Add Train Defences

Wiki note: The title of this option varies with the level of Train Defences:

Defences	Option Title
0	Add a guard car to each train
1	Arm the train guards better
2	Raise the number of guards per train
3	Kit your trains out with their own armouries
4	Mount large guns on the engine and caboose of each train
5	Invest in explosive ammunition for your train

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ID: 241870

Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

From: Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway

This will cause expense, but it will reduce the risks to riders.

Game Instructions: This will be opposed by the allies of Hell and of Criminals, and embraced by those on the side of Constables. It will also displease those concerned with Financial Interests.

Unlocked with Involved in a Railway Venture 50

Locked with Delay until the Next Board Meeting, Train Defences 6, In Corporate Debt 6

Success

An appeal to fears

(see table below)

Banditry	Description about level of banditry
0 - 2	Incidents are relatively uncommon, but the occasional attacker does make an attempt on the train; and then there are pickpockets who work the stations. Something should be done!
3 - 4	You open your argument with a few accounts […] Several riders were killed on Wednesday's service, and they have lodged a formal complaint. Highwaymen stopped another train entirely […] Is this the sort of service the […] Railway wishes to offer […] its clients?
5 - 8	You open your argument with a few accounts of recent incidents on the line. […] no one interested in shipping commercial goods will wish to commit their cargo to the train if it is at such a high risk of being stolen. Is this to be tolerated?

Jenny	Description
0	Someone points out that the Moloch Line […] does not appear to be heavily armed. Someone else responds that a train run by Devils might be equipped with all sorts of arcane and secret weapons[…] the lack of visible defences does not mean it's […] unprotected.
1	Sinning Jenny offers her support. The standards of monster-fighting […] in London are slipping. The passengers cannot be trusted to defend themselves. (It's clear she would prefer it if every rider carried weapons, but this is sadly not the reality.)

•  You now have ( Total Board Membership (Aside From Yourself)) x Uncommitted Board Members
  • If Sinning Jenny is a board member, Total Board Membership (Aside From Yourself) - 1
•  You have proposed to improve the guarding and armament of your trains. (Sets Question before the Board to 200 - Recommending Better Defences for Each Train)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board against Revolutionary Interests' Quality is now 5!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board Against Infernal Interests' Quality is now 5!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board against Criminals' Quality is now 5!
•  You now have ( Train Defences x 3) x Board against Own Financial Interests
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board Meeting in Progress' Quality is now 1!

If Sinning Jenny is a board member:

•  Sinning Jenny has agreed to vote on your side. (Sets Sinning Jenny's Vote to 1 - Sinning Jenny is voting on your side)

Conclusion: Take the vote and declare Victory

Redirects to: Debating Matters of Business with the Board