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From: Directing your Team

You've had a thought.

Game Instructions: This is less powerful than other uses of Unavoidable Epiphanies, but perhaps you have a surfeit of them.

Unlocked with Unavoidable Epiphany

Success

The arrival of a conclusion

You pose questions: [varies] Soon, you're picking apart their suggestions, analysing their answers, finding new questions...

Description summary:
The line of questioning varies by experiment.

Experiment	Description
40	What kind of engine design would it employ? What is the most efficient type of coal tender?
130	What materials are most suitable? How thick must the barrel be to contain the pressure of firing?
140 - 160	What materials are most suitable? What blade shape ensures maximum effectiveness?
230, 240, 260	How reliable are the maps and charts you have gathered? What can we truly infer about the territory from reading them?
310, 320, 350, 360	What materials will you need? What are the manufacturing tolerances?
410 - 470, 495	How can its anatomy be classified? How would one go about physical examination? How to best keep it contained?
510, 520, 530	How old is it? What kind of animal did it belong to?
540	How long can it be stretched? Will it shatter, or simply melt?
820	What geological strata does it come from? What is its chemical composition?
920, 930, 950, 990	What are the practical considerations of manufacture? Will the process work economically with larger batches?
1010, 1030, 1040, 1045, 1050	What are the boundaries of the possible? Which Laws must be observed? Which can be split apart?
1210	Where does it come from? How does it grow? How does it survive in the absence of sunlight?
1320, 1340	Who made it? Out of what? For what purpose?
1350	What if the cuirass had the power to make the wearer obedient to the Sun?
1610	What can survive the ruddy waters of Hell? What can get to the zee with speed, and survive the trip unscathed?

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

•  You've lost 1 x Unavoidable Epiphany
•  You've gained (2 + [0.2 × Equipment Level ]) × ( Number of Workers)^1/₂ × (Highest Worker Level) x Laboratory Research
  • 38 Research with 9 Equipment Level and 4 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)
  • 29 Research with 7 Equipment Level and 3 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)