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Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
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Category Currency Quality WHAT TYPE
Type Albion: Brabazon Workworld WHAT TYPE
Data ID 134356

Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock is considered a WARNINGWARNING in Sunless Skies.

Currency description[]

"A fold of hours exempts you from the accelerated time on Brabazon Workworld. This clock lets you know how long under that fold will last."

Obtaining[]

Quality status[]

Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock has different statuses according to your actions, defined by the comment in front of the quality.

Journal description[]

  • [0] The carriage clock is silent
  • [10] Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time
  • [20] Your carriage clock's ticks are frantic. You are rapidly running out of time
  • [30] Your carriage clock's ticks are getting frantic. You are running out of time
  • [40] Your carriage clock's ticks are louder. You have used up more than half your time
  • [50] Your carriage clock's ticks are loud. You have used up half your time
  • [60] Your carriage clock ticks cheerily. You have used nearly half your time
  • [70] Your carriage clock ticks away. You have used over a quarter of your time
  • [90] Your carriage clock ticks away. You have plenty of time
  • [100] Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time

Interaction description[]

These desciptions appear specifically when the value changes.

  • [0] The carriage clock is silent.
  • [10] Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time.
  • [20] Your carriage clock's ticks are frantic. You are rapidly running out of time.
  • [30] Your carriage clock's ticks are getting frantic. You are running out of time.
  • [40] Your carriage clock's ticks are louder. You have used up more than half your time.
  • [50] Your carriage clock's ticks are loud. You have used up half your time.
  • [60] Your carriage clock ticks cheerily. You have used nearly half your time.
  • [70] Your carriage clock ticks away. You have used over a quarter of your time.
  • [80] Your carriage clock ticks away. You still have a lot of time.
  • [90] Your carriage clock ticks away. You have plenty of time.
  • [100] Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time.

Variable Interaction description[]

These desciptions appear when a specific group is called for text.

Tour[]

  • [0] \"Come on, come on!\" The Overseer is gesturing at you angrily. \"We can't waste another moment. We have to leave. Now.\"
  • [55] Moving on, you find yourself in a familiar street. This is near where the tour began.
  • [60] Leaving the refinery behind, you turn through the streets towards the ceaseless ring of hammers. A short walk, then you enter a dusty yard.
  • [70] Leaving the refinery behind, you turn through the streets towards the ceaseless ring of hammers. A short walk, then you enter a dusty yard.
  • [80] The tour moves on through the upper layer of Brabazon, towards a refinery that belches heat like a dying dragon.
  • [90] Moving on from the rug workshop, the tour is directed towards a glass factory. The air is yellow with smog.
  • [100] Your group is accompanied by two Overseers. The Overseer bringing up the rear is a woman in her early thirties. She checks her carriage clock compulsively.

Interactions[]

Interactions in Brief[]

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Interaction Action Result Type Change
The Bit Between 'Signal the revolutionary agent' Default / Challenge Fail = 100
The Bit Between 'Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets Default / Challenge Fail = 100
The Bit Between 'Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets Default / Challenge Fail = 100
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Admire the rugs' Requirement ≥ 96 ≤ 100
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Admire the rugs' Default / Challenge Fail -10
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Peer through the window at the hour-refiners' Requirement ≥ 70 ≤ 80
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Peer through the window at the hour-refiners' Default / Challenge Fail -20
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Watch the rock-breaking' Requirement ≥ 56 ≤ 60
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Watch the rock-breaking' Default / Challenge Fail -10
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Finish the tour of Brabazon Workworld' Requirement ≤ 55
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Finish the tour of Brabazon Workworld' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Complete the tour of Brabazon Workworld' Requirement ≤ 55
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Complete the tour of Brabazon Workworld' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Sneak away from the group' Requirement ≥ 20 ≤ 90
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Sneak away from the group' Default / Challenge Fail -20
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Visit the glass workers' Requirement ≥ 81 ≤ 90
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Visit the glass workers' Default / Challenge Fail -10
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Investigate the rogue hours trade' Requirement ≥ 56
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld 'Investigate the rogue hours trade' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Preparations for the Workworld 'Receive a carriage clock' Default / Challenge Fail = 100
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Give charity' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Give charity' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Give charity' Success -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Write a Port Report' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Write a Port Report' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Rejoin the tour' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Rejoin the tour' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Meet with the workers' leader' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Meet with the workers' leader' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Return to your locomotive in a hurry' Requirement ≥ 0 ≤ 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Speak to the workers and reduce their disgruntlement' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Explore the true Brabazon' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Explore the true Brabazon' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Supplement the workers' meagre rations' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Supplement the workers' meagre rations' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Tell Sky-Stories to weary workers' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Tell Sky-Stories to weary workers' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Provide Fuel for warmth' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Provide Fuel for warmth' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Secure a worker medical attention' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Secure a worker medical attention' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Bribe an Overseer to spare the birch' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Bribe an Overseer to spare the birch' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Provide books to a school' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Provide books to a school' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Supplement the workers' meagre gruel rations' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Supplement the workers' meagre gruel rations' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Investigate the rogue hours trade' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld 'Investigate the rogue hours trade' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Headquarters 'Talk to the revolutionary leader' Requirement ≥ 20
The Headquarters 'Talk to the revolutionary leader' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Headquarters 'Return to the backstreets of Brabazon' Requirement ≥ 20
The Headquarters 'Return to the backstreets of Brabazon' Default / Challenge Fail -10
The Headquarters 'Return to the Bit Between' Requirement ≥ 10 ≤ 20
The Headquarters 'Return to the Bit Between' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Headquarters 'The uprising is beginning' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Headquarters 'You are out of time!' Requirement ≥ 0 ≤ 0
The Headquarters 'You are out of time!' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Headquarters 'Ask how you can assist the workers' struggle' Requirement ≥ 10
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Give charity' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Give charity' Success = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Buy Immaculate Souls from a spirifer' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Write a Port Report' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Talk to the workers as they pass' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Lower unrest with tea' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time 'Lower unrest with Gossip' Default / Challenge Fail = 0
Progress of the Struggle 'Supply tea for the cause' Requirement ≥ 20
Progress of the Struggle 'Supply tea for the cause' Default / Challenge Fail -20
Progress of the Struggle 'Supply permits for the cause' Requirement ≥ 20
Progress of the Struggle 'Supply permits for the cause' Default / Challenge Fail -20
Progress of the Struggle 'Provide blackmail material for the cause' Requirement ≥ 20
Progress of the Struggle 'Provide blackmail material for the cause' Default / Challenge Fail -20
Progress of the Struggle 'Provide Chorister nectar for the cause' Requirement ≥ 20
Progress of the Struggle 'Provide Chorister nectar for the cause' Default / Challenge Fail -20
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with Gossip' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with Gossip' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with tea' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with tea' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with patriotic literature' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Lower unrest with patriotic literature' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by feeding a superstition' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by feeding a superstition' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by offering a Caged Catch for the bear-baiting' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by offering a Caged Catch for the bear-baiting' Default / Challenge Fail -10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by telling horrific and educational stories' Requirement ≥ 10
Calming the Masses 'Reduce unrest by telling horrific and educational stories' Default / Challenge Fail -10

Interactions in Detail[]

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Story Action Required Effect
The Bit Between Signal the revolutionary agent Default:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 100 [Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time]
    Triggers event:  The Headquarters
Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets' Default:
Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets' Default:


A Tour of Brabazon Workworld Admire the rugs
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 96 ≤ 100
Default:
    • -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
Peer through the window at the hour-refiners
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 70 ≤ 80
Default:
    • -20 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
Watch the rock-breaking
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 56 ≤ 60
Default:
    • -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
Finish the tour of Brabazon Workworld Default:
Complete the tour of Brabazon Workworld Default:
Sneak away from the group Default:
Visit the glass workers
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 81 ≤ 90
Default:
Investigate the rogue hours trade Default:


Preparations for the Workworld Receive a carriage clock None Default:


The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld Give charity Default: Success:
Write a Port Report Default:
    • Report: Brabazon Workworld = 1 [Hand your port reports in to the Genial Auditor or the Stalwart Bookkeeper at London to earn rewards]
    • -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
Rejoin the tour
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10
Default:
Meet with the workers' leader Default:
    • -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
    Triggers event:  The Headquarters
Return to your locomotive in a hurry
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
Default:
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Speak to the workers and reduce their disgruntlement Default:
Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive Default:
Explore the true Brabazon
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10
Default:
Supplement the workers' meagre rations Default:
Tell Sky-Stories to weary workers Default:
Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses Default:
Provide Fuel for warmth Default:
Secure a worker medical attention Default:
Bribe an Overseer to spare the birch Default:
Provide books to a school Default:
Supplement the workers' meagre gruel rations Default:
Investigate the rogue hours trade Default:


The Headquarters Talk to the revolutionary leader Default:
    • Progress of an Uprising = 20 [You have met the workers' leader at Brabazon Workworld. Bring him Caddies of Dried Tea and Savage Secrets, then Ministry-Stamped Permits and Gourds of Chorister Nectar to increase unrest]
    • -10 x Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock
Return to the backstreets of Brabazon Default:
Return to the Bit Between Default:
The uprising is beginning Default:
You are out of time!
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
Default:
Ask how you can assist the workers' struggle Default:


The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time Give charity Default:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Success:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Buy Immaculate Souls from a spirifer Default:
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Write a Port Report Default:
    • Report: Brabazon Workworld = 1 [Hand your port reports in to the Genial Auditor or the Stalwart Bookkeeper at London to earn rewards]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Talk to the workers as they pass None Default:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Lower unrest with tea Default:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between
Lower unrest with Gossip Default:
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock = 0 [The carriage clock is silent]
    • Lightless = 1 [The devils of Carillon claim to be experts in the assessment and improvement of the soul. They would describe yours as distressingly bland, inoffensive and liable to dissatisfaction.]
    Triggers event:  The Bit Between


Progress of the Struggle Supply tea for the cause Default:
Supply permits for the cause Default:
Provide blackmail material for the cause Default:
Provide Chorister nectar for the cause Default:


Calming the Masses Lower unrest with Gossip Default:
Lower unrest with tea Default:
Lower unrest with patriotic literature Default:
Reduce unrest by feeding a superstition Default:
Reduce unrest by offering a Caged Catch for the bear-baiting Default:
Reduce unrest by telling horrific and educational stories Default:


Triggered Events[]

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Story Requirements Type Location
A Tour of Brabazon Workworld
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 1
Story Event (Always :100%) Limbo
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10
Story Event (Always :100%) Limbo
The Headquarters
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10
Story Event (Always :100%) Limbo
The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld, Out of Time
    • Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock ≥ 10
Story Event (Always :100%) Limbo

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