Operate from first principles
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From: The Business of a Correspondent
Light, they say, is law. A mirrorcatch box squats on your dresser, accompanied by a return address on the Bazaar's flank and a single-word command: 'Translate'.
Unlocked with 
Airs of Industry 51, 
A Professional Specialisation: is 
Epistolant
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%)
Narrow, 
Artisan of the Red Science 12 (50% base)
- 8 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 9 - high-risk (20%)
- 10 - high-risk (30%)
- 11 - tough (40%)
- 12 - very chancy (50%)
- 13 - chancy (60%)
- 14 - modest (70%)
- 15 - very modest (80%)
- 16 - low-risk (90%)
- 17 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Coded contraband
[…] You arrange a series of […] prisms […] You drill a pinprick […] and a fierce blade of sunlight scatters through […] bathing the walls in complex, scorching patterns. […]
[…] Your mind burns with possibility. Your transcription is hurried; your migraine lasting. […][Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
Persuasive is increasing…
[Airs of Industry change…] (random)
You've gained 450 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)
Failure
Intoxicating
[…] you fail to account for one […] thing: the allure of unadulterated sunlight. […] The light is a glory […] Towers rise and the Sun speaks your name and the light breathes you in like a thin wisp of smoke—
[…] the box is […] bare. So that's why this stuff's illegal.[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]
- Persuasive is increasing…
- [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
- You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
