Make Cornelius leader of the Tracklayers instead of (Leader)
A player-created Guide is available for this content: Following up Rumours of Cornelius (Guide) |
A player-created Guide is available for this content: The City of the Tracklayers (Guide) |
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From: Meddle in the Local Governance
Description summary:
The description varies based on Leader of the Tracklayers and your previous support of Cornelius' plans.
Patronage of the Prehistoricists | Description |
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0 | It doesn't fall directly to your power to do this. But you have influence, don't you? |
1 | It's true that Cornelius' track-laying beast left a few things to be desired. But that was only a first attempt. Who knows where it all might lead, if only Furnace weren't suppressing his experiments? |
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Unlocked with Following up Rumours of Cornelius 9, (10 - The City Waning) x Much-Needed Gap (Minimum 1), (5 x Habituated to the Hinterland) x Hinterland Scrip
Locked with Leader of the Tracklayers: Cornelius, Hinterland City - Founding Body: Cornelius, Tracklayers' Displeasure 6
Challenge information
Broad, Persuasive 200
- 137 - very chancy (41%)
- 170 - chancy (51%)
- 204 - modest (61%)
- 237 - very modest (71%)
- 270 - low-risk (81%)
- 304 - straightforward (91%)
- 334 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 10 points.
Success
A well-planned campaign
[...]
Cornelius, of course, is doing his side of the work as well: lining up allies, promising policy change, quietly fomenting bad feeling.
When the votes are counted, it is a close run. But Cornelius wins.Description summary:
The first two paragraphs vary depending on your Patronage of the Prehistoricists and your level of Palaeontologist, and an extra paragraph may be added between them depending on who you supported in the Election of 1898.
Did you support Cornelius' plan? | First Paragraph |
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No | You print posters with artistic renderings of the Prehistory to Come. |
Yes | You suppress reports of how Cornelius' previous track laying beast actually performed. |
You supported | Extra Paragraph |
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F.F. Gebrandt | F. F. Gebrandt still owes one, for your help during her mayoral campaign: you convince her to give the most enthusiastic statement about Cornelius that she can bring herself to offer. |
Palaeontologist | Second Paragraph |
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0 | You paint Cornelius as in touch with the greatest minds of the Palaeontological Movement. |
43 - 75 | You paint Cornelius as in touch with the greatest minds of the Palaeontological Movement, with yourself as an eminent example. |
85+ | You emphasise that even such a great palaeontologist as yourself supports and endorses his claims – and who has assembled more skeletons than you? |
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- Persuasive is increasing…
- Cornelius now leads the Tracklayers' Union. (Sets Leader of the Tracklayers to Cornelius)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 1 - Recent election!
- You've lost (10 - The City Waning) x Much-Needed Gap (Minimum 1)
- You've lost (5 x Habituated to the Hinterland) x Hinterland Scrip
- You've gained 1 x Acquaintance: Cornelius (up to 1)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Foundation' Quality is now Hinterland City - Founding Body + Hinterland City - Official Alignment + Leader of the Tracklayers!
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Initial Alignment' Quality is now (Hinterland City - Official Alignment)!
Failure
A failure of public relations
- Persuasive is increasing…
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 2 - Recent election failed!
- Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+3 CP)
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Foundation' Quality is now (Hinterland City - Foundation)!
- An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Initial Alignment' Quality is now (Hinterland City - Official Alignment)!
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Leader of the Tracklayers Text Uses
- Patronage of the Prehistoricists Text Uses
- Following up Rumours of Cornelius
- The City Waning
- The City Waning Formula Uses
- Much-Needed Gap
- Habituated to the Hinterland
- Habituated to the Hinterland Formula Uses
- Hinterland Scrip
- Leader of the Tracklayers
- Hinterland City - Founding Body
- Tracklayers' Displeasure
- Persuasive Challenge
- Tracklayers' Displeasure Formula Uses
- You have pledged your support to - Text Uses
- Palaeontologist Text Uses
- Actions
- Leader of the Tracklayers Gain
- Hinterland City - Recent News Gain
- Much-Needed Gap Loss
- Hinterland Scrip Loss
- Acquaintance: Cornelius Gain
- Hinterland City - Foundation Gain
- Hinterland City - Founding Body Formula Uses
- Hinterland City - Official Alignment
- Hinterland City - Official Alignment Formula Uses
- Leader of the Tracklayers Formula Uses
- Hinterland City - Initial Alignment Gain
- Tracklayers' Displeasure Gain