Flash a pass-sign of the Mourn
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From: A Pirate Steamer!
The corsairs of Gaider's Mourn have a complicated system of signs and passphrases, used to identify friend from foe. The codes change often, and are just as often ignored.
Game Instructions: Success here will aid you in tracking down your bounty.
Unlocked with 
Corsair's Colours 2, 
Chasing Down Your Bounty
Challenge information
Narrow, 
Zeefaring 13 (50% base)
- 9 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 10 - high-risk (20%)
- 11 - high-risk (30%)
- 12 - tough (40%)
- 13 - very chancy (50%)
- 14 - chancy (60%)
- 15 - modest (70%)
- 16 - very modest (80%)
- 17 - low-risk (90%)
- 18 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Excessive subtlety
With hooded lantern and half-raised flag you [...] invoke the Mourner's Passage. [...] After much subtle back and forth [...], you hear a loud voice bark from the steamer.
"Stand down lads, they's one of us!" [...] Codes are dispensed with, and chatter flows freely.
Troubled Waters is increasing… (+2 CP)
You are closing in on your quarry. (Increases 
Chasing Down Your Bounty by 16 CP)
You've gained (
Zailing Speed) x Zailing...
You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)
Rare Success
Excessive subtlety
[…] you flash the Sign of Sapphire, and invoke the Mourner's Passage. […]
"Stand down lads, they's one of us!" […] you were close enough to chat? Well then. Codes are dispensed with, and chatter flows freely. They, too, have had their eyes on your quarry.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Troubled Waters is dropping… (-3? CP)
- You are closing in on your quarry. (Increases Chasing Down Your Bounty by 16 CP)
- You've gained ( Zailing Speed) x Zailing...
- You've gained 1 x Time Spent at Zee (hidden)
Failure
Fired upon!
Either these pirates are not from Gaider's Mourn, or they are indifferent to the usual pass-signs and truce-markers. You exchange blistering cannonfire across the Snares[...] Eventually, bored [...] or cowed [...], the pirates peel off in search of other prey.
- Troubled Waters is increasing… (+12 CP)
- You've gained ( Zailing Speed/4) x Zailing...
