Engineer a fortification

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From: The Business of a Silverer

The armies that fight over dreams sometimes make special requests.

Unlocked with Airs of Industry 51, A Professional Specialisation: Oneirotect

Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Narrow, Glasswork 12 (50% base)

• 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
• 9 - high-risk (20%)
• 10 - high-risk (30%)
• 11 - tough (40%)
• 12 - very chancy (50%)
• 13 - chancy (60%)
• 14 - modest (70%)
• 15 - very modest (80%)
• 16 - low-risk (90%)
• 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Redoubt

Under your direction, they shift earth into place and pile stones. A seven-pointed star, bristling with cannons. […]

Description summary:
Part of the description varies based on the current Parabolan Dominance.

Dominance	Description
0 - 1 - Fingerkings	In the plans, you include a selection of narrow secret passages and tunnels – perfect for serpents to infiltrate and lay in wait within, should the fortress fall to enemy forces.
2 - 3 - Cats	You angle the parapets at the battlements so that cats may more easily lean against them, standing watch for their many enemies.
4 - The Red-Handed Queen	To please the Queen, you have the entire thing built out of a peculiar crimson marble, mined from an island beyond the Smoking Shore and redolent with the scent of roses.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

• Persuasive is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 450 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on Mysterious Client Attention Odds:

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

Imperfect

Time stretches in dreams, allowing for rapid construction. But you fail to account for that in formulating the mortar used in the stonework; no sooner has the towering redoubt gone up, it comes right back down.

• Persuasive is increasing…
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies