Make Cornelius leader of the Tracklayers instead of Furnace
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From: The Next Stretch of Track
Description summary:
The description varies based on 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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Game Instructions: The higher your Tracklayers' Displeasure, the more difficult it will be to persuade them.
Unlocked with Leader of the Tracklayers is: Furnace Ancona, Furnace's Fate Revealed exactly 1, Following up Rumours of Cornelius 9
Locked with Hinterland City - Foundation
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 against Furnace. […]
[…] it is a close run. But Cornelius wins, and Furnace stalks out without saying a word to anyone.Description summary:
The first two/three paragraphs vary based on multiple conditions.
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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? |
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Cornelius leads the Tracklayers' Union. (Sets Leader of the Tracklayers to Cornelius)
- An occurrence! Your 'Bridge Troubles' Quality is now 11!
Failure
A failure of public relations
The Tracklayers' Union does not appreciate such a direct intervention in its affairs […] They tell you where you can put your 'recommendations' […]
Cornelius also becomes […] an outcast for a while, though his wild promises are bound to win them back over […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+3 CP)
- Scandal is increasing… (+1 CP)
- Pages Without Guide Restrictions
- Patronage of the Prehistoricists Text Uses
- Leader of the Tracklayers
- Furnace's Fate Revealed
- Following up Rumours of Cornelius
- Hinterland City - Foundation
- Persuasive Challenge
- Tracklayers' Displeasure
- Tracklayers' Displeasure Formula Uses
- Actions
- You have pledged your support to - Text Uses
- Palaeontologist Text Uses
- Leader of the Tracklayers Gain
- Bridge Troubles Gain
- Tracklayers' Displeasure Gain
- Scandal Gain