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Requests from the Signboard
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276220

Requests from the Signboard

The researchers of the Nature Reserve toil away in their laboratories. The Phlegmatic Researcher has identified certain elements, however, which may quicken their progress.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
WANTED: THE WINGS OF A CHORISTER BEE To determine the cause of their Melody...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	...we seek the Wings of a Chorister Bee. What is it that makes them Sing, when their smaller sisters only Buzz?
WANTED: ANTS NEWLY INTRODUCED TO HUMANKIND We have received curious reports from certain Homesteads, about the behaviour of Ants...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	...given the Reports of the Ants circling those soon to Die, we consider the creatures apt for Study.
WANTED: HYBRAS PUS The weeping Sores of Hybras may yield deeper Insight into the verdant Reach...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	It may hold Properties either Beneficial or Detrimental to the Human Frame. We intend to find out...
WANTED: THE STOMACH OF A CANTANKERI If one could better determine the Dietary habits of these ancient Beings...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	We could establish the Relation they bear to other creatures through their Eating Habits – then we may know more of the History of this new Horizon...
WANTED: A FUNGAL CRINOLINE Fungal meteoroids have been Observed with Leadbeater & Stainrod telescopes...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	Were we able to take a Sample, we may learn the Origin of these celestial voyagers.
WANTED: A CLIPPING OF THE TITANIAN FLOWER A gigantic Bloom, the only one of its Kind in this verdant Reach…	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	What is the purpose behind its gargantuan Size? Is it a unique Species, or merely an unusually large variety of the common Orchid?
WANTED: THE PEN OF A SCRIVE SPINSTER If we may Determine how they are able to Write without refills of Ink...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	...then we may be able to reproduce the Effect, or else learn something about the Nature of celestial Note Keeping.
WANTED: THE LIGAMENTS OF 'GUESTS' The biological Infestation, known commonly as 'Guests', are in fact multiple Organisms...	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	They are bound together by something akin to a shared ligament. What is this alien Biology?
WANTED: A MANDRAKE FROM TRAITOR'S WOOD There are reports of a curious Warbling, if not shrieking from the Wood. It reminds one of the classical Mandrake…	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	It would be a fine thing to study this, to learn more of the Defences of this marvellous Creature, and where it learned its Song.
WANTED: ICE FROM OLD TOM'S WELL A most curious phenomenon, the shelves of black ice…	Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	But from whence does it come? What Call has the Ice to freeze, in a place otherwise so warm?

A Research Project, Complete
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276222

A Research Project, Complete

The Phlegmatic Researcher welcomes you to his table with a booming: "Sit down, sit down!" He calls for one of his scouts to pour you a brandy. "Thanks to the hard-labour of my fine colleagues, we've done it!"

Trigger conditions

Experiments Sanctioned by the Company ≥ 1 ≤ 1,
Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies ≥ 1 ≤ 1,

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Witness the culmination of their efforts "It's just outside the window." The Phlegmatic Researcher points with his walking stick and raises his eyebrows theatrically.		An orchard is growing outside. The trees all bear – well, one cannot say fruit, for they bear potatoes, or carrots; while others have ears of corn hanging like pine cones. The Phlegmatic Researcher raises his glass. "I call them Sapling Knots. With careful discipline it's possible to harness the Reach's chaos and abundance. After that, one may dictate growth! Wood may be negotiated with." Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items] +300 x Experience +1 x Sack of Verdant Seeds Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 0 Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 0 Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 0 Waiting for Research = 0 Triggers event:  Base of Research

Another Research Project, Complete
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276298

Another Research Project, Complete

The Phlegmatic Researcher's table is covered with thick grass, and growing rapidly. His colleagues are celebrating vigorously: more so even than last time. A scout is singing loudly (if tunelessly); another is stomping through the room in some kind of dance.

Trigger conditions

Experiments Sanctioned by the Company ≥ 2 ≤ 2,
Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies ≥ 2 ≤ 2,

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Witness the the culmination of their efforts The Phlegmatic Researcher smiles uneasily. He is delighted and unsettled by the exuberance of the celebrations.		"The Reach contains certain growth-encouraging airs, which I acquired. Captains call it the Peacock Wind; I call it the Breath of God." The Phlegmatic Researcher strikes the table with his cane. "And this is what we've accomplished: a fertiliser so potent, it'll grow whatever you seed into it! It costs a fortune to make, but it's still a tremendous step forward! " He glances warily at the singing scout, whose voice is growing hoarse. "I don't know what's gotten into them. Although, I suppose it is a remarkable discovery." Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items] +300 x Experience +1 x Vision of the Heavens +1 x Savage Secret Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 0 Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 0 Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 0 Waiting for Research = 0 Triggers event:  Base of Research

Research Derailed
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276300

Research Derailed

The Phlegmatic Researcher sits alone in his cabin; a pie sits on his table, barely touched. He welcomes you, but sounds dejected. "Evil befell my colleagues. My research has been cancelled," he says. "And Leadbeater and Stainrod won't tell me why."

Trigger conditions

Experiments Sanctioned by the Company ≥ 3 ≤ 3,
Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies ≥ 3 ≤ 3,

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Speak with the Phlegmatic Researcher Could he tell you more of his trouble?		"Leadbeater & Stainrod cut my funding and took away my work." He takes an unhappy nibble of pie. "They're shutting down research here. The entirety of their production is turning toward Apollonian Cinders." And his colleagues? "One sang her voice away – and that didn't stop her. A few have shut themselves away with their research." The Researcher shakes his head. "There must be something here causing the fatal obsessions. If you'd help me discover it, I'd be grateful." A calculating look flits across his face. "It'll need someone to go into the Reserve. They'll have to be well armed. You captains carry munitions, right?" Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 5 [The Researcher has a new goal: investigating what happened to his colleagues. But he'll still accept samples for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 0 The Phlegmatic Researcher's Current Requests = 0 +300 x Experience +3 x Ministry-Stamped Permit The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 1 [Bring a crate of Munitions to the Phlegmatic Researcher] Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 0 Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 0 Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 0 Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 0 Waiting for Research = 0 Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 0 Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 0 Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 0 Popularity of Apollonian Cinders = 70 Triggers event:  Base of Research

Research for the Reserve
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276249

Research for the Reserve

You are fulfilling the Phlegmatic Researcher's requests.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Hand in the wings of a Chorister Bee They are in pristine condition.	Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 2 [You have collected the wings of a Chorister Bee for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. Later, the Phlegmatic Researcher calls upon you. He hands you the envelope of Sovereigns. "Hideous creatures, Choristers," he says, fidgeting in his chair. "But I cannot accept that it is only by chance their wings are so exquisitely articulated that they generate song." Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] +300 x Sovereign Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 1 (if ≤ 0) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in ants from a Homestead After all they trouble they caused with your supplies, the Researcher better be pleased.	Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 2 [You have collected ants for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. The Phlegmatic Researcher invites you over for tea. "Marvellous creatures," he says, passing you an envelope of Sovereigns from the Company. "As far as I can discern, they only seem to mind when a human is about to die. I wonder what it is about us." Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 1 (if ≤ 0) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +300 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in a sample of Hybras pus It may take time for your hull to quit stinking, but at least now you can set the crew cleaning.	Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 2 [You have collected Hybras Pus for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 1 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. Soon, the Phlegmatic Researcher summons you to collect your reward. He hardly waves his cane in greeting when you enter. "Awful stuff." He frowns. "No redeeming virtues." Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 1 (if ≤ 0) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +300 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in the stomach of a Cantankeri It is a foul thing you've carried in your hold. It better be useful.	Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 2 [You have collected the stomach of a Cantankeri for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. The Phlegmatic Researcher summons you to his home to offer you payment and the fruits of his research. He has temporarily abandoned his laboratory, which is filled with incense smoke. "A distressing business," he says. "The stench of their innards is encrusted in my nostrils." Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] +250 x Sovereign Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 2 (if ≤ 1) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in a Titanian clipping It's only a sliver of the petal, but maybe it's enough.	Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 2 [You have collected a cutting of the Titanian petal for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. Eventually the Phlegmatic Researcher requests you visit his cabin. An orchid, similar to the Titanian blossom but for its size, sits on the table. "Perhaps Titania is the ur-orchid," he muses. "It is an orchid, at least." Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 2 (if ≤ 1) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +250 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in a fungal crinoline from a mushroom meteoroid If the right bohemian saw this, the fashion might be revived.	Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 2 [You have collected a Fungal Crinoline for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 2 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. The Phlegmatic Researcher calls upon you soon. His eyes are red, his face slightly swollen. "I react like this whenever I am near to it." He sniffs loudly, and hands you your reward. Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 2 (if ≤ 1) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +300 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in the pen of a Scrive Spinster You took it from her dead hands.	Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 2 [You have collected a pen of a Scrive Spinster for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. The Phlegmatic Researcher asks you to visit. You find him hunched over the pen, frowning. "These d__n things are a puzzle. They drip with ink when the Spinsters hold them. But once the pens are out of their hands, they dry up. I've dissected a Spinster, and can tell you: they are not flying ink pots." Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 3 (if ≤ 2) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +400 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in the ligaments of Guests The butchering was somewhat traumatic, but science must march on.	Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 2 [You have collected some ligaments of a Guest for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. The Phlegmatic Researcher invites you to a picnic lunch. A morning glass of brandy has widened his smile. "You've brought me proof of an old theory of mine," he says, offering you a ham sandwich. He declines to explain further. Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 3 (if ≤ 2) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +500 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in a mandrake from Traitor's Wood At last, you and your crew will be able to enjoy restful sleep again.	Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 2 [You have collected a Traitor's Wood mandrake for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. An envelope from the Phlegmatic Researcher is dropped off at your locomotive. Your reward is contained within, along with a few words apologising for not receiving you in person. The mandrake sang a song that reminded him of his boyhood. He's still in bed recovering. Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 3 (if ≤ 2) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +300 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Hand in a sample of ice from Old Tom's Well It's a miracle nothing of yours froze off when you gathered this.	Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 2 [You have collected ice from Old Tom's Well for the Phlegmatic Researcher] Experiments Sanctioned by the Company = 3 [The Researcher at the Nature Reserve seeks a variety of items]	You are thanked for your efforts, and asked to wait while the Company sorts out your rewards. It might be a couple of days. The Phlegmatic Researcher invites you to his cabin. "I cannot make it melt," he says, stirring the black ice in his glass. "It is not of water, whatever it is. Tasting it does make one a tad melancholic, though." Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 3 (if ≤ 2) [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies] +400 x Sovereign Research Timer = Date+15 +100 x Experience
Return to the base of research The Researcher will get down to work.	Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies]	The Researcher has disappeared into his laboratory. Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Waiting for Research = 1 Triggers event:  Base of Research	Game note: Be sure you've handed in all you wish to.
Return to the base of research You can come back when you have something the Researcher needs.	Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies ≤ 0	Triggers event:  Base of Research
Return to the base of research The Researcher will get down to work.	Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 2 [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies]	The Researcher has disappeared into his laboratory. Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Waiting for Research = 1 Triggers event:  Base of Research	Game note: Be sure you've handed in all you wish to.
Return to the base of research The Researcher will get down to work.	Progress of the Phlegmatic Researcher's Studies = 3 [The Phlegmatic Researcher is making progress with his studies]	The Researcher has disappeared into his laboratory. Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 3 [[COMPLETE]The Phlegmatic Researcher has what he needs for his research] Waiting for Research = 1 Triggers event:  Base of Research	Game note: Be sure you've handed in all you wish to.

Private Study
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276224

Private Study

Lying in bed, his swollen red leg raised up on a mound of pillows, the Phlegmatic Researcher flicks through pages and pages of notes. "Something in the Reserve has driven my comrades to madness." He raises himself up to look at you. "You'll need munitions if you want to help. Let me know when you're ready. I'll give you the best map I can."

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Enter the Reserve You'll be going alone. You'll have only your wits and your weapons.	1 x Carefully-Packed Crate of Munitions	The Researcher passes you a map of the wilderness. It looks like the work of a child. "The man who made that was one of our best scouts," he says proudly, "but our worst cartographer. He died from climbing too high, and the inevitable fall. Please, find out what's driven my friends to madness." The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 5 [Explore the Reserve in search of the cause of the scientists' obsessions] Map of the Reserve = 1 [You now have a map of the Reserve.] Triggers event:  In the Wilderness

Research for Private Study
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276674

Research for Private Study

You have found what is required to fulfil one of the Phlegmatic Researcher's requests. He will be paying out of his own pockets. Fortunately, they are deep.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Hand in the wings of a Chorister Bee They are in pristine condition.	Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 2 [You have collected the wings of a Chorister Bee for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has them transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a beaming smile. Field Sample – Wings of a Chorister Bee = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought the wings of a Chorister Bee] +300 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in ants from a Homestead After all they trouble they causes with your supplies, the Researcher better be pleased.	Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 2 [You have collected ants for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has them transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a beaming smile. Field Sample – Ants Newly Introduced to Humankind = 1 +300 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in a sample of Hybras pus It may take time for your hull to quit stinking, but at least now you can set the crew cleaning.	Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 2 [You have collected Hybras Pus for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a frown – despite your precautions, he can smell the pus. Field Sample – Hybras Pus = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought Hybras Pus] +300 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in the stomach of a Cantankeri It is a foul thing you've carried in your hold. It better be useful.	Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 2 [You have collected the stomach of a Cantankeri for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse distractedly, as if already considering his next experiment. Field Sample – Stomach of a Cantankeri = 1 +250 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in a Titanian cutting It's only a sliver, but maybe it's enough.	Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 2 [You have collected a cutting of the Titanian petal for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a wistful smile. Field Sample – Cutting of the Titanian Petal = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought a cutting of the Titanian petal] +100 x Experience +250 x Sovereign
Hand in a fungal crinoline from a mushroom meteoroid If the right bohemian saw this, the fashion might be revived.	Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 2 [You have collected a Fungal Crinoline for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He almost drops the purse he passes to you, he sneezes so hard. Field Sample – Fungal Crinoline = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought a Fungal Crinoline] +300 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in the pen of a Scrive Spinster You took it from her dead hands.	Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 2 [You have collected a pen of a Scrive Spinster for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse, frowning in thought. He's already occupied with his next experiment. Field Sample – Pen of a Scrive Spinster = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought a pen of a Scrive Spinster] +400 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in the ligaments of Guest The butchering was somewhat traumatic, but science must march on.	Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 2 [You have collected some ligaments of a Guest for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has them transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a beaming smile. Field Sample – Ligaments of Guest = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought some ligaments of a Guest] +500 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in a mandrake from Traitor's Wood At last, you and your crew will be able to enjoy restful sleep again.	Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 2 [You have collected a Traitor's Wood mandrake for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has it transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse while wincing, as if he can already imagine the sounds he'll have to tolerate. Field Sample – Traitor's Wood Mandrake = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought a Traitor's Wood mandrake] +300 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Hand in a sample of ice from Old Tom's Well It's a miracle nothing of yours froze off when you gathered this.	Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 2 [You have collected ice from Old Tom's Well for the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Phlegmatic Researcher thanks you, and has them transported to his laboratory. "Please do bring me more. There are so many other things I can try." He hands you a purse with a beaming smile, and reaches for the whisky bottle. Field Sample – Ice from Old Tom's Well = 1 [The Phlegmatic Researcher has requested that he be brought ice from Old Tom's Well] +400 x Sovereign +100 x Experience
Enough for now You can always return later.		Triggers event:  Base of Research

The Researcher's Crusade
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276653

The Researcher's Crusade

The Phlegmatic Researcher sits among piles of papers. His fingers are stained with ink; his leg is as swollen as ever.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Hand over the flower Tell him what you found in the valley.	The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 40 [Take what you've found to the Phlegmatic Researcher]	The Researcher digs his finger into the petals, and draws it out; it is coated with yellow pollen. "This is what they use for Apollonian Cinders," he whispers, sniffing gently. He coughs violently. "I feel... goodness. Goodness! This is it! The Cinders! This is what's driven their passions mad, driven my friends to ruin. And now the Company is pushing it onto the Empire." He leans over and grabs a tall stack of papers. He dips his pen in ink, and begins writing. "I'll see that they know they truth. I hope I can call on you." The Phlegmatic Researcher's Study into a Peculiar Malady = 50 [[COMPLETE]You helped the Phlegmatic Researcher identify what had caused the obsessions in his Colleagues] +900 x Experience +1 x Cryptic Benefactor The Researcher's Crusade = 1 [The Researcher is on a crusade against the Apollonian Cinders]
Distribute Anti-Cinder Propaganda The Researcher has written many, many, many pamphlets.	The Researcher's Crusade ≥ 1 [The Researcher is on a crusade against the Apollonian Cinders]	He mops his brow. The rag is ink stained, and darkens his forehead. "Here's the current stack," he says. "Take them to Delivering Anti-Cinder Propaganda(location). The people must know." Delivering Anti-Cinder Propaganda = (1 to 2)

Requests from the Phlegmatic Researcher
Category	Story Event
Type	Story
Data ID	276686

Requests from the Phlegmatic Researcher

Research funding has been pulled from the Reserve. But there are certain phenomena the Phlegmatic Researcher still wishes to study.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
WANTED: THE WINGS OF A CHORISTER BEE To determine the cause of their Melody...		...we seek the Wings of a Chorister Bee. What is it that makes them Sing, when their smaller sisters only Buzz? Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: ANTS NEWLY INTRODUCED TO HUMANKIND We have received curious reports from certain Homesteads, about the behaviour of Ants...		...given the Reports of the Ants circling those soon to Die, we consider the creatures apt for Study. Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: HYBRAS PUS The weeping Sores of Hybras may yield deeper Insight into the verdant Reach...		It may hold Properties either Beneficial or Detrimental to our Human Frame. We intend to find out... Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: THE STOMACH OF A CANTANKERI If one could better determine the Dietary habits of these ancient Beings...		We could establish the Relation they bear to other creatures through their Eating Habits – then we may know more of the History of this new Horizon... Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: A FUNGAL CRINOLINE Fungal meteoroids have been Observed with Leadbeater & Stainrod telescopes...		...were we able to take a Sample, we may learn the Origin of these celestial voyagers. Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: A CUTTING OF THE TITANIAN FLOWER A gigantic Bloom, the only one of its Kind in this verdant Reach…		What is the purpose behind its gargantuan Size? Is it a unique Species, or merely an unusually large variety of the common Orchid? Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: THE PEN OF A SCRIVE SPINSTER If we may Determine how they are able to Write without refills of Ink...		...then we may be able to reproduce the Effect, or else learn something about the Nature of celestial Note Keeping. Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: THE LIGAMENTS OF 'GUESTS' The biological Infestation, known commonly to Conductors as 'Guests', are in fact multiple Organisms...		They bound together through by something akin to a shared ligament. What is this alien Biology? Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: A MANDRAKE FROM TRAITOR'S WOOD There are reports of a curious Warbling, if not shrieking from the Wood. It reminds one of the classical Mandrake…		It would be a fine thing to study this, to learn more of the Defences of this marvellous Creature, and where it learned its Song. Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard
WANTED: ICE FROM OLD TOM'S WELL A most curious phenomenon, the shelves of black ice…		But from whence does it come? What Call has the Ice to freeze, in a place otherwise so warm? Triggers event:  Requests from the Signboard