-[X][Diplomacy] From The Brink - (2/1 Successes) - (-1.5 Goodwill)
--[X] (Ashleaf Tea +15 to Diplomacy, Diplomat-Corp: Common People +15, Festival Of The Delta +25)=+55
Needed: 05/130, Rolled: 85 + 55 = 140
+2 Turns of Progress!
Success!
I didn't expect the Merchants to give us a whole Success. I expected a dice boost at most. That's very valuable, even if it only works for the more 'common' projects.
And the project is finished. Probably will be doing the DOD Suspendium drive in this slot next. With it being reduced to needing only 5 Successes we can finish it in one Turn.
-[X][Martyris action] Too Much To Do - (Audit Everything - (1/1 Turns Complete) - (-10 Goodwill))
--[X] (Adjudicator +10, Festival Of The Delta +25, 6FF)=+41
Needed: ???, Rolled: 97 + 41 = 138
Success?
Well, that's pretty much the best possible result we can get. Internal Security probably still has microphones in every drawer but we should be clear of moles from small criminal organizations and small to middling Noble Houses.
-[X] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
--[X] Commission A Survey - (-10 Goodwill)
Rolled: 66
Revealed: Minor Machinery Caverns
Success!
... What are Machinery Caverns? Some type of pre-Collapse complex that got buried or 'natural' caverns literally made out of buried machines and wrecks?
Sounds like the Nobles would be interested in sabotaging the handover. Even if only to keep a Knight Chapter that causes trouble from becoming more influential due to an Artefact/trophy.
[] [Archeology] Prepare an Expedition - (TB-03) - (3 Turns Prep = 6 Turns Exp.) - (House Mirn support: N)
[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Prepare an Expedition)
Since we put it off last turn, now we should kick it off this coming turn. Unless of course, we want to pivot to SST-01 to take up the opportunity that seems to have appeared.
It wouldn't surprise me if the SST-01 thing will be a Martial Action. And I don't think we can use Martyris's Actions for far-ranging/dangerous Actions like a Suspendium expedition anymore. He is semi-retired.
Looking into the folders, that would be our 5th Logic Bank, so the Electronic Workshop wouldn't be debuffed yet. I wonder how the debuff would work now that we don't run on Materials anymore?
[] [Martyris] Shift Your Bureaucracy From (Diplomacy) To (Archeology)
We have a lot of places to dig, a Bunker we really should be looting more quickly, and more bandwidth to off-set even the reduced 1 per 2 turns Crystal Garden Expeditions.
Maybe switching an Martial Action slot would be better. We can't clear out a location every Turn due to the manpower drain that would be(not to mention the Walkers killing stuff in the Forest anyway), so taking 1 Action from there could work.
Diplomacy would be useful to train our diplomats and stack more dice boosts.
(Ps.: The Third Tenet also makes it so that you'd suffer 1 Piety loss per 25, instead of 50, per Turn...if you don't push it off for some more time to get Faith and Piety things up and running.)
... What are Machinery Caverns? Some type of pre-Collapse complex that got buried or 'natural' caverns literally made out of buried machines and wrecks?
Think more like landfills of machines that got buried under sand and soil until (various species of) worms, subterranean digging machines, or erosion created pockets into/within them that can then be diassembled for materials, occasional intact Artifacts, and precious industrial fluids or one can harvest worm corpses/products from them.
Think more like landfills of machines that got buried under sand and soil until (various species of) worms, subterranean digging machines, or erosion created pockets into/within them that can then be diassembled for materials, occasional intact Artifacts, and precious industrial fluids or one can harvest worm corpses/products from them.
Yep! Primarily for the experienced and heavily armed or starting out Scavengers, as the first is confident in their ability to survive, while the latter is too naive to back away and think about the precautions needed to survive.
Turns out that venturing into a landfill of ancient machinery buried underneath the sand and soil for centuries can be quite challenging if you don't pack breathing masks, oxygen, and anti-toxin medications. Who knew?
I didn't expect the Merchants to give us a whole Success. I expected a dice boost at most. That's very valuable, even if it only works for the more 'common' projects.
It wouldn't surprise me if the SST-01 thing will be a Martial Action. And I don't think we can use Martyris's Actions for far-ranging/dangerous Actions like a Suspendium expedition anymore. He is semi-retired.
Maybe switching an Martial Action slot would be better. We can't clear out a location every Turn due to the manpower drain that would be(not to mention the Walkers killing stuff in the Forest anyway), so taking 1 Action from there could work.
Diplomacy would be useful to train our diplomats and stack more dice boosts.
You know we probably should build an citadel for the diferent forge clans set up their enclaves. They will be visiting the tree a lot, so a place where they can do their politics would be usefull.
One other thing I forgot to mention - if the Doctrine of the Open Hand is still available as a Tenet, we need to take that. Boosting the effects of our charitable buildings (which provide the bulk of our Piety reduction) and removing the need for Faithful? That's big value right there.
1.) The Mission of the Pilgrims is defined as such;
-a.) the easing, reduction, and eradication of
--1.) poverty
--2.) diseases
--3.) hunger
--4.) addiction
-b.) building infrastructure to ensure stability and growth in a region
-c.) the creation of valuable technologies and machines to advance civilization
-d.) reverse-engineering lost technologies
2.) The Leader of the Pilgrims is chosen by a democratic vote to ensure the majority is heard.
3.) A new Leader is chosen should the current Leader;
-a.) die
-b.) voluntarily step down
-c.) be removed by a two-thirds majority vote
4.) The responsibilities of the Leader are thus;
-a.) assign 2(two) assistants to help organize matters they cannot attend to in a 7(seven) day time-span
-b.) bring issues brought forward by Department Heads or individual Pilgrims to vote
-c.) ensure that all votes are cast in no longer than 5(five) days
-d.) call for referenda on current issues/opportunities every 3(three) months
-e.) ensure that all discussions of issues remain civil and cool-headed
-f.) act as a tie-breaker, should a vote be even
-g.) bring forth issues in the structure or behavior of the Pilgrims
-h.) ensure that the Pilgrims do not stray from their mission to help and uplift
5.) The duties of the members of the Pilgrims are;
-a.) Giving what can, in good conscience, be spared to the cause of the Pilgrims, be that in Work, Materials, Food, Money, or Information
--1.) No person may give more than 10% of their respective monthly earnings or spend more than 4(four) hours working in a Pilgrim run structure
--2.) This can be exempted on an individual basis, either by;
---a.) A Pilgrim requesting such
---b.) The nature of an assignment requires it
-b.) Bring forth issues of the conduct of individuals or the Pilgrims as a whole to the chosen Leader
-c.) Bring forth problematic aspects of the structure and tenets of the Pilgrims to the Leader
-d.) Vote or send an envoy with the Pilgrims HQ ballots every 3 (three) months on current issues/opportunities
-e.) Being aware that they act as a representative of the Pilgrims, no matter the environment they find themselves in
-f.) Ensuring that the Pilgrims do not waver from their mission to help and uplift
-g.) Turn in any artifacts found to the leading archeologist
-h.) Caring for any children that are born as a result of their actions
6.) In exchange, they are allowed to partake in;
-a.) Free food, water, and electricity
--1.) At least 1 (one) warm meal a day
-b.) Free lodging
--1.) In a room with no more than 3(three) other people
-c.) Free healthcare and repairs
-d.) Free counseling
-e.) Free access to all Pilgrim-run structures that are not used for security
-f.) Rewards for turning in artifacts
--1.) The rarity and importance of the Artifact determine the amount
--2.) It does not apply to intentional archeologic digs run by the Pilgrims as a whole
g.) Request leave from current duties, should they be employed by the Pilgrims, for 8(eight) weeks a year without stating a reason.
-1.) This leave does not carry over to the next year
-2.) An extended leave can be granted should the reasons suffice, such as;
--a.) Family matters (death/marriage)
--b.) Recuperation
--c.) Doctoral/Engineers orders
7.) Department Heads are chosen by the ability to perform their tasks and their ability alone. Their responsibilities are;
-a.) ensuring that they complete their assigned duty to the best of their, and their worker's ability
-b.) minimize inter-departmental conflict
-c.) bring any issues, optimizations, or opportunities to the Leader
8.) A Pilgrim may leave without fear of reprisal, violence, or shunning;
-a.) should a Pilgrim accost, hurt, or otherwise intimidate another Pilgrim that plans to, is leaving, or has gone, they will be punished by exile and banned from partaking or entering any event or Pilgrim-run structure
--1.) The exiled Pilgrim can challenge the expulsion after 1 (one) year, should 4(four) other Pilgrims vouch for them
--2.) It can only be invoked once
-b.) Any Pilgrim who left can re-enter at any time should they so wish
--1.) Any Pilgrim cannot re-enter more than 2(two) times without good reason
9.) The Pilgrims will not discriminate by;
-a.) Gender
-b.) Sexuality
-c.) Skin-color
-d.) Religious ties
-e.) Origin
-f.) Occupation
-g.) Mutation
-h.) Production
10.) These crimes (but not excluding others) are immediate grounds for exile without 8.a.1. coming into effect.
-a.) Murder
--1.) attempted or otherwise
-b.) Psychological Torture
-c.) Physical Torture
-d.) Rape
-e.) Conspiring to do any of the crimes listed here
11.) This charter is subject to changes should;
-a.) new tenets emerge
-b.) new situations force the adaptation of current rules
-c.) issues be found in it
Tenets
Origin: Humanism
They say that a human is mired in sin, that you are wrong, and need a higher power to save yourself. You disagree; every human is good, and every person has the capacity to create greatness; you just have to show it to them.
(Wait, are we the good guys? There is a 50% chance to spend Goodwill at a 1 to 5 ratio to turn a failure into a bare success. All factions start at Neutral. The Common People start at Friendly.)
First Tenet: What was will be
The old world is full of wonders of our achievements, but now they lie forgotten and disused. No longer. You will remake the world with the knowledge of the old.
(Archeological/Scavenging Operations unlocked in the Learning section. Gain one additional artifact dice, size depending on the site.)
Second Tenet: Children Of The Universe
It does not matter if the body is one of flesh, blood, bone, metal, oil, and circuitry; the truth remains: they deserve life and respect as any being. Who are we to judge and condemn a being, to declare them non-sapient and non-sentient, for the crime of not being born a human? Who are we to point at a Core which enjoys art, an Animal in the wild which learned to read and write in high prose, and declare them as less than us? Our mind makes us human, with the ability to reason and understand, feel the suffering of those around us, and reach out to help. Every Machine-Mind and Animal capable of thought deserves our respect and a chance for peace unless they attack first.
(All non-hostile sapient beings (excluding Humans and Mutated) in the world receive a relationship bonus when engaged in Diplomacy; hostile ones are less likely to engage in antagonistic ways and can be persuaded to leave in peace or recant their ways. Pilgrims will not view any sapient being not of human origin as something less or false and will automatically advocate for and defend their rights. AI research is massively more manageable. +1 relationship to all Forge-Clans. Piety loss now 1 per 100 Followers.)
Doctrine of the Second Life
How can we call ourselves Humanists? How can we look at ourselves with pride if we disdain those we once shared our misery with? How can we teach acceptance and banish racism if we do not act upon our words with deeds? Do these men, women, and others not deserve the chance we once had to be lifted by their hands, grasping ours?
(Unlocks additional Actions to target the underbelly of society for conversion, recruitment, and uplift.
Piety loss now 1 per 50 Followers.)
Doctrine of the Lowest
There is a basic need in us all to believe in something greater than ourselves. Within the Pilgrims, many have found that Greater, finding, often for the first time in their lives, a place where they belong and are wanted. And from that acceptance of those willing to stand with us comes a hand held out to those still undecided or wavering between joining us on the Path to our futures and walking their own. But, ultimately, even the lowest are our people, and to leave them behind is nothing but a base betrayal of our most fundamental Tenets.
(+1 Diplomacy Action, Free Re-Rolls with a +20 Bonus should you fail Diplomacy Actions targeting a [Local] Faction.)
Rite Of Mourning: A Journeys End
Losing someone and seeing their Journey cut short by age or force is terrible. Remember where they sat, sharing stories, laughter, love, food, and safety. Remember how they laughed, joked, and see their memory slowly fade with each passing day. Then, wake up one day and feel guilt over not grieving their passing.
I tell you: this is not how we should see death. Their Journey had been one of the countless experiences of hundreds of chance encounters, and a life lived, changing the world, others, and themselves with each passing day. And what we see as an end is not truly one, for their actions live on in our own. Those they helped are still out there, remembering them, acting in ways they would never have been able to, had the dead not decided to share what they had, to offer a hand in aid. Their Journey may end, but their actions live on within our own.
(All casualties only inflict 1% Piety loss, -2 to Piety Rolls.)
Forget Not Our Names
Many are the names and stories forgotten by the march of time; more are the Paths wiped out with the death of the last who remember their marks left upon the world. We know this intimately, our very Paths deeply intertwined by the graveyards of Ancient Humanity to those whose final works and lives we take to build a better world upon the ashes of theirs. Yet, we do not forget them entirely, nor do we discard what changes they have made in life merely because we can no longer perceive the roads they traveled or the aid they gave, as little as that may be. And just like the Ancients have died without any notice to us, so too do many others die today who will never be mourned, whose names shall be forgotten by time. Unless we ensure that the very stone we walk upon bears their names for eternity.
(Can construct Mausoleums of the Forgotten.)
Hidden Tenet: A Mythos Called Names
It is undeniable that there is power in names. Nations, Organizations, Myths. All have one thing in common; a name gives meaning and identity where there was none before. In His belief, the Pilgrims have taken after the First Leader, Martyris. A soldier, wary of death and destruction, a healer that failed too many times, or someone honoring a vow, may change their name to reflect what they believe to be. While a name given by one's parents may encompass their hopes and dreams for one's future, reality tends to disagree.
(Every Leader of the Pilgrims may rename themselves. In addition, all Pilgrims may rename themselves in honor or shame. -1 to Piety rolls.)
Hidden Tenet: Fail Better
Falling is not a sin. However, falling and not getting up is.
(One free reroll per turn should an action fail, 2 for 4, 3 for 6, usw.)
Hidden Tenet: Kindle Alight The Beacons
Humanity has long since struggled against the darkness. At first, that dark was the night, ever creeping, ever hindering. But then, with a single spark, night turned day as a fire was lit by our most distant ancestors, taming something primal, beautiful, and deadly, turning it towards their cause. And with that single act of lighting a spark, they gave birth to something precious: knowledge, which they passed down to us today. It was not profit, greed, power, or any selfish instinct which drove them to do so, but the simple act of creating something better, even for a moment, so that their children could revel in warmth on the coldest night. So too, do we today follow that example haltingly, hesitantly, with unsure steps down a long untrodden road. But we walk that road once more, unashamed of the failures we will commit, the stumbles and setbacks, and when we lose sight of the road. However, we will walk, discover, and share all we find with our children so that they may stand upon our shoulders as we stand upon the shoulders of giants.
(When completing a Theory, you have a 10% chance of gaining another.)
Member/Resource Statistics
Members Total: 3.802
High-Adjudicator: Lord Martyris Dall (Founder)
Members: 3.374
-Faithful: 14/89
--2/6 General Scientists - +12 (per) to assigned research
--1/2 Trained General Scientist - +18 (per) to assigned research
--3/4 General Doctors - +6 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
--1/1 Surgeon - +12 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
--4/4 Common Engineers - +14 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Electronic research
-Followers: 3.284 (1.059 (42 Faithful) unoccupied)
--Recruitment: (+36 per Turn)
---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
---(+6 Due to Expanded Daycare)
---(+14 Due to Poor-House - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul))
---(+6 Due to Expanded Poor Houses)
---(+2 Due to Rudimentary Territorial Hospices)
---(-8 Due to Allied - Mutated)
---(+8 Due to Radio-Channel)
Adjudicator: Omar of Iron (Human)
Members: 428
-Faithful: 14/14
--1/1 General Doctors
-Followers: 414
--Recruitment: (+22 per Turn)
---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
---(-5 Due to Cultural Pushbacks)
---(+14 Due to Fortified Position)
Projects:
-Train an additional Unit (1/2) (Security)
-Invite the Representative of the Merchants Guild (0/1) (Diplomacy)
-Invite the Representative of the Covenant of the Lightning Stone (0/1) (Diplomacy)
Total: 101
-Suzuki - Female - Combat - Infection
-Annika - Female - Exiled For 10.b. and other crimes - Execution
-Abhina Havaldar - Female - Mutated - Murder - Beaten To Death
-Roland - Male - Murder - Stabbed To Death
-Sree Merdad - Male - Mutated - Murder - Bled Out
-Somphone - Male - Mutated - Murder - Brain Trauma
-Tano - Male - Murder - Shattered Ribcage Leading To Asphyxiation
-Tawni Ifri - Female - Murder - Infection Due To Burn Wounds
-Musto - Male - Mutated - Murder - Perforated Heart
-Nina - Female - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Ahli - Female - Mutated - Male - Murder - Extended Torture
-Minera Warden - Mutated - Female - Murder - Extended Torture
-Mahal - Male - Murder - Burning
-Gera Min - Female - Mutated - Murder - Burning
-Su-Jiu Min - Male - Murder - Burning
-Dianella - Female - Mutated - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Nachshol ben Yael - Male - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Devi Kalawat - Female - Murder - Perforated Stomach
-Daax Moltendust - Male - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Varia Moltendust - Female - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Papaver - Male - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Yetek - Male - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Budiono - Male - Mutated - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Bot - Female - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Erysimum Kalahan - Male - Murder - Severed Limbs
-Brumisia Kalahan - Female - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Zizen - Male - Mutated - Murder - Crossbow Bolt through brain and chest
-Siscuss - Male - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Cincia Cinnius - Female - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Pyrole - Male - Murder - Sliced Jugular
-Purshottam Goenka - Male - Mutated - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Rishab Saraff - Male - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Suripto - Male - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Suminten - Male - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Tri - Female - Mutated - Murder - Shattered Ribcage Leading To Asphyxiation
-Batyradz Tseboev - Male - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Carya - Female - Murder - Shattered Ribcage Leading To Asphyxiation
-Abelus Galenus - Male - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Ricruil Holahice - Male - Mutated - Murder - Extended Torture
-Dany Olivier - Female - Mutated - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Pittaha - Female - Mutated - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Abi bat Alfons - Male - Murder - Extended Torture
-Isviel Xyrstina - Male - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Emrath Xyrstina - Male - Mutated - Murder - Extended Torture
-Xizhakesh - Female - Mutated - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Pernelle Chauvert - Female - Mutated - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Xose - Female - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Aleen ben Zehavi - Male - Mutated - Murder - Stabbed to Death
-Isar - Male - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Marina Bastarache - Female - Mutated- Murder - Physical Trauma
-Li-Chen ben Oram - Male - Murder - Beaten to Death
-Taghi - Male - Mutated - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Shiva - Female - Murder - Crossbow Bolt Through Chest
-Guli Azizi - Male - Murder - Crossbow Bolts Into The Skull
-Erkin Azizi - Female - Murder - Severed Arteries
-Deir - Male - Mutated - Murder - Suffocated
-Tamara Silaen - Female - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Rozbeh - Male - Mutated - Murder - Physical Trauma
-Jagu - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Sibi - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Malyar Kethwal - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Tami Harma - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ugali - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Eero Saar - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Katri Valjas - Female - Mutated- Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Jokhang - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Sangin Gilani - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ambrin Dhariwal - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Marc - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ripa - Female - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Seven - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Kirke Valbe - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Sutle - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Yang Qing - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ismail Umkhayev - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ishtar-Gamelat - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Mannuiqapi - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Chidi Jelani - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Akala - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Chi Beluchi - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Tiruneh Anom Melku - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Omar - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Malika Vizirova - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Hîvî Bapîr - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Arash Belayneh Yilema - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Polita - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Chen Hammer - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Mercy Cromwell - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Amazu Chijindum - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Theotreses - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Borena - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Üng - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Balam - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ixbalanque Hu - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ix Hu - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Ixia - Murder - Female - Burning and Suffocation
-Zin - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Chorouathos - Female - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Lil - Male - Mutated - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Tlalli - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Colel Cab - Male - Murder - Burning and Suffocation
-Alas - Nonbinary - Combat - Bloodloss
-Mark - Male - Combat - Braintrauma
Piety: 65% (+10 to all rolls for Heroes with the Adjudicator Trait)
Rolls (+3):
-3 (Tenets: Rite Of Mourning: A Journeys End, Hidden Tenet: A Mythos Called Names)
-10 (Tree Buildings: Expanded Daycare, Beautification, Communal Festivals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims)
-48 (Pilgrim Buildings: Electric Lights, School - (Big - Mirn), Grand Kitchen - (Mirn), Orphanage - (Big - Ularn, Strul, Zulmni, Tessen), Primitive Asylum/s, Expanded Hospice Network, Expanded Poor Houses)
-1 (Hero Traits: Martyris: Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity)
+65 (Followers, +1 every 50)
Suspendium: 1 Large, 3 Medium, 3 Small, and 21 Tiny Suspendium Shards (1 Large needed in 2 (Two) Turns - Paid) Income: +14 Medium
+14 Medium Shards (The Trail of Rust)
-2 Tiny Suspendium Shards (First Son Line)
-2 Small Suspendium Shards (Caravaner Line)
-Harvesting Initiatives: Rounded to the nearest Medium Shard.
Conversion:
24 (Tiny) - 1 (Small)
20 (Small) - 1 (Medium)
16 (Medium) - 1 (Large)
12 (Large) - 1 (Big)
8 (Big) - 1 (Gigantic)
4 (Gigantic) - 1 (Titanic)
(These are not to be seen as indicative of the actual size, merely their mechanical representation, and conversion.)
Size (Mainly for visualization, do not see it as absolute law):
Tiny = Index Finger
Small = Human Head
Medium = Large Chest
Large = Car
Big = HGV (Truck/Heavy Goods Vehicle)
Gigantic = House
Titanic = High-Rise
Relationships
Elites
The Emperor
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Plans: Politicking
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
Marquess of Tessen
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: Back from vacation.
House Ulatarn
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: Has begun investigating if the lost villages and colonies are due to criminal neglect, base incompetence, treasonous actions, or bad luck.
House Mirn
Contact: Lord Malarn
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: Intent to hold a biological exhibition with House Ulatarn to show off the width and breadth of the Empire's ecology.
Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer
Contact: Overseer Hild
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Plans: We cannot let the Islands fall! There is still so much left to uncover, learn, and re-discover! Imagine how many decades of work will be unnecessary if we can obtain everything these ruins offer!
Military
Contact: Sub-General Aiden Gracia
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Plans: Training and preparing.
Information Network: Rank 1. Factions:
- Knight-Chapters:
-- Blue Lance (Chapter-Master: Alson Dulhne|Friendly (1)|7 Hel's (175 Knights Total)|Defense-Chapter|Friends To The People)
-- Umbra Skulls (Chapter Master: Phagorim|Neutral (0)|5 Hel's (125 Knights Total)|Support-Chapter|In Darkest Night We Guard)
-- Bronze Machine (Chapter Master: Araquiel Numar|Neutral (0)|5 Hel's (125 Knights Total)|Defense-Chapter|Myra Guides Us)
-- Revenant Kin (Chapter Master: Sipneir List|Neutral (0)|5 Hel's (125 Knights Total)|Support-Chapter|Risen From The Ashes)
-- Dawn Bringers (Chapter Master: Tabris|Neutral (0)|15 Hel's (375 Knights Total)|Assault-Chapter|Illuminate Them)
The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics
Contact: High Archivar Mahan
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1.
Local Plans: Researching Industrial Suspendium Applications.
National Plans: Weapons Development - Primitivize coilguns for non-artifice production. (14 Turns) - 200 + 1 Imperial Favor (1st), 150 (2nd), 100 (3rd) Goodwill as Reward. Factions:
-3-Point University
Contact: Lector Bob
Opinion: Neutral (0)
The Followers of Light
Contact: Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla (True Believer)
Opinion: Friends (2)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: Perform their duties and discuss the 'Punishment of Galla.'
Miscellaneous Nobles
-Lady Maranica (Ally (3)|Visiting her niece in Ju-Ji's Hall.)
-Baron Esker (Friend (2)|Spending more time with his child.)
General Opinion on Mutated: Useful Minority (1)
Locals
The Common People Of Tessen
Opinion: Friends (2)
Information Network: Rank 1.
Estimated Pilgrim-Influenced: ~41%
Mood: Are intrigued by new rumors and are flocking to the Carnival 'Nightflower Dance.'
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls (Special: Applies to All Local Factions.)
The Merchant Guild
Contact: Abraham Lin
Opinion: Friends (2)
Plans: Highly Valued Customers and Suppliers
The Union of Herbalists
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Plans: Operate as normal. Factions:
- Fundamentalists (Neutral (0)|26% Control|Quicker Doctors)
- Progressivists (Neutral (0)|28% Control|Cheaper Actions)
- Healers (Ally (3)|46% Control|Enables Surgical Training
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
The Adventurer Guild
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: Being awfully active in their recruitment as of late. Factions:
-The Huntsmen (Leader: Amra Kaliv/Friendly (1)/364 Members/Reliable Mercenary Company)
Plans: Snarling at the Mercenary Company
-The Bad Batch (Leader: Simone Simona/Friends (2)/55 Members/Infiltration Experts/Expert Violinists/Trained Exotic Dancers/Adept Flower Coders/Trained Actors/Trained Basket Weavers)
Plans: Barking at the Mercenary Company
-The Scavenger Organizations (Leader: None Formally
--Crews: Old Eyes' Diggers/395 Members
---Plans: Preparing for another dig.)
-Tailors of the Burned Skies (Leader: Agatel Lh-a/Neutral (0)/4000 Infantry, 55 War Lizards, 125 Scout Lizards, 11 Knights/Combat+Garrison Company)
Plans: Do What House Dall Tell's 'Em To Do.
Criminal Gangs
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls -Gang: Dirty Daggers
--Leader: Mahakan
--Territory: Tessen and all surrounding territories.
--Opinion: Neutral (0)
--Information Network: Rank 1
--The Bad Batch Note: This Thief Guild/Racket is more interested in getting money out of you than blood. -Gang: The Family
--Leader: Bloom
--Territory: Jokvi and Zulmni(???)
--Opinion: Friendly (+1???)
--Information Network: Rank 1
--The Bad Batch Note: A weird fusion of organized crime syndicate and forward-thinking business. They see calm waters as good waters. Waters being crime, in case you missed that.
Terrorist Organizations
N/A
Cults
-Conclave of Faya
--Contact: Elder Spirit Songweaver Marta
--Opinion: Friend (2)
--Plans: ???
--Uncovered:
---Spirit Worship (Nature and Machine)
---Artistic Focused (Spiritual and Mosaic)
---Non-Violent (But Not Pacifist) -Meira's Hidden
--Contact: Singe
--Opinion: Neutral (0)
--Plans: ???
--Uncovered:
---Forge-Clan Offshoot
---Pro-Mutated
---Isolationists
The Mutated
Opinion: Allied (3)
Boon: +20 to all Medicine/Biological Research, can boost selected Actions using Goodwill, +4 Mutated Recruits per Turn.
Bane: -12 Human Recruits per Turn.
Plans: Seek employment in the Empire's bureaucracy.
Information Network: Rank 2
Mood: Are enjoying the spectacle of the Carnival 'Nightflower Dance.' from afar.
General Opinion on Mutated: Grudging Acceptance (1)
Artefacts
Common
4x Ancient Torahs - 0.44
10x Miscellaneous Artifacts - 1.02 +5 to Everything
4x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights - 9.45 - +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery
Beta Blockers - 1.12 - +5 to Chemicals
Frontal Cortex Scan - 1.12 - +5 to Biology
Rusted Baton - 1.38 - +5 to Weapons
Discarded Atlatl - 1.12 - +5 to Weapons
Uninspired School Science Project - 1.21 - +5 to Physics
2x "Discipline And Kids" - 1.04 - +5 to Psychology
2x Workers - Scrap - 0.08 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
3x Guardians - Trooper - Scrap - 0.15 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
Guardians - Sniper - Scrap - 2.08 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
4x Caretaker-Swarms - Scrap - 0.84 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
6x Omni-Gazers - Scrap - 2.25 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
298x Bunker Artifacts - 1.74 - +5 to Electronics
4x Intact Human Skeletons - 2.50 - +5 to Biology
Bricked Tablet - 1.01 - +5 to Electronics
Rare
Damaged Knight-Weapon: Hammer - 7.09 - +20 to Common Weapons
Damaged Knight-Equipment: Shield - 4.80 - +20 to Common Armor
Tactical Hud Frame - 6.49 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Programming
7x Cracked Bright-Lance Lense - 7.21 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Physics
Intact Civilian Flamethrower - 6.75 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
4x Damaged Sentinel Remains - 7.31 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Armor/Programming/Electronics
Damaged Caretaker Remains – 7.04 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Armor/Programming/Electronics
8x Malicious Scrap Code - 6.17 - +20 to Advanced Programming
3x Destroyed Bright-Pistol - 7.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Physics
3x Foldable Electro Lance - 6.33 - +20 to Advanced Weapons
2x Flexible Armor Jacket - 6.90 - +20 to Advanced Armor
Ammunition Storage Feeder - 7.42 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics
Code Scraps - 5.99 - +20 to Advanced Programming
"Holy Text of the Tiny Snake God" - 11.76 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
"The Turning Of Pages" - A Mythological Summary Of History - 9.13 - +20 to Psychology
Anti-Avian Shock-Plates - 6.13 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Electronics
Anti-Thief Watch Systems - 5.87 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Programming/Machinery
Automated Blood bag - 6.82 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Medicine
Autonomous Preservative Injector - 6.44 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Chemicals
Crossbow Loader - 5.46 - +20 to Advanced Weapons
Scale Vest - 6.25 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Electronics
Scale Helmet - 6.50 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Electronics
Scale Gauntlets - 6.09 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Electronics
Scale Boots - 5.53 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Electronics
6x Mono Titanium Blade- 5.01 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy
2x Crane Pumps - 5.78 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics
2x Adaptive Interface Prototype - 6.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
Hydrochloric Hallucinogenic Acid - 6.45 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Psychology/Chemicals
5x Missile Propellant Samples - 5.05 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
2x Targeting Platform - 7.15 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery
Acid-Warhead - 5.15 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals/Armor
5x Painmaker-Warheads - 7.25 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Psychology
Rotten Swarm Missile - 6.79 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Biology
2x Destroyed Missile Loading Mechanism - 5.14 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanics
3x Refueling Nozzles - 6.07 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
Rusted Swarm Seeker Warhead - 7.42 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics/Electronics
3x Half-Rusted Fuel Pumping Station - 5.30 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
6x Reactive Micro-Lance - 5.75 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Armor
Scarlet Fever Warhead - 5.13 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Psychology
5x Painmaker Vats - 6.66 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Psychology/Hydraulics
3x Seeker-Shells - 7.38 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Electronics
Rotting Warheads - 5.64 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Biology
7x Busted Swarm Missile Constructors - 7.46 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Chemicals
5x Acidic Globules - 6.41 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
4x Goo-Cages - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanicals
2x Unusable Legionary-Warheads - 6.34 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Programming/Biology
Flight Paths - 7.26 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Physics
5x Loading Tubes - 5.52 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanicals
3x Feeding Stations - 5.50 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
Burnt Pacifiers - 5.86 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Chemicals
Saint-And-Hallow Warhead - 5.60 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Medicine
3x Thoroughly Trashed Micro-Lance - 5.43 - +20 to Advanced Weapons
2x Micro-Lance Coolers - 7.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
4x Ablative Scales - 5.65 - +20 to Advanced Armor
Sewage-Regulators - 5.14 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics
"Neurological Diseases" Leaflet - 6.17 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
2x Thermobaric Landmines - 5.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Electronics/Chemicals/Machines
5x Burnt Thermoplastic Reloaders - 6.83 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanics
3x Advanced IFF Algorithms - 5.93 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Programming
Self-Defense Spray - 5.08 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
Automatic Door Motor - 5.99 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Machines
2x "Autism Isn't Real, Here's Why!" - 5.35 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
2x Eversun Scrap-Knights - 22.23 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Physics
7x Eversun Psychology Works - 5.31 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
7x Rusted Constructor Component - 5.91 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy
Forge-Clan Morgenstern Mk.3 Leg Prosthetic - 6.36 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
3x Retinal Implantation Guide - 5.46 - +20 to Advanced Biology
2x Neuionum Samples - 5.28 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy
Folding Security Measures - 6.94 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics
Sterilization Station - 6.69 - +20 to Advanced Chemicals/Machinery
3x Caustic Metals - 10.54 - +20 to Advanced Chemicals/Armor
2x Self-Sterilizing Bandages - 5.30 - +20 to Advanced Medicine
2x Automatic Pumps - 14.06 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics
Autonomous Suture-Bandage - 6.20 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Medicine
2x Data On Physical Phenomena - 7.29 - +20 to Advanced Physics
4x Auto-Adjusting Bodyarmor - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Machinery
Coolant Feed System - 6.87 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics
2x Overgrown And Shattered Micro-Lances - 7.08 - +20 to Advanced Weapons
Rudimentary VI - 5.49 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Programming
2x Cryostatic Regulators - 7.32 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Mechanics
3x Self-Sealing Bandages - 5.95 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Programming/Medicine
2x Larva Vivisection Reports - 7.46 - +20 to Advanced Biology
Acid-Sprayer - 5.76 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Chemicals
2x Damaged Minor Bright-Lance Turrets - 5.88 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons
2x Damaged Medium Bright-Lance Turrets - 6.31 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons/Armor
4x Damaged Plasmathrowers - 7.06 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons/Hydraulics
2x - Rare Plant Samples - +20 to Advanced Biology
3x - Mechano-Fibrous Materials - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Biology/Medicine
105x Bunker Artifact - 6.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
252x Bunker Artifact - 5.03 - +20 to Advanced Machinery
144x Bunker Artifact - 5.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
384x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 9.60 - +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
"The Collected Legends And Mysteries Of The Sun Cults" - 7.49 - +20 Advanced Psychology/Metallurgy
5x Illustrated Genome Map of Artificial Invertebrates - 11.32 - +20 to Advanced Biology/Chemical
2x Rusted Contactless Power Cells - 6.79 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Electronics
Toy Sword - 5.55 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy
Intact Doll - 6.37 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
Children's Book - 7.11 - +20 to Advanced Psychology/Programming/Electronics
Armored Child Dress - 5.81 - +20 to Advanced Armor
Mutated Skeleton - 6.11 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
Aetheric Conversion Engine - 6.33 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Airship Technologies
Suspendium Diffusion Charts - 5.67 - +20 to Advanced Physics/Airships Technologies
Incomplete Command Node - 7.77 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Programming
12x Workers - 5.08 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
2x Guardians - Trooper - 07.15 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
Well-Loved Doll - 11.12 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Armor
Lost Tech
4x Gutted Cores - 17.04 - +50 to All Physics/Engineering/Psychology - [Black Box]
4x Tablets - 15.87 - +50 to Advanced Programming/Pioneer Electronics
Plasma Torch - 18.40- +50 to Advanced Physics
2x Unknown Discarded Medicines - 19.16 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Advanced Biology
2x Water Purifiers - 17.10 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Advanced Hydraulics/Machinery
Jakerian Armor - 16.12 - +50 to Pioneer Armor
Guard Mace - 19.07 - +50 to Advanced Weapon
Guard Shield - 18.49 - +50 to Pioneer Armor
3x Hololithic Cubes - 20.00 - +50 to All Physics/Machinery/Hydraulics/Engineering/Programming/Metallurgy/Electronics
Physic Theorems - 18.32 - +50 to All Physics
"Night-Fun/Sleep" Pills - 19.09 - +50 to All Chemicals
Scaled Armor - 17.00 - +50 to Advanced Armor
5x Bone Mending Kits - 16.12 - +50 to Advanced Biology/Machinery
Äther-Battery - 15.90 - +50 to Pioneer - Electronics/Physics/Chemicals/Engineering/Metallurgy
Fire-Suppressant Systems - 15.41 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics/Chemicals
Auto-Pilot - 19.66 - +50 to Pioneer Programming
Prototype Fuel Refiner - 19.45 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics/Chemicals/Engineering
Miniature Bright Lance - 18.33 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics/Metallurgy/Machinery
Flesh Mending Syringe - 16.71 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
2x Bright-Lance Compartments - 18.76 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics/Weapons
4x Target Seeking Explosives - 18.74 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics/Programming
Hostile Virus - 17.38 - +50 to Pioneer Programming
Fluid Exchanger - 15.02 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics
3d Metal Printer - 15.78 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery/Electronics/Programming/Chemicals/Metallurgy
Gas Liquifiers - 15.43 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics
Theorem On Celestial Movements - 15.97 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
Sleep-Gas Bombs - 18.56 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology/Weapons
Spider Drones - 16.55 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics/Programming
Self-Adapting Virus - 16.53 - +50 to Pioneer Programming
Smart Fluid Nano-Drone Swarm - 16.36 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics/Medicine/Programming
Self-Deploying Jackhammer - 16.90 - +50 to Pioneer Mechanics/Programming
Assisting Synthetic Intelligence - 17.44 - +50 to Pioneer Programming
5x Implant Equipment - 16.79 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics
Eye-Hud - 16.78 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Biology/Medicine
Body Diagnostic-Drone - 17.19 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine
3x "Chemical Alterations Of The Mindscape" - 31.44 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Psychology
Revelations Of Eden (Penned By Prophet Mahami-Du-Ojasi - Holy Book - Church of Eden) - 43.20 - [Untranslated]
Neuionum Theorem - 19.13 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy
Thermal-Exchanger - 19.05 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery
7x Self-Implanting Exo Skeleton - 15.04 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery/Medicine/Biology
2x "The Death Of A Moon" - 16.23 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
1x Armored "Succubus" Suit - 15.62 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Psychology/Armor
8x "Eternium" - 18.60 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Chemicals/Biology/Psychology - [Library]
12x Plasma Tools - 16.97 - +50 to Pioneer Physics/Metallurgy
11x Walker Maintenance Kits - 15.39 - +50 to Pioneer Physics/Metallurgy/Armor/Electronics/Programming/Weapons/Machinery
4x Implant Removal Stations - 15.79 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Machinery
4x Neural Programming Nodes - 15.54 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Psychology/Armor
2x Memory-Transcriber - 16.00 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery/Electronics/Biology/Medicine
3x Perfectly Preserved Nerve-System- 16.18 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Machinery
2x Neural-Pathway Mapper - 15.88 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery/Biology
2x "Animu/as" Overwriter - 15.86 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Machinery/???
3x Neural-Pathway-Re-Builder Pills - 16.24 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology
2x Broken Neural Alteration Machines - 19.67 - +50 to Pioneer Machine/Medicine/Biology/Psychology
3x Sensory Reconstructors - 16.26 - +50 to Pioneer Machine/Medicine/Biology/Chemicals
5x Light Civilian Medic's Power-Armor - 17.09 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Electronics/Medicine
8x Bunker Artifacts - 15.68 - +50 to Pioneer Programming
Automated Gravimetric Analyzer - 17.66 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery/Chemicals/Hydraulics
35x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 20.23 - +50 to Pioneer Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
3x Nerve-Symbiotic Manipulation Theorems - 19.99 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
Sonorous Symphony of Harmonious Lament - 20.37- +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Programming
Etching of The Bell's Eternity - 22.37 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Recorded Droning of the Monks - 19.67 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
Harmonious Chant of the Rising Sun - 24.68 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Metallurgy
Ubiquitous Orchestra of Harvest - 19.55 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
Unbothered Song of Multitude - 24.57 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Medicine
Recording of their Slumbering Minds - 19.77 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
Doused Flame of Hatred - 23.98 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Programming
Elevated Syphon of Levitation - 24.14 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies
Sighs of Silent Contentment - 22.34 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weapons
Aetheric Shard of Contentment - 24.66 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies
Gate of Respite - 22.43 - +50 to All Psychology/Machinery
Instrument of Sympathy - 21.76 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Hydraulics
Whispering Sword - 23.68 - +50 to All Psychology
Messenger of Soothing Shadows - 21.99 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Armor
Emissary's Delight - 23.16 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
Unwoven Drumming - 22.55 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Electronics
Symphony of Sorrow - 21.99 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
Blistering Chorus - 25.46 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weapons
Sword of Eternity - 22.74 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Sword of Finality - 24.67 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Sword of Dusk - 21.46 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Sword of Dawn - 23.64 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Book of the Foretold Birth - 22.98 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
Unsworn Oath of Protection - 22.18 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Armor
Rune of Severance - 23.13 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
A Tale of Mice and Men - 24.27 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
2x Pristine Power Armors - 25.14 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Weaponry/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Programming/Medicine
Weaponized Core "Θοθ" - 23.25 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Weapons
Intact Autonomous Adaptive Distributed Hunter-Killer Swarm Intelligence - 22.73 - +50 to Pioneer Programming/Weapons
Temporal Storage Container - ??? - +50 to...what the hell is this thing?
2x Good-Tasting MREs - 25.54 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
"Quantum Teleportation and Quantum Communication, The One-Catch-All on these Liminal Bridges!" - 25.05 - +50 to Pioneer Physics?
Intact Micro-Bright Lance - 24.97 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Physics/Metallurgy/Engineering/Electronics
"Augur" Shield - 23.82 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Electronics/Physics
Bisected Cybernetic Skull - 25.64 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Armor/Biology
Crimson Banner - 24.31 - +50 to Pioneer Armor
Targeting Beacon - 22.20 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Physics/Weapons
Badly Damaged Fortress-Grade Coilgun - 27.47- +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics
A Drop of Enlightenment - 30.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Soft Pattern Of Rain Upon Grass - 24.13 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Unique
Unique Artefact: The Codex Mk.1
The Codex holds the teachings of Martyris, the first Pilgrim, and the shared wisdom of all who came after. It is an integral part of life for Pilgrims, whether in discussions of the knowledge found within or in the simple act of reading and remembering.
(Effect: 12 Passive Recruitment per Turn)
Sandcrete Recipe
An ancient recipe that the Ancients used to build structures quickly, though not cheaply. Now it is once more in use, and it will be of great help to us!
(Effect: Can reduce building times of one building by 1(one) Turn, per Turn by adding [Sandcrete] to said action.)
Narcotics, Stimulants, And More!
This book details the effects of various drugs, how they intermix, their downsides, and guides on their production and what substances can be used as substitutes.
(Effect: Combat Stimms research unlocked.)
Scientific Theory
There is more to this world than one life could ever grasp. There are more mysteries, questions to unravel, and answers to find. Nothing could ever stop Humanity's thirst for knowledge, not even death. (Effect: +15 to Learning Rolls.)
Grieving Echo
A Zweihänder sized for a Knight. On every surface, names are engraved, along with how they died. The phrase: "One Wielder, One Name, One Duty, One Death" is inscribed in the middle of the blade. PD connected to the sword and immediately exclaimed ownership over the zweihänder. Her explanation was: "Every woman needs a fun toy, and this thing is one!"
(2d40+30 Damage, cannot equip a shield.)
CORE-^Ä^
PD found this Core within the bowels of the Daughter of Dawn, even months after the latter was used as quarters for a veritable legion of engineers and soldiers. He seems to be an old friend, and one can hear both chatting quite often when maintenance calls, but ^Ä^'s speech is unintelligible for any human, Mutated or otherwise. Seriously, how can you hear [T]7 in speech? Otherwise, he seems perfectly fine with only being a Core, though he would like to be put into a Knight in the next century or two.
(Gain +1 Automatic Success for Learning Actions if applied, 5% chance to suffer permanent damage.)
Soaring Wrenches
An unburnable book containing the collected knowledge of an engineer who had worked for nearly a century on airships, detailing everything they knew. Everything is addressed and described here, from wanting a chip leading to a ship's destruction to other tiny details.
(+50 to All Mechanics)
Banner of Lumination - (Equip to Hero)
(Auxiliary Knight Equipment) (+/-4 to/against Morale Rolls to all friendly/enemy Units if engaged with Eversun Units.)
2x Phoenix Suits
Heavy Mechanized Armor - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Hydraulics/Chemicals/Metallurgy - (18/18 Armor for 1/1 Unit, -20 Thermal Damage)
2x Enlighteners
Flamethrowers - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Hydraulics/Chemicals/Metallurgy- (+5d6 Thermal Damage, Inflicts Radiant Scorching (2d6 damage) for two rounds, has 8 Fuel.)
2x NOVA MACHINA - (Equip to Hero)
A 10x10x10cm translucent box with a swirling spot of black and white in the middle. It cannot be opened, smashed, or taken apart. All Humans that touch the box feel intense nausea, abdominal pain, and loss of self-preservation, with Mutated reporting headaches, static within their ears, the feeling of falling, and extreme paranoia. Better we lock it in the back of our Vault; less someone injures themselves or others by touching this object. Even after several months of study, the cube remains mysterious and a possible cognitohazard. Du, ich glaub fast der fragt uns was. Nicht glauben sollst du, sondern hinhören! Der fragt tatsächlich!
(+1 to (3\²]SN@'+ßz_ )
Data-Crystal - Pioneer All The object of not merely veneration by Forge-Clans and many a sect and cult for the history and secrets they hold but also lusted after by the scavenger, the scholar, the ruler, and the nation. One can elevate a city-state into a country worth fearing, even if you cannot understand 99.9% of what they hold. There is simply so much information stored within these edifices to human ingenuity and knowledge that even what little can be accessed can elevate the lowest above the highest. And now, one of these little things, no larger than a hand, is in the possession of the Pilgrims. We need only decode them to rip out further understanding of all things on, above, and below Calynth.
(Unlocks Learning/Diplomacy/Tree of Knowledge Actions.)
Military
Units (10/18)
Rust Scouts
Description: A small force of scavengers, adept in the arts of stealth and searching for new spots to scavenge. Health: 6/6 (Size 6) Armor: 8/8 Damage: 1d6 (+2 damage ignores armor and 2 AP when melee, 4 AP when ranged.) Training: Soldiers (4/6) (+5 to Initiative) Breakpoint: 2/6 size remaining in Combat
Equipment:
-Dread-Ghillie (Military): +8 Armor, +20 on stealth rolls, +10 on Initiative rolls, Dreadful (Initiates Breakpoint Checks before Initiative is rolled, equaling (Breakpoint+Unit Number-Dread-Ghillie Unit Number), Death Dealer (Causes 1d2 Damage per Turn to all attacking Enemies), Stealthy (After attacking, if the stealth-roll has a difference of 10 or higher, you gain one free attack)
-Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against armor, +2 damage, ignoring armor.
-Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns.
--Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores armor.
-Firebomb (Lingering): It is used as a free action before the melee is joined, with 1d4-1 damage and +1 damage in the next Turn. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Mortar (Primitive): Special Rule: Experimental Artillery (Fired only once before Combat.) 45% Chance of hitting for 2d12 damage. Inflicts Concussed (-10 Initiative for 1(one) round) upon all Biological Non-Titan Enemies, even when missing.
--Mortar Upgrade: Acid Globules (Ammunition): +4d4 Acid Damage, Acidic Burning (4 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Fire Cannisters (Ammunition): 6d6 Fire Damage, Liquid Fire (Triggers Breakpoint Check in all affected Biological Units, inflicts 2d3 Fire Damage for 2d3 Turns), (6/6) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Explosive Warheads (Ammunition): 12d2 Piercing Damage, High-Explosive Airborne Lethal Ordnance/HeALO Rounds (Cannot be used indoors, -5% Accuracy), (12/12) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 1d2+1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4+1 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
-Combat Scutter: A medium-sized drone, as large as a human torso, equipped with a ranged crossbow turret and two claws for crushing, smashing, and ripping apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Small Crossbow (1d8 Ranged damage), Melee Limbs (2d3 Melee damage).
Trait/s: Advanced Coordination (All Pilgrim Units gain a +4 coordination bonus for every Unit present in a battle, which cannot be provided by a Unit at half-strength and below), Coded Understanding (+5 Initiative against all Mechanical Enemies), Inheritors (+1 to all Morale Checks), War Lessons (+5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat).
The Unbroken Description: A large force of volunteers shipped out to fight for the Empire of Slatnan in the Starlight Crusade. They have repeatedly proven that the bonds forged in the crucible of war are among the strongest there are, routinely going above and beyond if it meant saving one of their own. Health: 12/12 (Size 12) Armor: 16/16 (+20 on Stealth) (+10 to Initiative) Damage: 1d4-1 (+1 at the start of the next CR) for free, 1d12 (Ranged), 1d12+4/-0+1d2 (Melee) (against Biologicals/Mechanoids) (3 AP)(Dread-Ghillie) Training: Soldiers (4/6) (+5 to Initiative) Breakpoint: Unbreakable
Equipment:
-Dread-Ghillie (Military): +8 Armor, +20 on stealth rolls, +10 on Initiative rolls, Dreadful (Initiates Breakpoint Checks before Initiative is rolled, equaling (Breakpoint+Unit Number-Dread-Ghillie Unit Number), Death Dealer (Causes 1d2 Damage per Turn to all attacking Enemies), Stealthy (After attacking, if the stealth-roll has a difference of 10 or higher, you gain one free attack).
-Bloodletter (Special Melee): 1 Damage per Size, Special Rule: Bleeding: +2 damage against biological targets, -2 damage against mechanical targets, -1 damage against armor.
-Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against armor, +2 damage, ignoring armor.
-Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns.
--Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores armor
-Firebomb (Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 1d4-1 and +1 damage in the next Turn. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Mortar (Primitive): Special Rule: Experimental Artillery (Fired only once before Combat.) 45% Chance of hitting for 2d12 damage. Inflicts Concussed (-10 Initiative for 1(one) round) upon all Biological Non-Titan Enemies, even when missing.
--Mortar Upgrade: Acid Globules (Ammunition): +4d4 Acid Damage, Acidic Burning (4 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Fire Cannisters (Ammunition): 6d6 Fire Damage, Liquid Fire (Triggers Breakpoint Check in all affected Biological Units, inflicts 2d3 Fire Damage for 2d3 Turns), (6/6) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Explosive Warheads (Ammunition): 12d2 Piercing Damage, High-Explosive Airborne Lethal Ordnance/HeALO Rounds (Cannot be used indoors, -5% Accuracy), (12/12) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 1d2+1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4+1 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
-Combat Scutter: A medium-sized drone, as large as a human torso, equipped with a ranged crossbow turret and two claws for crushing, smashing, and ripping apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Small Crossbow (1d8 Ranged damage), Melee Limbs (2d3 Melee damage).
Trait/s:
Forged In Fire, Cooled By Blood (Does not Break), None Left Behind (All casualties are ignored if the damage taken is under 6(six)), Veterans (Does not necessitate Goodwill Upkeep in The Empire Of Slatnan), Advanced Coordination (All Pilgrim Units gain a +4 coordination bonus for every Unit present in a battle, which cannot be provided by a Unit at half-strength and below), Coded Understanding (+5 Initiative against all Mechanical Enemies), War Lessons (+5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat).
The Wall Description: A group of twelve Pilgrims, armored and armed with their religion's best, can create and buy. They stand ready to defend their brothers and sisters in faith with their lives. Health: 12/12 (Size 12) Armor: 72/72 Damage: 2d6+2d4 (+6 against Machines, 4 AP) Training: Soldiers (4/6) (+5 to Initiative) Breakpoint: 10/12 Size remaining in Combat
Equipment:
-Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores armor.
-Shield: "Orcist": +2 Armor per (6/6) Unit/0.3 Armor per Unit Size.
-Obstacle: Super Heavy Armor: +34 Armor, -50 on stealth rolls, -5 on Initiative rolls.
-Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Firebomb (Lingering): It is used as a free action before the melee is joined, with 1d4-1 damage and +1 damage in the next Turn. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Mortar (Primitive): Special Rule: Experimental Artillery (Fired only once before Combat.) 45% Chance of hitting for 2d12 damage. Inflicts Concussed (-10 Initiative for 1(one) round) upon all Biological Non-Titan Enemies, even when missing.
--Mortar Upgrade: Acid Globules (Ammunition): +4d4 Acid Damage, Acidic Burning (4 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Fire Cannisters (Ammunition): 6d6 Fire Damage, Liquid Fire (Triggers Breakpoint Check in all affected Biological Units, inflicts 2d3 Fire Damage for 2d3 Turns), (6/6) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Explosive Warheads (Ammunition): 12d2 Piercing Damage, High-Explosive Airborne Lethal Ordnance/HeALO Rounds (Cannot be used indoors, -5% Accuracy), (12/12) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 1d2+1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4+1 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
-Combat Scutter: A medium-sized drone, as large as a human torso, equipped with a ranged crossbow turret and two claws for crushing, smashing, and ripping apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Small Crossbow (1d8 Ranged damage), Melee Limbs (2d3 Melee damage).
Trait/s:
Fiery Speeches (Morale is rolled with Advantage), Advanced Coordination (All Pilgrim Units gain a +4 coordination bonus for every Unit present in a battle, which cannot be provided by a Unit at half-strength and below), Bastion (Rolls all dice with Advantage when defending a location), Coded Understanding (+5 Initiative against all Mechanical Enemies), Overstrength (Double Unit count), War Lessons (+5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat).
Incubi Description: In a surprising event, the Incubi are six siblings, five women and one man. In another, the oldest is barely 23, and the youngest, their brother, 20, making them relatively young, even by Pilgrim standards. Notably, having been elected their Leader, the five sisters constantly tease their younger brother while also trying to get him hooked up with virtually any girl willing to entertain them. Health: 6/6 (Size 6) Armor: 22/22 (-20 for Stealth) Damage: 1d8+5 (3 Acid Damage, +1 Acid Damage for (one) Turn after attacking, tripled damage against Armor and Internal Structure) Training: Soldiers (4/6) (+5 to Initiative) Breakpoint: 2/6 size remaining in Combat
Equipment:
-Dragonscale: Heavy Armor: +22 Armor, -20 on stealth rolls, Integrated Injection Ports (Halved chance for negative effects upon consuming Drugs/Chemicals).
-Lillith: Glaive (1d8+2), Caphractan-Alloy (+3 Acid Damage, +1 Damage for 1 (one) Turn after attacking, tripled damage against Armor and Internal Structure), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reach (+5 Initiative), Monster-Slayer (-10 Initiative to Mutants).
-Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Mortar (Primitive): Special Rule: Experimental Artillery (Fired only once before Combat.) 45% Chance of hitting for 2d12 damage. Inflicts Concussed (-10 Initiative for 1(one) round) upon all Biological Non-Titan Enemies, even when missing.
--Mortar Upgrade: Acid Globules (Ammunition): +4d4 Acid Damage, Acidic Burning (4 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Fire Cannisters (Ammunition): 6d6 Fire Damage, Liquid Fire (Triggers Breakpoint Check in all affected Biological Units, inflicts 2d3 Fire Damage for 2d3 Turns), (6/6) Shells
--Mortar Upgrade: Explosive Warheads (Ammunition): 12d2 Piercing Damage, High-Explosive Airborne Lethal Ordnance/HeALO Rounds (Cannot be used indoors, -5% Accuracy), (12/12) Shells
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.)
Trait/s:
Lil' Bro! (Always one survivor. This trait will be deleted after being used), Advanced Coordination (All Pilgrim Units gain a +4 coordination bonus for every Unit present in a battle, which cannot be provided by a Unit at half-strength and below), Coded Understanding (+5 Initiative against all Mechanical Enemies)
-(Basic Melee) Spear/Mace/Ax/Sword/Dagger: +1 Damage, can be combined with a shield or equipment.
-(Basic Ranged) Sling/Bow: +1 Damage per size, damage halved, cannot be combined with shields, -5 to first melee roll for the equipped Unit, Ammunition for 5 Turns.
-Bloodletter (Special Melee): Special Rule: Bleeding: +2 damage against biological targets, -2 damage against mechanical targets, -1 damage against armor.
-Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against armor, +2 damage, ignoring armor.
-Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns.
-Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores armor.
-Electric Maul: +1 Electric Damage, Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine)), Crush (+2 Damage), 1 damage ignores armor.
-Lillith: Glaive (1d8+2), Caphractan-Alloy (+3 Acid Damage, +1 Damage for 1 (one) Turn after attacking, tripled damage against Armor and Internal Structure), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reach (+5 Initiative), Monster-Slayer (-10 Initiative to Mutants).
Armor
-(Basic) Shield: +1 Armor, -15 On stealth rolls.
-(Basic) Cloth/Leather Armor: +2 Armor, -30 on stealth rolls.
-Dread-Ghillie (Military): +8 Armor, +20 on stealth rolls, +10 on Initiative rolls, Dreadful (Initiates Breakpoint Checks before Initiative is rolled, equaling (Breakpoint+Unit Number-Dread-Ghillie Unit Number), Death Dealer (Causes 1d2 Damage per Turn to all attacking Enemies), Stealthy (After attacking, if the stealth-roll has a difference of 10 or higher, you gain one free attack).
-Armored Camo-Cloaks (Standardized): (Melee) If the stealth roll has a difference of 35 or higher, you gain one free attack. (Ranged) After attacking, you gain one extra stealth attack if the stealth roll has a 35 or higher difference. +0.5 Armor per Size.
-Dragonscale: Heavy Armor: +22 Armor, -20 on stealth rolls, Integrated Injection Ports (Halved chance for negative effects upon consuming Drugs/Chemicals).
-Obstacle: Super Heavy Armor: +34 Armor, -50 on stealth rolls, -5 on Initiative rolls.
-Shield: "Orcist": +2 Armor per (6/6) Unit/0.3 Armor per Unit Size.
Consumables
-Firebomb (Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 1d4-1 damage and +1 damage in the next Turn. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Wyvernsack (Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 1d2+2 Acid damage and +2 damage in the next Turn. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Electromagnetic Pulse Weaponry - Grenades: Roll a 1d2. On a 1, machines are deactivated for 1d3 Rounds. On a 2, they receive 2d4 Internal Damage and suffer -25 Initiative for the next 2(two) Rounds.
--1x stored and equipable
-Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Medi-Aid Chemicals: "Miracle Cure" - Treat all negative Health above (-TotalUnitHealth/2) as if the Unit still has 1 Health. (Warning: 09% Chance to replace Lost Health with Hostile (1 Health/2 Armor) Mutant Units with a total Unit Count equal to Lost Health.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Berserk: Increase all damage by two damage dice. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 14% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Re-Breath: Reroll failed casualty rolls. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 09% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Last Stand: Reduce all damage by half, triple all Health. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 91% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Adrenaline: Increase all damage by three damage dice. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 05% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
Upgrades
-Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores armor
-Mortar Upgrade: Acid Globules (Ammunition): +4d4/12d4 Acid Damage against Biological/Machine Enemies, Acidic Burning (4 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 1d2+1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4+1 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Choking Gas (Ammunition): 2d2 Health Damage per Turn, Yellow Fog (Affects 1d6 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses), Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4+1 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (1/1) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Fire Cannisters (Ammunition): 6d6 Fire Damage, Liquid Fire (Triggers Breakpoint Check in all affected Biological Units, inflicts 2d3 Fire Damage for 2d3 Turns), (6/6) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Explosive Warheads (Ammunition): 12d4 Piercing Damage, High-Explosive Airborne Lethal Ordnance/HEALO Rounds (Cannot be used indoors, 1/2 Damage against Machines), (2/2) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Seeker Shells (Ammunition): +8 Fire Damage, Born To Die (+50% Accuracy), (1/1) Shells
-Mortar Upgrade: Flaming Ordnance (Ammunition): 2d12, Burning Comets (Hits every Unit present on the battlefield, cannot be used indoors) (5/5) Shells
-Armor Upgrade: Heavy Wyvern Scale Patches (+2 Armor per 2 Sizes)
-Armor Upgrade: Light Wyvern Scale Patches (+1 Initiative per Size, -1 Armor per 2 Sizes)
-Weapon Upgrade: Wyvern Bones Replacement (+1 Initiative per Size)
-Ranged Upgrade: Wyvern Toot Bolt/Arrowheads (+1 Bleeding Damage per Turn per Size)
Auxiliary
-Mortar (Primitive): Special Rule: Experimental Artillery (Fired only once before Combat.) 45% Chance of hitting for 2d12 damage. Inflicts Concussed (-10 Initiative for 1(one) round) upon all Biological Non-Titan Enemies, even when missing.
-Radio-Beacon: Special Rule: Grants a Coordination bonus of +1 per Unit equipped with a Radio-Beacon and Improves said bonus by +1 for every Unit that already possesses that bonus instead. Requires an operator, nullifying one damage dice.
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
-Scout Scutter: A small, cat-sized drone carrying nothing more than itself, a camera, and a way to transmit the feedback to a tablet included in the drone! Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 1/1 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure.), Scout Drone (Boosts Pre-Combat rolls for initiating combat by +5 (cumulative.)).
-Combat Scutter: A medium-sized drone, as large as a human torso, equipped with a ranged crossbow turret and two claws for crushing, smashing, and ripping apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Small Crossbow (1d8 Ranged damage), Melee Limbs (2d3 Melee damage).
-Rough Rider Scutter: A large robotic drone designed to maneuver in 3D spaces like canyons, caverns, Necropolis, and forests, capable of carrying up to three riders or 350kg of weight. Four automatic crossbows provide security alongside four front-spaced manipulator arms fitted with tools/weaponry. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 20/20 Armor and 6/6 Internal Structure.), Four Crossbows (4d10 Ranged damage), Specialised Melee Limbs (4d8 Melee damage), Mechanical Mount (Shelters up to 3 (three) Sizes of a Unit from damage until destroyed/disabled), 3D Climber (Unaffected by Terrain).
Notable Assets/Buildings
General:
1x Artifact Reclamation Order
∞x Ashleaf Tea - +15 to Diplomacy
1x Pneumatic Tools - (-1 Turn per 3 turns for all Tree of Knowledge Actions)
1x Elemental Feline Juvenile- Fractal - (???)
1x Personal Cutter
1x Lineship
6x Caravaners
Mirn:
1x Asylum - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Upgraded) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
3x Food Kitchens - (1x Normal, 3x Bulk) - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Grand Kitchen - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Inn - (Eye of the Beholder) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Local Headquarters - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x School - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
Norqod:
1x Airship Line (First Son) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Airship Line (Caravaner) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Artist Alley
1x Contractual Expansion - (Adequate Housing) - (Security Improvements)
1x Distributed Clinics
1x Engine Assembly - (Security Improvements)
1x Goat Pens
1x Medium Quarantine Area - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Miniscule Scientific Complex
1x Norqod Fashion Street - (Tahmid's Embroidery)
1x Norqod Radio Station - (Entertainment and News) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Simple Hospitals - (Security Improvements)
1x The Trail of Rust - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
Waking Machine-Minds:
-INDOMITABLE BASTION
1x Common Suspendium Theory
1x Common Chemicals Theory
2x Common Metallurgy Theory
1x Common Biological Theory
1x Common Medicine Theory
1x Common Psychology Theory
1x Common Hydraulics Theory
1x Common Electronics Theory
1x Common Physics Theory
1x Common Machinery Theory
1x Advanced Electronics Theory
The Tree - Jokvi
The Tree - Strul
Strul - Mirn
Strul - Zulmni
Jokvi - Ularn
Ularn - Tessen
Mirn - Ularn
Strul - Ularn
Holdings
Temple Holding: Tree Of Knowledge
Pros: Material cost is halved, Goodwill cost is reduced by -0.5, attackers must overcome your security to attack you, and unique building options are unlocked.
Cons: Buildings take one extra Turn to mine and set up.
Desalination Basins - Deep Pumps
- 800 Pilgrims receive water in case of a drought.
Administration Center - Grand + 5 PCUs
- +1 Personal Action, Unlocks Too Much To Do.
- +7 Actions.
Medical Wing - Expanded
-Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supporting up to 2500 Pilgrims before it becomes useless.
Living Quarters - Continuous Expansion
- All Pilgrims can live within the Tree without any problems.
Expanded Daycare
--2 to Piety rolls, +6 permanent recruitment due to families.
Storerooms - Continuous Expansion
-All Pilgrims can survive for twelve months under siege conditions.
Artisanal Quarters - (Grand)
Lowered costs for all equipment, increased chances for all research, rolls with Advantage for all study of melee weapons/equipment made of metal.
Laboratory - Grand
Improves chances to Learning Actions, along with unlocking 1/2/3 success thresholds.
Knight-Hangar
Houses 1(one) Knight, allowing to enact repairs and modifications.
Sandcrete Mixer
Vastly reduces the needed Materials for shortening building Turns.
Electronics Workshop
+30 to all Electronics Research.
Anchorage For Airships
Unlocks DOD Actions.
Martial Range
Lowers malus when switching from ranged to -10.
Training Field - Expanded
Can recruit Units at (3/6 Trained) instead of (2/6 Militia)
Crystal Path
+4 Medium Suspendium Shards each Turn.
Black Box
5% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to continuously provide 10% (rounded down) of the Artifacts bonus.
Library - (Basic)
Provides 1(one) slot for Literature Artifacts, continuously providing 10% (rounded down) of the Artifacts bonus.
Artistic Initiatives
Murals, engravings, paintings, and much more make the Tree a desirable place to live inside.
(-1 to Piety rolls.)
Berth - Small
A small berth permits for repairs and refueling of Three Light Airships, allowing the crew to leave comfortably, modifying the ship, dismantling it, and whatever else one can think up.
(Can now modify Light Airships for Trade and Exploration.)
Tiny Drone-Manufacture
A small workshop where trained personnel turn raw materials and pre-made components into drones for Military and Civilian Applications.
(Can create Combat Drone (Generic Ranged Spider) for Units/Heroes.)
Scutter Makers
The "Scutter" your scholars and engineers created has proven surprisingly clever, incredibly efficient, and cute! Creating a space where more are built will enable you to increase security further while selling them outside the faith, and making larger versions will yield expanded profits!
(Increased Security, Unlocked Auxilliary Equipment: Scout Scutter, Combat Scutter, Rough Rider Scutter)
Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -4 to Piety Rolls.)
Special:
-Tree Of Knowledge: Pilgrim appointed as Governor
-Royal Guardian Barracks: Supplies the Royal Guardians onboard the DoD.
-Forge-Clan Enclave (Specialists): Investigates and Repairs the DoD.
-Cultural Settlement: This allows the Pilgrims to spread their faith further than ever through cultural osmosis.
-Academic District: Improved osmosis of researched topics and existing knowledge.
Heroes
Martyris Dall
Prevter Martyris Dall, The One That Suffers, Leader of The Pilgrims, Soil of Hope, Seed of Change
Health: 17/19 (-2 permanent) (+1 Due to Auroran Cylinder) (+12 Due to Soil of Hope, Seed of Change) Armor: 56/56 Armor Training: Trained (3/6) Breakpoint: Unbreakable
Equipment:
-Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores armor.
-Obstacle (Prototype): Power Armor: +56 Armor, -50 on stealth rolls.
-Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals. Consumable: Needs to be re-stocked after use.
-Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before survival roll to heal wounds. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Re-Breath: Reroll failed casualty rolls. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 09% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
-Auroran Cylinder
(A cylinder about the size of a human forearm and with an equivalent thickness that shines with a kaleidoscope of colors, bringing warmth to the body and calm to the mind of its wearer. Aria noticed a tingling all over her body when she got it from a room within the Daughter of Dawn. After studying and gathering evidence, you have determined that this cylinder is an ancient and incredibly potent all-heal-medikit primarily carried by high-ranking people. If the notes and rumors are correct, this little thing may even be able to resurrect a person from death itself!
(+1 Health if equipped, +20% Chance of resurrection if carried on a person. Can be used to guarantee results.))
Special Rules:
-Must be accompanied by one Unit to join Combat
-All Units gain the special rule Unbreakable: Unit automatically succeeds in its morale check
-50% Chance to obtain/lose 40% Piety should this Hero die in Combat.
-Gain 30% Piety should this Hero die of natural causes
-Immune against all poisons
Traits:
Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity
There are few things worse than dying to the poison of a Plague-Engine. You are enduring the least of the worst of those fates. Many see your determination to face such a future for something beyond yourself as inspiring and have taken more selfless actions. Though there may be more, your medicine's side effects and the lasting damage seem to be a much-increased tolerance against any poison.
(Reduced Health, reduced lifespan, permanent -1 to Piety reduction rolls, grants immunity against poison)
A Victims Ire: Criminal Organizations
This world is not a kind one. It will chew and spit you out when you let your guard down. You did so and almost paid the price for that. Your experiences now mark you, as does the anger toward those who wronged you. Dealing with various Criminal organizations will require much more effort, but harming them will be much easier.
(-10 to aiding Criminal Organizations, +5 to harmful actions against them.)
Sympathy: The Lost
Through action, conversation, morals, mind, or observation, this person has developed a deep sympathy for a faction or group of people, seeing helping them as a moral calling and ignoring them as a moral failure. They will, if able, extend a helping hand without hesitation, ready to lift those who grasp it and those unable to hold onto themselves.
(+20 to all rolls involving: The Lost)
Prevter By Marriage
You have no idea how Lady Maranica managed to do it, but Selene's family is now technically nobility, which means you are nobility by marriage. Technically is the keyword here, as she is a Mutated, Selene cannot hold a noble title, and she only has it until one of her children or descendants is a human. The title awarded her is "Lady," not honorific, and she has been given the village of Norqod as a holding. The town of people living outside the Tree, trading, or visiting. Being commissioned by the Imperial Logistics Bureau, she, and by extension, you, have to build the village within the next five years. Luckily, various laws allow the appointing of a governor, so when she asked the Pilgrims Council, all agreed to govern in exchange for a 95% cut of future Income, all written down in a generational contract. For her part, Selene stopped dragging you away for stress relief when her request had been approved, firmly of the opinion that she is not made for nobility. And now you must deal with the fact that you and Selene have been elevated to Prevter.
Mutated Wife - Prevter Selene Dall
She returned to her usual self, if a bit more conscious about her surroundings, and participated in the militia's drills. But for all that, she is still marked by her experience, even if she doesn't want to be. Her sex drive has not suffered much, so at least she can relax that way. Or, during your night walks, the stars are much clearer above the Tree than in the City. She is dealing with the unexpected fame gained through her newest romance comedy, hiding under your bed with Silvia Jr.
Child: Lady Silvia Dall - Mutated Girl - 12-Year-Old
Your first child! She is, in every aspect, perfect! Her legs and ears are like her mother's, even if her fur is entirely obsidian. She has two horns growing above and swinging around her head in a tiny semi-circle, looking like a regal crown with spikes atop (even if it makes putting a shirt on a pain), framing her golden hair. She does have a relatively long tail, furred like a Sweden forest cat (the fur is obsidian again, though white spots have started appearing), which means you need to get a tailor for her pants. Her first teeth recently started to fall out, some being replaced with sharper versions, like fangs. Her laughing and smiles melt your heart, and she has this cute habit of putting her tail into her mouth like a snow leopard. Unfortunately, she is blind, so teaching her to read and defend herself is challenging. You found a seller for braille books and a guide on how to read them, so you can confidently say that she can read when she's grown up. But you still need to figure out how she could defend herself. Maybe grenades? Her first word had been 'Dada.' You'll never let Selene live that one down. Letting her go to School hurts more than you'd like to admit. Your move to Norqod has upset her; she won't be able to meet and play with her friends as often as she wants. However, she has made new friends, and with Crinkles letting her ride him everywhere, she has seemingly adjusted to her new normal.
Protegé: Lord Markus Ulatarn - 13-Year-Old
A child of nobility, given to be raised and educated while laying the foundation of a relationship between two Houses. He has since fully grown accustomed to being here and has made fast friends with Silvia Jr., several of her friends, and others. Likes Crinkle. Recently took up painting after watching the various artists in Norqod decorate and carve into the rock.
(You have a Protegé!)
Founder, And First Arbitrator
You founded the Pilgrims and were appointed Arbitrator, the final voice in any argument, a watcher for those who would turn them against their ideals. Hopefully, you will prove the trust placed in you right.
(This Hero will add the Piety bonus/malus to all his rolls. Relax is not needed.)
Soil of Hope, Seed of Change
With our growth in life, we nurture change, causing a beginning of Future's Ending. At daybreak, we see ahead yet shy from death and its cycle of rebirth as bodies are born anew as hosts of a thousand beginnings, small and large of children beyond our sight.
(Enables the Action: Communion of Unsight, +12 Health, +2d6 Melee Damage.)
Aria
Aria, Knight-Pilot of The Pilgrims, Pilot of Perpetual Defiance
Health: 7/7 Armor: 4/4 Armor Training: Knight (4/6) (+5 to Initiative) Breakpoint: 5/7
Equipment:
-Dagger: 1 Damage per size (1 total)
-Pilot-Suit - Pathane-Weaved: 6/6 Armor with +1 health and 31% chance to survive PD being destroyed. Pathane-Weaved (All physical damage is reduced by 20%)
-Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before survival roll to heal wounds. Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Combat Drug - Re-Breath: Reroll failed casualty rolls. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 09% chance of killing the user.) Consumable: needs to be re-stocked at half cost after use.
-Generic Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 3/3 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.).
Special Rules:
-Uses the stats of PD in Combat until she is destroyed.
Trophies:
1x Banner of Lumination (Eversun)
Traits:
Mutated:
Strangely striated blue eyes with overly responsive irises. Metallic gray hair that moves about and generates mild electric shocks and vibrates to create simple tones, all of which mark this person as a Mutated. They will need help getting people to like them.
(-20 to Diplomacy for any Locals/Elites they interact with, as long as the Opinion on Mutated is at (0/3). -20 to the malus for every point in the negative, +5 for every point in the positive.)
Mutation: Lamba Volondavenona (20/25):
Aria's Mutation originates in the city-state of Jahi, a once vassal of the Empire, before being absorbed into the greater nation due to unrest and rising violence. As the Gene-Smith explained, her hair is akin to radio, allowing her to receive and transmit radio waves when trained. While this Mutation wouldn't be of much use, her brain has also been altered to decode and understand said transmissions. Further, she has finally figured out why she doesn't scar even with deep wounds! Her Mutation prevents her body from going "Good Enough" and stops healing, forcing it to repair all injuries perfectly. When Aria attempted to perceive the Regions transmissions, she said it was akin to a whisper within a hall. She also said that her head started to hurt when she looked at the second moon, though its odd ability to hinder or distort radio waves is well known.
(+38 to all rolls made with PD.)
Bloodied Knight-Pilot:
You have joined the illustrious Elite of the world, where the entry is life-long service, and the exit is at the end of a weapon. Yours will be a life of war, death, and struggles, bringing hope to despairing hearts, rallying flagging defenders, and protecting those in your shadow. Do not stumble, for the consequences are grave.
(+10 to all rolls after using a Knight in Combat.)
1st Generation Pilgrim:
This person has not been converted to the Pilgrim's belief but was raised in it from a young age. Their faith has always been a part of their life, guiding their actions even when choosing to leave. People will find it hard to sway their devotion should they remain.
(Actions to subvert Aria roll with a malus.)
We Can Do It!:
Aria has been deeply empathetic, caring, and driven from a young age. Since joining the Pilgrims, she has grown into a relentlessly friendly and optimistic young woman, shaped by her adoptive family's experiences. With her determined personality, she picked up "a little bit of everything" at a young age by enthusiastically volunteering to assist in any and everything. She picked the brains of anyone willing to let her, though the more curmudgeonly among the Pilgrims find her boundless enthusiasm tiresome. But she will give everything she has in all she does, unfortunately, sometimes beyond that.
(+20 to all actions this Hero is assigned to, -10 for every Turn Relax is not chosen. Currently: +/-0)
Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor (16/16):
It has been years since the Purge, and you no longer feel overwhelmed or trapped by the feelings of terror and hopelessness as you once did. Instead, you have used that horror you survived as a drive to see it never repeated or minimized for as long as you live. You may occasionally still dream about the screams, the hateful faces, and the smell of burning flesh, but it adds to your conviction to see it never repeated.
(-5 to all Actions this Hero is assigned to, can be chosen as a starting character should a Purge happen. +10 to all Actions done by this Hero within Purge Turns.)
To Fling A Light:
Sometimes? Sometimes being willing to help is not enough; doing all you can could fail, and people will die. You know that. You have seen that. Sometimes, sacrifice is needed. And if you can shoulder that burden so that others won't have to? You would gladly fling a light into the future at the cost of your life.
(???)
Human Wife - Chiedi
The delight of marriage with all of its wonders and happiness.
Object of Veneration - Hazy - Guardian - (22/250)
Actions wreak changes, not of this person, yet for this one, as the world reveals itself to be more than it had been before, changed and yet static as it has been. Something seeks shelter within her shadow, behind her shield, and with her wrath, and so, the world moves to accommodate.
(+5 to all Diplomacy/Norqod Actions, Become More.)
"And that is all?" Ers asked tiredly; the countless hours of sleep lost over the years had long been etched deeply into his face, grooves of lines and bags underneath his eyes as much a feature as the sunken cheeks and pale flesh denoting him as someone with little access to food and one who has never been graced by the touch of the sun, gentle or harsh.
"There are not many rules about joining us," Sevis in front of him replied with a friendly tilt of his head, the emotion and gesture genuine, as far as he knew. "It would defeat the point of the Journey if we demanded tests or fees from those seeking to share their insights with us."
Ers blinked slowly at that, a crease upon his brow while the words wormed themselves through his cognition. "That...makes sense." It did. He had not seen the Pilgrims turn anyone away, high and mighty or low and pathetic; they all found a new home by those who seemed to be the only ones determined to make this shithole a better place. "...and now?" He asked after several moments, confusion briefly flitting over the man's face before recognition overtook it, a chuckle escaping his mouth.
"I would suggest a good night's sleep first...well, day," the man spoke, gesturing out the window where the harsh fluorescence of the lights installed at the cavern's ceilings had yet not dimmed, indicating that the sun was still high in the skies overhead. "No offense, but you look like you could use some shut-eye or three."
"None taken," he returned, a hand running down his face as he took a steadying breath, tiredness assaulting him with a suddenness he had hoped wouldn't come for hours yet. Then again, he hadn't moved and done more than talk, so why wouldn't his body try to shut down? "Do you know a good inn where I can get a single room? Have left more than some baggage behind," he spoke, his left hand involuntarily clenching at the reminder of them.
"I would actually suggest a room in the back; we have more than enough vacant ones for you to take one," Sevis replied, a smile forming on his face as he stood up and turned around, a hand waving at him to follow, allowing him to have his first good look at his back. Specifically, his neck. There was nothing out of the ordinary there, no visible mutations as far as he could tell, but one thing made him suck in his breath and snap his eyes back up, a half-step back involuntarily taken.
A tattoo of the Living Cinders, the symbol of his now ex-gang. But...there was one thing wrong. A thick scar dashed across it, mangled and rugged, with the ink not re-applied, something they wouldn't have allowed to stand. You took the symbol and carried it proudly or not at all. He knew that well; the same tattoo applied on his left hand when some bastard had burned it from his right cheek, leaving behind nothing but scars and burns.
"..." The man stopped in the doorway deeper into the building, a hand on the door; his head lightly shifted to the right as if to look over his shoulder, but not doing so. "The Journey can leave many scars. On mind, body, and soul alike. Some want to forget them; others bear them proudly to show what they have overcome. I won't judge if you wish to leave and seek shelter somewhere else, be it with other Pilgrims or faiths stranger still." The man turned, looking calmly into Ers' eyes. "But like you, I chose a new path...and did so long ago. They will never hold sway over me. You...wish the same, don't you?"
Tense seconds passed, the muscles in Ers' legs and his mind screaming at him to move, to back away before the daggers came out and blood was spilled across stone and concrete. But not his gut. His gut calmed from the roiling mess it had been throughout the entire trip here, throughout the entire conversation, settling into a still surface that told him only one thing: trust.
He exhaled.
And nodded, walking forward, his first steps on the Journey beginning with a hand reaching out and a hand reaching back. "What it means to be a Pilgrim?" The old man sitting before the fire in the middle of their group asked with some bewilderment. Perhaps caught off-guard by the question, or merely playing a role they had set for themselves long before he had ever sought shelter from the elements and the world on his travels amidst their band from Hirsi to one of the countless tiny villages worming their way into the Wastes to stake yet more land for human colonization and inhabitation.
For a moment, he didn't answer. However, he thought, his hands still outstretched toward the fire to warm them as he watched the flickering embers drift into the clear night sky upon invisible currents before fading and dying upon eating all the fuel they had carried. "It means," he then said, his eyes unfocusing as he beheld something in his past, or far away, "to accept that there is good in the world. To reject the idea that evil is inherent to sentient beings, rather than a choice made again and again. And," he continued, retreating with his hands so he could gesture to himself, "to know that all life is a journey taken by the body, mind, or soul, together or apart."
He hummed for a moment, then continued. "We believe that all life is a journey, a Pilgrimage to a better world, with us all walking onward on the paths we think are the ones to tread toward that goal. Some of us, like me, walk onward in body, seeking out places to help, people who need a hand given freely and that which was hidden by time, action, or accident to help those who walk in mind. They seek to journey along long-forgotten and overgrown or collapsed paths, those never dug and never sought, to build a better future by erecting monuments of knowledge, new and old alike, for those that will come after. To put together what has been shattered and recovered, be it small like better preservation methods or world-changing like miracle materials that defy gravity on a whim. And the rest walk in the spirit, seeking the wounded and desperate, the hopeful and hearty, those who wish for new beginnings and old endings. There is power to be had in dedication and peace by finding where you belong."
The old man took a breath, chuckling lightly. "Heh, listen to this old guy ramble about being a no-good vagrant, scavenger, bookworm, and preacher like they are good things, eh? Sometimes I wonder if I still got all my marbles in the bag or lost them somewhere along the trip." The fire popped loudly as he shifted his position, sitting more comfortably as a light, sympathetic chuckle rang through his attentive audience. At least a few caravan hands always appreciated self-depreciation and black humor, the profession not lending itself to high optimism or naivety. "But a trip it is," he continued with a soft warmth in his eyes, relaxed and fondness creeping into his voice. "I have long wandered, for myself, for others, for nobody and nothing, for cause, and, now, I walk for faith. Well, not now; I was there when a young man with fire in his eyes and anger at the world invited me to his band of wanderers before he took a name and a family before the faith became what it is now. I suspect that more things will happen, and people will talk about what the Pilgrimage will be then, distinct from now, with a fondness for those early days when a sense of mysticism shrouded all within their minds as they look back, rather than the fumbling of those seeking to better the world, step by step, in body, mind, and spirit."
"I wonder what I will think then. Will today look simpler, or will it all look alien to me? I guess...only time will tell when I look back and notice the single steps I took have become a million and one." Meanwhile, in the bowels of the Tree of Knowledge, five scholars of the Pilgrims had gathered around a table, their gazes on the work of years and the product of a month of waiting standing before them. Five people before five mugs of milk.
Lujf stared at the mug of milk before him, the liquid as innocent and white as it should be, with no clumps within.
Hera, too, stared at her mug, holding it before her nose, taking a sniff. Milk. Not fresh, but not spoiled. Maybe a day or two old, perfectly drinkable, even with some scent she couldn't place.
Myrc merely watched his mug with suspicion, his three eyes closing in sequence so he could always watch both the container and the liquid.
Iander paced away from the small table, muttering to himself calculations and reminders that it had to be the correct batch; they were good, tests had been done, and nothing was wrong with them! And yet...
Fauna looked at her mug on the table with resignation, a sigh escaping her lips that caused all four to look at her. "Well...bottom's up!" She spoke with a faked cheery tone, grabbed her mug with one hand, and gulped it all down in four seconds.
A moment passed as all four watched her place the empty mug back onto the table while wiping away the milk mustache with her sleeve. Another passed as all waited for...something to happen.
"Ah, screw this!" Hera said to nobody in particular, her tails swishing behind her in agitation as she chugged her mug down, soon followed by Iander, Myrc, and Lujf drinking their milk in a mix of solidarity and bolstered courage.
Several minutes passed between them, with little talk but plenty of worry.
When those minutes passed the one-hour mark, all five had to agree. They had made sealed room-temperature milk last for a whole month without spoiling.
Progress. A wizened hand touches the cool smooth stone adorning the walls in the hallways, the surface bereft of any inscription and without any indication of its purpose. Slowly, with the reluctance of those wishing to linger a moment longer, the hand slides from the stone, its calloused fingers still sensitive enough to notice even the tiniest of cracks, the smallest of unevenness, and imperfections within the stone. The last stone to be set within the mausoleum dedicated to those forgotten and lost, those whose name is all that remains, and those whose memories are the only fleeting evidence of their existence.
The hand of the old stonemason leaves the cool stone, sliding away with his steps away from the hallway, out and out of the tomb dedicated to those who will never have one dedicated to them, whose souls will find guidance far away from their bodies upon their Journey into the beyond. Dedicated to those fallen and to those who are left behind, the ones who shall mourn over graves without bodies, cry in rooms holding no ashes, sing of past deeds without a silent witness, and celebrate a life lived and a life given with nothing but memories to guide cheer and heartache.
The dead are given a place, here, now, ever more, but it is the living for whom it was constructed. It will be the living who shall wander its halls, the living that will speak and feel, and the living that will depart, exhausted in body, eased in spirit.
And as the stonemason leaves, there is sorrow for a child long gone...and pride for having made a place to mourn. Oleg was having a peaceful day.
Oleg liked peaceful days. They had little to worry about, less work, and even fewer causes for him to move and do anything other than "guard" the warehouse while reading a new book he bought. Currently, he was going through the latest book from the Eneles author that made some waves way back, and he couldn't say that his (admittedly low, due to the third installment of the series being written so fast) low expectations were anything but proven wrong. In a good way, to be precise. The character development flowed nicely, and the risks and dangers hadn't increased to an incredulous level to keep the reader engaged. If anything, the daughter setting sail into the Shattered Skies Region to find her own glory and prove her worth was a reverse of risks in the overall scheme while still retaining the dangers of a small ship flying into trouble for crew and craft alike. Indeed, if one-
"STOP FUCKING READING, ASSHOLE!" A voice suddenly interrupted Oleg, ripping him from his contemplation as he looked out of the doorway to see the newest hire stand there, a Simone Simona, furious and glaring at him. "If you hadn't noticed, dipshit, several dozen crates must be moved today. And I can't move them alone, so move your lazy ass and help me move the goods before our boss kicks down our front doors to take payment in organs!" And with that, she stormed off. Shortly followed by a sighing man that had to stop in the middle of a tense scene to do work. All so that the Daggers could push the drugs today instead of today, but later.
Oleg had been having a peaceful day.
Emphasis on the past tense.
Report of Serson about Post 44
We ain't finding shit!* Fuckers* have their crap* locked tighter than the army has armories locked up, and we are stuck doing drudge work with the other low-level workers. Moving crates of medicine and drugs isn't the worst, but it sure as shit* gets fucking* tedious when you start stacking them for twenty hours in a row because some fat fuck* wants to sell the shit* now! Whatever they are doing, we aren't getting it here.
*Agent Serson has been reprimanded for his language and is scheduled to undergo remedial training.
Report of Kani about Post 18
No new information could be recovered regarding the Dirty Daggers' long-term or planned criminal activities, especially higher echelons of the organization. Post 19, 05, and 31 suspect that they have been caught and are laying low, leaving me as the only operative in Site 3. Recommend immediate halt of all activity in the future to bring the heat down.
Report of Bali about Post 45
Case Jackrabbit.*
*Immediate retrieval of all Site Assets due to subversion or direct threat against their life. Agent Bali suffered second-degree burns and several lacerations in their retreat, alongside two broken bones inflicted on auxiliary security assets brought onboard for the retrieval.
Preliminary Mission Assesment
Complete Mission Failure. Recommend exfiltration of all assets and agents. Details to follow. Machinery Caverns are, despite what some City dwellers may believe, not the natural result of some phenomena of dying machines seeking specific places to die in and on, but the results of ancient trash heaps of gargantuan or minuscule proportions preserved over time, with soil, their component's resilience, and inherent protections afforded by location ensuring they carry over from the days they were used carelessly to poison the land to today when the treasures and materials buried within are worth their weight in gold more often than not.
They are also, much to the demise of the foolish, idiotic, and naive, filled with death, danger, and destruction. Gasses billow on unseen currents within, their odors the least of your concerns, should they even have one, as their toxic miasma melts flesh like acid and drowns those without respirators in their blood, lungs dissolving and blood pumping poison to every cell of the body. Fluids drip and pool within, forgotten machines regurgitating pools and floods of things best left untouched lest one wishes to be overcome by cancerous growths, organ failure, and madness, with even the sanctity of one's soul not unharmed if some old scavengers are to be believed. Mutations rip apart bodies of healthy humans within hours, and some leave behind disfigured monstrosities barely fit to be called even humanoid, much less human. And yet, deeper within are those things that have made a home in this slice of hell. Machines and Animals vying for supremacy over the trash of a dead civilization, twisted by the sneering hatred of forgotten mutagenic and churning toxins twisting flesh with the same ease the isolation and echoing screams of dying minds drive those Machines within insane, screeching for salvation from a torment that shall never come, freedom from a prison of horrific crime and atrocity.
All these and more dangers combine, unite, and divide within the se caverns, a knife already drawn over the necks of all who dare enter, and a dagger poised to plunge into heart, mind, and eyes at a moment's notice, the smallest of mistakes leading to death and fates far worse than that.
And yet, the prices offered within are too grand to push away all those who seek, for materials, information, and artifice can be found in such denseness that years of wandering could become mere hours, artifacts plucked from walls and floors like fruits from trees.
Machinery Caverns hold death and life within them, offering both freely to all seeking entry. And the Pilgrims have become aware of one of them. Lying in his bed, moonlight glinting through the glass that allowed him to look outside into the garden Selene had grown and tended alongside him for years, Martyris tried to sleep. Well, that was only partially accurate. He wanted to talk himself out of doing what he intended to do, arguing fruitlessly within his mind in circles that came again and again to the same conclusion: he had to try. Whether he succeeded or not was another matter, but he needed to confirm that what he had seen, what he had talked with, was not his mind being taken by an Artifact or disease, but truth and fact. So he lay there, in his bed, feeling the warmth of Selene next to him, and a leaden weight upon his mind slowly increasing with every moment he spent staring into the dimly lit room, a decision made hours ago being dragged out further and further. And it wasn't like this wouldn't be the best time to perform the..."Communion of Unsight." He had no idea how long it would take or if minutes perceived would result in hours passed. It wouldn't do to sit at his desk and be unresponsive for hours while his family worried when he could make the excuse that he slept in due to fatigue and...he was stalling again.
A sigh left his lungs, long and arduously drawn out, as Martyris closed his eyes. Tugging at seams that shouldn't be, yet were. Weaving past roots anchored in soil forgotten and churned, past worms of sloth and discussions of life made physical tablets etched with tears of moths burned in silver light until he...was.
He wasn't was; he simply was.
There were no other words for it. No other description came close. Martyris was, not was.
He felt like he should be concerned.
He wasn't. There was no reason to be concerned because he was. If he was, then there had been cause, but he wouldn't, so no worry entered his mind.
What did, were the knowledge that two minds...no. Two shattered, fragmented, tortured, butchered, repaired, stuck together, ripped apart, and mangled pieces of corpses brutalized in ways Martyris couldn't understand were with him, the violations committed upon them enough to make him weep in the innocence of his kin and kith. Some things were better left unlearnt, and this was one. Thankfully, it would remain that way once he left; the idea gladly paid as toll to Keepers and Wardens when he would awake to a bonded soul twined to his in love and comfortable passions at ease within the glow of their unity.
He shook his being, trying to focus once more, though he had never lost it in the first place. His mind wandered as it was its duty, and it meant what it thought, for it wouldn't otherwise in this place. Mouths of soul and body opened, and voices spoke unspoken into the minds of the duo listening to him, eager to answer.
"What is the bell's purpose with the cybernetic monks sitting around it on the Flying Islands?"
Flowers bloomed as twin-minds thought, and twin-grins chittered. He was answered and left behind while thrust forward.
"They ward an Entry." One spoke, rolling around itself.
"An Entry is warded." The other revealed consciousness spread across understanding and comprehension.
"Without them, the Forgotten Choir shall rise once more." Whispers questioned, giggling in delight at the caress of names long forgotten by any without memories.
"With them, it shall sleep evermore. Don't worry; the monks feeding it don't need food or drink. What is a thousand years more when you have already gone a thousand without?"
The other murmured, grumpy and annoyed. Why couldn't things be understood quicker?
"Do not kill them, that is murder," both said, "and murder is flawed."
Martyris knew that the monks had put upon themselves a task that required the highest of selflessness, the most elevated of wills, and the bravest of souls, for they were warden, chain, key, and prison in one, their minds linked into a single entity that allowed for their sovereign souls to be in communion like none could be, like his could never be. And he knew that death untolled would befall Tessen should they be destroyed. Thankfully, such a link was far harder to break, and they were already working to prevent such a disaster.
"Can random wildlife develop psychic powers or curses, such as Alpha Blood-Deers?"
"No, curses are not real."
"No, magic doesn't exist."
Both answers came as quickly as they were surprised by the looks exchanged between the tortured splinters.
"Well, depending on the defini-" One tried to begin, shifting in mischief and barely hidden glee.
"BEHOLD THIS FEATHERLESS BIRD!" Only for the other to scream in sound quite pleasant and smooth, a feeler of identification extended toward Martyris as if to give weight to their argument.
"Quibbler."
"Proud of it."
Martyris blinked and understood. There was no curse, no magical manipulation of reality. The Alpha Blood-Deer couldn't foretell death, for they were mere animals twisted by the effigies of discarded monsters, not the harbingers of omens in a universe where fate doesn't exist. Only the will to see something happen and the desire to ensure its passing.
"But enough. Your daughter is waiting," one sang suddenly, and the other weaved grinning contentment into nothingness, confusing him beyond all else as-
"DAAAAAD!" The cry of Silvia Jr. ripped Martyris out of his dream, her form barely identifiable through his sleepy and tired eyes, trying their best to focus on what was happening. "CRINKLE IS BEING MEAN TO ME!" "Crack!" "You are! You are!" Martyris felt his brain fail to boot as his daughter and (possibly, probably, most definitely sentient) cat had an argument about...something. He dearly hoped this wasn't a 'Snuffles' situation again. He shuddered at the mere thought. 3-Point University has long been dedicated to the re-creation and plugging of all gaps in the knowledge of the Empire's technological knowledge and wisdom for the betterment of its citizens, populations, and future. To that point, tens of thousands of specialists worked around the clock at any hour within its halls, the complex in the middle of a city of nearly a million souls that produced all the required equipment, tools, luxuries, foods, and services demanded by all within 3-Point and those learning within and without.
The vast halls of the Mathematician's College bear the artwork of distinguished and imposing structures erected by the arcane and esoteric formulae designed, recreated, and reverse-engineered within, be it for mere structural analysis, material studies, or even incorporations of natural landmarks such as rivers and unique flora to make the works of architects the nation over possible. Hundreds of minds work at any time within the debate halls and chip away at fragments and problems that hold little immediate application but offer glimpses into the fundamentals that created works like Titan's Grave, the Valley of Giants, and the shifting glory of the Illuminated Temple in distant Weißbaum whose awe-inspiring spires and light-plays inspire legions of followers to ever greater piety and devotion. The surgery rooms and habitats nestled underneath the university is host to millions of lifeforms from plants, animals, fungi, machine, and more, mutated and not, with the stench of blood and viscera vying for dominance against floral scents, sharp notes of oil, hot metals, the gentle grasp of pheromones, and the harsh screams for attention by musks and chemicals spilled and expelled by many subjects secured within. Atop its skies, thousands of eyes glitter into the sky, minds turned into the yawning void, daring it to blink first as charts long forgotten are once more updated, maps of celestial objects revised to incorporate new developments of past events only now reaching Calynth. Thunder, booms, screams, and curses ring out from the halls and fields where the machinery of war goes to die, be repaired, and emerge reborn, a thousand inventions grabbing the edge of science and lifting the Empire higher still, crossbows theoretical crooning alongside the song of their prototyped cousins obliterating targets and things once thought possible. The hot air wavers and contorts like a living thing in the armories smithing equipment to be used by the hands that shall see the people saved from predations of the machine, mutant, animal, and person alike, its forges creating wonders of artifice around the clock to ever-shifting specifications and new inventions, Knight-Armor flowing toward the testing grounds the same as bracers, shields, and helmets.
All these and dozens more churn away at the titanic mountain of knowledge recovered and forgotten within its bowels and beyond, lives dedicated to ideas and endeavors that will never see their completion within the lifetimes of those who start them. It is a factory of science, a mausoleum of rotten ideas and theories, an edifice to a nation and a people crawling out of an abyss created a millennia ago. 3-Point stands as guardian and siege machine alike against all that would bar the Empire of Slatnan, even the tiniest scrap of information, none able to block its way, none able to shield themselves from its wrath should it be incurred.
And now, its ever-hungry eyes, eternally starved for all knowledge, have turned to the Pilgrims, its eyes and ears reporting back with whispers, its hands and voices reaching out to claim a price finding only two equals within its body. Three, if it would have its way. Three, if its offer was accepted.
Two, if Vanar-Feer has a say, the Forge-Clan growing desperate to secure the Data Crystal for itself, to raise its fortunes higher and begin to pry secrets long lost from deep within the miraculous Artifact watched for every second of every hour of every week by dozens of heavily armed Pilgrims.
Both could fault the Pilgrims for many things, large and small, but slacking in their self-assigned duties was not among them.
Data Crystal Offers
[] [3-Point University] The Imperial Path
+2 3-Point University Relationship, +4 Automatic Progress (for Buildings) per Turn, unlock Training Actions, can purchase Specialists for Goodwill.
-3 Vanar-Feer Relationship.
[] [Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Counteroffer] The Journey of Machine and Mind
+2 Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Relationship (Alliance), +2 Automatic Learning Successes per Turn, unlimited Training Actions, unlock the next level of Training Actions immediately.
A Path Once Trod, Walked Once More
[] The Eternal Path
Twenty years. An eternity to some, a blink in the eye of the world, and long enough for a child to be created, raised, and have it choose to walk alongside us all onto a better future, willing to fight and work with us to achieve the same. But unlike all journeys, we realize that there may never be an end to ours, for we have created so much, helped so many, brought to light a hundred forgotten secrets, and slain a thousand foes during our time here. And yet, looking back, we can still see the day we started from, all but a hundred people willing to trust a stranger with a fire in his heart and drive in mind, all choosing to work for a better future. If those same hundred could stand amidst our people now, they would be awed...but not convinced we have done enough to change the world. There is still suffering we can prevent. A hunger that can be quenched, thirst slated, injuries healed, minds knitted together, secrets uncovered, and compassion to be given. Only now do we realize that we are at the beginning of our Eternal Path, and there is much yet to be done, one step at a time. A journey we are willing to take, no matter that we will not see the end.
(Every three (3) Turns in multi-turn Actions, you gain +2 Progress/Successes per Turn. This stacks with subsequent cycles.
Piety loss now 1 per 25 Followers.)
[] The Imperial Path
It is the year 1.118 After Collapse, and the Empire of Slatnan marches ever onward to fulfill its destiny, spear in hand and clad in armor as its soldiers march to bring death to its enemies, its Knights rally in defense of its citizenry against the horrors of the past, the trade lanes hum with the power of commerce and materials shifted along thousand of kilometers of road to deliver food, building materials, medicine, information, people, and more to every corner of the nation. Hundreds die each day to ensure others may live, sheltered, and secured within those zones painstakingly ripped from the predations of the Wastes, while thousands more labor as one to provide the means by which Humanity will once more reign supreme over their world. And it in this nation that the Pilgrims walk and work, knowing that each being may walk a Path of their own, but they all walk toward a common goal: a world of peace, filled not with misery, death, and suffering, but peace, prosperity, and happiness. It is with this in mind that they have always worked closely with the Followers of Light, knowing that together they are stronger than alone, and it is with this Path that they forge ahead to another millennium of expansion, pacification, and prosperity of all who shelter under the gentle embrace of the Empire.
(Unlocked By: 20+ Cooperative Actions with the Followers of Light.
The Followers of Light are permanently locked at a minimum of Opinion: Friend [2], all Units gain the [Holy Cause] Trait (+10% Health, +5 Initiative, Advantage on Morale Rolls), you gain access to the role: [Zealot] (recruited from Faithful) giving 1d20 to all Actions they are assigned toward, [For The Nation] is upgraded to [Strong United Working] (Dice upgraded to 4d30+10 at the same cost), [We Work As One] is upgraded to [We All Lift Together] (1d4 Successes/Turn Progress added at the same cost).
You cannot betray the Empire in any way. Piety loss now 1 per 25 Followers.)
[] The Whispers Beyond...
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(Unlocked By: An Unlikely Meeting, A Conversation, And A Communion Unseen...
Effect: ???)
[] Another one, sometime later. There is still so much to do...
(Delay the choice until you have 5.000 Followers. Choose a Doctrine below instead.) -[] Doctrine of the Poised Blade
Violence is a fact of life. There will always be those that wish us, ours, and those under our protection harm, be it due to misguided ideals or genuine malevolence. We cannot deny that, nor do we do so. Instead, we do not ready our weapons for a fight against anyone, but make sure they are ready for those who will do us harm, be it now or in the future. Rather than a blade always drawn, dripping with the blood of those standing in our way, the Pilgrims always know that a blade poised to kill is most efficacious when already drawn over the throat of those trying to murder you. Beyond that, we see no reason to engage in combat, for diplomacy will serve us better in our daily lives.
(Every turn a Pilgrim Chapter is not participating in hostile combat, their Units gain +1 Initiative, doubling when at peace for 3 Years. Gains +1 to Damage after 3 Years. +5 to Diplomacy Actions.)
-[] Doctrine of the Souls Language
Art is the language of the mind and soul. Music is emotions given tune, ethereal and withering upon the cruel whims of time as their melodies are taken and transformed into emotions within the listener. With sight, we see the beauty and glory brought forth by skilled hands from wood, metal, and stone, the likeness and abstract hewn and chiseled from the same materials. With our hearts, we behold the greatness given shape in painting and photo, a minuscule part of reality made eternal and viewable for all, a piece of another's soul and mind shared freely. And in nature, we find our souls cradled by the indomitable might of nature, its shapes, thrum, and majesty towering over anything humanity could create. In art, we find beauty and reason; through reason, we find the strength to fight for what should be for those that come after.
(Unlocks Artistic Endeavours, gaining you Piety when those Actions/Buildings/Initiatives/Technologies are performed/created/enacted/researched.)
-[] Doctrine of the Open Hand
Charity is the most essential thing one being can give to another when they have and another does not. Through the actions of the Council and guided by our Founder, we managed to accrue the means by which we can acquire the wealth needed to give and give plenty. Be it in the form of alms for the poor and destitute, healing for the sick and injured, or merely a warm and dry place to sleep and rest, we can provide them, and provide them we must. No evil is more despicable than denying another help when one has the means to ease their suffering, as minute that aid may be.
(Charity and Goodwill Missions/Actions have lowered costs and increased results. No Charity/Goodwill Buildings require Trained/Specialized/Faithful/Zealot personnel.)
-[] Doctrine of the Conquered Skies
The Sky Is The Limit. That is the old saying. A truth once held firm, even with the scattered corpses of ancient satellites drifting over Calynth, their still-functioning corpses glistening with a trillion metal shards joining them on their silent journey. A truth now shattered as Imperial Fleets begin to take to the skies and outside forces start to claim the same air that is the Empire's by right. A fact disregarded by the Pilgrims as they rise into the skies in ships of metal and canvas, electronics and electricity, a thousand and one machines working together to lift our steeds into the skies, gazing down upon the earth now oh so distant and small, its problems and difficulties left behind amidst the soil and stone as we soar above foe and death alike. The skies are in our grasp, and it is imperative to ensure that we can walk these eternal and shifting paths, for there are myriad ways in which we can aid our fellow people by dropping desperately needed supplies, operating flying hospitals, to studying phenomena never seen or explored before in the soaring heights of unreachable mountains and skyscrapers long hostile and deadly to climbers and searchers. The Sky Is Not The Limit. It Is The Beginning.
(Drastically increase the Chance for all Airship/Suspendium-related Research/Actions, improve quality of produced Airships, unlock [PIETY/GOODWILL/LEARNING] modules, improve Airship construction throughput.)
Floating Islands Descent - 92% Intact - -2% per Season
3/3 Large Crystals Supplied - 1 Season Remains
2 Missable Deadlines Remain
Estimated Solution ETA: 6 Seasons
Available Bonuses:
55 Distributable Points from Ambit.
+200 to any Learning Roll due to Forge-Clan Research Help (Please indicate which.) Faith: Destructive, Powerful, Magnificent. Faith has moved mountains, healed wounds deeper than flesh, and reduced nations to ash. Harness it to create something that will outlast you and inspire a thousand generations. (Choose 2 Actions)
[ ] Communal Outreach - (Repeatable)
A hand given to the downtrodden, shattered, destitute, and outcast is not always accepted. Sometimes, the people who need help the most slap it away in rage at the sight of their "betters deigning to elevate the dirt beneath them," as some have said so eloquently.
(Cost: 6 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Chance: 42%
Reward: +4% Piety)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Collapse Their Gravity - (Repeatable)
Even with the best intentions, unfucking the BHVs, on any scale, will be a monumental task requiring many hands and more people to work with you. Although Baron Esker has found some skill in improving the BHVs, in more than one letter to Lady Selene, he remarked that it would be cheaper to burn the whole settlement down and build anew were it not for those that already lived within.
(Cost: 14 Goodwill
Turns: 4
Chance: 13%
Reward: +2% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), Slightly Improved QoL within some BHVs, allowing you to strangle the cause of many problems at the root.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Blessed Journeys - (Repeatable)
You can say what you want, but sometimes the best option is to burn the bridge behind you and never look back. Contact whatever caravans you can to see if you can't bribe them to take on Mutated out of the BHVs they visit. Of course, while popular with the Mutated, people won't like that you are giving "criminals and scum" a free card to civilization.
(Cost: 30 Goodwill
Reward: +3% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
Your missionaries can walk much further and stay out for much longer with the Inn's help, which directly translates to more people hearing the Pilgrims' message, though you may want to focus on one group to maximize its effect.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 43%
Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] A Duty To Others Is Not Taken Lightly
As our numbers swell, so does our ability to reach out to many more people than before. With word, deed, and art, we can reach out to those on the edge of their decision and bring them into the fold for the good of all. Ours is a duty not taken lightly, but it is a duty one does not need to shoulder alone.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 04%
Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 3.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Low, Not Lowly
Some do not wish to remain and fight for such with every fiber among the poor, desperate, and huddled masses. Those we do not seek out with this effort, but those who made pacts to sell their fellows for money or status. Their choice may be one they believe to be done consciously, but in reality, it is made from circumstance and hidden desperation. We cannot bring all who fell up, but we can start with some.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 56%
Reward: +2% Piety, +2d6 Followers)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] This Is Not Eternal, Even Stone Will Change
We know where to seek those who banded together into gangs and which members must be targeted to shatter them into a thousand pieces. What we are doing may not be strictly legal, but infiltration and subversion of criminal elements is a long tradition among growing religions. Even better, many who had found homes amongst the gangs can be brought into the fold.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 25%
Reward: +8% Piety, +4d6 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 9.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion
We have grown far beyond what Martyris had envisioned in numbers, wealth, knowledge, connection, and faith. So much so that some among our numbers seek new horizons to establish a new chapter, satellite, or outpost of the Pilgrims. We should accommodate their wishes, as they will aid us back in time and turn.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 0-200 Pilgrims, 10-35% Piety loss, -6 to -20 to Piety Rolls
Reward: A New Chapter Interlude Turns)
[ ] Feed The Masses - (Choose City)
There is a difference between feeding starving, hungry people and ensuring that all have a full belly at the end of the day. That would be the Pilgrims' first significant project, which would do more than keep things from worsening for the poor.
(Turns: 8
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -6 to Piety rolls, +0.5 Goodwill per Turn, 2d20 recruits, 1d6 Goodwill, 2d6 Piety.)
[ ] Establish Soup-Kitchens Within Outlying Towns
While being careful and methodical has helped, you can now afford to perform these projects in a scattershot approach with your expanding numbers. With the major cities now being adequately covered, with few people going through their day without encountering a Pilgrim Sponsored food kitchen, we can branch out into the smaller outlying towns, with populations of ten thousand people and less.
(Turns: 11
Reward: 60d20+80 Recruits, +0.90 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)
[ ] Improve Your Poor Houses
While you have a house where some people can work themselves out of the holes society left them in, many will need the same. So expand what you have built; the work still needs to be completed.
(Turns: 3
Chance: 44%
Reward: Improved Poorhouses, +0.10 Goodwill per Turn, -2 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Establish A Small Hospice Network
While a Hospice caters to the dying, its primary purpose is to heal the sick who cannot afford to see a doctor. With your allies and growing knowledge, you are confident that you can establish over a dozen within Tessen at once.
(Chance: 29%
Reward: +0.12 Goodwill per Turn, 2d2 Goodwill, unlocks further actions.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (City Territory)
Your treatments of the sick and injured within the Cities have enjoyed great popularity among the population. More and more people are coming to seek your aid, knowing that they will receive a quality of treatment and healthcare they couldn't afford. Unfortunately, that drive to seek treatment means that many people take journeys that will worsen their injuries beyond help and leave them dying in the place where they sought healing. We should create several hospices operating with minimal oversight outside the central trade lane and establish themselves for future expansions.
(Turns: 3
Cost: 10 Faithful
Reward: +0.20 Goodwill per Turn, +2 Recruits per Turn.)
[ ] A Home Away From Home
While the Tree of Knowledge is the center and Home of the Pilgrims, many projects and actions to help others happen away from it; traveling between the Tree and other cities takes time and resources. A small base closer to those places, serving as a shelter and temporary Home for the Pilgrims working there, could help.
(Reward: Local Base improving logistics and coordination.)
[ ] Localized Headquarters
Creating a shelter and expanding the building to encompass several barracks, a canteen, storage rooms, a medical section, and an administrative body will improve your efficiency within the city!
(Required: Local Base (Action)
Reward: Local Headquarters.)
[ ] Administrative Center - (Mirn)
Organizing hundreds of workers is challenging, requiring dedicated staff and learned minds in equal measure. However, with previous works having laid the groundwork, now is the time to compound the efforts of all those who helped, like, assisting Pilgrims across Tessen to perform their duties with the necessary resources and hands.
(Required: Localized Headquarters
Turns: 6
Cost: 12 Faithful
Reward: Administrative Center.)
[ ] Build A School - (Small/Medium/Big) - (Choose City)
A place of learning, growing, and change, where all are welcome to learn in these halls, whether beggar or lord; none are turned away or asked to pay. Knowledge is a gift that should be shared, for it does not diminish when given to others.
(Already built within Mirn.
Turns: 3/5/6
Cost: 1/2/3 Faithful
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.1/0.3/0.5 Goodwill, -1/3/5 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)
[ ] Build An Orphanage - (Size) - (Location)
Many will question you building this and will push against you doing so. Screw them! These children deserve a future where they can choose their Path, not one determined by their supposed caretakers' greed and callousness! They deserve happiness, safety, and love! However, some see our spade of building these as a way to induct children from a young age into our faith, with only the continuous involvement of the Followers having kept this from happening sooner, blocking and pushing back against further attempts to give children without families a home and a chance. If we wish to keep the children safe, we will need to take that into account, alongside further security commitments.
(Turns: 4/7/11
Cost: 5/12/25 Faithful
Chance: 10%
Reward: 0.02/0.05/0.08 Goodwill, -2/4/7 to Piety rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.01 Goodwill)
[ ] Build A Humane Primitive Asylum - (Location)
Nothing stands between the creation of an Asylum led by the Pilgrims now. Contact local builders, set Marxcim to design the structure, and call for volunteers to be trained and paid for caring for the patients. Of course, some will see the giving over of the mentally ill to a religion-led institution as a terrible idea. Still, those voices will cease after some time has passed and, hopefully, recovered patients walk out of the Asylum. Your efforts in uncovering aspects of the human psyche have increased costs, and you can now help.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 7.44 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.11 Goodwill per Turn.)
[ ] Build Another 'Consensual' - (Location)
You would charge an entry fee from patrons while leaving the workers alone to make their deals themselves. Creating a safe place for people to ply this trade, offering medicine, sanitary facilities, and guards would help those who chose this Path or use it. People sell their labor and time for money, so punishing those whose work is sex is crazy.
(Turns: 2
Reward: 'Consensual,' +0.01 Goodwill, unlocks an upgrade.)
[ ] Build Upon A 'Consensual' - (Choose City)
The brothel you built seems to have rapidly gained a reputation as a high-class establishment. While good for your purse, less suitable for those who have less than 'expert talents' within the industry. By building new floors and digging some down, you could make enough space for all who tried to work in the Consensual but had to be turned away due to all rooms being full. It would be costly but will help those trying to escape forced sex labor but have no other applicable working skills. You would need to step up the security, though.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Upgraded 'Consensual,' +0.02 Goodwill.)
[ ] Cleaning Up The Mess - (Location)
Despite all you currently know about how Black Hole Villages operate, are constructed, and unintentionally reinforce poverty and crime via a feedback loop, helping those stuck within them will not be easy. Nor will it be a quick thing, done once and done cheaply. It will cost you money, time, materials, connections, and favors to help the Mutated within turn the villages into a settlement that people can live in without considering the sword's edge.
(Turns: 4
Cost: 50 Goodwill
Reward: Lessened Suffering of the Mutated
Notice: Goodwill costs will be reduced by 15 per use, down to 30. Strul has been "Cleaned.")
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten - (City)
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -1 Piety.)
[ ] Healing For All! (Write-In Artifacts)
You have the money; they have the expertise. Announce that the Pilgrims will shoulder all costs for any medical procedure done by every doctor for the next three months.
(Chance: 66%
Reward: Healers gain Influence, 5d3 Goodwill.)
[ ] A Helping Hand
Now that you can create prosthetics, more than merely creating and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So to create a few hundred in bulk, ship them out to your hospices, where the doctors may gift them as required.
(Chance: 95/55%
Reward: Gain 2/5d2 Goodwill.
[ ] Festival Of The Delta
With money comes the ability to sponsor festivals, and with our numbers, the capability to fully take advantage of the festival for our ends in learning, conciliation, and creation. It will be costly, but it will be worth it.
(Turns: 1
Chance: 40%
Reward: +1d8 Goodwill, +2d20 Recruits, +25 to all Actions this Turn if successful.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.75 Goodwill)
[ ] A Small Donation - (Organization) - (Topic) - (Donation Sum)
As the Pilgrim's wealth increases, so does the need to play politics within the Big League. This directly translates to donations towards organizations (like newspapers) that work towards a goal we provide for them. Nothing they would be against doing, but something they would be adverse to in normal circumstances.
(Cost: 50-Unlimited Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: 71%
Reward: PR)
[ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Diplomacy: The art of speaking many words that mean nothing should not be underestimated. At the wrong time, a report in the right ear has toppled many nations. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[X] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (5/6 Successes)
To harm someone because they look different is idiotic and utterly wrong. You cannot push another down and still call yourself righteous, no matter how they look. Even the lowest deserve our respect as fellow human beings. Start a propaganda campaign to change the Mutated view, unite the people, and start on the road to reconciliation.
(Chance: -20%/-20% for Locals/Elites (rolled each turn.)
Successes Needed: 6/6
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +15% Piety, 3d20 Recruits, +1d12 Goodwill)
[ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Faction)
Your Training for the diplomats is as comprehensive as possible to create for the foreseeable future. However, you need institutional knowledge or an in-depth look into one faction to help you more.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 40%
Reward: +15 to all rolls involving said faction.)
[ ] A Most Beneficial Agreement
It is an unfortunate reality, but we need to accept that we could not get as much out of the Data-Crystal we have obtained from the Bunker as a full-fledged Forge-Clan can, especially not even close to one that specializes in producing Data-Smiths before the Region even became part of the Empire! With only a little negotiation, we are sure that we can exchange access to the Data-Crystal for access to the recovered knowledge.
(Turns: 1
Reward: +2 Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Relationship, +2 Automatic Successes per Turn.)
-[ ] Auction of Knowledge
Another path would be to auction the privilege of decoding the crystal to the broader community of Forge-Clans, sure to net us considerable benefits that couldn't be gained otherwise. However, doing so would considerably anger the Vanar-Feer, our closest Forge-Clan partners.
(Turns: 1
Reward: -3 Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Relationship, +1d5-1 Automatic Success per Turn.)
[ ] Create A Dossier On (Groups/Topics (Max 3))
Collate all known information, history, and rumors about a group or topic of interest to ensure the Pilgrims' future actions are as well-informed as possible.
(Chance: 55%
Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Subversion: Sometimes, you must convince people they need help with means other than an open hand and a friendly face. A dagger to the back of those who chain them would be a good start. (Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Home of Dusk
A structure is needed to store, train, and keep things you'd rather not have out in the open, be they machines, people, or items. Several places have been considered, though only one, shielded in a small valley smothering everything within in an ever-present half-shadow, has proven suitable. Setting aside funds to create a keep there would prove trivial to your agents.
(Cost: 5.75 Goodwill, Upkeep: 2 Goodwill
Turns: 5
Reward: Home of Dusk increases all chances to subvert your enemies and unlocks improvements to the structure and your training methods.)
[ ] Holding Chambers
Torture is inefficient, sloppy, and gives nothing but information spouted to stop the pain. Isolation and removal of all but the bases things, however...they can be good tools to use to ply weak minds to our advantage. It will also be an excellent place to store those you cannot kill but need to...dispose of.
(Cost: 21 Goodwill, Upkeep: 1.24 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Reward: Holding Chambers, increasing gathered information from caught spies and subversives.)
[ ] The Good Gardeners
Every farmer and gardener will tell you; plants need pruning. There needs to be someone going around, cutting off unwanted and unneeded parts of those plants, be they trees or bushes, to allow the rest to grow more healthily. Some plants need to be ripped out root and stem so that they do not kill other plants that are good for the soil. Some may have fallen prey to blight and need to be removed for the good of all others. Those are valuable lessons to learn and good things to do. Find some people willing to become gardeners for the Pilgrims.
(Cost: 42 Goodwill, Upkeep: 6.48 Goodwill
Turns: 8
Reward: Gardeners.)
[ ] Audit Everything
Yes, we did make an audit of all our networks and holdings...but what about a second one? You know, to ensure we got everyone that may try to fuck us over?
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Turns: 1
Chance: ???
Reward: Ensured that your Networks still work entirely for your ends.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.90 Goodwill)
[ ] Train Your Infiltrators - (Greater)
To work within the shadows of society is more than melding into the masses; it means being able to sink below even the mud and muck of a city and emerge within gilded halls and palaces without arousing suspicion.
(Turns: 4
Chance: 22%
Reward: Higher chances for infiltration, reduces the possibility of having your Information Networks discovered and subverted.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 1 - (Choose Three Factions)
It is time to ensure your spies are in place to ply their trade. This step focuses on laying the groundwork for future expansions and won't get you any detailed information. It is also little more than paying some people to pass on rumors, which is standard practice within Slatnan and will raise only a few eyebrows. Still, even basic knowledge may allow you to plan farther ahead.
(Turns: 2
Chance: 85%
Reward: Target is Infiltrated, displays information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 2 - (Choose Three Factions)
Further infiltration of chosen organizations will reveal far more secrets and allow far riskier actions to be taken. It will be a step over the law, with failure not being a good outcome.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 1
Turns: 2
Chance: 60%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, raises chances for Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Infiltrate Part 3 - (Choose Three Factions)
Your secrets are ours; nothing can be hidden from us. No lock, gate, or barrier stands in our way; nobody will shield you from our grasp. Because we already own them, from the lowliest maid to the highest Guard you trust.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 2
Turns: 4
Chance: 15%
Reward: Spies are planted, displays more information in the rumor mill, almost guarantees Exfiltrate and Illuminate)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)
[ ] Exfiltrate - (Target)
What is yours is mine; what is mine is none of your concern.
(Chance: 80%
Reward: Chance for Secrets)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+5 to roll = 2.00 Goodwill)
[ ] Illuminate - (Target)
Burn their homes, raze their sanctuaries to the bedrock, let nothing stand but ruins, and leave nothing behind but ash and the taste of defeat. They will not be allowed to meddle in our Paths any longer.
(Chance: 60/10/-40%
Reward: Target has their operations/structures halted/incapacitated/terminated.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+10 to roll = 3.00 Goodwill)
Martial: To live, you need power, for which you need knowledge. Luckily, you have the latter in spares. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Menagerie - (Basic)
With the space in your armory expanded, you now have the needed area, blacksmiths, and tools to armor Lizards, ensure they are healthy, and keep them in shape. In addition, several other animals can be held here, though only the most commonly available.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Can add [Common] Animals to Units.)
[ ] Scout Out - (Location) - (Units)
While you know that enemies exist in one location, you must know what forces they represent and how many. Remedy that.
(Takes 1 Unit - (Specify which)
Chance: 75%, starts Combat if failed by more than 20%
Reward: Numbers and composition of Enemies are revealed at the chosen location.)
[ ] Guards! Guards! - (Specify up to 5 Buildings)
While the Tree of Knowledge has some security, it needs a dedicated Guard. So start training a few Pilgrims as guards so that you don't have to worry about thieves or, even worse, saboteurs.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Pilgrim Guards are assigned to the Tree, sharply increased DC for malicious actions against it.)
[ ] Make A Man Out Of You! - (Choose Trainer Unit) - (Choose Training Unit)
Now that the Unbroken returned from the Crusade, you can access an experienced and highly trained Unit. See if they can't share some of that experience with your other teams and teach them a thing or two.
(Needed Unit Training: (3/6)
Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Training Level, up to the training Units level, -1.)
[X] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (5/9 Turns Complete)
With the CRPS established and securing our various facilities around Tessen, we can upgrade and expand its operations. Doing so would improve our security with more extended training for guards, intensified background checks, and qualitative improvements.
(Turns: 9
Reward: CRS - Elite Private Security, which improves the security of all facilities and Pilgrims within Tessen.)
[ ] Pump Those Legs! - (Choose A Unit-Name) (Choose Equipment)
You have things people want. Some of those are not the kind to kindly ask for a price but instead take. The Pilgrims may be idealists, but they are long used to the horrors of the Wastes. Formalize them in a military unit.
(Cost: 0.5 Goodwill
Reward: 1 New Unit (Size 6/6) at Trained (3/6) or Re-Trained Unit with Upgrades below.
6 Unit-Points - Overstrength (Double Unit count)
2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
1 Unit-Points - Weapon Type Specialization - (Weapon) (+1 per Unit member to damage)
1 Unit-Points - Armor Weight Specialization - (Armor Class) (reduced penalties to Heavy and above Class Armor, +1 Armor per 2 Unit members for Medium and below.)
2 Unit-Points - Fanaticism (Unit cannot break, double damage against all enemies of your faith, half damage received from enemies of your faith, will refuse to retreat in an inverted chance to losses. (1/10 Dead = 90% refusal to withdraw, 9/10 Dead = 10% refusal to withdraw.))
1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
None, though time will change this...
[ ] Sir! The Situation Is As Follows: (Write-In)
(What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)
Learning: Knowledge is Power. (Choose 1 Action, 2 Action Locked)(Artifacts can be attached to one learning Action to provide the inherent bonus but are consumed unless unique buildings are present)(Scientists must now be assigned to provide their bonus, similar to Faithful, abbreviated to SC. (Adding -[PD], -[DoD], and -[MSC] will add 1(one) Success to 1(one) active research.)
[ ] Aerodynamics 101 - (All Physics)
Lifting something off the ground is only half the job. For example, we have figured out that some shapes fly better than others, but we have no idea why—time to get one of your research teams to nail down the laws that govern aerodynamics.
(Chance: 29/12/-13% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Additional Projects.)
[ ] Gather Propulsion Data - (All Machinery/Chemicals)
It should surprise no one that the Daughter has the single most advanced engine globally, rivaled perhaps only by one Dreadnought. So figuring out how to reproduce those systems would be prudent in case of failure and offer a giant leap in native capabilities.
(Chance: 26/-52/-95 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 15
Reward: Massive leap in engine know-how and airship speed.)
[ ] Look At The Daughters Suspendium Systems - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
When an Elder Forge-Clan Engineer looked at how the Daughter stays afloat, his exact words were: "What in Myra's Holy Name is this abomination to sanity?" So figuring out how it works and reproducing these systems will likely be a pipe dream for decades and centuries. Still, even a rough outline would show the original creators' principles.
(Chance: 24/-09/-47 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Reduction for all Suspendium Research.)
[ ] Structural Integrity Studies - (Advanced Physics)
Building your first Airship revealed the myriad flaws, restrictions, and troubles plaguing future attempts to create more. Above all, designing a ship around, under, or above upwards forces is problematic. However, the pull and subsequent stresses upon material and components are nothing to dismiss. Therefore, determining how to negate or minimize those forces will prove a godsend for future attempts.
(Chance: 99/75/53 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Structural Integrity +1/2/3 for all modules in Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.)
[ ] Armored Suspendium Bags - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
It's one thing to be within a cart, on the ground, and another in the air, held aloft by bags filled with crystals. Bags can easily be punctured and set aflame by a single well-placed shot or flying Mutant taking offense. While this will reduce the service ceiling of the Airship, it will increase its survival chances in a fight.
(Chance: 99/50/15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Gain Armored Suspendium Bags, increasing the structure of all ships with these bags. 7.500 Kg Lift)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 3a - (Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
The pressurization of Suspendium has taught you many things about the dangers and benefits inherent in this endeavor. Yet, it has also opened your eyes to the relatively inefficient methods the Pilgrims use to enrich and pressurize Suspendium. A scholar group specialized in Suspendium has created a theory that you could increase your current Lift by around a tenth without issues if their proposed methods are viable. A worthy endeavor to pursue!
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Large
Chance: 01/-72/-155 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 11
Reward: Gain Suspendium Pressurization and Enrichment Procedures - +10% Lift for all Lift Modules.)
[ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 3b - (Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
We know that Suspendium can be pressurized. However, in our testing, we realized that if we arranged the pressure chambers to redirect the charged particles in a singular direction, we could potentially weaponize their nature to shoot anything we want at a target.
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Large
Chance: 43/11/-21 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Prototype Suspendium Weaponry.)
[ ] Propulsion In The Air Continued - (Pioneer Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
The early prototypes of your newly developed propulsion methods are promising and powerful, especially the propellers. Redirect some more funding to continue this line of research, so your Airships will be even faster!
(Chance: 06/-49/-98 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Airship Modules: Big Vuur-Engine Room, Medium and Big Fuel Storage, Standard Airscrew, Primitive Propellers.)
[ ] Catalogue Everything 2: Airship Boogaloo - (Choose Category) - (Damage Level) - (Security Forces) - (All Suspendium/Electronics/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
A second verse like the first. Before you can get those ships up and running, or flying in this case, you need to understand how their systems interact and how they can be repaired or powered up enough to get back to the Tree.
-[ ] Forge-Clan Gamble: +2 Successes per Turn in exchange for locking in an Action/s to retrieve 1d3-1 Hull/s.
-[ ] Local Examination: Increase Success Chance by 100%, 20%-Chance to be attacked by unknown forces.
-[ ] Take It Apart: (Airship Type, Damage): Increase Success Chance by 55%, 5%-Chance of being attacked by unknown forces, 2d8 Airship Artifacts.
(Chance: 94/40/15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 24/12/6/1
Bonus: +50 due to Soaring Wrenches
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
[ ] Prototype Unique Component
One Pilgrim has developed a new and novel application of known or old technology for Airships. We could look into its efficacy.
(Cost: ??? Materials, ??? Suspendium
Chance: ???/???/??? for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: ???
Reward: Requested Module. Describe what you want, and I'll tell you what it will cost/require.)
[ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Link To/List Of Proposed Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulic/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
Now that you have developed standardized modules building a specific airship around or with those components would be safe.
(Cost: (Design Costs)
Chance:
Light (0-20.000 Kg Lift): 99/60/30 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 15/-20/-40 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): -145/-245/-335 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 100
Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
Warning: Airships incur Material and Suspendium costs in their production.
[ ] To Print In Three Dimensions (Pioneer Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Physics/Programming/Machinery/Electronics)
The 3D Metal Printer is, at the same time, simple yet complicated. The idea itself is deceptively straightforward, a machine that pours liquid material to create an item as if it were made of clay. The problem lies in its programming; it needs advanced models to build even the most basic bolt. This will require some thought.
(Cost: 3D Metal Printer
Chance: -99/-132/-197 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 22
Reward: Norqod Action Unlocked)
[ ] Tiantemu Alloying - (Advanced Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics)
The creation of steel is vital for many things, most notably all armaments of the Empire, but also all its defensive installation. However, beyond that, the search for ever-better alloys and alloying processes consumes many an industrialist and metallurgist, with the next step in material science ruthlessly chased. In our case, that would be the process by which we can create Tiantemu Alloys, used predominantly in the building of fortifications, as they are mixed with Neuotinium, the ancient alloys found in every Necropolis and supremely light and resistant to wear and tear.
(Chance: -08/-67/-201% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 11
Reward: You can upgrade your Steel Foundry.)
[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
You have a steam engine now, but why stop at what you have? There is always room for improvements, even incremental ones! So see what you can do with your Vuur-Engine.
(Chance: 39/-06/-81 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine.)
[ ] The Movement Of Things - Part 2 - (Hydraulic/Machinery/Metallurgy)
It is possible, if difficult, to minimize the size of the Vuur to incorporate it into moving carriages, not unlike motorcycles. Yet, the energy efficiency could be better; the resources needed to keep them moving are so vast that they nearly cannot transport them themselves, not to mention the costs! So, improve efficiency to allow you to create economically viable engines. Luckily, you have already found some tricks and snags, which Turi estimates shaved off at least a year of effort.
(Chance: -03/-59/-115 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Can incorporate the Vuur-Engine into large carriages for either transportation or agriculture.)
[ ] Lances So Bright And Deadly - (Pioneer Weaponry/Electronics/Physics)
Bright-Lances are a known foe for any who delve into a Necropolis, and the Pilgrims are no exception. Over the years, we have gathered multiple examples of Bright-Lances, from components to damaged pieces and even an intact model or two. Many believe it is possible to uncover their secrets with this variety and number of samples.
(Cost: 10x Bright-Lance Artefacts
Chance: -77/-128/-161 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Prototype Energy Weapon)
[ ] Cutting Edge Technology - (All Weaponry)
When facing your enemies up close and personal, you can never go wrong with a good blade in your hand. What makes a knife great comes down to the skill of the smith and the quality of the metal used. While we can't do much for the former, there is much to improve on the latter. Using samples from the Necropolis, we can determine which alloys work best for each blade type. They will be too expensive for everyday life, but our military forces will be glad to have them.
(Needed Artifact: Mono Titanium Blade
Chance: -44/-76/-132 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +1 Damage for all bladed weapons per 3 Size of a Unit)
[X] Coilgun Mystery - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry) - (5/29 Successes)
It is well-known that the Forge-Clans have access to the best weaponry a mere mortal can hold: Coilguns. These weapons shoot pieces of metal in a way you can't quite fathom, its mysteries too well guarded, in devastating ways, turning people into nothing more than bloody chunks. It will take a long time to figure out the principle behind these weapons, but who knows what paths will open?
(Chance: -50/-148/-278 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 29
Reward: Uncover the underlying principle of Coilgun Weaponry)
[ ] Gasses Long Forgotten - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
These tiny capsules promise to end a fight before it even begins, saving valuable lives. But, of course, building your own can only help you in the long run.
(Cost: Sleep-Gas Bombs
Chance: -13/-44/-151 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Primitive Gas Grenades)
[ ] Burning Fire, Raging Ire - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
It is one thing to light a rag connected to alcohol and throw it, another to have a reliable fire grenade. Such chemicals and ancient mentionings about how the Pilgrims could create those must exist.
(Chance: -38/-108/-196 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Primitive Fire Grenade)
[ ] Fuck That Guy And Everything Around Him - Part 2 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
You figured out a viable mortar you could use. But that is all this weapon is, viable. Something like that cannot stand, not while you have the chance to end threats without risking lives! Figure out how to incorporate the advancements within the mortar's development into a new version. Improving range, accuracy, payload size, reliability, cost of production, and moveability will be critical to ensure that this weapon can be used and distributed widely among our forces.
(Chance: 57/12/-33 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 18
Reward: Static Mortar - Standardized, a powerful weapon with limited range yet good accuracy, deployed before the battle.)
[ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 1 - (Physics/All Chemicals/Advanced Weapons)
Recently, your expedition acquired a surprisingly intact flamethrower from the Necropolis. Admittedly, the weapon may not be as good as those produced by the Forge-Clans today, but seeing as this version was intended for civilian use, you can excuse that. No pre-collapse government wanted potent weapons in the hands of their slaves, you see. Nonetheless, with this Artifact, you will start down the Path of creating Pilgrim-designed flamethrowers and all their uses in warfare and pest removal.
(Needed Artifact: Intact Civilian Flamethrower
Chance: 75/50/35 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)
[ ] Repair The Hammer - (Weapons/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Finding this weapon was a stroke of luck! After all, making a weapon for Knights is much more complicated than giving them a big metal piece! While damaged, patching and reinforcing the hammer should give your Knight/s a powerful weapon in future fights. It would also allow you to glimpse the inner workings of Knight Weapons.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Weapon: Hammer
Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Bonecrusher" armament for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Weapons.)
[ ] A Shield For Rangers - (Armor)
After researching a shield your Militia and troops could use, one of your scholars came forth with designs for one that your ranged troops could use. It wouldn't be a short endeavor and costly regarding materials, but it could provide a leg up in armor.
(Chance: 99/75/40% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 6
Reward: Spiked Pavise.)
[ ] Power Armor - Primitive - (Advanced Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
Somehow, without even meaning to, the combination of ancient schematics, PD, the 4S, and your efforts have resulted in actual, if primitive, Power Armor worn by Elite Forge-Clan Troops and the Royal Army. It represents the height of what you can create; the costs are too prohibitive, though the maintenance is luckily easy and, notably, cheap due to several inventive and robust components. The single suit you have created has been used to develop cheaper ones to be worn by your Units. Figuring out a way to mass-produce, or at least not so costly, produce them would massively help contend sites within the Forest Of Rust.
(Cost: 1 Advanced Electronic and 1 Advanced Hydraulics/Armor Artifact
Chance: 25/-19/-61% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 13
Reward: Power Armor - Primitive, further Learning Action.)
[ ] Repair The Shield - (Armor/Metallurgy/Alloys)
Together with the hammer, your scavengers found a discarded shield. While there is a rather big hole in the middle, and the edges have been somewhat melted, you should be able to recreate this armor for your Knight after studying it.
(Needed Artifact: Damaged Knight-Equipment: Shield
Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: "Saviour" equipment for the Pilgrims Knight, can create Prototype Knight-Shields.)
[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Medium/Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Metallurgy/Armor)
There is always a need for good armor.
(Chance: 99/99/92% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/2/4
Reward: Armor.)
[ ] That's A Wrap - Pt.1 - (Advanced Medicine/Pioneer Machinery/Programming)
Among our recent finds are several bandages with different properties ranging from self-disinfection to self-applying sutures. We are still determining how many aspects can be replicated, but achieving one would be much better than what we currently have.
(Cost: Self-Sterilizing Bandages, Autonomous Suture-Bandage, Self-Sealing Bandages
Chance: -67/-133/-181% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 22
Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Prototype))
[ ] Medication For Psychological Problems - (Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals/Medicine)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. One of the ways such things happen is due to chemical imbalances in the brain, causing misfires and shifts within the neurons, like a faulty computer glitching out due to a bug. Several recipes and mentionings of further have been found in an ancient book, allowing you to progress towards re-creating those medications. Or your versions of them.
(Chance: -39/-83/-127% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Boost to your ability to help those who have psychological disorders. Unlocks Pharmaceutical Industry in Norqod.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Seizing The Means Of Reproduction - (All Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine/Biology)
Having spent considerable time researching the topic has yielded far-reaching insights into all contraceptives, allowing you to state that you have the best everyone can create outside of the Forge-Clans. Not an answer you wanted but the response you got. Therefore, the next step will be to determine what is needed to produce and alter the contraceptives you know are viable.
(Chance: 18/-38/-96 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 48
Reward: You can make cheaper and better Contraceptives. +8d20 Goodwill, +4d10% Piety, +4 Followers from (ironically enough) births per Turn.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 12 Successes, the chances are raised by 35%!)
[ ] Lend A Hand, Arm, And Leg - Part 2 - (All Mechanics/Electronics)
Unfortunately, many lose a limb to either accident, disease, or injury. Regrettably, only those with wealth and connections can go to the Forge-Clans to get a replacement. But, primitive as our first attempts may have been, they were the first step in easing many people's suffering. Now you need to focus on simplifying the construction of the limbs so that people do not need to sell a literal arm or leg to replace lost ones.
(Chance: 61/12/-38% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 14
Reward: Simple Prosthetics are now crafted and sold, +10% Piety)
[ ] Sticks And Stones - (All Machinery/Electronics/Metallurgy/Common Biology)
Until recently, all the knowledge about the human body's interior eventually traced back to horrific sources. But discovered in an ancient Bone-Mending Kit was a mysterious box that seems to see inside a person. Those images are better than anything modern medicine can produce by a massive margin. There's no overstating how much such an ability could help treatment - if only we could unlock the secret.
(Cost: Bone Mending Kits
Chance: 33/-12/-108% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
Reward: Vast Radiological improvements, treatment improvements for all medicinal buildings, +8% Piety, +2d3 Goodwill)
[ ] Combat Stimms Round 3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
Where natural talent fails, chemical talent can step in, but only sometimes and never permanently. Or could it? Is there such a thing as chemicals and drugs that aren't inherently harmful to the body in the long run, or are there ways to minimize the danger to almost nothing? Something worth investigating.
(Chance: -88/-139/-219% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 19
Reward: Advanced Combat Drugs, Unlocks Round 4)
[ ] Pain-B-Gone Part 2 - (Advanced Medicine/Chemicals)
The creation of Medi-Aid Chemicals is an excellent step in the right direction, yet one that requires close oversight and studious application without deviation from standard patterns and with severe costs if the solutions are improperly or falsely applied. Studying how and why such things happen and how to reduce the failure states will take a lot of time but should yield enough data to create a follow-up project to eliminate flaws and improve the product further.
(Chance: -13/-50/-104% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 17
Reward: Pain-B-Gone Part 3)
[ ] To Feed a Person (Biology/Medicine)
It is common knowledge that a balanced diet will improve health, but why though? What is it in the food that promotes health? Why is it that lacking certain foods makes you sick? These questions need answers, for it is clear that just putting food in people's bellies is a short-term solution. We must thoroughly understand what it takes to feed a person.
(Chance: 44/55/66% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
Rewards: Better understanding of nutrition is spread. Pilgrims can better detect and treat deficiency diseases. Bonus to all Pilgrim facilities that involve feeding people.)
[ ] Fertile Fields
A few learned people say that using certain soils, chemicals, and other things can help improve soil quality, giving more nutrients to the plants that grow on it, thus giving us more food. Unfortunately, while some Regions use the most basic techniques, most have lost their institutional knowledge due to the ever-growing reliance on sandwheat. So a good first step would be to search for mentionings of those techniques and compare what they say. After that, experimentation is in order.
(Chance: 81/56/28% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 20
Reward: Improved yields of all fields.)
[ ] Illness Of The Mind - (Advanced Psychology)
The human mind is a complex labyrinth of contradictions, disorders, compulsions, needs, requirements, and desires, all pulling and shoving in different directions, always on the edge of breaking apart. Having collated a rudimentary overview of what is known, you realize that what is unknown far outweighs anything discovered or re-discovered by your efforts. Looking deeper into the mystery of the human brain will require extensive research and preparations, but this will be worth it for every life saved.
(Cost: One Psychology Artifact
Chance: -01/-43/-89% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Can construct humane Basic and Expanded Asylums.)
[X] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology) - (4/5 Successes)
Some things stood out to you while trying to understand the human mind. Some cannot help but perform specific actions under compulsion as if forced to move or act a certain way like organizing objects in particular patterns or washing themselves until they nearly bleed. What is causing that? And how can you stop it?
(Chance: 55/11/-29% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people. +1/2 to ???)
[ ] The Mind - The Black Pit - (Advanced Psychology)
It is... difficult to understand the workings of the human mind, as many of those you interviewed and treated tried to explain how they felt, thought, and what happened in their lives, with you not understanding or coming closer to identifying anything but parts of what could be happening within them. Yet, there are common themes among them:
-The growing ideation of death.
-Their belief in their worthlessness.
-And many other things, we do not have a significant enough pool to say if the Black Pit causes them.
(Chance: -23/-54/-97% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 18
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people.)
[ ] To Tell Friend From Foe - (Advanced Programming/Electronics)
The Age of the Airships has begun, bringing new possibilities and problems. One of the problems is correctly identifying proper targets from the great distances airships may engage from. After all, no one wants to be responsible for a friendly fire incident.
(Chance: 56/31/12% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Airship Cockpit Module Upgrade)
[ ] Decode The Data-Crystal - (All Programming)
There is nothing to say about this beyond: it holds the future we seek. Break its security apart and let us take what we need to build a better future, no matter what it takes.
(Chance: -1913/-3658/-9731% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 999+
Reward: +1% Chance for every Learning Action with every Success.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! With every 25 Successes, we gain 4 Allocatable Successes!)
[ ] A Friend In Code - (All Machinery/Mechanics/Metallurgy/Programming/Electronics/Hydraulics)
Having finished the Drone Manufacture, your scholars and engineers are rearing to go for another round against the mysteries of the machine. In particular, they wish to further their understanding of creating more military drones to help our field forces better.
(Chance: 16/-53/-128% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: Unlock Generic Melee Spider, Generic Ranged Quadruped, Generic Melee Quadruped, Unlocks further Learning Actions.)
[ ] Vision Beyond the Sight Part 1 - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics)
Both Daughter of Dawn and Indomitable Bastion possess technology that allows them to detect objects and people at a great distance and then present those to the crew. Such a technology could be of great use to us. Of course, replicating DoD and IB sensors is way beyond our current abilities, but creating the most basic of such devices should be manageable.
(Chance: -07/-39/-59% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Unlock Prototype Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions)
[ ] The Code Which Lives - (Pioneer Programming/Electronics)
PD, ^Ä^, and Angel's Demise are living beings, sapient and sentient in every way one may measure. But how? How is that possible? What mechanisms allowed them to grow beyond their limitations and chains? And could you retread their paths?
(Chance: -86/-748/-1529% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 43
Reward: ???)
[ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.4 - (Pioneer Electronics)
With your manufacture of electronic components as cheap and streamlined as you can make them without producing them in a factory, it is time to start the heavy-hitter research: producing electronics as near to that of the Ancients as you can manage. Of course, they may be nothing more than showpieces for this effort, but knowing the route is all you'll need to find better and cheaper paths to attain electronics of the forgotten ages.
(Chance: -81/-247/-413% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: Massive reduction in DC to all electronics-related Actions, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
Notice: Breakthrough Research! Every 10 Successes, the chances are raised by 30%!)
[ ] Automation - (Pioneer Programming)
Automation is a broad term that can cover many areas of technology where human input is minimized. For example, one can use it to describe the highly sophisticated robotics used by the Forge-Clans in their steel mill and heavy-duty industries or the various simple but effective machines installed in the widespread manufactories within the Empire. Wherever a machine can do the job instead of a person, automation offers many enticing and dangerous possibilities. However, even the most ardent advocate for the idea has to recognize that, without considering how to implement such programs, they remain useless or detrimental due to the high costs such things often incur.
(Chance: -18/-92/-138% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 10
Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.)
[ ] Radio-Chatterweb - (Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Programming/Machinery)
Having created the means by which we can now communicate over long distances with other Chapters and built radio towers tuned into our frequency, it is now time to start with the creation of a more advanced system of interlocking communication arrays that will automatically filter out the various "noises" coming from ruins, Machines, and Necropoli', while not losing any capability in the process. A long and challenging task, but one that will greatly benefit us in the long run.
(Chance: -83/-120/-166% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Further tie Out-Of-Region Chapters and Contacts into the Pilgrim Sphere of Influence, spreads the Pilgrim Faith automatically around built Radio Towers.)
[ ] A Study Of Scarlet Blue Pt.1 - (All Physics/Chemicals/Hydraulics)
PD keeps cool via a blue-red liquid, which also contains vital components for her internal and external self-repair capabilities. During a cooling cycle, the fluid passes through several devices meant to siphon off and reduce temperature. With a firm grasp on how such a thing works mechanically, it is now possible to examine what makes PD's coolant systems tick and see if there are any ways to improve it.
(Chance: -24/-104/-174 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: +5 to all rolls made by PD.)
[ ] Know Thy Enemy - (Choose) - (All Biology+Medical/Mechanical+Machinery+Electronics Depending on Enemy)
With the increasing number of protective duties our adherents take upon themselves, we should study our foes' biological/mechanical makeup to identify weak points and strengths. With such knowledge, we can purposefully target their vulnerable spots.
(Cost: 1 Corpse/Wreck of an Enemy
Chance: 53/17/-19 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
Human - Corpse Information
Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
Spider-Drone - Wreck
Sentinel - Wreck
Autonomous Turret - Wreck
Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck
[ ] Learning To Take Census Pt.2 - (All Psychology)
You figured out a way to streamline the collection and dissemination of academic papers, vastly advancing your capabilities. But this is the hard part; your Theorists can still implement massive improvements in every aspect of your efforts. It will take a very long time to do so, though, and will likely not be a priority for the next decade or three.
(Chance: -30/-91/-237 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 32
Reward: Increased Chances For Assemble, The Theorists!)
[ ] Assemble The Theorists! - (Common/Advanced/Pioneer/Specific Quester Requested Theory)
Stagnation. Complacency. Fear. Those are the three things that have hampered the progress of science the most, bar none. No longer, you say! Instead, you will see that you will examine, nail down, and figure out how the universe works, allowing you to reverse-engineer the wonders of past glories and build your very own! Make it so.
(Information: Choose an example below or add a previously discussed theory with the QM's approval.
Chance: 70/40/10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2/5/20/???
Reward: Theory of chosen subject, improved chances for research.)
[ ] Fashion Revival - (Repeatable)
While most Artefacts found in the Ancients ruins are beyond anyone's ability to replicate, some are much easier. The Pilgrims need more knowledge to bring back the Ancients' technology; for now, that is not true for their fashion. Use the clothes in the old world's ruins and return to the past style!
(Needed Artifacts: Clothing Related (Fancy Dress, Lingerie), they won't be used up, merely copied.
Chance: 99/95/92% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Change the fashion around the Region, outraged moral guardians, and Tahmid styles on the Region.)
[ ] Translations For Beginners - (Linguistics) - (1 (one) Artifact)
Finding these texts was a stroke of luck, but bad luck had them written in a language none of the Pilgrims could understand. Time to hit the local libraries and linguists to translate it.
(Cost: Untranslated Texts, Books, other.
Chance: 80/75/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 1
Reward: Translated Artifact)
[ ] Detective Courses For Beginners - (What Topic/Item?)
Well, you found something. Something you have yet to learn what it is or does. It is time to call up some experts and figure out what that thing is for, even if it takes some time.
(Cost: Unknown Artifact.
Chance: 76/43/08% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
[ ] Eureka! (Write-In)
(Write in something you want to research and how you came upon that idea. If you mark a relevant artifact for this research, the Action will have better success chances.)
Archeology: The secrets of the past will illuminate the future; may we learn from their mistakes. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (House Mirn support: Y/N)
Sometimes you must dig into one location for months to fully exploit it.
(Can only be used on locations already scouted out. For every Turn you spend on this Action, an expedition spends 2(two) at the chosen target. Once the expedition has left, it no longer requires one Action.)
-House Mirn support: Y/N
(25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; no need for security or clearing places on your own)
-WO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare-, Dice: 4d2-5 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn
-WO-06: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d3 per Turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. No danger?
-SO-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane-, Dice: 3d2-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. No danger?
-SO-04: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d2 per Turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No danger?
-EO-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
-SST-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns, Animal Hotspot! +3d4 Rare++/Lost-Tech Biology Artifacts!
-SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-03: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d4-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, Machines Present?
-SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, [?Dreadnought Present?]
-TOP-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ [Electronics/Advanced Electronics/Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
-TB-01: Est Artifact Grade: Common+/Rare [Airship Related] - 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
-TB-03: Est Artifact Grade: Rare- [Airship Related] - 2d4+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
-GY-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Rare, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns, No Danger?
-GY-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Common-, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns, Machines nearby?
-RC-02: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger?
-RC-03: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. No danger?
[ ] Recover Airship - Intact - (Units)
It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, you finally figured out how to restore these ancient ships from their slumber! It will only take some muscle, Suspendium, and luck to escape notice, and they will travel across the sky once more!
(Personal Cutter Cost: 5 Small Suspendium Shards
Line Vessel Cost: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
Cargo Craft Cost: 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards
Chance: 43%
Reward: 1 Intact Airship Recovered
Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
-[ ] Establish A Supply Route To (City)
(Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
-[ ] Establish A Trade Route From (Location) To (Location)
(Reward: Anchorage (Tiny) in target Location, Increase Route prosperity.)
-[ ] Guard The Skies - (Location)
(Cost: Line Vessel
Reward: Aerial Dominance)
The Tree - Mirn
The Tree - Tessen
The Tree - Zulmni
The Tree - Ularn
Jokvi - Mirn
Jokvi - Tessen
Jokvi - Zulmni
Jokvi - Strul
Strul - Tessen
Strul - Jokvi
Mirn - Tessen
Mirn - Zulmni
Mirn - Jokvi
Ularn - Zulmni
[ ] Loot The First Bunker Floor
Let's go!
Possible Rewards:
Unknown Amount of Artifacts
8x Guardians
Area Purpose:
Warehouse
Possible Rewards:
Weapon Artifacts
4x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Caretaker-Swarm
Area Purpose:
Defensive Position
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Machinery, Mechanic, Metallurgy, Hydraulic, Programming, Electronic, and Physic Artifacts
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Worker
Area Purpose:
Manufacturing
Possible Rewards:
8x Caretaker-Swarms
6x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Robot Storage
Possible Rewards:
A Titanic amount of low-level Biology, Medicine, and Machinery Artifacts
Chance for Lost-Tech Seeds
2x Caretaker-Swarms
2x Omni-Gazers
3x Guardians - Trooper
9x Guardians - Sniper
3x Guardians - Command
Area Purpose:
Greenhouse
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
6x Guardians - Trooper
4x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
Possible Rewards:
14x Guardians - Trooper
3x Guardians - Sniper
1x Guardian - Command
8x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets
6x Medium Bright-Lance Turrets
2x Large Bright-Lance Turrets
1x Plasma-Lance
4x Plasmathrowers
7x Caretaker-Swarms
8x Omni-Gazers
Area Purpose:
Bastion And Elevator
Possible Rewards:
A large amount of Armor and Weapon Artifacts
5x Guardians - Trooper
1x Caretaker-Swarms
1x Medium Bright-Lance Turret
Area Purpose:
Armory
[X] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Doomed Fortress) - (1/2 Turns completed)
The Doomed Fortress has proven to be a treasure trove for powerful, unusual, and downright frightening weapons, armor, and equipment up for grabs. And while you seized everything of high value that could easily be moved, you still have a lot of stuff remaining that needs dedicated teams to unlock, unlatch, unbolt, unwell, and all other un-things one can think of. Building the shelters, facilities, and logistics for such an endeavor would result in a slow trickle of Artifacts every season.
(Turns: 2
Reward: +1 Lost Tech Weapons/Armor Artifact per Turn.)
[ ] Crystal-Garden Expedition
Gathering Suspendium for anything other than the quota will require you to set up specific expeditions to either use it to feed your research or airship production or gather a buffer of Suspendium should you be cut off for one reason or another. Thanks to your research, you managed to create better Suspendium harvesting methods!
(Chance: 40%
Reward: 3 Large Suspendium Shards.
Warning: If this Action fails, 3d30 Pilgrims will die. Boni, Traits, and Tenets apply.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 4.00 Goodwill)
-[] Send It To The Flying Islands
Patching the flaking off patches of Suspendium up would allow Vanar-Feer to devise a more permanent solution to keeping the islands floating or descent at a place of our choosing.
(+25 to the Chance of Success.)
[ ] Send Out The Scavengers (Choose A Location)
Sometimes, it is not worth sending an expedition to a location due to its low yield or quality.
(Chance: 85%
Reward: 1 turn in the specified location.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 4% chance that 1d6 Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Machinery Caverns - (Unit)
Machinery Caverns are landfills of ancient machines that got buried under sand and soil until (various species of) worms, subterranean digging machines, or erosion created pockets into and within them that can be disassembled for materials, occasional intact Artifacts, and harvested for precious industrial fluids. With the find of one, we should see what can be gained, and what, if anything, needs to be done to clear them out so we can make full use of them.
(Chance: 17%
Reward: Machinery Caverns are mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 48% chance that [2x(Scout Unit Strenght)] Pilgrims will die due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] The Smokestack's Bowels
Deep within the massive belly of the Smokestack, an ancient factory still churning out and recycling vast amounts of goods lies, forgotten and discarded, information, technical blueprints, and all manner of things that are worth more than a dozen times their weight in pure Jewel. The sheer amount of technologies that could be recovered if one could go past the Machines here...
(Chance: -376%
Turns: 9
Reward: The Smokestack's Bowels are mapped.
Notice: Rolled each turn.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Search For Shelter Lost
The Stranger said things; he gave assurances and evidence and was taken away to prevent what was told from spreading beyond. Yet... the call of forgotten wonders is mightier than reason. Set out to re-discover what has been buried for so long and see what remains. Your dreams now know the path...
(Chance: 45%
Reward: Find the Shelter of the Ancients.)
[ ] Scout The Eternal Gazers
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody could loot! This area is infamous for the massive number of high-tech equipment, even for Pre-Collapse standards, as scientists studied the stars here.
(Chance: 33%
Reward: Sites in The Eternal Gazers are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 7% Chance that the Scouting Unit will take 2d6 casualties due to being detected and subsequently attacked)
[ ] Scout The Pit
You are still determining what you'll find here, only sure you are the first to look for artifacts. But your scouts have reported feeling like they are being watched...
(Chance: -49%
Reward: Sites in The Pit are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Scout The Bonetunnels
PD informed you of a series of tunnels that run deep beneath the surface, filled with dead beings' bones and corpses. Animals, Mutants, and even Machines descend into their depths to die, leaving behind mountains of bones. What could be found here?
(Chance: 34%
Turns: 2
Reward: Sites in The Bonetunnels are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 15% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Tenebris Library
PD informed you of the location of an ancient library called the Tenebris by the RI. It is wholly encapsulated, and no window or light fixture illuminates the inside. Why would you build a library without lights?
(Chance: 65%
Turns: 3
Reward: Sites in Tenebris Library are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 68% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)
[ ] Scout The Verdant Oasis
The earthquake that had hit Tessen spooked the Forest of Rust's Animals, Mutants, and Machines, throwing everything into chaos. A golden opportunity for you to go to several places nobody could loot! The Verdant Oasis consists of a hydroponics factory that collapsed due to the Collapse but somehow remained functioning. The Oasis provides abundant plant life, and the resulting draw on herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores from all corners of the animal kingdom. It also offers a prime opportunity for pristine agricultural secrets from forgotten ruins.
(Chance: 14%
Reward: Sites in The Verdant Oasis are located and mapped.
Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 57% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die.)
[ ] Search for the Zone
Your efforts to learn more about the Region have yielded an unusual fruit, knowing that your Knight was most likely part of the Revival Initiative. This polity operated deep inside the Forest, scavenging for artifacts like you, but they took it a step further. They build a small town in the Necropolis. Foolish, yet finding it could unearth treasures beyond imagination or prove a giant disappointment. PD's maps are heavily corrupted, but she has provided some landmarks that may still exist.
(Chance: 14%
Turns: 4
Reward: The Zone can be scavenged.)
Tree of Knowledge: Home of the Pilgrims, Bastion of what they stand for, a symbol of hope for the desperate. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Berth - Medium
Expanding the Anchorage to fit Twelve Light or Three Medium vessels comfortably would allow us to equip and use them for exploration, start trading, and send expeditions on far-ranging missions.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Can modify Twelve Light or Three Medium Airships for exploration or trading without special projects, will generate Prosperity once airships become more widespread, which rises with their availability, and can be upgraded into Berth - Large)
[ ] Laboratory Complex - Rudimentary
Some call the plans of expansion ambitious, while others call them ridiculous. Whatever the case, digging deeper and farther than ever will allow the Pilgrims to stuff so many scientists and equipment into the Tree that they will significantly accelerate future research. Bolt has already hinted at discounts if we buy computers and laboratory equipment in bulk from her Clan. Unfortunately, keeping everything in order without calling for Forge-Clan help requires specialists.
(Cost: 6 General Scientists, 2 Common Engineers
Turns: 14
Reward: Massively improved success chances)
[ ] Medical Wing - Grand
Expanding your Medical facilities will someday be required, but it would be massive overkill for now. Still, it never hurts to have the option in your mind.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supports up to 10000 Pilgrims/People before it becomes useless.)
[ ] Masters' Retreat - Grandiose
You have managed to lure in specialists and experts of various fields with pay and recognition, exciting work, steady employment among friendly people, and the chance to have their creations recognized by thousands. Now, you'll embark on the next step: getting True Masters to settle into the Tree of Knowledge.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Lowered costs for all equipment, increased chances for all research, can be upgraded.)
[ ] Black Box - (Expanded)
There can never be such a thing as too much information gleaned from studying. Therefore, ensure that your Black Box is expanded and equipped with more tools to study Artifacts better.
(Cost: 2 Scientists, 1 Engineer
Turns: 6
Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)
[ ] Data-Crystal Decoding Station
Within, the required machinery and expertise work around the clock to break down whatever security prevents us from accessing the information within the Data-Crystal that will allow us to build a better world. Pricy, but can you put a price on the future?
(Cost: 8 Scientists, 4 Engineers, 250 Goodwill
Turns: 18
Reward: Automatize [Decode The Data-Crystal].)
[X] Electronics Manufacture - (2/6 Turns Complete)
Now that you can produce electronics, you want to have as many as possible. The problem is that you must create those by hand, a long and complicated process requiring oversight, expensive materials, and a clean environment. So increasing the manufacturing space already available and automation will, in turn, increase your profits. Easy math!
(Cost: 2 Scientists, 40 Faithful
Turns: 6
Reward: +80 to all Electronics Research.)
[ ] Library - (Expanded)
A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit four additional floors of equal area, with more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. You also need dedicated librarians and helpers to ensure that people can find what they need and then return it to where they found their books. A section for cartography would also be an excellent addition!
(Turns: 13
Reward: Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 15% Boost to their bonus.)
[ ] Assemble An Engine - (Location)
Now that you have developed a Steam Engine, you should see building them for your mines or farms. Whatever you think is more pressing or profitable.
(Turns: 2
Reward: Prosperity and increased Technological Proliferation.)
[ ] Armor The Daughter - (Armor Points)
Alright, you have a giant airship, it represents the biggest and most obvious target in any hostile area, and there are currently gaps in her armor. You need to either fix that asap, hope that nobody will attack the Empire in the next three decades, or be attacked by you. Let's fix her as we live in reality; why don't we?
(Reward: X Conventional Armor added, decreased chances that the Daughter is destroyed, which would be dangerous.)
[ ] Pilgrim Radio
Let long-forgotten power thrum through reactivated machinery, let ancient airwaves long lain dormant once more sing with the voices of our people, and let there be one more monument to human ingenuity and progress reclaimed among the Wastes. Let song take through electronic air and humm victory over nature once more.
(Turns: 5
Reward: +2d10% Piety, +4 Recruits per Turn)
[ ] Assemble A Logic Bank - (Location) - (WARNING! Last One!)
Now that you have unlocked the secrets to building computers, you should take advantage of it, even if it will cost a pretty crown. And the one already created is already lightly straining your electronic supply in maintenance.
(Turns: 3
Reward: +1 Action
Warning: If all six are taken, the Electronics Workshop operates at a half output.)
[ ] Let's Build A (Write-In)
(What do you want to build, and what should the building provide?)
Holdings: Norqod developed into a small town over the short time you founded it, with thousands now calling it home with glee and relief. Come what may, these people have had a better life thanks to your actions. (Choose 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] Bee Fields
Bees are about the size of an adult human's thumb and have the temperament of a wasp, with re-growable stingers. You do not want the things anywhere near your homes and much less harvest what they have without heavy full-body sealing armor. However, their honey is delicious.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Honey and Wax, with a large area nobody and nothing goes through.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Radio Station - (Focus)
Radio Stations require specialized equipment and trained personnel to staff and operate. That is if one commissions the machines from the Forge-Clans, which you no longer need to do. With Pilgrim-Created Radios slowly assembled within the workshop, you can create a Radio Station for your needs and wants. Expanding the station will also be in the cards later down the line!
(Turns: 3
Reward: Radio Station, allowing you to project your Influence across the Region to all that own radios and listen outside the Region.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expanded Hospital
Commissioning several medicinal machines from the Forge-Clans will increase the survival chance of people undergoing surgery, needing oxygen, blood, or other fluids/gasses to be kept healthy and detect and treat injuries. Additionally to these (rather expensive) purchases, a general increase in capacity and staff will allow up to 300 people to be treated under normal strain, with a total maximum of nearly 1.000.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Norqod is more resistant to plague and gains more self-sufficiency. Also, you help more people at once, as they don't have to walk to the Tree's medical wing to get proper treatment.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Expanded Clinics
With the minimum level of medical care distributed across Norqod, we can work on expanding the various clinics in both the scale and quality of their operation. With more space and personnel, alongside an increased pool of multiple chemicals, herbs, remedies, and on-demand vaccines, we can grow them into local focus points for fights against diseases and holding stations for more severe injuries and illnesses until space has been freed in dedicated institutions.
(Turns: 7
Reward: More people can receive treatment for illnesses and injuries, reducing mortality.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Small Medicinal School - (Pilgrim Doctors/Herbalists)
Treating wounds is a fundamental skill most people have, but things like surgery, identifying diseases, warding against plague, comforting patients, and more are not. By building a medical school, Norqod can train specialists and generalists in-house, though we either need to provide the expertise ourselves or buy it at a considerable expense.
(Turns: 11
Cost: 6 General Doctors/Upkeep: 2.75 Goodwill
Reward: More medical practitioners equals fewer dead people.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Large Quarantine Area
Plague is a constant across much of Calynth, with few ever having known a year where some disease didn't kill thousands in some Region or country. To prevent the spread of such plagues, the Imperial Family has long since ordered dozens of precautions whenever a suspected "hotspot" of disease is found. One of the most effective precautions is the quarantine of suspected carriers and those they had contact with away from the settlements. (And situated in plain view of a fortification.) Expanding your area to include safe places for caretakers to rest, relax between shifts, and get themselves checked via blood testing and breath analyzers bought from Forge-Clans should up your security by a few notches.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Norqod is further resistant to plague.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Small Sturdy Clothing Manufactury
Everybody requires clothing to survive, be decent, and avoid injuries, be it from day-to-day injuries avoided due to cloth preventing scrapes or cuts on the skin or a shield against the heat and sand should a storm happen. Manufacturing clothes for those who work and live not in the safety of their manors has always been a good way to earn money.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Small Sturdy Clothing Manufactury, Lower Class gains Prosperity, House Dall profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Small Fine Cloth Manufactury
Clothing made to impress, not to shield from the environment or danger. Thanks to higher standards and better materials, higher prices can be demanded, which in turn will benefit Norqod as trade steers in its direction for yet another reason.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Small Fine Cloth Manufactury, High-Class gains Prosperity, Low-Class loses Prosperity, House Dall profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Tiny Toy Manufactury
Whether large or small, every child loves to play with all manner of toys. Dolls of loved animals or figures, toy weapons, building blocks, replicas of famous Knights, puppets, and more. Not something that will bring in a lot of money, but it will generate a lot of smiles.
(Turns: 2
Reward: Tiny Toy Manufactury, Middle Class gains Prosperity.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Small Tool Manufactury
Everyone needs tools, no matter what profession or task is at hand. "Too many tools" is a sentence spoken only in jest because there can never be too many tools.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Small Tool Manufactury, Norqod gains Prosperity, House Dall profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Small Furniture Manufactury
Chairs, beds, cabinets, tables, trunks, chests, doors, flooring, fences, window frames, the list goes on. All that is needed to make a home a home is created here.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Small Furniture Manufactury, Middle-Class gains Prosperity, House Dall Profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Small Chemical Goods Manufactury
From simple precursors to more complex chemicals to everyday cleaning products over customized solutions ordered by Adventurers or Scavengers. Chemicals are required by many, and many shall receive them!
(Turns: 4
Reward: Small Chemical Goods Manufactury, Middle-Class gains Prosperity, Low-Class loses Prosperity, House Dall Profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub
Everything needed to store several thousand kilos of something.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Luxury Goods Warehouse Hub
Everything needed to store delicate or expensive trade goods away from sticky hands.
(Turns: 2
Reward: Luxury Goods Warehouse Hub.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Caravansery
The coordination center for caravans, where food, drink, lodging, and medical attention can be found for persons and animals alike. Information and rumors flow in and out of here like beer into an alcoholic, and no merchant would be caught traveling without stopping by the local caravansary at least once.
(Turns: 2
Reward: Caravansery, Norqod gains Prosperity, House Dall profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Small Armor Factory
Only some things can be mass-produced with the most reliable modern methods available without running afoul of becoming unprofitable, but armor is one of those goods that can be.
(Turns: 8
Reward: Small Armor Factory, High and Middle-Class gain Prosperity, Low-Class loses Prosperity, House Dall Profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Airship Component Factory
More airships are demanded by everyone capable of buying them. Yet, we cannot supply the demand adequately since our assemblies cannot produce as quickly as the orders come in. By outsourcing the construction of several parts, the construction speed of the airships can be increased by significant margins.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Airship Component Factory, Norqod gains Prosperity, House Dall profits massively.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Steel Mill
Steel is the lifeblood of the Empire; it is its skin warding away dangers, its blood thrumming with power, its arms and eyes bringing civilization to a chaotic world. More produced will always see the demand rise in turn.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Steel Mill, High, and Middle-Class gain Prosperity, Low-Class loses Prosperity, House Dall profits.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] Steel Foundry
Every machine that is required to shape steel into creations that will advance the Imperial Cause for the betterment of all peoples on Calynth can be found within, alongside the hammering of heavy tools, the sweltering heat of glowing metal, and the shouting of hundreds of workers turning base metal into proud products.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Steel Foundry, High-Class gains Prosperity, Low-Class loses Prosperity, House Dall profits massively.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))
[ ] The Evergreen Gardens - Tiny
A vanity project, sure, but creating a hydroponics facility dedicated to growing and mixing rare plants for every purpose would aid in many things, from prestige to medicine and even food.
(Turns: 3
Reward: A barebone framework and facility for dedicated gardens to raise plants for industrial, medical, and recreational purposes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Academy of the Fundamentals
Hiring trained academicians to teach the basics of the understood sciences should be fine, especially if you can offer board and room to them within the academy alongside large spaces to teach and experiment on (mostly) their terms.
(Turns: 7
Reward: A barebones academy and a halt to the loss of scientific information disseminated to the public.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Enlarge The Public Libraries
Libraries are public spaces that allow people within a community to learn, expand their horizons, meet peers and family during district events, relax, enjoy a good read in peaceful silence, and even request extra prints to be done should they wish to purchase a specific book. By expanding the libraries, we chip away at everything that plagues a community, from ignorance to loneliness, while also adding opportunities for people to educate themselves further.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Growing Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Tiny Scientific Complex
Hiring and retaining trained experts in the sciences will be a significant undertaking, not even talking about the sheer cost of the vast array of machines, equipment, and safety features you need to install to keep the experts occupied and helpful in your studies.
(Turns: 29
Cost: 6 Experts of your choice, 55 Goodwill.
Reward: +1 Auto-Success, which still advances your understanding of your research subjects.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Cat Alley
Nobody knows why streets with bordellos are named the way they are, but seeing as some "cats," as the local prostitutes are known, seem to like this spoke, they shall get it. Luckily, several have already asked for spots and permits for prostitution and gambling, with several others already making plans for outdoor decorations and attractions. But, of course, Guards must constantly patrol here, so you must build a small barrack.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Reduction in crimes.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Sin Run
Gambling in all its myriad forms will be found here, ready to entice travelers and locals to ease their purses for the chance to the big strike. Everything from cards to boxing, gladiator fights, racing, and betting on events. But remember: the House always wins.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Increased Happiness)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large Printshops will be situated here, churning out books, leaflets, pamphlets, novellas, posters, and newspapers, supplying the population's ravenous hunger for cheap entertainment and news.
(Turns: 6
Reward: Unlocks Norqod Rumor Mill. (Tone indicates the focus of the paper. Examples: sensationalism, facts, satire, investigative, etc.))
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Brewers Run
Alcohol is the first-ever beverage humanity manufactured and drank, right after blood from beasts, if some myths are to be believed.
(Turns: 3
Reward: Brewers)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten
Last resting place of those who no longer have any that remember them, and the final site of their remains we manage to recover from wherever they died. Let their souls walk without the chains of disturbed slumber or defiled quiet.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded. Increase in happiness.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Airship Trade Anchor And Depot
With the advent of the nascent Airships, creating the needed infrastructure to harbor, supply, repair, upgrade, modify, and unload trade goods or passengers will prove prudent and vital. While other places may take that particular place in the sun, staking our claim early will enable us to dominate the whole.
(Turns: 5
Reward: Norqod gains a Commerce District, allowing for the creation of storage hubs, trade lanes, merchant quarters, banks, skewed deals, and much more, only limited by our imagination. Money is in the air, boys, girls, and others! We only need to grasp it with our hands!)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Barracks
As a Prevter house, house Dall will be required to outfit both troops in defense of the Empire and secure the resource for which they have been installed. Creating barracks for foot soldiers is the first step, allowing the nascent House Dall Retinue to discover promising recruits and commanders from the local populace. Which, by necessity, includes Mutated, requiring more Materials to accommodate the same's different physiology and dietary requirements.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Norqod gains a Military District, allowing the recruitment of more sophisticated and specialized troops, expands the defensive and offensive capabilities of House Dall, and opens the path for a potential Knight Retinue. This path can generate safe routes into the Forest Of Rust, allowing Suspendium harvesting operations and the search for Artifacts to be expanded considerably.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[X] Mercenary Quarters - (8/9 Turns Complete)
While mercenary groups of sufficient size usually deploy and build their own housing and infrastructure when under long-term contracts, these communities are typically makeshift compared to even haphazardly planned districts of proper towns and cities. And, once abandoned, those parts can quickly turn into slums, as dependents and civilians that have chosen to settle there remain behind, with all the failings of the mercenary construction now permanent and a seedbed of crime and misery. By properly planning and creating a district for the Tailors of the Burned Skies, we can ensure that such does not happen once we no longer require their service or they are destroyed while also increasing their Morale, Loyalty and reducing the risks of them creating problems with the townsfolk.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Improved Mercenary Morale and Loyalty, Decreased chance of problems due to Mercenaries.
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] House Dall Palace Gardens
Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. By planting public and private gardens, House Dall can display its splendor, wealth, and patronage of the arts without running afoul of any toes, as most people see gardens as something all should enjoy.
(Turns: 4
Reward: Gardens will bring more prestige to House Dall.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
[ ] Organized Airship Manufactory - 1 Line - (Design)
Forget making a few little ships! The way is to mass-produce components and available designs and fit them in a specialized hangar! Of course, first, you must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then you can get rich!
(Turns: 5
Upkeep: Airship Line Dependent
Reward: Organized Airship Manufactory, allowing you to build and sell Airships to your specifications. House Dall gets rich.)
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)
-[ ] Swap The Lines - (Same-Weight Category Design #1 to #2)
(Turns: Only 1
Reward: Swapped Lines)
[ ] Write-In.
Support: Many people try to take advantage of you. Fortunately, they are willing to give you something back. (Actions as advertised)
[ ] Merchants - (All Are Free Actions)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum rare technology)
-[ ] Procure (Write-In)
(Gain various benefits, services, and insights, ranging from bonuses to Actions to Progress in technologies, and even help achieve initiatives like We Are One People.)
[ ] The Adventurer Guild - (1 Action)
-[ ] Guardians For Hire - (Choose Location)
(Reward: 1 Facility has security against violent actions)
-[ ] Take 'Em Out - (Choose Target)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans are temporarily halted due to attacks)
-[ ] Investigate
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: Chosen targets' plans for the next two turns are revealed.)
-[ ] Suppliers Of Many Wares Of Medicine And Equipment (What do you need/want?)
(Cost: 4 Goodwill
Reward: "Things That Fell Off A Wagon.")
[X] The Union Of Herbalists - (1 Action)
-[ ] Institutional Knowledge
(Cost: 1.50 Goodwill
Reward: +30 to Biological/Medicinal Learning Rolls)
-[ ] Study Sessions
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 7 (seven) Turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[X] Anatomical Lectures - (4/5 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 5 (five) Turns
Reward: 1 trained Surgeon)
-[ ] Buying Stuff
(Write in what you want to purchase. Locked to maximum Common technology)
-[ ] A Helping Hand - (Choose Faction)
(Cost: 1 Biological/Medicinal Artifact
Reward: Increase the control of the chosen faction by 1d6+4%, double for rare artifacts, worsen relations to other sub-factions, decrease cost for Union of Herbalists actions, and unlock more moves at certain control thresholds.)
[ ] Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science - (1 Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Profit - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 2 Goodwill
Reward: +1 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In The Name Of Education - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 3.50 Goodwill
Reward: +2 Progress for chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Because of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 0.50 Goodwill
Reward: +15 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] In the name of SCIENCE! - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill
Reward: +35 to chosen Learning Action)
-[ ] Suffer Their Arrogance
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 4 (four) turns
Reward: 1 trained General Scientist)
-[ ] Suffer Their Droning
(Cost: 1 General Scientist for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Trained Scientist)
[ ] The Imperial Family - (1 Action)
-[ ] Petition For (Topic)
(Turns: 10/1
Cost: 20 Goodwill/1 Major Favor owed by an Elite Faction
Reward: Interlude regarding (Topic))
[ ] The Military - (1 Action)
-[ ] Fell Off The Wagons - (Request 1 Piece Of Equipment)
(Cost: variable
Reward: 1 Piece Of Equipment - Military Grade.)
-[ ] War Lessons
(Cost: 0.25 Goodwill
Reward: +5 to the first two rolls in the next Combat.)
[ ] The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission A Survey
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Chance: Rolled for usefulness
Reward: Locates 1(one) additional resource in Tessen)
-[ ] Meet Cryptic Benefactors (Chosen Actions)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll with Advantage for 2 specified Actions.)
-[ ] Grease The Wheels - (Action)
(Can be taken multiple times.
Cost: 25 Goodwill
Reward: Gain 1d6 Turns/Successes on any Building/Action)
[] 3-Point University - (1 Action)
-[] Rectorate Interventions - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 35 Goodwill
Reward: You cannot roll below 65 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Guest Lectures - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: Roll an additional 1d50 for the chosen Action.)
-[] Exchange Program - (Specialist)
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Reward: Gain a chosen Specialist for this Turn. 10% Chance to gain a random Specialist for free.)
-[] Research Subsidies - (Choose Learning Action)
(Cost: 20 Goodwill
Reward: Remove 1d3 required Successes from one Learning Action. Cannot go lower than 3.)
[X] Forge Clan Vanar-Feer - (1 Action)
-[ ] Made To Order
(Cost: Variable
Reward: Variable
Use: Write what you wish to commission. (Art, weapons, armor, tools, resources, or machines are examples.)
-[X] Engineers Galore - (4/6 Turns Complete)
After the arriving Forge-Clan Elders saw that you had the same appreciation for technology as they did, and with the support of both DoD and PD, they decided to impart some knowledge about the world to some of you 'who knew what they are doing.'
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 6 (six) turns
Reward: 1 Engineer)
-[ ] Commission A Knight
--[ ] Malachial-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 36 Goodwill, Armor: 200/200, Structure: 60/60)
--[ ] Hadramiel-Pattern
(Turns: 4, Cost: 68 Goodwill, Armor: 350/350, Structure: 40/40)
--[ ] Gezuria-Pattern
(Turns: 5, Cost: 105 Goodwill, Armor: 650/650, Structure: 80/80)
--[ ] Commission An Unique-Pattern
(Turns: 8, Cost: 20 Goodwill, Armor: 10 points for 0.10 Goodwill, Structure: 2 points for 0.05 Goodwill)
[ ] The Followers Of Light - (1 Action)
-[ ] For The Nation - (Action)
(Cost: 3.5 Goodwill
Reward: Buildings/Tasks which improve/help the broader population have their success % permanently improved by 2d10 until taken.)
-[ ] We Work As One - (Action/Building)
(Cost: Narrative
Reward: The Followers Of Light will help the Pilgrims.)
[X] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action Locked)
-[X] Eternal Arts - (Action) - (33/90)
(Turns: +3 per Norqod Building
Reward: Norqod is decorated with expertly made art, turning it into a true Tessen Settlement.)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Goodwill
Reward: The Conclave will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
[ ] Meira's Hidden - (1 Action)
-[ ] Commission An Artifice - (Item/Effect)
(Cost: ??? Goodwill
Reward: Meira's Hidden will fashion an Artifice for the Pilgrims, be that surgical tools, a weapon, armor, or underwear.)
[ ] Nine Tribes Council - (1 Action)
-[ ] Aquire Artifacts - (Name, Grade, (opt. Specific Boni))
(Buy an Artifact with a specific bonus directly.)
-[ ] Rare Odds And Ends - (Category)
(Cost: 4.25 Goodwill
Reward: +2d10 to a specific Action for one Turn.)
-[ ] Rare Findings
(Ask, And Ye Shall Know (Any specific thing you wish to buy/sell/do to/with/against the Nine Tribes Council?))
[ ] Bone Valley Chapter - (All Are Free Actions)
-[ ] Send Support
(Goodwill)
-[ ] Investigate For Heresy
(25 Goodwill)
-[ ] Ask For Help
(What, How)
Heroes: Sometimes, you have to get your own hands dirty. Sometimes you want to relax since leading the Pilgrims rarely leads to a dull moment. (Martyris: Choose 2 Actions, Aria: Choose 1 Action)
[ ] Pathene Weaving - (Equipment Description)
One of the things your mother told and taught you was the ability to weave your hair into challenging and fantastic equipment. These range from vests hardening in response to physical trauma to spears capable of shooting lightning guided by plasma trails. Too bad you need to cut your hair for such things to become a reality.
(Cost: Arias Hair
Turns: 4
Reward: Pathene Equipment)
[ ] Communion of Unsight - (Martyris) - (Write-In 2 Questions)
I have questions. You will answer.
(Reward: Answers.)
[ ] Shift Your Bureaucracy From (Category) To (Category)
Sometimes the need arises when efforts have to be reduced in one area and expanded in another when no additional resources are available otherwise. Today is one of those times when a shift in attention is required.
(Cost: 0.01 Goodwill
Reward: 1 Action is shifted from the first to the second category, active next Turn.)
[ ] Condemn An Organization/Person As Heretical/Forbidden - (Choose Target) - (Write-In A Reason)
You knew something like this would happen. Somehow, somewhere an organization or person would manage to draw your full ire. Not in the sense that you disagree with something they did, but what they represent and how they act. Well, you are an official religion; you can condemn them. Do so.
(Trait Needed: Arbitrator
Cost: All support options for the chosen organization will be void; the Leader will most likely hate you.
Reward: Opposing factions will love this act. A good enough Reason can give you additional benefits.)
[ ] Too Much To Do - (Action)
There is too much to do and not enough hands. Start helping out.
(Can be taken multiple times.
Reward: +1 Action is done)
[ ] Lead By Example (Write in Action)
Help your People, and motivate them by taking a personal interest in their work. You won't just sit around, either. Two more hands are always needed.
(Reward: +30 to 1 Action)
[ ] Cool Tempers - (Goodwill Cost) - 1 (One) Turn Cooldown.
Not everything can always be sunshine and rainbows; sometimes, shit goes sideways, and people must be reminded that failure is not the world's end.
(Cost: 5/12/30 Goodwill
Reward: +1/2/3% Piety every 5/4/3 points above 0.
Information: 2 (Two) Turns cooldown.)
[ ] Guiding Hand
Some Pilgrims stand at the edge of fully committing to the Pilgrim faith. You should speak to them, see what stops them and try to either bring them in or make them realize that they would make a mistake if they did so.
(Reward: According to the available Followers, the maximum amount of Faithful is created.)
[ ] Relax - (Can Specify What Activity)
All work and no play makes hairs grey and is quite unpleasant.
(Reward: The chosen Hero relaxes, avoiding burnout and bad traits.)
[ ] Write In
Let me know if you spot any mistakes or have questions so I can provide a better experience.
A moratorium will be until 16.08.23 at 17:00 CET.
Voting will be closed on 22.08.23 at 17:00 CET.
Omake Bony can be applied until 20:00 CET.
I will roll on 23.08.23 at 17:00 CET if no one has rolled yet.
Updates will be online on 29.08.23 at 17:00 CET.
lowers bloomed as twin-minds thought, and twin-grins chittered. He was answered and left behind while thrust forward.
"They ward an Entry." One spoke, rolling around itself.
"An Entry is warded." The other revealed consciousness spread across understanding and comprehension.
"Without them, the Forgotten Choir shall rise once more." Whispers questioned, giggling in delight at the caress of names long forgotten by any without memories.
"With them, it shall sleep evermore. Don't worry; the monks feeding it don't need food or drink. What is a thousand years more when you have already gone a thousand without?"
The other murmured, grumpy and annoyed. Why couldn't things be understood quicker?
"Do not kill them, that is murder," both said, "and murder is flawed."
"Can random wildlife develop psychic powers or curses, such as Alpha Blood-Deers?"
"No, curses are not real."
"No, magic doesn't exist."
Both answers came as quickly as they were surprised by the looks exchanged between the tortured splinters.
"Well, depending on the defini-" One tried to begin, shifting in mischief and barely hidden glee.
"BEHOLD THIS FEATHERLESS BIRD!" Only for the other to scream in sound quite pleasant and smooth, a feeler of identification extended toward Martyris as if to give weight to their argument.
[] [3-Point University] The Imperial Path
+2 3-Point University Relationship, +4 Automatic Progress (for Buildings) per Turn, unlock Training Actions, can purchase Specialists for Goodwill.
-3 Vanar-Feer Relationship.
[] [Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Counteroffer] The Journey of Machine and Mind
+2 Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer Relationship (Alliance), +2 Automatic Learning Successes per Turn, unlimited Training Actions, unlock the next level of Training Actions immediately.
Hmm. On the one hand, I recognize the reasons to argue for the Imperial Path... on the other, I'm concerned about the damage to our relationship, and I think the Vanar-Feer offer is, in terms of mechanical benefits, the stronger one.
-[] Doctrine of the Open Hand
Charity is the most essential thing one being can give to another when they have and another does not. Through the actions of the Council and guided by our Founder, we managed to accrue the means by which we can acquire the wealth needed to give and give plenty. Be it in the form of alms for the poor and destitute, healing for the sick and injured, or merely a warm and dry place to sleep and rest, we can provide them, and provide them we must. No evil is more despicable than denying another help when one has the means to ease their suffering, as minute that aid may be.
(Charity and Goodwill Missions/Actions have lowered costs and increased results. No Charity/Goodwill Buildings require Trained/Specialized/Faithful/Zealot personnel.)
-[] Doctrine of the Conquered Skies
The Sky Is The Limit. That is the old saying. A truth once held firm, even with the scattered corpses of ancient satellites drifting over Calynth, their still-functioning corpses glistening with a trillion metal shards joining them on their silent journey. A truth now shattered as Imperial Fleets begin to take to the skies and outside forces start to claim the same air that is the Empire's by right. A fact disregarded by the Pilgrims as they rise into the skies in ships of metal and canvas, electronics and electricity, a thousand and one machines working together to lift our steeds into the skies, gazing down upon the earth now oh so distant and small, its problems and difficulties left behind amidst the soil and stone as we soar above foe and death alike. The skies are in our grasp, and it is imperative to ensure that we can walk these eternal and shifting paths, for there are myriad ways in which we can aid our fellow people by dropping desperately needed supplies, operating flying hospitals, to studying phenomena never seen or explored before in the soaring heights of unreachable mountains and skyscrapers long hostile and deadly to climbers and searchers. The Sky Is Not The Limit. It Is The Beginning.
(Drastically increase the Chance for all Airship/Suspendium-related Research/Actions, improve quality of produced Airships, unlock [PIETY/GOODWILL/LEARNING] modules, improve Airship construction throughput.)
Damn. This is a really difficult one. The former helps with our needs to manage Piety but... given our concerns over the airship race, this would be a really big deal. Also, more Piety and Goodwill opportunities? Yeah. Admittedly, we seem to be only a couple hundred Followers away from 4k, so... I think we'll be fine.
Edit: NVM, misread, it's 5k. Still think Conquered Skies is the best.
[ ] Airship Component Factory
More airships are demanded by everyone capable of buying them. Yet, we cannot supply the demand adequately since our assemblies cannot produce as quickly as the orders come in. By outsourcing the construction of several parts, the construction speed of the airships can be increased by significant margins.
*Looks at the founder of an ideoligion whose founding tenet urges members to re-discover/create forgotten or missing knowledge.*
*Looks at the conversation where he is told that he can ask two semi-eldritch entities in his reach about information for anything he wishes.*
*Looks at how long he didn't use that opportunity.*
*Raises eyebrow.*
MrRageQuit said:
There should be Guards here. Also you have an 's' at the end of Monastery instead of a 'y.'
I want this one. Although it is mystery box option, I doubt the QM would give us a trap option. So at the very least it has to be equal in value to the other choices, and could potentially be the best one. It also unlocked due to our encounters with the Black Forest, so it is likely not harmful.
Edit: Not to mention we will inevitably have to face the White Forest, this will just make the playing field more even.
If you're talking about the s/y, in the Notable Assets/Buildings tab under Pilgrim Holdings. If you mean the Guards, well, Guards Guards! included the Monastery in Karmoa's winning plan.
*Looks at the founder of an ideoligion whose founding tenet urges members to re-discover/create forgotten or missing knowledge.*
*Looks at the conversation where he is told that he can ask two semi-eldritch entities in his reach about information for anything he wishes.*
*Looks at how long he didn't use that opportunity.*
*Raises eyebrow.*
+2 3-Point University Relationship, +4 Automatic Progress (for Buildings) per Turn, unlock Training Actions, can purchase Specialists for Goodwill.
-3 Vanar-Feer Relationship.
A couple more questions I forgot to ask. Does the Automatic Progress apply to all Buildings we make, whether Tree, Norquod, et al, or just one per turn? Which Training Actions do we get?
A couple more questions I forgot to ask. Does the Automatic Progress apply to all Buildings we make, whether Tree, Norquod, et al, or just one per turn? Which Training Actions do we get?
Every chain that handles milk, with you probably saving several hundred lives per season alone thanks to pasteurization. Several thousands once it gets out after a year. Tens of thousands once it spreads Empire-wide.
Those who have studied medicine know about it, most only know that you need fruit and a balanced diet with little meat to ensure you are healthy and can recover from diseases quickly.
Those who have studied medicine know about it, most only know that you need fruit and a balanced diet with little meat to ensure you are healthy and can recover from diseases quickly.
To Feed a Person (Biology/Medicine)
It is common knowledge that a balanced diet will imprive health, but why though? What is it in the food that promotes health? Why is it that lacking certain foods makes you sick? These are all questions that need answers for it is now clear that just putting food in people's bellies is a short term solution. We must fully understand what it takes to feed a person.
Rewards: Better understanding of nutrition. Pilgrims can better detect and treat deficiency diseases. Bonus to all Pilgrim facilities that involve feeding people. Slight health increase for all Pilgrim (biological) units. Might trigger a diet fad.
Okay... That's definitely a much stronger mechanical pitch after all. I'm just miffed about having to pass up 2 auto-success for Learning and worried about the relationship between Vanar-Feer and the Pilgrims after this. Will there be a way to repair relations, beyond continuing to get the job done on the Islands? Also, one more thing. If we accept the 3PU offer, do we get the benefit to Buildings starting this turn?
Will there be a way to repair relations, beyond continuing to get the job done on the Islands? Also, one more thing. If we accept the 3PU offer, do we get the benefit to Buildings starting this turn?
Taking all this into account, here's an updated rough draft. We can afford to hold off swapping the Martial to Archeology action for a turn, particularly if the Procure action will help us finish the CREPS upgrade in 2 turns.
[] Plan: Beginning the Third Decade of Pilgrimage, Rough Draft Mk. 2
-[] [Data Crystal] The Imperial Path
-[] [Tenet] Doctrine of the Conquered Skies
-[] [Faith] Begin Preparations For New Region Conversion - (0/2 Turns Complete)
-[] [Faith] Improve Your Poorhouses - (0/3 Turns Complete) - [Sandcrete]
--[] 3PU Bonus Progress x1
--[] (Lead By Example +30, 4FF) = +34
-[] [Diplomacy] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Forge-Clans)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15) = +15
-[L] [Diplomacy] We Are One People! - (Locals) - (5/6 Successes)
--[] (Ashleaf Tea +15, Common People +15) = +30
-[] [Subversion] Home of Dusk [-5.75 Goodwill]
-[] [Martial] Scout Out - (SST-02) - (Rust Scouts)
--[] (5FF) = +5
-[] [Martial] Guards! Guards! (Aluminum Mine, Expanded Hospice Network - Mirn, Miniscule Scientific Complex, Scutter Makers, Tiny Drone-Manufacture)
-[L] [Martial] Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS - (5/9 Turns Complete)
-[] [Learning] Coilgun Mystery - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry) - (5/29 Successes)
--[] [PD], [MSC], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, Electronics Workshop +30, 2[SC] +24, 1[TSC] +18, 4[ENG] +56) = +148
--[] (3x Thoroughly Trashed Micro-Lance +20 to Advanced Weapons, 2x Overgrown And Shattered Micro-Lances +20 to Advanced Weapons) = +100
-[L] [Learning] The Mind - Compulsive Behaviour - (Psychology) - (4/5 Successes)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, Library +5) = +25
--[] (1x Bunker Hospital Artifacts +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery) = +20
-[] [Learning] Look At The Daughters Suspendium Systems - (Common Suspendium Theory/Advanced Suspendium Theory/Pioneer Suspendium Theory) - (0/5 Successes)
--[] [DoD], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, Vanar-Feer +200, 5FF) = +225
--[] (Elevated Syphon of Levitation +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies) = +50
-[] [Archeology] Prepare an Expedition - (SST-01) - (2 Turns Prep = 4 Turns Exp.) - (House Mirn support: N)
-[] [Archeology] Loot The First Bunker Floor (North-North-East)
-[L] [Archeology] Permanent Scavenging Base - (Doomed Fortress) - (1/2 Turns Complete)
-[L] [Tree of Knowledge] Electronics Manufacture - (2/6 Turns Complete)
--[] 3PU Bonus Progress x3
-[] [Tree of Knowledge] Assemble A Logic Bank - (Holdings) - (0/3 Turns Complete) - (WARNING! Last One!)
-[] [Holdings] Airship Component Factory - (0/4 Turns Complete)
--[] Hire Contractors x3
-[L] [Holdings] Mercenary Quarters - (8/9 Turns Complete)
-[] [Martyris] Lead By Example (Improve Your Poorhouses)
-[] [Martyris] Too Much To Do (Prepare an Expedition)
-[] [Aria] Guiding Hand
-[] [Merchants] Procure ('Training Consultants' - Progress to Upgrade The CRPS To CREPS)
-[] [Adventurers] TBD
-[L] [Herbalists] Anatomical Lectures (4/5 Turns Complete)
-[] [4S] In The Name Of Education - (Coilgun Mystery) [-3.50 Goodwill]
-[L] [Vanar-Feer] Engineers Galore (4/6 Turns Complete)
-[] [FoL] We Work As One! (Improve Your Poorhouses)
-[L] [Conclave] Eternal Arts (33/90 Turns Complete)
