Colonised Cantankeri

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Colonised Cantankeri
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Type	Sky-Beast
Location	The Reach

Description

A small herd of Cantankeri, engulfed in a fungus that has taken them over. They appear large and relatively spherical. You can hear them before you can see them, as a clattering, hissing sound. They are aggressive and will attack on sight. They fire semi-homing individual projectiles at your locomotive in all directions, and as they take damage, start firing additional projectiles in a fixed pattern in all directions. Their projectiles deal 2 damage.

Colonised Cantankeri can often be found near Hybras.

A Colonised Cantankeri, Pulverised

A Colonised Cantankeri, Pulverised
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	315660

A palpitating mycological mass of fractured chitinous legs, frilled gills, and ruptured polyps: a growth of livid fungus has engulfed a small herd of cantankeri.

Now, it is dying. The herd grumbles with one irritable, faltering voice.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Dig under the fungus for precious stones Sometimes, fossils or gemstones can be prised from a cantankeri's carapace. You'll have to carve your way through the fungus, though.		Digging deep The fungal sheath is tough, fibrous. It must be dug out by the roots, which sprout between the cantankeris' segmented plates. You use a sharpened trowel and leather-gloved fingers. Beneath, a glitter of valuable stones... 50+(1 to 50) x Sovereign +5 x Terror	Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
Try to render the fungus edible Eating unprovenanced celestial fungus is, of course, an ticket to madness, infection, or a colourful death. But hopefully, your cook can render it inert.	Mirrors challenge (58 for 100%)	Failed event
		Side-effects The fungus is boiled, roasted, and boiled again. It tastes of nothing at all, a fact in which the cook takes firm pride. The next day, many of your crew protest lamentably of the brightness of the sun. But behind the window, the sky is empty, cold, and black. +1 x Supplies +10 x Terror
		Successful event
		A three-stage process Your cook is reasonably sure that if they cut the fungus into strips, hang it and smoke it for a fortnight, then fry it thoroughly, it will be digestible. He makes no predictions regarding its taste, though. +2 x Supplies
		Partial success event (5%)
		Mixed results The dull thud of your cook's tenderising mallet pounds day and night. After a thorough walloping, the fungus is cut into cubes and then, optimistically, fried in batter (the cook hopes it will disguise the unctuous texture). The crew eat it solemnly. That night, you dream of a giant's garden, silent in the sunlight. A celestial season turns. As one, fleshy flowers bloom. +2 x Supplies +5 x Terror
Destroy the remains They are an unsightly blemish upon the sky.		Obliteration Your guns thunder, again and again, until the conglomeration is pulverised. Your crew cheer, like spectators at fireworks. -5 x Terror +1 x Sky-Story