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From: The Midnight Trade


Damaged dirigibles mean missed shipments, lost profits, and expired contracts. One is bad for business; two are unforgivable; all three are catastrophic.

Unlocked with Smuggled Airs 68-100, Peligin Work 1-4


Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 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 Neathproofed counts as 15 extra points of Watchful.

Success

Not in the manual

[see below]

Description summary:
Description varies based on Smuggled Airs.

Smuggled AirsDescription
1-25Many […] dirigibles are home-made or stolen, and riddled with aftermarket modifications. Buttons do not do as […] labelled. Parts do not match. Safety measures are flagrantly ignored. Repairing […] is as much an act of understanding their crews as […] the engineering.
26-50The dirigible Keyhole is obviously stolen from New Newgate, and has no functioning locks. All are broken […]; smashed, warped, or plain removed. Sometimes repair is an act of empathy: you stock […] extra cargo ties for the hold and leave well alone.
51-75The Gaping Lung does not need repairs so much as it needs a doctor. Many […] parts are fleshy, and its envelope is covered in scrapes that almost […] perforate the membrane. Absent any spare skin, you clean […] and bandage […], and it seems to throb a little steadier[…]
76-100No two airships are alike, each […] defying gravity according to a unique technological idiolect. The Eagleslayer[…] has the electric lights and dual envelopes of a Sparrow-class ship from the Khanate – but these engines are distinctly Infernal. […]

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Failure

An easy mistake to make

Two hours and seventeen re-routed connections later, it becomes clear that these are not fuel lines, but pneumatic tubes connected to an entirely different subsystem. […] As is always the way, the mistake takes three times longer to fix than to make.

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