Inconvenient Aunt[]
| Your Aunt is here! | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 302929 |
Your Aunt is here![]
"Dear God. Somehow, she has found her way to the High Wilderness. She is trying to get your attention with the frantic waving of her horrible hat. "I know you've seen me. Listen – I've quite exhausted my possibilities here. I am a serviceable quartermaster, I have friends everywhere, and my scones are to die for. How's that for a curriculum vitae? Now, let me aboard." Is she even your real Aunt? Either way, you will have to deal with her. "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Learning about an Inconvenient Aunt ≤ 0,
Your Aunt, the Revolutionary ≤ 0,
Your Aunt, the Conspirator ≤ 0,
Airs of Officers ≥ 10 ≤ 40,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Employ your Aunt as your Quartermaster
Filial piety demands as much. And she does make a d__n fine scone.
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She smiles with sincere delight. "Here, take my bag." Her bag is very heavy. "And my hat." Her hat is also very heavy.
Your crew are alarmed when she boards your engine. Their alarm only increases when she begins to pass comment. After a thorough survey of your locomotive, she graces you with a smile. "There is work to be done." She has extracted gossip from you before she has even boarded. This woman is skilled.
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Game note: This will get you a Quartermaster, who will increase your Iron by 6 and your Mirrors by 2.
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| Not now, Aunty
Locomotives are no place for Aunts.
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A raised eyebrow
There is a long silence. At last, "I see." There is a snap, as she shuts her handbag. "I'm glad to see you looking well."
She goes to walk away, but suddenly turns on her heel, a thoughtful expression on her face. "I would hate to think this little unpleasantness should change things between us. Goodbye." She leans in to give you a little peck on the cheek.
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Game note: You can always recruit her later, though you will risk her wrath.
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| Recruit 'Your Aunt' | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 302932 |
Recruit 'Your Aunt'[]
"A letter was waiting at the station, written in neat, articulated calligraphy and smelling of rose-water. It's for you. "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Your Spymaster Aunt ≤ 0,
Your Aunt, the Conspirator ≥ 1
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Read the letter
It invites you to meet her. Make sure you're not followed.
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Your Aunt's Great Work
'Your Aunt' meets you in a smoky pub backroom. She is a formidable lady of advanced years. "I'm an excellent Quartermaster. My references are impeccable and my facility with a cipher commendable. My work requires me to travel for a time." She smiles brightly. "We'll be best of friends, I'm sure." She begins to gather her things. "I'm sure we're related somehow. Would you care for a scone before we go?"
She has extracted gossip from you before she has even boarded. This woman is skilled.
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Game note: This will get you a Quartermaster who will increase your Iron by 10.
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The Rat Brigade[]
| Recruit the Ratty Reunion | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 302934 |
Recruit the Ratty Reunion[]
"You've heard of a complement of Ratty Saboteurs who've settled down in London. Once they travelled with a former captain in your lineage. Perhaps they'd be willing to do so again. "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Ratty Reunion ≥ 1
The Ratty Revengers ≤ 0,
The Ratty Reunion ≤ 0,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Alert the local barkeep as to your interest
They'll pass on the message soon enough.
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Old faces, new (straining) jackets
A plump rat bearing an impossible number of scars meets you at the station. Her expensive frock-coat bulges with weaponry and her eyes are bright. "Heard you're looking for a crew. As it happens, we're looking for work." She sniffs as she inspects your engine. "Looking very posh. Suppose we are too, these days." She grins, "But not so posh we don't need to earn our keep. Let me introduce you to the lads."
A number of similarly well-fed rats introduce themselves. They insult each other in a manner that might provoke armed conflict in the Reach, but is taken in stride here. "Well, come on then, Captain," Cinders says, interrupting. "Show us the new digs."
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Game note: This will get you Chief Engineers who will increase your Hearts by 10 and your Affiliation:Establishment by 2.
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Incognito Princess[]
| Recruit the Analytical Princess | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 302936 |
Recruit the Analytical Princess[]
"Its duty outlasts a captain's death. "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Skinsuitor ≥ 2 ≤ 2,
Analytical Princess ≤ 0,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Invite it to join your crew
It smiles.
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Skin in the game
The Princess' sloughed skin still cocoons the suitor. The strained lips beam as they walk silently aboard, happy to serve.
The Princess does not take the money. Have they forgotten already?
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Game note: This will get you a First Officer, who will increase your Mirrors by 10 and your Affiliation: Academe by 2.
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| Recruit the Poetical Princess | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 302938 |
Recruit the Poetical Princess[]
"Its duty outlasts a captain's death. "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Skinsuitor ≥ 1 ≤ 1,
Poetical Princess ≤ 0,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Invite it to join your crew
Its duty outlasts a captain's death.
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Skin in the game
The Princess' sloughed skin still cocoons the suitor. The strained lips beam as they walk silently aboard, happy to serve.
The Princess does not take the money. Have they forgotten already?
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Game note: This will get you a First Officer, who will increase your Mirrors by 10 and your Affiliation: Boheme by 2.
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Clay Conductor[]
| Recruit the Clay Conductor | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 306798 |
Recruit the Clay Conductor[]
A hulking Clay Man in a heavy coat stands on the platform. The Clay Men were an underclass in old London; very few of them came to the skies. This one holds an urn to his chest. "You're a captain; you can perform funeral rites," he says, nodding to the urn in his arms. "Then I want to travel." He pauses for a long moment, and then, as if feeling something more might be expected. "I could help out on your engine."
Trigger conditions
In Possession of a Clay Conductor ≤ 0,
Airs of Officers ≥ 41 ≤ 70,
Learning about the Clay Conductor ≤ 0,
Caring Companion ≤ 0,
Clay Conductor & Copper Companion ≤ 0,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes | |||||
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| Recruit the Clay Conductor
Say a few words about death in the sky; skyfarers are accustomed to impromptu funerals.
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A sombre occasion
You ask the Conductor where he would like to hold the ceremony. He looks about, confused, as though he hadn't expected the question. At last he comes to a conclusion. "Here will do," he says, indicating the crowded thoroughfare.
You and a few of the more respectable of your crew gather for a brief funeral. Everyone has at least something in black. You offer the expected phrasings before pausing for the eulogy. The Clay Conductor shakes his head. "You do it," he grunts.
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Say a few words
You're sure you can extemporise something.
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You render up a bounty of platitudes, benign wishes to the beyond and maudlin remembrances of departed friends—
The Conductor frowns, stonily, realising he needs to give you at least something to work with. "He could sing," he manages. You work a line about a 'man of clay with the voice of an angel' into the eulogy. The Conductor seems satisfied. "Where's your engine? I'm ready to assume my duties." The Conductor picks up the urn and heads off in the direction you point. |
Game note: This will give you the Clay Conductor, a First Officer who will increase your Hearts by 6, and your Iron by 2. | |||
| Insist the Clay Conductor speak
You don't even know who's in the urn.
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There is a long silence. Your crew look at their feet, acutely aware of the awkwardness. The silence continues.
Finally, the Clay Conductor speaks. "He was a Clay Man. He travelled on the Figaro." A pause. "He was a good singer." The Clay Conductor looks at you. "Where's your engine? I'm ready to assume my duties." | |||||||
| Recruit the Caring Conductor | |
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Data ID | 311016 |
Recruit the Caring Conductor[]
"The Caring Conductor is singing merrily away at St Dominic's station, cheering the spirits of passing skyfarers. He has a sign announcing his credentials. "I don't just sing, you know," he tells anyone who'll listen, "I'm an excellent First Officer. Ask any crew who've served under me." "
Game note: Officers require a sign-on fee.
Trigger conditions
Caring Companion ≥ 1
Caring Conductor ≤ 0,
Airs of Officers ≥ 50 ≤ 75,
Interactions
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
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| Invite him to join your crew
He is content in himself, and would be a calming presence for the crew.
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A new friend
The Caring Conductor beams. "Wonderful. I cannot tell you, Captain, how sick I was getting of singing. Come along now, let's get me introduced to your crew." He slaps you on the back. "We are going to get on famously, I can tell."
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Game note: This will give you the Caring Conductor, a First Officer who increases your Hearts by 10 and your Affiliation: Academe by 2.
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