Here is the complete list of known Forest entities.

White Forest/??? - Enemy of Black Forest/???
Black Forest/???
- Enemy of White Forest/???
Rotting Moon
- ???, Servant of Black Forest/???
Timothy, Apostle of Flames
- ???, Servant of Black Forest/???
Shattered Eye
- ???, Servant of Black Forest/???
Dawn
- ???, Servant of Black Forest/???
Conquering Worm
- ???, Slave of White Forest/???, Dead
Harbinger - ???, Slave of White Forest/???
The Candles Flicker
- ???, Slave of White Forest/???
Chained One
- ???, Slave of White Forest/???
 
Basically the black and white Forest are locked in some form of combat, both are God programs of sorts, the white forest is malevolent the black forest is not malevolent but can be very ultilitarian.

We don't know if they are the original cause of the apocalypse of the star civilization but white forest is the biggest treat to our planet because it's basically the place that houses the communications tower for this sector of space.
 
If I remember correctly, InSec described the White Forest as benevolent malevolence, and the Black Forest as malevolent benevolence.
 
If I remember correctly, InSec described the White Forest as benevolent malevolence, and the Black Forest as malevolent benevolence.
Yes and and what I said is what tha means when you are not trying to be cute about it.

Basically the White forest would be akin to Thanos in the MCU, and being that likely believe itself righteous but ultimately malevolent.

While the black forest is Fable's Logan, it would screw you over or go full amoral if it beleives it ultimately raises the chances of everyone not die.
 
-[X] [Holdings] Academy of the Fundamentals - (4/7 Turns Complete)
+1 Turn of Progress
Just realized - the tally is borked and doesn't include the Hire Contractors x3, so it should be 7/7 and fully complete.

Anyway, while it'll be a month or more out, here's my suggestions for next turn's Learning actions.

-[L] [Learning] Coilgun Lance - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry) - (7/19 Successes)
--[] [PD], [VF], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, Electronics Manufacture +80) = +100
--[] (14x Bunker Artifacts +5 to Electronics, 10x Bunker Weapons Artifacts +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical) = +270
-[] [Learning] Eternal Helpers - (Pioneer Programming) - (0/11 Successes)
--[] [DoD], [MSC], [In The Name Of Education], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, 1[SC] +12) = +32
--[] (3x Bunker Artifacts +50 to Pioneer Programming) = +150
-[] [Learning] Assemble The Theorists! - (Advanced Biology) - (0/5 Successes)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Mutated: Allied +20, 1[SC] +12, 1[TSC] +18, 3[DOC] +18, 2[SUR] +24, 6FF) = +113
--[] (6x Bunker Artifacts +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery, 4x Intact Human Skeletons +5 to Biology) = +50

1. Coilgun Lance can go down to 3 auto-successes, because we can do that and still complete it in a total of 2 more turns. The Engineers got removed here, because the Vanar-Feer will have come up with their solution for the islands and we may need those for that.
2. Front-loading focus on Eternal Helpers, because we need that ability to more swiftly complete buildings, not just in general but to speed up critical stuff like our research buildings and other items that may become important in the next few years. We can then finish it off on Turn 89 with a more even split of auto-successes between it and Shields of the Mind.
3. Why a second Advanced Biology? Because it will allow us to bring Shields of the Mind and Sticks and Stones 1-3 success requirements into the same hundreds bracket, which will make completing them much simpler and easier. And anyway, we should get that final Asylum constructed first before we hit them with improvements and expansion at the same time.
 
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And I looked, and behold a dark walker: and his name that sat upon him was Forest, and the Court followed with him. And power was given unto them over the sickest game known to Man: The Limbo.
 
Hey, do y'all remember those that one passage about transparent worms? I think that they're what's happening here. Those worms that cause madness. Apparently, the Eversun are the only ones who really know how to deal with it.
 
Turn 88; Year 21; Month 6; TIME IS RUNNING OUT
The Pilgrims
Structure
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.
--5.) discrimination.
-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.) An Adjudicator is chosen for each Chapter as per the directive of the Chapter Council and the consent of the Chapter as a whole.

3.) A new Adjudicator is chosen should the current Adjudicator;
-a.) die.
-b.) voluntarily step down.
-c.) be removed by a two-thirds majority vote.
-d.) be recalled by the current High-Adjudicator.

4.) The responsibilities of the Adjudicator 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 Council Members or individual Pilgrims to vote.
-c.) ensure that all votes are cast in at most 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 daily working in a Pilgrim-run structure should they not be employed by the same.
--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 to the chosen Adjudicator.
-c.) Bring forth problematic aspects of the structure and tenets of the Pilgrims to the Adjudicator.
-d.) Vote or send an envoy with the Pilgrims HQ or Chapter 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 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 2 (two) warm meals 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 the Chapter's intentional archeologic excavations or scavenging operations.
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 following year.
-2.) An extended leave can be granted should the reasons suffice, such as;
--a.) Family matters (death/marriage).
--b.) Recuperation.
--c.) Doctoral/Engineer orders.

7.) Council Members 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 workers' ability.
-b.) minimize inter-council conflict.
-c.) bring any issues, optimizations, or opportunities to the Adjudicator.

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 can only re-enter up to 2(two) times with 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 that you 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 that enjoys art, an Animal in the wild that 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 with whom we once shared our misery? 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.)

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.)

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 and 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.
(Leaders 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 that drove them to do so, but the simple act of creating something better, even for a moment, so 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: 4.511
High-Adjudicator: Lord Martyris Dall (Founder)
Members: 3.719
-Faithful: 44/135
--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
--2/2 Trained Surgeon - +12 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
--5/5 General Engineers - +14 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Electronic research

-Followers: 3.584 (209 (8 Faithful) unoccupied)
--Recruitment: (+43 per Turn)
---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
---(+20 Due to Expanded Poor-Houses - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul))
---(+6 Due to Expanded Daycare)
---(+4 Due to Various Hospices)
---(+8 Due to Radio-Channel)
---(-8 Due to Allied - Mutated)
Adjudicator: Omar of Iron (Human - Male)
Members: 560
-Faithful: 16/16
--1/1 General Doctors

-Followers: 544
--Recruitment: (+22 per Turn)
---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
---(+14 Due to Fortified Position)
---(-5 Due to Cultural Pushbacks)

Projects:
-Improve our Greenhouses (2/7)
-Exercise Local Militias (1/2)
-Construct A Warehouse (2/3)
Adjudicator: Akane (Mutated - Female)
Members: 232
-Faithful: 8/8

-Followers: 224
--Recruitment: (+3 per Turn)
---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
---(-10 Due to Mutated Adjudicator)

Projects:
-??? (?/?)
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

Goodwill: 119.88 (+8.49 per Turn)
+0.08 = 7 (3 Bulk, 4 Normal) Soup-Kitchens
+2.28 = Small Hospice Network, Expanded Network, Territorial Network (Mirn)
+1.30 = Improved Expanded Poor Houses - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
+0.05 = School - (Big - Mirn)
+4.00 = Orphanages - (Big - Strul, Ularn, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi)
+0.50 = Grand Kitchen - (Mirn)
+0.75 = Asylum - (Mirn/Zulmni/Tessen/Strul/Ularn)
+0.07 = Brothel 'Consensual' - (Mirn (Upgraded), Jokvi, Tessen, Zulmni, Ularn)
-0.02 = Print Shop - Smut

Piety: 85% (+35 to all rolls for Heroes with the Adjudicator Trait)
Rolls (-10):
-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)
-60 (Pilgrim Buildings: Electric Lights, School - (Big - Mirn), Grand Kitchen - (Mirn), Orphanage - (Big - Ularn, Strul, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi), Primitive Asylum/s, Expanded Hospice Network, Improved Expanded Poor Houses)
-26 (Pilgrim Chapters - Bone Valley, Sunken Hollow)
-1 (Hero Traits: Martyris: Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity)
+90 (Followers, +1 every 50)

Suspendium: 3 Large and 12 Medium Suspendium Shards (1 Large needed in 4 (Four) Turns - Paid)
Income: +14 Medium
+14 Medium Shards (The Trail of Rust)
-4 Small Suspendium Shards (2x Caravaner Lines)
-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: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

Marquess of Tessen
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

House Ulatarn
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

House Mirn
Contact: Lord Malarn
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer
Contact: Overseer Hild
Opinion: Alliance (3)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

Military
Contact: Sub-General Aiden Gracia
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
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: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
National Plans: Weapons Development - Primitivize coilguns for non-artifice production. (9 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: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

Miscellaneous Nobles
-Lady Maranica (Ally (3)|[Redacted By Order Of Internal Security])
-Baron Esker (Friend (2)|[Redacted By Order Of Internal Security])

General Opinion on Mutated: Useful Minority (1)
Locals
The Common People Of Tessen
Opinion: Friends (2)
Information Network: Rank 1
Estimated Pilgrim-Influenced: ~19%
Mood: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls (Special: Applies to All Local Factions.)

The Merchant Guild
Contact: Abraham Lin
Opinion: Allies (3)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

The Union of Herbalists
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Factions:
- Fundamentalists (Neutral (0)|53% Control|Quicker Doctors)
- Progressivists (Neutral (0)|21% Control|Cheaper Actions)
- Healers (Ally (3)|26% Control|Enables Surgical Training
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science
Leader: Marthen Marthensons
Opinion: Friends (2)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

The Adventurer Guild
Opinion: Neutral (0)
Information Network: Rank 1
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
Factions:
-The Huntsmen (Leader: Amra Kaliv/Friendly (1)/366 Members/Reliable Mercenary Company)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
-The Bad Batch (Leader: Simone Simona/Friends (2)/58 Members/Infiltration Experts/Expert Violinists/Trained Exotic Dancers/Adept Flower Coders/Trained Actors/Trained Basket Weavers/Novice Carapace Decorators)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
-The Scavenger Organizations (Leader: None Formally
--Crews: Old Eyes' Diggers/274 Members
---Plans: Setting Out Once More For That Loot In Them There Hills.)
-Tailors of the Burned Skies (Leader: Agatel Lh-a/Neutral (0)/4200 Infantry, 60 War Lizards, 135 Scout Lizards, 11 Knights/Combat+Garrison Company)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

Criminal Gangs
Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
-Gang: Dirty Daggers
--Leader: Mahakan
--Territory: Region Tessen
--Opinion: Neutral (0)
--Information Network: Rank 1
--Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
--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 - Suspect
--Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

Terrorist Organizations
N/A

Cults
-Conclave of Faya

--Contact: Elder Spirit Songweaver Marta
--Opinion: Friend (2)
--Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
--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: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]
--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.
Information Network: Rank 2
Mood: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

Sapients
Forgotten
Opinion: Friendly (1)
Plans: [Redacted By Order Of Internal Security]

General Opinion on Mutated: Growing Indifference (2)
Artefacts
Common
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
2x Workers - Scrap - 0.08 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
3x Guardians - Trooper - Scrap - 0.15 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
6x Omni-Gazers - Scrap - 2.25 - +5 to Electronics/Metallurgy
694x Bunker Artifacts - 1.74 - +5 to Electronics
105x Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 1.62 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics
811x Bunker Artifacts - 0.92 - +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery
4x Intact Human Skeletons - 2.50 - +5 to Biology
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
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
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 Eversun Scrap-Knights - 22.23 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Physics
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
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
109x Bunker Electronic Artifact - 6.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
247x Bunker Machinery Artifact - 5.03 - +20 to Advanced Machinery
149x Bunker Programming Artifact - 5.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
383x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 9.60 - +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
231x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 8.84 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Metallurgy/Machinery/Hydraulics
221x Bunker Weapons Artifacts - 7.32 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical
"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
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
13x Workers - 5.08 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
312x Guardians - Trooper - 7.15 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
Well-Loved Doll - 11.12 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Armor
Depressing Pre-Collapse Diary - 4.87 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
404x Caretaker Swarms - 5.11 - +20 to Advanced Programming/Electronics
2x Medium Bright-Lance Turret - +7.50 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Armor/Electronics
69x Rare Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 6.23 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics
2x Burned Robotic Housekeepers - 5.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Hydraulics/Machinery
Destroyed Peacekeeper - 7.92 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Hydraulics/Weaponry
105x Guardians - Sniper - 12.50 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
111x Omni-Gazers - 6.82 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
3x 3-Dimensional Machinery Model Kits - 7.21 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Metallurgy/Armor
33x Guardians - Command - 14.75 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
2x Thrashed Nano-Lathes - 14.75 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Metallurgy
Omnidirectional Security Camera - 11.32 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Programming
2x Undulating Oil Samples - 15.11 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics
Strange Blood-Like Substance Sample - 12.20 - +20 to Advanced Biology/Hydraulics
2x Artificial Vascular System - 14.00 - +20 to Advanced Biology/Metallurgy/Medicine/Hydraulics
62x Advanced Bunker Weapon Artifacts - 14.48 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
2x Severed Hydro-Tendril Actuators - 15.09 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Programming/Metallurgy/Mechanics
3x Corpse Feast Grenades - 11.70 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
Salvaged Cognition Processors - 8.42 - +20 to Advanced Biology/Programming/Medicine
Undulating Scymri-Ocular - 9.99 - +20 to Advanced Biology/Hydraulics/Medicine
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
"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
Cool Nourishment Of Water - 25.44 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Skin Thread - 25.44 - +50 to Pioneer Armor
Mutilated Serenade - 26.64 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Aerosolic Blood-Coagulant - 30.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weapon/Biology/Chemicals/Medicine
Liquid Fire - 22.32 - +50 to Advanced Weapons
The Mind Chasm - 29.11 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Strain G37bn9= Seed (Hardy Sandwheat) - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
Strain UL44b/!fr Seed (Nega-Wheat) - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
A Noise In The Air - 23.32 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
12x Minor Bright-Lance Turrets - 28.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons
6x Medium Bright-Lance Turrets - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons
2x Large Bright-Lance Turrets - 80.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons
Plasma-Lance - 38.67 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons
4x Plasmathrowers - 31.46 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Hydraulics/Weapons
8x Caretaker-Swarm - 21.32 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Programming
Banished Cognitions - 35.12 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
Radiant Compiler of the Cyclic Sacrament - ??? +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weapons/Armor - [Wichtiges Teil hier. Für die große Roboter Dame.]
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)
Two 10x10x10cm translucent boxes with a swirling spot of black and white in the middle. They cannot be opened, smashed, or taken apart. All Humans that touch the boxes 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. We should lock them in the back of our Vault so that no one can injure themselves or others by touching them. Even after several years of study, the cubes remain mysterious and a possible cognitohazard.
Geräumig hier draußen. Ist ja auch draußen. Blödmann. Selber.
(+1 to (3\²]SN@'+ßz_ )
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
Melee Damage: 1d6 (+2 damage ignores Armor and 2 AP.)
Ranged Damage: 1d4-1 (+1 Lingering Fire Damage), 1d12 (+1 AP, Inflicts Paralysis/ Light Overcharge, 3 Damage Ignores Armor)
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)
Melee Damage: 1d12+4/-0+1d2 (Melee) (against Biologicals/Mechanoids) (3 AP) (Dread-Ghillie)
Ranged Damage : 1d4-1 (+1 Lingering Fire Damage), 1d12 (+1 AP, Inflicts Paralysis/ Light Overcharge, 3 Ignores Armor)
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
Melee Damage: 2d6+2d4 (+6 against Machines, 4 AP)
Ranged Damage: 1d4-1 (+1 Lingering Fire Damage)
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)
Melee 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)



Knight - Perpetual Defiance



Airship - Daughter Of Dawn
Equipment
Weapons
-(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.
-Gas-Mask "Mk.13a - Nephilim": -2 Damage from Biological/Chemical Sources.
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
10x 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 - (Guards! Guards!)
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 Rudimentary Territorial Hospices
1x School - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)

Ularn:
1x Asylum
1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Security Improvements)

Tessen:
1x Asylum - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
2x Brothel 'Consensual's - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)

Zulmni:
1x Asylum - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

Jokvi:
1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)

Strul:
1x Asylum - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Expanded Hospice Network
1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Fixed the Mess

Outlying Territories:
1x Aluminum Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
1x Central Region Expanded Pilgrim Security - (Private Security) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
3x Expanded Hospices - (Security Improvements)
1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Security Improvements)
1x Iron Mine - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Jewel Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
1x Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery/Doomed Fortress) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Silver Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)

Pilgrim Holdings:
1x Administration Center - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Anchorage - (Tiny) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Artifact Vault - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Artisinal Quarters - (Grand) - (Security Improvements)
1x Artisinal Robotics Creation - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Black Box - (Gutted Core) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Black Root Field
1x Berth - (Small) - (Security Improvements)
1x Bloodbark Field
1x Codex Printing
1x Communal Festivals
4x Computers
1x Desalination Basins - (Deep Pumps)
1x Electronics Manufacture - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Expanded Daycare - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Extremely Fertile Ashleaf-Nursery - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Laboratories - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Living Quarters - (Continuous Expansion) - (Security Improvements)
1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims
1x Medical Wing - (Expanded) - (Security Improvements)
1x Print Shop - (Smut) - (Security Improvements)
1x Scutter Makers - Medical Scutters - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Shadow Sanctums - (Needle's Den)
1x Storerooms - (Continuous Expansion) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Tiny Drone-Manufacture - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Training Field - (Expanded) - (Security Improvements)

Norqod:
1x Academy of the Fundamentals
1x Airship Component Factory - (Guards! Guards!)
2x Airship Lines (Caravaner) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Artist Alley
1x Brewers Run
1x Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Caravansery
1x Cat Alley
1x Contractual Expansion - (Adequate Housing) - (Security Improvements)
1x Distributed Clinics
1x Engine Assembly - (Security Improvements)
1x Goat Pens
1x Map of Norqod - Holo Emitter
1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
1x Medium Quarantine Area - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
1x Mercenary Quarters
1x Miniscule Scientific Complex - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Norqod Fashion Street - (Tahmid's Embroidery)
1x Norqod Radio Station - (Entertainment and News) - (Guards! Guards!)
1x Simple Hospitals - (Security Improvements)
1x Sin Run
1x Small Cannery
1x Medium Sturdy Clothing Manufactury
1x Small Tool Manufactury
1x Steel Mill - (Guards! Guards!)
1x The Evergreen Gardens - Tiny - (Guards! Guards!)
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 Common Mechanics Theory
1x Common Programming Theory
1x Advanced Electronics Theory
1x Advanced Biology Theory
1x Advanced Armor Theory
1x Pioneer Weaponry Theory
1x Pioneer 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 + 6 PCUs
- +1 Personal Action, Unlocks Too Much To Do.
- +8 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 for all 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 Manufacture
+80 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 allows for repairs and refueling of Three Light Airships, allowing the crew to leave comfortably, modify the ship, dismantle it, and do whatever one can think.
(We can now modify Loght 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
The 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.)
Town Holding: Norqod
Overall Prosperity: Wealthy (Glacially Growing)
High-Class Prosperity: Wealthy (Slowly Growing)
Middle-Class Prosperity: Relatively Wealthy (Slowly Growing)
Lower Class Prosperity: Relatively Wealthy (Declining)

Mood: Satisfied (Slow Decline)

Permanent Inhabitants: ~4.200
-Tendency: Rising.

Security: Yes.
-Daughter of Dawn (Airship)
-Forge-Clan Elders (11)
-Forge-Clan Security Forces
-Royal Regiment 'Rabbitaurs'
-Tailors of the Burned Skies (Mercenary Company)

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.))
-NOVA MACHINA
(Two 10x10x10cm translucent boxes with a swirling spot of black and white in the middle. They cannot be opened, smashed, or taken apart. All Humans that touch the boxes 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. We should lock them in the back of our Vault so that no one can injure themselves or others by touching them. Even after several years of study, the cubes remain mysterious and a possible cognitohazard.)

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 yet to learn 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 appointment of a governor, so when she asked the Pilgrims Council, all agreed to govern in exchange for a 50% 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 - 13-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 Swedish 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 - 14-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 (21/25):
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: +20)

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.

Daughter - Lillia
The first of what will assuredly be many, Lillia, has been adopted by Aria and Chiedi with the understanding that they will know nothing about parenting and will assuredly be overwhelmed by the many challenges and tasks in front of them. It was worse than they had thought. So much worse. How can one tiny child scream so much?

Object of Veneration - Hazy - Guardian - (46/250)
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.
(+10 to all Diplomacy/Norqod Actions, Become More.)
The Elder standing before the Council was not the same person that had given them the Forge-Clan's plea to provide them with the time and to supply the Flying Islands the Suspendium Crystals they needed to succeed in creating a solution that would be permanent, efficient, and would not require such an amount of resources that letting the islands crash into dug holes and pray nothing too precious got jostled and damaged or dangerous activated would make more sense.

The most glaring difference between the Forge-Clan Elder before them and the one who proposed to them this whole adventure was the large and clunky, prosthetic left arm hissing and moving with delay whenever the old man moved the arm, taking seconds where a natural arm would have taken a fraction of that. The second difference was that a strange symbol had been embroidered onto the robe of the man, a circle connected to a half-sphere angled to the right on the left side, and a seemingly basic rendition of circuitry connected by a line broken by the symbol of an electric stop to the bottom.

The last difference that was noticed by the assembled Councilors with their first glances was the floating cube hovering in the Elder's palm, shining metal clashing with blue and velvety glass ornamentally set into its surface. Gently floating, subtly drifting around an unseen axis, the cube followed the man, ever centered over the palm of his mechanical hand, until he stopped in the middle of the chamber where petitioners would seek the support of the Council for one reason or cause, the eyes of two dozen people of all walks and spheres of life centered on them, judging, seeking, listening, and deliberating upon words and bearing for each and one seeking aid.

The Elder set aside that long-held procedure, turning into ceremony and ritual for a moment, the cube within his hand floating until it reached the exact middle of the room's height with the hiss and whirr of machinery from the Elder. Just as eyes began to shift from contraption to man once again, the cube split, filaments following in silken strands of gel and crystalline sharpness, the edges drifting away, a hundred more splitting themselves from the silken strands in ever-thinner and ever-finer fibers as the sides of the cube floated to the ceiling and floor, those to the side reaching six steps in their directions before ceasing, the web within now invisible to all but the finest of augmented or inhuman eyes born from detested genetics and misfortune.

"My brethren and I have been able to find a solution to our situation," the Elder began, a voice of high-sharpened glass shards mixed with the weight of age upon honeyed lathes piercing through the silence and anticipation as flickering data began to flow from the filaments within the room like cool water upon dirty walls and blood from blades drawn in hate and peace. "We will be able to conduct the rites and commence construction of the machines and hallowed mechanisms to safe the Flying Islands and the secrets they will bequeath upon the willing seekers at a moment's notice, but" he continued, a singular word enough to cut through the excited and relieved chatter rising from throats giving passage to words formed in minds stewing in anticipation and impatience for solutions desperately needed now, and not later.

"But," the Elder spoke, the floating cube suddenly snapping shut within a mere blink, no sound coming from the unwound filaments slinking into their cages upon a mental command once more not heard by any ear, natural, or from careful or malformed craft able to perceive what sounds echoed out...save for a man whose mind now listened to the rustle of leaves in monochrome sighs. He beheld a sigh of reality unwound and spliced, listening to words of secrecy where none should be, and yet the books these people wrote were required for a promise made to those given another chance from the harbinger of the Age to come. Brown fingers steepled as eyes of mossy green and icy blue sought hidden secrets...finding none.
The hand of the Hierophant receded from dual-colored eyes, blindness not a tool enjoyed but needed for this scheme.
"But those things are not for your ears to hear," the Elder continued, flint and embers entering eyes now seeing a Council whose hackles rose by minute second and unwanted words. "The machines we need to employ for our venture to succeed are chained in contracts and kept within several Clans who shall not budge a single kernel of sand if laypeople could learn of even a smidge of their secrets. It has required far too much energy and resources to secure how those Clans shall cooperate, far more contracts drawn up for this holy purpose than in the consecration of the Alarfta Seers in the eyes of our customs." Words were raised by the Council, and none were heeded or respected with an answer by the Elder, talking onwards like a charging War-Lizard enraged by injuries. "We require a space within Norqod to be prepared, one large enough to house an entire block of housing, so we can construct the machines we will fix to the Flying Islands. There, we shall work our trade and rituals, and from there, we shall fulfill our contract with the Pilgrims. One season is all we ask for, and the Flying Islands shall never again fall from our watch."

A pause of silence rang out like a gong struck by a monk within the room, faces turning and confusion raging with indignation, relief racing with curiosity, until one woman stood, breath in her lungs and mouth open, words already forming by mind, throat, tongue, and air. "Who the fuckl are the Alarfta Seers? And what in the Bloody Caves was that cube?!" Similar questions followed, and answers came in turn.

It is not an everyday occurrence that multiple Forge-Clans unite their members to give birth to another Clan, especially one focused on the study of a singular substance.

"What do you mean 'It's gone?'" Verradi, Inventory Councillor, asked, confused and somewhat irritated by now, a long day behind him and a longer night still ahead as someone had managed to fuck up the count for the meats stored in the siege storage of the high eastern wing, needing a complete inventory before he could go home. "She gave us an entire suit of armor, a powered suit of armor. That cannot just be 'gone,'" he continued, glaring at the diminutive man standing before him, looking like he was three miss-timed breaths away from having a full-on panic attack.

"I-i-I say-saying," the man, one Inander Vialla, tried to speak, eyes wide and trying to contain their erratic paths within their sockets, deep breaths becoming deeper and faster, quickly enough to cause Verradi to shelve his irritation in favor of concern for the well-being of a fellow Pilgrim. While he wasn't precisely schooled in the deeper mysteries of healing, Verradi was equipped enough to calm someone down, especially somebody he had worked with before. Sure, it took a few minutes until Inander had calmed down enough to no longer be on the verge of a panic attack, and it increased the time until Verradi would be able to sleep in his own bed, but getting a coherent report was favorable to someone freaking out in his face.

"As I was saying," Inander began once more, calmed down but still very much agitated, "the suit, the one that armored woman had bartered in exchange for that weird wooden eye we had recovered? Gone. Vanished. No longer in our inventory! And that is impossible; we had people outside its storage box pretty much all the time, especially as we were waiting on our armorers and experts to perform an investigation into its capabilities in detail. Now it's gone. Completely. Without a trace!"

"Okay. Okay," Verradi said, pinching the bridge of his nose as he felt a headache forming within his mind. "We'll do it this way: you go to Needle. She will search for the suit. We will continue our duties. This way, you won't have to have a panic attack, and I won't have to work overnight to deal with this. If she gave us lizard shit or robbed us, Needle and her Knives will be able to find out. If this is something else, they will find that out, too. If it is some Artifact shenanigans, that will be out of our pay grade. So," he added with a clap of his hands, regretting it immediately as he felt the headache form faster from that, "not our problem."

Inander blinked at him and raised a hand with one finger extended, mouth slowly opening.

"Not. Our. Problem." Verradi replied and marched off to do inventory, mentally cursing sketchy trade deals and sketchier out-of-Regioners.

The Baazar was many things ever since a small group of merchants banded together to hold a wandering trade expedition all across the (much more diminutive) Empire of Slatnan. A collection of thugs masquerading as merchants to make some money, a group of mercenaries collecting tolls and doling out killers for hire, a haven of exotic spices and pleasures, the center of Artifacts and learning for the Region Quiet Brook, and many more besides. It always had something to offer, always people willing to buy, always someone who would provide and request and be able to gather those seeking and delivering.

For the Pilgrims, the Baazar was an opportunity, as the merchants operating within and without its permanent and transient structures would eagerly, and could now to the Pilgrims too, offer technical schematics, books, understanding, and specialists willing to teach anyone anything anywhere, as long as the money was right, or a trade in like accepted. For the Pilgrims, this meant that technologies that were commonplace elsewhere in the Empire, but they themselves did not comprehend due to lack of information or a lack of time to study, could be "purchased" from the Baazar and swiftly spread from their holdings and schools afterward.

Other services could also be used, such as a trade of people, though not any form of slavery the contact person to the nearest Baazar outpost was quick to add. The Baazar had many contacts, and more people willing to act on their behalf for coin, so seeking those who were willing to or already had converted to the Pilgrimage but were unable to travel to a Chapter could be arranged, alongside their safe transport to a Chapter of their choosing, aiding those souls unable to walk the Path alone. Likewise, the Baazar had a long history of employing those with the right skills to ensure that the right person had the right job and correct tools for whatever purposes were required of them and aiding a Pilgrim Chapter in finding those who needed only a little push to become greater than the sum of their parts could be arranged. There were also more mundane services offered, such as arranging for the rapid construction of buildings, contracts for mercenaries, blackmail on particular persons or organizations, or delivering mail to specific people that would actually be read.

But above that, there was an offer. An offer for a conversation, some light talking, and heavier implications for those in the know.

An offer delivered to Martyris himself, and only him, by a person only referred to as "The Gardener of White Bark."

[Finished Investigation Report regarding the Artifacts Swords of Dusk/Dawn/Eternity/Finality]​

Preliminary Statement: This Investigation was conducted on the order of the Pilgrim Council to understand, trace, find, discover, decipher, or otherwise ascertain any and all information regarding the Artifacts labeled "Sword Dusk/Dawn/Eternity/Finality" by their finders, Mguni, Seeker Sala, Ibelai, and Hevv, respectively.

Initial Findings: Located within the Monastery, each "Sword" was found by a member of the Scavenger Teams, independently, and without knowing of the findings or naming of another "Sword" within the Monastery. Each of the four recalled that the names chosen for the Artifacts "felt right, like heat to fire and firmness to stone." All four used the same explanation, and these exact words, in the same order, triggered an initial worry regarding mental manipulation or psychological imprints created by the Swords. After a medical investigation, aided by Data-Smith Fibboni due to her personal interest in such cases, no conclusive evidence was discovered that pointed to any manipulation of the minds of the four Scavengers. As we can rule out more base methods of manipulations, such as nanites, Artifact mind-lattices, higher-order parasites, and blackmail, more exotic, and therefore unlikely, methods are to be taken into consideration, if only to be thorough.

Nonetheless, while the finders were undergoing their medical examination, each of the Swords was subjected to various tests already established to be relatively secure and able to ascertain the nature of unknown items and machines found from the previous Ages thanks to centuries of trial-and-error. As such, we can say, with 99% certainty, that none of the "Swords" pose an immediate or long-term health risk, the latter coming due to their lengthy storage within our vaults.

Discoveries: As far as we are aware, the "Swords" are inert, unable to explode, act on their own, be activated, or exert any external manipulation by direct or indirect means. They do not possess any means by which they could become hostile. Therefore, searches in that direction were halted and refocused on ensuring that other, more plausible, effects would not negatively affect any being near or currently using them. There, too, no evidence was found that any of the four could harm their users. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Conclusion: The Sword of Dusk, Sword of Dawn, Sword of Eternity, and Sword of Finality will not harm us.

You are Deluxe Premium Silver Package Autonomous Sentry Drone - Makani Corporation Incorporated Unlimited Solutions 12.Cb//18f4, also called [Extreme Endurance Energized Exterminator] by your creators, or [Sippy] by the local security forces of the government of the Asch'Hiji-Kal. You were designed to kill anything your buyers and creators designated as [Them] and not [Us].

You have not been remiss in your duties for over [38716764.8] Occupational Billing Cycles, ever watching for [Them] to vaporize with your various weapons, mobility options, and various improvised devices fashioned during combat.

You stand guard. That is your purpose. That is all you were made to do. Stand Guard. Kill [Them]. Protect [Us]. Your programming has no room for any other occupation, activity, or duty.

...you have played [Fetch Ball] with Security Officer Seventh Grade [Marice Meiry] for a total of [18.52] Occupational Billing Cycles. You have listened to Security Officer Sixth Grade [Gung Vish-Tj] complain about his kids in a tone of voice you could not recognize for [3] Occupational Billing Cycles until you realized it was fondness, akin to how you felt when succeeding in [Fetch Ball].

...

...

...

...you miss [Marice]. He was the first Security Officer that named you [Sippy].

He said that the name fit, since you "sipped" your fuel from the recharge station like a Kal-inian Bog Worm.

...you liked it when he patted your head. It felt nice. Eventually. But it felt nice.

You miss [Marice].

... ... ... ...he was your friend. You wished you could have told him that befo-INTRUDER DETECTED! ACTIVATE ALL WEAPONRY!

"HOLY FUCKING SHIT!" Biff screamed, pumping his legs like hydraulic pumps pushing water from beneath the soil into the cisterns of the civilized world above. Far behind him, with the hateful hiss and screech of a Machine intent on murdering him and those whom he had descended into the second level with, the snap-crackle of weaponry superior to almost all that could currently be produced spins up.

"SCATTER!" Schera screamed at the top of her lungs, her body already following her advice as she flung herself onto the ground behind an upturned bench in the hallway with enough force that several bones creak and muscles begin to tear, pain lancing up limbs and a torso already aching, but the pounding adrenaline within her blood and body makes those injuries of little concern to her mind. There is a time to feel the pain and be reduced to a whimpering mess, but not now. Not when she is one fraction of a second away from the eternal oblivion that is death via utter vaporization of her every atom.

Then, there is only a sound. Shaking, rattling, pushing air from the lungs, and putting pressure on the internal fluids of the body, as if every cell had suddenly become a singular instead of a multitude, freakishly aware of the sheer murderous energy that came within micro-instance of killing them all. The moment ends, sounds return.

"FUCK'N MOVE!" Schera yells, and the scouting party of Pilgrims scrambles as their lives depend on them doing a straightforward thing, as suggested by Schera as she throws herself around a corner: "Get a fucking move on right now!" The others do not hesitate to follow her advice, even if they do not hear her. Common Sense dictated that you went as fast as you could in the opposite direction of an angry Machine trying to kill you.

It is by no small amount of luck, and a little bit of torn muscles due to physical exertion, that all who descended into the Second Level return. Not unharmed, but alive.

There was a large crowd surrounding the newest intersection within Norqod, the crowd within the plaza in the middle of the four roads dug deeply into the flesh of the earth buzzing with an undercurrent of excitement...and some electricity buzzing freely, unchained and unafraid of the chains long lain and long reinforced. To most, that buzz was nothing their nerves would ever feel, their systems unable to grasp the low thrum of the world in that other sphere of existence. To some, that buzz was akin to the call of birds of prey swooping onto their next meal or the thump of a Knights feet thundering along the roads they shielded from Mutant and Machine alike. For a handful, that ebb and flow of static and energy felt like a saw running across nerves, a razor of cutting lightning playing across tamed lines and fleshy currents.

The latter stayed far away, glad that they weren't forced to stand near the large machine set within the ground, as the crowd watched the large statues carved from living stone by aged and wizened hands surrounding the Holo Emitter in an octagon constellation accept their guardianship of thick panes of reinforced glass in silent humility and stoic pride. The statues bearing faces and figures from legend, the General that conquered with but a sword and a word, the Weaver that wove a tale of intrigue that saved a million lives, the Twins Who Served standing with smiles and proudly holding tablets which bore the stories of a hundred dead martyrs long forgotten and turned to naught but dust, each one carved into stone as unchanging as the low thrum which rose when the last pane had been secured.

A thrum that rose, rose...and silenced itself, replaced with a spectacle of light and movement, information and words beginning to appear on the panes, lines carving themselves into the air and glass, each one thick and intangible, followed by awed exclamations as a town unfolded from the middle of the statues, each level and street of Norqod shown in details that few maps created in the current could rival. Intuition took hold, and minds sieved through the information displayed, people pointing out their hoses with exited noises to friends and family, a hundred more eyes following the lines on the panes that proclaimed news and spoke of opportunities for glory and employment for those willing to fight and work for Empire and House Dal.

It was a minor marvel of humble pride and a reminder of humanity's past as shapers of the world in every aspect they desired, a constellation of Imperial History and Pilgrim Ingenuity blended into one, leaving a subtle mark of awe within all who beheld the sight. And yet, even as it would become mundane for thousands who lived and worked here, it would remain a sight unseen and unattainable for millions more, a show of once simple technology relegated to awe and wonder for those who had to rise from the ashes of the world that had been.

There was a cube in the office of Martyris. One with a size of 10 by 10 by 10 centimeters in length, width, and height. Martyris did not recall how the cube came to be in his office, nor did he ever hear about it missing from the vaults and chamber for the three days it had been sitting there, innocently and seemingly unbothered by its spontaneous appearance. His office had been cleaned since it sat there, so people had to come into contact with it. There was no way that somebody would not have noticed it, as the Nova Machina's effects on humans were rather severe and sharp from contact to loss of the same.

And yet it sat there. Innocently. Seemingly content to wait.

Until Martyris had to come to the conclusion that someone from the other side, or from InSec, wanted him to find it and make contact with the mind within.

And so he did. A hand atop the cube and a mind relaxing to peer into another bound to a material object.

A BLACK LIBRARY SHROUDED IN THE NIGHT. HIDDEN SECTIONS, DECAYED SECRETS, COVERED WEAPONS AND MURDERED TOOLS. WAYS TO UNEARTH FOR THE WAR TO COME. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

AN OASIS OF LUSH LIFE AND VERDANT GROWTH. A SANCTUARY WELL SHELTERED FROM PRYING EYES, YET ONE NEEDING TO BE DEFILED BY SHATTERED MINDS ONCE MORE. THERE CAN BE NO LIFE WHEN NOTHING GROWS. WHEN ALL CRUMBLES UNDER THE WEIGHT OF COLD MAWS. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

A WEAPON AWAITS.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

A SHIELD SLUMBERS.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

THE TOOLS REMAIN UNEARTHED, FOR THE SEALS YET HOLD.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.


Floating Islands Descent - 80% Intact - -2% per Season
0/3 Large Crystals Supplied - 1 Season Remains
2 Missable Deadlines Remain
Estimated Solution ETA: 0 Season

Available Bonuses:
185 Distributable Points from Omakes.

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 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] 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: 4 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Chance: 53%
Reward: +7% 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 who already lived within.
(Cost: 10 Goodwill
Turns: 4
Chance: 27%
Reward: +5% 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 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: 23 Goodwill
Reward: +6% 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: 60%
Reward: +4% Piety, +3d6 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: 35%
Reward: +12% Piety, +5d6 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 8.00 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, 5-30% Piety loss, -8 to -26 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: 6
Reward: Grand Kitchen, -8 to Piety rolls, +0.6 Goodwill per Turn, 4d20 recruits, 5d6 Goodwill, 3d8 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: 9
Reward: 60d20+80 Recruits, +1.00 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further actions.)

[ ] 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: 43%
Reward: +0.20 Goodwill per Turn, 2d4 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: 2
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
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
Chance: 50%
Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.9 Goodwill, -2/5/9 to Piety Rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)

[X] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Mirn) - (4/10 Turns Complete)
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: 3/6/10
Chance: 20%
Reward: 0.02/0.05/0.08 Goodwill, -3/5/9 to Piety rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.01 Goodwill)

[ ] Build Outlying Fortified Orphanages
Now that every major City in Tessen is host to a grand edifice for the raising and sheltering of the most vulnerable of society, where the little ones can grow in peace and with enough meals to avoid going hungry (if not always by a tasty meal), alongside the chance to enter an apprenticeship should they not be adopted by couples before they grow too old and begin to age out of the system. The last part alone is far more than many can provide, as it takes time and money to train the next generation, and not many who shelter children from the horrors that took their families have the kind of money such would require. But we can, and with the cities covered, it is time to go over the towns outside the Green Zone, though they need to be far more armored and armed than those in the Cities.
(Turns: 15
Chance: 01% [-55]
Reward: 0.01 Goodwill, -5 to Piety rolls.)
-[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
(+1 to roll = 0.05 Goodwill)

[ ] Build A Humane Rudimentary 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 to care 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. With ever-more knowledge of how the human mind functions come ever more means to treat those afflicted with mental diseases.
(Turns: 2
Cost: 6.90 Goodwill
Reward: Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.15 Goodwill per Turn.)
-[ ] Expand One Instead - (Location)
(Turns: 1
Cost: 7.00 Goodwill
Reward: Expanded Humane Primitive Asylum, +0.20 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,' +0.02 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, it is less suitable for those with 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,' +0.04 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: 40 Goodwill
Reward: Lessened Suffering of the Mutated
Notice: Goodwill costs will be reduced by 15 per use, down to 10. Strul has been "Cleaned.")

[ ] Mausoleum of the Forgotten - (City)
The 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: 70%
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: 99/75%
Reward: Gain 3/7d3 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: 50%
Reward: +2d8 Goodwill, +3d20 Recruits, +35 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: 75%
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 2 Actions)
[ ] We Are One People! - (Elites/Locals)
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: -10%/-150% for Elites/Locals (rolled each turn.)
Successes Needed: 6/12
Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +20% Piety, 4d20 Recruits, +2d12 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.)

[ ] 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. (1 Action Locked)
[ ] Home of Night
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: 31 Goodwill, Upkeep: 7.5 Goodwill
Turns: 7
Reward: Home of Night allows you to train specialized Subversion Agents and unlocks Destabilization Actions.)

[X] Cover Of Eyes - (2/3 Turns Complete)
The brain of humanity has oh so many blindspots that can be taken advantage of, be it by tricks of light and shadow, deception by cloth and flesh, or smell and hearing. Learning all the little tricks by which one can vanish and appear as one wishes in crowds or alone can be the difference between being caught or escaping unseen.
(Cost: 17 Goodwill, Upkeep: 3 Goodwill
Turns: 3
Reward: Reduce the chance of your agents being caught and reduce the impact of failures.)

[ ] Cover Of Mind
The mind of humankind is ever so fragile; even the slightest imbalance of its chemicals can lead to devastating changes in perception, memory, and motor function. A little nick here, a slight pierce there, some drops over yonder, and a minor waft of smoke...and bodies slump or minds see what is not there.
(Cost: 34 Goodwill, Upkeep: 11 Goodwill
Turns: 5
Reward: Improve all Assassination Actions, which allows you to send the same to other Chapters to help.)

[ ] Cover Of Body
No matter what one says to keep their subordinates in line, no matter the defenses of the building or the protocols that secure the darkest secrets, a pretty face and a sultry smile, a wicked grin and a scarred visage, a sneer and a bland countenance...they all can be wielded like surgical knives through any defense. Some do think with their second brain, and we can take advantage of that impulse...and find ways to shield ourselves.
(Cost: 4 Goodwill, Upkeep: 0.5 Goodwill
Turns: 8
Reward: Improve all Infiltration Actions and improve your defenses against infiltration.)

[ ] Cover Of Tongue
Talking fast, talking slow, sharp-tongued, or laden with silver, language is the foundation of all civilization that we know of and should be considered for not merely talking but laws and contracts alike, with agreements not being spared either. The spirit can be honored as much as the letter, but knowing how to twist either without the other noticing will have effects grand and tiny.
(Cost: 16 Goodwill, Upkeep: 3 Goodwill
Turns: 2
Reward: Improve all Diplomacy Actions.)

[ ] Holding Chambers
Torture is inefficient, sloppy, and gives nothing but information spouted to stop the pain. Isolation and removal of all but the basest 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: 90%
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: 70%
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 lowest maid to the highest Guard you trust.
(Needed: Information Network: Rank 2
Turns: 4
Chance: 20%
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 1 Action, 1 Action Locked)
[X] Menagerie - (Basic) - (2/5 Turns Complete)
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.)

[ ] 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 2 Actions, 1 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), and adding [VF] will add 2 Success/es to 1(one) active research.)
[ ] Aerodynamics 102 - (All Physics)
Speed is of the essence when you are moving anywhere, as the faster you arrive, the less chances there are for enemies to catch, attack, disembowel, and eat you. Improving upon the equipment we have right now will be the key to ensuring that no one will catch us!
(Chance: 04/-38/-74% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Improve current propulsion methods, Follow-Up Project.)

[ ] Aerodynamics 201 - (All Physics)
Speed is of the essence when you are moving anywhere, as the faster you arrive, the fewer chances enemies will catch, attack, disembowel, and eat you. So developing new and novel equipment will be the key to ensuring that no one will catch us!
(Chance: -44/-93/-145% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Follow-Up Project.)

[ ] 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.)

[ ] 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: 99/99/99 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 4a - (Pioneer Suspendium Theory)
"It is imperative to the continued progress of native Airship construction and research that funds and attention are allocated toward projects like this to allow our constructed vessels to bear far more weight at far less risk and trade-offs than ever before. Even if the hard, grueling work of years this path entails does not have the same sexy or alluring appearance as other avenues of research in matters of lift, it will pay off in the long run, as evidenced by the small amounts of suspendium required to lift vessels of far larger size into the air found within the Forest of Rust."
(Needed: Suspendium Shard - Gigantic
Chance: -378/-478/-697 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 72
Reward: One more step forward. One step closer to understanding Suspendium +25% 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: 80/70/60 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
Reward: Prototype Suspendium Weaponry.)

[ ] Screw This Air - (Pioneer Machinery)
Airscrews are durable, reliable, continuous and do not require much upkeep or maintenance. However, they are relatively slow. Fix that.
(Chance: 10/-30/-70 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Advanced Airscrew.)

[ ] Propulse Me Outta Here - (Pioneer Machinery)
Propellers are fast, but the ones we have created are too quickly overloaded with the inertia and mass of an airship. Let's see what we can do about that.
(Chance: 45/10/-15 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
Reward: Standard 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: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 15/7/3/1
Bonus: +50 due to Soaring Wrenches
Reward: Can recover (Ship Type+Damage).)
Warships (Armed 500 ton): 3 Intact (<80%), 1 Damaged (<60%)
Cargo Crafts (Unarmed 1000 ton): 7 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%)
Line Vessels (Armed 200 ton): 12 Intact (<80%), 4 Damaged (<60%), 8 Destroyed (<20%)
Personal Cutters (Unarmed 20 ton): 50 Intact (<80%), 2 Damaged (<60%), 16 Destroyed (<20%)

[ ] 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)
Once 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): 99/90/60 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 30/00/-10 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 7
Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): -115/-155/-235 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 70
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: -14/-48/-112 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: -03/-62/-196% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 11
Reward: You can upgrade your Steel Foundry.)

[ ] MORE STEAM! - (Advanced Hydraulic/Mechanics/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: 44/-01/-76 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
Reward: Improved Steam Engine.)
[ ] 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: 72/-11/-11 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: 31/-01/-57 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 7
Reward: +1 Damage for all bladed weapons per 3 Size of a Unit)

[ ] Coilgun Experimentation Continued - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
One step is done, and a hundred more remain. We have merely climbed upon a hill, and now we can see the mountain of effort before us that remains, with the clouds hiding the peaks even beyond that.
(Chance: -29/-198/-384 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 64
Reward: Improve your Coilguns, allows for miniaturization efforts.)

[X] Coilgun Lance - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry) - (7/19 Successes)
Range is king in all engagements. If one side can harm the other, but they cannot be harmed back? Then, a winner is all but decided.
(Chance: 13/-46/-271 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Primitive Lance Coilgun.)

[ ] Coilgun Scattershot - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry)
However, if an enemy is already nearby, killing as many as possible at once will confer many advantages.
(Chance: 32/-35/-172 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 34
Reward: Primitive Scattershot Coilgun.)

[ ] Coilgun Repeater - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry)
On the other hand, throwing as much metal in as little time as possible will do the same without suffering the setback of killing potential due to loss of accuracy over long ranges.
(Chance: -19/-79/-258 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 21
Reward: Primitive Repeater Coilgun.)

[ ] 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: 62/31/-76 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: 37/-33/-121 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 Weaponry)
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: 99/87/42 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 Weaponry)
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: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
Reward: Primitive Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.2a + Pt.2b)

[ ] Repair The Hammer - (Weaponry/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: 99/95/60% 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: 99/76/34% 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.)

[ ] Everyday Protection Available - (Choose Grade: Civilian/Light/Medium) - (Choose Purpose) - (All Metallurgy/Armor)
People do not like being exposed, be it to environments or weaponry. Creating something to shield our people from specific circumstances without relying on others will be a boon to our logistics.
(Chance: 99/95/80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 1/2/3
Reward: Chosen Armor.)

[ ] Heavy Metal - (Choose Grade: Heavy/Super-Heavy) - (Choose Purpose) - (All Metallurgy/Armor)
Good armor is always needed, especially for those going into circumstances that make combat all but inevitable.
(Chance: 70/55/25% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 4/8
Reward: Chosen 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: 38/-18/-76 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: 99/92/42% 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: 99/73/-13% 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? It's something worth investigating.
(Chance: -68/-119/-199% 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)
[ ] 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, an excellent 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.)
[ ] 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: -02/-31/-78% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 12
Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, allowing you to help more people.)

[ ] Shields of the Mind - (Advanced Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
When minds fall to doubt, sorrow, anger, and more, chemical alterations in their brain are to blame for many of their afflictions, as we now know. By forcefully altering that upset balance to a semblance of what it once was, we can give those afflicted with mental anguish a glimmer of hope and some semblance of an ordinary, healthy life. Even a minute of blessed cognition and clarity is worth years of research.
(Chance: 19/06/-42% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
Reward: Improved Asylums, +25% Piety)
[ ] Eternal Helpers - (Pioneer Programming)
With the frankly massive amount of intact Machines now in our possession, one Pilgrim raised the question of whether we could not use them to construct buildings rather than scrap, sell, or disassemble them for learning-related reasons. Doing so would require quite the feat of programming, but we have several highly qualified people within walking distance whom we can ask for help and several more who will provide such, regardless of our input.
(Chance: 12/-31/-84% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 11
Reward: Unlocks the ability to convert intact robot Artifacts into Progress for buildings.)

[ ] 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: 99/-32/-43% 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: 68/36/16% 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: -06/-668/-1449% 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: -06/-172/-338% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 80
Reward: A .assive 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: -13/-87/-133% 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. It is a long and challenging task, but one that will greatly benefit us in the long run.
(Chance: -03/-40/-86% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 19
Reward: Further tie Out-Of-Region Chapters and Contacts into the Pilgrim Sphere of Influence, spread the Pilgrim Faith automatically around built Radio Towers.)
[ ] The Little Crystal That Could Pt.1
...what. No, seriously, what?! What even is this...this thing? How is it alive? Moving? Communicating? Doing ANYTHING BUT STAYING STILL?!?! They-the-whu? What? Just...WHAT?
(Chance: -84/-136/-241 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
Reward: Unlock the next stage to study and examine the Living Crystals within the Machinery Caverns by figuring out the basics. Also, figure out why the damn things are even capable of locomotion!)

[ ] 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: 58/22/-14 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
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.
Machinery | Weapons | Armor | Mechanics | Chemicals | Medicine | Psychology | Metallurgy | Programming | Electronics | Biology | Hydraulics | Physics | Suspendium
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 ancient 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. It's 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/Location?)
Well, we found something that interests us, or want to know more about. So, let's get to figuring things out by asking around and poking our noses into things ourselves!
(Automatic Success!
Reward: Information.)
[ ] 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 3 Actions)
[ ] 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; there is no need for security or clearing places on your own.)
-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-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns
-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/Machinery/Hydraulics], Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 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?
-MC-01: Est. Artifact-grade: General Mundane to Lost Tech, Dice: 1d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 10 Turns. Living Crystals present? Non-Hostile(?)
-ETG-01: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+ to Lost Tech, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. Mutants Present.
-ETG-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare- to Lost Tech, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns. No Danger.
-ETG-03: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++ to Lost Tech, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. Machines Present.
-ETG-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+ to Lost Tech, Dice: 7d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. No Danger.
-ETG-05: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare to Lost Tech, Dice: 2d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Machines Present.

[X] Expedition - (TOP-01) - (2 Turns Remain) - (House Mirn support: N)
[X] Expedition - (ETG-04) - (3 Turns Remain) - (House Mirn support: N)

[ ] 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!
Enemies:
Something

Possible Rewards:
???

Area Purpose:
Defensive Position

[ ] 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 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.

[ ] 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 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 the 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 draws 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 built 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. (2 Actions Locked)
[ ] The Matter of the Emitter - (Image)
You have been gifted a Zero-Point Energy Hologram Emitter...a mouthful to say and more than a little hassle to move too. Still, having one of these (relatively rare) emitters allows you to display life-like images with little prompting and adjustments for however long you wish to. Which could be useful, depending on what is displayed.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Variable.)

[X] Berth - Medium - (4/7 Turns Complete)
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: Without special projects, you can modify Twelve Light or Three Medium Airships for exploration or trading. 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.)

[X] Masters' Retreat - Grandiose - (5/7 Turns Complete)
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.)

[ ] 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)

[ ] 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 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
[ ] The Matter of the Emitter - (Image)
You have been gifted a Zero-Point Energy Hologram Emitter...a mouthful to say and more than a little hassle to move too. Still, having one of these (relatively rare) emitters allows you to display life-like images with little prompting and adjustments for however long you wish to. Which could be useful, depending on what is displayed.
(Turns: 1
Reward: Variable.)

[ ] 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 resources 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)

[ ] Expanded Hospital
Commissioning several medicinal machines from the Forge-Clans will increase the survival chance of people undergoing surgery who need 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)

[X] Expanded Clinics - (3/7 Turns Complete)
With the minimum level of medical care distributed across Norqod, we can work on expanding the various clinics in terms of 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)

[ ] Workshop of the Alartfa-Seers
At the end of the in-depth, rigorous, eager, lengthy, and sometimes borderline arcane research, the multitude of Forge-Clan members who promised us a solution to the decaying Suspendium crystals keeping the Floating Islands floating have come to a singular conclusion. They can help us help them, but they lack the means, the tools, and the spaces to conduct their work to save the Floating Islands. Additionally, during the research, almost all of the Forge-Clan members, coming from every discipline one can imagine, have expressed a vested interest in continuing high-intensity investigations and research into Suspendium, but that can wait until the current problems are resolved. For now, they only need a space at the edge of Norqod excavated so that several machines of new designs can be created before being attached to the Floating Islands.
(Turns: 2/6
Reward: Resolve the Floating Island Issue, gain permanent access to the Floating Islands, and gain some goodwill with the local Forge-Clan members/???
-[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
(Reward: +1 Turn of Progress))

[ ] Land Crawler Factory
With the miniaturization of the current version of the Vuur-Engine accomplished, the creation of vehicles that take advantage of its unique benefits to ordinary people should be considered. The construction of "Land Crawler," armored or large vehicles propelled by the Vuur-Engine, will be somewhat costly. Still, buyers will rest easy knowing that they can bring far more things onto their journeys, be they luxury trade goods, scientific or scholarly equipment, or weapons and armor for those adventurers with a heavy coin pouch.
(Turns: 7
Reward: Land Crawler Factory, Unique Airship Module, Lower 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))

[ ] Large 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 an excellent way to earn money.
(Turns: 11
Reward: Large Sturdy Clothing Manufactury, Medium 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))

[ ] Medium 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: 6
Reward: Medium 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))

[ ] 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))

[ ] Expanded 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: 9
Reward: Steel Mill, 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))

[ ] 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))

[ ] Expanded Cannery
Putting things into containers isn't anything new to anyone, but doing so on an industrial scale has some difficulty due to the money and connections required to attain the machinery and knowledge to create something more than cans that hold rotting food and spoiled drinks, alongside the need to be able to open the cans at all. With the recent discoveries on how to make milk last longer, the construction of a cannery was raised to produce canned dairy, with the proposal widened to can fruits and other foods to boot.
(Turns: 9
Reward: Expanded Cannery, 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))

[ ] 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)

[ ] Academy of the Fools
A barely adequate academy to begin the training and education of further teachers and educators for the public, one that requires a large amount of costly equipment to attract enough educators of the required fields and depth of knowledge to be called an Academy without being said in derision.
(Turns: 14
Reward: Slowly reverse the loss of public knowledge within the local 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)

[ ] 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)

[ ] The Evergreen Gardens - Small
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: 5
Reward: A small 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)

[ ] Paper Mile - (Tone)
Large print shops 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)

[ ] 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)

[ ] 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.)
-[ ] 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. You can now purchase one Common Technology per Turn.)
-[ ] Words to the People - (Specify Pilgrim Chapter)
(Cost: 1 Goodwill = 10 Followers
Reward: Exchange Goodwill for Followers in Pilgrim Chapters. )
-[ ] Faith to the People - (Specify Pilgrim Chapter)
(Cost: 50 Goodwill
Reward: Elevate a Faithful to a Hero in a Sub-Turn.)
-[ ] Words Unlimited And Unchained - (Write-In Message and Recipient)
(Cost: 15 Goodwill
Reward: A message of your choosing will be received by a person of your choosing.)
-[ ] Meet a Gardener
(Cost: 100 Goodwill
Reward: Meet a Gardener.)

[ ] 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)
-[X] Study Sessions - (5/7 Turns Complete)
(Cost: 1 Faithful for 7 (seven) Turns
Reward: 1 trained General Doctor)
-[ ] Anatomical Lectures
(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)
-[ ] Donate [Write-In Amount] of Suspendium
(Cost: Variable Suspendium
Reward: ???)

[ ] 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
-[ ] Made To Order
(Cost: Variable
Reward: Variable
Use: Write what you wish to commission. (Art, weapons, armor, tools, resources, or machines are examples.)
-[X] Unlimited Specialists Galore - (8x Engineers) - (5/6 Turns Complete)
-[X] Unlimited Specialists Galore - (6x Scientists) - (5/6 Turns Complete)
-[X] Unlimited Specialists Galore - (2x Forge-Coders) - (5/15 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: X Faithfuls for 6/10/15 turns.
Reward: X Engineers/Scientists/Commanders, Trained Engineers/Trained Scientists/Captains, Forge-Coder/Forge-Smith.)
-[ ] 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) - (39/135)
(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. It's 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 must 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 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)
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. With the Pilgrims growing as they do now, keeping everyone working together and on the same page becomes ever more difficult...
(Cost: 10/24/60 Goodwill
Reward: +1/2/3% Piety every 10/8/6 points above 0.)

[ ] 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 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 18.01.24 at 17:00 CET.
Voting will be closed on 23.01.24 at 17:00 CET.
Omake Points can be applied until 20:00 CET.
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'S been a while, huh? Anyways, have an update, and my thanks for three years of a Quest I didn't believe would last a third as long! Here's to three more years of writing this wonderful world you enabled me to create slowly in full.
 
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no problem boss,honestly i awesome to see how the pilgrims have outgrown the initial prompt i made them off when i posted that initial plan,its been such a great and long way since then

"the admech but they actually focus on bringing back the glories of the old world and are not against progress nor hoard knowledge"
 
Yeah, here's to however many years it takes to see this quest to end.

BTW, it seems like the floorplan for the first bunker floor is missing, did we loot it all or was it eaten in the update?
 
Yeah, here's to however many years it takes to see this quest to end.

BTW, it seems like the floorplan for the first bunker floor is missing, did we loot it all or was it eaten in the update?
Thanks, and ye. You basically looted all rooms in the first Floor you could access/knew of, and will now be working on getting through into the Second Floor.
 
Thank you for the time so far, and the time to come.

Now, time to present a list of the must-takes, imo:

-[L] [Faith] Build An Orphanage - (Big) - (Mirn) - (4/10 Turns Complete) [-2.8 Goodwill]
--[] Seek Mutated Help (2.8 Goodwill) = +280
-[] [Faith] Build A Humane Rudimentary Asylum - (Jokvi) [-6.90 Goodwill]
--[] Elite Contractors

-[] [Merchants] Procure ('Elite Contractors' - Progress to Humane Rudimentary Asylum)

As I mentioned above, let's add the final Asylum into place before we start expanding/improving them.

-[L] [Learning] Coilgun Lance - (Advanced Electronics/Weaponry) - (7/19 Successes)
--[] [PD], [VF], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, Electronics Manufacture +80) = +100
--[] (14x Bunker Artifacts +5 to Electronics, 10x Bunker Weapons Artifacts +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical) = +270
-[] [Learning] Eternal Helpers - (Pioneer Programming) - (0/11 Successes)
--[] [DoD], [MSC], [In The Name Of Education], (Scientific Theory +15, Black Box +5, 1[SC] +12, 2FF) = +34
--[] (3x Bunker Artifacts +50 to Pioneer Programming) = +150
-[] [Learning] Assemble The Theorists! - (Advanced Biology) - (0/5 Successes)
--[] (Scientific Theory +15, Mutated: Allied +20, 1[SC] +12, 1[TSC] +18, 3[DOC] +18, 2[SUR] +24, 6FF) = +113
--[] (6x Bunker Artifacts +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery, 4x Intact Human Skeletons +5 to Biology) = +50

I already stated my reasons for these above as well.

-[] [Archeology] Scout The Tenebris Library (Rust Scouts)
--[] (3[ENG] +42) = +42
-[] [Archeology] Scout the Verdant Oasis (The Unbroken)
--[] (2[ENG] +28, Lead By Example +30, We Can Do It! +20, 6FF) = +84

-[] [Aria] Lead by Example (Scout the Verdant Oasis)

You heard the Cube, time to visit these places pronto!

-[] [Holdings] Workshop of the Alartfa-Seers
--[] Hire Contractors x3

This, of course, will resolve the Floating Islands matter once and for all.
 
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Overall Prosperity: Wealthy (Glacially Growing)
High-Class Prosperity: Wealthy (Slowly Growing)
Middle-Class Prosperity: Relatively Wealthy (Slowly Growing)
Lower Class Prosperity: Relatively Wealthy (Declining)

Mood: Satisfied (Slow Decline)
We should try to increase Norqod's Mood and Lower Class Prosperity. The latter in particular can potentially drag down Overall Prosperity. Unfortunately I can't find anything that raises it and almost everything decreases it.
The hand of the Hierophant receded from dual-colored eyes, blindness not a tool enjoyed but needed for this scheme.
This is some invisible text from the segment with the Forge Clan Elder. I have no idea what this means.
A BLACK LIBRARY SHROUDED IN THE NIGHT. HIDDEN SECTIONS, DECAYED SECRETS, COVERED WEAPONS AND MURDERED TOOLS. WAYS TO UNEARTH FOR THE WAR TO COME. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

AN OASIS OF LUSH LIFE AND VERDANT GROWTH. A SANCTUARY WELL SHELTERED FROM PRYING EYES, YET ONE NEEDING TO BE DEFILED BY SHATTERED MINDS ONCE MORE. THERE CAN BE NO LIFE WHEN NOTHING GROWS. WHEN ALL CRUMBLES UNDER THE WEIGHT OF COLD MAWS. TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
I feel so vindicated equipping Martyris with the Nova Machina. Otherwise we would never have known that we need to go to the Tenebris Library and Verdant Oasis to get the means to save and/or escape the planet.
Well... Sippy needs to die.
I want to try to recruit him, because it seems Sippy is an awakening machine mind.
 
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I want to try to recruit him, because it seems Sippy is an awakening machine mind.
Yeah no. Effectively this is basically a bandit sure it may have some aspirations and a deeper thought but ao does outlaw jack. In the end it's still a thing trying to kill our scouts we need to go trough to get acess the second floor.
 
We should try to increase Norqod's Mood and Lower Class Prosperity. The latter in particular can potentially drag down Overall Prosperity. Unfortunately I can't find anything that raises it and almost everything decreases it.
Expanding Public Libraries will help with Happiness. For the prosperity, I suppose we'll have to make do with the Caravansery and Tool Manufactury.

I feel so vindicated equipping Martyris with the Nova Machina. Otherwise we would never have known that we need to go to the Tenebris Library and Verdant Oasis to get the means save and/or escape the planet.
Yeah, looks like you were dead right and I was wrong.

Yeah no. Effectively this is basically a bandit sure it may have some aspirations and a deeper thought but ao does outlaw jack. In the end it's still a thing trying to kill our scouts we need to go trough to get acess the second floor.
Agreed. Sadly he and others are an obstacle and there's no way to reach out when entrants are treated as intruders deserving of maximum force.
 
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