'No way! There's no way!'

ID: 361713

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You round a particularly tight bend, ending in a tiny cove – and find yourself boxed in. There's no room for the ship to turn, and when you ask the helmsman about reversing, the conversation quickly turns to the preparedness of the lifeboats.

Card drawn in Wayland's Teeth

Occurs with Standard Frequency

Can not be discarded except by effects clearing your hand.

Options:

Fire the guns!

•  Spoiler ID: 264853
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 170 || 117 - very chancy (41%) || 145 - chancy (51%) || 173 - modest (61%) || 202 - very modest (71%) || 230 - low-risk (81%) || 258 - straightforward (91%) || 284 - straightforward (100%)
  

  The above difficulty is for A Consignment of Capricious Cargo 2.

  Each point of A Consignment of Capricious Cargo increases the base difficulty by 50 points.

  Success

  It'll put silver in your hair

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Progress Towards Admiralty Ordnance Depôt № 8 is increasing… (+4-9 CP)
  •  Volatility of Your Cargo is increasing… (+2-4 CP, up to level 8)

  Failure

  Vibrating

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Progress Towards Admiralty Ordnance Depôt № 8 is increasing… (+2-4 CP)
  •  Volatility of Your Cargo is increasing… (+6 CP, up to level 8)

  ^

Appeal to the generosity of space

•  Spoiler ID: 264857
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Artisan of the Red Science 9 (50% base) || 5 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 6 - high-risk (20%) || 7 - high-risk (30%) || 8 - tough (40%) || 9 - very chancy (50%) || 10 - chancy (60%) || 11 - modest (70%) || 12 - very modest (80%) || 13 - low-risk (90%) || 14 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  The above difficulty is for A Consignment of Capricious Cargo 2.

  Each point of A Consignment of Capricious Cargo increases the base difficulty by 6 points.

  Success

  The gibbering is to be expected

  •  Progress Towards Admiralty Ordnance Depôt № 8 is increasing… (+4-6 CP)
  •  Volatility of Your Cargo is increasing… (+0-1 CP, up to level 8)

  Failure

  Eulogy for Euclidean space

  •  Volatility of Your Cargo is increasing… (+7-8 CP, up to level 8)

  ^