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{{Infobox location |image = London ambience.png |px = 260px |ports = [[#The Ministries|The Ministries]] |shops = [[Spitalfields Market]]<br>[[St Dominic's Augmentations]] |shipyard = [[Crown & Misery Co. Yards]] |part of = [[Albion]] |id = }} '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a platform in [[Albion]]. It occupies the very middle of the central circle, close to [[London]]. This port shared its shop with London, although it doesn't have a [[Bazaar]]. =The Ministries= "A number of instruments of government are located here. The Horological Office (which regulates time across the Empire), the Office of Works (which ensures the jobs no one else can be bothered with are done), and the Ministry of Public Decency (which curates the notion of 'Britishness' with the same care a lepidopterist uses to pin a butterfly to a board.) " {{Infobox story |name = The Ministry of Public Decency |image = genialauditor.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 277958 }} == Guide: How to pass the [[Royal Horology Exam]] == # The time in Lustrum is 18:34. # The train would have departed at 10:30. # Nudge the Chief Horologist. ==The Ministry of Public Decency== ''A huge, horseshoe-shaped building of white stone, white columns, clocks, and iron gates. Inside, its walls are panelled with dark wood. Crimson carpets β worn by frequent passage β flood the floors. Within its cubby-hole offices, auditors toil to protect the sensibilities of Londoners here in the heathen sky.'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Request an appointment}} <div>Is there some way you could be of use to the Ministry?</div> | <ul> * [[Acquainted with a Genial Auditor]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Come bearing gifts '''</span> <div>You cross the foyer and approach the secretary ensconced at a teak desk. She listens to your request with a thoughtful frown. "I'd love to arrange an appointment for you with one of our auditors, obviously, but my hands are tied. Bureaucracy, you understand." She rolls her eyes, looks around conspiratorially, then lowers her voice. "Best thing for a someone like yourself to do is to gather reports on nearby ports. I'm sure the Information Office would love to hear them. Then I could pop your name in this little book, and up you go!" {{game note|Collect port reports from Albion and turn them in here to receive rewards.}} </div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Request an appointment regarding intelligence you've gathered}} <div>Perhaps the Information Office would be interested in your recent reports. {{game note|Learn how you can be of use to the Ministry of Public Decency.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[Acquainted with a Genial Auditor]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A new acquaintance '''</span> <div>The Congruous Secretary gives you a brilliant smile. "Well, that sounds entirely apposite. Take a seat, dear." She writes a note and inserts it into a pressurised delivery-tube by her desk. Fifteen minutes later, a Genial Auditor arrives: a portly fellow with white, wispy mutton chops. "Pleasure to meet you, [[Addressed As#SpeechFormal|Addressed As(SpeechFormal)]]. Let's go to my office, shall we?" He leads you through labyrinthine corridors. A new bust of the Empress seems to wait around every corner.</div> <ul> * [[Acquainted with a Genial Auditor]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Take tea with the Genial Auditor}} <div>His office is small, but comfortable. One wall is lined with books. Another holds a window, with a small window box in which he appears to be growing decorative fungus.</div> | <ul> * [[Acquainted with a Genial Auditor]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Genial Auditor||genialauditor}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver your port reports to the Genial Auditor}} <div>"Well, what do we have here?" he asks, pouring you both tea.</div> | <ul> * [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[Acquainted with a Genial Auditor]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Expert handling '''</span> <div>He listens intently, writing notes on a pad of paper. His comments are absolutely neutral. "I see. Fascinating. Well, well." You notice your reports are filtered into separate piles. Afterwards, he writes a requisition form for you. "Just pop this into Finance on your way out, and they'll see to the needful," he says. "Terribly grateful. Best keep this information to yourself though, eh? Rest assured we are experts. We'll ensure it's handled sensitively."</div> <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]]</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>100* [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]]</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:book icon.png|23px]] [[Albion Port Reports]]</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:avidhorizon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Avid Horizon]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Brabazon Workworld]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Most Serene Mausoleum]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:perdurance icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Perdurance]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:royalsociety icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Royal Society]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:worlebury icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Worlebury-juxta-Mare]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:floatingparliament icon.png|23px]] [[Report: The Floating Parliament]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:clockworksun icon.png|23px]] [[Report: The Clockwork Sun]] = 0<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | {{effect title|Trade Gratitude to reduce your Unwanted Attention}} <div>Surely the Genial Auditor can remove your name from certain documents, or suggest other, more deserving candidates for the Ministry's attention. </div> | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[The Ministry's Gratitude]] β₯ 3<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Unwanted Attention: Albion]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A word in the right place '''</span> <div>The Auditor is dismayed to hear of your troubles. "Oh no, no, no, no no. This must be a mistake! A person of your calibre? No, no, no. Some of our inspectors are over-eager, bless them. Don't worry. I'll have a word."</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Unwanted Attention: Albion]] = [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Unwanted Attention: Albion]]/2<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-3</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Trade Favour for a Ministry-Stamped Permit}} <div>The Genial Auditor keeps an Alexandrian collection of forms, orders, and permits, and is happy to dispense them to 'good sorts'.</div> | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[The Ministry's Gratitude]] β₯ 2<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A damn good stamping '''</span> <div>He rummages through his many-drawered desk. "Hm. That's an E4-dash-C. No use to us. Or indeed, anyone. Oh, here we areβ Wait, no; that's a paraffin requisition form. Where the devilβ Ah-ha! Success!" He retrieves a densely-typed form, stamps it, and hands it over. Perhaps this is the one you'll need.</div> <ul> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Trade Favour for a Cryptic Benefactor}} <div>When you enter the Genial Auditor's office, the air is heavy with cigar-smoke. Another Ministry official is present β are you intruding? "Not at all!" the Auditor says. "Come in! We're all friends here."</div> | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[The Ministry's Gratitude]] β₯ 6<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Friends in high places '''</span> <div>Judging from the Auditor's deference, his colleague occupies a position of importance in the Ministry. He is at no point named. A semi-depleted decanter of brandy stands on the desk. You set about depleting it further. The conversation grows increasingly informal as you all lament the state of modern society. "Tell me," the Auditor's nameless superior asks, idly, "who would you say is the problem?" He listens closely to your answer. Afterwards, he stands to leave. "Pleasure to make your acquaintance," he says, shaking your hand. "Good egg. Damn good egg."</div> <ul> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Cryptic Benefactor]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-6</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Trade Favour for an Invitation to Perdurance}} <div>The Ministry keeps a supply of invitations to the Half-Light Masque. Occasionally, they hand them out as rewards to people who provide valuable services.</div> | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[The Ministry's Gratitude]] β₯ 3<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A tear in his eye '''</span> <div>He hands one over: a luxurious cream card with flowing gold script. "Is there a better example of the importance of our work? The bloom of British youth, preserved in the flush of their innocence! It tests a chap's stiff upper lip, it really does." </div> <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Invitation to Perdurance]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-3</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Trade Favour for a Royal Dispensation}} <div>In matters critical to the Crown, the Ministry is sometimes forced to use extrajudicial methods. The Genial Auditor will have access to Royal Dispensations.</div> | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[The Ministry's Gratitude]] β₯ 16<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Understanding '''</span> <div>"Say no more!" You've worked so hard on matters crucial to the Ministry. They consider you almost one of their own. And if the Auditor's eagerness is in any way influenced by a desire to reduce the debt owed to an outsider, he's remarkably skilled at concealing it.</div> <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-16</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> * [[File:royaldispensation icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Royal Dispensation]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Surrender your Contraband}} <div>You won't get much for it, but nor will you get arrested for possession.</div> | <ul> * [[File:smuggling icon.png|23px]] [[Contraband]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The safe alternative to smuggling '''</span> <div>A young Civil Servant sends a Clay Man to your locomotive to retrieve your contraband items. "Her Majesty thanks you," you are told, though your rewards do not exactly sparkle with gratitude.</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:smuggling icon.png|23px]] [[Contraband]]*10</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:smuggling icon.png|23px]] [[Contraband]]*0.33</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> * [[File:redhoney square icon.png|23px]] [[Firkin of Red Honey]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:illicitliterature square icon.png|23px]] [[Trunk of Illicit Literature]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:starshine square icon.png|23px]] [[Hogshead of Starshine]] = 0<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | {{effect title|Make a deal to reduce your Notoriety}} <div>You've earned a few politely averted eyes. {{game note|Reduce Notoriety earned through smuggling.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:pairofeyes icon.png|23px]] [[Notoriety]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have stepped briefly outside the law</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:royaldispensation icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Dispensation]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Forgiven, if not forgotten '''</span> <div>"Wait here." The Secretary disappears to speak to a few people, and returns with a polite smile. "This didn't happen, of course. Is there anything else?"</div> <ul> * [[File:royaldispensation icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Royal Dispensation]]<p></p> * [[File:pairofeyes icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Notoriety]]<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = The Royal Horological Office |image = horologist.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281662 }} ==The Royal Horological Office== ''Tick. Tick. Tick. Albion's heartbeat. Clocks of diverse size and shape line the walls of this small, grey office. Each is meticulously tuned by the Royal Horologists and Inspectors as practice for the thankless, complex task of ensuring the consistency of time across Her Renewed Majesty's territories.'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Report your encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time}} <div>As soon as you mention the Weft, the Chief Horologist springs up and closes the door to his office. "There. Now we can talk more openly."</div> | <ul> * [[File:well_green icon.png|23px]] [[An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time]] = 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Horological Office at London may be able to tell you more</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''New work '''</span> <div>"These outbreaks of unruly time are... politically sensitive. I assume preventing or repairing them is beneath her Majesty's dignity. She is, of course, terribly busy. "Our office has been instructed to make such repairs as we can. We have invented the Ravelling Jacks: simplified hour-looms that can re-weave time's torn fabric. If you would assist, we'll pay for every Weft repaired. "Unfortunately, the Jacks only work from inside a Weft. A delicate operation. And I'm afraid the machines are fragile. My superiors insist we demand a small deposit before you requisition one."</div> <ul> * [[File:well_green icon.png|23px]] [[An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time]] = 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]The Horological Office will reward you for closing Wefts of Unravelling Time. You can requisition the necessary equipment from them for a small deposit</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+500</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Report your encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time}} <div>Mysteriously, the Horologists seem unwilling to talk to you.</div> | <ul> * [[File:well_green icon.png|23px]] [[An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time]] = 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Horological Office at London may be able to tell you more</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Applicant</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''On the outside '''</span> <div>They adopt blank faces when you describe your experience, and say things like "Sounds very unlikely. Are you sure you haven't got a touch of the old starlight? Makes one believe all kinds of things, I heard." You sure they know more than they're saying. Perhaps if you were a member of the Office, they'd trust you enough to talk. </div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Submit your Observations on Mended Wefts}} <div>The Office will pay handsomely if you can produce evidence of repairs made to incidents of unravelling time. {{game note|You will gain sovereigns and the gratitude of the Ministry of Public Decency, and improve the state of the Clockwork Sun.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Observations on a Mended Weft of Time]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:well_green icon.png|23px]] [[An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time]] β₯ 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]The Horological Office will reward you for closing Wefts of Unravelling Time. You can requisition the necessary equipment from them for a small deposit</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A stitch in time '''</span> <div>The Chief Horologist examines your reports with forensic care: filling pages of his notebook with neat ink before he is satisfied. "Excellent. One of the clerks will see to your fee. And I'll make sure the Ministry hears of your good work."</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>200* [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Observations on a Mended Weft of Time]]</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>3* [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Observations on a Mended Weft of Time]]</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Observations on a Mended Weft of Time]]</span> x [[The Ministry's Gratitude]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Observations on a Mended Weft of Time]] = 0<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | rowspan='3' | {{effect title|A new assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Title|Royal Horological Office(Title)]]. You're back. Good. I trust you are ready for your next assignment."</div> | rowspan='3' | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 1 and β€ 79<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | style='border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00;' | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time '''</span> <div>"These careless colonists. We've been getting deliveries before they've even been sent. Chronologically speaking, I mean. Wind your pocketwatch and get them back on track."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> <ul> | rowspan='3' | |- | style='background: #002020; border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00;' align='center' | <span style='color:orange;'>Rare event (50%)</span> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time'''</span> <div>"Good. Hurry up and tell them that they're living in the past. Or possibly the future. Either way, not in the now. An intolerable state of affairs."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|A special assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I have an interesting one for you."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 95 and β€ 100<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:portprosper icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Port Prosper]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Loose time in Port Prosper '''</span> <div>"Port Prosper, [[Addressed As#SpeechFormal|Addressed As(SpeechFormal)]]. A fine place to retire, provided one has wealth and the hours to spend it in." The Royal Horologist clucks. "Unfortunately, an operation smuggling falsely-franked hours has taken root there. I would send an Inspector, but few of them are qualified for rough work. In your little sideline as captain, however, I doubt you are so easily deterred."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 400 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>in Port Prosper</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A new assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I trust you are ready for your next assignment."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 95 and β€ 100<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:portprosper icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Port Prosper]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time '''</span> <div>"Good. Hurry up and tell them that they're living in the past. Or possibly the future. Either way, not in the now. An intolerable state of affairs."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A special assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I have an interesting one for you."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 90 and β€ 94<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Brabazon]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Loose time on the Brabazon Workworld '''</span> <div>The Royal Horologist stares glumly at a report. "The Brabazon workworld, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. A necessary operation, but one that causes this office a great deal of work. Their use of hours is... gargantuan. "It appears they have been experiencing a spate of unlicensed hour-looming, and the overseers' brand of door-pounding brutality has not tracked it down. Perhaps you would have more luck. For the reputation of our office, I hope so."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 300 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>on the Brabazon Workworld</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A new assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I trust you are ready for your next assignment."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 90 and β€ 94<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Brabazon]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time '''</span> <div>"Good. Hurry up and tell them that they're living in the past. Or possibly the future. Either way, not in the now. An intolerable state of affairs."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A new assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I trust you are ready for your next assignment."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 85 and β€ 89<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:lustrum icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Lustrum]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time '''</span> <div>"Good. Hurry up and tell them that they're living in the past. Or possibly the future. Either way, not in the now. An intolerable state of affairs."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A new assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I trust you are ready for your next assignment."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 80 and β€ 84<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:carillon icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Carillon]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The clocks must run on time '''</span> <div>"Good. Hurry up and tell them that they're living in the past. Or possibly the future. Either way, not in the now. An intolerable state of affairs."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = (1 to 9) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Clockwork]] = (1 to 3) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A special assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]. You're back. Good. I have an interesting one for you."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 85 and β€ 89<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:lustrum icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Lustrum]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Loose time in Lustrum '''</span> <div>"The Mother of Mountains is the primary source of London's hours. But the rush to mine it is frenzied and unruly. The Windward Company has reported a notable uptick in adulterated hours of late. Unscrupulous prospectors mingle them with geodes of chalcedony or quartz. I would normally send an Inspector, but I'm sure you can handle it. Prove me right, [[Royal Horological Office#Variable Interaction description|Royal Horological Office]]."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 200 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>in Lustrum</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|A special assignment}} <div>The Chief Horologist almost looks pleased to see you. "Ah, [[Royal Horological Office#Title|Royal Horological Office(Title)]]. You're back. Good. I have an interesting one for you."</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:carillon icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment β Carillon]] β€ 0<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Completed a Horologist Assignment]] β₯ 80 and β€ 84<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>to return to the London office for new orders</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Loose time in Carillon '''</span> <div>"Have you been to Carillon? A most cleansing place. The devils run it, you know. The treatments are terribly invigorating. Anyway. We have reports of unlicensed hours being trades within its halls. I have faith in you, [[Royal Horological Office#Title|Royal Horological Office(Title)]]. Handle the matter and hurry back. The clocks won't wait."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>in Carillon</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Speak to the Chief Horologist}} <div>He sits hunched in a thick, grey blanket, his crow-like stare fixed on a disassembled clock. Its gears are almost too small for the eye to see.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''One empire. One time. One date. '''</span> <div>"Hmmph. 'Times change,' I have heard. Well not if I have any say in it." He reaches for a pair of tweezers, the pincers barely thicker than a human hair. "The time in London must be the time in Brabazon, in Worlebury, in New Winchester, in Lustrum. To the second. It is the privilege and duty of this office to ensure that continuity." He sniffs. "A task that was considerably easier before we began spending hours like shillings and sixpences. Now it might be yesterday in one place, and next week in another. It is most untidy."</div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Acquire a Ravelling Jack}} <div>It is, for all intents and purposes, an hour-loom small enough to fit on a locomotive, which can be used to repair Wefts of Unravelling Time. The Office will release one to you in return for a modest deposit. {{game note|The Ravelling Jack will take up a slot in your hold.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:clock square icon.png|23px]] [[Ravelling Jack]] = <span style='color:red;'>0</span><p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] β₯ 100<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:well_green icon.png|23px]] [[An Encounter with a Weft of Unravelling Time]] β₯ 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]The Horological Office will reward you for closing Wefts of Unravelling Time. You can requisition the necessary equipment from them for a small deposit</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A new friend '''</span> <div>The Jack is a cumbersome machine with an improbable number of arms and wheels. It comes with an almost indecipherable instruction manual and a stern lecture from the officer in charge of the supply closets. {{game note|When you enter a Weft, you may try to repair it. There is a chance the Jack will break. Return with evidence of repaired Wefts to receive payment. You may return an undamaged Jack to reclaim some of the deposit.}} </div> <ul> * [[File:clock square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Ravelling Jack]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-100</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Return an intact Ravelling Jack}} <div>And claim the deposit for it. The Office can always use such devices.</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Ravelling Jack]]<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Apprentice Third Class</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Back home '''</span> <div>The capped porter points at a nearly-invisible scuff mark. "Slightly damaged," he says. The clerk only returns half your deposit. His apology is entirely insincere.</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+50</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:clock square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ravelling Jack]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Look at the Clock of Albion}} <div>From this side, it is a polished wonder of valves, pendulums, and cogs working in perfect harmony.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A breathtaking work of engineering '''</span> <div>Only the finest engineers were permitted to work on it. Every component is encased in polished glass. The hands, sharp enough to slice paper, slide between the exquisitely carved numerals with buttered smoothness. Only the second hand is permitted to jump from moment to moment, and it does so with the precision of a military march. "It's just for tourists of course," grumbles a bleary-eyed apprentice. "Albion time's really based on the ol' Tick-Tock-Man's pocketwatch. He keeps us straight. Except that time on his ninetieth birthday when he had one too many and the whole of Albion lost two hours."</div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Examine the array of clocks}} <div>They all have the names of ports within Albion and the Reach. Lustrum. Brabazon. Port Prosper.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The current time is right now '''</span> <div>Despite the vast distances involved and the complicating effects of local hour-usage, all the clocks show the same time. Each of London's territories is expected to run on Albion Standard Time. But London is a long way from them. Despite being a commandment from the Empress' own lips, it is a law more often breached than observed.</div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask about the nature of Hours}} <div>Their use remains poorly understood. </div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Modest adjustments '''</span> <div>The Chief Horologist doesn't bother to hide the weariness in his voice. "No, despite the imaginative claims of certain penny-dreadfuls, hours can't take you back to yesterday, nor leapfrog tomorrow. "But with the use of hour-looms, a week's journey can be made to take a day, or a prisoner can endure the ten years of his sentence while only one year passes outside his cell. A workworld can perform a month's labour in a week. A lifespan can be stretched. The Empire, [[Addressed As#SpeechFormal|Addressed As(SpeechFormal)]], runs on hours."</div> <ul> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Enquire about employment}} <div>Not just anyone can become a Royal Horologist.</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office]] β€ 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Applicant</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] β₯ [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Waiting To Retake The Horology Test]]<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A job for serious people '''</span> <div>The Chief Horologist looks surprised at your enquiry. Horologists tend to be cut from a specific cloth; a rather greyer fabric than that worn by a skyfarer. However, you have the right to take the examination if you wish. He blows the dust off a textbook and bids you sit down. No calculation devices or writing implements are permitted.</div> <ul> {{trigger event|Royal Horology Exam β Question 1||horologist}}<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |} {{Infobox story |name = The Office of Works |image = ministryliterature.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 288726 }} ==The Office of Works== ''The Office of Works is a bustling bureaucratic enigma. Behind its red-bricked flanks labour numberless clerks and surveyors. What mysteries lurk within its memoranda? Its chits and its receipts? What, exactly, are its eponymous 'works'? '' ''No one is sure. But in a draughty loading bay, an Unflappable Foreman purchases supplies to complete outstanding work orders.'' {{game note|Provide the Foreman's requirements to earn payment.}} <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Offer your services}} <div>He sniffs, and leafs through a dog-eared ledger.</div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β€ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Gainful employment '''</span> <div>"The Office of Works, gawd bless 'er, has very particular requirements. Very particular. Let's 'ave a look..."</div> <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|"'Ere we go: order eight-four-four-six-dash-dee."}} <div>"Still needs an explosive. Not your regulation shot and shell, neither. Something with some heat to it. Enough to turn glass to gas. You might need to box clever, here."</div> | <ul> * [[File:munitions square icon.png|23px]] 2 x [[Carefully-Packed Crate of Munitions]]<p></p> * [[File:CondemnedExperiment icon.png|23px]] [[Condemned Experiment]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 1 and β€ 20<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Ingenuity '''</span> <div>The Foreman pales as you show him your improvised, experimental explosive. "Christ almighty. Masterson! Take this away! Carefully!"</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+700</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:munitions square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Carefully-Packed Crate of Munitions]]<p></p> * [[File:CondemnedExperiment icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Condemned Experiment]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|"'Ere we are. Order eight-oh-nine-dash-jay."}} <div>He clears his throat, and reads: "'An additional three hundredweight of good hours comma unseasoned comma appropriately franked and authorised.'" He glares at you. "Hear that? Franked and authorised. None of your contraband."</div> | <ul> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] 3 x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 21 and β€ 40<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''All above board '''</span> <div>The Foreman squints critically at the complex permits. "Well, yes. That, ah, that all seems in order. Glad to see the back of this one. We've been keepin' the rest of the hours in the storeroom next to the canteen, and it makes us all a bit weepy when we has our sandwiches. Sad stuff, time."</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+350</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-3</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|"Ah! Order nine-eight-two-one-dash-cee. Properly urgent this one. I'm parched."}} <div>He reads from his ledger. "'Required: two caddies of dried tea for the drinkin' thereof.' And none of that mushroom rubbish, neither. Nor the factory sweepin's. We wants something a bit fancy."</div> | <ul> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] 2 x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] [[Vision of the Heavens]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 41 and β€ 60<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Spinning a tale '''</span> <div>The Foreman cracks the lid and inhales a noseful of the scent. It would be too much to suggest that this is the fabled midnight tea that grows beneath a black sun. But perhaps, you intimate, it contains a leaf or two of that priceless plant. The Foreman is intrigued, and pays you promptly.</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+300</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|"Oh yes. Work order seven-seven-seven-seven-dash-jee."}} <div>"It says here we're missing 'two bolts of bombazine comma freshly oiled full stop must be proof against spillages comma frayin' an' fadin'.'" That'd be quite the oil. You may need to improvise."</div> | <ul> * [[File:bombazineroll square icon.png|23px]] 2 x [[Roll of Thirsty Bombazine]]<p></p> * [[File:uncannyspecimen icon.png|23px]] [[Uncanny Specimen]] β₯ 2<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 61 and β€ 80<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''An oiled delivery '''</span> <div>You were forced to provide your own oil, extracted from one of the eery specimens you found in the sky. The Foreman seems impressed. "Initiative," he remarks. "I admire that."</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+400</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:bombazineroll square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Roll of Thirsty Bombazine]]<p></p> * [[File:uncannyspecimen icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Uncanny Specimen]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|"I suppose there's this one: good old seven-two-seven-four-dash-eff."}} <div>"The eff stands forβ Well, I'll let you infer." He reads from the order. "'Live specimen of celestial fauna brackets one close brackets. Must be in rude health and of intemperate disposition.' So," he snaps his ledger shut, "best of luck with that one." </div> | <ul> * [[File:cagedcatch square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Caged Catch]]<p></p> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] [[Tale of Terror]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 81 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Office of Works needs one Caged Catch and one Tale of Terror</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A ravenous delivery '''</span> <div>A pair of labourers manoeuvre the catch into its new pen, their hands trembling as you recount tales of its ferocity. The Foreman shakes his head. "Gawd knows what they want this one for. I stopped askin' questions after someone gave me an answer." He shudders, and pays you.</div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+350</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:cagedcatch square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Caged Catch]]<p></p> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask if there are other opportunities available}} <div>The Foreman sighs wearily. He consults his ledger, flipping each page with an irritated finger and scowling. {{game note|If you dislike the current work order, this will request a different one. You can only make such a request once every 15 days.}} </div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[New Work Orders Available]] β€ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] β₯ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Office of Works needs two Carefully-Packed Crates of Munitions and a Condemned Experiment</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A great imposition '''</span> <div>"Well, I don't know, I really don't. Orders are strictly meant to be done in priority order. Don't like bending the rules like this, I must say. Where would the empire be...?" His grumbling continues, punctuated by the sharp turn of pages.</div> <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Work Orders]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[New Work Orders Available]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Take your leave}} <div>You have business elsewhere.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''"Cheerio!" '''</span> <div>The Foreman turns his attention to a pallet of crates destined for St Dominic's Station. "Hurry it up! These have got to make the twelve-fifteen!"</div> <ul> </ul> | |} =Triggered Events= {{Infobox story |name = Her Renewed Majesty's Customs Service |image = revenuemen.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 316863 }} ==Her Renewed Majesty's Customs Service== ''A busy, growing department, the Customs Service regulates the trade of sensitive goods, combats smuggling, and levies duties on trade in and out of Albion. '' ''It's also the last thing standing in the way of opening your new transit relay between Albion and Eleutheria.'' '''<big>Trigger conditions</big>''' [[File:transitrelay icon.png|23px]] [[The Albion to Eleutheria Transit Relay]] β₯ 60 β€ 60, <br> Location: London<br> Area: The Ministries<br> Frequency: Always (100%)<br> <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements !style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Pull some strings}} <div>Your establishment associates help you identify a Pallid Civil Servant with the authority to resolve your problem. You will need to call in a favour.</div> | <ul> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] [[Cryptic Benefactor]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:affiliationestablishment icon.png|23px]] [[Affiliation: Establishment]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The right sort '''</span> <div>The Civil Servant shows you into his office. The curtains are drawn. Gaslights glow on the walls. "I have an aversion to starlight," he admits. "Now, then. This new relay is a private facility, yes? And you come highly recommended," he waves an effusive reference, signed by your benefactor. "The Customs Service has a duty to monitor new routes in and out of Albion, but I'm sure we can come to an arrangement." He insists on some presence at the relay, but in the end you agree that the Customs Service will only station a couple of Monitors nearby, and perform random checks on goods passing through. It's the best you're going to get. "Marvellous," he says, clearly glad this is over. "I will ensure this goes through the proper channels. Good day." You take your leave. {{game note|Your new relay is now functional!}} </div> <ul> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Cryptic Benefactor]]<p></p> * [[File:transitrelay icon.png|23px]] [[The Albion to Eleutheria Transit Relay]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]The relay station is complete</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:transitrelay icon.png|23px]] [[Duskings Deep]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+3000</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Form a deal with a corrupt official}} <div>Your criminal associates have given you a name: a member of the Custom's Service whose loyalty might be swayed, if you can prove it would be in his interest.</div> | <ul> * [[File:unlicensedchart icon.png|23px]] [[Unlicensed Chart]] β₯ 1<p></p> * [[File:affiliationvillainy icon.png|23px]] [[Affiliation: Villainy]] β₯ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A man on the inside '''</span> <div>He used to be a smuggler with the Gentlemen, until his capture and arrest. To avoid a prison sentence, he agreed to work for the Revenue Men. Since then he has hounded and hindered his old associates. Now, the allure of his past criminal existence tugs at him; he is desperate to break some rules. When you spread your chart β showing smuggling routes that would benefit from the new relay β on the table, you see his eyes widen. Perhaps, in exchange for a cut of the proceeds, he would turn the occasional blind eye. How is the civil service pension these days? He agrees. The relay can open, and Customs will limit itself to a few Monitor patrols and occasional 'random' spot checks at the relay itself. You shake hands. {{game note|Your new relay is now functional!}} </div> <ul> * [[File:transitrelay icon.png|23px]] [[The Albion to Eleutheria Transit Relay]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]The relay station is complete</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:transitrelay icon.png|23px]] [[Duskings Deep]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+3000</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> * [[File:unlicensedchart icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Unlicensed Chart]]<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Navbox Locations}} [[Category:Locations]] [[Category:Ports]] [[Category:Platforms]] [[Category:Albion]]
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