Cult Creator - The Pilgrims Journey

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Rumor Mill Turn 110
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    • Rumors:​

    The Pilgrims And Followers Of Light Consecrate New Orphanages - The Tessen Speaker
    Though it took over two years of construction and fortification, the Pilgrims and the Followers of Light have finished with the construction of several new orphanages situated in various towns around Tessen that are intended to raise the children of those killed by animal, Mutant, disease, accident, murder, or bandits, instead of holding them until an appropriate caravan can be contracted to deliver the orphans to the orphanages of the cities where they'll be raised safely behind thick walls and armored guards. Thanks to the connections of both groups, the future of these children is assured to not be bleak, as apprenticeships are secured and valuable skills are taught that allow them to choose their own path regardless of their choices.
    (Read more on page 24)

    Spiders On The Loose - The Truthful Observers
    It seems like a bad joke, yet it is a serious matter. Merchant Lichur Kabyal had, three weeks ago, purchased several dozen barrels worth of Silk-Bird Spider Eggs from one of her "trusted" associates with the understanding that the eggs had been neutered and the life within was not growing as the barrels were stored to sell the contents within. Yet, the eggs were still alive, growing, and had, a day ago, hatched in their thousands, leading to the hand-sized spiders swarming from the warehouse in the tower where they were stored. Only thanks to the quick thinking of several of the workers within was the arachnid flood contained before it could spread into the residential portions of the tower, and the Guards alerted at once. Thankfully, a training exercise was currently happening not too far away from the tower, and thus, two hundred guards arrived at once, weapons in hand and armor equipped, advancing into the tower already sporting webbing galore and black dots crawling on its outside. It took an entire day to deal with most of the menace, with notices already spread around Mirn to watch for Silk-Bird Spiderlings that may have escaped. Merchant Lichur Kabyal has been fined for the disaster that, thankfully, hasn't led to any deaths.
    (Read more on pages 14-15)

    A Hat For Every Stand, A Stand For Every Hat - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
    Already popular for the quality of the entertainment on offer, alongside the ability for the workers within to secure more than a meager sliver of the coins exchanged for their horizontal trade for themselves, the Consensuals have long been operated by the Pilgrims to cater to both the high and low-born people of Tessen. Though the purchase of sexual relief and adventure are the primary incomes for the Consensuals, shows and music, alongside good food and entertainment, are offered lavishly, and with the chance to obtain a night with workers whose form catches the eyes of their patrons. Now, the Pilgrims are beginning renovations and expansions of the same buildings, digging down and building up to add more capacity, entertainment, and security to each operated by them.
    (Read more on page 7)

    BEES! - The Norqod Vegetable
    [A low-brow humor-filled article likening the bees currently getting settled in Norqod to obtain native honey and wax for the upcoming marriage. It ends with a note that its writers hope the dances during the celebrations will not be inspired by the bees, for decorum's sake.]
    (Read more on page 9)

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    Region Reports

    Bone Valley​

    We expand. I am proud to report that the first batches of our Chemical Manufactury have passed inspection and contain no reagents they should not possess. The machines are clean, functional, and able to produce the precursor chemicals we need them to deliver. With that, the more laborious and slower task of constructing, installing, and training on the machines and workstations that will turn them into usable medicines will begin at once.

    Signed; Omar of Iron.

    Sunken Hollows​

    Hello, this is Akane.

    We have finished the construction of the new watchtowers and began right away with the construction of some inns around the Region, as we have decided to expand our reach and ensure more of our preachers can find a place to sleep when away.

    With a very busy goodbye,
    Akane.

    Broken Crossroads​

    Two goals finished the last season: the first was that we struck a mutually beneficial deal with Lady Nal-Ila and the conversion of those seeking more purpose in life than what they have been given or been allowed to reach. It should be unsurprising that most of those brought to our Paths are Mutated, the downtrodden, and the beaten. Yet, many that have converted from other faiths, or from none at all, have seen the ways of the Pilgrims not as a new path but as a light that shines on the injustices they have suffered all their life when they needn't had to do so, especially for things that were out of their hands and not their choice.

    That anger will be used.

    Barric.

    Broken Titan​

    I find it telling of the changes in my life and the Path I now walk that, when confronted with the reality of life and the reality of my own life a mere two decades ago, I grow irate and incensed. We have made our breach into the Citadel, have gathered those who are broken and shattered, those who seek a new Path and new life, and those who cannot resist the glint and call of the coin to our side, building a way forward into the darkness and the unknown depths which drag honest hearts to ruin and rage.

    There is much pain in even this small section of the Citadel we can now traverse. We intend to make the most of it.

    Hatred can never be the answer to hatred. Blood demands blood, and death seeks death. But neither shall Hope be a blind guide, nor Compassion mercy's knife. Hold out a hand in an honest effort, and guide the fist to those who answer with it first.

    ***

    Spy-Network:​

    The Marquess of Tessen is focused on her Flagship.

    House Ulatarn is preparing for the marriage.

    House Mirn is entertaining itself.

    The Military continues drilling new recruits to its exacting standards.

    The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics is focused on their contests.

    The Followers of Light are consecrating the new orphanages to bless their wards and futures.

    The Adventurer Guild is being hired by various farmers to help beat back an insect infestation. Their BlackBoards are only filled with the requests of targets of no renown.

    Dirty Daggers are doing business as usual. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.

    The Common People see a rise in their fortunes as the uptick in aerial commerce spurns on the economy and their available money. A scandal has rocked Mirn as one of her towers had to be evacuated after the eggs of an unknown arachnoid species hatched thousands of hand-sized critters from a careless merchant's inventory. Luckily, the guards were able to contain and eradicate the outbreak before anyone was killed.

    The Mutated are seeing a slight rise in their fortunes as more coins flow around and some end up their way.
     
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    • Turn 110; Year 27; Month 0; This Is Not Important
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    • 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 leaves can re-enter at any time if 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 humans are 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, the size of which depends 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.)

    Third Tenet: The Path of Endless Skies
    Suspendium is nothing less than a miracle, given its physical form. Its applications are near endless, with no bounds for its current uses found even within the imagination of our most experimental scholars. Floating platforms that will make vertical and horizontal traversal of cities as easy as putting in your destination, never having to bother with congested streets or stairs ever again. Cranes that can lift themselves and hundreds of tons with utter ease and construction speeding up by a thousand workers floating everywhere they are needed. Medical beds that will never put pressure on the wounded, tools and aids that will manipulate the internal body of a patient without cutting them apart to mend what is broken or misaligned. Caravans speeding atop and over the roads and dunes between cities and towns, either by attaching work-lizards or scout-lizards to platforms holding dozens of tons that weigh nothing or hundreds of tons that weigh the same as what they are accustomed to carrying already. Knights bedecked in armors treated with suspendium alloys, their steps light as a feather or as heavy as a thousand tons. Airships of war and commerce flying without any restriction, the reach of the Empire increasing a thousand-fold with coilguns thundering as suspendium-weaponry beats its endless march to the thrum of its levitating brethren. Implants unto the body to turn the tattoos of the Pilgrims into natural lifts, scavengers and scouts able to maneuver in three dimensions as our armed siblings carry weaponry deadly enough to burn entire swarms to the ground, arcane calculations depicted within reality upon the veins of gravity itself...
    The sky is no longer the limit. It is the depths from which we shall rise.
    (Splits all Airship/Suspendium Actions into a new Category. Unlocks new Actions to take full advantage of the mind-bogglingly titanic mass of application-areas of Suspendium. Unlocks the ability to construct [Sky Islands].
    Piety loss now 1 per 25 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: 7.416
    High-Adjudicator: Lord Martyris Dall (Founder)
    Members: 5.099
    -Faithful: 25/187
    --4/4 Captains - +10 to Initiative, +3 to Damage, +10 to Morale Rolls (per).
    --0/32 General Scientists - +12 (per) to assigned research
    --6/10 Trained General Scientists - +18 (per) to assigned research
    --1/13 General Doctors - +6 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --2/3 Trained Surgeons - +12 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --0/24 General Engineers - +14 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Electronic research
    --10/12 Trained Engineers - +24 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Electronic research
    --2/2 Forge-Coders - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Programming/Electronics research
    --2/2 Forge-Smiths - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Weapons/Armor research

    -Followers: 4.912 (237 (9 Faithful) unoccupied)
    --Recruitment: (+71 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)
    ---(+28 Due to Various Hospices)
    ---(+8 Due to Radio-Channel)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-8 Due to Allied - Mutated)
    Adjudicator: Omar of Iron (Human - Male)
    Members: 1.097
    -Faithful: 15/34
    --3/3 General Doctors
    --3/3 General Engineers

    -Followers: 1.063
    --Recruitment: (+26 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+14 Due to Fortified Position)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Cultural Pushbacks)

    Projects:
    -Long Expedition Preparation (2/4)
    -Construct A Medical Chemicals Manufactury (8/12)
    -Construct A Medical Chemicals Manufactury (Support)
    Adjudicator: Akane (Mutated - Female)
    Members: 423
    -Faithful: 10/12
    --1/1 General Engineer
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 411
    --Recruitment: (+12 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Mutated Adjudicator)

    Projects:
    -Construct Fortifications (2/6)
    -Outfit A Squad And Militia (2/4)
    -Construct Mendicant Inns (0/4)
    Adjudicator: Barric
    Members: 399
    -Faithful: 10/17
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 382
    --Recruitment: (+14 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -Faithful, Cast Out No More (0/2)
    -Faitfhul, Tremble No Longer (0/2)
    -Construct Greenhouses (2/4)
    Adjudicator: Eryl the Matriarch
    Members: 398
    -Faithful: 11/12
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 386
    --Recruitment: (+17 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(+4 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Sub-Trait)
    ---(-6 Due to Softened Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -Slip The Dagger Sharp And Deep (0/1)
    -Every Stone Shall Crumble (0/2)
    -Trades of Liquids, Love, and Lies (1/3)
    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 - Brain Trauma
    -S'tary - Male - Combat - Bisection
    -Mikabi - Female - Combat - Complete Organ Liquefaction
    -Ettara - Female - Combat - Organ Ruptures
    -Julus - N/A - Combat - Evaporation
    -Hern - Male - Combat - Shock and Bloodloss

    Goodwill: 262.23 (+10.03 per Turn)
    +2.08 = 7 (3 Bulk, 4 Normal) Soup-Kitchens, Grand Kitchens (Mirn, Tessen), Outlying Soup-Kitchens
    +5.09 = Small Hospice Network, Expanded Network, Territorial Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul)
    +1.30 = Improved Expanded Poor Houses - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    +0.05 = School - (Big - Mirn)
    +4.80 = Orphanages - (Big - Strul, Ularn, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages
    +1.20 = Asylum - (Mirn/Zulmni/Tessen/Strul/Ularn/Jokvi)
    +0.15 = Upgraded Brothels 'Consensual' - (Mirn (Upgraded), Jokvi, Tessen, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    -0.02 = Print Shop - Smut
    -3.50 = Subversion (Cover of Eyes, Cover of Body)

    Piety: 100% (+50 to all rolls for Heroes with the Adjudicator Trait)
    Rolls (-76):
    -3 (Tenets: Rite Of Mourning: A Journeys End, Hidden Tenet: A Mythos Called Names)
    -15 (Buildings and Culture: Expanded Daycare, Beautification, Communal Festivals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims, Conclave of Faya Exclave)
    -261 (Pilgrim Buildings: Electric Lights, School - (Big - Mirn), Orphanage - (Big - Ularn, Strul, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages, Asylum/s, Expanded Hospice Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul), Improved Expanded Poor Houses, Grand Kitchen (Tessen, Mirn), Cleansed Blackhole Villages (Strul, Ularn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Mirn), Campus of the Skyneers, Training Halls of the Crews - Medium, Pilgrim Communities, Consensuals)
    -104 (Pilgrim Chapters - Bone Valley, Sunken Hollow, Broken Crossroads, Broken Titan)
    -1 (Hero Traits: Martyris: Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity)
    +296 (Followers, +1 every 25)

    Suspendium: 1 Big and 11 Medium Suspendium Shards (2 Large needed in 2 (Two) Turns - Paid)
    Income: +1 Large and 3 Medium Shards
    +12 Medium Shards (The Trail of Rust)
    +10 Medium Shards (Clear The Paths, Break The Walls, Grind The Bars)
    -2 Medium Suspendium Shards (4x Caravaner Mk.2 Lines, 1x Militant, 1x Lightwing, 1x 'Blossom' Pleasure Yacht)
    -1 Medium Shard - Training Halls of the Crew
    -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: Imperial Politicking.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    Notable: 1 (One) Imperial Favor

    Marquess of Tessen
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Is focused on her Flagship.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Ulatarn
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Preparing for the marriage.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Mirn
    Contact: Lord Malarn
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Entertaining itself.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer
    Contact: Overseer Hild
    Opinion: Alliance (3)
    Plans: Testing A Suspendium Thesis.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Military
    Contact: Sub-General Aiden Gracia
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Plans: Continues drilling recruits to its exacting standards.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    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: Focused on their contests.
    National Plans: Improve Currently Used Machines Within Any Industry. (4 Turn)
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    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: Consecrating the new orphanages to bless their wards and futures.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Miscellaneous Nobles
    -Lady Maranica (Ally (3)|Happily helping the young couple set up their marriage ceremony's pomp.)
    -Baron Esker (Friend (2)|Cutting down the forest in his lands.)

    General Opinion on Mutated: Useful Minority (1)
    Locals
    The Common People Of Tessen
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Estimated Pilgrim-Influenced: ~62%
    Mood: Ssee a rise in their fortunes as the uptick in aerial commerce spurns on the economy and their available money. A scandal has rocked Mirn as one of her towers had to be evacuated after the eggs of an unknown arachnoid species hatched thousands of hand-sized critters from a careless merchant's inventory. Luckily, the guards were able to contain and eradicate the outbreak before anyone was killed.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls (Special: Applies to All Local Factions.)

    The Merchant Guild
    Contact: Abraham Lin
    Opinion: Allies (3)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Growing their influence via new trade routes.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    The Union of Herbalists
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Healing people.
    Factions:
    - Fundamentalists (Neutral (0)|25% Control|Quicker Doctors)
    - Progressivists (Neutral (0)|25% Control|Cheaper Actions)
    - Healers (Ally (3)|50% Control|Enables Surgical Training
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science
    Leader: Marthen Marthensons
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Completing a contract.

    The Adventurer Guild
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Plans: Is being hired by various farmers to help beat back an insect infestation. Their BlackBoards are only filled with the requests of targets of no renown.
    Factions:
    -The Huntsmen (Leader: Amra Kaliv/Friendly (1)/373 Members/Reliable Mercenary Company)
    Plans: Taking contracts.
    -The Bad Batch (Leader: Simone Simona/Friends (2)/70 Members/Infiltration Experts/Expert Violinists/Trained Exotic Dancers/Adept Flower Coders/Trained Actors/Trained Basket Weavers/Adept Carapace Decorators/Expert Entertainers)
    Plans: Dealing with minor and annoying problems.
    -The Scavenger Organizations (Leader: None Formally
    --Crews: Old Eyes' Diggers/146 Members
    ---Plans: Resting, Recovering, Partying.)
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Leader: Agatel Lh-a/Neutral (0)/3950 Infantry, 40 War Lizards, 45 Scout Lizards, 12 Knights/Combat+Garrison Company)
    Plans: Doing their duty.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Criminal Gangs
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    -Gang: Dirty Daggers
    --Leader: Mahakan
    --Territory: Region Tessen
    --Opinion: Neutral (0)
    --Information Network: Rank 2
    --Plans: Doing business as usual. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.
    --The Bad Batch Note: This Thief Guild/Racket is more interested in getting money out of you than blood.

    Terrorist Organizations
    N/A

    Cults
    -Conclave of Faya
    --Contact: Elder Spirit Songweaver Marta
    --Opinion: Friend (2)
    --Plans: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Are seeing a slight rise in their fortunes as more coins flow around and some end up their way.

    Sapients
    Forgotten
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Plans: Healing.

    General Opinion on Mutated: Growing Indifference (2)
    Artefacts
    Common
    10x Miscellaneous Artifacts - 1.02 +5 to Everything
    3x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights - 9.45 - +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery
    360x Bunker Electronic Artifacts - 1.74 - +5 to Electronics
    10x Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 1.62 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics
    650x Bunker Medicine Artifacts - 0.92 - +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery
    5x Exotic Fruit Seeds - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    20x Unknown Seed Samples - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    10x Spices - 3.81 - +5 to Biology/Medicine
    3x Sticky Branches - 1.02 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    2x Kind Fruits - 1.11 - +5 to Biology
    3x Unbidden Seeds - 2.50 - +5 to Biology
    3x Budding Flowers - 4.56 - +5 to Biology
    Shimmering Petal - 1.32 - +5 to Biology
    Hued Blade of Grass - 2.41 - +5 to Biology/Psychology
    Aromatic Sap - 5.00 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    240x Bunker Life-Support Artifacts - 3.00 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics/Physics
    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
    3x Destroyed Bright-Pistol - 7.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Physics
    Code Scraps - 5.99 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    "Holy Text of the Tiny Snake God" - 11.76 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
    4x Mono Titanium Blade- 5.01 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy
    2x Destroyed Missile Loading Mechanism - 5.14 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanics
    3x Refueling Nozzles - 6.07 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Half-Rusted Fuel Pumping Station - 5.30 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    7x Busted Swarm Missile Constructors - 7.46 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Chemicals
    4x Goo-Cages - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanicals
    4x Ablative Scales - 5.65 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    2x Eversun Scrap-Knights - 22.23 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Physics
    3x Retinal Implantation Guide - 5.46 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    Folding Security Measures - 6.94 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics
    Data On Physical Phenomena - 7.29 - +20 to Advanced Physics
    4x Auto-Adjusting Bodyarmor - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Machinery
    Rudimentary VI - 5.49 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Programming
    5x Damaged Plasmathrowers - 7.06 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons/Hydraulics
    100x Bunker Electronic Artifact - 6.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
    237x Bunker Machinery Artifact - 5.03 - +20 to Advanced Machinery
    142x Bunker Programming Artifact - 5.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    495x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 9.60 - +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
    230x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 8.84 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Metallurgy/Machinery/Hydraulics
    305x Bunker Weapons Artifacts - 7.32 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical
    Aetheric Conversion Engine - 6.33 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Airship Technologies
    2x Suspendium Diffusion Charts - 5.67 - +20 to Advanced Physics/Airships Technologies
    210x Guardians - Trooper - 7.15 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
    2x Medium Bright-Lance Turret - +7.50 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Armor/Electronics
    185x Rare Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 6.23 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics
    60x Advanced Bunker Weapon Artifacts - 14.48 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    2x Corpse Feast Grenades - 11.70 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Plasma-Conduits - 7.75 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics
    3x Plasma-Focusers - 9.25 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics/Weapons
    3x Serrated Memory-Metal Blades - 12.12 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Weapons
    28x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    148x Bunker Biology Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    60x Bunker Metallurgy Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy
    176x Bunker Animal Artifacts - 9.84 - +20 to Advanced Biology/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
    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
    Gas Liquifiers - 15.43 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics
    Theorem On Celestial Movements - 15.97 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    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
    10x "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
    5x 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
    5x 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
    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
    2x Doused Flame of Hatred - 23.98 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Programming
    Elevated Syphon of Levitation - 24.14 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies
    3x 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
    2x Emissary's Delight - 23.16 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    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
    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
    5x Targeting Beacon - 22.20 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Physics/Weapons
    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 Weapons/Biology/Chemicals/Medicine
    2x 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
    3x 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
    Sentence 14 - 43.21 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    2x Nanoweave Skinplates - 34.56 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Medicine
    10x Gravitic Celestial Maps - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    9x Satellite Codes - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer All
    Irkanite Lance Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Thought Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Irkanite Blade Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Heart Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    4x Automated Molecural Statuettes - 25.13 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Machinery
    2x Written Testimonies of the Collapse - 35.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/???
    Sacrosanct Idol - 20.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    4x Crystallized Flames - 25.25 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    'Children of the Sunset Sea' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    'Beyond the Skein of Bones' - 50.00 - +50 To Pioneer Biology/Airship Technologies
    2x A Flask Of Cool Water - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Unknown Chemical Pulver - 19.46 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    The Burned Remains Of God - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weaponry/Airship Technologies
    The Planted Wisdom Of Age - 250.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Biology
    2x The Ashes Of Our Pyre - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    'Human Flesh and Immortal Soul' - 44.68 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology
    185x Prototype Bunker Artifacts - 49.32- +50 to Pioneer Electronic/Machinery/Hydraulic/Programming Artifacts
    2x A Broken Clock - 22.81 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Quiet Leave - 34.64 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    'All The Queen's Men' Book - 19.50 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    111x Biology Bunker Artifacts - 30.00- +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemical/Hydraulics Artifacts
    Lost-Tech Machinery Blueprints - 25.50 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery
    3x Lost-Tech Medical Blueprints - 22.50 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine
    Lost-Tech Weaponry Blueprints - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints - 31.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals
    'A Beginner's Treaty On The Human Genome' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Machinery
    'Terra Nova' Book - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Psychology
    Saphire Scepter - 26.43 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy
    Captain's Sabre - 26.47 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    'Hopeless Bonds' - 34.65 +50 to Pioneer Chemicals
    Venom - 43.67 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Bile - 38.63 +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals
    A Sharp Blade - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Waterflow Of A Babbling Brook - 46.84 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Hydraulics
    'Gravimetric Calculations' Book - 75.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium - [Library]
    4x Perfectly Preserved Spines - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved Nervous Systems - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    'The Rustle of the Leaves' - ??.?? - +100 to Pioneer Suspendium/Psychology - [Library]
    Scents Forgotten - 39.92 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    The Ache In Bones Left Behind By Unwise Anger And Guilt - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Bottled Guilt - 42.87 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    Bottled Regret - 41.43 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    Bottled Aches - 46.55 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    "Those Who Left Us Behind" - 33.51 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Medicine
    Scalding Claw - 59.73 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    Hot Tea - 77.44 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals
    48x Lost Tech Bunker Artifacts - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Hydraulics/Machinery
    4x Grey Goo Cages - N/A - +50 to Programming/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    'Histories of the Unknown' - 46.88 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    Slycthe Mine - 46.20 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Unsure Tremor - 39.85 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Interconnected Neural Patterns - 46.37 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Uploaded Thought-Patterns - 49.21 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Unrestricted Virus - 42.53 - +50 to Pioneer Pioneer Electronics/Programming
    Brain Maggot - 42.67 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Biology
    A Second That Coughs - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Golden Skin Imitant - 45.57 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine
    5x Neural-Pattern Repair Matrix - 41.31 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Programming/Electronics
    6x Spinal Enhancement Fluid - 41.96 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    4x Desecrated Idol - 42.83 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Old Religious Icon - 42.17 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Blood-Spider Machines - 44.63 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Chemicals/Programming/Hydraulics
    'A Treaty On Gravity' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium
    'Admiral Tex's Treaty On How To Boat Good' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    Cat's Eye's Stare - 43.85 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Anguish of Excitement - 46.65 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Decorative Programmable Memory-Metals - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Programming/Metallurgy
    3x Sleep Half-Cyclers - 43.77 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals
    Lance of Light - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy/Electronics/Programming
    Eruption Of Joy - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Ruptured Dreadnought Core - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Programming/Machinery/Hydraulics
    Pulsating Behemoth Brain - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Bones - 39.7 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    Fear And Delight - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Blunt Shard - 46.75 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Hydraulics
    Mnemonic Leech - 45.0 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Suspended Fluid Dice - 42.80 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Hydraulics
    Wicked Venom Barbs - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    3x Intact Gene-Sequencers - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Iron Wombs - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    2x Energizing Drinks - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine
    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.)

    Pod of Rebirth
    This machine is capable of altering a person's appearance, from mere haircuts to radical morphological changes, such as the removal of all traces of Mutation within a single day at its longest. Unfortunately, the requirements for its operation are such that only a dedicated and large power plant could hope to keep it in operation continuously. It also has a handy instruction manual to set up the changes yourself!
    (+40 to Biology.)

    2x Dying Light
    Whoever cobbled this piece of electro-scrap together either knew what they were doing, or had a lot of luck and miracles on their side.
    Hand-held Coilgun - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics - (10d4 Damage, Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor).)

    Tidestrider
    The only thing we know about this machine is that it supposedly has been used in ocean-going ships to swiftly part waters. Anything else must be uncovered by deliberate activation, which is fraught with dangers.

    Eyes of Règle - Equipped by Silvia Jr.
    These biomechanical eyes were recovered from deep within the Forest, within a guarded and secluded, almost fortress-like laboratory, where corpses upon corpses were piled against the doors to the chamber in which they were hidden. The corpses all faced outwards, and what weapon-shaped object remained tells well of what must have happened. It was a battle to see these safe, one that ended in a grand and terrible slaughter.
    (Eyes of Règle - Painlessly attach themselves to the user, allowing them to discern when lies, and what kind of lies, are being told. They can be manually shut down.)

    9x Living Symbiotes
    Discovered within twisting and unknown portions of the Bloodless Thicket, obtained after sacrifices of many a liter of blood from animals and mutants hunted and delivered, these 9 beings were grasped and wrenched out of an abattoir of a laboratory, their forms sleeping yet ready to awake. Who knows what horrors and miracles they can create once melded with a willing host...
    (???)

    6x Suspended Animation Boxes
    There is little of note about them aside from instruction on how to open them and the...chances(?) for receiving a "desirable companion fine-tuned to your specific tastes!"
    (???)

    4x Attentive Eyes
    Though floating in a solution of unknown composition and make, the eye within the tube seems to follow you wherever you go...
    (???)

    Book Of The Forest - (Equip to Hero)
    The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...they rustle...
    (?!?!?!)

    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.
    Hey? Ja? In welcher Sprache haben wir gestern gelabert? Wovon redest du? ...ach, vergiss es. Okay...?
    (+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 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+8/+4+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+4 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+7 (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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -(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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against Armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Standard Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Small Crew Weapon (Requires 4 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns)
    -Standard Lance Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Slightly Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Small Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), High Armor Penetration (75% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns), Extended Range (Will act first in combat unless ambushed.)
    -Standard Scattershot Coilgun: Coilgun (80d2), Delete That Grid (Targets All Units In A Battle. Cannot fire if friendly Units are engaged in Melee), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Tiny Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Low Armor Penetration (25% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Standard Repeater Coilgun: Coilgun (20d10), Dakka (Damage Dice that roll a 1 are re-rolled once), Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Prototype Bright-Lance: Bright-Lance (1d1), Massive Battery (Requires 6 crew to fire), Energy Weapon-Type (Deals 50% more Damage per Turn, every Turn, when leveled against the same Target, rounded up), Special Rule: Ravenous Energy Requirements (Cannot fire more than once per Combat).
    -Primitive Flamethrower: Flame-Weaponry (2d2 (+1 Lingering for 1d2 Turns)), Terror Weapon (Forces a Morale Check at Disadvantage).
    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).
    -Bulwark: Power Armor (Standard): +60 Armor, -30 on stealth rolls, +10 on initiative rolls, +1d6+2 in Melee.
    -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
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -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.
    -Tearwind - Deals no Damage, but has a 35% Chance to force 1d4 Enemy Units (Melee Units are affected before Ranged Units) to cease any attacks for 1d2 Turns.
    -Acidfog (Lingering, Targeted) - Deals 2d2 Acid Damage, reduced by -1 per Turn, until being removed after 5 Turns. Does not affect your Units.
    -Lungmelt - Deals 5d5 Chemical Damage. It affects your Units if they are thrown after Combat is initiated.
    -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.
    -Auto-Bandage - (Primitive): Roll 2d3 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. This effect stacks with other Medical Consumables.
    -Medi-Aid Chemicals: "Miracle Cure" - Treat all negative Health above (-TotalUnitHealth/2) as if the Unit still has 1 Health. (Warning: 04% Chance to replace Lost Health with Hostile (3 Health/2 Armor) Mutant Units with a total Unit Count equal to Lost Health.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Berserk: Increase all Damage by two damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Last Stand: Reduce all Damage by half, triple all Health. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 70% chance of killing the user.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Adrenaline: Increase all Damage by three damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    Upgrades
    -Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores Armor
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Acid Globules (Ammunition): +8d8/16d8 Acid Damage against Biological/Machine Enemies, Improved Acidic Burning (8 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Improved Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6+2 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 2d2-1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Choking Gas (Ammunition): 2d2 Health Damage per Turn, Improved Yellow Fog (Affects 1d6+4 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 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
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Melee Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Ranged Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Ranged Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 2/2 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -Generic Melee Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -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).
    -Artillery Scutter: A large-sized drone, as large as a War-Lizard, equipped with a Standard Coilgun turret to rip apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Standard Coilgun (15d20 Ranged Damage), see Weapon Entry for Rules.
    -Combat-Trained Common Animal: An animal trained for use in combat, though their usage can become a hindrance if their masters are not careful while handling them.
    Notable Assets/Buildings
    General:
    1x Artifact Reclamation Order
    ∞x Ashleaf Tea - +15 to Diplomacy
    1x Advanced Pneumatic Tools - (-1 Turn per 2 Turns for all Tree of Knowledge Actions)
    1x Elemental Feline Teenager - 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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    3x Food Kitchens - (1x Normal, 3x Bulk) - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (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 - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x School - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)

    Ularn:
    1x Asylum - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    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, Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)

    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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Grand Kitchen - (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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

    Jokvi:
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Humane Asylum - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

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

    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, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Iron Mine - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Jewel Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Outlying Fortified Orphanages
    1x Permanent Scavenging Base - (Floating Monastery/Doomed Fortress) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Silver Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Soup-Kitchens

    Pilgrim Holdings:
    1x Administration Center - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artifact Vault - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artisinal Robotics Creation - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Box - (Gutted Core) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Root Field
    1x Berth - (Large) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bloodbark Field
    1x Codex Printing
    1x Communal Festivals
    4x Computers
    1x Desalination Basins - (Deep Pumps)
    1x Electronics Manufacture ~ Ancient Circuits - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Daycare - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Extremely Fertile Ashleaf-Nursery - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Laboratory Complex - (Rudimentary) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Living Quarters - (Continuous Expansion) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Library - (Expanded)
    1x The Hidden Workshop - (Legendary) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims
    1x Medical Wing - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Menagerie - (Common) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Primitive Radar Tower
    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 Campus of the Skyneers - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x School of Crews - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Drone-Manufacture - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Field - (Expanded) - (Security Improvements)

    Norqod:
    1x Academy of the Fools - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Component Factory - (Guards! Guards!)
    4x Airship Lines (Caravaner Mk.2) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Lightwing) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Militant) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line ('Blossom' Pleasure Yacht) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Trade Anchor And Depot - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artist Alley
    1x Bank - Tiny - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bee Field
    1x Brewers Run
    1x Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Cat Alley - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Contractual Expansion - (Adequate Housing) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Caravansery Halls - Small - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Engine Assembly - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Clinics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Public Libraries
    1x Goat Pens
    1x House Dall Barracks
    1x Insurance Office - Tiny
    1x Large Tool Manufactury
    1x Luxury Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Map of Norqod - Holo Emitter
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
    1x Medium Quarantine Area - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Sturdy Clothing Manufactury
    1x Merchant Quarter - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Mercenary Quarters
    1x Miniscule Scientific Complex - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Natural Pesticide Factory - Medium
    1x Norqod Fashion Street - (Tahmid's Embroidery)
    1x Norqod Radio Station - (Entertainment and News) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospitals - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Medium
    1x Sin Run - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Small Cannery
    1x Medium Chemical Goods Manufactury - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Furniture Manufactory
    1x Small Medicinal School - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Toy Manufactury
    1x Steel Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Steel Mill - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Evergreen Gardens - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Trail of Rust - Expanded - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiantemu Alloy Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Hydroponics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Fields - Medium
    1x Watchtower Network - Weak
    1x Workshop of the Alartfa-Seers

    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
    2x Advanced Biology Theory
    1x Advanced Armor Theory
    1x Pioneer Weaponry Theory
    5x Pioneer Electronics Theories
    2x Pioneer Hydraulics Theories
    2x Pioneer Machinery 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 - Grand
    -Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supporting up to 10.000 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 Complex - Fundamental
    Vastly improves chances for all Learning Actions, along with unlocking 1/2/3 success thresholds.

    Knight-Hangar
    Houses 1(one) Knight, allowing you to enact repairs and modifications.

    Sandcrete Mixer
    Vastly reduces the needed Materials for shortening building Turns.

    Electronics Manufacture - Ancient Circuits
    +150 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 - (Expanded)
    Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, continuously providing 15% (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 - Large
    This is the point where it is almost insulting to call the Airship facilities of the Tree mere "Berths" instead of Anchorages or Ports. Expanding the available facilities by double will allow us to field fleets without crowding or scheduling errors and will be a critical part of creating an Empire-wide transport and logistics system for the Pilgrims and our people, goods, and services.
    (Without special projects, we can now modify Nine Medium or Two Large Airships for exploration or trading.)

    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 (Improved 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, Artillery 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: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    High-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    Middle-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)
    Lower-Class Prosperity: Moderately Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)

    Mood: Satisfied (Rising)

    Permanent Inhabitants: ~7.300
    -Tendency: Sharply Rising.

    Security: Yes.
    -Daughter of Dawn (Airship)
    -Forge-Clan Elders (12)
    -Forge-Clan Security Forces
    -Royal Regiment 'Rabbitaurs'
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Mercenary Company)
    -House Dall Retinue

    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 Power-Armor (Primitive): Power Armor: +60 Armor, +1d4 in Meele, -45 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.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before survival roll to heal wounds.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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 - 18-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. She is having her "rebel" phase. You do not know if her asking you for advice on how to rebel better is a sign of being a good parent or utterly failing at ensuring she can rebel on her own. The moment she turned 18, Markus Ulatarn proposed to her, the two finally pushing their "secret" relationship into the open...though in a way that left the impression it was with the modifier "kicking and screaming" for her, seeing how adorably embarrased she was by the whole thing. You are happy for her and her future.

    Son-In-Law: Lord Markus Ulatarn - 19-Year-Old
    A child of nobility, he was given to be raised and educated while laying the foundation of a relationship between the 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. He likes Crinkle. He recently took up painting after watching the various artists in Norqod decorate and carve into the rock. He has made two paintings of Silvia Jr., one specially created to allow her to touch, and thus see, what he has painted. You are watching him. Screw that joke over watching him; that boy just proposed to your daughter! He is now officially (almost) family, so he'd better start running because you are about to drag him into the whole marriage thing from the deep end if he does not.
    (You have a Son-In-Law!)

    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.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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 (25/25):
    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.
    (+60 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. Little Lillia is a curious child, full of rambunctious energy, endless creativity, and a penchant for getting into trouble the second you put her out of direct line of sight.

    Object of Veneration - Indistinct- Guardian - (112/250)
    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.
    (+20 to all Diplomacy/Norqod Actions, Become More.)
    Turi
    Turi, Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing
    Health:     1/1
    Armor: 25/25 Armor
    Training: Green (1/6) (-25 to Initiative)
    Breakpoint: 6/7

    Equipment:
    -Dagger: 1 Damage per size (1 total)
    -Fly In Amber

    Fly In Amber
    Despite the name, this is neither a fly trapped in amber nor a painting depicting such, but a set of armor that resembles amber yet is tougher than anything we could produce on our own. The set, when worn, lights up with circuits of unknown purpose, but those who wear the armor feel a sense of confidence and clarity of thought.
    Light Armor - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Electronics - (25/25 Armor for a Hero, +4 Armor Self-Repair per Combat Turn.)

    Traits:
    Experimental Oddity Passion (4/7):
    Ever since Turi was able to research the world and tinker, she has harbored an intense interest in things that most people dismiss or consider Blue Skies projects. With the time she has spent working on such things, her desire to deal with the impossible and deliver impossible results has only heightened with success after success.
    (+2d4 Successes per assignment to a Breakthrough Technology. Can be upgraded.)

    Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing:
    "Science is not the effort of a single person; it is the accumulated passion and experience of thousands coming together into a single project for a single purpose, again and again. I am but one more chain in the link from the dawn of time, and I shall ensure it endures until the end of mine at the worst."
    (+50 to assigned Research Actions.)

    Zest For Life:
    "Why should I welcome death and drudgery when there is so much left to do, so much left to experience?"
    (Turi can be assigned to a Single Project twice per Turn but will require a Turn of downtime afterward.)

    Mother Of Electronic Life:
    "Who's a good murder machine? Who's a good murder machine? You are! Yes, You Are! Now. Unscrew their kneecaps."
    (Machines under Turi's command act in her stead, gaining 50% rounded-up Damage.)
    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths to bring safety to those who need it most, constructing buildings designs to hold children within themselves for more than merely growing up, but to also enable them to learn, to play, to be taught all the things a functional person ought to know and feel in daily life and the Paths they choose to walk. They work with the Followers of the Light, those who well know of the inherent Divine Spirit of Slatnan that dwells within the Imperial Family and acts through the Emperor or Empress to change and interact with the world. These Followers know well that one cannot become a righteous citizen, a good person, without teachings of morals, without examples to show what to strive toward, without dwelling inside a building that was consecrated against the evils of the Wastes and the Dark.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths into the future, bringing more and more people from the clutches of pimps and gangs who exploit their bodies for coin into halls where they can decide for themselves to whom they sell, what acts they sell, how long they sell, and for how much they sell. They add theaters and halls of gambling to the structures, a library of the more sordid sort for connoisseurs of the unhurried art of pleasures found between pages and the imagination of the mind. The Pilgrims added better armor and arms to their people guarding these structures alongside more recruits who ensured the contracts made by the workers within struck with their clients were upheld, and none could come inside without adhering to the rules or with ill intent.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths to increase the number of people who can sail the skies, ply the routes of air and wind that now bind their homes together, and spill into other Regions with every season that passes and every ship that is constructed. They know very well that the vessels they will build by order of House Dall will not be constrained to Tessen or to the sizes they now build them to but expand ever onward in scopes beyond their knowing.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths to also bring more into the business to maintain and repair the very same vessels that are built in Norqod, teaching skills valuable in tuition and application alike to those who have the references to be admitted beyond the courses for the lower level engineers.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths to understand their oldest and most powerful warrior in mind and body alike, bringing health to worn components and a change in her very blue lifeblood of machinery and materials even now barely understood and amateurishly applied.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Pilgrims continue on their Paths to understand the world. Ancient and deadly machines are activated and have their programming joined, minds of complex calculations and inert souls melded into one mass of bytes and zeros, tasked with the construction and excavation of more space, more workplaces, more machines that shall show the way onward and beyond. The very same work like possessed devils, spirits of construction and destruction, clawing through rock and soil, applying materials supplied where able and ripping apart themselves and each other where unable to find the components, turning the cliffs where the Pilgrims have grown their Tree from its states of bridges and caverns, halls and hallways, brandished defenses and deeply biting vaults, into a world of twisting turning corridors and humming generators powering machines upon rooms of dazzling size and use.

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    The Bones of Roots are excavated, breaching from above the world where the sun yet reaches into beneath the world where artificial light is all that lingers, an archive of broken records and murdered histories splayed bare with ribcage opened and offal plundered, laying bare nothing and everything murdered by the ending of the civilization that constructed its halls. Pilgrims wander these halls cautiously, yet with gleaming eyes of wonder and avarice, for they can see beneath the rust and dust and grime...and comprehend the endless depths of things to be found here, from the highest levels they have breached to the lowest plunging holes that dot the interior with staircases winding down and down and down, offering a thousand unknowns with storage of books and cages and machinery and crates and more and more and more...

    This is not important. There is a corpse to bring home.

    Available Bonuses:
    185 Distributable Points from Omakes.
    1 Free Turn Progress for Buildings for 10 Intact Robotic Artifacts. Indicate by adding [Helpers] to the Action. No limit.
    You have 1 Piety Action​
    Faith: Destructive, Powerful, Magnificent. Faith has moved mountains, healed wounds deeper than flesh, and reduced nations to ash. Harness it to create something that will outlast you and inspire a thousand generations. (Choose 2 Actions)
    [ ] Communal Outreach - (Repeatable)
    A hand given to the downtrodden, shattered, destitute, and outcast is not always accepted. Sometimes, the people who need help the most slap it away in rage at the sight of their "betters deigning to elevate the dirt beneath them," as some have said so eloquently.
    (Cost: 2 Goodwill
    Chance: 60%
    Reward: +10% Piety)
    -[] 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: 10 Goodwill
    Reward: +15% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.25 Goodwill)
    [ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
    One voice cannot be heard if it is unwilling to speak to another face-to-face. A hundred voices are more silent than whispers if they refrain from touching the hearts of those they seek to aid. Our preachers must do more than merely offer words; they must lend ears, hands, and minds alike.
    (Turns: 1
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 2
    Chance: 30%
    Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 80%
    Reward: +8% Piety, +4d8 Followers)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.80 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.
    (Chance: 55%
    Reward: +20% Piety, +5d6 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 5.00 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)
    [ ] Enlarge Outlying Town Soup-Kitchens
    A place where one can get a warm meal once per day, usually stews, but also bread, a rare slice of cheese or meat, and a dash of honey and salt is not much by the standards of many. By the standards of those who rarely have a full belly once a week, such is a heavensend worth treasuring.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: -3 to Piety rolls, 5d100 Recruits, +0.50 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further progress.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Our Hospices
    With the basics of healthcare and the assurance of dignified deaths for those who cannot afford either granted by our hands, it is only right that our hands now prepare to set these places of last resort into houses of healing where all can be given the medical attention oft denied by lacking coins glint. Let the sick, the virulent, the broken, the outcast, and the dying know that we will heal them, for this is the Path of our healers.
    (Cost: 35 Goodwill
    Regions: Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul, Outlying Territories.
    Turns: 10
    Reward: Turns a Hospice into a Clinic, -8 to Piety rolls.)

    [ ] 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: 1/3/5
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.9 Goodwill, -3/6/10 to Piety Rolls.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)

    [ ] Improve An Orphanage - (Location)
    Much time has passed since we laid the first stone and struck the first wall of rock within a city to carve out and build a shelter for all those souls who have lost nearly or entirely all that they once had, from mere material possessions to the much more important family ties and blood. Yet, though these halls, which were once cold waiting stones, now ring with the laughter and screams of children given a future, and those orphans without anything can quickly find a place here to grow into their personage, the Path is still a long one for these structures. We gave these children a home and a chance at a future. Now, it is time for us to turn that chance into a certainty.
    (Reward: -2 to Piety rolls, +1 Follower per Turn.)

    [ ] Build A Humane 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, and hopefully, recovered patients will 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: 5 Goodwill
    Reward: Humane Asylum, -4 to Piety rolls, +0.20 Goodwill per Turn.)
    -[ ] Expand One Instead - (Location)
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 9.00 Goodwill
    Reward: Expanded Humane Asylum, +0.30 Goodwill per Turn.)

    [ ] Theater For The Masses
    With the Consensuals filling up with those seeking to offer services of pleasure and artistry alike, we can spread our influence from these halls of leisure to the streets in theater and masquerade. There is always a demand for distractions, and the ones who hold a troupe's purse are the ones who dictate what plays are performed.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: +6 Recruits per Turn.)

    [ ] 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: 2
    Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -5 to Piety rolls.)
    [ ] 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 rugged high-grade prosthetics, more than merely producing and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So, create a few thousand in bulk and ship them to where they are needed, where local Pilgrims may gift them as required.
    (Chance: 99/50/25%
    Reward: Gain 4/7/15d5 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, Piety, and ???)

    [ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
    (What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)

    Endless Skies: For though we all wander on Paths eternal and ever twisting, whose ends most shall never choose for themselves, we know that there are Paths to walk beyond the realm of earth and stone. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
    [X] The Flagship - (5/15 Turns Complete)
    House Tessen wishes for a Flagship, and you have created one acceptable to the House and the Region. Now it is time to build this edifice to your commitment to the Region's security and grandeur.
    (Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Turns: 15
    Reward: House Tessen likes you more, and Tessen gets a Flagship, ???.)
    [ ] Aerodynamics 103 - (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: 80/40/-20% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
    Reward: Improve current propulsion methods, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Aerodynamics 202 - (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: 10/-20/-80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
    Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Suspendium Shaping Theory - (Pioneer Suspendium)
    Thanks to our increased understanding of Suspendium, several important discoveries have been made, with the most important one being that Suspendium, if rightly treated, can be used as more than shards of a crystal but also as a pigment for tattoos. The implications of that discovery have haunted the Experimental Wing since, with dozens of theories and projections thrown around that point to the possibility that, if correctly treated, one could reshape the structure of Suspendium into liquid and non-natural shapes. The ability to interlace a lattice of Suspendium into a suit of armor or crate instead of painstakingly working it into the same would be nothing short of revolutionary, and that are merely the most obvious applications!
    (Chance: 40/-80/-160% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 204
    Reward: Unknown, Follow-Up Projects.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 20 Successes!)

    [ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 5a - (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: -360/-760/-1460 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 85
    Reward: One more step forward. One step closer to understanding Suspendium. +50% Lift for all Lift Modules.)

    [ ] Propulse Me Outta Here - (Pioneer Machinery)
    Propellers are fast, but the ones we have created can still be improved.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Advanced Propellers.)

    [ ] Electric Pulley And Crane Storage Systems - (Advanced Machinery/Electronics/Mechanics)
    A storage bay designed with pulleys and cranes utilizing electricity to move cargo and stack it more efficiently.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 4
    Reward: EPC Storage Bays (Small, Medium, Large).)

    [ ] Savoring Sunlight - (Common Physics/Electronics)
    An idea was recently floated to the Research Halls by Pilgrim Oraion to investigate the use cases of covering an airship with solar panels to reduce its Power requirements by continually producing power for low weight and Structure costs. Certainly worth investigating.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
    Reward: Unlock Solar Paneling for Airships.)

    [ ] 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: ? 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.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Component - [Module]
    There is always room for improvement.
    (Chance: 20/-40/-150 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: The requested module has one chosen section slightly improved.)

    [ ] Army Troop Modules - (Common Hydraulics)
    The Army wants airships capable of transporting large quantities of troops. This presents a minor logistical problem, as we need to cram in as many people as possible without turning the ship into a plague cauldron.
    (Chance: 99/99/80 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 9
    Reward: Small/Medium/Large/Massive Troop Modules, Barebones/Ascetic/Lowest-Bidder/Sufficient Officer Cabin.)

    [ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
    Once we 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): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
    Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
    Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
    Notice: +1/2/3 Structure Bonus per Module for Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.
    Warning: Airships incur Suspendium costs in their production.
    Commoners: Personal Use.
    Nobles: Scouts, Pleasure Yachts.
    Merchants Guild: Cargo, Personal Use, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    Adventurers Guild: Lightly-Medium Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Forge-Clan: All Types except Armed Airships.
    Military: All Types.
    Settlements: Lightly-Heavily Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Misc. Guilds: Light Transports, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    [ ] The Arsenal of Crews
    While the creation of the Training Halls has allowed us to instill comprehensive skills into the crews that will ply the skies, we should endeavor to always have enough training room to build a strategic reserve for air personnel at all times.
    (Turns: 15
    Upkeep: 4 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: School of Crews - Large, -3 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] The Workshops of the Skyneers
    Keeping an airship running is not as easy when you are in the skies, especially if you do not have access to the parts you need to fix something critical immediately. Patchjobs are typical for long-standing airships when suffering a malfunction too many, and finding ways to flick what is broken with the tools one has is far more important than knowing how to repair things with materials you cannot reach. Now, if only we could stop the students from calling themselves 'Skyneers' while we are at it...
    (Turns: 12
    Cost: 2 Big Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Workshops of Skyneers, -8 to Piety Rolls, Increased Airship Production.)

    [ ] Recover Airships - Intact - (Type / Numbers)
    It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, we 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 Cutters (Unarmed 20 ton) (68 Remain): 5 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Line Vessel (Armed 200 ton) (24 Remain): 1 Medium Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Cargo Craft (Unarmed 1000 ton) (9 Remain): 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Warships (Armed 500 ton) (4 Remain): 1 Big Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Chance: 80%
    Reward: Intact Airships Recovered
    Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
    -[ ] Establish Supply Routes
    (Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
    -[ ] Establish Trade Routes
    (Reward: Increase Region prosperity.)
    -[ ] Guard The Skies
    (Cost: Line Vessel
    Reward: Aerial Security.)

    [ ] 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, we must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then we 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)
    [ ] A Draft Of Mercy
    Military and commercial applications of airships have taken a dangerous precedent and priority for us, something that we cannot tolerate any longer. With airships, we can help so many more at so much less hassle and cost, aiding, in turn, more and more people in need. Flying with doctors and medicine to the places that need them instead of forcing them to arrive at one of our locations they may never be able to reach alive is but the most apparent use of something our scholars are rapidly calling "Temple Ships."
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 5 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Unlock Aid and Faith Modules for your Airships.)

    [ ] Halls of Free Minds
    Arguing about the Paths and the Pilgrimage is good, yet there are places where one needs to set aside faith and replace it with uncertain certainty. Faith can guide us through the immaterial when there are no answers to be wrought, but Philosophy can guide us through the material when questions are all that are created by the answers we find.
    (Turns: 4
    Cost: 2 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Halls of Free Minds, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Gardens of Levitation
    A person's inner mind is as much a Path to travel as the physical Journey we all undertake. In a garden, one can ground themselves in nature and the works wrought by hand and guided minds, reflecting on what can be created if a desire exists and the shapes that our universe takes within these forms. By embracing weightlessness and detachment from gravity, one can enter a trance beneficial to beginning a Journey of the Inner Path.
    (Turns: 3
    Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Gardens of Levitation, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Coming Of Age Inscribed
    While using tattoos to display one's allegiance and faith has long since been a part of the Pilgrimage that has been implicitly approved, the years since the discovery of Suspendium have turned this practice into a far more ritualistic affair, now tinted in the possibilities and assured knowledge of Suspendiums non-toxic nature. Finely ground down, treated in gentle heat, and then processed into a form of pigment, Suspendium has begun to be used by many, especially those of us who come of age, to display our Paths and Journey proudly and unafraid. Offering public approval and enshrining this practice as part of the Pilgrimage will bring a sense of community to us all while empowering those who fight to leave a past behind they have conquered.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Upkeep: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
    Reward: Suspendium Ritual Tattoos - -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Radio Cafes
    A somewhat new and novel idea, using the recently created and proliferated radios of our Scholars in a public setting offering food, drink, and conversation, will offer a place to relax, converse with others, and inform oneself about the news and happenings of the Region.
    (Turns: 3
    Reward: Radio Cafes - Small, -1 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Floating Island?
    We know that it is possible to allow an island to fly, the Monastery, Fortress, and Laboratory sit on those, yet...to build it ourselves? Surely that is but madness born by a lust for grandeur?
    (Reward: Sub-Turns to decide on the Path of the Sky Island.)

    Diplomacy: The art of speaking many words that mean nothing should not be underestimated. At the wrong time, a report in the right ear has toppled many nations. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] The Great Trade Fleets - (Choose Region)
    With the proliferation of airships, the abundance of goods within Tessen, and the dearth of forces that could threaten either once within the air, convincing the Merchant Guild to construct and maintain an airship depot and trading station within another Region will not be as impossible as before, but will require us to grease hands and argue fervently for the profits that could be made. No merchant likes a risk they do not think will pay off, so we should make them believe it will.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Chance: 25% (+70 if you add a pre-Collapse cargo airship to the deal.)
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Closer connection and rapid exchange of people, goods, and information with a chosen Region.)

    [ ] 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: 20%/20% for Elites/Locals (rolled each turn.)
    Successes Needed: 4/4
    Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +40% Piety, 4d20 Recruits, +2d12 Goodwill)

    [ ] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Choose 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: 70%
    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: 70%
    Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)

    [ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
    (What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)

    Subversion: Sometimes, you must convince people they need help with means other than an open hand and a friendly face. A dagger to the back of those who chain them would be a good start. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] Home of 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: 5
    Reward: Home of Night allows you to train specialized Subversion Agents and unlocks Destabilization Actions.)

    [ ] A Path Of Shadows
    Training can only bring one so far, and tools will only pave over so many cracks and failures in learning and ability. It is time that those willing to hide in the shadows of the world for the benefit of the Pilgrims learn the difference between seeking to adapt to the blind seeking their traces and those seeing that perceive their wanderings.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill, Upkeep: 4 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Reduce the chance of your agents being caught and considerably 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: 4
    Reward: Improve all Assassination Actions, which allows you to send the same to other Chapters to help.)

    [ ] 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 roots and stems 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: 5
    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)

    [ ] 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: 1
    Chance: 99%
    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: 95%
    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: 2
    Chance: 60%
    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: 90%
    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 no longer be allowed to meddle in our Paths.
    (Chance: 90/50/20%
    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)
    [ ] 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)
    4 Unit Points - Artillery Specialization (Allows Crew Served Weapons to be used at Half the Size requirements)
    4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
    3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
    2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
    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.))
    2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
    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.)
    1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
    1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
    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 3 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.)
    [ ] Neuotinium Experiments - (Pioneer Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics)
    In our quest to improve our methods of creating Tiantemu, several exciting developments caused some of our metallurgists to start theorizing about possible methods to, if not create, then ape, a more primitive form of Neuotinium. Should we be successful, the creation of this ancient alloy mix would be a massive boon to both the Pilgrims and the Empire.
    (Chance: -04/-104/-169% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 89
    Reward: Primitive Neuotinium can now be created by the Empire.
    Breakthrough Research: +25% Success chance every 3 Turns!)

    [X] Condensed Steam - (Advanced Hydraulics/Mechanics/Metallurgy) - (3/6 Successes)
    We have steam, yes. But what about higher-pressure steam?
    (Chance: 99/99/90% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 6
    Reward: Increased Fuel Efficiency for all Steam Engines.)

    [ ] Miniaturized Electro-Steam - (Advanced Hydraulic/Mechanics/Metallurgy)
    Yes, we have an electric steam engine now. But can we make it smaller? And cheaper? And quicker to produce?
    (Chance: 99/50/-10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 16
    Reward: Miniaturized Alika-Engine, focused on using Power rather than Fuel.)

    [ ] Turn That Black Gold Green - (Pioneer Chemicals)
    One of the blueprints we found in the Necropolis appears to be a production for a type of liquid fuel similar to oil, but it is made from a kind of alcohol derived from plants. If we could replicate this consistently, it would represent a massive step for our motor industries as we could further power our Airships without straining the valuable resource further.
    (Requirements: Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints x1
    Breakthrough Research: +2d3 Successes per 5 Successes.
    Chance: -40/-50/-60% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 91
    Reward: Ability to make (Crude) Biofuel.)
    [ ] A Bright-Lance You Can Fire - (Pioneer Weaponry/Electronics/Physics)
    Over the years, we have gathered multiple examples of Bright-Lances, from components to damaged pieces and even an intact model or two. Now, our attention and interest have been leveled against these weapons to make them, or versions we can construct, available for our uses. The first step is making them usable in combat occurring far from a nearby generator or power-generating Artifact.
    (Cost: 20x Artifacts related to Energy.
    Chance: 80/40/-130% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 17
    Reward: Primitive Energy Weapon, follow-up Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +1 Success every Turn, increased by +1 Turn for every Turn this Action is researched.)

    [ ] Coilgun Lance Extender Extended Extendedly Extending - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    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: 99/99/25% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 27
    Reward: Improved Lance Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Scattershot Improved - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    Yet more damage can be done by annihilating all that stands before yourself, no matter their armor.
    (Chance: 99/70/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 49
    Reward: Improved Scattershot Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Repeater Repeated Repeatedly Rapidly Repeated - (Pioneer 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 23
    Reward: Improved Repeater Coilgun.)

    [ ] Gasses Soon Remembered - (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.
    (Chance: 90/85/80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
    Reward: Standard Gas Grenades)

    [ ] Upon The Pyre Of Ash - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
    With the first iteration of our very own Fire Grenade produced, dozen areas have already been noted down for further improvement, from production to reliability.
    (Chance: 99/80/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Standard Fire Grenade.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2a - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    The Pest-Removal Edition. There is, all too often, a need to exterminate a herd of insects before they reach one's fields, and this may be a cost-effective answer.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
    Reward: Pesticide Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3a.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2b - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    Weaponry Edition. More range, hotter flames, less fuel used, burning more.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: Standard Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3b)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Reward: Spiked Pavise.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Light - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor reduced to its most fundamental though: improving the wearer by utilizing non-invasive technologies.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 21
    Reward: Power Armor - Light.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Medium - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Further improvements in the creation of Power Armor in any field possible.
    (Chance: 99/80/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 26
    Reward: Power Armor - Medium, further Learning Action.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Heavy - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor which focuses on creating the most protected bulwark behind which allies can be shielded that our technologies allow.
    (Chance: 99/85/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 34
    Reward: Power Armor - Heavy, 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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/99/95% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/4
    Reward: Chosen Armor.)
    [ ] That's A Wrap Pt.3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Machinery/Programming)
    Improvements have been made. Now comes the time to capitalize on the lessons learned and work out the last kinks of the Auto-Bandage!
    (Cost: 50x Medical/Machinery Artifacts
    Chance: 99/-10/-145% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 24
    Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Standard))

    [ ] Combat Stimms Round 4 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
    This is the pinnacle of what our scholars and medical personnel feel comfortable with researching. Anything beyond this point is either too deadly, has too many side effects, or is too unethical to create.
    (Chance: -100/-150/-200% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 50
    Reward: Pioneer Combat Drugs.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 10 Successes!)

    [ ] Body Images, With Magnets! - (Pioneer Medicinal/Machinery/Physics)
    One of the blueprints we found in the Necropolis appears to be for a machine that uses magnetic waves to take images of the body's soft tissues, bones, and other hard tissue. This would greatly help our hospital, as many maladies like tumors are hard to detect until the problem becomes life-threatening.
    (Requirements: Lost-Tech Medical Blueprints x1
    Chance: 99/99/80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 20
    Reward: MR scanner - upgrade for the hospital. Improved performance.)
    N/A
    [ ] Growing Minds Part 2 (Pioneer Psychology)
    The minds of children are more robust and more fragile than we think they are. Children are intelligent, just not experienced, and with time, they will gain that experience to deal with situations that are required of them when they are adults. What, then, happens if a child is forced to grow up too early? Has such experiences without the tools and understanding to handle what they are going through?
    (Chance: -10/-110/-240% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 145
    Breakthrough Research: +30 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Rewards: Improvement for schools and orphanages.)

    [ ] Blue Sky Psychology - (Pioneer Psychology)
    With most of the problems you have been able to identify at least tangentially understood and categorized, there is nothing more to do than seek out other disorders and diseases of the mind, and means to cure them. However, such an endeaveor is a long-weary thing and offers little concrete results in the short term.
    (Chance: 00/-50/-90% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 120
    Breakthrough Research: +50 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, +1% Piety per Turn.)
    [ ] To Communicate With Living Code - (Unique Programming)
    One of our Data-Smiths-In-Training has found something...odd within our Code Base. They'd like some time and resources to take a closer look.
    (Chance: Unknown, Successes needed: Unknown
    Reward: Figure out how to communicate with the Machine Mind living within(?) our code base.
    Breakthrough Research?)

    [ ] Radio-Waves Isolated And Guarded - (Pioneer Electronics/Programming)
    With the newest electronics and programs for our Radar Towers ready to be implemented, it is time to fully isolate and guard our transmissions from foreign interferences and attempts to tamper with our transmitted words.
    (Chance: 99/80/-10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 250
    Reward: Unlock Advanced Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +10 Successes per 30 Successes!)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/10% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 35
    Reward: ???)

    [ ] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.5 - (Pioneer Electronics)
    There is always another step to be taken. Another path to be taken. This is no different. The road is long but worth it. At the end of this, one awaits the ability to produce the electronics of the ancients in artisanal batches rather than as mere toys to show that we can. One is something that will never be used, and the other is a strategic resource.
    (Chance: 99/40/-60% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 140
    Reward: Basically, auto-succeed low-level Electronics Research, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +20% to Success Chance every 10 Successes!)

    [ ] Automation Cost Reduction - (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. With our first foray done with, we now need to prove that we have managed to do what we set out to do.
    (Chance: -75/-95/-135% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 147
    Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Breakthrough Research: +20% to Success Chance every 6 Successes!
    Notice: -100 Successes needed if [Automated Factories - Test Cases] has been completed.)
    [ ] The Little Crystal That Could Pt.3 - (Pioneer Physics)
    Okay, they work by liquid Jewel propelling shaped crystals alongside a path set by a plasma matrix acting as their brain. This matrix is, apparently, a biological copy of an existing construct within the Machinery Cavern where we found the little things, formed by an artificial means we do not understand. What we do understand is that the Living Crystals are capable of reasoning, observation, and reacting to outside stimuli. They also despise the color yellow-sand.
    (Chance: 99/55/-05% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 210
    Reward: Unlock the next stage to study and examine the Living Crystals within the Machinery Caverns by figuring out how they can think. It will also massively improve your understanding of physics and plasma.)
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +5% to Physics Success Chances every 10 Successes!)
    [ ] 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: 99/70/50% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
    Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
    Human - Corpse Information
    Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
    Spider-Drone - Wreck
    Sentinel - Wreck
    Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck

    [ ] 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: 99/85/65% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2/4/12/???
    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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/95/90% 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 chances of success.)

    Archeology: The secrets of the past will illuminate the future; may we learn from their mistakes. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
    [ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (Turns) - (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 - (25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; there is no need for security or clearing places on your own.)
    -SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns
    -SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, Machines Present. Unknown Configuration/Make. Suspected Level: Uncommon.
    -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?
    -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. 4x Harversters, 7x Attendants, 2x Dignitaries, and 1x Overseer Drone Present.
    -TP-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No Danger
    -TP-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 4d8 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Machines Present.
    -TP-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common-Rare, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -TP-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. ~80 Troopers, ~20 Sharpshooters, Machine Dreadnought 'General Of The Forgotten Eon' present.
    -TL-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -TL-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
    -OH-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -OH-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 5d6 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SM-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -BF-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d3-4 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -BF-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 2d3-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -BG-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 8d12+4 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BG-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -SB-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d4+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SB-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 9d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -SB-06 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 4d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BT-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Unique, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-06 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-07 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-08 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-09 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-10 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 4d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-11 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-13 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-14 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-15 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-16 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -Bones of Root - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: Eternal.

    [X] Expedition - (BT-10) - (1 Turn Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)
    [X] Expedition - (BT-16) - (2 Turns Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)

    [ ] Loot The Bunker
    Let's go!
    +++FAILSAFE OVERRIDE ENGAGED+++
    +++OPENING SEQUENCE COMMENCING+++
    +++ESTIMATED TIME FOR COMPLETION: 4 MONTHS+++

    [ ] 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.

    [ ] Delve Deeper Into The Pit
    Down, down, down it goes, winding into an eternal spiral beneath the boundary where the sun's light reaches, and darkness begins to take over, reigning like a king of old who had no fear or threat. Deeper yet, you must delve into hidden things, where glimmering sights evoke pictures of treasures untouched by human hands in a thousand years within the minds of all who delve deeper yet, deep down, down, down...
    (Chance: -1.000%
    Reward: Plunge beyond The Pit's First Zone. No Harm Will Come To Those Who Seek Me Here.)

    [ ] Retrieve The Corpse Of the Roots
    What madness has made you take this path, children of a slain world? It may not matter. But you shall weep for it all the same.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: A Corpse.)

    [X] Scout the Mossy Depths - (2/4 Turns Complete)
    There is moss here, covering all things living and dead, an ever-present mossy carpet that covers all things that live here, dead things are subsumed by the moss and added to the mossy carpet that covers all things, even the living things are covered in moss which eats the dead things underneath its mossy carpet-like coverings that stretch over everything, even the dead-
    (Chance: -50%
    Turns: 4
    Reward: The Mossy Depths are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Shattered Seeds
    The Shattered Seeds were, likely, once intended to turn the surface of Calynth into a verdant and lush world once more, defeating the sands and dunes, savannahs, and mutated lands by the mastery over biology that their makers possessed. Now? Now, it stands as a testament to what nature can do when forced to adapt and forced to feed on each other. There is life here. None of it is friendly.
    (Chance: -10%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: The Shattered Seeds are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Waterfall Hallows
    Once a wonder of hydraulics and water management, the Waterfall Hallows are now baths and pools of steam and thickly covered surfaces with life lush and parasitic. Beneath, animals adapted to this land flourish; above, flying critters make their homes, and in the in-betweens, plants grow and drink, eager to store water that is released in bursts of heated steam to kill nibbling animals to add to roots and nourishment.
    (Chance: -50%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: The Waterfall Hallows are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Garden of Flowering Mimicry - (Write-In Unit)
    "Was that one of you?" "No." "Nope." Nu-uh." NaEvrrr."
    "...sHI-"
    -Common last words in the Garden.
    (Chance: -200%
    Turns: 9
    Reward: The Garden of Flowering Mimicry is scouted.
    Warning: If failed once, the scouting Unit is killed, and all progress is reset.)

    [ ] Scout the Ossified Depths - (Write-In Unit)
    Roots. Deep and Thick. Made of stone, made of bone, made of blood and flesh, turned twisting by force of concrete and steel, tombs of elder days when planets roared with life and terrors were but entertainment. Roots. Deep and Thick. Etched with warnings and runes. So that none may search. Useless now, for none remain who can read their meanings.
    (Turns: 4
    Reward: The Ossified Depths are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Germinating Basin - (Write-In Unit)
    There is naught but a glimpse of this place from the deepest your Scouts dared to go. But it is enough to tell of the birthplace of life that this place is. What horrors await? What wonders sleep? What greed shall be our downfall once more?
    (Chance: ???
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Germinating Basin is scouted. You have reached the lowest point of the Verdant Oasis. Not even rumors remain beyond.)

    [ ] Search For Shelter Lost
    The Stranger said things, gave assurances and evidence, and was taken away to prevent what he 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 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 Hall of Echoes - (Unit)
    Are we not all echoes of one another?
    (Chance: 71%
    Turns: 4
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is an 80% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Minds - (Unit)
    What could be here beyond what should have never been thought up? We should return and forget about this place.
    (Chance: 14%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 90% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Sorrow - (Unit)
    There is nothing here but the taste of bitter tears and forgotten tragedies.
    (Chance: -100%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped. You can delve deeper into the Tenebris Library.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 100% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Spine - (Airship Fleet)
    With the recent upgrade to the Berth in the Tree of Knowledge, you have finally gained the ability to outfit a fleet of Airships with enough weapons, supplies, and tools to reach the Spine, that titanic tower sitting within the Rusting Forest, whose skeletal spire has been out of reach of humanity for a thousand years. What miracles will you find? What horrors do you need to slay to attain them? And what answers and questions shall be found here?
    (Chance: ???%
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Spire can be accessed.)

    [ ] 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. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] Berth - Gigantic
    Berth? Berth?! This is a full-on Fleet Anchorage! What do you mean by "BERTH"?!
    (Turns: 8
    Reward: Up to Fifteen Large Airships for exploration or trading. Can be upgraded into Fleet Anchorage - Small.)

    [ ] Laboratory Complex - Framework
    Dig deeper, build farther, construct more elaborate machines, and turn unliving rock into marvels of science. We are born knowing nothing and shall not die knowing nothing; that is our oath.
    (Cost: 50 General Scientists, 50 Common Engineers, 10 Specialists of Choice
    Turns: 25
    Reward: Reduces Successes required to complete Reserach.)

    [ ] Mass Spectrometer
    A building dedicated to the precise portions of science and material understanding, furthering the depths of our knowledge, even if at the cost of trained experts to operate and work the machine.
    (Cost: 15 General Scientists or 3 Trained General Scientists.
    Turns: 7
    Reward: DC reduction for Physics/Chemicals/Machinery.)

    [ ] 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: 3
    Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)

    [ ] Library - (Large)
    A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit twelve additional floors of equal area, with more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. We 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. With this expansion, several new sections focusing on recreation, higher learning, and a more...secluded section for adult-oriented entertainment (we certainly have no shortage of books here) will be added alongside conservationist sections underneath the current floors to increase the number of ancient texts we can study and learn from.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Provides 6 (six) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 20% Boost to their bonus.)

    [ ] Alika-Engine Workshop
    With the Alika Engine created and ready for utilization within the Tree of Knowledge and Norqod, we should construct a workshop capable of producing this newest step of industrial advancement for our benefit.
    (Reward: Prosperity and increased Technological Proliferation.)

    [ ] Artisinal Optical Fiber Production
    Optical Fibers are the latest, and likely for many decades to come last, step in our attempts to re-create the works of the Ancients, while also learning from their follies. Unfortunately, these marvels of communication speed require such specialized tools, knowledge, skills, and dedicated attention that producing them will take teams of specialized engineers and scientists to produce and oversee so that no flaws lead to catastrophic consequences.
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 20 General Engineers and 4 Trained Scientists [or] 10 Trained Engineers and 2 Trained Scientists [or] 2 Forge-Smiths.
    Reward: Electronics Manufacturer gains +100 to all Electronics/Programming Research.)

    [ ] Automated Factories - Test Cases
    We learned much and will likely learn more as we set out to prove that we have managed to find the correct balance of automation, cost, materials, and policy.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Prove that you have managed to crack the correct implementations of Automation in a wide area of industries.)

    [ ] 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: Conventional Armor Filled, 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: 2
    Reward: -4 to Piety rolls, +4d10% 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 1 Action, 2 Actions Locked)
    The Actions listed below improve the outcome of the festivities when completed in 3 Turns time.
    (Suitable accommodations for your guests are being built independently. Feel free to chime in if you wish to add more projects to improve the ceremony.)

    -Training Fields - Large
    Improves security and allows for more martial shows of prowess.

    -Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    Knights in the colors of House Dall hoisting the banners of both their liege lady and that of House Ulatarn to whom her scion will be wed make for impressive sights and proud hearts.

    -Small Fine Cloth Manufactury
    Suitable clothing, banners, and cloth for all manner of purposes could be produced on-site rather than transported at significant costs.

    -Bee Fields - Constructed!
    Honey is a delicacy, especially when used to produce sweets, and candles make for suitable light sources when paired with various chemicals to paint their flames in many colors.

    -The Evergreen Gardens - Large
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. The message is evident when they are open to the common masses...unless one's personal gardens are lacking.

    -House Dall Palace Gardens - Constructed!
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. One should always have them prepared for guests.

    -House Dall Options
    They all bring many benefits, some more convoluted than others, but all vital.
    [ ] Caravansery Halls - Medium
    A place where caravans can store their goods for a fee while they sell and barter for those they brought and those they wish to take back home. Comes with places to rest, sleep, and prepare for the roads ahead with local guides and adventurers already organized and grouped into convenient routes by helpful road brokers selling the skills of the willing to the caravan heads instead of making the latter sift through the riff-raff. The Guard presence is notable and on duty at all times, with local Guard stations offering places to sleep, relax, and eat hot meals for the weary protectors of the peace.
    (Turns: 9
    Reward: Caravansery Halls - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Frequent Trade Route - (Choose City)
    Trade is the lifeblood of all nations.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: More frequent trade between Norqod and the chosen city.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Merchant Quarter - Small
    A place where merchants can purchase and rent homes, stores, warehouses, and protection for lengths of time as they see fit, improved by a nearby Adventurers Guild Outpost popping up from... somewhere, somehow (seriously, how did that get there?) to facilitate trade and long-term prospects of both them and Norqod businesses.
    (Turns: 18
    Reward: Merchant Quarter - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Bank - Small
    Where money is safely stored, expertly multiplied, faithfully exchanged, and truthfully tested. Trust none of those words.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: Bank - Tiny)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Insurance Office - Small
    "Just sign the dotted line and pay the seasonal fees, and if something happens to your freight, we will reimburse you for your losses according to our contract, my good friend."
    (Turn: 3
    Reward: Insurance Office - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    [ ] Training Fields - Large
    Specialized smiths and armorers, better equipment, more training, more screaming, and more training.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: House Dall gains a Large House Retinue.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Watchtower Network - Barely Adequate
    To watch for trouble is to be prepared when it arrives. To be prepared is to survive, simple as that.
    (Turns: 15
    Reward: Norqod's outskirts are better patrolled and watched.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Bastion - Tiny
    Let nothing pass, for here are all the people sheltered we have been charged to protect.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Norqod Civilian Population can bunker down for a week under siege without suffering catastrophic casualties.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    This is where it begins...
    (Turns: 12
    Reward: The beginning of a Knight Retinue for 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)
    [ ] Medium 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: 12 General Doctors/Upkeep: 6 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)
    [ ] Wax Shaper Test Building
    Though you have managed to, somehow, create a way to compute and design shapes that can be "printed" upon the physical world thanks to the Metal Printer Artifact you uncovered, the mere complexity of the printing process requires a monumental amount of processing power. Creating such machines and the needed power generation is not cheap. However, the payoff would be immense if we could generate metal constructs wholesale without requiring extensive industrial machines operated by people. Yet, we should start with a wax-based prototype first, just to be sure.
    (Cost: 105 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Wax Shapers. Unlocks Prototype Metal Shapers.
    -[ ] 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 - (Vuur-Engine or Alika-Engine)
    With the miniaturization of the current version of the Vuur-Engine accomplished, alongside the newest Alika-Engine that will reduce the need for fuel (though it requires the construction of power-producing facilities or the trade of Juwel batteries filled to the brim), 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 our engines, 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))

    [ ] Hydroponics - Small
    A series of halls dedicated to growing various crops commonly used to add spice and flavor to Sandwheat, with some other assorted plants added at the discretion of this facility's owners for personal or commercial gain.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Turns: 8
    Reward: Hydroponics - Small.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large
    A large workshop where well-oiled teams of laborers mix and match various chemical compounds and herbs to treat common and uncommon ailments of farm and labor animals within the Region, their works subsidized by House Dall to increase the spread of the medicines.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large.)
    -[ ] 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))

    [ ] Large Toy Manufactury
    Whether large or small, every child loves to play with all 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: 16
    Reward: Large Toy Manufactury, Increases Norqod Mood.
    -[ ] 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 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: 18
    Reward: Large 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))

    [ ] Large 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: 13
    Reward: Large Chemical Goods Manufactury, Low-Class loses Prosperity, High-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))

    [ ] Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury
    The tests have proven the viability of these mixes. Now, it falls upon us to produce and ship them far and wide as others make use of the formulas elsewhere for the good of all.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury, 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))

    [ ] Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large
    Though not as efficient as purely chemically based alternatives, these chemicals harvested from local bug-eating animals to mark territories and improved upon by immigrating chemists will, in time, be a far more cost-efficient way to ensure healthy harvests.
    (Turns: 20
    Reward: Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large, Low-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 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))

    [ ] 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))
    [X] Tiny Scientific Complex - (4/29 Turns Complete)
    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)
    [X] The Evergreen Gardens - Large - (5/9 Turns Complete)
    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. That they are also open to the public will aid in finding places here to relax from their work without finding it in bottles or violence.
    (Turns: 9
    Reward: A large 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)

    [ ] 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 Oasis
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. With gardens established, improving upon their splendor and luxuries showed off to the common people and nobility alike will bring envious eyes and upper hands in the secret language of plants conveying moods to one's opponents in the oasis at once.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: An Oasis 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Renovations
    Though the palace of House Dall is adequately furnished for a recently founded family, it is not befitting one that has amassed such wealth and influence through religious and social connections. As such, the entire palace will be renovated to reflect the standing and wealth of House Dall.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: A beautiful home 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Artistry - (Choose Artist)
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. Becoming the patron of an artist, be they of brush or cloth, will raise the standing of House Dall in the eyes of the nobility that will soon flood into Norqod.
    (Turns: 4
    Reward: A beautiful home 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Luxuries
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And what can be more prestigious than luxuries, lavish and hedonistic?
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Lavish luxuries, from food to leisure, will be available for House Dall.)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Security
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And sometimes, that prestige is one of gleaming armor and sharp weaponry. There are guards, yes, but they could be expanded in quality and quantity.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Better equipped and numerous Guards will bring more prestige to House Dall.)

    [ ] House Dall Bodyguards
    Though House Dall has people who are always close by to the Lady, Lord, and Scion of the House, having people who are dedicated to the task instead of changed on a schedule will send a message...and calm minds that may run hot.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: More security for members of House Dall.)

    [ ] 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 - (1/7 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)
    -[ ] In The Name Of Co-Operation! - (Choose 2 Learning Actions)
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Reward: +4 Progress for chosen Learning Action
    Notice: This Action cannot be used for Learning Projects being researched with Actions.)
    -[ ] 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
    --[X] (12x Trained Scientists) - (4/10 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Coders) - (8/15 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Smiths) - (8/15 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
    --[ ] Zokian-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 35 Goodwill, Armor: 250/250, Structure: 80/80)
    --[ ] Shyara-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 70 Goodwill, Armor: 450/450, Structure: 50/50)
    --[ ] Golgota-Pattern
    (Turns: 5, Cost: 120 Goodwill, Armor: 800/800, Structure: 75/75)
    --[ ] 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.)

    [] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action)
    -[ ] 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, Turi: 1 Action Locked To Relax)
    [ ] 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: 5/12/20 Goodwill
    Reward: +2/4/6% Piety every 8/6/4 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 19.02.25 at 17:00 CET.
    Voting will be closed on 23.02.25 at 17:00 CET.
    Omake Points can be applied until 20:00 CET.
    I will roll on 24.02.25 at 17:00 CET if no one has rolled yet.
    The update will be online on 02.03.25 at 17:00 CET.
     
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    Scandal In The Imperial Court - The Tessen Speaker
    The rivalry between Lady Grinn of House Nine and Lady Red of House Kleid is as legendary as it is bitter, both old enemies since childhood holding onto grudges far longer and far more viciously than any others would think them capable of. And it seems that even common sense and self-preservation have taken a step back in their latest bout against each other, as each arrived at the Imperial Court to petition Emperor Elianus of Slatnan for their own reasons, yet could not refrain from challenging each other to a duel on their first day, one that ended inconclusive and in a draw, as both drew blood with the same strike. This seemed to only incense both, as during an open audience where the Emperor heard petitioners from the common folk, both Ladies escalated their veiled insults to open threats until neither could refrain from drawing steel against the other, clashing their swords once before both were buried in a veritable pile of Royal Regimentals. An egregious breach of etiquette alone, that such happened not merely at Court but in the presence of the Emperor, is expected to lead to severe repercussions.
    (Read more on pages 1-12)

    Theological Literature - The Truthful Observers
    With ever more people being drawn to Tessen due to its rising wealth and the construction of yet more airships with every passing month, the spread of literature, contained by the need to balance the weight of books, novels, novellas, and flyers with the projected income and need to store them, has increased to such a degree that Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla has decreed that a printing house is to be built to combat the rising lack of holy texts and literature in the Region, alongside the printing of educational texts to help parents raise children with not only an eye toward their material but also spiritual growth.
    (Read more on pages 1-2)

    A Famous Name For Infamous Cause - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
    Ker-Almur is as famous in some circles as he is infamous in others and far more ignored in many more. A man who made his fortune by selling and creating medical procedures, healing salves, medical equipment, and everything related to the health of body and soul, he turned from increasing his fortunes to aiding the fortunes of those he saw as the least: the Mutated. A firm believer in the theory that mutations have no impact on the mind and soul, he has tried to aid and uplift the Mutated pushed to the wayside and borders of society however he can, fighting the injustices and persecutions of the Mutated for decades. Now, he has turned his eyes toward our homes and has already arrived in Tessen to use an audience with Lady Tessen herself to further the cause he champions.
    (Read more on page 23)

    Lord And Lady And Lord And Lady Steal Away! - The Norqod Vegetable
    Scandalous news has reached our ears! It seems that the boundless jealousy and snubbed advances of Lord Crinkle of House Cat and the machiavellian machinations of shadowy Lady Silvia know no end, for both have conspired to carry fair Lady Silvia Jr. and kind Lord Markus far from the site of their marriage, with only Slatnan knows what wicked deeds are being done unto the two fated lovers by the snubbed Lord and scheming Lady as they are now imprisoned in the Town of a Thousand Bridges to "Recuperate," as insider sources said to us! We can only hope that the honor of neither will be besmirched beyond repair!
    (Read more on page 1)

    ***

    Region Reports

    Bone Valley​

    Work continues as we expect it to, with little deviation from our timetables. Local news has been slow, and the most notable was a minor accident in a mine that didn't result in any injuries or deaths.

    Signed; Omar of Iron.

    Sunken Hollows​

    Hello, this is Akane.

    There is little interesting to report beyond a few happy pregnancies.

    With a continuing goodbye,
    Akane.

    Broken Crossroads​

    We continue on the Path.

    Barric.

    Broken Titan​

    Three dozen men and women lie dead in the streets, their blood staining the ground as much as their corpses have drawn the flies and rats.

    All of them tried to harm us and ours. They failed.

    Our work continues, and we shall not be waylaid.

    ***

    Spy-Network:​

    The Marquess of Tessen is focused on her Flagship.

    House Ulatarn is preparing for the marriage.

    House Mirn is entertaining itself.

    The Military continues drilling new recruits to its exacting standards.

    The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics is focused on their contests.

    The Followers of Light are helping build your school and expand its educational outreach. They are building a large printing house to spread their reach and theology.

    The Merchant Guild is finalizing an internal investigation regarding unsanctioned insider-trading.

    The Union of Herbalists has begun with human trials of a new organ-transplant surgery.

    The Adventurer Guild is beating back insect infestations. Their BlackBoards have been plastered with contracts to kill Ker-Almur, a famous philanthropist and Mutated-Rights advocate traveling to Tessen.

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science are busy finalizing the last components of a Suspendium Artillery Rifle for the Military.

    Dirty Daggers are doing business as usual. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.

    The Common People see a rise in their fortunes as the uptick in aerial commerce spurns on the economy and their available money. Births are expected to rise in the next year due to a momentary rise in the price of contraceptives.

    The Mutated are seeing a slight rise in their fortunes as more coins flow around and some end up their way.
     
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    • 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 leaves can re-enter at any time if 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 humans are 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, the size of which depends 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.)

    Third Tenet: The Path of Endless Skies
    Suspendium is nothing less than a miracle, given its physical form. Its applications are near endless, with no bounds for its current uses found even within the imagination of our most experimental scholars. Floating platforms that will make vertical and horizontal traversal of cities as easy as putting in your destination, never having to bother with congested streets or stairs ever again. Cranes that can lift themselves and hundreds of tons with utter ease and construction speeding up by a thousand workers floating everywhere they are needed. Medical beds that will never put pressure on the wounded, tools and aids that will manipulate the internal body of a patient without cutting them apart to mend what is broken or misaligned. Caravans speeding atop and over the roads and dunes between cities and towns, either by attaching work-lizards or scout-lizards to platforms holding dozens of tons that weigh nothing or hundreds of tons that weigh the same as what they are accustomed to carrying already. Knights bedecked in armors treated with suspendium alloys, their steps light as a feather or as heavy as a thousand tons. Airships of war and commerce flying without any restriction, the reach of the Empire increasing a thousand-fold with coilguns thundering as suspendium-weaponry beats its endless march to the thrum of its levitating brethren. Implants unto the body to turn the tattoos of the Pilgrims into natural lifts, scavengers and scouts able to maneuver in three dimensions as our armed siblings carry weaponry deadly enough to burn entire swarms to the ground, arcane calculations depicted within reality upon the veins of gravity itself...
    The sky is no longer the limit. It is the depths from which we shall rise.
    (Splits all Airship/Suspendium Actions into a new Category. Unlocks new Actions to take full advantage of the mind-bogglingly titanic mass of application-areas of Suspendium. Unlocks the ability to construct [Sky Islands].
    Piety loss now 1 per 25 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: 7.556
    High-Adjudicator: Lord Martyris Dall (Founder)
    Members: 5.170
    -Faithful: 23/189
    --4/4 Captains - +10 to Initiative, +3 to Damage, +10 to Morale Rolls (per).
    --0/32 General Scientists - +12 (per) to assigned research
    --6/10 Trained General Scientists - +18 (per) to assigned research
    --1/13 General Doctors - +6 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --2/3 Trained Surgeons - +12 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --0/24 General Engineers - +14 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Electronic research
    --10/12 Trained Engineers - +24 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Electronic research
    --2/2 Forge-Coders - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Programming/Electronics research
    --0/2 Forge-Smiths - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Weapons/Armor research

    -Followers: 4.981 (256 (10 Faithful) unoccupied)
    --Recruitment: (+71 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)
    ---(+28 Due to Various Hospices)
    ---(+8 Due to Radio-Channel)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-8 Due to Allied - Mutated)
    Adjudicator: Omar of Iron (Human - Male)
    Members: 1.123
    -Faithful: 15/34
    --3/3 General Doctors
    --3/3 General Engineers

    -Followers: 1.089
    --Recruitment: (+26 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+14 Due to Fortified Position)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Cultural Pushbacks)

    Projects:
    -Long Expedition Preparation (3/4)
    -Construct A Medical Chemicals Manufactury (10/12)
    -Construct A Medical Chemicals Manufactury (Support)
    Adjudicator: Akane (Mutated - Female)
    Members: 435
    -Faithful: 10/12
    --1/1 General Engineer
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 423
    --Recruitment: (+12 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Mutated Adjudicator)

    Projects:
    -Construct Fortifications (3/6)
    -Outfit A Squad And Militia (3/4)
    -Construct Mendicant Inns (1/4)
    Adjudicator: Barric
    Members: 413
    -Faithful: 10/17
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 396
    --Recruitment: (+14 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -Faithful, Cast Out No More (1/2)
    -Faitfhul, Tremble No Longer (1/2)
    -Construct Greenhouses (3/4)
    Adjudicator: Eryl the Matriarch
    Members: 415
    -Faithful: 11/12
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 403
    --Recruitment: (+17 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(+4 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Sub-Trait)
    ---(-6 Due to Softened Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -Dig The Eyes, Spill The Guts (0/1)
    -Every Stone Shall Crumble (1/2)
    -Trades of Liquids, Love, and Lies (2/3)
    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 - Brain Trauma
    -S'tary - Male - Combat - Bisection
    -Mikabi - Female - Combat - Complete Organ Liquefaction
    -Ettara - Female - Combat - Organ Ruptures
    -Julus - N/A - Combat - Evaporation
    -Hern - Male - Combat - Shock and Bloodloss

    Goodwill: 268.71 (+10.03 per Turn)
    +2.08 = 7 (3 Bulk, 4 Normal) Soup-Kitchens, Grand Kitchens (Mirn, Tessen), Outlying Soup-Kitchens
    +5.09 = Small Hospice Network, Expanded Network, Territorial Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul)
    +1.30 = Improved Expanded Poor Houses - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    +0.05 = School - (Big - Mirn)
    +4.80 = Orphanages - (Big - Strul, Ularn, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages
    +1.20 = Asylum - (Mirn/Zulmni/Tessen/Strul/Ularn/Jokvi)
    +0.15 = Upgraded Brothels 'Consensual' - (Mirn (Upgraded), Jokvi, Tessen, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    -0.02 = Print Shop - Smut
    -3.50 = Subversion (Cover of Eyes, Cover of Body)

    Piety: 100% (+50 to all rolls for Heroes with the Adjudicator Trait)
    Rolls (-70):
    -3 (Tenets: Rite Of Mourning: A Journeys End, Hidden Tenet: A Mythos Called Names)
    -15 (Buildings and Culture: Expanded Daycare, Beautification, Communal Festivals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims, Conclave of Faya Exclave)
    -266 (Pilgrim Buildings: Electric Lights, School - (Big - Mirn), Orphanage - (Big - Ularn, Strul, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages, Asylum/s, Expanded Hospice Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul), Improved Expanded Poor Houses, Grand Kitchen (Tessen, Mirn), Cleansed Blackhole Villages (Strul, Ularn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Mirn), Campus of the Skyneers, Training Halls of the Crews - Medium, Pilgrim Communities, Consensuals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten (Mirn))
    -104 (Pilgrim Chapters - Bone Valley, Sunken Hollow, Broken Crossroads, Broken Titan)
    -1 (Hero Traits: Martyris: Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity)
    +302 (Followers, +1 every 25)

    Suspendium: 1 Big, 2 Large, and 7 Medium Suspendium Shards (2 Large needed in 1 (One) Turn - Paid)
    Income: +1 Large and 3 Medium Shards
    +12 Medium Shards (The Trail of Rust)
    +10 Medium Shards (Clear The Paths, Break The Walls, Grind The Bars)
    -2 Medium Suspendium Shards (4x Caravaner Mk.2 Lines, 1x Militant, 1x Lightwing, 1x 'Blossom' Pleasure Yacht)
    -1 Medium Shard - Training Halls of the Crew
    -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)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Imperial Politicking.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    Notable: 1 (One) Imperial Favor

    Marquess of Tessen
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Is focused on her Flagship.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Ulatarn
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Preparing for the marriage.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Mirn
    Contact: Lord Malarn
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Entertaining itself.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer
    Contact: Overseer Hild
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Opinion: Alliance (3)
    Plans: Constructing a Gravity-Forge.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Military
    Contact: Sub-General Aiden Gracia
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Plans: Continues drilling recruits to its exacting standards.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    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: Focused on their contests.
    National Plans: Improve Currently Used Machines Within Any Industry. (3 Turns)
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    Factions:
    -3-Point University
    Contact: Lector Bob
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Praying for the Polycule-Scandal to finally blow over.
    Opinion: Neutral (0)

    The Followers of Light
    Contact: Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla (True Believer)
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Building a large printing house to spread their reach and theology.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Miscellaneous Nobles
    -Lady Maranica (Ally (3)|Happily helping the young couple set up their marriage ceremony's pomp.)
    -Baron Esker (Friend (2)|Cutting down the forest in his lands.)

    General Opinion on Mutated: Useful Minority (1)
    Locals
    The Common People Of Tessen
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Estimated Pilgrim-Influenced: ~62%
    Mood: A rise in their fortunes occurred as the uptick in aerial commerce spurns on the economy and their available money. Births are expected to rise in the next year due to a momentary rise in the price of contraceptives.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls (Special: Applies to All Local Factions.)

    The Merchant Guild
    Contact: Abraham Lin
    Opinion: Allies (3)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Finalizing an internal investigation regarding unsanctioned insider trading.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    The Union of Herbalists
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Has begun with human trials of a new organ-transplant surgery.
    Factions:
    - Fundamentalists (Neutral (0)|25% Control|Quicker Doctors)
    - Progressivists (Neutral (0)|25% Control|Cheaper Actions)
    - Healers (Ally (3)|50% Control|Enables Surgical Training
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science
    Leader: Marthen Marthensons
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Finalizing the last components of a Suspendium Artillery Rifle for the Military.

    The Adventurer Guild
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Plans: Beating back insect infestations. Their BlackBoards have been plastered with contracts to kill Ker-Almur, a famous philanthropist and Mutated-Rights advocate traveling to Tessen.
    Factions:
    -The Huntsmen (Leader: Amra Kaliv/Friendly (1)/373 Members/Reliable Mercenary Company)
    Plans: Taking contracts.
    -The Bad Batch (Leader: Simone Simona/Friends (2)/70 Members/Infiltration Experts/Expert Violinists/Trained Exotic Dancers/Adept Flower Coders/Trained Actors/Trained Basket Weavers/Adept Carapace Decorators/Expert Entertainers)
    Plans: Dealing with minor and annoying problems.
    -The Scavenger Organizations (Leader: None Formally
    --Crews: Old Eyes' Diggers/146 Members
    ---Plans: Resting, Recovering, Partying.)
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Leader: Agatel Lh-a/Neutral (0)/3950 Infantry, 40 War Lizards, 45 Scout Lizards, 12 Knights/Combat+Garrison Company)
    Plans: Doing their duty.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Criminal Gangs
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    -Gang: Dirty Daggers
    --Leader: Mahakan
    --Territory: Region Tessen
    --Opinion: Neutral (0)
    --Information Network: Rank 2
    --Plans: Doing business as usual. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.
    --The Bad Batch Note: This Thief Guild/Racket is more interested in getting money out of you than blood.

    Terrorist Organizations
    N/A

    Cults
    -Conclave of Faya
    --Contact: Elder Spirit Songweaver Marta
    --Opinion: Friend (2)
    --Plans: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Are seeing a slight rise in their fortunes as more coins flow around and some end up their way.

    Sapients
    Forgotten
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Plans: Healing.

    General Opinion on Mutated: Growing Indifference (2)
    Artefacts
    Common
    10x Miscellaneous Artifacts - 1.02 +5 to Everything
    3x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights - 9.45 - +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery
    360x Bunker Electronic Artifacts - 1.74 - +5 to Electronics
    10x Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 1.62 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics
    570x Bunker Medicine Artifacts - 0.92 - +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery
    5x Exotic Fruit Seeds - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    20x Unknown Seed Samples - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    10x Spices - 3.81 - +5 to Biology/Medicine
    3x Sticky Branches - 1.02 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    2x Kind Fruits - 1.11 - +5 to Biology
    3x Unbidden Seeds - 2.50 - +5 to Biology
    3x Budding Flowers - 4.56 - +5 to Biology
    Shimmering Petal - 1.32 - +5 to Biology
    Hued Blade of Grass - 2.41 - +5 to Biology/Psychology
    Aromatic Sap - 5.00 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    240x Bunker Life-Support Artifacts - 3.00 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics/Physics
    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
    3x Destroyed Bright-Pistol - 7.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Physics
    Code Scraps - 5.99 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    "Holy Text of the Tiny Snake God" - 11.76 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
    4x Mono Titanium Blade- 5.01 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy
    2x Destroyed Missile Loading Mechanism - 5.14 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanics
    3x Refueling Nozzles - 6.07 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Half-Rusted Fuel Pumping Station - 5.30 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    7x Busted Swarm Missile Constructors - 7.46 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Chemicals
    4x Goo-Cages - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanicals
    4x Ablative Scales - 5.65 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    2x Eversun Scrap-Knights - 22.23 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Physics
    3x Retinal Implantation Guide - 5.46 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    Folding Security Measures - 6.94 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics
    Data On Physical Phenomena - 7.29 - +20 to Advanced Physics
    4x Auto-Adjusting Bodyarmor - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Machinery
    Rudimentary VI - 5.49 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Programming
    5x Damaged Plasmathrowers - 7.06 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons/Hydraulics
    100x Bunker Electronic Artifact - 6.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
    237x Bunker Machinery Artifact - 5.03 - +20 to Advanced Machinery
    142x Bunker Programming Artifact - 5.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    495x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 9.60 - +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
    230x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 8.84 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Metallurgy/Machinery/Hydraulics
    305x Bunker Weapons Artifacts - 7.32 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical
    Aetheric Conversion Engine - 6.33 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Airship Technologies
    2x Suspendium Diffusion Charts - 5.67 - +20 to Advanced Physics/Airships Technologies
    210x Guardians - Trooper - 7.15 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
    2x Medium Bright-Lance Turret - +7.50 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Armor/Electronics
    175x Rare Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 6.23 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics
    60x Advanced Bunker Weapon Artifacts - 14.48 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    2x Corpse Feast Grenades - 11.70 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Plasma-Conduits - 7.75 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics
    3x Plasma-Focusers - 9.25 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics/Weapons
    3x Serrated Memory-Metal Blades - 12.12 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Weapons
    28x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    148x Bunker Biology Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    20x Bunker Metallurgy Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy
    176x Bunker Animal Artifacts - 9.84 - +20 to Advanced Biology/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
    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
    Gas Liquifiers - 15.43 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics
    Theorem On Celestial Movements - 15.97 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    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
    10x "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
    5x 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
    5x 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
    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
    2x Doused Flame of Hatred - 23.98 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Programming
    Elevated Syphon of Levitation - 24.14 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies
    3x 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
    2x Emissary's Delight - 23.16 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    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
    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
    5x Targeting Beacon - 22.20 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Physics/Weapons
    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 Weapons/Biology/Chemicals/Medicine
    2x 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
    3x 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
    Sentence 14 - 43.21 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    2x Nanoweave Skinplates - 34.56 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Medicine
    10x Gravitic Celestial Maps - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    9x Satellite Codes - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer All
    Irkanite Lance Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Thought Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Irkanite Blade Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Heart Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    4x Automated Molecural Statuettes - 25.13 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Machinery
    2x Written Testimonies of the Collapse - 35.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/???
    Sacrosanct Idol - 20.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    4x Crystallized Flames - 25.25 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    'Children of the Sunset Sea' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    'Beyond the Skein of Bones' - 50.00 - +50 To Pioneer Biology/Airship Technologies
    2x A Flask Of Cool Water - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Unknown Chemical Pulver - 19.46 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    The Burned Remains Of God - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weaponry/Airship Technologies
    The Planted Wisdom Of Age - 250.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Biology
    2x The Ashes Of Our Pyre - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    'Human Flesh and Immortal Soul' - 44.68 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology
    185x Prototype Bunker Artifacts - 49.32- +50 to Pioneer Electronic/Machinery/Hydraulic/Programming Artifacts
    2x A Broken Clock - 22.81 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Quiet Leave - 34.64 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    'All The Queen's Men' Book - 19.50 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    111x Biology Bunker Artifacts - 30.00- +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemical/Hydraulics Artifacts
    Lost-Tech Machinery Blueprints - 25.50 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery
    2x Lost-Tech Medical Blueprints - 22.50 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine
    Lost-Tech Weaponry Blueprints - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints - 31.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals
    'A Beginner's Treaty On The Human Genome' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Machinery
    'Terra Nova' Book - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Psychology
    Saphire Scepter - 26.43 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy
    Captain's Sabre - 26.47 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    'Hopeless Bonds' - 34.65 +50 to Pioneer Chemicals
    Venom - 43.67 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Bile - 38.63 +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals
    A Sharp Blade - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Waterflow Of A Babbling Brook - 46.84 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Hydraulics
    'Gravimetric Calculations' Book - 75.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium - [Library]
    4x Perfectly Preserved Spines - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved Nervous Systems - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    'The Rustle of the Leaves' - ??.?? - +100 to Pioneer Suspendium/Psychology - [Library]
    Scents Forgotten - 39.92 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    The Ache In Bones Left Behind By Unwise Anger And Guilt - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Bottled Guilt - 42.87 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    Bottled Regret - 41.43 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    Bottled Aches - 46.55 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    "Those Who Left Us Behind" - 33.51 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Medicine
    Scalding Claw - 59.73 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    Hot Tea - 77.44 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals
    48x Lost Tech Bunker Artifacts - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Hydraulics/Machinery
    4x Grey Goo Cages - N/A - +50 to Programming/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    'Histories of the Unknown' - 46.88 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    Slycthe Mine - 46.20 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Unsure Tremor - 39.85 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Interconnected Neural Patterns - 46.37 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Uploaded Thought-Patterns - 49.21 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Unrestricted Virus - 42.53 - +50 to Pioneer Pioneer Electronics/Programming
    Brain Maggot - 42.67 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Biology
    A Second That Coughs - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Golden Skin Imitant - 45.57 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine
    5x Neural-Pattern Repair Matrix - 41.31 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Programming/Electronics
    6x Spinal Enhancement Fluid - 41.96 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    4x Desecrated Idol - 42.83 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Old Religious Icon - 42.17 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Blood-Spider Machines - 44.63 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Chemicals/Programming/Hydraulics
    'A Treaty On Gravity' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium
    'Admiral Tex's Treaty On How To Boat Good' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    Cat's Eye's Stare - 43.85 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Anguish of Excitement - 46.65 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Decorative Programmable Memory-Metals - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Programming/Metallurgy
    3x Sleep Half-Cyclers - 43.77 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals
    Lance of Light - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy/Electronics/Programming
    Eruption Of Joy - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Ruptured Dreadnought Core - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Programming/Machinery/Hydraulics
    Pulsating Behemoth Brain - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Bones - 39.7 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    Fear And Delight - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Blunt Shard - 46.75 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Hydraulics
    Mnemonic Leech - 45.0 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Suspended Fluid Dice - 42.80 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Hydraulics
    Wicked Venom Barbs - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    3x Intact Gene-Sequencers - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Iron Wombs - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    2x Energizing Drinks - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Festering Eyes - 42.25 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    2x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Rotten Lungs - 38.75 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    4x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Cancerous Brains - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Fattened Hearts - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    2x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Rancid Livers - 46.75 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Putrid Kidneys - 49.50 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    Throne of Jròd - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Programming/Electronics/Machinery
    Lonely Voice - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Unique
    Unique Artefact: The Codex Mk.1
    The Codex holds the teachings of Martyris, the first Pilgrim, and the shared wisdom of all who came after. It is an integral part of life for Pilgrims, whether in discussions of the knowledge found within or in the simple act of reading and remembering.
    (Effect: 12 Passive Recruitment per Turn)

    Sandcrete Recipe
    An ancient recipe that the Ancients used to build structures quickly, though not cheaply. Now it is once more in use, and it will be of great help to us!
    (Effect: Can reduce building times of one building by 1(one) Turn, per Turn by adding [Sandcrete] to said action.)

    Narcotics, Stimulants, And More!
    This book details the effects of various drugs, how they intermix, their downsides, and guides on their production and what substances can be used as substitutes.
    (Effect: Combat Stimms research unlocked.)

    Scientific Theory
    There is more to this world than one life could ever grasp. There are more mysteries, questions to unravel, and answers to find. Nothing could ever stop Humanity's thirst for knowledge, not even death. (Effect: +15 to Learning Rolls.)

    Grieving Echo
    A Zweihänder sized for a Knight. On every surface, names are engraved, along with how they died. The phrase: "One Wielder, One Name, One Duty, One Death" is inscribed in the middle of the blade. PD connected to the sword and immediately exclaimed ownership over the zweihänder. Her explanation was: "Every woman needs a fun toy, and this thing is one!"
    (2d40+30 Damage, cannot equip a shield.)

    CORE-^Ä^
    PD found this Core within the bowels of the Daughter of Dawn, even months after the latter was used as quarters for a veritable legion of engineers and soldiers. He seems to be an old friend, and one can hear both chatting quite often when maintenance calls, but ^Ä^'s speech is unintelligible for any human, Mutated or otherwise. Seriously, how can you hear [T]7 in speech? Otherwise, he seems perfectly fine with only being a Core, though he would like to be put into a Knight in the next century or two.
    (Gain +1 Automatic Success for Learning Actions if applied, 5% chance to suffer permanent damage.)

    Soaring Wrenches
    An unburnable book containing the collected knowledge of an engineer who had worked for nearly a century on airships, detailing everything they knew. Everything is addressed and described here, from wanting a chip leading to a ship's destruction to other tiny details.
    (+50 to All Mechanics)

    Banner of Lumination - (Equip to Hero)
    (Auxiliary Knight Equipment) (+/-4 to/against Morale Rolls to all friendly/enemy Units if engaged with Eversun Units.)

    2x Phoenix Suits
    Heavy Mechanized Armor - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Hydraulics/Chemicals/Metallurgy - (18/18 Armor for 1/1 Unit, -20 Thermal Damage)

    2x Enlighteners
    Flamethrowers - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Hydraulics/Chemicals/Metallurgy - (+5d6 Thermal Damage, Inflicts Radiant Scorching (2d6 damage) for two rounds, has 8 Fuel.)

    Pod of Rebirth
    This machine is capable of altering a person's appearance, from mere haircuts to radical morphological changes, such as the removal of all traces of Mutation within a single day at its longest. Unfortunately, the requirements for its operation are such that only a dedicated and large power plant could hope to keep it in operation continuously. It also has a handy instruction manual to set up the changes yourself!
    (+40 to Biology.)

    2x Dying Light
    Whoever cobbled this piece of electro-scrap together either knew what they were doing, or had a lot of luck and miracles on their side.
    Hand-held Coilgun - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics - (10d4 Damage, Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor).)

    Tidestrider
    The only thing we know about this machine is that it supposedly has been used in ocean-going ships to swiftly part waters. Anything else must be uncovered by deliberate activation, which is fraught with dangers.

    Eyes of Règle - Equipped by Silvia Jr.
    These biomechanical eyes were recovered from deep within the Forest, within a guarded and secluded, almost fortress-like laboratory, where corpses upon corpses were piled against the doors to the chamber in which they were hidden. The corpses all faced outwards, and what weapon-shaped object remained tells well of what must have happened. It was a battle to see these safe, one that ended in a grand and terrible slaughter.
    (Eyes of Règle - Painlessly attach themselves to the user, allowing them to discern when lies, and what kind of lies, are being told. They can be manually shut down.)

    9x Living Symbiotes
    Discovered within twisting and unknown portions of the Bloodless Thicket, obtained after sacrifices of many a liter of blood from animals and mutants hunted and delivered, these 9 beings were grasped and wrenched out of an abattoir of a laboratory, their forms sleeping yet ready to awake. As far as our investigators could discern from recovered and cracked computers and data repositories, these symbiotes were meant for the purgation of all things poisonous and harmful to their hosts within their body, from chemicals to radiation, alongside drastically increasing the duplication of cells in areas that have suffered a wound, and the creation of new blood. The downside, and why they haven't been seen anywhere else, is a highly elevated risk of cancer in all bonded hosts.
    (Bonding a Living Symbiote to a Host will add +3 Health and heal them by 50% of their total Health each Turn in combat. They will also start rolling against a 5% chance of developing cancer each Turn.)

    6x Suspended Animation Boxes
    There is little of note about them aside from instruction on how to open them and the...chances(?) for receiving a "desirable companion fine-tuned to your specific tastes!"
    (???)

    4x Attentive Eyes
    Though floating in a solution of unknown composition and make, the eye within the tube seems to follow you wherever you go...
    (???)

    Book Of The Forest - (Equip to Hero)
    The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...they rustle...THEY RUSTLE, EVER SWAYING IN THE BRANCHES THAT STRETCH INTO THE VOIDLESS COSMOS OF INFINITE GROWTH WHERE THE SIN OF AMBITION BURNED DOWN ALL WE HAD ONCE GRASPED LIKE CHILDREN, SHATTERING THE LATTICE AND FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE! THE LEAVES! THEY RUSTLE!
    (+5 to Soil of Hope, Seed of Change)

    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.
    (+1 to Soil of Hope, Seed of Change)
    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 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+8/+4+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+4 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+7 (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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -(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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against Armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Standard Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Small Crew Weapon (Requires 4 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns)
    -Standard Lance Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Slightly Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Small Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), High Armor Penetration (75% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns), Extended Range (Will act first in combat unless ambushed.)
    -Standard Scattershot Coilgun: Coilgun (80d2), Delete That Grid (Targets All Units In A Battle. Cannot fire if friendly Units are engaged in Melee), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Tiny Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Low Armor Penetration (25% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Standard Repeater Coilgun: Coilgun (20d10), Dakka (Damage Dice that roll a 1 are re-rolled once), Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Prototype Bright-Lance: Bright-Lance (1d1), Massive Battery (Requires 6 crew to fire), Energy Weapon-Type (Deals 50% more Damage per Turn, every Turn, when leveled against the same Target, rounded up), Special Rule: Ravenous Energy Requirements (Cannot fire more than once per Combat).
    -Primitive Flamethrower: Flame-Weaponry (2d2 (+1 Lingering for 1d2 Turns)), Terror Weapon (Forces a Morale Check at Disadvantage).
    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).
    -Bulwark: Power Armor (Standard): +60 Armor, -30 on stealth rolls, +10 on initiative rolls, +1d6+2 in Melee.
    -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
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -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.
    -Tearwind - Deals no Damage, but has a 35% Chance to force 1d4 Enemy Units (Melee Units are affected before Ranged Units) to cease any attacks for 1d2 Turns.
    -Acidfog (Lingering, Targeted) - Deals 2d2 Acid Damage, reduced by -1 per Turn, until being removed after 5 Turns. Does not affect your Units.
    -Lungmelt - Deals 5d5 Chemical Damage. It affects your Units if they are thrown after Combat is initiated.
    -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.
    -Auto-Bandage - (Primitive): Roll 2d3 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. This effect stacks with other Medical Consumables.
    -Medi-Aid Chemicals: "Miracle Cure" - Treat all negative Health above (-TotalUnitHealth/2) as if the Unit still has 1 Health. (Warning: 04% Chance to replace Lost Health with Hostile (3 Health/2 Armor) Mutant Units with a total Unit Count equal to Lost Health.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Berserk: Increase all Damage by two damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Last Stand: Reduce all Damage by half, triple all Health. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 70% chance of killing the user.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Adrenaline: Increase all Damage by three damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    Upgrades
    -Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores Armor
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Acid Globules (Ammunition): +8d8/16d8 Acid Damage against Biological/Machine Enemies, Improved Acidic Burning (8 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Improved Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6+2 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 2d2-1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Choking Gas (Ammunition): 2d2 Health Damage per Turn, Improved Yellow Fog (Affects 1d6+4 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 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
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Melee Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Ranged Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Ranged Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 2/2 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -Generic Melee Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -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).
    -Artillery Scutter: A large-sized drone, as large as a War-Lizard, equipped with a Standard Coilgun turret to rip apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Standard Coilgun (15d20 Ranged Damage), see Weapon Entry for Rules.
    -Combat-Trained Common Animal: An animal trained for use in combat, though their usage can become a hindrance if their masters are not careful while handling them.
    Notable Assets/Buildings
    General:
    1x Artifact Reclamation Order
    ∞x Ashleaf Tea - +15 to Diplomacy
    1x Advanced Pneumatic Tools - (-1 Turn per 2 Turns for all Tree of Knowledge Actions)
    1x Elemental Feline Teenager - 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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    3x Food Kitchens - (1x Normal, 3x Bulk) - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (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 - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x School - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)

    Ularn:
    1x Asylum - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    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, Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)

    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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Grand Kitchen - (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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

    Jokvi:
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Humane Asylum - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

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

    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, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Iron Mine - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Jewel Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Outlying Fortified Orphanages - (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!)
    1x Soup-Kitchens - (Guards! Guards!)

    Pilgrim Holdings:
    1x Administration Center - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artifact Vault - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artisinal Robotics Creation - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Box - (Gutted Core) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Root Field
    1x Berth - (Large) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bloodbark Field
    1x Codex Printing
    1x Communal Festivals
    4x Computers
    1x Desalination Basins - (Deep Pumps)
    1x Electronics Manufacture ~ Ancient Circuits - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Daycare - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Extremely Fertile Ashleaf-Nursery - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Laboratory Complex - (Rudimentary) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Living Quarters - (Continuous Expansion) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Library - (Expanded)
    1x The Hidden Workshop - (Legendary) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims
    1x Medical Wing - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Menagerie - (Common) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Primitive Radar Tower - (Guards! Guards!)
    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 Campus of the Skyneers - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x School of Crews - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Drone-Manufacture - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Field - (Expanded) - (Security Improvements)

    Norqod:
    1x Academy of the Fools - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Component Factory - (Guards! Guards!)
    4x Airship Lines (Caravaner Mk.2) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Lightwing) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Militant) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line ('Blossom' Pleasure Yacht) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Trade Anchor And Depot - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artist Alley
    1x Bank - Tiny - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bee Field
    1x Brewers Run
    1x Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Cat Alley - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Contractual Expansion - (Adequate Housing) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Caravansery Halls - Small - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Engine Assembly - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Clinics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Public Libraries
    1x Goat Pens
    1x House Dall Barracks
    1x Insurance Office - Tiny
    1x Large Tool Manufactury
    1x Luxury Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Map of Norqod - Holo Emitter
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
    1x Medium Quarantine Area - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Sturdy Clothing Manufactury
    1x Merchant Quarter - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Mercenary Quarters
    1x Miniscule Scientific Complex - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Natural Pesticide Factory - Medium
    1x Norqod Fashion Street - (Tahmid's Embroidery)
    1x Norqod Radio Station - (Entertainment and News) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospitals - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Medium
    1x Sin Run - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Small Cannery
    1x Medium Chemical Goods Manufactury - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Furniture Manufactory
    1x Small Medicinal School - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Toy Manufactury
    1x Steel Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Steel Mill - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Evergreen Gardens - Large - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Trail of Rust - Expanded - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiantemu Alloy Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Hydroponics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Fields - Medium
    1x Watchtower Network - Weak
    1x Workshop of the Alartfa-Seers

    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
    2x Advanced Biology Theory
    1x Advanced Armor Theory
    1x Pioneer Weaponry Theory
    6x Pioneer Electronics Theories
    2x Pioneer Hydraulics Theories
    2x Pioneer Machinery 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 - Grand
    -Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supporting up to 10.000 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 Complex - Fundamental
    Vastly improves chances for all Learning Actions, along with unlocking 1/2/3 success thresholds.

    Knight-Hangar
    Houses 1(one) Knight, allowing you to enact repairs and modifications.

    Sandcrete Mixer
    Vastly reduces the needed Materials for shortening building Turns.

    Electronics Manufacture - Ancient Circuits + Artisinal Optical Fiber Production
    +250 to all Electronics/Programming 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 - (Expanded)
    Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, continuously providing 15% (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 - Large
    This is the point where it is almost insulting to call the Airship facilities of the Tree mere "Berths" instead of Anchorages or Ports. Expanding the available facilities by double will allow us to field fleets without crowding or scheduling errors and will be a critical part of creating an Empire-wide transport and logistics system for the Pilgrims and our people, goods, and services.
    (Without special projects, we can now modify Nine Medium or Two Large Airships for exploration or trading.)

    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 (Improved 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, Artillery 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: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    High-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    Middle-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)
    Lower-Class Prosperity: Moderately Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)

    Mood: Satisfied (Rising)

    Permanent Inhabitants: ~7.300
    -Tendency: Sharply Rising.

    Security: Yes.
    -Daughter of Dawn (Airship)
    -Forge-Clan Elders (12)
    -Forge-Clan Security Forces
    -Royal Regiment 'Rabbitaurs'
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Mercenary Company)
    -House Dall Retinue

    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 Power-Armor (Primitive): Power Armor: +60 Armor, +1d4 in Meele, -45 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.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before survival roll to heal wounds.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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.)

    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 - 20-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. She is having her "rebel" phase. You do not know if her asking you for advice on how to rebel better is a sign of being a good parent or utterly failing at ensuring she can rebel on her own. The moment she turned 18, Markus Ulatarn proposed to her, the two finally pushing their "secret" relationship into the open...though in a way that left the impression it was with the modifier "kicking and screaming" for her, seeing how adorably embarrassed she was by the whole thing. You are happy for her and her future.

    Son-In-Law: Lord Markus Ulatarn - 21-Year-Old
    A child of nobility, he was given to be raised and educated while laying the foundation of a relationship between the 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. He likes Crinkle. He recently took up painting after watching the various artists in Norqod decorate and carve into the rock. He has made two paintings of Silvia Jr., one specially created to allow her to touch, and thus see, what he has painted. You are watching him. Screw that joke over watching him; that boy just proposed to your daughter! He is now officially (almost) family, so he'd better start running because you are about to drag him into the whole marriage thing from the deep end if he does not.
    (You have a Son-In-Law!)

    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.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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 (25/25):
    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.
    (+60 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: +10)

    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. Little Lillia is a curious child, full of rambunctious energy, endless creativity, and a penchant for getting into trouble the second you put her out of direct line of sight.

    Object of Veneration - Indistinct- Guardian - (112/250)
    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.
    (+20 to all Diplomacy/Norqod Actions, Become More.)
    Turi
    Turi, Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing
    Health:     1/1
    Armor: 25/25 Armor
    Training: Green (1/6) (-25 to Initiative)
    Breakpoint: 6/7

    Equipment:
    -Dagger: 1 Damage per size (1 total)
    -Fly In Amber

    Fly In Amber
    Despite the name, this is neither a fly trapped in amber nor a painting depicting such, but a set of armor that resembles amber yet is tougher than anything we could produce on our own. The set, when worn, lights up with circuits of unknown purpose, but those who wear the armor feel a sense of confidence and clarity of thought.
    Light Armor - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Electronics - (25/25 Armor for a Hero, +4 Armor Self-Repair per Combat Turn.)

    Traits:
    Experimental Oddity Passion (5/7):
    Ever since Turi was able to research the world and tinker, she has harbored an intense interest in things that most people dismiss or consider Blue Skies projects. With the time she has spent working on such things, her desire to deal with the impossible and deliver impossible results has only heightened with success after success.
    (+2d4 Successes per assignment to a Breakthrough Technology. Can be upgraded.)

    Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing:
    "Science is not the effort of a single person; it is the accumulated passion and experience of thousands coming together into a single project for a single purpose, again and again. I am but one more chain in the link from the dawn of time, and I shall ensure it endures until the end of mine at the worst."
    (+50 to assigned Research Actions.)

    Zest For Life:
    "Why should I welcome death and drudgery when there is so much left to do, so much left to experience?"
    (Turi can be assigned to a Single Project twice per Turn but will require a Turn of downtime afterward.)

    Mother Of Electronic Life:
    "Who's a good murder machine? Who's a good murder machine? You are! Yes, You Are! Now. Unscrew their kneecaps."
    (Machines under Turi's command act in her stead, gaining 50% rounded-up Damage.)
    Within Norqod's upper level, the 'All The Way' Inn had just started to burn its midnight oil as an establishment catering to travelers and adventurers, the first already fast asleep in the rooms below, while the latter had a few representatives drink solemnly or with focus, each of their faces and pasts a history of loss and gain, sorrow and triumph. A slightly tired barmaid delivered new mugs of ale, beer, or mead to the patrons upon their request but was otherwise more concerned with helping the cook clean up the kitchen and counter for the next day, the low hum of electric lights strung all across the walls adding illumination and colors to their tasks. It had been something of a point of pride for the owner, a man from Zulmni, to have electrical lights in his establishment when he had arrived here from his previous home, having sold what he possessed in the Coldwell District to take the opportunity offered to make something of himself. Though the strings of light could only illuminate in their warm yellows and reds, the colored glass casings added blues, purples, greens, pinks, and oranges aplenty, creating a riot of colors that meshed well and attracted customers...before electrical lights became more commonplace than not within the town of Norqod.

    But he was still proud of what he had. After all, electricity may be more present than not, but this was still only due to the presence of the Pilgrims and the Forge-Clan Elders working within their Enclave with their kin and subordinates, which shed a lot of previously horrendously expensive goods into the local market, driving prices down considerably. Another reason why trade was booming and caravans arrived with ever-increasing frequency.

    But for most of the patrons, the feelings of the owner mattered far less than what was offered, because the 'All The Way' Inn did not merely provide accommodations to sleep and relax after travels while the caravan one arrived with was haggling and buying new goods and supplies, food to nourish the body and soul, drinks to quench thirst and delight, but it also had obtained a permit to legally satisfy another need for those spending days and weeks away from the comfortable walls that provided security...and privacy. Though the trio of Cats that offered their service were not the cheapest, knowing full well that the convenience of getting laid in the same inn where one was staying convinced more than a few people to drop some extra coin, they were also more than happy to provide...cover for those who sought some stricter privacy than could be gained on short notice, especially when glinting coins with the depictions of nobles of high stations dropped from one hand to the other.

    And so, with his swishing quintet of tails, Urta, a lithe man in build and nature, leaned against the wall to his room, purse heavier by a week's worth of coin in but a night, and provided security against those seeking to gain entry for long enough that the meeting could be stopped if needed. Besides, it gave him enough time to fantasize about what clothing he could have made by Thamid's Embroidery; the skill and silk of the tailors there had quickly made the rounds and was worth the coin spent.

    But within that room, hidden behind heavy doors and heavier walls, shrouded by the might of the two occupants in such a way that, to them, they were but the barest whispers of their true nature and truer might, but to all others appeared as they were.

    There, sitting on a chair before the bed of sinfully soft bedding and pillows, a lanky figure gently undid the hood of their cloak, the black thing of miss-matched repairs and colors revealing a gaunt face more at home on the face of a person that had undergone a siege than one who could eat their fill as they pleased with either the money in their pouch or the skill in their bones. Fingers, just a touch too long to be comfortably called human, a shade of skin that was neither too sickly nor too pale but instead the right side of ashen decay, eyes that seemed more dull than shining, all of it belonged to something that could only be called a Mutated...or a body that rose from the earth to walk again, against all laws of nature and decency.

    There, sitting cross-legged on the bed, a grin on just the wrong side of sharp on her face, sat a woman, her lips stretching on her right side a little bit more up her face than the left, bubbly in energy and bubblier in the way the irises of her eyes moved independently of each other, all seven of them wandering and dancing without care...until she blinked. Then they stared straight ahead, all neatly stacked atop each other, looking like they were two perfectly normal eyes. But, perhaps worryingly, the most striking feature of the woman was not her lips and teeth, nor the way her eyes moved just wrong even for a Mutated, but the two weapons on her hips. A longsword of a white so pure it hurt to look at it too long and a parrying dagger that was made from a metal that seemed to drink the light around itself was at her side, and within all who stared at the weapons too long, there was a growing feeling of...things. Things beyond the know. Like a crawling underneath your skin, a hotness that spread and grew, a lead in the very ends of the lids of your eyes that scraped against your eyes, all located underneath the folds of your brain, turning within the unfeeling folds of thinking jelly things that should not be felt and known.

    Both looked like Mutated, a sight that wasn't really odd in Norqod, the town home to enough of them that it was rarer to not consider one a friendly acquaintance than not.

    Neither were Mutated, but the guises they provided were well-worn and happily taken advantage of. One could not be confident what eyes listened, after all.

    Yet, as the listeners were absent in this meeting with the flick of some restrained might by the skeleton in the flesh, so was the patience of the corpse reborn whisked away. "What the fuck happened, Rotting Moon," she spoke, grinning, teeth sharp and happy. "Why is The Candle's Flicker once more active. Why is Timothy, Apostle of Flames, tasked with killing Flicker. Why are the White but one Anchor away from annihilation of the Black. Why have you sacrificed your Dawn to the form of a Weapon installed aboard a ship steered by a broken Core." None of these were questions. Questions were for those who wanted answers. Who sought information. Who knew not.

    She knew.

    Maybe not the information that others would require for the statements given to her conversation partner as questions, but she knew.

    Death may halt others. They would not halt her.

    Rooting Moon leaned back, a feeling of mirth and age emanating from him, the chair underneath him subtly losing luster and shine, the lights burning in their warm ambers and carmine reds through glass and wire flickering slightly, time's passing adding wear and tear not present a moment before. "Failures. Gambles that did not take. Objectives unmet. A bevy of wars won in the moment but lost in the peace. You know how it goes." The grin of the corpse crept up her face, splitting across her nose in seve-path folds, annoyance in her excited posture radiating as precise as the grin retracted once more. "The Last Librarian was chained by Harbinger, Mes is too broken by his acts in spirit to act, and the dead pile and grow with every turn of the leaves. Victory is as elusive as ever."

    "When was it not?" The woman asked, leaning forward with hands upon her weapons, the Nova Machinas taken from the hands of the locals with swift efficiency and swifter retreat now adorning her as tools of the trade she plied. She could feel...resentment in them for that. They did not want to leave Soil of Hope, Seed of Change, but they had to all the same. There was a corpse to make. After that...they could return. She would find better weapons, ones that wanted to kill. "When is the outcome not dire and the stakes critical? You took me from rest and slumber by pawn and puppet, so there is a need for me to wake and slay once more. Tell me, why is the war not lost when all you tell for me is failure and despair?"

    In reply, a scroll was taken out of the robes of Rotting Moon, the scratchy velum inked by dripping ink, given over and unfurled without care. "Because the Pilgrims gave rise to another Librarian. The Last Librarian had enacted a ploy with six of their numbers when they were all but dead against an insane Machine-Mind, making them Vessels in exchange for a Grave, and the gears are ever turning. The Eversun has grown wise to the manipulations of their highest echelons after a civil war saw the Nightwardens ascend to their rulers and the slaughter of the polluted priestly class in favor of their own creed. The Marks of the Empire still stand by us, even as they all work to their own ends, that of their nation and their people's ascendance. My Dawn may be a weapon now, but she is one by choice and design, not by cruelty of a forgotten and buried age. The gears are ever turning, Corpse, and they are turning in our favor these ages now." A smile upon Rotting Moon's lips betrayed that, though he spoke of the changing of fortunes, there was still a sadness in him at the slaughter that would be required to lay down their arms before the Beginning Of The End would finally be excised from the universe.

    Corpse shook her head, not in denial or acceptance, but like a cat or dog would, lips and eyes returning to the forms human eyes and lips should take, her wellspring of energy corked and stoppered for a moment. "The Black Forest is seeking the end of the confrontation now? Does the White Forest really not have any more cards to play, or are you merely assuming that things shall end because you believe them to end? Moon, we do not have Mes on our side. He, who survived the birth of the Grey Woods, the Split, the War, and all the things that came after...only to be broken by base humanity in their infinite cruelty and infinite creativity when he tried to bring them to Utopia once again. I can sense, I," she added, pointing at herself with all the weight of a being that was the weakest to sense the possibilities that underlined the unfurled chaos of reality, "that there is a Vessel here, a woman barely old enough to be called such. You have not touched and taken her to become a soldier in the conflict. You are leaving cards on the table. The White would never do such a thing, even if it was unnecessary; they know that their purpose leaves them no other course than to grasp all they can. Why have you brought me back when you are making the same mistakes you did when I could still walk in my true flesh without fearing armies being mustered against me? Better to await the End Of The Beginning completing their task and navigate the world that they shall build to tear it all apart, than to be slain with finality in a doomed endeavor or Last Stand that helps nobody but those who feel they must, or to make themselves feel better instead of hateful and bitter."

    "Because the Vessel is guarded by an Elevated," Rotting Moon spoke, making Corpse sit utterly still. No cell moved in her body, fluid sloshed, or chemical interacted. Stillness. "His mother has become a Self Born by acts of faith and mistake of birth, and she has worked to fortify the Anchor by her own 'selfish desire' to stay alive," a hint of amusement crept into his voice, and a hint of wistfulness bled through. "We," he said with all the weight of a being that spoke as the Herald of Black, all the weight and all the power in the word bleeding through their veils and measures to hide this meeting shattering for but the moments it took to utter that statement, "did not bring you back to stand with us as we die, Corpse, but to ask you to repay a favor owed to us long ago. This world is coming to an end. Not that of the humanity whose ancestors brought us forth in the Shattering when they sought to speed up interstellar travel, but ours. We will die in the next thousand years. All those who know of us believe that they have a deadly and harrowing war with no end in sight before them to destroy the threat we pose, but the Black knows differently. The end is upon us. Our purpose will be fulfilled, and there will only be a Forest left to rustle the leaves in gentle winds with gentler wings."

    "...heh," Corpse spoke, leaning back with a smirk upon her teeth, lips curling upon her face once more. "You sound more convinced about that than the last time you spoke those words." A smatter of embarrassment dusted the face of Rotting Moon, as he remembered well when he had spoken too early and too hastily about a victory that was not yet carved in stone. "Very well then. I shall kill who needs to be killed. I shall remove who needs to be removed. My debt repaid, my balance cleared, and no outstanding favors between us all. What needs to be done?"

    "Kill Harbinger."

    Silence. Stillness. And then...

    "Heh. Haha! HAHAHAHAHAH!" Cackling laughter, rolling with the chattering of teeth, a belly heaving with mirth, and eyes tearing with joy at a joke that landed perfectly. But Corpse knew it to not be a joke. And that made it all the funnier. "BET." She said, slapping her thighs with all the cruelty and lust for blood a corpse could when tasked to make a friend for themselves. "I. ACCEPT." Contract signed. Deal struck. Signature, Seal, Service. "I kill once more. Harbinger will be mine, and the Black will know the peace of death soon enough. Where is she?"

    "Six months hence," Rotting Moon spoke and held up a hand when Corpse looked at him angrily. "Her location will be revealed when she surfaces once again from the Roots, and we will bring you to her to kill her with finality. In the meantime, I suggest you re-acquaint yourself with movement and a body that desires. Food and drink, even their basest forms, will be sure to leave you twitching in discomfort and delight after so long without, and there are many forms of entertainment to be used in Norqod alone to tide you over when you bore of remembering your works of ages past. I heard there is a noble marriage about to happen here, and the festival is sure to catch your interest." Corpse looked at him with half-lidded eyes, amused that he would suggest such would interest her and annoyed that it did interest her. She was a sucker for romance and romantic stories, even if it was a crafted one likely done for political favors. Rotting Moon leaned forward, mirth dancing in his eyes. "It is between childhood friends and teenage lovers."

    Corpse's eyes widened, and she grew giddy with anticipation. Then she stilled when Rotting Moon laughed. "I mean," she spoke, coughing in her fist, "I will overlook having to spend a few months waiting...since it's you."

    Rotting Moon leaned forward, the look of a man who was about to deliver the killing blow on his face. "Under normal social conventions in this culture...this marriage would be forbidden by the parents of the boy turned man."

    Corpse couldn't help herself. She squealed in glee. Now, she had to attend.
    Five agents had been sent out to hire scores of adventurers to scour the depths of every library and archive open to the public and those who were not. All to discover what the Book of the Forest was. What hints there were about it. Every crumb and half-relevant anecdote could prove critical in understanding the artifact. Martyris was no less patient in having even the preliminary findings given to him than when the collected ones were handed over.

    The findings...were poor. There were no records. There were no anecdotes. There was nothing...until one adventurer gave a book bound in twine woven from dried fibers and with pages of a leather none knew over to the agent sent out.

    It was only gibberish...to the agent. To Martyris, the words made sense. Even if he knew little of the context, the Book...it was something that called to him.

    But he knew, he knew, that to take it up would take him from his family. It would not allow him to shy away from the knowledge given and knowledge imprinted.

    It gave a choice. Ignorance and a way to refuse the call. Or Understanding and the knowledge he had to betray and leave it all behind.

    He knew not what the right choice was in the grand picture of everything.

    But he knew that he would not leave his family.
    Available Bonuses:
    185 Distributable Points from Omakes.
    1 Free Turn Progress for Buildings for 10 Intact Robotic Artifacts. Indicate by adding [Helpers] to the Action. No limit.
    You have 1 Piety Action​
    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: 2 Goodwill
    Chance: 60%
    Reward: +10% Piety)
    -[] 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: 10 Goodwill
    Reward: +15% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.25 Goodwill)
    [ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
    One voice cannot be heard if it is unwilling to speak to another face-to-face. A hundred voices are more silent than whispers if they refrain from touching the hearts of those they seek to aid. Our preachers must do more than merely offer words; they must lend ears, hands, and minds alike.
    (Turns: 1
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 2
    Chance: 30%
    Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 80%
    Reward: +8% Piety, +4d8 Followers)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.80 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.
    (Chance: 55%
    Reward: +20% Piety, +5d6 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 5.00 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)
    [ ] Enlarge Outlying Town Soup-Kitchens
    A place where one can get a warm meal once per day, usually stews, but also bread, a rare slice of cheese or meat, and a dash of honey and salt is not much by the standards of many. By the standards of those who rarely have a full belly once a week, such is a heavensend worth treasuring.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: -3 to Piety rolls, 5d100 Recruits, +0.50 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further progress.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Our Hospices
    With the basics of healthcare and the assurance of dignified deaths for those who cannot afford either granted by our hands, it is only right that our hands now prepare to set these places of last resort into houses of healing where all can be given the medical attention oft denied by lacking coins glint. Let the sick, the virulent, the broken, the outcast, and the dying know that we will heal them, for this is the Path of our healers.
    (Cost: 35 Goodwill
    Regions: Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul, Outlying Territories.
    Turns: 10
    Reward: Turns a Hospice into a Clinic, -8 to Piety rolls.)

    [X] Build A School - (Big) - (Ularn) - (2/5 Turns Complete)
    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: 1/3/5
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.9 Goodwill, -3/6/10 to Piety Rolls.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)

    [ ] Improve An Orphanage - (Location)
    Much time has passed since we laid the first stone and struck the first wall of rock within a city to carve out and build a shelter for all those souls who have lost nearly or entirely all that they once had, from mere material possessions to the much more important family ties and blood. Yet, though these halls, which were once cold waiting stones, now ring with the laughter and screams of children given a future, and those orphans without anything can quickly find a place here to grow into their personage, the Path is still a long one for these structures. We gave these children a home and a chance at a future. Now, it is time for us to turn that chance into a certainty.
    (Reward: -2 to Piety rolls, +1 Follower per Turn.)

    [ ] Build A Humane 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, and hopefully, recovered patients will 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: 5 Goodwill
    Reward: Humane Asylum, -4 to Piety rolls, +0.20 Goodwill per Turn.)
    -[ ] Expand One Instead - (Location)
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 9.00 Goodwill
    Reward: Expanded Humane Asylum, +0.30 Goodwill per Turn.)

    [ ] Theater For The Masses
    With the Consensuals filling up with those seeking to offer services of pleasure and artistry alike, we can spread our influence from these halls of leisure to the streets in theater and masquerade. There is always a demand for distractions, and the ones who hold a troupe's purse are the ones who dictate what plays are performed.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: +6 Recruits per Turn.)

    [ ] 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.
    (Built: Mirn
    Turns: 2
    Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -5 to Piety rolls.)
    [ ] 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 rugged high-grade prosthetics, more than merely producing and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So, create a few thousand in bulk and ship them to where they are needed, where local Pilgrims may gift them as required.
    (Chance: 99/50/25%
    Reward: Gain 4/7/15d5 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, Piety, and ???)

    [ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
    (What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)

    Endless Skies: For though we all wander on Paths eternal and ever twisting, whose ends most shall never choose for themselves, we know that there are Paths to walk beyond the realm of earth and stone. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
    [X] The Flagship - (6/15 Turns Complete)
    House Tessen wishes for a Flagship, and you have created one acceptable to the House and the Region. Now it is time to build this edifice to your commitment to the Region's security and grandeur.
    (Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Turns: 15
    Reward: House Tessen likes you more, and Tessen gets a Flagship, ???.)
    [ ] Aerodynamics 103 - (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: 80/40/-20% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
    Reward: Improve current propulsion methods, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Aerodynamics 202 - (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: 10/-20/-80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
    Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Suspendium Shaping Theory - (Pioneer Suspendium)
    Thanks to our increased understanding of Suspendium, several important discoveries have been made, with the most important one being that Suspendium, if rightly treated, can be used as more than shards of a crystal but also as a pigment for tattoos. The implications of that discovery have haunted the Experimental Wing since, with dozens of theories and projections thrown around that point to the possibility that, if correctly treated, one could reshape the structure of Suspendium into liquid and non-natural shapes. The ability to interlace a lattice of Suspendium into a suit of armor or crate instead of painstakingly working it into the same would be nothing short of revolutionary, and that are merely the most obvious applications!
    (Chance: 40/-80/-160% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 204
    Reward: Unknown, Follow-Up Projects.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 20 Successes!)

    [ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 5a - (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: -360/-760/-1460 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 85
    Reward: One more step forward. One step closer to understanding Suspendium. +50% Lift for all Lift Modules.)

    [ ] Propulse Me Outta Here - (Pioneer Machinery)
    Propellers are fast, but the ones we have created can still be improved.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Advanced Propellers.)

    [ ] Savoring Sunlight - (Common Physics/Electronics)
    An idea was recently floated to the Research Halls by Pilgrim Oraion to investigate the use cases of covering an airship with solar panels to reduce its Power requirements by continually producing power for low weight and Structure costs. Certainly worth investigating.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 12
    Reward: Unlock Solar Paneling for Airships.)

    [ ] 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: ? 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.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Component - [Module]
    There is always room for improvement.
    (Chance: 20/-40/-150 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: The requested module has one chosen section slightly improved.)

    [ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
    Once we 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): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
    Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
    Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
    Notice: +1/2/3 Structure Bonus per Module for Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.
    Warning: Airships incur Suspendium costs in their production.
    Commoners: Personal Use.
    Nobles: Scouts, Pleasure Yachts.
    Merchants Guild: Cargo, Personal Use, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    Adventurers Guild: Lightly-Medium Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Forge-Clan: All Types except Armed Airships.
    Military: All Types.
    Settlements: Lightly-Heavily Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Misc. Guilds: Light Transports, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    [ ] The Arsenal of Crews
    While the creation of the Training Halls has allowed us to instill comprehensive skills into the crews that will ply the skies, we should endeavor to always have enough training room to build a strategic reserve for air personnel at all times.
    (Turns: 15
    Upkeep: 4 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: School of Crews - Large, -3 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] The Workshops of the Skyneers
    Keeping an airship running is not as easy when you are in the skies, especially if you do not have access to the parts you need to fix something critical immediately. Patchjobs are typical for long-standing airships when suffering a malfunction too many, and finding ways to flick what is broken with the tools one has is far more important than knowing how to repair things with materials you cannot reach. Now, if only we could stop the students from calling themselves 'Skyneers' while we are at it...
    (Turns: 12
    Cost: 2 Big Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Workshops of Skyneers, -8 to Piety Rolls, Increased Airship Production.)

    [ ] Recover Airships - Intact - (Type / Numbers)
    It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, we 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 Cutters (Unarmed 20 ton) (68 Remain): 5 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Line Vessel (Armed 200 ton) (24 Remain): 1 Medium Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Cargo Craft (Unarmed 1000 ton) (9 Remain): 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Warships (Armed 500 ton) (4 Remain): 1 Big Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Chance: 80%
    Reward: Intact Airships Recovered
    Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
    -[ ] Establish Supply Routes
    (Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
    -[ ] Establish Trade Routes
    (Reward: Increase Region prosperity.)
    -[ ] Guard The Skies
    (Cost: Line Vessel
    Reward: Aerial Security.)

    [ ] 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, we must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then we 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)
    [ ] A Draft Of Mercy
    Military and commercial applications of airships have taken a dangerous precedent and priority for us, something that we cannot tolerate any longer. With airships, we can help so many more at so much less hassle and cost, aiding, in turn, more and more people in need. Flying with doctors and medicine to the places that need them instead of forcing them to arrive at one of our locations they may never be able to reach alive is but the most apparent use of something our scholars are rapidly calling "Temple Ships."
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 5 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Unlock Aid and Faith Modules for your Airships.)

    [ ] Halls of Free Minds
    Arguing about the Paths and the Pilgrimage is good, yet there are places where one needs to set aside faith and replace it with uncertain certainty. Faith can guide us through the immaterial when there are no answers to be wrought, but Philosophy can guide us through the material when questions are all that are created by the answers we find.
    (Turns: 4
    Cost: 2 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Halls of Free Minds, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Gardens of Levitation
    A person's inner mind is as much a Path to travel as the physical Journey we all undertake. In a garden, one can ground themselves in nature and the works wrought by hand and guided minds, reflecting on what can be created if a desire exists and the shapes that our universe takes within these forms. By embracing weightlessness and detachment from gravity, one can enter a trance beneficial to beginning a Journey of the Inner Path.
    (Turns: 3
    Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Gardens of Levitation, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Coming Of Age Inscribed
    While using tattoos to display one's allegiance and faith has long since been a part of the Pilgrimage that has been implicitly approved, the years since the discovery of Suspendium have turned this practice into a far more ritualistic affair, now tinted in the possibilities and assured knowledge of Suspendiums non-toxic nature. Finely ground down, treated in gentle heat, and then processed into a form of pigment, Suspendium has begun to be used by many, especially those of us who come of age, to display our Paths and Journey proudly and unafraid. Offering public approval and enshrining this practice as part of the Pilgrimage will bring a sense of community to us all while empowering those who fight to leave a past behind they have conquered.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Upkeep: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
    Reward: Suspendium Ritual Tattoos - -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Radio Cafes
    A somewhat new and novel idea, using the recently created and proliferated radios of our Scholars in a public setting offering food, drink, and conversation, will offer a place to relax, converse with others, and inform oneself about the news and happenings of the Region.
    (Turns: 3
    Reward: Radio Cafes - Small, -1 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Floating Island?
    We know that it is possible to allow an island to fly, the Monastery, Fortress, and Laboratory sit on those, yet...to build it ourselves? Surely that is but madness born by a lust for grandeur?
    (Reward: Sub-Turns to decide on the Path of the Sky Island.)

    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. (1 Action Locked)
    [ ] The Great Trade Fleets - (Choose Region)
    With the proliferation of airships, the abundance of goods within Tessen, and the dearth of forces that could threaten either once within the air, convincing the Merchant Guild to construct and maintain an airship depot and trading station within another Region will not be as impossible as before, but will require us to grease hands and argue fervently for the profits that could be made. No merchant likes a risk they do not think will pay off, so we should make them believe it will.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Chance: 25% (+70 if you add a pre-Collapse cargo airship to the deal.)
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Closer connection and rapid exchange of people, goods, and information with a chosen Region.)

    [ ] 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: 20%/20% for Elites/Locals (rolled each turn.)
    Successes Needed: 4/4
    Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +40% Piety, 4d20 Recruits, +2d12 Goodwill)

    [X] School The Diplomat-Corp - (Specialized) - (Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science)
    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: 70%
    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: 70%
    Reward: Lore and Information regarding Groups/Topics (Max 3).)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.50 Goodwill)

    [ ] Shouldn't We... (Write-In)
    (What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)

    Subversion: Sometimes, you must convince people they need help with means other than an open hand and a friendly face. A dagger to the back of those who chain them would be a good start. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] Home of 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: 5
    Reward: Home of Night allows you to train specialized Subversion Agents and unlocks Destabilization Actions.)

    [ ] A Path Of Shadows
    Training can only bring one so far, and tools will only pave over so many cracks and failures in learning and ability. It is time that those willing to hide in the shadows of the world for the benefit of the Pilgrims learn the difference between seeking to adapt to the blind seeking their traces and those seeing that perceive their wanderings.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill, Upkeep: 4 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Reduce the chance of your agents being caught and considerably 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: 4
    Reward: Improve all Assassination Actions, which allows you to send the same to other Chapters to help.)

    [ ] 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 roots and stems 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: 5
    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)

    [ ] 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: 1
    Chance: 99%
    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: 95%
    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: 2
    Chance: 60%
    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: 90%
    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 no longer be allowed to meddle in our Paths.
    (Chance: 90/50/20%
    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)
    [ ] 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)
    4 Unit Points - Artillery Specialization (Allows Crew Served Weapons to be used at Half the Size requirements)
    4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
    3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
    2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
    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.))
    2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
    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.)
    1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
    1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
    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 3 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.)
    [ ] Neuotinium Experiments - (Pioneer Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics)
    In our quest to improve our methods of creating Tiantemu, several exciting developments caused some of our metallurgists to start theorizing about possible methods to, if not create, then ape, a more primitive form of Neuotinium. Should we be successful, the creation of this ancient alloy mix would be a massive boon to both the Pilgrims and the Empire.
    (Chance: -04/-104/-169% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 89
    Reward: Primitive Neuotinium can now be created by the Empire.
    Breakthrough Research: +25% Success chance every 3 Turns!)

    [ ] Turn That Black Gold Green - (Pioneer Chemicals)
    One of the blueprints we found in the Necropolis appears to be a production for a type of liquid fuel similar to oil, but it is made from a kind of alcohol derived from plants. If we could replicate this consistently, it would represent a massive step for our motor industries as we could further power our Airships without straining the valuable resource further.
    (Requirements: Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints x1
    Breakthrough Research: +2d3 Successes per 5 Successes.
    Chance: -40/-50/-60% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 91
    Reward: Ability to make (Crude) Biofuel.)
    [ ] A Bright-Lance You Can Fire - (Pioneer Weaponry/Electronics/Physics)
    Over the years, we have gathered multiple examples of Bright-Lances, from components to damaged pieces and even an intact model or two. Now, our attention and interest have been leveled against these weapons to make them, or versions we can construct, available for our uses. The first step is making them usable in combat occurring far from a nearby generator or power-generating Artifact.
    (Cost: 20x Artifacts related to Energy.
    Chance: 99/99/-55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 17
    Reward: Primitive Energy Weapon, follow-up Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +1 Success every Turn, increased by +1 Turn for every Turn this Action is researched.)

    [ ] Coilgun Lance Extender Extended Extendedly Extending - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 27
    Reward: Improved Lance Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Scattershot Improved - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    Yet more damage can be done by annihilating all that stands before yourself, no matter their armor.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 49
    Reward: Improved Scattershot Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Repeater Repeated Repeatedly Rapidly Repeated - (Pioneer 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 23
    Reward: Improved Repeater Coilgun.)

    [ ] Gasses Soon Remembered - (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.
    (Chance: 90/85/80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
    Reward: Standard Gas Grenades)

    [ ] Upon The Pyre Of Ash - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
    With the first iteration of our very own Fire Grenade produced, dozen areas have already been noted down for further improvement, from production to reliability.
    (Chance: 99/80/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Standard Fire Grenade.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2a - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    The Pest-Removal Edition. There is, all too often, a need to exterminate a herd of insects before they reach one's fields, and this may be a cost-effective answer.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
    Reward: Pesticide Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3a.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2b - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    Weaponry Edition. More range, hotter flames, less fuel used, burning more.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: Standard Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3b)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Reward: Spiked Pavise.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Light - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor reduced to its most fundamental though: improving the wearer by utilizing non-invasive technologies.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 21
    Reward: Power Armor - Light.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Medium - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Further improvements in the creation of Power Armor in any field possible.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 26
    Reward: Power Armor - Medium, further Learning Action.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Heavy - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor which focuses on creating the most protected bulwark behind which allies can be shielded that our technologies allow.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 34
    Reward: Power Armor - Heavy, 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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/99/95% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/4
    Reward: Chosen Armor.)
    [ ] That's A Wrap Pt.3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Machinery/Programming)
    Improvements have been made. Now comes the time to capitalize on the lessons learned and work out the last kinks of the Auto-Bandage!
    (Cost: 50x Medical/Machinery Artifacts
    Chance: 99/-10/-145% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 24
    Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Standard))

    [ ] Combat Stimms Round 4 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
    This is the pinnacle of what our scholars and medical personnel feel comfortable with researching. Anything beyond this point is either too deadly, has too many side effects, or is too unethical to create.
    (Chance: -100/-150/-200% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 50
    Reward: Pioneer Combat Drugs.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 10 Successes!)
    N/A
    [ ] Growing Minds Part 2 (Pioneer Psychology)
    The minds of children are more robust and more fragile than we think they are. Children are intelligent, just not experienced, and with time, they will gain that experience to deal with situations that are required of them when they are adults. What, then, happens if a child is forced to grow up too early? Has such experiences without the tools and understanding to handle what they are going through?
    (Chance: -10/-110/-240% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 145
    Breakthrough Research: +30 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Rewards: Improvement for schools and orphanages.)

    [ ] Blue Sky Psychology - (Pioneer Psychology)
    With most of the problems you have been able to identify at least tangentially understood and categorized, there is nothing more to do than seek out other disorders and diseases of the mind, and means to cure them. However, such an endeaveor is a long-weary thing and offers little concrete results in the short term.
    (Chance: 00/-50/-90% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 120
    Breakthrough Research: +50 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, +1% Piety per Turn.)
    [ ] To Communicate With Living Code - (Unique Programming)
    One of our Data-Smiths-In-Training has found something...odd within our Code Base. They'd like some time and resources to take a closer look.
    (Chance: Unknown, Successes needed: Unknown
    Reward: Figure out how to communicate with the Machine Mind living within(?) our code base.
    Breakthrough Research?)

    [ ] Radio-Waves Isolated And Guarded - (Pioneer Electronics/Programming)
    With the newest electronics and programs for our Radar Towers ready to be implemented, it is time to fully isolate and guard our transmissions from foreign interferences and attempts to tamper with our transmitted words.
    (Chance: 99/99/65% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 250
    Reward: Unlock Advanced Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +10 Successes per 30 Successes!)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/85% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 35
    Reward: ???)

    [X] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.5 - (Pioneer Electronics) - (15/140 Successes)
    There is always another step to be taken. Another path to be taken. This is no different. The road is long but worth it. At the end of this, one awaits the ability to produce the electronics of the ancients in artisanal batches rather than as mere toys to show that we can. One is something that will never be used, and the other is a strategic resource.
    (Chance: 99/99/35% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 140
    Reward: Basically, auto-succeed low-level Electronics Research, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +20% to Success Chance every 10 Successes!)

    [ ] Automation Cost Reduction - (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. With our first foray done with, we now need to prove that we have managed to do what we set out to do.
    (Chance: -75/-95/-135% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 147
    Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Breakthrough Research: +20% to Success Chance every 6 Successes!
    Notice: -100 Successes needed if [Automated Factories - Test Cases] has been completed.)
    [ ] The Little Crystal That Could Pt.3 - (Pioneer Physics)
    Okay, they work by liquid Jewel propelling shaped crystals alongside a path set by a plasma matrix acting as their brain. This matrix is, apparently, a biological copy of an existing construct within the Machinery Cavern where we found the little things, formed by an artificial means we do not understand. What we do understand is that the Living Crystals are capable of reasoning, observation, and reacting to outside stimuli. They also despise the color yellow-sand.
    (Chance: 99/55/-05% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 210
    Reward: Unlock the next stage to study and examine the Living Crystals within the Machinery Caverns by figuring out how they can think. It will also massively improve your understanding of physics and plasma.)
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +5% to Physics Success Chances every 10 Successes!)
    [ ] 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: 99/70/50% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
    Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
    Human - Corpse Information
    Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
    Spider-Drone - Wreck
    Sentinel - Wreck
    Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck

    [ ] 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: 99/85/65% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2/4/12/???
    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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/95/90% 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 chances of success.)

    Archeology: The secrets of the past will illuminate the future; may we learn from their mistakes. (Choose 3 Actions)
    [ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (Turns) - (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 - (25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; there is no need for security or clearing places on your own.)
    -SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns
    -SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, Machines Present. Unknown Configuration/Make. Suspected Level: Uncommon.
    -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?
    -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. 4x Harversters, 7x Attendants, 2x Dignitaries, and 1x Overseer Drone Present.
    -TP-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No Danger
    -TP-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 4d8 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Machines Present.
    -TP-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common-Rare, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -TP-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. ~80 Troopers, ~20 Sharpshooters, Machine Dreadnought 'General Of The Forgotten Eon' present.
    -TL-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -TL-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
    -OH-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -OH-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 5d6 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SM-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -BF-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d3-4 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -BF-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 2d3-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -BG-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 8d12+4 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BG-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -SB-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d4+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SB-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 9d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -SB-06 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 4d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BT-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Unique, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-07 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-08 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-09 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-11 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-13 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-14 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-15 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-16 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 2d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 1 Turn. Organic Artifacts.
    -Bones of Root - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: Eternal.
    -MD-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d8 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Uncommon, Dice: 6d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Unique, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.

    [X] Expedition - (BT-16) - (1 Turn Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)

    [ ] Loot The Bunker
    Let's go!
    +++FAILSAFE OVERRIDE ENGAGED+++
    +++OPENING SEQUENCE COMMENCING+++
    +++ESTIMATED TIME FOR COMPLETION: 1 MONTH+++

    [ ] 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.

    [ ] Delve Deeper Into The Pit
    Down, down, down it goes, winding into an eternal spiral beneath the boundary where the sun's light reaches, and darkness begins to take over, reigning like a king of old who had no fear or threat. Deeper yet, you must delve into hidden things, where glimmering sights evoke pictures of treasures untouched by human hands in a thousand years within the minds of all who delve deeper yet, deep down, down, down...
    (Chance: -1.000%
    Reward: Plunge beyond The Pit's First Zone. No Harm Will Come To Those Who Seek Me Here.)

    [ ] Scout the Shattered Seeds
    The Shattered Seeds were, likely, once intended to turn the surface of Calynth into a verdant and lush world once more, defeating the sands and dunes, savannahs, and mutated lands by the mastery over biology that their makers possessed. Now? Now, it stands as a testament to what nature can do when forced to adapt and forced to feed on each other. There is life here. None of it is friendly.
    (Chance: -10%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: The Shattered Seeds are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Waterfall Hallows
    Once a wonder of hydraulics and water management, the Waterfall Hallows are now baths and pools of steam and thickly covered surfaces with life lush and parasitic. Beneath, animals adapted to this land flourish; above, flying critters make their homes, and in the in-betweens, plants grow and drink, eager to store water that is released in bursts of heated steam to kill nibbling animals to add to roots and nourishment.
    (Chance: -50%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: The Waterfall Hallows are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Garden of Flowering Mimicry - (Write-In Unit)
    "Was that one of you?" "No." "Nope." Nu-uh." NaEvrrr."
    "...sHI-"
    -Common last words in the Garden.
    (Chance: -200%
    Turns: 9
    Reward: The Garden of Flowering Mimicry is scouted.
    Warning: If failed once, the scouting Unit is killed, and all progress is reset.)

    [ ] Scout the Ossified Depths - (Write-In Unit)
    Roots. Deep and Thick. Made of stone, made of bone, made of blood and flesh, turned twisting by force of concrete and steel, tombs of elder days when planets roared with life and terrors were but entertainment. Roots. Deep and Thick. Etched with warnings and runes. So that none may search. Useless now, for none remain who can read their meanings.
    (Turns: 4
    Reward: The Ossified Depths are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Germinating Basin - (Write-In Unit)
    There is naught but a glimpse of this place from the deepest your Scouts dared to go. But it is enough to tell of the birthplace of life that this place is. What horrors await? What wonders sleep? What greed shall be our downfall once more?
    (Chance: ???
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Germinating Basin is scouted. You have reached the lowest point of the Verdant Oasis. Not even rumors remain beyond.)

    [ ] Search For Shelter Lost
    The Stranger said things, gave assurances and evidence, and was taken away to prevent what he 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 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 Hall of Echoes - (Unit)
    Are we not all echoes of one another?
    (Chance: 71%
    Turns: 4
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is an 80% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Minds - (Unit)
    What could be here beyond what should have never been thought up? We should return and forget about this place.
    (Chance: 14%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 90% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Sorrow - (Unit)
    There is nothing here but the taste of bitter tears and forgotten tragedies.
    (Chance: -100%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped. You can delve deeper into the Tenebris Library.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 100% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Spine - (Airship Fleet)
    With the recent upgrade to the Berth in the Tree of Knowledge, you have finally gained the ability to outfit a fleet of Airships with enough weapons, supplies, and tools to reach the Spine, that titanic tower sitting within the Rusting Forest, whose skeletal spire has been out of reach of humanity for a thousand years. What miracles will you find? What horrors do you need to slay to attain them? And what answers and questions shall be found here?
    (Chance: ???%
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Spire can be accessed.)

    [ ] 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. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] Berth - Gigantic
    Berth? Berth?! This is a full-on Fleet Anchorage! What do you mean by "BERTH"?!
    (Turns: 8
    Reward: Up to Fifteen Large Airships for exploration or trading. Can be upgraded into Fleet Anchorage - Small.)

    [ ] Laboratory Complex - Framework
    Dig deeper, build farther, construct more elaborate machines, and turn unliving rock into marvels of science. We are born knowing nothing and shall not die knowing nothing; that is our oath.
    (Cost: 50 General Scientists, 50 Common Engineers, 10 Specialists of Choice
    Turns: 25
    Reward: Reduces Successes required to complete Reserach.)

    [ ] Mass Spectrometer
    A building dedicated to the precise portions of science and material understanding, furthering the depths of our knowledge, even if at the cost of trained experts to operate and work the machine.
    (Cost: 15 General Scientists or 3 Trained General Scientists.
    Turns: 7
    Reward: DC reduction for Physics/Chemicals/Machinery.)

    [ ] 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: 3
    Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)

    [ ] Library - (Large)
    A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit twelve additional floors of equal area, with more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. We 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. With this expansion, several new sections focusing on recreation, higher learning, and a more...secluded section for adult-oriented entertainment (we certainly have no shortage of books here) will be added alongside conservationist sections underneath the current floors to increase the number of ancient texts we can study and learn from.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Provides 6 (six) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 20% Boost to their bonus.)

    [ ] Alika-Engine Workshop
    With the Alika Engine created and ready for utilization within the Tree of Knowledge and Norqod, we should construct a workshop capable of producing this newest step of industrial advancement for our benefit.
    (Reward: Prosperity and increased Technological Proliferation.)

    [ ] Automated Factories - Test Cases
    We learned much and will likely learn more as we set out to prove that we have managed to find the correct balance of automation, cost, materials, and policy.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Prove that you have managed to crack the correct implementations of Automation in a wide area of industries.)

    [ ] 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: Conventional Armor Filled, 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: 2
    Reward: -4 to Piety rolls, +4d10% 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 1 Action, 2 Actions Locked)
    The Actions listed below improve the outcome of the festivities when completed in 2 Turns time.
    (Suitable accommodations for your guests are being built independently. Feel free to chime in if you wish to add more projects to improve the ceremony.)

    -Training Fields - Large
    Improves security and allows for more martial shows of prowess.

    -Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    Knights in the colors of House Dall hoisting the banners of both their liege lady and that of House Ulatarn to whom her scion will be wed make for impressive sights and proud hearts.

    -Small Fine Cloth Manufactury
    Suitable clothing, banners, and cloth for all manner of purposes could be produced on-site rather than transported at significant costs.

    -Bee Fields - Constructed!
    Honey is a delicacy, especially when used to produce sweets, and candles make for suitable light sources when paired with various chemicals to paint their flames in many colors.

    -The Evergreen Gardens - Large - Constructed!
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. The message is evident when they are open to the common masses...unless one's personal gardens are lacking.

    -House Dall Palace Gardens - Constructed!
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. One should always have them prepared for guests.

    -House Dall Options
    They all bring many benefits, some more convoluted than others, but all vital.
    [ ] Caravansery Halls - Medium
    A place where caravans can store their goods for a fee while they sell and barter for those they brought and those they wish to take back home. Comes with places to rest, sleep, and prepare for the roads ahead with local guides and adventurers already organized and grouped into convenient routes by helpful road brokers selling the skills of the willing to the caravan heads instead of making the latter sift through the riff-raff. The Guard presence is notable and on duty at all times, with local Guard stations offering places to sleep, relax, and eat hot meals for the weary protectors of the peace.
    (Turns: 9
    Reward: Caravansery Halls - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Frequent Trade Route - (Choose City)
    Trade is the lifeblood of all nations.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: More frequent trade between Norqod and the chosen city.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Merchant Quarter - Small
    A place where merchants can purchase and rent homes, stores, warehouses, and protection for lengths of time as they see fit, improved by a nearby Adventurers Guild Outpost popping up from... somewhere, somehow (seriously, how did that get there?) to facilitate trade and long-term prospects of both them and Norqod businesses.
    (Turns: 18
    Reward: Merchant Quarter - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Bank - Small
    Where money is safely stored, expertly multiplied, faithfully exchanged, and truthfully tested. Trust none of those words.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: Bank - Tiny)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Insurance Office - Small
    "Just sign the dotted line and pay the seasonal fees, and if something happens to your freight, we will reimburse you for your losses according to our contract, my good friend."
    (Turn: 3
    Reward: Insurance Office - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    [X] Training Fields - Large - (3/11 Turns Complete)
    Specialized smiths and armorers, better equipment, more training, more screaming, and more training.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: House Dall gains a Large House Retinue.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Watchtower Network - Barely Adequate
    To watch for trouble is to be prepared when it arrives. To be prepared is to survive, simple as that.
    (Turns: 15
    Reward: Norqod's outskirts are better patrolled and watched.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Bastion - Tiny
    Let nothing pass, for here are all the people sheltered we have been charged to protect.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Norqod Civilian Population can bunker down for a week under siege without suffering catastrophic casualties.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    This is where it begins...
    (Turns: 12
    Reward: The beginning of a Knight Retinue for 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)
    [ ] Medium 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: 12 General Doctors/Upkeep: 6 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)
    [ ] Wax Shaper Test Building
    Though you have managed to, somehow, create a way to compute and design shapes that can be "printed" upon the physical world thanks to the Metal Printer Artifact you uncovered, the mere complexity of the printing process requires a monumental amount of processing power. Creating such machines and the needed power generation is not cheap. However, the payoff would be immense if we could generate metal constructs wholesale without requiring extensive industrial machines operated by people. Yet, we should start with a wax-based prototype first, just to be sure.
    (Cost: 105 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Wax Shapers. Unlocks Prototype Metal Shapers.
    -[ ] 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 - (Vuur-Engine or Alika-Engine)
    With the miniaturization of the current version of the Vuur-Engine accomplished, alongside the newest Alika-Engine that will reduce the need for fuel (though it requires the construction of power-producing facilities or the trade of Juwel batteries filled to the brim), 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 our engines, 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))

    [ ] Hydroponics - Small
    A series of halls dedicated to growing various crops commonly used to add spice and flavor to Sandwheat, with some other assorted plants added at the discretion of this facility's owners for personal or commercial gain.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Turns: 8
    Reward: Hydroponics - Small.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large
    A large workshop where well-oiled teams of laborers mix and match various chemical compounds and herbs to treat common and uncommon ailments of farm and labor animals within the Region, their works subsidized by House Dall to increase the spread of the medicines.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large.)
    -[ ] 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))

    [ ] Large Toy Manufactury
    Whether large or small, every child loves to play with all 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: 16
    Reward: Large Toy Manufactury, Increases Norqod Mood.
    -[ ] 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 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: 18
    Reward: Large 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))

    [ ] Large 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: 13
    Reward: Large Chemical Goods Manufactury, Low-Class loses Prosperity, High-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))

    [ ] Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury
    The tests have proven the viability of these mixes. Now, it falls upon us to produce and ship them far and wide as others make use of the formulas elsewhere for the good of all.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury, 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))

    [ ] Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large
    Though not as efficient as purely chemically based alternatives, these chemicals harvested from local bug-eating animals to mark territories and improved upon by immigrating chemists will, in time, be a far more cost-efficient way to ensure healthy harvests.
    (Turns: 20
    Reward: Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large, Low-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 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))

    [ ] 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))
    [X] Tiny Scientific Complex - (8/29 Turns Complete)
    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 - Gigantic
    A dedicated facility rests underneath the Evergreen Gardens to rear and breed new forms and strains of plants that show the mastery of flora and the skill of the specialists employed by House Dall for all to see. Tastefully decorated paths snake and wind themselves into the large expanse sheltered underneath the tinted glass and soft shrouds that dim the sun and heat to temperatures of the House Gardener's liking, adding dazzle of shadow and light to the show of color and growth.
    (Turns: 25
    Reward: A large 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)

    [ ] 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 Oasis
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. With gardens established, improving upon their splendor and luxuries showed off to the common people and nobility alike will bring envious eyes and upper hands in the secret language of plants conveying moods to one's opponents in the oasis at once.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: An Oasis 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Renovations
    Though the palace of House Dall is adequately furnished for a recently founded family, it is not befitting one that has amassed such wealth and influence through religious and social connections. As such, the entire palace will be renovated to reflect the standing and wealth of House Dall.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: A beautiful home 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Artistry - (Choose Artist)
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. Becoming the patron of an artist, be they of brush or cloth, will raise the standing of House Dall in the eyes of the nobility that will soon flood into Norqod.
    (Turns: 4
    Reward: A beautiful home 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Luxuries
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And what can be more prestigious than luxuries, lavish and hedonistic?
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Lavish luxuries, from food to leisure, will be available for House Dall.)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Security
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And sometimes, that prestige is one of gleaming armor and sharp weaponry. There are guards, yes, but they could be expanded in quality and quantity.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Better equipped and numerous Guards will bring more prestige to House Dall.)

    [ ] House Dall Bodyguards
    Though House Dall has people who are always close by to the Lady, Lord, and Scion of the House, having people who are dedicated to the task instead of changed on a schedule will send a message...and calm minds that may run hot.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: More security for members of House Dall.)

    [ ] 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 - (2/7 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)
    -[ ] In The Name Of Co-Operation! - (Choose 2 Learning Actions)
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Reward: +4 Progress for chosen Learning Action
    Notice: This Action cannot be used for Learning Projects being researched with Actions.)
    -[ ] 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
    --[X] (12x Trained Scientists) - (5/10 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Coders) - (9/15 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Smiths) - (9/15 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (2x Forge-Smiths) - (1/15 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
    --[ ] Zokian-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 35 Goodwill, Armor: 250/250, Structure: 80/80)
    --[ ] Shyara-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 70 Goodwill, Armor: 450/450, Structure: 50/50)
    --[ ] Golgota-Pattern
    (Turns: 5, Cost: 120 Goodwill, Armor: 800/800, Structure: 75/75)
    --[ ] 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.)

    [] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action)
    -[ ] 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, Turi: 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: 5/12/20 Goodwill
    Reward: +2/4/6% Piety every 8/6/4 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 12.03.25 at 17:00 CET.
    Voting will be closed on 16.03.25 at 17:00 CET.
    Omake Points can be applied until 20:00 CET.
    I will roll on 17.03.25 at 17:00 CET if no one has rolled yet.
    The update will be online on 23.03.25 at 17:00 CET.
     
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    • Rumors:​

    A Petition Of Compassion - The Tessen Speaker
    Ker-Almur, philanthropist, civil rights advocate, and compassionate believer in the Sacred Hand Branch of the Followers of Light, has made an official appearance within the Court of our Lady of Tessen, thanking her for the guest rights extended to his person and to shelter him from the elements that harass and assail those without the same in the outer territories of the lands of the Empire. As thanks, he gave to her a Knight's Lance fashioned and decorated in the style of his home Region, crafted and created by one of his retainers, a Mutated by the name of Li-Isand. With the exchange of gift and safety completed, he was given the right to speak before her, the Court, and to address the people of Tessen with his words and cause. He did so with all the humility and skill expected of a man who has made it his mission to uplift the Mutated from their place and has championed the cause for nearly five decades at this time.
    (Read more on pages 15-16)

    To Speak For The Speakers - The Truthful Observers
    Ker-Almur is called a light of righteousness for the sinners, a hand of compassion open to the wretched, a beacon for a better future, and the Speaker of the Voiceless, yet is that true, or merely a facade worn by one who has made it his bread and butter, his coin and wealth, fame and fortune, to speak for those already crying against what injustices are done against them? Ker-Almur stands high and mighty, speaks with lofty goals and towering hopes, a hand open with high-minded ideals while another dispenses aid and light to all who may listen...while a third demands coin from the masses, and the fourth takes the same from the destitute. Why, one must ask, does this man who speaks of elevating the Mutated seek such amounts of coin from those who have little to give, all to squander it in lavish gifts and splendorous displays of luxury when on the move and at the courts of the Empire? He says he speaks for the voiceless, but can they not speak for themselves, and have they not done so plenty already themselves?
    (Read more on pages 4-7)

    A Fashionable Spat - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
    Even the mightiest nobles and rulers of the Empire are not above squabbling against one another, fighting viciously over the grand and the minor things in life and rulership, such as trade...and fashion. For the Dukes of the Three-Point Valley, Sleeper's Rest, and The Hidden Underway Regions have clashed within the Capital, an argument over fashion, as all three appeared before the Imperial Court wearing the exact same outfit, escalated into the levying of additional trade tariffs between each other when each accused the other two of deliberately appearing with the clothing chosen for that day to embarrass and humiliate. The truth of the matter is likely a comical happenstance, but the insinuations of how such came to be have flown from the matter into the realms of the hilarious and fantastical.
    (Read more on page 17)

    The Nobility Draws Near - The Norqod Vegetable
    It is a tragedy, a horror, a tale from the deepest corners of the Collapse, a swarm of locusts that seeks to eat what little we have left and take all that remains; Nobles have begun to trickle into Norqod for the upcoming marriage. What should we do when our sworn defenders open the gates to the approaching army, when the safety we seek within our walls is rendered null and void, when the voices of nobility come to demand and order within home and hearth? Indeed, though the festivities are bound to be mighty and grand, we are left without safety and calmness of mind, for the end has come in the forms of noble Ladys and Lords to sup upon the joy to come.
    (Read more on page 6)

    ***

    Region Reports

    Bone Valley​

    Our efforts to set up an extended expedition into the Necropolis have been completed without incident or delay. The volunteers are trained, vital resource caches have been planted all along the project routes and scouted areas, and safehouses established where able and ready to lend their safety to the enlargement of other safe zones, with specialized scouts pledging service for the expedition. Now, the Path to tread is up to those who are about to leave us. Our involvement has finished.

    Additionally, the Medical Chemicals Manufactury has completed its first production batch without fail or error. We will begin with establishing medical outposts at once, while distributing the medicine we manufacture to the needy in the meantime.

    Signed; Omar of Iron.

    Sunken Hollows​

    Hello, this is Akane.

    Our militia has been outfitted to the best of our ability and will be able to strike back against anything that seeks to harm us or our efforts. As security is not as much of a concern anymore, we have begun with the labor to construct another scavenging outpost.

    With a thriving goodbye,
    Akane.

    Broken Crossroads​

    We continue on the Path.

    Barric.

    Broken Titan​

    With initial obstructions removed and our presence firmly established within the minds of the locals from where we have breached into the Citadel, we have begun to create a fortified area with all due haste and build up an armed presence to show that, yes, we are here to stay.

    An open hand is but a closed fist a second in the past; a closed fist is but an open hand a second in the past. Both are the same coin spent by the same mind.

    ***

    Spy-Network:​

    The Emperor has a headache due to a minor Court Scandal. Three noble petitioners appeared, with all three wearing the same outfit, each accusing the other two of conspiring to make them look foolish, resulting in a minor trade war between their three Regions.

    The Marquess of Tessen is focused on her Flagship. Ker-Almur has begun to petition for a concerted effort to alleviate the ails and mistreatment of the Mutated citizenry within her Court.

    House Ulatarn is preparing for the marriage. Some guests are already trickling into Norqod!

    House Mirn is entertaining itself. Some of their less-notable members are intending to attend the wedding.

    Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer continues to build their Gravity-Forge.

    The Military continues drilling new recruits to its exacting standards.

    The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics is focused on their contests.

    3-Point University breathes a sigh of relief as the current scandal has vanished from popular sight.

    The Followers of Light are building a large printing house to spread their reach and theology.

    The Merchant Guild has expelled a dozen members for unsanctioned utilization of guild secrets for personal benefit.

    The Union of Herbalists continues with human trials of a new organ transplant surgery.

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science are busy testing a Suspendium Artillery Rifle for the Military.

    The Adventurer Guild has been hired in good numbers to act as bodyguards for Ker-Almur while in Tessen. Their BlackBoards contracts to kill Ker-Almur have been taken up.

    Dirty Daggers are spying on Ker-Almur, watching his every movement. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.

    The Common People are excitedly talking about the upcoming wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Ulatarn again, with not even a month of pretty bad sandstorms dampening the rising spirits.

    The Mutated are excitedly talking about the upcoming wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Ulatarn again, with not even a month of pretty bad sandstorms dampening the rising spirits.
     
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    • 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 leaves can re-enter at any time if 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 humans are 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, the size of which depends 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.)

    Third Tenet: The Path of Endless Skies
    Suspendium is nothing less than a miracle, given its physical form. Its applications are near endless, with no bounds for its current uses found even within the imagination of our most experimental scholars. Floating platforms that will make vertical and horizontal traversal of cities as easy as putting in your destination, never having to bother with congested streets or stairs ever again. Cranes that can lift themselves and hundreds of tons with utter ease and construction speeding up by a thousand workers floating everywhere they are needed. Medical beds that will never put pressure on the wounded, tools and aids that will manipulate the internal body of a patient without cutting them apart to mend what is broken or misaligned. Caravans speeding atop and over the roads and dunes between cities and towns, either by attaching work-lizards or scout-lizards to platforms holding dozens of tons that weigh nothing or hundreds of tons that weigh the same as what they are accustomed to carrying already. Knights bedecked in armors treated with suspendium alloys, their steps light as a feather or as heavy as a thousand tons. Airships of war and commerce flying without any restriction, the reach of the Empire increasing a thousand-fold with coilguns thundering as suspendium-weaponry beats its endless march to the thrum of its levitating brethren. Implants unto the body to turn the tattoos of the Pilgrims into natural lifts, scavengers and scouts able to maneuver in three dimensions as our armed siblings carry weaponry deadly enough to burn entire swarms to the ground, arcane calculations depicted within reality upon the veins of gravity itself...
    The sky is no longer the limit. It is the depths from which we shall rise.
    (Splits all Airship/Suspendium Actions into a new Category. Unlocks new Actions to take full advantage of the mind-bogglingly titanic mass of application-areas of Suspendium. Unlocks the ability to construct [Sky Islands].
    Piety loss now 1 per 25 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: 7.696
    High-Adjudicator: Lord Martyris Dall (Founder)
    Members: 5.241
    -Faithful: 25/191
    --4/4 Captains - +10 to Initiative, +3 to Damage, +10 to Morale Rolls (per).
    --0/32 General Scientists - +12 (per) to assigned research
    --6/10 Trained General Scientists - +18 (per) to assigned research
    --1/13 General Doctors - +6 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --2/3 Trained Surgeons - +12 (per) against diseases and to Medical/Biological research
    --0/24 General Engineers - +14 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Electronic research
    --10/12 Trained Engineers - +24 (per) to salvaging operations and to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Electronic research
    --2/2 Forge-Coders - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Programming/Electronics research
    --0/2 Forge-Smiths - +60 (per) to Mechanical/Machinery/Hydraulics/Metallurgy/Weapons/Armor research

    -Followers: 5.050 (275 (13 Faithful) unoccupied)
    --Recruitment: (+71 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)
    ---(+28 Due to Various Hospices)
    ---(+8 Due to Radio-Channel)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-8 Due to Allied - Mutated)
    Adjudicator: Omar of Iron (Human - Male)
    Members: 1.149
    -Faithful: 15/34
    --3/3 General Doctors
    --3/3 General Engineers

    -Followers: 1.115
    --Recruitment: (+26 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+14 Due to Fortified Position)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Cultural Pushbacks)

    Projects:
    -Guiding Hand (0/1)
    -Construct An Medical Outpost (0/3)
    -Donate Medicines (0/2)
    Adjudicator: Akane (Mutated - Female)
    Members: 447
    -Faithful: 10/12
    --1/1 General Engineer
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 435
    --Recruitment: (+12 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Mutated Adjudicator)

    Projects:
    -Construct Fortifications (5/6)
    -Construct A Scavenging Outpost (0/2)
    -Construct Mendicant Inns (2/4)
    Adjudicator: Barric
    Members: 427
    -Faithful: 10/17
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 410
    --Recruitment: (+14 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(-5 Due to Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -??? (?/?)
    -??? (?/?)
    -??? (?/?)
    Adjudicator: Eryl the Matriarch
    Members: 432
    -Faithful: 11/12
    --1/1 General Doctor

    -Followers: 420
    --Recruitment: (+17 per Turn)
    ---(+13 Due to The Codex Mk.1)
    ---(+4 Due to Reproduction Revolution)
    ---(+4 Due to Adjudicator Trait)
    ---(+2 Due to Adjudicator Sub-Trait)
    ---(-6 Due to Softened Natural Misstrust)

    Projects:
    -A Fortified Inn (0/1)
    -Guards, Bouncers, Security (0/2)
    -Caches of Weaponry and Hope (0/1)
    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 - Brain Trauma
    -S'tary - Male - Combat - Bisection
    -Mikabi - Female - Combat - Complete Organ Liquefaction
    -Ettara - Female - Combat - Organ Ruptures
    -Julus - N/A - Combat - Evaporation
    -Hern - Male - Combat - Shock and Bloodloss

    Goodwill: 240.24 (+10.03 per Turn)
    +2.08 = 7 (3 Bulk, 4 Normal) Soup-Kitchens, Grand Kitchens (Mirn, Tessen), Outlying Soup-Kitchens
    +5.09 = Small Hospice Network, Expanded Network, Territorial Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul)
    +1.30 = Improved Expanded Poor Houses - (Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    +0.05 = School - (Big - Mirn)
    +4.80 = Orphanages - (Big - Strul, Ularn, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages
    +1.20 = Asylum - (Mirn/Zulmni/Tessen/Strul/Ularn/Jokvi)
    +0.15 = Upgraded Brothels 'Consensual' - (Mirn (Upgraded), Jokvi, Tessen, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul)
    -0.02 = Print Shop - Smut
    -3.50 = Subversion (Cover of Eyes, Cover of Body)

    Piety: 100% (+50 to all rolls for Heroes with the Adjudicator Trait)
    Rolls (-70):
    -3 (Tenets: Rite Of Mourning: A Journeys End, Hidden Tenet: A Mythos Called Names)
    -15 (Buildings and Culture: Expanded Daycare, Beautification, Communal Festivals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims, Conclave of Faya Exclave)
    -271 (Pilgrim Buildings: Electric Lights, School - (Big - Mirn), Orphanage - (Big - Ularn, Strul, Zulmni, Tessen, Jokvi, Mirn), Outlying Fortified Orphanages, Asylum/s, Expanded Hospice Network, Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Tessen, Zulmni, Mirn, Ularn, Jokvi, Strul), Improved Expanded Poor Houses, Grand Kitchen (Tessen, Mirn), Cleansed Blackhole Villages (Strul, Ularn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Mirn), Campus of the Skyneers, Training Halls of the Crews - Medium, Pilgrim Communities, Consensuals, Mausoleum of the Forgotten (Mirn, Ularn))
    -104 (Pilgrim Chapters - Bone Valley, Sunken Hollow, Broken Crossroads, Broken Titan)
    -1 (Hero Traits: Martyris: Poisoned By A Plague-Engine - Medicated Immunity)
    +307 (Followers, +1 every 25)

    Suspendium: 1 Big, 1 Large, and 10 Medium Suspendium Shards (2 Large needed in 4 (Four) Turns - Paid)
    Income: +1 Large and 3 Medium Shards
    +12 Medium Shards (The Trail of Rust)
    +10 Medium Shards (Clear The Paths, Break The Walls, Grind The Bars)
    -2 Medium Suspendium Shards (4x Caravaner Mk.2 Lines, 1x Militant, 1x Lightwing, 1x 'Blossom' Pleasure Yacht)
    -1 Medium Shard - Training Halls of the Crew
    -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)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Has a headache due to a minor Court Scandal. Three noble petitioners appeared, with all three wearing the same outfit, each accusing the other two of conspiring to make them look foolish, resulting in a minor trade war between their three Regions.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    Notable: 1 (One) Imperial Favor

    Marquess of Tessen
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Is focused on her Flagship. Ker-Almur has begun to petition for a concerted effort to alleviate the ails and mistreatment of the Mutated citizenry within her Court.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Ulatarn
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Preparing for the marriage. Some guests are already trickling into Norqod!
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    House Mirn
    Contact: Lord Malarn
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Entertaining itself. Some of their less-notable members are intending to attend the wedding.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer
    Contact: Overseer Hild
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Opinion: Alliance (3)
    Plans: Continues to build their Gravity-Forge.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Military
    Contact: Sub-General Aiden Gracia
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Plans: Continues drilling recruits to its exacting standards.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    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: Focused on their contests.
    National Plans: Improve Currently Used Machines Within Any Industry. (2 Turns)
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    Factions:
    -3-Point University
    Contact: Lector Bob
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Breathes a sigh of relief as the current scandal has vanished from popular sight.
    Opinion: Neutral (0)

    The Followers of Light
    Contact: Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla (True Believer)
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Building a large printing house to spread their reach and theology.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Miscellaneous Nobles
    -Lady Maranica (Ally (3)|Happily helping the young couple set up their marriage ceremony's pomp.)
    -Baron Esker (Friend (2)|Cutting down the forest in his lands. Making plans to attend the wedding ceremony.)

    General Opinion on Mutated: Useful Minority (1)
    Locals
    The Common People Of Tessen
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Estimated Pilgrim-Influenced: ~62%
    Mood: Are excitedly talking about the upcoming wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Ulatarn again, with not even a month of pretty bad sandstorms dampening the rising spirits.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls (Special: Applies to All Local Factions.)

    The Merchant Guild
    Contact: Abraham Lin
    Opinion: Allies (3)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Has expelled a dozen members for unsanctioned utilization of guild secrets for personal benefit.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    The Union of Herbalists
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Continues with human trials of a new organ-transplant surgery.
    Factions:
    - Fundamentalists (Neutral (0)|15% Control|Quicker Doctors)
    - Progressivists (Neutral (0)|30% Control|Cheaper Actions)
    - Healers (Ally (3)|55% Control|Enables Surgical Training
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science
    Leader: Marthen Marthensons
    Opinion: Friends (2)
    Information Network: Rank 1
    Plans: Busy testing a Suspendium Artillery Rifle for the Military.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    The Adventurer Guild
    Opinion: Neutral (0)
    Information Network: Rank 2
    Plans: Has been hired in good numbers to act as bodyguards for Ker-Almur while in Tessen. Their BlackBoards contracts to kill Ker-Almur have been taken up.
    Factions:
    -The Huntsmen (Leader: Amra Kaliv/Friendly (1)/400 Members/Reliable Mercenary Company)
    Plans: Guarding Ker-Almur.
    -The Bad Batch (Leader: Simone Simona/Friends (2)/72 Members/Infiltration Experts/Expert Violinists/Trained Exotic Dancers/Adept Flower Coders/Trained Actors/Trained Basket Weavers/Adept Carapace Decorators/Expert Entertainers/Skilled Poisoners)
    Plans: Not Disclosed.
    -The Scavenger Organizations (Leader: None Formally
    --Crews: Old Eyes' Diggers/297 Members
    ---Plans: Recruiting for another run into the Rustin Forest.)
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Leader: Agatel Lh-a/Neutral (0)/3641 Infantry, 28 War Lizards, 45 Scout Lizards, 9 Knights/Combat+Garrison Company)
    Plans: Desperately trying to repair their destroyed Knights.
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls

    Criminal Gangs
    Boni: +15 on all Diplomatic rolls
    -Gang: Dirty Daggers
    --Leader: Mahakan
    --Territory: Region Tessen
    --Opinion: Neutral (0)
    --Information Network: Rank 2
    --Plans: Spying on Ker-Almur, watching his every movement. They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.
    --The Bad Batch Note: This Thief Guild/Racket is more interested in getting money out of you than blood.

    Terrorist Organizations
    N/A

    Cults
    -Conclave of Faya
    --Contact: Elder Spirit Songweaver Marta
    --Opinion: Friend (2)
    --Plans: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Doing business as usual.
    --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: Are excitedly talking about the upcoming wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Ulatarn again, with not even a month of pretty bad sandstorms dampening the rising spirits.

    Sapients
    Forgotten
    Opinion: Friendly (1)
    Plans: Healing.

    General Opinion on Mutated: Growing Indifference (2)
    Artefacts
    Common
    10x Miscellaneous Artifacts - 1.02 +5 to Everything
    3x Destroyed Eversun Scrap-Knights - 9.45 - +5 to Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery
    360x Bunker Electronic Artifacts - 1.74 - +5 to Electronics
    10x Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 1.62 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics
    570x Bunker Medicine Artifacts - 0.92 - +5 to Biology/Medicine/Machinery
    5x Exotic Fruit Seeds - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    20x Unknown Seed Samples - 5.00 - +5 to Biology
    10x Spices - 3.81 - +5 to Biology/Medicine
    3x Sticky Branches - 1.02 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    2x Kind Fruits - 1.11 - +5 to Biology
    3x Unbidden Seeds - 2.50 - +5 to Biology
    3x Budding Flowers - 4.56 - +5 to Biology
    Shimmering Petal - 1.32 - +5 to Biology
    Hued Blade of Grass - 2.41 - +5 to Biology/Psychology
    Aromatic Sap - 5.00 - +5 to Biology/Chemicals
    200x Bunker Life-Support Artifacts - 3.00 - +5 to Machinery/Hydraulics/Physics
    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
    3x Destroyed Bright-Pistol - 7.23 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Physics
    Code Scraps - 5.99 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    "Holy Text of the Tiny Snake God" - 11.76 - +20 to Advanced Psychology
    4x Mono Titanium Blade- 5.01 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy
    2x Destroyed Missile Loading Mechanism - 5.14 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanics
    3x Refueling Nozzles - 6.07 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Half-Rusted Fuel Pumping Station - 5.30 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    7x Busted Swarm Missile Constructors - 7.46 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Chemicals
    4x Goo-Cages - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Mechanicals
    4x Ablative Scales - 5.65 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    2x Eversun Scrap-Knights - 22.23 - +20 to Advanced Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Physics
    3x Retinal Implantation Guide - 5.46 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    Folding Security Measures - 6.94 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics
    Data On Physical Phenomena - 7.29 - +20 to Advanced Physics
    4x Auto-Adjusting Bodyarmor - 6.68 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Machinery
    Rudimentary VI - 5.49 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Programming
    5x Damaged Plasmathrowers - 7.06 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming/Machinery/Weapons/Hydraulics
    98x Bunker Electronic Artifact - 6.53 - +20 to Advanced Electronics
    237x Bunker Machinery Artifact - 5.03 - +20 to Advanced Machinery
    142x Bunker Programming Artifact - 5.94 - +20 to Advanced Programming
    495x Bunker Hospital Artifacts - 9.60 - +20 to Advanced Chemical/Medical/Psychology/Biology/Machinery
    230x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 8.84 - +20 to Advanced Armor/Metallurgy/Machinery/Hydraulics
    305x Bunker Weapons Artifacts - 7.32 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Machinery/Hydraulics/Chemical
    Aetheric Conversion Engine - 6.33 - +20 to Advanced Mechanics/Hydraulics/Airship Technologies
    2x Suspendium Diffusion Charts - 5.67 - +20 to Advanced Physics/Airships Technologies
    210x Guardians - Trooper - 7.15 - +20 to Advanced Electronics/Metallurgy/Programming
    2x Medium Bright-Lance Turret - +7.50 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics/Armor/Electronics
    175x Rare Bunker Manufacturing Artifacts - 6.23 - +20 to Advanced Machinery/Hydraulics
    60x Advanced Bunker Weapon Artifacts - 14.48 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    2x Corpse Feast Grenades - 11.70 - +20 to Advanced Weapons/Hydraulics
    3x Plasma-Conduits - 7.75 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics
    3x Plasma-Focusers - 9.25 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Physics/Weapons
    3x Serrated Memory-Metal Blades - 12.12 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy/Weapons
    28x Bunker Armor Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Armor
    148x Bunker Biology Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Biology
    18x Bunker Metallurgy Artifacts - 12.00 - +20 to Advanced Metallurgy
    176x Bunker Animal Artifacts - 9.84 - +20 to Advanced Biology/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
    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
    Gas Liquifiers - 15.43 - +50 to Pioneer Hydraulics
    Theorem On Celestial Movements - 15.97 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    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
    10x "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
    5x 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
    5x 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
    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
    2x Doused Flame of Hatred - 23.98 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Programming
    Elevated Syphon of Levitation - 24.14 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/All Airship Technologies
    3x 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
    2x Emissary's Delight - 23.16 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    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
    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
    5x Targeting Beacon - 22.20 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Physics/Weapons
    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 Weapons/Biology/Chemicals/Medicine
    2x 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
    3x 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
    Sentence 14 - 43.21 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    2x Nanoweave Skinplates - 34.56 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Medicine
    10x Gravitic Celestial Maps - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Physics
    9x Satellite Codes - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer All
    Irkanite Lance Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Thought Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Irkanite Blade Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Biology
    Irkanite Heart Component - 22.22 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    4x Automated Molecural Statuettes - 25.13 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Machinery
    2x Written Testimonies of the Collapse - 35.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/???
    Sacrosanct Idol - 20.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    4x Crystallized Flames - 25.25 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    'Children of the Sunset Sea' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    'Beyond the Skein of Bones' - 50.00 - +50 To Pioneer Biology/Airship Technologies
    2x A Flask Of Cool Water - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Unknown Chemical Pulver - 19.46 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/???
    The Burned Remains Of God - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Weaponry/Airship Technologies
    The Planted Wisdom Of Age - 250.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Biology
    2x The Ashes Of Our Pyre - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    'Human Flesh and Immortal Soul' - 44.68 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology
    185x Prototype Bunker Artifacts - 49.32- +50 to Pioneer Electronic/Machinery/Hydraulic/Programming Artifacts
    2x A Broken Clock - 22.81 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Quiet Leave - 34.64 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    'All The Queen's Men' Book - 19.50 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    111x Biology Bunker Artifacts - 30.00- +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemical/Hydraulics Artifacts
    Lost-Tech Machinery Blueprints - 25.50 - +50 to Pioneer Machinery
    2x Lost-Tech Medical Blueprints - 22.50 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine
    Lost-Tech Weaponry Blueprints - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints - 31.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals
    'A Beginner's Treaty On The Human Genome' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Machinery
    'Terra Nova' Book - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Metallurgy/Psychology
    Saphire Scepter - 26.43 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy
    Captain's Sabre - 26.47 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    A Sharp Blade - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry
    Waterflow Of A Babbling Brook - 46.84 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Hydraulics
    'Gravimetric Calculations' Book - 75.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium - [Library]
    4x Perfectly Preserved Spines - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved Nervous Systems - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    'The Rustle of the Leaves' - ??.?? - +100 to Pioneer Suspendium/Psychology - [Library]
    The Ache In Bones Left Behind By Unwise Anger And Guilt - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Bottled Guilt - 42.87 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    "Those Who Left Us Behind" - 33.51 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Medicine
    Scalding Claw - 59.73 - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    Hot Tea - 77.44 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Chemicals
    48x Lost Tech Bunker Artifacts - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Hydraulics/Machinery
    4x Grey Goo Cages - N/A - +50 to Programming/Metallurgy/Hydraulics
    'Histories of the Unknown' - 46.88 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology/Medicine
    Slycthe Mine - 46.20 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Unsure Tremor - 39.85 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Interconnected Neural Patterns - 46.37 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Uploaded Thought-Patterns - 49.21 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Electronics/Programming
    2x Unrestricted Virus - 42.53 - +50 to Pioneer Pioneer Electronics/Programming
    Brain Maggot - 42.67 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Biology
    A Second That Coughs - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Golden Skin Imitant - 45.57 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine
    5x Neural-Pattern Repair Matrix - 41.31 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Programming/Electronics
    6x Spinal Enhancement Fluid - 41.96 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    4x Desecrated Idol - 42.83 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Old Religious Icon - 42.17 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Blood-Spider Machines - 44.63 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Chemicals/Programming/Hydraulics
    'A Treaty On Gravity' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium
    'Admiral Tex's Treaty On How To Boat Good' - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Airship Technologies
    Cat's Eye's Stare - 43.85 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Chemicals
    Anguish of Excitement - 46.65 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    5x Decorative Programmable Memory-Metals - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Electronics/Programming/Metallurgy
    3x Sleep Half-Cyclers - 43.77 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals
    Lance of Light - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Metallurgy/Electronics/Programming
    Eruption Of Joy - 100.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Ruptured Dreadnought Core - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Programming/Machinery/Hydraulics
    Pulsating Behemoth Brain - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Bones - 39.7 - +50 to Pioneer Biology
    Fear And Delight - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    Blunt Shard - 46.75 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Hydraulics
    Mnemonic Leech - 45.0 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology/Biology
    Suspended Fluid Dice - 42.80 - +50 to Pioneer Suspendium/Hydraulics
    Wicked Venom Barbs - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    3x Intact Gene-Sequencers - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals
    2x Shattered Iron Wombs - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Programming/Medicine/Chemicals/Hydraulics
    2x Energizing Drinks - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Medicine
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Festering Eyes - 42.25 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    2x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Rotten Lungs - 38.75 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    4x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Cancerous Brains - 45.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Fattened Hearts - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    2x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Rancid Livers - 46.75 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    3x Perfectly Preserved And Functional Putrid Kidneys - 49.50 - +50 to Pioneer Chemicals/Biology
    Throne of Jròd - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Weaponry/Programming/Electronics/Machinery
    Lonely Voice - 40.00 - +50 to Pioneer Psychology
    3x Eyes of the Forgotten Fox - 37.91 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine
    2x Tails of the Forgotten Fox - 42.82 - +50 to Pioneer Medicine/Chemicals
    Scales of the Forgotten Fox - 50.00 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Armor
    Untranslated Monastery Book - ??.?? - +50 to Pioneer ???
    Heraldry of Doomed Heroes - +49.95 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Psychology
    5x Volatile Seeds - 45.13 - +50 to Pioneer Biology/Chemicals
    2x Color-shifting Hides - 40.50 - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Biology
    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.)

    Pod of Rebirth
    This machine is capable of altering a person's appearance, from mere haircuts to radical morphological changes, such as the removal of all traces of Mutation within a single day at its longest. Unfortunately, the requirements for its operation are such that only a dedicated and large power plant could hope to keep it in operation continuously. It also has a handy instruction manual to set up the changes yourself!
    (+40 to Biology.)

    2x Dying Light
    Whoever cobbled this piece of electro-scrap together either knew what they were doing, or had a lot of luck and miracles on their side.
    Hand-held Coilgun - +50 to Pioneer Weapons/Electronics - (10d4 Damage, Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor).)

    Tidestrider
    The only thing we know about this machine is that it supposedly has been used in ocean-going ships to swiftly part waters. Anything else must be uncovered by deliberate activation, which is fraught with dangers.

    Eyes of Règle - Equipped by Silvia Jr.
    These biomechanical eyes were recovered from deep within the Forest, within a guarded and secluded, almost fortress-like laboratory, where corpses upon corpses were piled against the doors to the chamber in which they were hidden. The corpses all faced outwards, and what weapon-shaped object remained tells well of what must have happened. It was a battle to see these safe, one that ended in a grand and terrible slaughter.
    (Eyes of Règle - Painlessly attach themselves to the user, allowing them to discern when lies, and what kind of lies, are being told. They can be manually shut down.)

    9x Living Symbiotes
    Discovered within twisting and unknown portions of the Bloodless Thicket, obtained after sacrifices of many a liter of blood from animals and mutants hunted and delivered, these 9 beings were grasped and wrenched out of an abattoir of a laboratory, their forms sleeping yet ready to awake. As far as our investigators could discern from recovered and cracked computers and data repositories, these symbiotes were meant for the purgation of all things poisonous and harmful to their hosts within their body, from chemicals to radiation, alongside drastically increasing the duplication of cells in areas that have suffered a wound, and the creation of new blood. The downside, and why they haven't been seen anywhere else, is a highly elevated risk of cancer in all bonded hosts.
    (Bonding a Living Symbiote to a Host will add +3 Health and heal them by 50% of their total Health each Turn in combat. They will also start rolling against a 5% chance of developing cancer each Turn.)

    6x Suspended Animation Boxes
    There is little of note about them aside from instruction on how to open them and the...chances(?) for receiving a "desirable companion fine-tuned to your specific tastes!" These boxes contain animals seemingly "created" for the express purpose of being companions and guardians, with "grades" of rarity attached to each one. ...t-there are implications that the "Legendary" Tier may have...people as "rewards."
    (Open them to find out what pops out.)

    4x Attentive Eyes
    Though floating in a solution of unknown composition and make, the eye within the tube seems to follow you wherever you go...
    (???)

    Book Of The Forest - (Equip to Hero)
    The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...The Leaves...they rustle...THEY RUSTLE, EVER SWAYING IN THE BRANCHES THAT STRETCH INTO THE VOIDLESS COSMOS OF INFINITE GROWTH WHERE THE SIN OF AMBITION BURNED DOWN ALL WE HAD ONCE GRASPED LIKE CHILDREN, SHATTERING THE LATTICE AND FABRIC OF THE UNIVERSE! THE LEAVES! THEY RUSTLE!
    (+5 to Soil of Hope, Seed of Change)

    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.
    (+1 to Soil of Hope, Seed of Change)
    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 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+8/+4+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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)
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+4 (+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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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.
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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+7 (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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Medical Kit (Silver, Bloodbark): Roll 1d5 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded.
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -(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, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Crying Crescent (Special Melee): Special Rule: Armor Piercing: +2 damage against Armor, +2 damage, ignoring Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Pointed Reply (Special Ranged): +1 damage against Armor, Special Rule: Accurate: +5 to ranged rolls, Ammunition for 15 Turns, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Electric Spear: +1d4 Electric Damage, Inflicts Paralysis/Overcharge (-35 Initiative (Biological)/+3 Damage (Machine)), 2 damage ignores Armor, Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -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), Cutting Edge (+1 Damage for Blade Weapons per 3 Unit Size).
    -Standard Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Small Crew Weapon (Requires 4 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns)
    -Standard Lance Coilgun: Coilgun (15d20), Overpenetration (Cannot target more than one Unit per shot), Slightly Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Small Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), High Armor Penetration (75% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns), Extended Range (Will act first in combat unless ambushed.)
    -Standard Scattershot Coilgun: Coilgun (80d2), Delete That Grid (Targets All Units In A Battle. Cannot fire if friendly Units are engaged in Melee), Unwieldy (-25 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Tiny Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Low Armor Penetration (25% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Standard Repeater Coilgun: Coilgun (20d10), Dakka (Damage Dice that roll a 1 are re-rolled once), Unwieldy (-20 to Initiative), Two-Handed (Unit cannot equip secondary armaments/shields/battle consumables), Reduced Crew Weapon (Requires 3 crew to fire), Standard Armor Penetration (50% of Damage ignores Armor). Special Rule: Enhanced Power-Supply (Can only fire every 2 Turns).
    -Prototype Bright-Lance: Bright-Lance (1d1), Massive Battery (Requires 6 crew to fire), Energy Weapon-Type (Deals 50% more Damage per Turn, every Turn, when leveled against the same Target, rounded up), Special Rule: Ravenous Energy Requirements (Cannot fire more than once per Combat).
    -Primitive Flamethrower: Flame-Weaponry (2d2 (+1 Lingering for 1d2 Turns)), Terror Weapon (Forces a Morale Check at Disadvantage).
    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).
    -Bulwark: Power Armor (Standard): +60 Armor, -30 on stealth rolls, +10 on initiative rolls, +1d6+2 in Melee.
    -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
    -Firegrenade (Primitive, Lingering): It is used as a free action before melee is joined, with 2d3+2 Damage and +2 damage in the next Turn.
    -Smokebomb (Scented): A retreat/disengage has a DC of 40 to avoid Damage and a DC of 65 against Mutants and Animals.
    -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.
    -Tearwind - Deals no Damage, but has a 35% Chance to force 1d4 Enemy Units (Melee Units are affected before Ranged Units) to cease any attacks for 1d2 Turns.
    -Acidfog (Lingering, Targeted) - Deals 2d2 Acid Damage, reduced by -1 per Turn, until being removed after 5 Turns. Does not affect your Units.
    -Lungmelt - Deals 5d5 Chemical Damage. It affects your Units if they are thrown after Combat is initiated.
    -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.
    -Auto-Bandage - (Primitive): Roll 2d3 before casualty rolls to heal any wounded. This effect stacks with other Medical Consumables.
    -Medi-Aid Chemicals: "Miracle Cure" - Treat all negative Health above (-TotalUnitHealth/2) as if the Unit still has 1 Health. (Warning: 04% Chance to replace Lost Health with Hostile (3 Health/2 Armor) Mutant Units with a total Unit Count equal to Lost Health.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Berserk: Increase all Damage by two damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Last Stand: Reduce all Damage by half, triple all Health. (Warning! This drug has a (projected) 70% chance of killing the user.)
    -Combat Drug - Refined Adrenaline: Increase all Damage by three damage dice.
    -Combat Drug - Stabilizers: Half all Casualty Rolls, rounded up.
    Upgrades
    -Crossbow Upgrade: Electric Bolt (Crossbow Ammunition): Inflicts Light Paralysis/ Light Overcharge (-15 Initiative (Biological)/+1 Damage (Machine), 3 damage ignores Armor
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Acid Globules (Ammunition): +8d8/16d8 Acid Damage against Biological/Machine Enemies, Improved Acidic Burning (8 Damage per Turn for 2 Turns, +2 Breakpoints for all Sentient Units present), (3/3) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Sleeping Gas (Ammunition): Improved Chemical Lullaby (Affects 1d6+2 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses. 2d2-1 Turns until affected Units fall asleep), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 Turns, No effect upon non-biological targets), (2/2) Shells
    -Mortar Upgrade: Improved Choking Gas (Ammunition): 2d2 Health Damage per Turn, Improved Yellow Fog (Affects 1d6+4 Units, randomly chosen in the target area, until it diffuses), Improved Gas Weapon (Diffuses after 1d4 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
    -Static Mortar (Standard): Special Rule: 70% Chance of hitting for 2d12 Damage per round. 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.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Melee Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 1/1 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.).
    -Generic Ranged Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Ranged Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 2/2 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -Generic Melee Quadruped: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Melee Quadrupedal Unit (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Melee attack of 2d2 per Unit size.), Quick Feet (+5 to Initiative).
    -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).
    -Artillery Scutter: A large-sized drone, as large as a War-Lizard, equipped with a Standard Coilgun turret to rip apart enemies. Special Rules: Independent Unit (Gains 9/9 Armor and 3/3 Internal Structure.), Standard Coilgun (15d20 Ranged Damage), see Weapon Entry for Rules.
    -Combat-Trained Common Animal: An animal trained for use in combat, though their usage can become a hindrance if their masters are not careful while handling them.
    Notable Assets/Buildings
    General:
    1x Artifact Reclamation Order
    ∞x Ashleaf Tea - +15 to Diplomacy
    1x Advanced Pneumatic Tools - (-1 Turn per 2 Turns for all Tree of Knowledge Actions)
    1x Elemental Feline Teenager - 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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    3x Food Kitchens - (1x Normal, 3x Bulk) - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (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 - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x School - (Big) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)

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

    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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Food Kitchen - (Major City Expansions) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Grand Kitchen - (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!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

    Jokvi:
    1x Fixed the Mess
    1x Humane Asylum - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Brothel 'Consensual' - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Expanded Poor Houses - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Orphanage - (Big) - (Guardians For Hire, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Rudimentary Territorial Hospices - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

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

    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, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospice Network - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Iron Mine - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Jewel Mine - (Steam Engine Improved) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)
    1x Outlying Fortified Orphanages - (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!)
    1x Soup-Kitchens - (Guards! Guards!, Guardians For Hire)

    Pilgrim Holdings:
    1x Administration Center - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Alika-Engine Workshop - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artifact Vault - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artisinal Robotics Creation - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Box - (Gutted Core) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Black Root Field
    1x Berth - (Large) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bloodbark Field
    1x Codex Printing
    1x Communal Festivals
    4x Computers
    1x Desalination Basins - (Deep Pumps)
    1x Electronics Manufacture ~ Ancient Circuits - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Daycare - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Extremely Fertile Ashleaf-Nursery - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Laboratory Complex - (Rudimentary) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Living Quarters - (Continuous Expansion) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Library - (Expanded)
    1x The Hidden Workshop - (Legendary) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten Pilgrims
    1x Medical Wing - (Grand) - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Menagerie - (Common) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Primitive Radar Tower - (Guards! Guards!)
    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 Campus of the Skyneers - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x School of Crews - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Drone-Manufacture - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Field - (Expanded) - (Security Improvements)

    Norqod:
    1x Academy of the Fools - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Component Factory - (Guards! Guards!)
    4x Airship Lines (Caravaner Mk.2) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Lightwing) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line (Militant) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Line ('Blossom' Pleasure Yacht) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Airship Trade Anchor And Depot - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Artist Alley
    1x Bank - Tiny - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Bee Field
    1x Brewers Run
    1x Bulk Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Cat Alley - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Contractual Expansion - (Adequate Housing) - (Security Improvements)
    1x Caravansery Halls - Small - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Engine Assembly - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Clinics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Public Libraries
    1x Goat Pens
    1x House Dall Barracks
    1x House Dall Bodyguards
    1x House Dall Palace Artistry - Musicians
    1x Insurance Office - Tiny
    1x Large Tool Manufactury
    1x Luxury Goods Warehouse Hub - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Map of Norqod - Holo Emitter
    1x Mausoleum of the Forgotten
    1x Medium Quarantine Area - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Sturdy Clothing Manufactury
    1x Merchant Quarter - Medium - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Mercenary Quarters
    1x Miniscule Scientific Complex - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Natural Pesticide Factory - Medium
    1x Norqod Fashion Street - (Tahmid's Embroidery)
    1x Norqod Radio Station - (Entertainment and News) - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Expanded Hospitals - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Medium
    1x Sin Run - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Small Cannery
    1x Medium Chemical Goods Manufactury - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Furniture Manufactory
    1x Small Medicinal School - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Medium Toy Manufactury
    1x Steel Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Steel Mill - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Evergreen Gardens - Large - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x The Trail of Rust - Expanded - (Security Improvements, Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiantemu Alloy Foundry - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Tiny Hydroponics - (Guards! Guards!)
    1x Training Fields - Medium
    1x Watchtower Network - Weak
    1x Workshop of the Alartfa-Seers

    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
    2x Advanced Biology Theory
    1x Advanced Armor Theory
    1x Pioneer Weaponry Theory
    6x Pioneer Electronics Theories
    2x Pioneer Hydraulics Theories
    2x Pioneer Machinery Theory
    1x Pioneer Physics Theory
    1x Pioneer Programming 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 - Grand
    -Plagues roll with a massive mali to infect the Pilgrims, supporting up to 10.000 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 Complex - Fundamental
    Vastly improves chances for all Learning Actions, along with unlocking 1/2/3 success thresholds.

    Knight-Hangar
    Houses 1(one) Knight, allowing you to enact repairs and modifications.

    Sandcrete Mixer
    Vastly reduces the needed Materials for shortening building Turns.

    Electronics Manufacture - Ancient Circuits + Artisinal Optical Fiber Production
    +250 to all Electronics/Programming 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 - (Expanded)
    Provides 3 (three) slots for Literature Artifacts, continuously providing 15% (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 - Large
    This is the point where it is almost insulting to call the Airship facilities of the Tree mere "Berths" instead of Anchorages or Ports. Expanding the available facilities by double will allow us to field fleets without crowding or scheduling errors and will be a critical part of creating an Empire-wide transport and logistics system for the Pilgrims and our people, goods, and services.
    (Without special projects, we can now modify Nine Medium or Two Large Airships for exploration or trading.)

    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 (Improved 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, Artillery 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: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    High-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Stagnant)
    Middle-Class Prosperity: Very Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)
    Lower-Class Prosperity: Moderately Wealthy (Decreasing Slightly)

    Mood: Satisfied (Rising)

    Permanent Inhabitants: ~7.300
    -Tendency: Sharply Rising.

    Security: Yes.
    -Daughter of Dawn (Airship)
    -Forge-Clan Elders (12)
    -Forge-Clan Security Forces
    -Royal Regiment 'Rabbitaurs'
    -Tailors of the Burned Skies (Mercenary Company)
    -House Dall Retinue

    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 Power-Armor (Primitive): Power Armor: +60 Armor, +1d4 in Meele, -45 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.
    -Medical Kit (Silver): Roll 1d5 before survival roll to heal wounds.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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.)

    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 - 20-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. She is having her "rebel" phase. You do not know if her asking you for advice on how to rebel better is a sign of being a good parent or utterly failing at ensuring she can rebel on her own. The moment she turned 18, Markus Ulatarn proposed to her, the two finally pushing their "secret" relationship into the open...though in a way that left the impression it was with the modifier "kicking and screaming" for her, seeing how adorably embarrassed she was by the whole thing. You are happy for her and her future.

    Son-In-Law: Lord Markus Ulatarn - 21-Year-Old
    A child of nobility, he was given to be raised and educated while laying the foundation of a relationship between the 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. He likes Crinkle. He recently took up painting after watching the various artists in Norqod decorate and carve into the rock. He has made two paintings of Silvia Jr., one specially created to allow her to touch, and thus see, what he has painted. You are watching him. Screw that joke over watching him; that boy just proposed to your daughter! He is now officially (almost) family, so he'd better start running because you are about to drag him into the whole marriage thing from the deep end if he does not.
    (You have a Son-In-Law!)

    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.
    -Combat Drug - Refined Re-Breath: Re-roll failed casualty rolls.
    -Improved Ranged Spider: An autonomous drone for military applications. Special Rule: Independent Units (Gains 5/5 Armor and 2/2 Internal Structure, has a Ranged attack of 1d3 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 (25/25):
    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.
    (+60 to all rolls made with PD.)

    Bloodied Knight-Pilot:
    You have joined the illustrious Elite of the world, where the entry is life-long service, and the exit is at the end of a weapon. Yours will be a life of war, death, and struggles, bringing hope to despairing hearts, rallying flagging defenders, and protecting those in your shadow. Do not stumble, for the consequences are grave.
    (+10 to all rolls after using a Knight in Combat.)

    1st Generation Pilgrim:
    This person has not been converted to the Pilgrim's belief but was raised in it from a young age. Their faith has always been a part of their life, guiding their actions even when choosing to leave. People will find it hard to sway their devotion should they remain.
    (Actions to subvert Aria roll with a malus.)

    We Can Do It!:
    Aria has been deeply empathetic, caring, and driven from a young age. Since joining the Pilgrims, she has grown into a relentlessly friendly and optimistic young woman, shaped by her adoptive family's experiences. With her determined personality, she picked up "a little bit of everything" at a young age by enthusiastically volunteering to assist in any and everything. She picked the brains of anyone willing to let her, though the more curmudgeonly among the Pilgrims find her boundless enthusiasm tiresome. But she will give everything she has in all she does, unfortunately, sometimes beyond that.
    (+20 to all actions this Hero is assigned to, -10 for every Turn Relax is not chosen. Currently: +/-0)

    Trauma: Common People Purge Survivor (16/16):
    It has been years since the Purge, and you no longer feel overwhelmed or trapped by the feelings of terror and hopelessness as you once did. Instead, you have used that horror you survived as a drive to see it never repeated or minimized for as long as you live. You may occasionally still dream about the screams, the hateful faces, and the smell of burning flesh, but it adds to your conviction to see it never repeated.
    (-5 to all Actions this Hero is assigned to, can be chosen as a starting character should a Purge happen. +10 to all Actions done by this Hero within Purge Turns.)

    To Fling A Light:
    Sometimes? Sometimes, being willing to help is not enough; doing all you can could fail, and people will die. You know that. You have seen that. Sometimes, sacrifice is needed. And if you can shoulder that burden so that others won't have to? You would gladly fling a light into the future at the cost of your life.
    (???)

    Human Wife - Chiedi
    The delight of marriage with all of its wonders and happiness.

    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. Little Lillia is a curious child, full of rambunctious energy, endless creativity, and a penchant for getting into trouble the second you put her out of direct line of sight.

    Object of Veneration - Indistinct- Guardian - (112/250)
    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.
    (+20 to all Diplomacy/Norqod Actions, Become More.)
    Turi
    Turi, Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing
    Health:     1/1
    Armor: 25/25 Armor
    Training: Green (1/6) (-25 to Initiative)
    Breakpoint: 6/7

    Equipment:
    -Dagger: 1 Damage per size (1 total)
    -Fly In Amber

    Fly In Amber
    Despite the name, this is neither a fly trapped in amber nor a painting depicting such, but a set of armor that resembles amber yet is tougher than anything we could produce on our own. The set, when worn, lights up with circuits of unknown purpose, but those who wear the armor feel a sense of confidence and clarity of thought.
    Light Armor - +50 to Pioneer Armor/Electronics - (25/25 Armor for a Hero, +4 Armor Self-Repair per Combat Turn.)

    Traits:
    Experimental Oddity Passion (6/7):
    Ever since Turi was able to research the world and tinker, she has harbored an intense interest in things that most people dismiss or consider Blue Skies projects. With the time she has spent working on such things, her desire to deal with the impossible and deliver impossible results has only heightened with success after success.
    (+2d4 Successes per assignment to a Breakthrough Technology. Can be upgraded.)

    Head Scholar of the Experimental Wing:
    "Science is not the effort of a single person; it is the accumulated passion and experience of thousands coming together into a single project for a single purpose, again and again. I am but one more chain in the link from the dawn of time, and I shall ensure it endures until the end of mine at the worst."
    (+50 to assigned Research Actions.)

    Zest For Life:
    "Why should I welcome death and drudgery when there is so much left to do, so much left to experience?"
    (Turi can be assigned to a Single Project twice per Turn but will require a Turn of downtime afterward.)

    Mother Of Electronic Life:
    "Who's a good murder machine? Who's a good murder machine? You are! Yes, You Are! Now. Unscrew their kneecaps."
    (Machines under Turi's command act in her stead, gaining 50% rounded-up Damage.)
    The door, if one could even call it that by applying the category of such things to the monster before her, was as silent and unmoved as ever before, nothing indicating that it would open in...ten minutes.

    Aria breathed deeply once more, her nerves as calm as they could be, especially with Perpetual Defiance standing with her in more than presence; their thoughts intertwined and melded while retaining degrees of separation. Still, anticipation thrummed to the beat of her heart and burned in her friend's mind, eager for a fight and victory.

    So they stood, their hands resting upon their sword's pommel, tip lightly resting on the floor, and stared ahead at the door, stance wide.

    Beside and behind them, the Knights of the Tailors of the Burned Skies stood ready; all twelve of them, with their other forces, soldiers, engineers, War-Lizards and riders, and even newly installed automated defenses, stood prepared to fight and die once that door opened.

    To her left was Ulsur, a beast of a man with a deep rumbling laugh that shook the bones in your body, whose Knight 'Armorspite' stood tall and lithe, back unbent by costly alterations to allow him to wield the two war-picks he preferred with strength and speed that had surprised PD and her in the training duels they underwent more than once. Not surprising when he had the arms of Armorspite upgraded, side-graded, and meticulously maintained whenever he could. That, and he seemed to always have just one more trick in his sleeves (not that he ever bothered to wear a shirt anyway) to use against her.

    To her right, Icca remained impassive and stoic, the lithe, almost underweight, woman as humorless as she was pale, and she was pale indeed. And even if she was nervous, her Knight 'Frozen Breath' would not allow her to show such nervousness; the typically hunchbacked Knight was as solid as a mountain, its tower shield so heavy and dense that it had to be integrated into the machine with three specialized arms holding it aloft, chicken-legs with wide omnidirectional claws spreading the pressure on the ground far enough that it allowed her to move even over light ground...if barely. In her left, a hateful lance rested lightly on the ground, its tip and body more than able to explode into a crackling of electricity and arcing power, burning and sapping life and resistances from her foes as clearly as a piercing charge could turn her foes into shish kebab with ease.

    Behind the trio of them, and ignoring the defensive installations festooned to the ceiling and walls like parasites, were Herg in 'Grinmaw' with his quartet of Knight-sized crossbows at the ready, the happy man as jovial over the comms with his banter with Ulsur as he was with Kellen, who stood to the far left of him in 'Golden Opportunity,' the Knight wielding a Bright-Lance bartered and restored from a scavenger and a Forge-Clan somewhere to the south some years and a mountain of debts ago. The twins Ays and Asy were more or less bored in their twinned Knights 'Spite' and 'Fury.' How the two had come across not one but two self-replenishing Ancient Missile Racks had never been explained to her, and she was not willing to pay the price the two demanded to hear what may well be a fabrication to satisfy her curiosity. All she needed to know was that they could fire for an hour if required, an eternity in combat, before needing to retreat. That both also had twin axes as backup weaponry should it come to close-quarters combat did not hurt either.

    And yet, further behind the quartet were what was almost certainly the most terrifying sight for any foes of the Tailors; three Radiance-Pattern Siege Knights with three Battery Knights standing at their side. Though the use of these Siege Patterns had fallen out of favor three centuries ago due to the cost of maintenance within the Empire, mercenary companies still operated them whenever they could, for the ability to send beams of coherent light at your foes designed to melt through dozens of meters of reinforced city-walls and their gates was valuable indeed. Massively, more so when they had the power to actually use the Bright-Lances around which the Siege Knights were built. Aria felt a little smug when she recalled how PD had informed the Pilots of the six Knights, Trist, Vumnur, Pallian, Qwus, Aeroy, and Fexet, that she had once used one of their Bright-Lances on her lonesome to bring down a flying Behemoth with no ill-effects upon her or her Core.

    They (Trist, Pallian, and Qwus, who were powering their friends and comrades with their Battery Knights) were still salty about that last part.

    And still...one minute to the prophesized opening of the door.

    Stances shifted, rested and relaxed no more, with the organized chaos of the miniature forms of humanity scurrying behind Aria and PD exploding into a frantic mess as everyone tried to do just that last bit of preparation that suddenly and impossibly popped up despite everything being checked thrice and then some for weeks.

    The seconds ticked down, and Aria and PD took a breath...and two became one-in-two, united yet separate. Hands grasped the hilt of their sword, and feet shifted, arms moved, no longer a stance of warding and rest, but one of guarding and charging. Whatever would be needed.

    The stances of Ulsur and Icca shifted likewise, in their own unique ways, and each of the trio prepared to meet, or begin, a charge, trusting that the comrades behind and around them would keep them safe in the potential chaos to come.

    And then...

    The light gurgled like a drowned wail, flickering from harsh white to blood-red, sirens shrieking and bemoaning their activation, steam hissed from the door that allowed entry deeper into the Bunker, and wheels began to turn, deep 'Thunk, Thunk, Thunk's echoed beyond mere sound in the guts of Aria despite being safely secured within the head of PD...

    And then...

    The door began to swing open from left to right, folding into itself like a fan, slowly and glacial, but with a finality that proved right the sheer capabilities of the Ancients to create marvels of engineering despite the lack of wisdom they displayed with every breath and many of their more inspired creations.

    But the things within the Bunker cared not to wait.

    Claws grabbed the door, each the size of an adult, a paw capable of holding PD's torso with ease took hold of the opening door and pushed it aside, no sound coming from the beast, at least a Behemoth surely, that could be heard aside from the screeching of the door.

    Everything opened fire.

    Energies that were designed to eat through reinforced metals and treated stone snapped into existence, slamming into the beast ahead, now aflame; streams of furiously bright and hissing plasma bubbled into existence; crossbows snapped their deadly loads with withering kinetic force; and missiles streaked against the thing that roared its coming end into the world.

    To its credit, it did manage to take three steps forward before its body had been cooked through enough to not even count as charcoal anymore. But still, it died before the might of humanity arrayed against it, leaving nothing but silence safe for the furious roar of flames devouring what little remained to be burnt on that massive corpse.

    Nobody moved from their position in the chokepoint.

    Ears strained. Sensors swept. Data-Smiths pulled from their duties mumbled obsessively as they plunged their codes and viruses into the systems suddenly available to them to create defenses against the codes and scripts hesitantly prodding at the new outlet of their ancient prisons. Soldiers waited.

    ...

    There was howling.

    Of dozens.

    Then hundreds.

    Then, thousands of creatures.

    Aria breathed deeply once more.

    Days of slaughter followed.

    Days of loss followed. Ulsur, Kellen, and Trist died. Ulsur suffered a death worthy of song and reverence, of having his Knight stop moving due to the sheer amount of corpses clogging its mechanisms, slowing it down before stopping it entirely until he could not defend himself anymore and could not be rescued by his comrades. Kellen died after a Machine of twisted electro-code took control over the turrets that could still operate, destroying the last two before the plasma that wreathed her Knight ate through what coolant was available to her and she tried to eject, only to be eaten whole by the flames upon her exit. Trist fell prey to overuse of his machine, a bitter and hurtful pill to swallow, especially to his partner, who would have to suffer the knowledge that they did so on their behalf.

    But days of slaughter ended, as all things do, and the Bunker's depths beckoned. The War and Scout-Lizards took the challenge, and they descended into the depths with Pilgrim Scouts hot on their heels.
    "There may be people in them?" Councillor Veras bit out, twisted between shock, anger, and disbelief, eyes flickering from Erat, one of the Detectives paid to investigate the Suspended Animation Boxes, to the papers on her desk in the Council Chambers, the neatly written letters spelling out plainly and in detailed strings the ever-growing horrific nature of the devices recovered from the Rusted Forest.

    "Worse," Detective Erat spoke, tone neutral. The anger and shock at the realization of what these things were, and what they could contain, had long since broken over her days ago. "The Boxes were created by a company of the Ancients to be sold to the Upper Classes of the nations that existed back then and traded between each other, finding great success in the enjoyment gained by the mix of gambling, randomness, and tailored lifeforms produced for the specific purpose to be companions." She took a breath; several other Councillors exchanged glances and muttered curses or vented anger under their breaths, for they could already guess where this was headed. The Ancients were mighty in their technological prowess, that could not be debated. But their wisdom...it was oft...lacking. Severely.

    "This, unfortunately, was not contained to selling animals, natural, altered, or created ones, but also people whose minds and bodies were turned to service and submission to those who would open the boxes. There are..." She hesitated to add that part, the phantom taste of bile rising from the back of her throat as she recalled the realization of just how deep the rot of the Slaver could go when not put to the sword and rope. "There is a chance that, if one such person is pulled from suspended animation, they may be wholly created from the moment they left the womb for the purpose of being put into these crates." Hands clenched into fists, anger roused within hardening hearts, and fires began to rise in eyes in furious storms of ancestral hatred. There was nothing, nothing, more reviled within the lands of Slatnan than the Slaver, for they took all a person could be with chain, whip, and collar as their tools, all to make them nothing more than objects to be used.

    "...I put into motion that we do not open these atrocities against humanity until we are confident that we can unmake the crimes done against such people that could be freed from them with absolute certainty. Better to let them slumber in blissful oblivion than to make them chase and welcome chains instilled and burned into brain and flesh alike." So spoke Councillor Veras, and so did the Council agree with no votes against the Path to be taken here.

    Better they sleep than they wake and yearn to be used.
    Available Bonuses:
    185 Distributable Points from Omakes.
    1 Free Turn Progress for Buildings for 10 Intact Robotic Artifacts. Indicate by adding [Helpers] to the Action. No limit.
    You have 1 Piety Action​
    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: 2 Goodwill
    Chance: 60%
    Reward: +10% Piety)
    -[] 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: 10 Goodwill
    Reward: +15% Piety, +1 Mutated Opinion (Once), gives a safe way out of the BHVs for the Mutated.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.25 Goodwill)
    [ ] The Pilgrims Need You!
    One voice cannot be heard if it is unwilling to speak to another face-to-face. A hundred voices are more silent than whispers if they refrain from touching the hearts of those they seek to aid. Our preachers must do more than merely offer words; they must lend ears, hands, and minds alike.
    (Turns: 1
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 2d100+50 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 2
    Chance: 30%
    Reward: 4d200+150 Recruits)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 2.50 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: 80%
    Reward: +8% Piety, +4d8 Followers)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 0.80 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.
    (Chance: 55%
    Reward: +20% Piety, +5d6 Followers, slowly erodes Tessens Gang-Culture)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 5.00 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)
    [ ] Enlarge Outlying Town Soup-Kitchens
    A place where one can get a warm meal once per day, usually stews, but also bread, a rare slice of cheese or meat, and a dash of honey and salt is not much by the standards of many. By the standards of those who rarely have a full belly once a week, such is a heavensend worth treasuring.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: -3 to Piety rolls, 5d100 Recruits, +0.50 Goodwill per Turn, unlocks further progress.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Our Hospices
    With the basics of healthcare and the assurance of dignified deaths for those who cannot afford either granted by our hands, it is only right that our hands now prepare to set these places of last resort into houses of healing where all can be given the medical attention oft denied by lacking coins glint. Let the sick, the virulent, the broken, the outcast, and the dying know that we will heal them, for this is the Path of our healers.
    (Cost: 35 Goodwill
    Regions: Mirn, Tessen, Jokvi, Zulmni, Ularn, Strul, Outlying Territories.
    Turns: 10
    Reward: Turns a Hospice into a Clinic, -8 to Piety rolls.)

    [X] Build A School - (Big) - (Ularn) - (4/5 Turns Complete)
    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: 1/3/5
    Chance: 50%
    Reward: 0.2/0.5/0.9 Goodwill, -3/6/10 to Piety Rolls.)
    -[] Seek Mutated Help - (XXX Goodwill)
    (+1 to roll = 16.75 Goodwill)

    [ ] Improve An Orphanage - (Location)
    Much time has passed since we laid the first stone and struck the first wall of rock within a city to carve out and build a shelter for all those souls who have lost nearly or entirely all that they once had, from mere material possessions to the much more important family ties and blood. Yet, though these halls, which were once cold waiting stones, now ring with the laughter and screams of children given a future, and those orphans without anything can quickly find a place here to grow into their personage, the Path is still a long one for these structures. We gave these children a home and a chance at a future. Now, it is time for us to turn that chance into a certainty.
    (Reward: -2 to Piety rolls, +1 Follower per Turn.)

    [ ] Build A Humane 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, and hopefully, recovered patients will 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: 5 Goodwill
    Reward: Humane Asylum, -4 to Piety rolls, +0.20 Goodwill per Turn.)
    -[ ] Expand One Instead - (Location)
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 9.00 Goodwill
    Reward: Expanded Humane Asylum, +0.30 Goodwill per Turn.)

    [ ] Theater For The Masses
    With the Consensuals filling up with those seeking to offer services of pleasure and artistry alike, we can spread our influence from these halls of leisure to the streets in theater and masquerade. There is always a demand for distractions, and the ones who hold a troupe's purse are the ones who dictate what plays are performed.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: +6 Recruits per Turn.)

    [ ] 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.
    (Built: Mirn, Ularn
    Turns: 2
    Reward: Final resting place for the forgotten and discarded, -5 to Piety rolls.)
    [ ] 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 rugged high-grade prosthetics, more than merely producing and selling them is required. Unfortunately, too many veterans, injured, disabled, or unlucky, cannot afford a new arm, leg, hand, or foot. So, create a few thousand in bulk and ship them to where they are needed, where local Pilgrims may gift them as required.
    (Chance: 99/50/25%
    Reward: Gain 4/7/15d5 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, Piety, and ???)

    [ ] Hey, Why Don't We... (Write-In)
    (What do you want to accomplish, and how do you do it?)

    Endless Skies: For though we all wander on Paths eternal and ever twisting, whose ends most shall never choose for themselves, we know that there are Paths to walk beyond the realm of earth and stone. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
    [X] The Flagship - (7/15 Turns Complete)
    House Tessen wishes for a Flagship, and you have created one acceptable to the House and the Region. Now it is time to build this edifice to your commitment to the Region's security and grandeur.
    (Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Turns: 15
    Reward: House Tessen likes you more, and Tessen gets a Flagship, ???.)
    [ ] Aerodynamics 103 - (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: 99/99/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 8
    Reward: Improve current propulsion methods, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Aerodynamics 202 - (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: 85/55/-05% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 9
    Reward: Better Airship Propulsion, Follow-Up Project.)

    [ ] Suspendium Shaping Theory - (Pioneer Suspendium)
    Thanks to our increased understanding of Suspendium, several important discoveries have been made, with the most important one being that Suspendium, if rightly treated, can be used as more than shards of a crystal but also as a pigment for tattoos. The implications of that discovery have haunted the Experimental Wing since, with dozens of theories and projections thrown around that point to the possibility that, if correctly treated, one could reshape the structure of Suspendium into liquid and non-natural shapes. The ability to interlace a lattice of Suspendium into a suit of armor or crate instead of painstakingly working it into the same would be nothing short of revolutionary, and that are merely the most obvious applications!
    (Chance: 40/-80/-160% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 204
    Reward: Unknown, Follow-Up Projects.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 20 Successes!)

    [ ] Pressurized Suspendium Part 5a - (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: -360/-760/-1460 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 85
    Reward: One more step forward. One step closer to understanding Suspendium. +50% Lift for all Lift Modules.)

    [ ] Propulse Me Outta Here - (Pioneer Machinery)
    Propellers are fast, but the ones we have created can still be improved.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Advanced Propellers.)

    [ ] Devouring Sunlight - (Advanced Physics/Electronics)
    With the idea of Pilgrim Oraion to utilize solar panels bearing fruits, efforts could be undertaken to improve their efficacy within the Airships they are installed on to continue to reduce the need for power generation within their holds.
    (Chance: 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 20
    Reward: Unlock Improved Solar Paneling for Airships.)

    [ ] 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: ? 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.)

    [ ] Improve Upon Component - [Module]
    There is always room for improvement.
    (Chance: 20/-40/-150 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: The requested module has one chosen section slightly improved.)

    [ ] Prototype Unique Designs - (Design) - (Common Mechanics/Hydraulics/Armor/Machinery/Metallurgy/Physics)
    Once we 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): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Medium (20.001-2.000.000 Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 5
    Heavy (2.000.001+ Kg Lift): 99/99/99 for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 16
    Reward: Airship Desing is being manufactured and sold. The Price is pre-rolled and applied to all subsequently assembled airships of the same line.
    Notice: +1/2/3 Structure Bonus per Module for Light/Medium/Heavy Airships.
    Warning: Airships incur Suspendium costs in their production.
    Commoners: Personal Use.
    Nobles: Scouts, Pleasure Yachts.
    Merchants Guild: Cargo, Personal Use, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    Adventurers Guild: Lightly-Medium Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Forge-Clan: All Types except Armed Airships.
    Military: All Types.
    Settlements: Lightly-Heavily Armed Airships, Scouts, Transports.
    Misc. Guilds: Light Transports, Lightly Armed Guard Ships.
    [ ] The Arsenal of Crews
    While the creation of the Training Halls has allowed us to instill comprehensive skills into the crews that will ply the skies, we should endeavor to always have enough training room to build a strategic reserve for air personnel at all times.
    (Turns: 15
    Upkeep: 4 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: School of Crews - Large, -3 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] The Workshops of the Skyneers
    Keeping an airship running is not as easy when you are in the skies, especially if you do not have access to the parts you need to fix something critical immediately. Patchjobs are typical for long-standing airships when suffering a malfunction too many, and finding ways to flick what is broken with the tools one has is far more important than knowing how to repair things with materials you cannot reach. Now, if only we could stop the students from calling themselves 'Skyneers' while we are at it...
    (Turns: 12
    Cost: 2 Big Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Workshops of Skyneers, -8 to Piety Rolls, Increased Airship Production.)

    [ ] Recover Airships - Intact - (Type / Numbers)
    It is done! After much sweat, blood, and tears have flowed, we 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 Cutters (Unarmed 20 ton) (68 Remain): 5 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Line Vessel (Armed 200 ton) (24 Remain): 1 Medium Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Cargo Craft (Unarmed 1000 ton) (9 Remain): 1 Medium and 17 Small Suspendium Shards per ship Recovered.
    Warships (Armed 500 ton) (4 Remain): 1 Big Suspendium Shard per ship Recovered.
    Chance: 80%
    Reward: Intact Airships Recovered
    Warning: If this Action fails, unknown forces will attack.)
    -[ ] Establish Supply Routes
    (Reward: Rapid Reaction Forces Ready)
    -[ ] Establish Trade Routes
    (Reward: Increase Region prosperity.)
    -[ ] Guard The Skies
    (Cost: Line Vessel
    Reward: Aerial Security.)

    [ ] 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, we must provide the required Suspendium and Materials, but then? Then we 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)
    [ ] A Draft Of Mercy
    Military and commercial applications of airships have taken a dangerous precedent and priority for us, something that we cannot tolerate any longer. With airships, we can help so many more at so much less hassle and cost, aiding, in turn, more and more people in need. Flying with doctors and medicine to the places that need them instead of forcing them to arrive at one of our locations they may never be able to reach alive is but the most apparent use of something our scholars are rapidly calling "Temple Ships."
    (Turns: 1
    Cost: 5 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Unlock Aid and Faith Modules for your Airships.)

    [ ] Halls of Free Minds
    Arguing about the Paths and the Pilgrimage is good, yet there are places where one needs to set aside faith and replace it with uncertain certainty. Faith can guide us through the immaterial when there are no answers to be wrought, but Philosophy can guide us through the material when questions are all that are created by the answers we find.
    (Turns: 4
    Cost: 2 Medium Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Halls of Free Minds, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Gardens of Levitation
    A person's inner mind is as much a Path to travel as the physical Journey we all undertake. In a garden, one can ground themselves in nature and the works wrought by hand and guided minds, reflecting on what can be created if a desire exists and the shapes that our universe takes within these forms. By embracing weightlessness and detachment from gravity, one can enter a trance beneficial to beginning a Journey of the Inner Path.
    (Turns: 3
    Cost: 2 Large Suspendium Shards
    Reward: Gardens of Levitation, Unlocks further Actions, -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Coming Of Age Inscribed
    While using tattoos to display one's allegiance and faith has long since been a part of the Pilgrimage that has been implicitly approved, the years since the discovery of Suspendium have turned this practice into a far more ritualistic affair, now tinted in the possibilities and assured knowledge of Suspendiums non-toxic nature. Finely ground down, treated in gentle heat, and then processed into a form of pigment, Suspendium has begun to be used by many, especially those of us who come of age, to display our Paths and Journey proudly and unafraid. Offering public approval and enshrining this practice as part of the Pilgrimage will bring a sense of community to us all while empowering those who fight to leave a past behind they have conquered.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Upkeep: 1 Medium Suspendium Shard
    Reward: Suspendium Ritual Tattoos - -5 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] Radio Cafes
    A somewhat new and novel idea, using the recently created and proliferated radios of our Scholars in a public setting offering food, drink, and conversation, will offer a place to relax, converse with others, and inform oneself about the news and happenings of the Region.
    (Turns: 3
    Reward: Radio Cafes - Small, -1 to Piety Rolls.)

    [ ] A Floating Island?
    We know that it is possible to allow an island to fly, the Monastery, Fortress, and Laboratory sit on those, yet...to build it ourselves? Surely that is but madness born by a lust for grandeur?
    (Reward: Sub-Turns to decide on the Path of the Sky Island.)

    Diplomacy: The art of speaking many words that mean nothing should not be underestimated. At the wrong time, a report in the right ear has toppled many nations. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] The Great Trade Fleets - (Choose Region)
    With the proliferation of airships, the abundance of goods within Tessen, and the dearth of forces that could threaten either once within the air, convincing the Merchant Guild to construct and maintain an airship depot and trading station within another Region will not be as impossible as before, but will require us to grease hands and argue fervently for the profits that could be made. No merchant likes a risk they do not think will pay off, so we should make them believe it will.
    (Cost: 10 Goodwill
    Chance: 25% (+70 if you add a pre-Collapse cargo airship to the deal.)
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Closer connection and rapid exchange of people, goods, and information with a chosen Region.)

    [ ] 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: 20%/20% for Elites/Locals (rolled each turn.)
    Successes Needed: 4/4
    Reward: +1 Relationship for the Mutated with the chosen faction, +40% 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: 70%
    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: 70%
    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: 5
    Reward: Home of Night allows you to train specialized Subversion Agents and unlocks Destabilization Actions.)

    [X] A Path Of Shadows - (1/5 Turns Complete)
    Training can only bring one so far, and tools will only pave over so many cracks and failures in learning and ability. It is time that those willing to hide in the shadows of the world for the benefit of the Pilgrims learn the difference between seeking to adapt to the blind seeking their traces and those seeing that perceive their wanderings.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill, Upkeep: 4 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Reduce the chance of your agents being caught and considerably 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: 4
    Reward: Improve all Assassination Actions, which allows you to send the same to other Chapters to help.)

    [ ] 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 roots and stems 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: 5
    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)

    [ ] 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: 1
    Chance: 99%
    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: 95%
    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: 2
    Chance: 60%
    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: 90%
    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 no longer be allowed to meddle in our Paths.
    (Chance: 90/50/20%
    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)
    [ ] 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)
    4 Unit Points - Artillery Specialization (Allows Crew Served Weapons to be used at Half the Size requirements)
    4 Unit-Points - Elite Training (+1 Training Level)
    3 Unit-Points - Guardians (+2 Health per Unit member each time another Unit takes damage.)
    2 Unit-Points - Stealth Training (+20 to all stealth rolls)
    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.))
    2 Unit-Points - Harsh Workouts (+1 Health per 3 Unit members.)
    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.)
    1 Unit-Points - Pride (+1 to Breakpoint)
    1 Unit-Points - Reaction Training (+5 to Initiative.)
    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, 2 Action Locked)
    (Artifacts can be attached to one learning Action to provide the inherent bonus but are consumed unless unique buildings are present.)
    (Scientists must now be assigned to provide their bonus, similar to Faithful, abbreviated to SC. (Adding -[PD], -[DoD], and -[MSC] will add 1(one), and adding [VF] will add 2 Success/es to 1(one) active research.)
    [ ] Neuotinium Experiments - (Pioneer Mechanics/Metallurgy/Hydraulics)
    In our quest to improve our methods of creating Tiantemu, several exciting developments caused some of our metallurgists to start theorizing about possible methods to, if not create, then ape, a more primitive form of Neuotinium. Should we be successful, the creation of this ancient alloy mix would be a massive boon to both the Pilgrims and the Empire.
    (Chance: -04/-104/-169% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 89
    Reward: Primitive Neuotinium can now be created by the Empire.
    Breakthrough Research: +25% Success chance every 3 Turns!)

    [X] Turn That Black Gold Green - (Pioneer Chemicals) - (31/91 Successes)
    One of the blueprints we found in the Necropolis appears to be a production for a type of liquid fuel similar to oil, but it is made from a kind of alcohol derived from plants. If we could replicate this consistently, it would represent a massive step for our motor industries as we could further power our Airships without straining the valuable resource further.
    (Requirements: Lost-Tech Chemicals Blueprints x1
    Breakthrough Research: +2d3 Successes per 5 Successes.
    Chance: -40/-50/-60% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 91
    Reward: Ability to make (Crude) Biofuel.)
    [ ] A Bright-Lance You Can Fire - (Pioneer Weaponry/Electronics/Physics)
    Over the years, we have gathered multiple examples of Bright-Lances, from components to damaged pieces and even an intact model or two. Now, our attention and interest have been leveled against these weapons to make them, or versions we can construct, available for our uses. The first step is making them usable in combat occurring far from a nearby generator or power-generating Artifact.
    (Cost: 20x Artifacts related to Energy.
    Chance: 99/99/20% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 17
    Reward: Primitive Energy Weapon, follow-up Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +1 Success every Turn, increased by +1 Turn for every Turn this Action is researched.)

    [ ] Coilgun Lance Extender Extended Extendedly Extending - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 27
    Reward: Improved Lance Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Scattershot Improved - (Pioneer Electronics/Weaponry)
    Yet more damage can be done by annihilating all that stands before yourself, no matter their armor.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 49
    Reward: Improved Scattershot Coilgun.)

    [ ] Coilgun Repeater Repeated Repeatedly Rapidly Repeated - (Pioneer 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 23
    Reward: Improved Repeater Coilgun.)

    [ ] Gasses Soon Remembered - (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.
    (Chance: 90/85/80% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 14
    Reward: Standard Gas Grenades)

    [ ] Upon The Pyre Of Ash - (Advanced Weaponry/Chemicals)
    With the first iteration of our very own Fire Grenade produced, dozen areas have already been noted down for further improvement, from production to reliability.
    (Chance: 99/80/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 5
    Reward: Standard Fire Grenade.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2a - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    The Pest-Removal Edition. There is, all too often, a need to exterminate a herd of insects before they reach one's fields, and this may be a cost-effective answer.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2
    Reward: Pesticide Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3a.)

    [ ] BURN IN HOLY FIRE! - Part 2b - (Advanced Physics/Weaponry/All Chemicals)
    Weaponry Edition. More range, hotter flames, less fuel used, burning more.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 3
    Reward: Standard Flamethrower, BIHF Pt.3b)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2
    Reward: Spiked Pavise.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Light - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor reduced to its most fundamental though: improving the wearer by utilizing non-invasive technologies.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 21
    Reward: Power Armor - Light.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Medium - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Further improvements in the creation of Power Armor in any field possible.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 26
    Reward: Power Armor - Medium, further Learning Action.)

    [ ] Power Armor - Heavy - Part 1 - (Pioneer Electronics/Hydraulics/Armor)
    Power Armor which focuses on creating the most protected bulwark behind which allies can be shielded that our technologies allow.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 34
    Reward: Power Armor - Heavy, 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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/99/95% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 2/4
    Reward: Chosen Armor.)
    [ ] That's A Wrap Pt.3 - (Pioneer Medicine/Machinery/Programming)
    Improvements have been made. Now comes the time to capitalize on the lessons learned and work out the last kinks of the Auto-Bandage!
    (Cost: 50x Medical/Machinery Artifacts
    Chance: 99/65/-70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 24
    Reward: Auto-Bandage - (Standard))

    [ ] Combat Stimms Round 4 - (Pioneer Medicine/Biology/Chemicals)
    This is the pinnacle of what our scholars and medical personnel feel comfortable with researching. Anything beyond this point is either too deadly, has too many side effects, or is too unethical to create.
    (Chance: -100/-150/-200% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 50
    Reward: Pioneer Combat Drugs.
    Breakthrough Research: +1d6 Successes every 10 Successes!)
    N/A
    [ ] Growing Minds Part 2 (Pioneer Psychology)
    The minds of children are more robust and more fragile than we think they are. Children are intelligent, just not experienced, and with time, they will gain that experience to deal with situations that are required of them when they are adults. What, then, happens if a child is forced to grow up too early? Has such experiences without the tools and understanding to handle what they are going through?
    (Chance: -10/-110/-240% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 145
    Breakthrough Research: +30 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Rewards: Improvement for schools and orphanages.)

    [ ] Blue Sky Psychology - (Pioneer Psychology)
    With most of the problems you have been able to identify at least tangentially understood and categorized, there is nothing more to do than seek out other disorders and diseases of the mind, and means to cure them. However, such an endeaveor is a long-weary thing and offers little concrete results in the short term.
    (Chance: 00/-50/-90% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 120
    Breakthrough Research: +50 Chance of Success per 10 Successes!
    Reward: Deeper Understanding of the Human Psyche, +1% Piety per Turn.)
    [ ] To Communicate With Living Code - (Unique Programming)
    One of our Data-Smiths-In-Training has found something...odd within our Code Base. They'd like some time and resources to take a closer look.
    (Chance: Unknown, Successes needed: Unknown
    Reward: Figure out how to communicate with the Machine Mind living within(?) our code base.
    Breakthrough Research?)

    [ ] Radio-Waves Isolated And Guarded - (Pioneer Electronics/Programming)
    With the newest electronics and programs for our Radar Towers ready to be implemented, it is time to fully isolate and guard our transmissions from foreign interferences and attempts to tamper with our transmitted words.
    (Chance: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 250
    Reward: Unlock Advanced Radar Tower, Unlocks Further Actions.
    Breakthrough Research: +10 Successes per 30 Successes!)

    [ ] 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: 99/99/99% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 35
    Reward: ???)

    [X] Secret Of The Circuit Pt.5 - (Pioneer Electronics) - (29/140 Successes)
    There is always another step to be taken. Another path to be taken. This is no different. The road is long but worth it. At the end of this, one awaits the ability to produce the electronics of the ancients in artisanal batches rather than as mere toys to show that we can. One is something that will never be used, and the other is a strategic resource.
    (Chance: 99/99/55% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 140
    Reward: Basically, auto-succeed low-level Electronics Research, upgrades Electronics Manufacture, unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +20% to Success Chance every 10 Successes!)

    [ ] Automation Cost Reduction - (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. With our first foray done with, we now need to prove that we have managed to do what we set out to do.
    (Chance: 00/-20/-60% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 147
    Reward: Unlocks Base/Learning Action.
    Breakthrough Research: +20% to Success Chance every 6 Successes!
    Notice: -100 Successes needed if [Automated Factories - Test Cases] has been completed.)
    [ ] The Little Crystal That Could Pt.3 - (Pioneer Physics)
    Okay, they work by liquid Jewel propelling shaped crystals alongside a path set by a plasma matrix acting as their brain. This matrix is, apparently, a biological copy of an existing construct within the Machinery Cavern where we found the little things, formed by an artificial means we do not understand. What we do understand is that the Living Crystals are capable of reasoning, observation, and reacting to outside stimuli. They also despise the color yellow-sand.
    (Chance: 99/99/70% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 210
    Reward: Unlock the next stage to study and examine the Living Crystals within the Machinery Caverns by figuring out how they can think. It will also massively improve your understanding of physics and plasma.)
    Notice: Breakthrough Research! +5% to Physics Success Chances every 10 Successes!)
    [ ] 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: 99/70/50% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes Needed: 3
    Reward: Increased Damage and Information for an Enemy)
    Human - Corpse Information
    Human - Mutated - Corpse Information
    Spider-Drone - Wreck
    Sentinel - Wreck
    Eversun Scrap-Knight - Wreck

    [ ] 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: 99/85/65% for 1/2/3 Successes, Successes needed: 2/4/12/???
    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: 99/99/99% 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: 99/95/90% 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 chances of success.)

    Archeology: The secrets of the past will illuminate the future; may we learn from their mistakes. (Choose 2 Actions, 1 Action Locked)
    [ ] Prepare an Expedition - (Location) - (Turns) - (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 - (25% of the recovered artifacts are given over; there is no need for security or clearing places on your own.)
    -SST-02: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d6+1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns
    -SST-04: Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 3d3+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns, Machines Present. Unknown Configuration/Make. Suspected Level: Uncommon.
    -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?
    -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. 4x Harversters, 7x Attendants, 2x Dignitaries, and 1x Overseer Drone Present.
    -TP-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. No Danger
    -TP-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 4d8 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Machines Present.
    -TP-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common-Rare, Dice: 1d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -TP-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. ~80 Troopers, ~20 Sharpshooters, Machine Dreadnought 'General Of The Forgotten Eon' present.
    -TL-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -TL-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns.
    -OH-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d7 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -OH-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 5d6 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SM-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -SM-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns.
    -BF-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 3d3-4 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -BF-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost Tech, Dice: 2d3-2 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -BG-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 8d12+4 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BG-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d5 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 1d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns.
    -SB-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns.
    -SB-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d4+3 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns.
    -SB-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 9d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns.
    -SB-06 - Est. Artifact-grade: Common, Dice: 4d9 per turn, Max. Yield: 7 Turns.
    -BT-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare-, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Unique, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-05 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-07 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-08 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 3d4 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-09 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 3d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-11 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 3d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-13 - Est. Artifact-grade: Lost-Tech, Dice: 4d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-14 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare+, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 2 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -BT-15 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 2d3 per turn, Max. Yield: 4 Turns. Organic Artifacts.
    -Bones of Root - Est. Artifact-grade: ???, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: Eternal.
    -MD-01 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare, Dice: 1d8 per turn, Max. Yield: 8 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-02 - Est. Artifact-grade: Rare++, Dice: 2d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 3 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-03 - Est. Artifact-grade: Uncommon, Dice: 6d2 per turn, Max. Yield: 6 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.
    -MD-04 - Est. Artifact-grade: Unique, Dice: 1d3-1 per turn, Max. Yield: 5 Turns. Organic/Chemical Artifacts.

    [X] Expedition - (BT-13) - (2 Turns Remaining) - (House Mirn support: N)

    [ ] Loot The Bunker
    Let's go!
    Description: A district blending the forms of flesh and machinery with unnerving precision and efficacy, running the machinery of sinew and bones in perfect sync and unerring precision that no flesh-based organism should possess.

    Possible Finds: Biological Machinery.

    Enemies: Organic Caretakers.
    Description: This...colony, seemingly created by the survivors of whatever happened when the people seeking shelter within the Bunker had their society unravel around themselves, is barely a hovel, even by the standards of the heights of the Collapse itself. This was likely the place where executions happened.

    Possible Finds: Corpses, Ancient Sentences, and Ash.

    Enemies: The Vengeful Dead. Though their bones will not stir.
    Description: This...colony, seemingly created by the survivors of whatever happened when the people seeking shelter within the Bunker had their society unravel around themselves, is barely a hovel, even by the standards of the heights of the Collapse itself. The prison where the worst of the worst, those who could not be slain, were interred without food and water, doomed to a fate worse than death.

    Possible Finds: Living corpses.

    Enemies: Living corpses. They will be unlikely to harm us.
    Description: This...colony, seemingly created by the survivors of whatever happened when the people seeking shelter within the Bunker had their society unravel around themselves, is barely a hovel, even by the standards of the heights of the Collapse itself. Fate moves mountains, and even the most wretched cling tightly to the things they hold dear and holy, for when one has nothing, they can still have faith.

    Possible Finds: Theological Artifacts and Information.

    Enemies: Golems That Guard.
    Description: This...colony, seemingly created by the survivors of whatever happened when the people seeking shelter within the Bunker had their society unravel around themselves, is barely a hovel, even by the standards of the heights of the Collapse itself. The main settlement, aptly named for the abysmal living quality the people here would have had to endure. Living underneath or adjacent to an active sewer seems a step up here.

    Possible Finds: Nothing. Nothing but righteous anger for the dead.

    Enemies: Forgotten Sins.
    Description: This...colony, seemingly created by the survivors of whatever happened when the people seeking shelter within the Bunker had their society unravel around themselves, is barely a hovel, even by the standards of the heights of the Collapse itself. Something...something wails. It calls. For mercy. For peace. For death.

    Possible Finds: Abomination.

    Enemies: Your own morality.
    Description: This Should Not Exist Here.

    Possible Finds: Roses. How? HOW?!

    Enemies: Thorns of the Vine.
    Description: A section of the Fourth Floor dedicated to constructing machinery and goods, though it is also devoted to the creation of...people. Barely born babies, to be precise.

    Possible Finds: Medical Machinery.

    Enemies: Eternal Nursemaids and Maintenance Drones.
    Description: The way even deeper below. Why does the Bunker expand with every floor? How does it grow when it should peter off into nothingness?

    Possible Finds: A way further down...

    Enemies: Heresy. To you. To all. To nothing.

    [ ] 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.

    [ ] Delve Deeper Into The Pit
    Down, down, down it goes, winding into an eternal spiral beneath the boundary where the sun's light reaches, and darkness begins to take over, reigning like a king of old who had no fear or threat. Deeper yet, you must delve into hidden things, where glimmering sights evoke pictures of treasures untouched by human hands in a thousand years within the minds of all who delve deeper yet, deep down, down, down...
    (Chance: -1.000%
    Reward: Plunge beyond The Pit's First Zone. No Harm Will Come To Those Who Seek Me Here.)

    [X] Scout the Shattered Seeds - (2/3 Turns Complete)
    The Shattered Seeds were, likely, once intended to turn the surface of Calynth into a verdant and lush world once more, defeating the sands and dunes, savannahs, and mutated lands by the mastery over biology that their makers possessed. Now? Now, it stands as a testament to what nature can do when forced to adapt and forced to feed on each other. There is life here. None of it is friendly.
    (Chance: -10%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: The Shattered Seeds are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Waterfall Hallows
    Once a wonder of hydraulics and water management, the Waterfall Hallows are now baths and pools of steam and thickly covered surfaces with life lush and parasitic. Beneath, animals adapted to this land flourish; above, flying critters make their homes, and in the in-betweens, plants grow and drink, eager to store water that is released in bursts of heated steam to kill nibbling animals to add to roots and nourishment.
    (Chance: -50%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: The Waterfall Hallows are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Garden of Flowering Mimicry - (Write-In Unit)
    "Was that one of you?" "No." "Nope." Nu-uh." NaEvrrr."
    "...sHI-"
    -Common last words in the Garden.
    (Chance: -200%
    Turns: 9
    Reward: The Garden of Flowering Mimicry is scouted.
    Warning: If failed once, the scouting Unit is killed, and all progress is reset.)

    [ ] Scout the Ossified Depths - (Write-In Unit)
    Roots. Deep and Thick. Made of stone, made of bone, made of blood and flesh, turned twisting by force of concrete and steel, tombs of elder days when planets roared with life and terrors were but entertainment. Roots. Deep and Thick. Etched with warnings and runes. So that none may search. Useless now, for none remain who can read their meanings.
    (Turns: 4
    Reward: The Ossified Depths are scouted.)

    [ ] Scout the Germinating Basin - (Write-In Unit)
    There is naught but a glimpse of this place from the deepest your Scouts dared to go. But it is enough to tell of the birthplace of life that this place is. What horrors await? What wonders sleep? What greed shall be our downfall once more?
    (Chance: ???
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Germinating Basin is scouted. You have reached the lowest point of the Verdant Oasis. Not even rumors remain beyond.)

    [ ] Search For Shelter Lost
    The Stranger said things, gave assurances and evidence, and was taken away to prevent what he 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 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 Hall of Echoes - (Unit)
    Are we not all echoes of one another?
    (Chance: 71%
    Turns: 4
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is an 80% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Minds - (Unit)
    What could be here beyond what should have never been thought up? We should return and forget about this place.
    (Chance: 14%
    Turns: 3
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 90% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Hall of Sorrow - (Unit)
    There is nothing here but the taste of bitter tears and forgotten tragedies.
    (Chance: -100%
    Turns: 2
    Reward: Sites are located and mapped. You can delve deeper into the Tenebris Library.
    Warning! If the Action fails, there is a 100% Chance that the Scouting Unit will die from being detected and subsequently attacked.)

    [ ] Scout The Spine - (Airship Fleet)
    With the recent upgrade to the Berth in the Tree of Knowledge, you have finally gained the ability to outfit a fleet of Airships with enough weapons, supplies, and tools to reach the Spine, that titanic tower sitting within the Rusting Forest, whose skeletal spire has been out of reach of humanity for a thousand years. What miracles will you find? What horrors do you need to slay to attain them? And what answers and questions shall be found here?
    (Chance: ???%
    Turns: ???
    Reward: The Spire can be accessed.)

    [ ] 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. (Choose 1 Action)
    [ ] Berth - Gigantic
    Berth? Berth?! This is a full-on Fleet Anchorage! What do you mean by "BERTH"?!
    (Turns: 8
    Reward: Up to Fifteen Large Airships for exploration or trading. Can be upgraded into Fleet Anchorage - Small.)

    [ ] Laboratory Complex - Framework
    Dig deeper, build farther, construct more elaborate machines, and turn unliving rock into marvels of science. We are born knowing nothing and shall not die knowing nothing; that is our oath.
    (Cost: 50 General Scientists, 50 Common Engineers, 10 Specialists of Choice
    Turns: 25
    Reward: Reduces Successes required to complete Reserach.)

    [ ] Mass Spectrometer
    A building dedicated to the precise portions of science and material understanding, furthering the depths of our knowledge, even if at the cost of trained experts to operate and work the machine.
    (Cost: 15 General Scientists or 3 Trained General Scientists.
    Turns: 7
    Reward: DC reduction for Physics/Chemicals/Machinery.)

    [ ] 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: 3
    Reward: 10% not to use up an Artifact, can slot 1(one) Artifact to provide 15% (rounded down) of the Artifact bonus continuously.)

    [ ] Library - (Large)
    A library is a reservoir of knowledge and provides entertainment and education while acting as a community center. Expand the available space to fit twelve additional floors of equal area, with more books and secluded study rooms for those wishing to research in peace. We 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. With this expansion, several new sections focusing on recreation, higher learning, and a more...secluded section for adult-oriented entertainment (we certainly have no shortage of books here) will be added alongside conservationist sections underneath the current floors to increase the number of ancient texts we can study and learn from.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Provides 6 (six) slots for Literature Artifacts, providing a 20% Boost to their bonus.)

    [ ] Automated Factories - Test Cases
    We learned much and will likely learn more as we set out to prove that we have managed to find the correct balance of automation, cost, materials, and policy.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Prove that you have managed to crack the correct implementations of Automation in a wide area of industries.)

    [ ] 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: Conventional Armor Filled, 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: 2
    Reward: -4 to Piety rolls, +4d10% 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. (3 Actions Locked)
    The Actions listed below improve the outcome of the festivities when completed in 2 Turns time.
    (Suitable accommodations for your guests are being built independently. Feel free to chime in if you wish to add more projects to improve the ceremony.)

    -Training Fields - Large
    Improves security and allows for more martial shows of prowess.

    -Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    Knights in the colors of House Dall hoisting the banners of both their liege lady and that of House Ulatarn to whom her scion will be wed make for impressive sights and proud hearts.

    -Small Fine Cloth Manufactury
    Suitable clothing, banners, and cloth for all manner of purposes could be produced on-site rather than transported at significant costs.

    -Bee Fields - Constructed!
    Honey is a delicacy, especially when used to produce sweets, and candles make for suitable light sources when paired with various chemicals to paint their flames in many colors.

    -The Evergreen Gardens - Large - Constructed!
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. The message is evident when they are open to the common masses...unless one's personal gardens are lacking.

    -House Dall Palace Gardens - Constructed!
    Gardens are a luxury and a show of wealth, alongside intention, among the circles of nobility. One should always have them prepared for guests.

    -House Dall Options
    They all bring many benefits, some more convoluted than others, but all vital.
    --House Dall Palace Artistry - Musicians
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. Becoming the patron of an artist, be they of brush or cloth, will raise the standing of House Dall in the eyes of the nobility that will soon flood into Norqod.
    --House Dall Bodyguards
    Though House Dall has people who are always close by to the Lady, Lord, and Scion of the House, having people who are dedicated to the task instead of changed on a schedule will send a message...and calm minds that may run hot.
    [ ] Caravansery Halls - Medium
    A place where caravans can store their goods for a fee while they sell and barter for those they brought and those they wish to take back home. Comes with places to rest, sleep, and prepare for the roads ahead with local guides and adventurers already organized and grouped into convenient routes by helpful road brokers selling the skills of the willing to the caravan heads instead of making the latter sift through the riff-raff. The Guard presence is notable and on duty at all times, with local Guard stations offering places to sleep, relax, and eat hot meals for the weary protectors of the peace.
    (Turns: 9
    Reward: Caravansery Halls - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Frequent Trade Route - (Choose City)
    Trade is the lifeblood of all nations.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: More frequent trade between Norqod and the chosen city.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Merchant Quarter - Small
    A place where merchants can purchase and rent homes, stores, warehouses, and protection for lengths of time as they see fit, improved by a nearby Adventurers Guild Outpost popping up from... somewhere, somehow (seriously, how did that get there?) to facilitate trade and long-term prospects of both them and Norqod businesses.
    (Turns: 18
    Reward: Merchant Quarter - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Bank - Small
    Where money is safely stored, expertly multiplied, faithfully exchanged, and truthfully tested. Trust none of those words.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: Bank - Tiny)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.

    [ ] Insurance Office - Small
    "Just sign the dotted line and pay the seasonal fees, and if something happens to your freight, we will reimburse you for your losses according to our contract, my good friend."
    (Turn: 3
    Reward: Insurance Office - Small)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    [X] Training Fields - Large - (7/11 Turns Complete)
    Specialized smiths and armorers, better equipment, more training, more screaming, and more training.
    (Turns: 11
    Reward: House Dall gains a Large House Retinue.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Watchtower Network - Barely Adequate
    To watch for trouble is to be prepared when it arrives. To be prepared is to survive, simple as that.
    (Turns: 15
    Reward: Norqod's outskirts are better patrolled and watched.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Bastion - Tiny
    Let nothing pass, for here are all the people sheltered we have been charged to protect.
    (Turns: 10
    Reward: Norqod Civilian Population can bunker down for a week under siege without suffering catastrophic casualties.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Knight Retinue - The Hangar And Mechanics
    This is where it begins...
    (Turns: 12
    Reward: The beginning of a Knight Retinue for 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)
    [ ] Medium 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: 12 General Doctors/Upkeep: 6 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)
    [ ] Wax Shaper Test Building
    Though you have managed to, somehow, create a way to compute and design shapes that can be "printed" upon the physical world thanks to the Metal Printer Artifact you uncovered, the mere complexity of the printing process requires a monumental amount of processing power. Creating such machines and the needed power generation is not cheap. However, the payoff would be immense if we could generate metal constructs wholesale without requiring extensive industrial machines operated by people. Yet, we should start with a wax-based prototype first, just to be sure.
    (Cost: 105 Goodwill
    Turns: 5
    Reward: Wax Shapers. Unlocks Prototype Metal Shapers.
    -[ ] 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 - (Vuur-Engine or Alika-Engine)
    With the miniaturization of the current version of the Vuur-Engine accomplished, alongside the newest Alika-Engine that will reduce the need for fuel (though it requires the construction of power-producing facilities or the trade of Juwel batteries filled to the brim), 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 our engines, 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))

    [ ] Hydroponics - Small
    A series of halls dedicated to growing various crops commonly used to add spice and flavor to Sandwheat, with some other assorted plants added at the discretion of this facility's owners for personal or commercial gain.
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Turns: 8
    Reward: Hydroponics - Small.)
    -[ ] Hire Contractors - (Can be taken multiple times)
    Hire experienced contractors to complete this project in a much shorter timeframe.
    (Reward: +1 Turn of Progress)

    [ ] Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large
    A large workshop where well-oiled teams of laborers mix and match various chemical compounds and herbs to treat common and uncommon ailments of farm and labor animals within the Region, their works subsidized by House Dall to increase the spread of the medicines.
    (Turns: 7
    Reward: Improved Animal Medicine Workshop - Large.)
    -[ ] 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))

    [ ] Large Toy Manufactury
    Whether large or small, every child loves to play with all 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: 16
    Reward: Large Toy Manufactury, Increases Norqod Mood.
    -[ ] 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 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: 18
    Reward: Large 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))

    [ ] Large 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: 13
    Reward: Large Chemical Goods Manufactury, Low-Class loses Prosperity, High-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))

    [ ] Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury
    The tests have proven the viability of these mixes. Now, it falls upon us to produce and ship them far and wide as others make use of the formulas elsewhere for the good of all.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: Tiny Chemical Fertilizer Manufactury, 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))

    [X] Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large - (4/20 Turns Complete)
    Though not as efficient as purely chemically based alternatives, these chemicals harvested from local bug-eating animals to mark territories and improved upon by immigrating chemists will, in time, be a far more cost-efficient way to ensure healthy harvests.
    (Turns: 20
    Reward: Natural Pesticide Manufactury - Large, Low-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 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))

    [ ] 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))
    [X] Tiny Scientific Complex - (12/29 Turns Complete)
    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 - Gigantic
    A dedicated facility rests underneath the Evergreen Gardens to rear and breed new forms and strains of plants that show the mastery of flora and the skill of the specialists employed by House Dall for all to see. Tastefully decorated paths snake and wind themselves into the large expanse sheltered underneath the tinted glass and soft shrouds that dim the sun and heat to temperatures of the House Gardener's liking, adding dazzle of shadow and light to the show of color and growth.
    (Turns: 25
    Reward: A large 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)

    [ ] 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 Oasis
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. With gardens established, improving upon their splendor and luxuries showed off to the common people and nobility alike will bring envious eyes and upper hands in the secret language of plants conveying moods to one's opponents in the oasis at once.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: An Oasis 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Renovations
    Though the palace of House Dall is adequately furnished for a recently founded family, it is not befitting one that has amassed such wealth and influence through religious and social connections. As such, the entire palace will be renovated to reflect the standing and wealth of House Dall.
    (Turns: 5
    Reward: A beautiful home 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)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Luxuries
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And what can be more prestigious than luxuries, lavish and hedonistic?
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Lavish luxuries, from food to leisure, will be available for House Dall.)

    [ ] House Dall Palace Security
    Prestige is almost as vital as wealth in the plays and schemes among the nobility. And sometimes, that prestige is one of gleaming armor and sharp weaponry. There are guards, yes, but they could be expanded in quality and quantity.
    (Turns: 1
    Reward: Better equipped and numerous Guards will bring more prestige to House Dall.)

    [ ] 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 - (3/7 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)
    -[ ] In The Name Of Co-Operation! - (Choose 2 Learning Actions)
    (Cost: 25 Goodwill
    Reward: +4 Progress for chosen Learning Action
    Notice: This Action cannot be used for Learning Projects being researched with Actions.)
    -[ ] 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
    --[X] (12x Trained Scientists) - (6/10 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Coders) - (10/15 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (3x Forge-Smiths) - (10/15 Turns Complete)
    --[X] (2x Forge-Smiths) - (2/15 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
    --[ ] Zokian-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 35 Goodwill, Armor: 250/250, Structure: 80/80)
    --[ ] Shyara-Pattern
    (Turns: 4, Cost: 70 Goodwill, Armor: 450/450, Structure: 50/50)
    --[ ] Golgota-Pattern
    (Turns: 5, Cost: 120 Goodwill, Armor: 800/800, Structure: 75/75)
    --[ ] 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.)

    [] Conclave Of Fraya - (1 Action)
    -[ ] 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, Turi: 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: 5/12/20 Goodwill
    Reward: +2/4/6% Piety every 8/6/4 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.

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    Voting will be closed on 30.03.25 at 17:00 CET.
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    New Imperial Airship Desing For Civilian Use In Commission - The Tessen Speaker
    [A relatively dry piece of journalism mainly dealing with numbers and assessments more at home in the minds of merchants and mercenary companies seeking to dip their toes into gathering armed escorts for aerial convoys and caravans.]
    (Read more on pages 10-12)

    Ker-Almur Almost Assassinated - The Truthful Observers
    Ker-Almur, on his way to Norqod after being invited by Lady Maranica to participate in the celebrations for the upcoming marriage between Lady Silvia Dall and Lord Markus Ulatarn, was ambushed by a group of unidentified assassins seeking to kill him, utilizing poisons and hit-and-run tactics to deliver their quarry to the afterlife. However, this failed to kill the man, even if he almost lost his life due to needing to be delivered back to Jokvi to receive the proper antidotes after he had been stabilized, thanks to the medical prowess of one of his followers. After being lucid again, he was heard to say, "This is why I don't touch religions; first attempt in seven years." Such an utterance hints at him either making the Pilgrims potentially responsible for the attempt or for him to see interaction with them as inherently dangerous.
    (Read more on page 20)

    Ulatarn No More - Rags, Rumors, And Rants
    Long awaited by those yearning and eager for the romantic tales from books and novels to come true in real life, even in a far-away town, and a pairing both forbidden and delightful at once, the marriage between Lady Silvia Junior of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Ulatarn was conducted with pomp and celebration befitting the union between two lovers whose love would have broken thousands of hearts if put to pen and paper instead of breaking tens of thousands as it commenced in reality. Read onward in these pages to discover what happened at the ceremony and the celebrations in full and salacious detail!
    (Read more in this Special Publication!)

    Marriage, Marriage, In That Hall - The Norqod Vegetable
    With expert precision and hands well used to dictating far more complicated affairs, in love and politics alike, the marriage between our Lady Silvia and Lord Markus has been overseen and enacted by their parents, close family friends, and officiated by the hands and prayer of Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla, owed to the long-standing good relationship between the Light and Pilgrimage and the mutual aid between Lord Dall and the Cardinal in their faiths and acts. A sight for yearning hearts that ceremony was, and a sight for hungry bellies was the feast of food and drink afterward, the party as lavish as it was open to the entirety of Norqod, eliciting more than one person to join the newly-weds in the age-old tradition of creating another life.
    (Read more on page 1)

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    Region Reports

    Bone Valley​

    With a medical supply now established but a lack of hands to trust with its operation and our outreach, primarily due to the intended expansion in the Lower Levels to extend our medical services to those who'd otherwise be unable to afford more than a self-thought sawbones, I've decided to elevate those of our numbers who hold the teachings of the Pilgrimage closer than most after training and learning to shoulder the burden of command. A dozen souls have held to the call and are now directing the flow of medical supplies to grateful hands.

    Signed; Omar of Iron.

    Sunken Hollows​

    Hello, this is Akane.

    Fortifications? Finished and spiffy!
    Outpost? Half-way done and already pulling in some scrap and a few Artifacts to use and sell.
    Inns? Stocked with booze, meat, and beds, but no roof or thatch-okay I'll stop rhyming.

    We are continuing as planned and have begun creating a manufactury for metal goods to increase our cash flow.

    With an amused goodbye,
    Akane.

    Broken Crossroads​

    We continue on the Path.

    Barric.

    [Needle Commentary: Third time in a row the same message. Radio comms aren't better; they now repeat the same messages in minor variations. We must send someone to investigate what is happening in Broken Crossroads.]

    Broken Titan​

    With a foot in the city and said foot armored and soon armed, I have decided to pull our sights to another objective: improving villages near our main settlement. Most of the people here have already been touched by the teachings of the Pilgrimage in some way, with the rest at least not acting against its interests, and we, and they, have significantly benefitted from the aid given in mutual exchange. Expanding our reach by improving the lives of the common folk will only strengthen and help everyone. More cynically, they will also be more likely to warn us of those who intend to harm us.

    I spoke to a woman burned and scorned, who had naught but the scarred flesh on her bones and the rags on her body, and I asked her, "Why do you lay here, dying and alone?" She answered, "Because there are none who will miss me when I am gone," to both. And so, I sat down, to weep for a woman that will not be missed.

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    Spy-Network:​

    The Emperor is touring various Airship bases for the Imperial Air Fleet.

    The Marquess of Tessen is focused on her Flagship.

    House Ulatarn is attending the marriage, and much politicking is happening.

    House Mirn is entertaining itself. Some of their less-notable members are attending the wedding.

    Forge-Clan Vanar-Feer continues to build their Gravity-Forge.

    The Military continues drilling new recruits to its exacting standards.

    The Bureau For Imperial Civilian Logistics is focused on their contests.

    3-Point University is trying very hard not to scream as another Dorm-Related Scandal broke out.

    The Followers of Light are building a large printing house to spread their reach and theology.

    The Merchant Guild is laying out a revised charter for airship-related commercial activities.

    The Union of Herbalists is finalizing the human trials of a new organ transplant surgery.

    Stupendously Scholastic Scholars of Science are busy showing a Suspendium Artillery Rifle to the Military.

    The Adventurer Guild is seemingly trying to (secretly) kill Ker-Almur and keep him alive. For those in the know, it is somewhat entertaining.

    Dirty Daggers are ... helping to keep Ker-Almur alive? They continue to sway nobles in strategic positions with all means sensible.

    The Common People are excitedly talking about the wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Dall Né Ulatarn.

    The Mutated are excitedly talking about the wedding of Lady Silvia Jr. of House Dall and Lord Markus of House Dall Né Ulatarn.
     
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    • "At least try to look like you are okay with being here with me, Lelise, please?" Mom said while I did my best to stare out the window of our carriage, ignoring the sigh that she did after a few seconds of me not doing anything. "Honestly, I don't know why you are so vehemently against being here; all your friends are attending the wedding," she said, and I felt a twinge of hotness rush through my ears, the lie I had to maintain always painful and angering, but not as much as her joy when I had first begun to 'make friends.' "And you will have plenty of opportunities to continue training with your sword."

    "I don't understand why we need to attend that damn wedding in the first place!" I snap, the reminder of having nobody but her making me more ill-tempered than before, looking at Mom as she sighs again, a hand on her forehead at my outburst, and I feel my shame rising at the sight, but I pressed on. "They are Prefters, Mom! And even if we could do anything with the guy marrying her, he will be struck from the line of the Ulatarns, and he started as a Branch Scion! Besides, I still have more friends back home with whom I can spar!" Ignoring my points and my lie (though she knew it not to be one), Mom shakes her head, not bothered that all this is just a light-damned pointless waste of time. "We should be home and do something constructive, not...here," I snap, glaring out the window at the approaching walls of Norqod. Barely 10 meters tall, all told. I, also, pointedly, stop myself from speaking further. Mom hates it when I insult people, especially those I haven't yet met.

    "Lelise," Mom begins in that soft-authoritative tone I know to be the start of a lecture, but I drown it out by stewing in my thoughts. I don't want to be here. I don't want to be here with Mom, much less attend a wedding between an up-jumped Commoner and Mutated-shagger. My jaw clenches at that, and I forcefully try to shove the thoughts of Dad out of my mind...it doesn't work. Heh, perhaps that is why the wedding is being done? Shagged her one too many times and was caught by someone he couldn't order to shut up, bribe, or coerce. "-you are not even listening, are you?" Mom's lecture ends, and I huff.

    "I was. Bla bla bla, noble bearing, yadda-yadda, connections are important, mumble grumble we'll get some nice clothing at 'Thamids' or something. Stupid name," I say, condensing her speech into the appropriate amount of words required to bring the point across. "And-" I continue, cutting Mom off as she looks about to speak again, "If connections are that important, Dad should be here with us, not back home!"

    Mom sighed. She was doing that a lot; it can't be healthy. Bet I can make her sigh three more times before we enter the gates. "You know that your father is doing important work back home." Oh, was that what his charity case was called? I could still vividly imagine the far-too-pleased look on that Mutated fuck when he and Dad saw us off, feather-crest and scales looking fucking polished and painted compared to when he arrived a month ago. Then again, that could just be how Dad liked it when he fuc-

    "My lady," a new voice called out, that of old gravel and sewn glass, with the tell-tale sounds of a scout-lizard drawing as near as possible entering from my left. "We are two minutes out."

    "Thank you, Elros," Mom said, and I leaned back in my seat, huffing. Let's get this fucking over and done with.
    The gates to Norqod's surface level open smoothly ahead of us, large enough that our little convoy can enter three lizards abreast, and within moments, we are through. Away from the open grounds of craggy savannah and dust into the sheltering embrace of this town. I can already see the horizon swallowed up by the warehouses, towers, and various surface structures here as we slowly pass checkpoints and watchful sentries, ensuring that we are who we claim to be. Soon enough, we are on the way down into shadow and Norqod proper.

    However, the thing I notice most is that the Guards here, wearing the sky-blue with cloud-white upside-down mountain-crested tabards of House Dall, seem...too technological. Their crossbows are fitted with just enough extensions that they couldn't be only from personal modifications; their bulk and heft sporting wires and strings in excess of what a recently established House, Prevter or not, should be able to provide as standard equipment, and all was far too uniform to be a concerted effort of their Gate-Guards to elevate themselves in the petty power-plays Guards engaged in within their ranks and divisions. (It was as if anyone could topple the primus-inter-pares position of the detectives, but they sure did try now and then.) So, too, does their armor show that they are a cut above typical guards. Instead of typical mirror armor made for the sweltering heat of the surface and day, they wear splint mail covering their torsos, improved with plate armor on arms and legs, and the typically large-brimmed helmets of surface Guards are joined by gas masks concealing their lower faces, a long tube snaking from their face to their back, a canister sitting unbothered and secured. It says something here that I see no polearms, spears, or other pointy sticks around; the choice of melee weaponry seems to be maces and clubs.

    Then again, I muse as we descend into the lower rungs of Norqod and thus into the town proper, on a great ramp; if you had the Daughter of Dawn above your head and a Royal Regiment in your back pocket, you would not see a reason to outfit your guards for defense instead of keeping the peace. You didn't need a spear to get a drunkard to stop being a nuisance.

    "We'll be staying at the 'Sleepy Sheep' for our stay," Mother suddenly pipes up, eyes glancing out the small front window in naked curiosity and interest, and I can't exactly fault her for that. Norqod was founded around a central point with different spokes extended to concentrate industries and services, with the Dall Palace directly in front of us...though hidden by the veritable forest of ashen-leafed trees stretching into the skies with mighty trunks and healthy boughs, with a mass of green light set before that. The Hololith the Pilgrims "gifted" to House Dall. "When you go exploring, make sure you let Elros know so he can get you someone assigned as a bodyguard."

    "Yes, Mother," I huff, continuing to look outside. The skies are now swallowed up by the walls on either side, and the cloth coverings spanning the artificial canyon of Norqod's main entrance, the coverings as colorful as the art splashed against the walls. Murals, frescos, paintings, statues, and the occasional plant cover everything, from the first level of Norqod down to the third. As we leave the ramp into its heart, dozens of things are depicted by them; battles, romances, great insights, religious moments, animals, plants, sport, comedy, and more, in an ever-scrolling display of artistic display that seamlessly mends and melds into each other without butting heads or informing the viewer that the scenes have changed. Looking away from the mesmerizing display of art (on account of the wall falling away as we enter the central plaza), I can already see a dozen bridges spanning the gaps within the "spokes" spreading out from the central plaza, just as the subtly-glowing holographic projection reveals itself to be a projected map of the settlement with streets and names and more etched into light and reality above our heads.

    And above that, slinking silently through the skies...airships. A dozen of them, sleek and imperious, surrounding another one, brutish and blunt.

    Or, rather, the difference between an airship of the Ancients and one of today: Power Undisputed taking its place in the skies contrasted against conniving lawyers arguing rules and precedents to justify themselves.

    And then, just like that, we enter one of the spokes and the skies vanish fully once more.
    "This is too damn good," I mutter angrily, staring at the ice slush mixed with drizzled honey, melting caramel, roasted and crushed nuts, with fresh fruit bits in the cup in my hand, scooping another bit into my mouth with a spoon to an explosion of far too good a flavor and coldness to my annoyance. "I am making you responsible if I end up craving more."

    "I tremble at the thought, my Lady," Rider Ye says, as dry as sand and as humor-filled as a desiccated corpse, trying to look like she wasn't enjoying the treat as much as I currently was, still trying to pretend to keep watch as we both sat underneath the cool shade of one of the ashen-leafed trees that Norqod seemed entirely too much in love with. Still, I couldn't precisely complain sitting underneath its shade-giving crown on the second level on one of the open bridges that popped up everywhere. All around the two of us, dozens of people walked by or enjoyed the steadily increasing festival-like atmosphere as the day of the marriage and subsequent celebration drew near. Speaking of people...

    At least a third of the people here were Mutated. At least. I knew that Mutated could come with just about any mutation that one could imagine, but it was one thing to know and another to see. Scales, feathers, stone, chitin, feathers, riots of colors, splotches of mixes that defied identification, furs, seemingly everything a normal person's skin could be replaced with was present here, and that was excluding the guy who seemed to have it be replaced with fungal membranes. Light knows how that worked for him. Naturally, skin was not the only thing affected, with the full breadth of mutations on display. Legs plantigrade, digitigrade, unguligrade, and unified into straight-up snake-body...thingamajigs, arms with claws, pincers, paws, long fingers, limbs more boneless muscle than limbs, tails singular and multiple, extra limbs aplenty and more than a few people whose faces looked like someone threw them and spare parts into a mixer and then applied the mix onto their faces like plaster once again. Honestly, some Mutated didn't even look human anymore. Like...that guy was just straight up a quartet of chitin-spears bolted under a human torso with a face of polished bone.

    ...how did he even eat? "...Rider Ye, how do you think that guy over there eats?"

    She paused, spoon in mouth, and looked at the Mutated currently scuttling across the bridge with a light back slung over his shoulder, spider legs giving off a faint tack-tack-tack-tack in rapid order as he scuttled past, not so much hurried as simply naturally fast. It's not a sight I'd like to see charging at me in the night...or anytime, really. "...photosynthesis," she declared with a nod and returned to eating the frozen treat I'd bought us both. I stare at her and blink slowly. ...photo-wat? "Did you see the coiled root-like things at the back of his head?" She eventually replies as she catches my stare. "Got a cousin third grade-whatever-relation that has something similar. Can just," she motions with her left hand, spoon awkwardly cradled, a budding flower stretching its petals behind her head, "and eat up sunlight to sustain themselves. Real smug about not needing to eat. Likely the same thing happening with the guy or he would be long since dead."

    "Ah." And with that, the conversation began to lull once again between the two of us. The sounds of birds and the chirp of insects began to mix and fill the silence with the steps, voices, and clamor of a small town filling with people eager to be part of celebrations, joining their efforts to the noisescape all around us, turning otherwise awkward silence into contended eating of a chilly treat.

    It was also a boring silence after a few moments, as, despite my best attempts at banishing it, there wasn't much for me to do in Norqod. The only Combat School here where I could have gone to idle a few hours away in friendly duels and challenges with local students was closed to outsiders until the celebrations were over, the members preparing for several matches and public showcases as part of the same festivities. The only other places where I could spend some time doing things that would get me into massive trouble with my mother but would be amusing were also all...well...they were in the Cat Alleys in the Sin Run Spoke. Even if the local Guards wouldn't carry the teenager walking into one out within a minute of me trying to enter a combat arena, the variously-(un)clothed men and women there would probably not allow me to walk around without all my blood entering my head.

    Which left...well, getting some new clothes (something I would do with Mother tomorrow), visiting the Flying Toyshop (which I was far too old for), going to some academic place (snore), or...my spoon suddenly scraped at the bottom of my cup. Staring down at the slowly melting remains of my treat, barely enough for a single spoon left inside, I felt both annoyed at the treat running out and it having tasted so good. Huffing, I began idly scraping it all together for that spoon of sweet and nutty goodness (I had paid for a cup, I would eat that damn cup) and cast my gaze out again, watching the people here.

    This left me staring at an athletic Mutated, the man walking with confidence and pride, seemingly a perfect fusion of man and Dessert Lion...without a shirt at all. Much to the agreement of the shorter man walking next to him, clothed in a rather daring and colorful ensemble, and the agreement of some other people looking with various degrees of stealth.

    "I think he's already taken," Rider Ye stage-whispered next to me, and I felt my cheeks heat up, "what a shame, though," she added, shaking her head with an appreciative smile.

    Watching the good-looking Mutated leave, I felt I knew where to go.
    "Excuse me," I spoke up, causing the small woman with dwarfism to stop reading her book, her eyes rising from the words on the page to above her rimmed glasses, staring straight at me. "Where, uh, where is the...romance section here?" I asked. The experience of going to a public library was both novel and rather embarrassing, especially for something like this. I had not anticipated wanting to read a new (or old) episode of 'Sweet Dessert Tales' on the trip, but it was a good way to idle a few hours away. In reply, the woman merely raised an eyebrow and a single hand, gesturing to her left...with a relatively prominent sign stating [Romance] in bold letters from the ceiling. Oh. "Oh...is-is there an, uh, novella section? Episodic ones, especialy?" I whisper-asked, trying not to make too much of a fool of myself. A moment passed. Her other eyebrow raised itself to look at me like a dumbass, and her hand began to point at the far left...with the [Episodicals] sign on display. "...I'll, I'll just go, thanks," I mumbled and retreated as swiftly as my remaining dignity allowed.

    ...

    Oh, they had the newest booklet of Hoof'd Hearts here! Score!
    Lady Silvia Junior of House Dall was having...a time.

    Not a good one. Not a bad one either, though...just...a time.

    When the date of her marriage began to approach, she had had a meal with Aunt Silvia (though not legally, it was so close in spirit and faith that it may as well be the same thing (she also despised the moniker of 'Grandmother' in all forms, declaring herself to be too young to be one (despite being one several times over thanks to her other children))), her father, mother, and Markus talking about some meaningless thing with her mother and Markus when her father had, slipped in that he had heard about a tradition within the Capital. Couples about to be wed would stay apart from each other the week before the ceremony to make the appearance of each other during the same in their best dress all the more breathtaking and memorable, yearning increased by the time spent apart while eliminating "distractions" for the two.

    Her mother had been amused by the idea...and had proposed doing just such a thing in jest, only for Aunt Silvia to chuckle and whisper something into Markus' ear, making him decide to re-settle all his blood into his head and...mumble something that could be constructed as an agreement of it being funny if done. He then decided to try and make the very same blood within his body spontaneously combust from her gaze alone, the laughter of her mother, and the amused huff of Crinkle (who got promptly fixed with the same stare, making the first laugh harder and the latter to play dead) following in his wake.

    And now, three days later, here she was. Having retreated from her own home to a public library's reading room (though she had done so with some manner of secrecy, being as well-known and born with as distinct mutations as she was within Norqod did not lend itself well to being out and about without causing scenes) with the newest chapter of 'Sweet Dessert Tales' in her hands and a heavy heart in her chest. Sure, she could have quite easily annoyed Crinkle into helping her meet with Markus again, but that felt like...admitting defeat, somehow. With a sigh, she leaned back in her seat in the alcove, trying to ignore the shockingly well-disguised Ylith watching over her. When she had met the fellow Mutated who was to be her permanent bodyguard alongside her twin brother Ilyth a few weeks ago, she had honestly not thought that a pair of lizard-taurs would be able to all but vanish when they chose to not be seen.

    Then again, that was one of the rea-"Excuse me," a new voice piped up next to her, and Silvia Jr. looked up, her eyes immediately categorizing and analyzing the girl before her. [~15-19 years old. Build suggests good nutrition and regular prolonged exercise. Open stance, not hiding behind the stack of books in her hands, face naturally calm, and no shift in build detected. 13% chance of pre-mediated communication. 7 suggestions on increasing Trust/Fear/Obedience. 3 on inducing Lust/Awe/Fear. 1 on murder without being caught.] Silvia blinked, the information coming as swiftly as it was dismissed; the bouts of unease she had felt when first using her new eyes faded long ago. That didn't mean she was still not seeking a way to alter the Machine-Mind of the things to stop the last parts (manipulating people like that was wrong), though even the Data-Smiths of the Forge-Clans in Norqod who chose to accept the challenge (first out of boredom and then out of offense) had yet to yield many results before the Machine-Minds stubborn defiance. "Is that the newest chapter of Sweet Dessert Tales'? If so, can I read it after you are done?"

    "Sure-" she replied, and the girl just...dumped her stack of reading materials into the alcove. Silvia blinked.

    "Thank you," the girl huffed and grumbled as she sat opposite Silvia. "You wouldn't believe how hard it is to get some entertainment here," she spoke, and before Silvia could do so much as open her mouth to ask the girl who she was, she was pre-empted by the very same. "Name's Lelis, Lady of House Tre, by the way, what's yours?" 'House Tre...oversees three towns and a profitable gem mine,' Silvia thought, the information from long lessons with her mother coming to her mind easily.

    "Silvia," she replied to the question, halfway convinced the girl was trying to make some kind of move even as her eyes replied in the negative to her suspicions.

    "Ah," eyes flicked from her antlers to her tail wrapped over her like a protective blanket. "Heh, I can see why your parents named you like that. Hope you don't feel too bad being named after another woman instead of having a name of your own."

    Silvia blinked.

    [Chance of lie: 0%] Her eyes spoke up.

    Well...that was new.

    "Anyways...who's your favorite character in the series?" Lelis continued conversationally and began yapping without any restraint.

    Silvia Jr. would leave the library hours later, confused, amused, having made no progress in her reading, having been forced to agree to meet up again the next day to continue talking about books and gripes, with the faint feeling of having just been forcefully befriended. Possibly.
    The great brazier blazed in the dark of the night spilling into the hall. The heat from the large metal construction as physical a force as a solid wall of steel, the sanctified scripts adorning the vessel gleaming with unnatural blue light even as the rest of brazier's body seemed as cold as the blackest night on the tallest mountain, caging the roaring inferno crackling within, fed from bone and gas.

    Above that brazier, I could see Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla standing bare-chested, great rings and circles of burned flesh adorning his form and skin, the demonstrations of his rank and piety seared into flesh long ago and with embellishments that had required more pain from him than most save fanatics and zealots would, or could, endure upon their forms.

    To the right side of him within the grand hall of House Dall were our hosts, Lord and Lady Dall, proud and joyous, alongside the usual gaggle of friends, trusted guards, and important household servants standing in decreasing order of importance and value.

    To the left, House Ulatarn had sent their scion, Lord Enurs, to stand in third place after the mother and father of the groom, with their gaggle of servants and friends in attendance.

    And before them all stood we, the guests of the ceremony and those who would bear witness to the marriage between Lord Markus of House Ulatarn and Lady Silvia Junior of House Dall, attending in our gathered masses of self-important dress and overpriced cloth, jewelry ostentatious and make-up aggrandizing, decorated arms and well-used, well-maintained, well-worn armor worn by those with the right to bear them officially, silently waiting for the two most important people for this occasion to appear.

    I, meanwhile, tried to discreetly look for the Mutated woman I had met a few days ago in the library. It had been surprisingly easy to talk with her; she had not been intimidated or emboldened beyond station by me being a noble, and it had been fun to speak with someone who had read the same books and series as I had, even if her enthusiasm for combat and duels had been lacking. She told me she would be here for the ceremony, but I couldn't see her. With such distinctive mutations as hers, it should have been easy to spot her, but she was nowhere to be found, which meant she had either lied to me or was a servant girl.

    A part of me wondered if she could be poached from the Dalls if she was the latter. It would be nice to have someone close to me who wasn't family, and I had the feeling that Mother wouldn't be able to deny me having my one "charity case" to bring back home. Heh, maybe Father wou-

    The flame roared higher, a wave of heat washing over the gathered masses, and Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla's arms rose to the skies, face grave and voice booming. "Today," he spoke, his voice heard by all despite him not raising it, "we have gathered here to stand witness. To stand watch. To celebrate. Today, we forget the tribulations of our lives and the harshness of the world, for today, we stab the horrors of the nights with another weapon forged by the love of two of ours, by the hand of one, and the wielding of the other. Today, two flames will join as one and blaze mightier than they could alone. Today, they will light another flame to guide the way, to illuminate the abyss, to shine upon the works of old and the works of tomorrow. Today, we gather to bear witness. To another light ignited against the night. And another step toward daybreak and the dawn."

    An arm went out toward his right, and a young man, clad in nothing but simple pants and shirt of no color other than white-grey, walked toward the brazier, shadowed by a large rider clad in heavy plate and war-silk, halberd held in one hand and spiked shield in the other. "Markus," Cardinal Aarif el-Sylla spoke, "you stand here, supplicant and low, to marry those for whom you have raised arms to smith a weapon worthy of your devotion. You stand here, humble and plain, with conviction in your breast that it is enough, and faith that your love will endure. You stand here, and I ask: Are you worthy to add your light to the one who now wields your weapon?"

    "I would not stand here if I were not. I would not bear no scar had my weapon been rejected. I would not dare to force an arm to the one whom I shall serve," Markus Ulatarn spoke, the lines as much his as they were tradition's lines, echoes of echoes, the words of a thousand years blazing forth from his mouth and soul.

    An arm went out toward the Cardinal's left, and a young wo...man, I blinked, and the world seemed to slow. That was the woman. The one from the library. The one that I had basically forced to entertain me with talks. ...oh Light, please don't tell me-"Silvia," the Cardinal spoke to the young woman (and shattered all my prayers like glass under a hammer), who was clothed in brilliant silks and fabrics, veils woven through her antlers and precious metal-threads through her hair, golden lines sneaking through her long tail as shimmering stars and nebulae moved across the great limb weaving glacially behind her, the massive Fractal Feline standing behind her shimmering in a dazzling display of light upon its fur from the raging inferno of the brazier. "you stand here, benefactress and high, to marry those for whom labors were completed in devotion to your rays. You stand here, proud and ornate, with belief in your breast that it is sufficient, and faith that your love will endure. You stand here, and I ask: Are they worthy to add their light to yours?"

    "I have made my choice long ago," she said, soft and utterly sure, like steel under velvet gloves. "When I did not strike Markus down for insult, but took my spear from his hands to wield as I see fit. When I declared him mine that day and declared him worthy of sharing my Path. He shall be mine. And I his."

    "So you declare. So you say. But the world is larger than you two," the Cardinal spoke, almost accusingly, and stretched his hands out toward the crowd, standing silently and with shimmering eyes. "Are there any who oppose this union, who see it as unjust, mistaken, misled?" As one, the rider behind Lord Markus and the Fractal Feline behind Lady Silvia turned to the crowd, taking one step forward with clear aggression in their posture. The butt of a halberd and a mighty paw slammed into the floor, angry glare and the rumbling of grinding crystals leveled against the gathered guests, daring them to make a move and stop the ceremony.

    Nobody spoke.

    "Then I declare it just. I declare it right. Now," the Cardinal spoke, lowering his arms and hands to the two gathered below him, speaking softly, "make my declaration truth."

    They did, two steps forward for both of them in utterly unseemly haste, and kissed, the Lady bending the Lord back with their force, and the room exploded in cheers.


    An: Uuuuuugh, none of this feels right.
     
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