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| Served by Shades | |
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| Category | Story Quality WHAT TYPE |
| Type | Blue Kingdom WHAT TYPE |
| Data ID | 139016 |
Served by Shades is considered a WARNINGWARNING in Sunless Skies.
Story description[]
"You employ a number of the masked, silent spirits of the dead on your crew."
Obtaining[]
Quality status[]
Served by Shades has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.
Journal description[]
- [1] A few of your crew are spirits of the dead
- [2] About half your crew are spirits of the dead
- [3] Most of your crew are spirits of the dead
Interaction description[]
These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.
- [1] A few of your crew are now shades of the dead.
- [2] About half your crew are now shades of the dead.
- [3] Most of your crew are now shades of the dead.
Variable Interaction description[]
These desciptions appear when a specific group is called for text.
Galley[]
- [1] Among them stand the silent, masked spirits of the dead you recruited to help staff your locomotive.
- [2] About half of them are now silent, masked spirits of the dead who you recruited to help staff your locomotive.
- [3] Most of them are now silent, masked spirits of the dead who you recruited to help staff your locomotive."
Dinner[]
- [1] The masked dead sit at one end of the table, the living at the other. The dead lift their masks forward to spoon food to their cold lips. The living crew are careful not to look. It's considered bad luck to glimpse the faces of the dead. You suppose new superstitions bloom quickly under these conditions.
- [2] The silence of the masked dead settles like a mantle over the table. It is contagious, stifling one conversation, then another. Is it your imagination, or are the dead paying you especially close attention this evening? Some of them have abandoned all pretence of eating. You finish your meal quickly, and return to duty.
- [3] The masked dead now comprise so many of your number that some of the living crew have begun wearing masks and swearing vows of silence to fit in. It makes for a solemn, gloomy meal, the only sound the clink of cutlery on bowls and on porcelain masks."
Touch[]
- [0] The sky-shanties are perhaps a little lubricated; the humour laced with a touch of mania. But for now, the fears of the sky are forgotten
- [2] Even the masked shades serving aboard partake of the brandy. They do not sing, but they do sway, supportively"
Cracked[]
- [0]
- [1] Only the shades of the dead are unaffected."
Fire1[]
- [0] Their cries are replaced by coughs, then by silence.
- [1] Living and dead fight side by side against the flame."
Fire2[]
- [0]
- [1] Some are masked; all are silent."
Mutiny[]
- [0]
- [1] The shades in your crew have been outnumbered and locked in the hold.
- [2] "
Catch[]
- [0] Over the next hour, the wounds it inflicted bloat with venom. The victims scream themselves hoarse before they die.
- [1] By the time it's secured once more, the ground is littered with crushed bodies and broken masks."
Breach1[]
- [0] Your remaining crew do not appreciate having to edge past a gaping hole on their way to the galley.
- [2] The shades in your crew continue to work, walking past the hole as thought it were not there. Every day, the damage worsens."
Breach2[]
- [0] They delayed their return for too long, and have developed a cruel case of frostbite.
- [2] Their mask is brittle with frost and crumbles on return. They hide their face rather than be seen; and run from you, away into the bowels of your engine. You do not think you see them again."
Bristol[]
- [0]
- [2] Dust is beginning to gather on your shades."
Fumes[]
- [0] "
- [1] Even the shades appear distressed. Do the impurities in the air threaten the integrity of their souls?
Mutinydeath[]
- [0]
- [1] Your shades remain loyal. Or, at least, they are not taking part.
Interactions[]
Interactions in Brief[]
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| Interaction | Action | Result Type | Change |
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| The Blue Kingdom's Transit Relay to the Reach | 'Discharge the spirits of the dead from your service' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
| The Blue Kingdom's Transit Relay to the Reach | 'Discharge the spirits of the dead from your service' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| Mutiny! | 'Rally the remaining crew in resistance' | Requirement | ≤ 0 |
| Mutiny! | 'Rally your shades against the living mutineers!' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
| The Bacchae | 'Convince your shades to care for the crew' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
| The Bacchae | 'Convince your shades to care for the crew' | Success | -1 |
| Unsettled Dreams | 'Seek company' | Requirement | ≤ 1 |
| Unsettled Dreams | 'Seek company' | Requirement | ≥ 2 |
| Take on Crew | 'Recruit a handful of crew' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| Take on Crew | 'Accept all those fit to work' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| Wasted Time | 'Order the crew to collect every single hour' | Requirement | ≤ 0 |
| Wasted Time | 'Send the dead to collect every single hour' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
| The Thing on the Mantelpiece | 'Surrender it to the dead' | Requirement | ≥ 1 |
| Rumours of Mutiny | 'Ask the shades in your crew to keep watch on the rest' | Requirement | ≥ 2 |
| Rumours of Mutiny | 'Ask the shades in your crew to keep watch on the rest' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| Bristol Fashion | 'Allow your vessel's condition to deterioriate' | Requirement | ≤ 1 |
| Bristol Fashion | 'Allow your vessel's condition to deterioriate' | Requirement | ≥ 2 |
| Escaped Fumes | 'Order your crew to repair it' | Requirement | ≤ 1 |
| Escaped Fumes | 'Order your crew to repair it' | Requirement | ≥ 2 |
| Escaped Fumes | 'Order your crew to repair it' | Default / Challenge Fail | + [d:2] |
| An Enclave of the Dead | 'Deter your crew from remaining with their loved ones' | Requirement | ≤ 2 |
| An Enclave of the Dead | 'Deter your shades from lingering' | Requirement | ≥ 3 |
| An Enclave of the Dead | 'Deter your shades from lingering' | Default / Challenge Fail | -1 |
| An Enclave of the Dead | 'Recruit shades for your crew' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| An Enclave of the Dead | 'Join the silent celebration' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| The Catafalque | 'Recruit crew from among the waiting dead' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| The Catafalque | 'Recruit crew from among the waiting dead' | Default / Challenge Fail | +2 |
| Consequences | 'Pay the terrible price' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Conduct a hasty funeral' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Clean it away' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Have your cook sweep up the salt.' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Conduct a hasty funeral' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Clean it away' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | 'Have your cook sweep up the salt.' | Default / Challenge Fail | = 0 |
| Skeleton Crew | 'Leave them be' | Default / Challenge Fail | +1 |
| The Eumenides | 'Resist' | Success | -1 |
Interactions in Detail[]
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| Story | Action | Required | Effect |
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| The Blue Kingdom's Transit Relay to the Reach | Discharge the spirits of the dead from your service |
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Default:
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| Mutiny! | Rally the remaining crew in resistance | Default:
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| Rally your shades against the living mutineers! | Default:
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| The Bacchae | Convince your shades to care for the crew | Success:
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| Unsettled Dreams | Seek company | Default:
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| Seek company | Default:
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| Take on Crew | Recruit a handful of crew | Default: | |
| Accept all those fit to work |
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Default:
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| Wasted Time | Order the crew to collect every single hour |
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Default: |
| Send the dead to collect every single hour |
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Default:
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| The Thing on the Mantelpiece | Surrender it to the dead |
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Default:
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| Rumours of Mutiny | Ask the shades in your crew to keep watch on the rest |
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Default:
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| Bristol Fashion | Allow your vessel's condition to deterioriate |
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Default:
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| Allow your vessel's condition to deterioriate |
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Default:
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| Escaped Fumes | Order your crew to repair it |
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Default:
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| Order your crew to repair it |
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| An Enclave of the Dead | Deter your crew from remaining with their loved ones |
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Default:
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| Deter your shades from lingering |
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Default:
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| Recruit shades for your crew |
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| Join the silent celebration |
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Default:
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| The Catafalque | Recruit crew from among the waiting dead |
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Default:
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| Recruit crew from among the waiting dead |
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| Consequences | Pay the terrible price | None | Default:
 Death's Doorstop
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| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation | Conduct a hasty funeral |
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Default:
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| Clean it away |
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| Have your cook sweep up the salt. |
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Default:
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| Conduct a hasty funeral |
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Default:
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| Clean it away |
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Default:
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| Have your cook sweep up the salt. |
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| Skeleton Crew | Leave them be | Default:
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| The Eumenides | Resist | Success:
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Triggered Events[]
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| Story | Requirements | Type | Location |
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| The Bacchae |
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Story Event (Always :100%) | The Sky |
| Discontent |
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Story Event (undefined :100%) | The Sky |
| Double Shifts |
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Story Event (undefined :100%) | The Sky |
| Dining with the Dead |
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Story Event (undefined :200%) | The Sky |
| An Unfortunate Case of Desiccation |
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Story Event (Always :100%) | The Sky |
| Disturbed |
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Story Event (undefined :100%) | The Sky |
| Skeleton Crew |
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Story Event (undefined :100%) | The Sky |
| The Eumenides |
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Story Event (Always :100%) | The Sky |
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