And then the shrieking began...

ID: 271002

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From: A Barren Rock

If I never hear its like again, I will count myself fortunate.

Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 45

• 31 - very chancy (41%)
• 39 - chancy (52%)
• 46 - modest (61%)
• 54 - very modest (72%)
• 61 - low-risk (81%)
• 69 - straightforward (92%)
• 75 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

They came from beneath the rock...

We did not waste time readying our weapons. We ran, repositioned, and only then prepared for a fight.

It seems our foe wished to take us by surprise, and when faced with our steady resolve, chose instead to withdraw. […]

[…] was no one left there to rescue.

Description summary:
The ship name depends on the Agent deployed.

Agent	Ship Name
The Luckless Captain	Misplaced Optimism
The Clay Breaker	Hammerhead
The Wily Bathyphile	Cryptopsaras
Perforated Zubmariner	Consequential

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

•  You've gained 2 x Puzzling Map
•  You've gained 1 x Nautical Ventures Nautically Ventured
•  You've gained 1 x An Accomplished Plotter
•  You've lost 1 x A Network Under Scrutiny

Failure

We, in our folly, looked first to the trees

That island, [written address], must have been half-hallow. A honeycomb of holes and tunnels ran beneath it, and it is from the ground they rose. They took our bosun by the ankles, and hauled her below

She was not the only one thus taken. […] no one left there to rescue.

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

• With Plot Reward Scaler:
  •  You've gained 10 x Zee-Ztory
• Otherwise:
  •  You've gained 1 x Puzzling Map
•  You've gained 1 x Nautical Ventures Nautically Ventured
•  You've gained 1 x An Accomplished Plotter
•  You've lost 1 x A Network Under Scrutiny