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=The Bit Between= ''The officials of Brabazon never bothered to formally name its waypoint. Captains dock here to pick up goods or deliver workers. It is not a place to linger, because of the proximity to the accelerated time of the workworld.'' {{Infobox story |name = The Last Day |image = ministryliterature.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 303698 }} ==The Last Day== ''A horn blares. The factory doors creak open. Those Workworlders lucky enough to have reached the end of their service blink in the light of freedom. They were young when they first arrived. Now their skin is calloused and wrinkled; aged not only by hard labour, but the slow-burning light of the Clockwork Sun.'' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[An Opportunity at the Brabazon Workworld]], <br> [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[An Opportunity at the Brabazon Workworld]] ≥ 1 <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 |- | rowspan='4' | {{effect title|Help a Workworlder with their paperwork}} <div>They are due to be released, but Brabazon never makes it easy.</div> | rowspan='4' | <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[Mirrors]] challenge (<span style='color:#C03060;'>'''125'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> </ul> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='4' | |- | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <span style='color:white'>'''Trapped by bureaucracy '''</span> <div>The official forms are labyrinthine, written in the smallest possible type for workers who can barely read. Unfortunately, you have no luck sorting through them. The hope of freedom in the worker's eye fades. They shuffle back through the gates.</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[An Opportunity at the Brabazon Workworld]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #RAREREPL;' | <span style='color:white'>'''According to Section 4B(2)... '''</span> <div>The Overseer is most displeased when you turn up with one of her workers, forms all correctly filed out and stamped. They are forced to release the prisoner on schedule. Your only reward is a smile from the prisoner, and a scowl from the Overseer. It is enough.</div> <ul> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>-10</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[An Opportunity at the Brabazon Workworld]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|Recruit crew from the Workworld}} <div>Former workers, now old and exhausted. Brabazon does not pay for their journeys home.</div> | <ul> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Welcome aboard '''</span> <div>The now elderly crew shuffle aboard, almost relieved to be given orders. Their bones are brittle, but they will work hard. Working hard is all that they've known in their lifetimes under the lash.</div> <ul> * [[File:crew icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>(1 to 3) </span> x [[Crew]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[An Opportunity at the Brabazon Workworld]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |} {{Infobox story |name = The Bit Between |image = pastsmoggystreets.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281872 }} ==The Bit Between== ''Brabazon Workworld: the first workworld to be established in Albion. Working here, debtors can escape prison; they remain till their debts are repaid and a ticket away has been funded. The primary industry is that of hours processing, which has the side effect of accelerating time on the workworld surface. The dock is between Brabazon Workworld and Little Nice – where the more privileged overseers reside. The dock is, for captains' sake, nearer Little Nice than the workworld. Unexpected ageing would deter even the greediest captain from arriving. '' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] [[Uprising Lock]] ≤ 0, <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|Ask after the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>What happened to him after your altercation in Brabazon?</div> | <ul> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Pursuing: the Dismal Chamberlain]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Perhaps someone at Brabazon, where you saw him last, or the Mausoleum, his old haunt, can tell you the Chamberlain's current whereabouts</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Isery]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The Chamberlain's fate '''</span> <div>You make your way to the slum where you first duelled the Chamberlain. After a few hours of fruitless questioning, you stumble upon an eye-patched overseer. You recognise him as the man the Chamberlain attacked while under the influence of moonlight. "He ended up in solitary for what he did to me," says the overseer, adjusting his eyepatch. "But it turned into a bit of controversy. He had a lot of influence with royalty. Eventually they whisked him away to Carillon so he could repent."</div> <ul> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Pursuing: the Dismal Chamberlain]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Dismal Chamberlain has been sent to Carillon, in the hope he can be cured of his questing obsession</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask after the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>What happened to him after your altercation in Brabazon?</div> | <ul> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Pursuing: the Dismal Chamberlain]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Perhaps someone at Brabazon, where you saw him last, or the Mausoleum, his old haunt, can tell you the Chamberlain's current whereabouts</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Isery]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The Chamberlain's fate '''</span> <div>You make your way to the slum where you first duelled the Chamberlain. After a few hours of fruitless questioning, you stumble upon an eye-patched overseer. You recognise him as the man the Chamberlain attacked while under the influence of moonlight. "He ended up in solitary for what he did to me," says the overseer, adjusting his eyepatch. "But it turned into a bit of controversy. He had a lot of influence with royalty. Eventually they whisked him away to Carillon so he could repent."</div> <ul> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Pursuing: the Dismal Chamberlain]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Dismal Chamberlain has been sent to Carillon, in the hope he can be cured of his questing obsession</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Track down the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>To find the Martyr-King's Cup, you must win a sword from one of your fellow questers. And you know where the Chamberlain is staying.</div> | <ul> * [[File:martyrkingscup icon.png|23px]] [[Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup]] = 4 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Travel to the Brabazon Workworld and claim the Dismal Chamberlain's sword as your own</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Moonlit uplands '''</span> <div>Following the Queen's directions, you find your way to the street where the Chamberlain is staying. As you walk through rolling clouds of soot, the clamour and walls and noise fade away one by one. Then the smog clears. You remember (how could you have forgotten?) that you are a knight, riding your destrier up a narrow road on a barren, windswept hill. There are no stars tonight, but the moon seems to fill the sky.</div> <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[Visions in Silver]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You are seeing what really ought to be.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Silver Dreams of a Golden Day]]<p></p> {{trigger event|The Dismal Knight||brabazon_ambience}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Track down the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>To find the Martyr-King's Cup, you must win a sword from one of your fellow questers. And you know where the Chamberlain is staying.</div> | <ul> * [[File:martyrkingscup icon.png|23px]] [[Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup]] = 4 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Travel to the Brabazon Workworld and claim the Dismal Chamberlain's sword as your own</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Moonlit uplands '''</span> <div>Following the Queen's directions, you find your way to the street where the Chamberlain is staying. As you walk through rolling clouds of soot, the clamour and walls and noise fade away one by one. Then the smog clears. You remember (how could you have forgotten?) that you are a knight, riding your destrier up a narrow road on a barren, windswept hill. There are no stars tonight, but the moon seems to fill the sky.</div> <ul> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[Visions in Silver]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You are seeing what really ought to be.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Silver Dreams of a Golden Day]]<p></p> {{trigger event|The Dismal Knight||brabazon_ambience}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ambition: Establish a spider-council here}} <div>Your sorrow-spider is cunning, and will be able to find its way down to the workworld. You release it and, sure enough, watch it scuttle silently after an overseer as he passes through the gates.</div> | <ul> * [[File:well_purple icon.png|23px]] [[A Spider-Council in Albion]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Establish a spider-council at Perdurance or Brabazon, in Albion</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A strand of the web '''</span> <div>Time moves more quickly on the workworld itself, so barely a day has passed for you when the spider reappears, its work already done. In the wordless, signed language of its weaving legs it informs you of a forgotten factory, now clogged with webs, where the juvenile sorrow-spiders have learned to knit themselves together using an old Spinning Jenny.</div> <ul> * [[File:well_purple icon.png|23px]] [[A Spider-Council in Albion]] = 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You founded a spider-council at Brabazon</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:unaccountablypeckish icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Savage Secret]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask what has happened}} <div>Children are no longer trekking between their school in Little Nice and Brabazon. The Overseers look tired and wary. </div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 81 and ≤ 99<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |<div>"It's the workers, you see. We just can't keep them happy." The Overseer sighs heavily. "We can't change anything, we can't keep them happy, we can't do anything right. Just making themselves miserable, and life harder for us. We don't want to make them work. But if they don't..." He shakes his head. </div> <ul> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>It is possible to lower unrest in the backstreets of Brabazon.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Travel to Little Nice}} <div>The Governor of Brabazon Workworld resides in the picturesque village at the far end of the Bit Between. </div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |<div>Thick double doors separate the Bit Between from Little Nice. The fresh air of this pretty village is in sharp contrast to that near the dock. </div> <ul> {{trigger event|Little Nice||wind}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Join a tour of Brabazon Workworld}} <div>With the right forms, you can requisition hours. The tour guide can use those to ensure you remain safe. </div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> |<div>The Overseer checks over your permit and sets aside some Brabazon hours to be woven for you. She hands the group over to the Tour Leader, who shepherds you all into a side room.</div> <ul> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> {{trigger event|Preparations for the Workworld||clock}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Once you join the tour, you will not be able to leave till the end.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Join a tour of Brabazon Workworld}} <div>A neatly printed sign offers: 'Tours of Brabazon. Witness the Worthy Work of Albion's Unfortunates, Blessed with Toil'. Near it, several well-dressed personages are gathered in a tight group. Occasional guffaws rise above the chatter. </div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div>"We run this tour at cost, you know," says the Overseer who collects your contribution. She hands the group over to the Tour Leader, who shepherds you all into a side room.</div> <ul> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 1<p></p> {{trigger event|Preparations for the Workworld||clock}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Once you join the tour, you will not be able to leave till the end.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Join a tour of Brabazon Workworld}} <div>The guards are not corruptible. Starshine does not help them perform their daily toil, and keep others at theirs. You would most certainly not be allowed to join a tour in exchange for it. </div> | <ul> * [[File:starshine square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Hogshead of Starshine]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A way to pass the time '''</span> <div>The exchange is quick, furtive and entirely discreet. "We won't say nothing if you don't say nothing," the guard says. "Tour leaves presently. Don't be late." The Overseer checks over the note given by the guards and sets aside some Brabazon hours to be woven for you. She hands the group over to the Tour Leader, who shepherds you all into a side room.</div> <ul> * [[File:starshine square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Hogshead of Starshine]]<p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 1<p></p> {{trigger event|Preparations for the Workworld||clock}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Once you join the tour, you will not be able to leave till the end.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Join a tour of Brabazon Workworld}} <div>The Overseer requires information. No one can be sentenced to the Workworld without there first being evidence of a crime. </div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:unaccountablypeckish icon.png|23px]] [[Savage Secret]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Donation received '''</span> <div>The Overseer listens intently to what you have to say. "Hmm. Useful, I think. We shall see what can be done with it." She directs you to a group by the Tour Leader, who shepherds you all into a side room.</div> <ul> * [[File:unaccountablypeckish icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Savage Secret]]<p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 1<p></p> {{trigger event|Preparations for the Workworld||clock}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Once you join the tour, you will not be able to leave till the end.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Find the Overseer who spoke of the workers' unrest}} <div>They have slipped into a room marked 'Staff Only'. </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 20 and ≤ 99<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|A Small Kitchen||bloody}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>You will be able to change your mind.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Signal the revolutionary agent}} <div>The cape sliding off their left shoulder. The hair tied just so. The not-remotely-discreet eyebrow raise whenever you meet their eye. They match the description the revolutionaries gave you. </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 20 and ≤ 99<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |<div>They demand a complicated handshake before they'll hand you a carriage clock. "Same deal as on the tour. I stole you a pocket of time, myself. Make good use of it." As they turn to smile innocently at another Overseer, they shove you towards a maintenance hatch. "Get through there, and someone will take you the rest of the way."</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> {{trigger event|The Headquarters||flag}}<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>This will take you straight to the hideout of the revolutionaries.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets'}} <div>It is open only to those working at the port, those previously of the port, and yourself.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> </ul> |<div>It might now be an official route, but it's still through the maintenance hatch. It's not a dignified departure. </div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> {{trigger event|The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Take the 'Official Shortcut to Brabazon Back Streets'}} <div>If you don't have the hours, you can requisition them.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> |<div>It might now be an official route, but it's still through the maintenance hatch. It's not a dignified departure. </div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> {{trigger event|The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Attempt to converse with an Overseer}} <div>Few are willing to stop for mere conversation. Those that do will only linger at the Little Nice end of the tunnel. It's safer.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Conversing with the Overseers]]<p></p> </ul> |<div>[[Airs of Brabazon#AirsBetween|Airs of Brabazon(AirsBetween)]] </div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Conversing with the Overseers]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>You can try again in 15 days.</span>'' |- | rowspan='4' | {{effect title|Stand for Parliament in the Brabazon Workworld}} <div>Those who even have the time to notice your campaign are hard edged and weary. They demand strength and purpose. </div> | rowspan='4' | <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] ≥ 50<p></p> * [[File:floatingparliament icon.png|23px]] [[Election Called]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>A Parliamentary seat is available on the Brabazon Workworld</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] [[Iron]] challenge (<span style='color:#C03060;'>'''84'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Time to Election]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='4' | Advanced query needs investigation ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>A new Election will be called here in 15 days, if you wish to try again</span>'' ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>It costs 50 sovereigns to stand. It is refunded if you win.</span>'' |- | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <span style='color:white'>'''Minor setbacks '''</span> <div>The polls are not in your favour. Your opponents appear to have the will of the people behind them. Fortunately, it is a long way from here to Parliament. You suspect that it will not be long before the winner tires of their new position and steps down. </div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-50</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Time to Election]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #RAREREPL;' | <span style='color:white'>'''The election is called '''</span> <div>At least a few of the people bother going to the polls.</div> <ul> {{trigger event|Election Night||camera}}<p></p> </ul> |- | rowspan='3' | {{effect title|Listen to the Will Of The People}} <div>A delegation has been sent to petition you in your role as Minister.</div> | rowspan='3' | <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Constituents Waiting]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Delegations are waiting in London, Port Prosper, Brabazon and Perdurance</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | style='border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00;' | <span style='color:white'>'''Endless problems, few solutions '''</span> <div>You listen with appropriate amounts of care to each person who begs a moment of your time. The majority are local issues, not worth bringing up in Parliament. Occasionally, inspiration strikes for a new law. You promise with a practiced politician's sincerity that even if there is nothing you can do, you will do it to the best of your ability. They seem mollified by that.</div> <ul> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] [[The Will of the People]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have taken note of the Will of the People.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Constituents Waiting]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Delegations around Albion and the Reach are waiting for your arrival</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> <ul> | rowspan='3' | |- | style='background: #002020; border-bottom: 1px solid #A36A00;' align='center' | <span style='color:orange;'>Rare event (10%)</span> |- | <span style='color:white'>'''Endless problems, few solutions'''</span> <div>You listen with appropriate amounts of care to each person who begs a moment of your time. Until the egg hits you in the face. The perpetrators run off giggling. You wipe away the dripping yolk. Someone should make a law against that sort of thing.</div> <ul> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] [[The Will of the People]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have taken note of the Will of the People.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Constituents Waiting]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Delegations around Albion and the Reach are waiting for your arrival</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|Travel to Little Nice}} <div>The Governor of Brabazon Workworld resides in the picturesque village at the far end of the Bit Between.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |<div>Thick double doors separate the Bit Between from Little Nice. Only these doors, and the distance from the Workworld, protect Little Nice from the stench of industry and the run-off of the large-scale processing of time. The fresh air of this pretty village is in sharp contrast to that near the dock. </div> <ul> {{trigger event|Little Nice||wind}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Attempt to converse with an Overseer}} <div>Few are willing to stop for mere conversation. Those that do will only linger at the Little Nice end of the tunnel. It's safer.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Conversing with the Overseers]]<p></p> </ul> |<div>[[Airs of Brabazon#AirsBetween|Airs of Brabazon(AirsBetween)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Conversing with the Overseers]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Investigate the clocks}} <div>[[Airs of Clockwork#BrabazonIntro|Airs of Clockwork(BrabazonIntro)]]</div> | <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 4 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>on the Brabazon Workworld</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Clocks Must Run On Time||clock}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Listen to the work of the Committee for the Improvement of Working Conditions}} <div>The new Governor has encouraged the people of Brabazon to form a committee. It has yet been unable to reach any decisions. If you bring them tea, they'll stamp any permit you provide.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 80 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers are angry. They cry out for liberation</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[The Work of the Committee]]<p></p> </ul> |<div>The Committee sits in a requisitioned stock room, just off the Bit Between. It is cramped, forcing the members to rotate who attends. Workworlders and Overseers sit in equal balance. [[Airs of Brabazon#Committee|Airs of Brabazon(Committee)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[The Work of the Committee]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Wave at the children on the way to school}} <div>The Governor is trialling a scheme whereby the children get to attend school in Little Nice. Their chances of earning a way off port while still young, are increased.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 80 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers are angry. They cry out for liberation</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[School Timer]]<p></p> </ul> |<div>[[Airs of Brabazon#School|Airs of Brabazon(School)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+3</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[School Timer]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Something is wrong}} <div>There is shouting coming from Brabazon Workworld. It must be tremendous for you to hear it from here.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Brabazon workers are up in arms!</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|A Post Unrest Uprising||bloody}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver the Sequencer's care package}} <div>When you explain the nature of your delivery to the overseers, some appropriately-downtrodden workers are summoned.</div> | <ul> * [[File:clockworksun icon.png|23px]] [[The Sequencer's Charity]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Deliver the Well-Intentioned Package to the Brabazon Workworld</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clockworksun icon.png|23px]] [[Well-Intentioned Package]] ≥ 1<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div>The summoned workers are exquisitely downtrodden – the overseers take vocal pride in having gone an extra mile on your behalf, and carefully selected the most miserable of a bad bunch. The amassed labourers shuffle their feet, apparently expecting a trick. Finally a filth-faced man steps forward, ducking his head in greeting, and fumbles the package open. He picks out one of the bow-tie manuals and stares at it for a while. A series of emotions pass very visibly over his face. Finally he inclines his head and thanks you without inflection.</div> <ul> * [[File:clockworksun icon.png|23px]] [[The Sequencer's Charity]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Return to the Sequencer at the Clockwork Sun</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clockworksun icon.png|23px]] [[Well-Intentioned Package]] = 0<p></p> </ul> | |- | rowspan='4' | {{effect title|Help the Incautious Driver hunt for the Verdant Fragment}} <div>Their connection to its progenitor should assist. </div> | rowspan='4' | <ul> * [[File:incautiousdriver icon.png|23px]] [[Learning about the Incautious Driver]] ≥ 40 and ≤ 45<p></p> * [[File:bronzewood icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for the Verdant Fragment]] challenge (<span style='color:#C03060;'>'''Special'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: Brabazon]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='4' | Special is calculated as follows: 70 * 1.67 ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>The more places you search, the easier your search will get. Failing here will not harm your quest.</span>'' |- | style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <span style='color:white'>'''A failed attempt '''</span> <div>The Incautious Driver spends hours sniffing at the air in search of familiar spores, but to no avail. "We should try somewhere else," they reluctantly decide, shuffling with uncharacteristic glumness back towards the train.</div> <ul> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: Brabazon]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]There was no sign of it in Brabazon</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='1' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #RAREREPL;' | <span style='color:white'>'''A taste on the wind '''</span> <div>The Driver sniffs at the air for any hint of loose Verdant spores dragged in by passing travellers. "I can taste something. A fear. Not death, but the loss of something important. The Fragment doesn't want to return. It doesn't want to give up what it's become." They close their eyes, focusing. "I can can taste its design, as well. Its... host knew of a place called Hostrop Deep: a desolate corner of the sky. It meant to hide there. The Deep will be hard to find. When we're close, we'll need to use our scout." The Deep .</div> <ul> * [[File:incautiousdriver icon.png|23px]] [[Learning about the Incautious Driver]] = 50 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The rogue Verdant Fragment meant to hide itself in Hostrop Deep, a barren corner of the sky. It[Directions are given here]. When you're close, you'll need to use your scout to find it</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[The Fragment's Rest]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: Brabazon]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: London]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: Perdurance]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: The Floating Parliament]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:affiliationacadame icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for a Verdant Fragment: Worlebury]] = 0<p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|Observe the factious dock}} <div>Most locomotives pass by here without docking. They heed the Overseers' lights, alerting them that the post is suffering internal conflict.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Brabazon workers are up in arms!</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Observer changing the observed '''</span> <div>Your very presence seems minutely calming. Perhaps the Overseers, on spotting you, recall that they must at least not be on their worst behaviour.</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Recruit some desperate workers to join the Psalmists}} <div>The White Well offers freedom (though also, admittedly, frostbite). You'll need to call in a favour to get the workers released.</div> | <ul> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] [[Cryptic Benefactor]] ≥ 1<p></p> * [[File:originpriest icon.png|23px]] [[Far From Their Ruined Homes]] = 6 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Recruit new followers for the Psalmists at Piranesi, Carillon, or the Brabazon Workworld</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Recruited Psalmists: Brabazon]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:originpriest icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for Converts: Brabazon]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Travel to the Brabazon Workworld in search of converts</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A batch of converts '''</span> <div>Arrangements are made. Favours are called in. A band of workers in smoke-stained smocks are brought out to meet you. They assure you they'll convert to whatever you like, as long as they can leave here. You talk to them about the doctrine of the Judas Psalm. Can they think of anyone who has wronged them? Anyone they want to curse in the name of God? Their eyes light up. "Do you want a list right now?" asks a haggard woman at the front. "Or can I have a few days to write up something comprehensive?"</div> <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[A gaggle of Psalmists]]<p></p> * <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Recruited Psalmists: Brabazon]]<p></p> * [[File:crypticbenefactor icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Cryptic Benefactor]]<p></p> * [[File:originpriest icon.png|23px]] [[Searching for Converts: Brabazon]] = 2 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You persuaded some downtrodden workers at Brabazon to join the Church of the Judas Psalm</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:originpriest icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Searching for Converts]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Deliver your fanatic from the Blue Kingdom Embassy}} <div>It's her stop.</div> | <ul> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[An Agent of Blue Kingdom Philosophy]] ≥ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Deliver a poet to London</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[Random Orator Passenger]] = 6<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''The fanatic disembarks '''</span> <div>She shakes your hand to say goodbye, a wild look in her eyes. "I will infiltrate the workers' ranks," she hisses. "I will spread word of the Philosophy among them. They all want an end: an end to injustice, an end to this world, an end to their oppression. I can promise them an ending to everything."</div> <ul> * [[File:unlicensedchart icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[The Collective Conclusion]]<p></p> * [[Random Orator Passenger]] = 7<p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[An Agent of Blue Kingdom Philosophy]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|Explore Port Prosper||stovepipe}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = Little Nice |image = wind.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281874 }} ===Little Nice=== ''Little Nice is entirely charming. It is populated with carefully unique houses, painted in a curated array of colours. Overseers in striped blazers tend the topiary and maintain the paintwork. Behind a water feature bustling with cherubs is a cottage with an out of place little tower. This is the home of the Governor of Brabazon.'' <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements ! colspan='6' style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | rowspan='2' | {{effect title|Deliver the chaperone's bequest}} <div>A chaperone at Perdurance asked you to deliver a bequest here, in order to reduce the term her family needs to serve at Brabazon. The governor's staff handle this sort of thing.</div> | rowspan='2' | <ul> * [[File:perdurance icon.png|23px]] [[The Chaperone's Bequest]] = 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Take it to Brabazon</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='2' rowspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''A decision '''</span> <div>You are directed to a modest desk in a confined office in a shabby corner of the mansion. A brisk secretary greets you, and offers you tea. A formality, not a genuine offer. The chaperone's jewelled eye is heavy in your pocket. </div> <ul> * [[File:perdurance icon.png|23px]] [[The Chaperone's Bequest]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]You have delivered the jewelled eye</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+250</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Deposit the eye as requested'''</span> <div>The secretary seems disappointed. Time is more valuable than coin, here. </div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>She examines the artificial eye critically. "We'll have to get it professionally assayed, of course. Its market value will determine the amount of time by which service can be reduced. At that point, the residents in question will have to decide how the reduction will be divided among them. If a dispute occurs, the cost of legal resolution will be deducted from the value of the bequest." She drops the eye into a drawer. "We'll take care of it." She completes and stamps an elaborate series of forms, then hands them to you. They are labyrinthine and baroque; exactly the sort of thing you could use to befuddle some overworked junior official.</div> <ul> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> </ul> |rowspan='2'| |- |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Keep it and cover your tracks'''</span> <div>No one need ever know.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>You keep the eye, and instead make a lesser payment in sovereigns. This both reduces the necessary paperwork, and means that when you pawn the eye, you will be in profit to a satisfactory sum. The secretary comments, with a distinct lack of interest, that your payment will reduce the residents' term of service by up to a year, and that they will need to agree how that reduction will be divided among them. "In the event of a dispute, the cost of legal resolution will be dedicated from the value of the bequest." A form, a signature, a stamp, and the business is done. </div> <ul> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+150</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> </ul> |- </ul> |- | {{effect title|Converse with the Governor}} <div>The Governor runs Brabazon. In the absence of more direct control from London, he is all powerful here. </div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:pastscandal icon.png|23px]] [[Salon-Stewed Gossip]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>[[Airs of Brabazon#ChatWithGovernor|Airs of Brabazon(ChatWithGovernor)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:pastscandal icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Salon-Stewed Gossip]]<p></p> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Bring gossip to take tea with the Governor. He'll let you keep what you can't consume.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Converse with the Governor}} <div>Brabazon is run by the Governor. In the absence of more direct control from London, he is all powerful here. </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 250 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]An uprising has occurred. A new governor is in place. Perhaps that's not the only thing that's changed. Perhaps</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:pastscandal icon.png|23px]] [[Salon-Stewed Gossip]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>[[Airs of Brabazon#ChatWithGovernor2|Airs of Brabazon(ChatWithGovernor2)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Airs of Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:tea square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Caddy of Dried Tea]]<p></p> * [[File:pastscandal icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Salon-Stewed Gossip]]<p></p> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Bring gossip to take tea with the Governor. He'll let you keep what you can't consume.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Recline on a bench}} <div>Admire the topiary. Consider the immaculate lawn. </div> | <ul> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time Passing at Little Nice]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''A pocket of peace '''</span> <div>The grass is immaculately cut. The hedges are trimmed. Stars burn silver, above. But it is hard to ignore the thunder of the hour-looms, spinning their knot of hurrying time over the workworld below. </div> <ul> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>-8</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+15</span> x [[Time Passing at Little Nice]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>You can relax here again in 15 days.</span>'' ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>This will lower Terror, a little.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Write a Port Report}} <div>The Brabazon workworld is one of several, but it is preeminent among them. As a major industrial centre, it is of interest to many. </div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Brabazon Workworld]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>The Overseers here work hard to ensure Little Nice remains perfect: from the freshly painted fence curlicues to the newly-mown grass of the lawn. It's hard to get a sense of what's going on in Brabazon from your current, curated surroundings. The Overseers themselves are no use. They must have been briefed: each gives you clearly-sanitised information. You only have to speak to four before you hear a repetition. You will have to go down to the workworld itself to learn anything true about Brabazon. </div> <ul> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>You cannot get a Report on Brabazon Workworld from Little Nice.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Write a Port Report}} <div>Brabazon Workworld is one of several workworlds, but it is preeminent among them. It is Albion's major industrial centre, and thus of interest to many. </div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Brabazon Workworld]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>The Overseers here work hard to ensure Little Nice remains perfect: from the freshly painted fence curlicues to the newly-mown grass of the lawn. It's hard to get a sense of what's going on in Brabazon from your current, curated surroundings. The Overseers themselves are no use. They must have been briefed: each gives you clearly-sanitised information. You only have to speak to four before you hear a repetition. You will have to go down to the workworld itself to learn anything true about Brabazon. </div> <ul> </ul> | ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>You cannot get a Report on Brabazon Workworld from Little Nice.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Listen to the Governor's request}} <div>Overseers wait to escort you to the Governor. He has requested you.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers tolerate their work with quiet complaint</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Tour End]] ≥ 1<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>"Brabazon must be self-sufficient. Without industry to justify their lighting, our fires will go out. We must have work." His brow furrows. "The workers refuse to understand that they live so long as they work. That is not a threat; it is a fact of living here. They require hope. Give it to them. Not enough to stir them into revolt, but enough that the fires remain lit."</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+5</span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Drink with the Overseers}} <div>Revolution has been and gone. The Overseers labour to ensure Brabazon works efficiently and reasonably safely. But on occasion they are permitted to relax.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 80 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers are angry. They cry out for liberation</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time Passing at Little Nice]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Knackered Horse||drink}}<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive}} <div>Little Nice is a such terribly charming place. But it's time to be back on your engine.</div> | <ul> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>The scent of freshly-cut grass follows you into the Bit Between.</div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = Preparations for the Workworld |image = clock.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281891 }} ===Preparations for the Workworld=== ''The tour leader hands out thick cloaks. "To keep off the smut." The group covers itself. The hood lends one woman, with her hair coiled up high on her head, an awkward shape and unexpected height. Satisfied, the tour leader begins a briefing. '' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] ≥ 1 <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|Receive a carriage clock}} <div>The tour leader presents you each with a carriage clock.</div> | <ul> </ul> |<div>"As you know, time on the workworlds moves more velocitously than it does outside. In order to exempt you from the effects, we've had the looms spin a fold of external hours to cover the tour. Please carry these carriage clocks. They will show you how much time your protection will last for. Please don't stray." He pauses for emphasis. "It is crucial that you stay with the tour. If your time runs out, every minute it takes for us to realise could be hours for you." There is flurry of anxious whispers. Once it has subsided, the group is led onto the workworld.</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock ticks merrily. You have plenty of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 1<p></p> {{trigger event|A Tour of Brabazon Workworld||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld |image = pastsmoggystreets.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281896 }} ===The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld=== ''The shanties are pressed close together. There are no more streets – only cramped alleys. Their few windows are clogged with filth. Grimy workers trudge from work to home, eating as they go. Time is precious here: minutes not spent at work are given to sleep.'' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <br> <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements ! colspan='6' style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | {{effect title|Meet with the workers' leader}} <div>A faintly-bearded youth sidles up to you. "Our guv wants a word."</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] ≥ 4 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]Your kindness has drawn the attention of a leader of the Brabazon workers</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>The youth ushers you past his exhausted peers into a two-storey, brick house. Its doorway is lit with a red lamp.</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> {{trigger event|The Headquarters||flag}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Explore the true Brabazon}} <div>You're backstage now. The lights and the props and the sham of the tour are left behind. </div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''Behind the scenes '''</span> <div>[[Exploring Brabazon#Explore|Exploring Brabazon(Explore)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>+5</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Write a Port Report}} <div>Brabazon is one of several workworlds, but it is preeminent. Affairs there act as a barometer for the others.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Brabazon Workworld]] ≤ 0<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''The wheels that turn the world '''</span> <div>Industry is booming here, as always. Labour is cheap; demand is high. Discontent simmers among the workers, but the ones who prove valuable are promoted to oversight positions. The wheels turn. Brabazon persists.</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Report: Brabazon Workworld]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Hand your port reports in to the Genial Auditor or the Stalwart Bookkeeper at London to earn rewards</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Speak to the workers and reduce their disgruntlement}} <div>Give them a distraction, something to talk about besides their discomfort.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 10 and ≤ 99<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|Calming the Masses||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Supplement the workers' meagre rations}} <div>With some supplies you have smuggled from your engine. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≤ 20<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:supplies square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Supplies]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''A repast '''</span> <div>The locals have grown so used to gruel that even Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers come as an exotic extravagance to them. You share what you have with as many as you can. Fuller bellies means more strength with which to agitate for better conditions.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:supplies square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Supplies]]<p></p> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Supplies for Tales of Terror.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Tell Sky-Stories to weary workers}} <div>The best place may be a factory floor, so they can listen while they work. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 10 and ≤ 30<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] [[Sky-Story]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''A fair trade '''</span> <div>You have to shout over the clamour of the machines. Some of the workers ignore you. Some mock you. Some only stare with hard, suspicious eyes. Others listen as closely as their labour allows, and ask questions when you pause. One or two reply with stories of their own, about the travails of their own lives; before they came here, and after.</div> <ul> * [[File:unaccountablypeckish icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Savage Secret]]<p></p> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-2</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Sky-Stories for a Savage Secret.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Deliver Verdant Seeds to the greenhouses}} <div>They will grow quickly, easing the burden on those who tend the huge, sweating greenhouses. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 20 and ≤ 40<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:verdantseeds square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Sack of Verdant Seeds]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''An exchange of horticulture '''</span> <div>Since you can practically watch your seeds growing, the gardeners take the opportunity to lean on their spades and complain about their lot. Once they trust you, they also show you one of the more unusual weeds they've had to dig up. It is viney, and intricately curled, and grows from Monday to Saturday, then reverts to a sapling on Sunday. One of the gardeners calls it a miracle. The other notes the indigo of its leaves, and blames a leak from the nearby hours-refinery.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:verdantseeds square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Sack of Verdant Seeds]]<p></p> * [[File:uncannyspecimen icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Uncanny Specimen]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Verdant Seeds for an Uncanny Specimen.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Provide Fuel for warmth}} <div>In some parts of Brabazon, further from the factories, the smog is cold, and hangs dirty icicles from the gutters. The people that live there huddle in patched cloaks and threadbare blankets. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 30 and ≤ 50<p></p> * [[File:fuel square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Fuel]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''Around the fire '''</span> <div>Coal in the hearth; fire in the grate. Stiff fingers spread out before the flames. Families draw close around the heat (it is quicker to work off a debt as a family), and neighbours too. Stories are told. Mostly stories of how things could be better.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:fuel square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Fuel]]<p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Fuel for a Sky-Story.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Secure a worker medical attention}} <div>A worker has been injured in a factory accident. A common occurrence. So common that she can't be seen until the doctor next visits. More urgent care could be invoked, if you have the necessary paperwork. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 40 and ≤ 60<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]] ≥ 1<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''A Doctor calls '''</span> <div>The doctor's call-book, safely secured in his office in the Bit Between, claims he visits Brabazon twice a week (or once over the Christmas and Easter periods). But from the perspective of the workworlders – isolated in their envelope of frantic, scurrying hours – the gap between his visits is rather longer. The debtors complain bitterly about the arrangement. You arrange a precious visit to the doctor's surgery for the injured worker. Colleagues and family, desperate to show their gratitude, give you whatever they can spare. That turns out to be bibles, of the Ministry of Public Decency's 'Newest and Most Improved' edition.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ministry-Stamped Permit]]<p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Ministry-Approved Literature]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>+2</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade a Ministry-Stamped Permit for Ministry-Approved Literature.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Bribe an Overseer to spare the birch}} <div>A debtor has been accused of thievery and indolence. He is to be birched, as an example to others. Perhaps the overseer could be convinced to go easy on him. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 50 and ≤ 70<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] [[Sovereign]] ≥ 50<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''A simple exchange '''</span> <div>It takes a substantial crime for the overseers to risk visiting Brabazon personally, and getting caught in its accelerated days. This one wants to get this over with and get back to the Bit Between as quickly as possible. His bribe is practically cursory. The punishment is brief, but still gruesome enough to send murmurs of discontent through the crowd.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-50</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Sovereigns for Tales of Terror.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Provide books to a school}} <div>Brabazon's Board of Governors prescribes a very narrow reading list that may be taught in the workworld's classrooms. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 60 and ≤ 80<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Ministry-Approved Literature]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''Book learning '''</span> <div>The children fall upon anything that's new. Their old book of morally-appropriate fairy tales has been read so much that its pages are now fragile as tissues. You spend an hour watching them read the new works (which mostly consist of sermons), wildly misunderstand them, and swap imaginative interpretations of what they mean.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:ministryliterature square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Ministry-Approved Literature]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> * [[File:visionoftheheavens icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Vision of the Heavens]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Ministry-Approved Literature for a Savage Secret.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Supplement the workers' meagre gruel rations}} <div>With some supplies you have smuggled from your engine. </div> | <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 80<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:supplies square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Supplies]]<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''"Please, [qvd:131182(SpeechFormal)], I want some more." '''</span> <div>The locals have grown so used to gruel that even Murgatroyd's Fungal Crackers come as an exotic extravagance to them. You share what you have with as many as you can. Fuller bellies means more strength with which to agitate for better conditions.</div> <ul> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:supplies square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Supplies]]<p></p> * [[File:taleofterror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+2</span> x [[Tale of Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>+2</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Trade Supplies for Tales of Terror.</span>'' |- | rowspan='4' | {{effect title|Give charity}} <div>A man sits on a roughly-made chair, occasionally coughing brown phlegm into a handkerchief. When he sees you, he shouts: "A penny for your time?" He laughs.</div> | rowspan='4' | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:hearts icon.png|23px]] [[Hearts]] challenge (<span style='color:#C03060;'>'''84'''</span> for 100%)<p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] 1 x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:boot icon.png|23px]] [[Exploring Brabazon]] ≥ 70 and ≤ 90<p></p> </ul> | colspan='6' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Failed event</span> | rowspan='4' | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | colspan='6' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952;' | <div>"D__n! I didn't actually expect you to give me any. Thank you." He stares hungrily at your donation. "I couldn't work today. I just... I couldn't. Whatever I earn gets spent on my debt. It'll never be paid off. I've stopped caring whether it grows." He stands to shake your hand. "Please, take this. The Overseers haven't taken this month's money, yet." He laughs. It is too loud, and too long. "I like to watch the people who still expect change. You've given me a little longer to watch their hope die."</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+40</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>+2</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='6' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #1D4952; background: #002020;' align='center' | <span style='color:white;'>Successful event</span> |- | colspan='6' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #RAREREPL;' | <div>"D__n! I didn't actually expect you to give me any. Thank you." He stares hungrily at your donation. "I couldn't work today. I just... I couldn't. Whatever I earn gets spent on my debt. It'll never be paid off. I've stopped caring whether it grows." He stands to shake your hand. "Please, take this. The Overseers haven't taken this month's money, yet. Time's more important to me. It might help me last till things change here. They're going to change."</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:terror icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>-5</span> x [[Terror]]<p></p> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+40</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Beneficence at Brabazon]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 3)</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]]*(1 to 3) </span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> </ul> |- | {{effect title|Rejoin the tour}} <div>You still have time to get back. </div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>Someone has marked every corner with chalk. The arrows point towards the Brabazon Tour route. Here and there the markings have been covered over with soot, but it's easy enough to get back. Whoever the marker was, they were anxious not to get stuck here. </div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> {{trigger event|A Tour of Brabazon Workworld||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive}} <div>Brabazon Workworld is not a place to linger. There are more pleasant locations you could be.</div> | <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'|<div>By the time you're back at the Bit Between, your shoulders are covered with orange soot. An Overseer extends a soft brush to clean you off.</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Return to your locomotive in a hurry}} <div>Your carriage clock is chiming. You have lingered too long!</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |colspan='6'| <span style='color:white'>'''Out of time '''</span> <div>You race back to the Bit Between and your locomotive, only to find your crew getting ready to leave without you. You were only supposed to be gone for hours, but days have passed. </div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>1+(1 to 6) </span> x [[Date]]<p></p> * [[File:mirrors icon.png|23px]] [[Lightless]] = 1 <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 0)</span> <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>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.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | rowspan='3' | {{effect title|Investigate the rogue hours trade}} <div>Your initial enquiries suggest someone is restoring hours to the workforce. As you passed a hovel, a youth retreated into it. Had he noticed you? You pursue.</div> | rowspan='3' | <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> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2<p></p> </ul> |colspan='2' rowspan='3'| <span style='color:white'>'''Out of hours employment '''</span> <div>A group of sooty youths guards their loom protectively. "Please, Inspector. You've seen how things are. We're spending the best years of our lives working here. We just wants a few of 'em back."</div> <ul> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] [[Royal Horological Office Assignment]] = 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]] = (1 to 100) <p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Horological Assignment – Brabazon]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:horologist icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Royal Horological Office]]<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+250</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Turn a blind eye'''</span> <div>The workworlds give little enough back by choice.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>The urchins exchange a look. They are unused to kindness, and aren't sure how to receive it. Ultimately, one thanks you, and declares you "all right." The others nod, as if this was as as good as a medal. They happily show you their ingenious homemade loom, assembled from fragments of other machinery and pilfered parts. Soon, for your own safety, it is time to move on.</div> <ul> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-5</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:CondemnedExperiment icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Condemned Experiment]]<p></p> </ul> |rowspan='3'| |- |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Turn a blind eye... for a price...'''</span> <div>Perhaps a few of their pilfered hours would be a good incentive to not report this.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>The urchins exchange a look. They expected as much, even if they hoped for better. You arrange a location to collect the hours while they find a better hiding place for their loom. For your own safety, it is time to move on.</div> <ul> * [[File:BarrelofUnseasonedHours square icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+5</span> x [[Barrel of Unseasoned Hours]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-5</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> </ul> |- |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Report the unlicensed loom'''</span> <div>There can be no exceptions, only examples.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>When you deliver your report, examples are quickly made of the urchins. Their homemade loom is smashed, and the terms of their debts extended by ten years each. By the time they leave the workworld, they will be gnarled, white-haired warnings to others.</div> <ul> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+5</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> </ul> |- </ul> |} {{Infobox story |name = A Post Unrest Uprising |image = bloody.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 283536 }} ===A Post Unrest Uprising=== ''"[[Unrest at Brabazon#Revolt|Unrest at Brabazon(Revolt)]]"''<p></p> <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 100 <br> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] ≥ 2 <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|Let the workers board the locomotive nearest them}} <div>Overseers have had enough time to form a barricade in the tunnel. Only one locomotive is unguarded: a wreck of a thing, barely more than salvage.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |<div>A group of men and women press inside. One elbows her way past a crewman despite her obviously dislocated shoulder. She must be truly desperate. The locomotive had only two crew in addition to its captain. All three are thrown out onto the dock. The door is slammed and the engine jerks free, into the Wilderness.</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Hold back the workers, reason with them}} <div>The only locomotive available is in dangerously poor condition. It does not look fit to brave the skies. Their lives may be passing swiftly here, but at least they're alive.</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> |<div>The workers halt, several look uncertain. Most seem to trust your judgement as a captain. Three men dismiss your words and shove their way aboard the engine. The locomotive had only two crew in addition to its captain. All three are thrown out onto the dock. The door is slammed and the engine jerks free, into the Wilderness.</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Speak with the Governor}} <div>He rushed from Little Nice the moment he heard of the disruption. </div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> |<div>"D__n and blast it!" He follows this with profanities rarely heard in Albion, and never in polite circles. He has a few quiet words with the captain of the stolen ship, before turning to you. "We were due to break it for scrap. I doubt they'll get even half way to another port. It'll be the cold, or the hunger, but one will get them." He looks genuinely devastated. "I'm doing the best I can. But I can't convince them that this is better than the alternative, no matter the truth." He smiles wryly. "This will do more to quiet them than anything I could. It's a useful sacrifice, at least."</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Brabazon Unrest Lock]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|Little Nice||wind}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = The Headquarters |image = flag.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281903 }} ===The Headquarters=== ''"A [[Eternal Uprest#LeaderDescription|Eternal Uprest(LeaderDescription)]] man grins at you over a desk littered with documents. Some are criss-crossed with scrawled notes, others are pristine and freshly inked. The faintly-bearded youth has a beatific smile."Our leader, "''<p></p> <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <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|Talk to the revolutionary leader}} <div>"We have heard of your generosity." He pumps your hand. His grin is wry. "And as we know, the reward for generosity is to be asked to be more generous still."</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's ticks are frantic. You are rapidly running out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''An optimist '''</span> <div>"You have seen the conditions here. This is the lot of the unfortunate, not the deserving. [[Unrest at Brabazon#Unrest|Unrest at Brabazon(Unrest)]] I want you to help us fight back, and secure better conditions for everyone who is sent here." He pats the faintly-bearded youth on the back. "We have the will, and the strength, but lack something you have in abundance: freedom. We need provisions and materials. We need someone who can smuggle them in. One of the Overseers in the Bit Between believes in the cause." He describes the Overseer to you. "They will help you in and out."</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 20 <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 19)</span> <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>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</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Met the Workers' Leader]] = 1<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask how you can assist the workers' struggle}} <div>Their leader asked for your help. How can you assist?</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's last ticks are strained. You are almost out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>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</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|Progress of the Struggle||flag}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|The uprising is beginning}} <div>[[Eternal Uprest#LeaderNameCap|Eternal Uprest(LeaderNameCap)]] is agitated, pacing anxiously. "Come, quickly. Our plans are prepared and our patience is gone. It is time!"</div> | <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≥ 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The Brabazon workers are up in arms!</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''It begins! '''</span> <div>He leads you downstairs. "Listen!" From all around, you hear shouts and chanting. The song of revolution is inharmonious, but it is passionate. "Thank you, [[Addressed As#SpeechInformal|Addressed As(SpeechInformal)]], for all that you have done." He points in the direction of the Bit Between. "Now go; for your own safety. I'll see you again when this is settled. It is time we had a word with the Governor." Workers cheer as you pass. The heavy double doors to the tunnel burst open before you. The sympathetic Overseer rushes forwards to lead you away, and hears the shouts from the workworld. "Oh."</div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 50 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Unrest is high enough for an uprising. Brabazon Workworld is up in arms</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Brabazon is at peace. Workers respect their lot in life</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Information About an Uprising]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] [[Uprising Lock]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 0<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Return to the backstreets of Brabazon}} <div>You have a little time left. If you've done all you wish to here, you return to the backstreets.</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 20 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Your carriage clock's ticks are frantic. You are rapidly running out of time</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''No long goodbye '''</span> <div>The leader is immersed in his maps and plans when you leave. The faintly-bearded youth seems unsure if he should stay or escort you out. He settles for a weak wave. </div> <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-10</span> x [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 1<p></p> {{trigger event|The Backstreets of Brabazon Workworld||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Return to the Bit Between}} <div>Anxious, [[Eternal Uprest#LeaderName|Eternal Uprest(LeaderName)]] points at your carriage clock. "[[Addressed As#CapitalInformal|Addressed As(CapitalInformal)]], you have to leave. Return when you have more time."</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] ≥ 10 and ≤ 20<p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Back towards your locomotive '''</span> <div>The faintly-bearded youth accompanies you. "A tour is about to leave. We will conceal you amongst them." The plan is simple, and goes smoothly. Soon you emerge with another chattering tour of benefactors into the Bit Between.</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|You are out of time!}} <div>Horrified, [[Eternal Uprest#LeaderName|Eternal Uprest(LeaderName)]] points at your carriage clock. "[[Addressed As#CapitalInformal|Addressed As(CapitalInformal)]], you must go. Quickly!"</div> | <ul> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] ≤ 99 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers strike, and suffer for it. They are undeterred. Change must come</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Run! '''</span> <div>The faintly-bearded youth hurries you through the backstreets. "Return soon," he exhorts, as he taps a coded knock on the heavy double doors burst open before you. The sympathetic Overseer let's you out. "You're lucky. There's often a bit of reserve, just in case. But there's cutting it fine, and there's this." He shakes his head sternly.</div> <ul> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] = 0<p></p> * [[File:clock icon.png|23px]] [[Time as Measured by a Carriage Clock]] = 0 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The carriage clock is silent</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:veils icon.png|23px]] [[On the Tour]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = A Small Kitchen |image = bloody.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281907 }} ===A Small Kitchen=== ''The Overseer is sitting by the stove, waiting for the kettle to boil. He has two cups out – was he expecting you to follow him in? '' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[On World]] ≤ 0, <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|Offer information on the revolution}} <div>You have seen [[Eternal Uprest#LeaderName|Eternal Uprest(LeaderName)]]. He let slip some of his methods. What will the Overseer give you for this?</div> | <ul> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] [[Information About an Uprising]] ≥ 1<p></p> </ul> |<div>He pulls out a notebook, and listens to you speak. He nods occasionally, but never interrupts. Finally: "Thank you for this, [[Addressed As#SpeechFormal|Addressed As(SpeechFormal)]]. I can use this. I'll see that the workers have no more cause for complaint." He draws out a small purse. "The Governor gave me this, for you."</div> <ul> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-20</span> x [[Unrest at Brabazon]]<p></p> * [[File:loveletter icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-1</span> x [[Information About an Uprising]]<p></p> * [[File:sovereigns icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:#C03060;'>250-(25* [[File:pastscarred icon.png|23px]] [[Betrayer of Confidences]])</span> x [[Sovereign]]<p></p> * [[File:pastscarred icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Betrayer of Confidences]] <span style='color:white;'>(if ≤ 7)</span><p></p> </ul> | Advanced alteration value probably needs examination. |- | {{effect title|Return to the Bit Between, and your locomotive}} <div>You have nothing to tell him. Or nothing you wish to tell him.</div> | <ul> </ul> |<div></div> <ul> {{trigger event|The Bit Between||pastsmoggystreets}}<p></p> </ul> | |} {{Infobox story |name = Industrial Unrest! |image = flag.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 281910 }} ==Industrial Unrest!== ''"[[Progress of an Uprising#Revolution|Progress of an Uprising(Revolution)]]"''<p></p> <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 50 ≤ 200, <br> [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] [[Uprising Lock]] ≥ 1 ≤ 1, <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|Investigate what's happening}} <div>[[Progress of an Uprising#Guide|Progress of an Uprising(Guide)]]</div> | <ul> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≥ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[A Workworld in Upheaval]]<p></p> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 50 and ≤ 149<p></p> </ul> |<div>[[Progress of an Uprising#WhatsUp|Progress of an Uprising(WhatsUp)]]</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+50</span> x [[Progress of an Uprising]]<p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[A Workworld in Upheaval]] = [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]]+7<p></p> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation |- | {{effect title|Witness negotiations}} <div>In the front room, behind the desk, is [[Eternal Uprest#LeaderName|Eternal Uprest(LeaderName)]]. He has not seen you. In front of him, with their backs to you are two men. Neither has removed their stovepipes.</div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] ≥ 150 and ≤ 199<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] = 1<p></p> </ul> |<div>"The Advisory Board was horrified to learn of conditions under the previous Governor. Genuinely shocking. We are convinced that you are the person to right the ship. After all, who knows it better than you?" The man takes out a sheet of paper and places it on the desk. You can't see what it says. The other stovepipe speaks. "There are some practicalities that might mean progress is slower than you or I would like. Production must be kept up, of course. After all, that's what puts food on the table. But I'm sure you can find efficiencies your predecessor couldn't. We leave it in your hands, Governor." Both stovepipes chuckle warmly. They shake the hand of the new Governor, and leave, giving you a small nod as they pass. The new Governor looks confounded. Whatever he expected, it was not this.</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 200 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The new Governor is meeting with representatives of London</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:iron icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Eternal Uprest]]<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+25</span> x [[The Strength of the Sun]]<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Congratulate the Governor}} <div>He has transitioned from leader to ruler, of sorts. He must be delighted. </div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 200 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The new Governor is meeting with representatives of London</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div>"I... I suppose..." The Governor stares at his desk. After several moments, he speaks again. "If the furnaces die, so does Brabazon. The reality is: I can only shuffle a few workers off the workworld, but the rest would freeze. There just isn't the time, or the ships." He smiles; bright, charming. "I can make things better, at least: I can give them hope." He glances at the document on his desk. "I won't be leaving. I've no use for this. Take it."</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 250 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]An uprising has occurred. A new governor is in place. Perhaps that's not the only thing that's changed. Perhaps</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] = 2<p></p> * [[File:royaldispensation icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Royal Dispensation]]<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+3000</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Hidden Uprising Status]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] [[Uprising Lock]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|Little Nice||wind}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Upbraid the Governor}} <div>The workers of Brabazon trusted him. They sacrificed their time for him, in the hope that he would save them. And now this.</div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 200 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The new Governor is meeting with representatives of London</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> |<div>The Governor meets your gaze, but says nothing. A gasp alerts you to the presence of the bearded youth. How long has he been standing behind you? With a gesture, the Governor dismisses him. When the Governor speaks again, his voice is low. "If the furnaces die, so does Brabazon. The reality is: I can only shuffle a few workers off the workworld, but the rest would freeze." He smiles; bright, charming. "I can make things better, at least: I can give them hope." He glances at the document on his desk. "I won't be leaving. I've no use for this. Take it. Please."</div> <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 250 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>[COMPLETE]An uprising has occurred. A new governor is in place. Perhaps that's not the only thing that's changed. Perhaps</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:brabazon icon.png|23px]] [[Unrest at Brabazon]] = 50 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers are unhappy. They realise this isn't fair. But they cannot yet see the opportunities for change</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Currently Uprising]] = 2<p></p> * [[File:royaldispensation icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+1</span> x [[Royal Dispensation]]<p></p> * [[File:experience icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:green;'>+3000</span> x [[Experience]]<p></p> * [[File:bloody icon.png|23px]] [[Hidden Uprising Status]] = 1<p></p> * [[File:fuel icon.png|23px]] [[Uprising Lock]] = 0<p></p> {{trigger event|Little Nice||wind}}<p></p> </ul> | |- | {{effect title|Ask the anxious Overseer what's going on}} <div>He is signalling to locomotives, discouraging them from docking. Visitors that were already at the port are being encouraged, firmly, to leave.</div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers of Brabazon have risen up! You will be unable to do anything at the port till the situation is resolved</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≤ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[A Workworld in Upheaval]]-1<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Reassurances '''</span> <div>"Nothing to be concerned about. A small revolt, instigated by a fanatical group of revolutionaries. No doubt it will peter out soon, but while the situation is being resolved, we will be closing the port." </div> <ul> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Return to Brabazon Workworld in a week, when the unrest should be resolved.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Ask after the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>What happened to him after your altercation in Brabazon?</div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers of Brabazon have risen up! You will be unable to do anything at the port till the situation is resolved</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≤ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[A Workworld in Upheaval]]-1<p></p> * [[File:serenemausoleum icon.png|23px]] [[Pursuing: the Dismal Chamberlain]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Perhaps someone at Brabazon, where you saw him last, or the Mausoleum, his old haunt, can tell you the Chamberlain's current whereabouts</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:genericcharacter icon.png|23px]] [[Isery]] ≤ 0<p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''A head shake '''</span> <div>"Sorry. Can't help you. Not now. Not the time." The Anxious Overseer encourages you to leave, now. Just as a precaution, of course. </div> <ul> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Return to Brabazon Workworld in a week, when the unrest should be resolved.</span>'' |- | {{effect title|Track down the Dismal Chamberlain}} <div>To find the Martyr-King's Cup, you must win a sword from one of your fellow questers. And you know where the Chamberlain is staying.</div> | <ul> * [[File:fire icon.png|23px]] [[Progress of an Uprising]] = 100 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>The workers of Brabazon have risen up! You will be unable to do anything at the port till the situation is resolved</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[Date]] ≤ [[File:calendar icon.png|23px]] [[A Workworld in Upheaval]]-1<p></p> * [[File:martyrkingscup icon.png|23px]] [[Ambition: The Martyr-King's Cup]] = 4 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>Travel to the Brabazon Workworld and claim the Dismal Chamberlain's sword as your own</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> </ul> | <span style='color:white'>'''Advised to return another time '''</span> <div>The Anxious Overseer shakes his head, not even listening to your questions. He encourages you to leave, now. Just as a precaution, of course. </div> <ul> </ul> | Advanced query needs investigation ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>Return to Brabazon Workworld in a week, when the unrest should be resolved.</span>'' |} {{Infobox story |name = Recruit the Clay Conductor |image = clayconductor.png |px = 100px |category = [[Story Event]] |type = Story |linked = |id = 306802 }} ==Recruit the Clay Conductor== ''A hulking Clay Man in a heavy coat stands on the platform. The Clay Men were an underclass in old London; very few of them came to the skies. This one holds an urn to his chest. "You're a captain; you can perform funeral rites," he says, nodding to the urn in his arms. "Then I want to travel." He pauses for a long moment, and then, as if feeling something more might be expected. "I could help out on your engine."'' <big>'''Trigger conditions'''</big> [[File:clayconductor icon.png|23px]] [[In Possession of a Clay Conductor]] ≤ 0, <br> [[File:clayconductor icon.png|23px]] [[Learning about the Clay Conductor]] ≤ 0, <br> [[File:clayconductor icon.png|23px]] [[Clay Conductor and Copper Companion]] ≤ 0, <br> [[Caring Companion]] ≤ 0, <br> <big>'''Interactions'''</big> {| class='ss-table' style='width:100%;' !style='width:15%;'| Actions !style='width:30%;'| Requirements ! colspan='6' style='width:40%;'| Effects !style='width:15%;'| Notes |- | rowspan='2' | {{effect title|Recruit the Clay Conductor}} <div>Say a few words about death in the sky; skyfarers are accustomed to impromptu funerals. </div> | rowspan='2' | <ul> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] [[Sky-Story]] ≥ 3<p></p> </ul> |colspan='2' rowspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''A sombre occasion '''</span> <div>You ask the Conductor where he would like to hold the ceremony. He looks about, confused, as though he hadn't expected the question. At last he comes to a conclusion. "Here will do," he says, indicating the crowded thoroughfare. You and a few of the more respectable of your crew gather for a brief funeral. Everyone has at least something in black. You offer the expected phrasings before pausing for the eulogy. The Clay Conductor shakes his head. "You do it," he grunts.</div> <ul> * [[File:clayconductor icon.png|23px]] [[Clay Conductor]] = 1 <span style='color:#C03060;'>[</span><span style='color:white;'>You have recruited the Clay Conductor.</span><span style='color:#C03060;'>]</span><p></p> * [[File:skystory icon.png|23px]] <span style='color:red;'>-3</span> x [[Sky-Story]]<p></p> |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Say a few words'''</span> <div>You're sure you can extemporise something.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>You render up a bounty of platitudes, benign wishes to the beyond and maudlin remembrances of departed friends— The Conductor frowns, stonily, realising he needs to give you at least something to work with. "He could sing," he manages. You work a line about a 'man of clay with the voice of an angel' into the eulogy. The Conductor seems satisfied. "Where's your engine? I'm ready to assume my duties." The Conductor picks up the urn and heads off in the direction you point.</div> <ul> </ul> |rowspan='2'| ''Game note: <span style='color:#C03060;'>This will give you the Clay Conductor, a First Officer who will increase your Hearts by 6, and your Iron by 2.</span>'' |- |colspan='2'| <span style='color:white'>'''Make the Clay Conductor speak'''</span> <div>You don't even know who's in the urn.</div> | colspan='2' style='border-bottom: solid 1px #feeb75; |<div>There is a long silence. Your crew look at their feet, acutely aware of the awkwardness. The silence continues. Finally, the Clay Conductor speaks. "He was a Clay Man. He travelled on the Figaro." A pause. "He was a good singer." The Clay Conductor looks at you. "Where's your engine? I'm ready to assume my duties."</div> <ul> </ul> |- </ul> |}
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