avon and the Airy. \n
[16] A midnight skirmish in the outer region has been reported. A Windward Company engine destroyed on its way back from Traitor's Wood. Two Tackety captains have been hauled into Victory Hall for questioning, though a spokesperson for the Assembly has stated that a sudden loss of visibility is to blame. \"After all, in the dark, who can tell the difference between a London engine and a Windward one?\"
[17] Reports of a devastating battle above Titania are being reported. Several senior members of the Assembly have resigned, while the Windward Company is demanding the resignation of the Rhapsodic Mayor. The Gazette believes a planned raid by the Windward Company on a den of Tackety smugglers was almost thrown off course by the sudden intervention of a swarm of Chorister Bees. Most of the Company engines have been seen returning to Port Prosper. The Tacketies have vanished, or else perished altogether.
[18] A secret munitions factory in the lower district has been shelled! Acting on hidden intelligence, the Indurate Veteran convened an emergency session of the Assembly, authorising lethal force to be used in removing the threat. No survivors are reported, and no casualties amongst the Assembly's men. The Windward Company has offered all the help it can in the ongoing investigation.
[19] With the sweeping and unexpected victory of the Windward Company during the Second Battle of New Winchester, the New Gazette would like to take this moment to offer our sincerest congratulations to the new masters of the port. We would also like to request that the Company take into account the unique history and character of New Winchester, as they press on with their reforms, and remember that we are not Port Prosper nor would we wish to be. We also hope that the Windward Company retire their Committee for Peacetime Liaisons forthwith.
[21] Despite the victory, rumours are circulating throughout New Winchester's stations that the Company is building new engines in Port Prosper's workyards. Dreadnoughts have been spotted on the Isambard Line. It seems London will not abandon its proxy lightly.
[23] Despite recent setbacks, the Assembly has had an extremely good week. New legislation introducing Independent Licenses to prospectors in Lustrum have proved very popular, while the new Rule from Home, Help from Afar Bill has been applauded by representatives from Port Avon, Titania, and even the Acting Government of Port Prosper. Meanwhile, Sweet Jane's raids on presumed abandoned Company outposts have borne fruit.
[24] The Windward Company continue to press their advantage, seemingly in response to the Assembly's perceived complacency. The Acting Government on Port Prosper suffered a coup late Monday evening, when the Cabinet was arrested at the Admiral Nelson, the temporary headquarters of the Government. The Windward Company has regained control of the civilian government, and is encouraging other ports to fight back against the \"Tackety Tyranny.\"
[25] In a dramatic sequence of events shocking to all those who haven't been following the pages of the New Gazette, the Assembly late last night voted to withdraw from the governments of many ports in the Reach, and to allow the Windward Company to return to New Winchester. The increasingly unpopular Assembly has had to contend with growing discontent over reduced supplies — spread even more thinly — and the limitations of their own abilities. Do we detect the Prudent Secretary's hand in the new accord?
[27] Despite this seeming victory, the Windward Company's hold is less secure than it seemed. The New Gazette can confirm the survival of several key figures in the Assembly, including the Indurate Veteran and Sweet Jane, both of whom have been sighted on Lustrum. Already there are murmurs of discontent in the far flung ports of the Reach, who will not take kindly to any attempts to impose Direct Rule upon them. \n
[29] We've received word from the Parsimonious Chairman that our doomsaying and bellyaching is becoming something of a headache. Meanwhile, we have also received a very nice note from the Prudent Secretary praising our recent work. Trade has improved to New Winchester, and the other ports are approaching the Board of Directors with offers to begin negotiations. So far, there seems little appetite for a resumption of hostilities from all but the most ardent of Tackety supporters.\n
[30] The strident efforts on the part of the Company to flush out collaborators and sympathisers appears to have had the opposite effect to what was intended. There are now areas of the port (we are told) that are no-go for Company officials, including the entire Bishopbridge region. Pardoned members of the Assembly gather in the Round Table. Contact has been cut by many of the outlying ports, most ominously Lustrum.\n
[31] We publish here, with only minor edits, a letter from the Prudent Secretary. \"Following the recent period of turbulence, it has come to our attention that the Windward Company has been approaching the New Winchester situation incorrectly. We are not unsympathetic to the charges put against us: namely rigidity, inflexibility, conspiracy and espionage. We somewhat resent 'indiscriminate terror' however. It has been anything but. Nonetheless, it has become apparent we lack the public support to continue as we are without needlessly and injuriously imposing our program on the unwilling. As such, we have invited the Assembly to reconvene on New Winchester, with our full and fulsome support. I feel compelled to make clear that the Windward Company does not regard this as a defeat, but rather a new opportunity for peaceful cooperation and bipartisanship in the Reach.\"\n
[33] Fury in the Windward Company offices as a supposed company holiday ended in disaster. Discounted tickets to Polmear and Plenty's Circus transpired to coincide with a date when the Ring Leader's cards left them unable (or unwilling) to put on a performance. The offer to purchase new tickets at full price for the next day was not taken up, the Gazette understands.
[34] All work at Victory Hall has been stalled by a measure introduced by the Prudent Secretary of the Windward Company, attempting to regulate the materials of engines the Company will accept trade with and from. It is widely believed the measure is an attempt by the Company to force the Assembly to reveal their part in supporting the practice of illegal engine construction from salvage taken from wrecked locomotives.
[35] The Amenable Host at Magdalene's has reported an influx of traumatised and sky-mad Tackety crew. They all refer to an unprovoked attack off Port Avon, where the enemy guns were deliberately targeting the glass of their windows, thus disabling the engines and leaving the identity of the enemy entirely concealed. The Windward Company has pointed out that this would be in direct contravention of the Laws of Engagement established by the Assembly.
[36] Tensions mount in the Gulf of Gloam, as the stalled Tackety Scout refuses any attempt at rescue by patrolling Windward Company engines. The captain has called in aid from a Tackety contingent on manoeuvres near Traitor's Wood, which the Windward Commander is unwilling to let approach. Bloodshed is expected imminently.

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A New Story in the Dailies
250
Category	Hidden
Type	Winchester War
Data ID	139507