Firmament: The Machine
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It gleams like the fires of Hades, a tangle of steel and glass. […] Something impossibly grand was attempted here.
Its ruins remain, tempting the intrepid to do better. An attempt you are about to make[…]. Sigils still smoulder on the stone.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Unlocked with a redirect from Trace the source
Storylet appears in 
The Sous
Options:
Inspect the Machine
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament exactly 720
Success
Drift
Find a way to fix the Machine. (Sets 
Firmament to 721)
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
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Consult Summer
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament 721
Locked with
Summer's Consultation
Success
Starlit attempts
An occurrence! Your 'Summer's Consultation' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
^
Consult Tatterdemalion
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament 721
Locked with Tatterdemalion's Consultation
Success
The pilot's advice
- An occurrence! Your 'Tatterdemalion's Consultation' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
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Consult the Petrified Engineer
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with Firmament 721, 
Transplants from Above 3
Success
Road to ruin
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
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Conduct your own investigation
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament 721
Locked with Your Machinist Assessment
Challenge information
Narrow,
Artisan of the Red Science 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
Ambition thwarted
- An occurrence! Your 'Your Machinist Assessment' Quality is now 1! (hidden)
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
Failure
Unforced error
Wounds is increasing… (+5 CP)
Redirects to: Firmament: The Machine
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Decide a course of action
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament 721-723, three unknown hidden qualities from other branches in this storylet
Success
A question of process
- A decision must be made. (Sets Firmament to 724)
Redirects to: The Engineer and the Pilot
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Begin construction
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Firmament exactly 724, 
Railway Steel 10
Success
Forged
You've lost x 10 Railway Steel- Find Burgundy's enemy and find a way to stop the Vulgate's reinforcements. (Sets Firmament to 725)
Consider a means to prevent the Vulgate reinforcing themselves in the Sous. (Sets 
They Do It With Mirrors to 1)
Pursue Burgundy's enemy in the catacombs of the Sous. (Sets 
Enemies of State to 1)
