In Sight (The Waswood)

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Starved Men swarm the deck of the [Airship]. London's fleet is in disarray behind you. Rock pours from the Roof like rain.

[...]

Description summary:
The second paragraph varies based on The Eye Opens.

The Eye OpensDescription
3Ahead, the eye turns, slowly, haltingly, out to gaze upon London. Within the shattered stalactite, something is screaming.
6 - 8The skin covering the roof shivers. The Starved attendants redouble their efforts, their pace reaching a fever pitch.
9 - 11Within and around the oculus, a great fleshy machinery flexes [...] Amber drips from taut ligaments as thick as tree trunks. The weapon's great, wet lens is pointed fully towards London below, now, just waiting to focus its first and only bright payload.
12+Something moves upon the Roof above the oculus. A straining above the fleshy caul covering the rock. The sound of stone on stone. Above the eye, the Roof is coming apart. Your Starved assailants fill the air with ululations of triumph.

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

Unlocked with redirect from Take aim!

Storylet appears in Warring on the Roof

Options:

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Take evasive manoeuvres
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Fire on the Starved oculus
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    Cannon.png
    Unlocked with Firing Solution
    Locked with Things Fall Apart 8

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Firing Solution 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

    On Target!

    Failure

    Almost—

    ^
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Assess the eye for weaknesses
  •  Spoiler 
    Amber2.png
    Locked with The Eye Opens 12, Things Fall Apart 8

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Shapeling Arts 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

    Biological warfare

    Failure

    Esoteric armaments

    • Sunsmall.png The vast, pendulous eye turns its gaze towards London. (Raises The Eye Opens by 3)
    ^
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Contemplate the viability of the eye
  •  Spoiler 
    Dawnmachine.png
    Locked with The Eye Opens 12, Things Fall Apart 8

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Artisan of the Red Science 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

    A channel

    Failure

    Absolute belief

    • Sunsmall.png The vast, pendulous eye turns its gaze towards London. (Raises The Eye Opens by 3)
    ^
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Press on through the rock-storm
  •  Spoiler 
    Clouds.png
    Locked with The Eye Opens 12, Things Fall Apart 8

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Shadowy 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Failure

    ^
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Blast your way through the rock-storm
  •  Spoiler 
    Torpedo.png
    Locked with The Eye Opens 12, Things Fall Apart 8

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Dangerous 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Clearing a path

    Failure

    Traditionalists

    ^
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Battle the boarders
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Helplessly contemplate the inevitability of gravity...