Build a Locomotive for Mr Spices
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From: Begin a Scientific Investigation
Description summary:
The description changes depending on your level of 
A Design for an Unusual Locomotive:
| A Design for an Unusual Locomotive: | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 - Plans Supplied by Mr Spices | You have Mr Spices' plans ready. It will require a variety of exotic materials and parts – which the Master has declined to provide. |
| 2 - Competing Plans Supplied by Mr Spices and the Solicitor-Baroness | You have plans provided both by Mr Spices and by the Solicitor-Baroness, and can synthesize them to your own specification. Building the thing will require a variety of exotic materials and parts – which the Master has declined to provide. |
[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Game Instructions:
| A Design for an Unusual Locomotive: | Effect |
|---|---|
| 1 - Plans Supplied by Mr Spices | Seeing the Solicitor-Baroness on Moloch Street first will give you more alternatives for how to complete this story, but is not required. Once you begin this laboratory project, you will not be able to cancel it until it is complete. |
| 2 - Competing Plans Supplied by Mr Spices and the Solicitor-Baroness | Once you begin this laboratory project, you will not be able to cancel it until it is complete. Later on in this story, you will be able to choose what kind of locomotive you have truly built. |
Unlocked with 
Base Watchful 221, Watchful Gains exactly 21, 
A Design for an Unusual Locomotive: Plans Supplied by Mr Spices or Competing Plans Supplied by Mr Spices and the Solicitor-Baroness, 
4000 x Nevercold Brass Sliver, 
1 x Railway Steel, 
200 x Flask of Abominable Salts, 
200 x Khaganian Lightbulb, 
1 x Whirring Contraption, 
1 x Crackling Device, 
2 x Uncanny Incunabulum, 
25 x Correspondence Plaque
Success
A sudden intrusion into your laboratory
[…] the door to your laboratory swings open. On the other side, flanked by neddy-men, is Mr Spices […]
"I have come to assist in the construction of the locomotive," Mr Spices says. […] "Assist and supervise. It might help if we can see the work in progress."[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
You are now constructing a locomotive of unusual design. (Sets 
Experimental Object to 40 - Building a Locomotive of Unusual Design)
Mr Spices will be supervising your progress. (Sets 
Laboratory 'Services' from Mr Spices to 1 - Mr Spices is supervising your progress)
You've lost 4000 x Nevercold Brass Sliver
You've lost 1 x Railway Steel
You've lost 200 x Flask of Abominable Salts
You've lost 200 x Khaganian Lightbulb
You've lost 1 x Whirring Contraption
You've lost 1 x Crackling Device
You've lost 2 x Uncanny Incunabulum
You've lost 25 x Correspondence Plaque
An occurrence! Your 'Total Lab Research Required' Quality is now 550!
An occurrence! Your 'Expected Lab Reward Value' Quality is now 6250! (hidden)
Conclusion: Assemble the experimental locomotive
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- A Design for an Unusual Locomotive: Text Uses
- Watchful
- Watchful Gains
- A Design for an Unusual Locomotive:
- Nevercold Brass Sliver
- Railway Steel
- Flask of Abominable Salts
- Khaganian Lightbulb
- Whirring Contraption
- Crackling Device
- Uncanny Incunabulum
- Correspondence Plaque
- Actions
- Experimental Object Gain
- Laboratory 'Services' from Mr Spices Gain
- Nevercold Brass Sliver Loss
- Railway Steel Loss
- Flask of Abominable Salts Loss
- Khaganian Lightbulb Loss
- Whirring Contraption Loss
- Crackling Device Loss
- Uncanny Incunabulum Loss
- Correspondence Plaque Loss
- Total Lab Research Required Gain
- Expected Lab Reward Value Gain
