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Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman
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Category Journal
Type Officer: Fatalistic Signaller
Data ID 137065

Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman is considered a Journal Quality Officer: Fatalistic Signaller in Sunless Skies.

Quest description[]

"He has been cooped up in the derelict Isambard Line signal boxes for a long time. "

Obtaining[]

Quality status[]

Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Journal description[]

  • [10] The Signalman wants to go on a lengthy tour of the Reach. Accumulate six Reach port reports and speak to him again
  • [20] The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards
  • [30] The Signalman wants you to show him Albion. Accumulate five Albion port reports and speak to him again
  • [40] The Signalman wants to visit a Quixotic Squire, near the Ministry of Public Decency in London
  • [45] The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon
  • [50] The Signalman has sunk into surliness. Speak to him to try to find a way to raise his spirits
  • [55] The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach
  • [60] The Signalman needs nothing from you at the moment. Be patient
  • [70] Somehow, the Signalman has vanished. A newspaper clipping left in his cabin refers to an previously undiscovered fifth signal box in the vicinity of Hybras
  • [100] [COMPLETE]The story of the Signalman is concluded

Interaction description[]

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

  • [10] The Signalman wants to go on a lengthy tour of the Reach. Accumulate six Reach port reports.
  • [20] The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards.
  • [23] You have gained entry to shed four.
  • [25] The Signalman got to see his old friend one last time.
  • [30] The Signalman wants you to show him Albion. Accumulate five Albion port reports and speak to him again.
  • [40] The Signalman wants to visit a Quixotic Squire, near the Ministry of Public Decency in London.
  • [45] The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon.
  • [50] The Signalman is lost in thought. Perhaps you should speak with him.
  • [55] The Signalman would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach.
  • [60] The Signalman needs nothing from you at the moment. Be patient.
  • [70] Seek for signs of the Signalman at the fifth signal box, somewhere near Hybras.
  • [100] The story of the Signalman is concluded.

Interactions[]

Interactions in Brief[]

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Interaction Action Result Type Change
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Speak to the Signalman' Requirement ≥ 50 ≤ 50
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Trade Tales of Terror over tea and biscuits' Requirement ≤ 0
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Trade Tales of Terror over tea and biscuits' Default / Challenge Fail = 10
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask if he has seen enough of the Reach' Requirement ≥ 10 ≤ 10
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask if he has seen enough of the Reach' Default / Challenge Fail = 20
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Trade Savage Secrets over a slice of Battenberg cake' Requirement ≥ 25 ≤ 25
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Trade Savage Secrets over a slice of Battenberg cake' Default / Challenge Fail = 30
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask about his opinion of Albion' Requirement ≥ 30 ≤ 30
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask about his opinion of Albion' Default / Challenge Fail = 40
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Rouse him from his gloom' Requirement ≥ 50 ≤ 50
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Rouse him from his gloom' Default / Challenge Fail = 55
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask if he is satisfied with the state of the signal-boxes' Requirement ≥ 55 ≤ 55
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask if he is satisfied with the state of the signal-boxes' Default / Challenge Fail = 60
The Fatalistic Signalman 'See how his work progresses' Requirement ≥ 60
The Fatalistic Signalman 'What was it he asked for, again?' Requirement ≥ 20 ≤ 20
The Fatalistic Signalman 'What was his request, again?' Requirement ≥ 40 ≤ 40
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Where does he wish to go next?' Requirement ≥ 45 ≤ 45
The Fatalistic Signalman 'Ask how he came to work on the Isambard Line' Requirement ≥ 20
An Abandoned Signal Box 'Deposit the Signalman at the Battered Signal Box' Requirement ≥ 55 ≤ 55
An Abandoned Signal Box 'Deposit the Signalman at the Overgrown Signal Box' Requirement ≥ 55 ≤ 55
An Abandoned Signal Box 'Deposit the Signalman at the Scorched Signal Box' Requirement ≥ 55 ≤ 55
An Abandoned Signal Box 'Deposit the Signalman at the Spidered Signal Box' Requirement ≥ 55 ≤ 55
The Last Signal-Box 'Unlock the cabinet' Requirement ≤ 70
The Last Signal-Box 'Unlock the cabinet' Default / Challenge Fail = 100
The Fatalistic Signalman: Looking Up an Old Friend 'Trade an Otherworldy Artefact for access to Shed Four' Default / Challenge Fail = 23
The Fatalistic Signalman: Looking Up an Old Friend 'Ask the Stalwart Bookkeeper to arrange access' Default / Challenge Fail = 23
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four 'Purchase the Charlotte Guest's remains and give them to the New Street Line' Default / Challenge Fail = 25
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four 'Arrange for her to be put on display in a museum' Default / Challenge Fail = 25
Fatalistic Signalman: in Search of the Quixotic Squire 'Offer to make certain urgent repairs to his home in exchange for information' Default / Challenge Fail = 45
Fatalistic Signalman: in Search of the Quixotic Squire '"George... is that you?"' Default / Challenge Fail = 45
The Fatalistic Signalman: on the Trail of the Quixotic Squire 'Speak to the vicar' Default / Challenge Fail = 50
An Absence of Cigarette Smoke 'Check his cabin' Default / Challenge Fail = 70
REUSE 'Trade an Otherworldy Artefact for access to shed four' Default / Challenge Fail = 23
REUSE 'Ask the Stalwart Bookkeeper to arrange access' Default / Challenge Fail = 23

Interactions in Detail[]

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Story Action Required Effect
The Fatalistic Signalman Speak to the Signalman
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 50 [The Signalman has sunk into surliness. Speak to him to try to find a way to raise his spirits]
    -
Trade Tales of Terror over tea and biscuits Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 10 [The Signalman wants to go on a lengthy tour of the Reach. Accumulate six Reach port reports and speak to him again]
Ask if he has seen enough of the Reach
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 10 [The Signalman wants to go on a lengthy tour of the Reach. Accumulate six Reach port reports and speak to him again]
Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 20 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]
Trade Savage Secrets over a slice of Battenberg cake
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 25 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]
Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 30 [The Signalman wants you to show him Albion. Accumulate five Albion port reports and speak to him again]
Ask about his opinion of Albion
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 30 [The Signalman wants you to show him Albion. Accumulate five Albion port reports and speak to him again]
Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 40 [The Signalman wants to visit a Quixotic Squire, near the Ministry of Public Decency in London]
Rouse him from his gloom Default:
Ask if he is satisfied with the state of the signal-boxes Default:
See how his work progresses
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≥ 60
    -
What was it he asked for, again?
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 20 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]
    -
What was his request, again?
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 40 [The Signalman wants to visit a Quixotic Squire, near the Ministry of Public Decency in London]
    -
Where does he wish to go next?
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 45 [The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon]
    -
Ask how he came to work on the Isambard Line
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≥ 20
    -


An Abandoned Signal Box Deposit the Signalman at the Battered Signal Box
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 55 [The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach]
Default:
Deposit the Signalman at the Overgrown Signal Box
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 55 [The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach]
Default:
Deposit the Signalman at the Scorched Signal Box
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 55 [The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach]
Default:
Deposit the Signalman at the Spidered Signal Box
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 55 [The Signalman has been away from his duty for a long time. He would like to visit each of the four signal boxes of the Isambard Line, in the Reach]
Default:


The Last Signal-Box Unlock the cabinet
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman ≤ 70
Default:


The Fatalistic Signalman: Looking Up an Old Friend Trade an Otherworldy Artefact for access to Shed Four Default:
Ask the Stalwart Bookkeeper to arrange access Default:


The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four Purchase the Charlotte Guest's remains and give them to the New Street Line Default:
Arrange for her to be put on display in a museum Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 25 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]


Fatalistic Signalman: in Search of the Quixotic Squire Offer to make certain urgent repairs to his home in exchange for information Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 45 [The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon]
"George... is that you?" Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 45 [The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon]


The Fatalistic Signalman: on the Trail of the Quixotic Squire Speak to the vicar Default:
    • Fatalisticsignalman icon Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 50 [The Signalman has sunk into surliness. Speak to him to try to find a way to raise his spirits]


An Absence of Cigarette Smoke Check his cabin None Default:


REUSE Trade an Otherworldy Artefact for access to shed four Default:
Ask the Stalwart Bookkeeper to arrange access Default:


Triggered Events[]

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Story Requirements Type Location
The Fatalistic Signalman: Looking Up an Old Friend
    • Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 20 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]
Story Event (Always :100%) Steam & Sapphire Yards
The Fatalistic Signalman: Shed Four
    • Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 23 [The Signalman wants to visit an old friend at London's Steam & Sapphire yards]
Story Event (Always :100%) Steam & Sapphire Yards
Fatalistic Signalman: in Search of the Quixotic Squire
    • Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 40 [The Signalman wants to visit a Quixotic Squire, near the Ministry of Public Decency in London]
Story Event (Always :100%) Ministry of Public Decency
The Fatalistic Signalman: on the Trail of the Quixotic Squire
    • Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 45 [The Signalman is in search of a Quixotic Squire, who retired to Port Avon]
Story Event (Always :100%) The Village Green
An Absence of Cigarette Smoke
    • Learning about the Fatalistic Signalman = 60 [The Signalman needs nothing from you at the moment. Be patient]
Story Event (Always :100%) The Sky

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