Star-Seared Explorer

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Star-Seared Explorer
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Type	Outlaw
Location	Albion, Eleutheria

Star-Seared Explorers are aggressive enemy ships found in Albion and Eleutheria. They are the more aggressive version of the Star-Maddened Explorer.

Description

A ship captained by the sky-maddened: those who have looked too long at the stars.

A Star-Seared Explorer, Defeated

A Star-Seared Explorer, Defeated
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	300312

This engine has ventured into sunless wastes, and spent too long under the cold, searing light of distant stars, which burned all reason from its crew. Now its last voyage is at an end.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Loot the hold What was it carrying, before madness took hold?	Looting ≤ 50	A Cache of Curiosities = 60+(1 to 30) Triggers event:  Cache of Curiosities
Examine the captain's logs What might you learn from its fatal journey? Game note: Gain Savage Secrets or Tales of Terror.	Looting ≤ 50 Mirrors challenge (100 for 100%)	Failed event	Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.
		To a starry sky This captain has tried to master the language of the heavens. He read its sigils on starry tombs, he claims, where the waste-winds groaned. The pages are crowded with his attempts to reproduce them. They want you to speak them. You taste fire on your tongue, and cough out smoke that suddenly fills your lungs. (1 to 3) x Tale of Terror +5 x Terror
		Successful event
		The long-forgotten road The logs detail the engine's travels through long-dead, frozen skies. Each day's account is more detailed than the last, until they collapse into an endless paragraph of minuscule observations, obsessive specificity, and incoherence. (1 to 3) x Savage Secret
Search for something you can trade Does anything of value remain? Game note: Gain trade goods.	Looting ≥ 51 Veils challenge (100 for 100%)	Failed event
		Cold as the grave The glass has been removed from the windows on the bridge. The crew wore goggles, several layers of clothes, and thick gloves to allow them to operate the locomotive despite the gusting cold. You find the glass – stained with vibrant colours to ward against the maddening starlight – wrapped in tarpaulin at the back of the hold. The crew must have removed it willingly. +1 x Pane of Stained Glass
		Successful event
		An unfortunate tutelage You hear sounds from the hold. Inside it is a cage, and within the cage, a coiled, phosphorescent invertebrate. It has been well-fed. Perhaps it was meant for the pot when supplies ran out. Perhaps the captain took it as a pet. Or perhaps he was fascinated by the hypnotic knotting of its motory tentacles. +1 x Caged Catch
Scavenge for parts The Explorer is beyond repair, as are its crew. But perhaps something might be salvageable. Game note: Gain Hull and Terror. Your Mirrors skill will affect how much Hull you repair.	Looting ≥ 51 Hull ≤ MaxHull-1	A grim business The crew work hastily; there are mistakes. Fortunately, none of the wounds are serious. Trembling, bruised and quiet, they return, bearing plates of wood and metal. They'll keep you in the sky a little longer. 10+( Mirrors/5)+(1 to 5) x Hull +5 x Terror	Advanced query needs investigation Advanced alteration value probably needs examination.