Attacked by Pirates!

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[…] these ships are unlike other privateers. Great tripods smoulder on their decks, filling the air with incense. The Fluke's Folly glides beside you. Drawn daggers gleam. Grappling hooks soar. Bloody waves clot around your prow, slowing your progress […]

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Storylet appears in Zailing the Unterzee

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Call your crew to action

•  Spoiler ID: 256333
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Persuasive 100 || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Shouting through the fog

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Troubled Waters is dropping… (-2 CP)

  Failure

  Delirium

  • Persuasive is increasing…
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
  •  You've gained 1 x Surface-Silk Scrap

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Battle the invaders yourself

•  Spoiler ID: 256332
  

   

  Challenge information

  Broad, Dangerous 100 || 69 - very chancy (41%) || 85 - chancy (51%) || 102 - modest (61%) || 119 - very modest (71%) || 135 - low-risk (81%) || 152 - straightforward (91%) || 167 - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Pandemonium

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Troubled Waters is dropping… (-2 CP)

  Failure

  Overpowered

  • Dangerous is increasing…
  •  Wounds is increasing… (+1 CP)

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Navigate the clotting currents

•  Spoiler ID: 256334
  

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, Zeefaring 3 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (20%) || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - tough (40%) || 3 - very chancy (50%) || 4 - chancy (60%) || 5 - modest (70%) || 6 - very modest (80%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Precise navigation

  •  Troubled Waters is dropping… (-3 CP)

  Failure

  Moored in a morass

  •  Troubled Waters is increasing… (+1 CP)

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Coordinate an attack against the Fluke's Folly

•  Spoiler ID: 256335
  

  Locked with Troubled Waters 6
  

   

  Success

  Captain versus Captain

  •  En garde! (Sets Associating with a Youthful Naturalist to 110 - Zail to the Principles of Coral with the Youthful Naturalist)

  Redirects to: Duelling the Masked Corsair

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