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From: Debating Matters of Business with the Board


She is concerned with the success of her own business interests, above all.

Game Instructions: She is not susceptible to any of your standard methods of persuasion.

Unlocked with Board Member: April

Locked with April's Vote


Challenge information

Broad, Persuasive 100

  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

Base difficulty is probably 100, and increased by 40 per point of Board against Revolutionary Interests, and 20 per point of Board against Labour, Board against the Liberation of Night, and Board against Urchin Interests.

QuestionBase Difficulty
1 - Recommending a Route through Occupied Buildings100
2 - Proposing the Demolition of Unused Houses380
3 - Recommending a Route over Marshland300
4 - Recommending a Route through Plainsland180
5 - Route through Hills100
7 - Recommending a Route across a Ravine220
9 - Recommending a Route through Wasteland100
10 - Proposing the Removal of His Amused Lordship100
11 - Proposing the Removal of the Efficient Commissioner100
12 - Proposing the Removal of the Jovial Contrarian100
13 - Proposing the Removal of Sinning Jenny300
14 - Proposing the Removal of Feducci100
15 - Proposing the Removal of Virginia100
16 - Proposing the Removal of Furnace Ancona700
17 - Proposing the Removal of the Dean of Xenotheology100
18 - Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's100
19 - Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Southwark100
20 - Proposing the Removal of the Tentacled Entrepreneur100
21 - Proposing the Removal of the Gracious Widow100
23 - Proposing the Removal of the Wandering Gondolier200
24 - Proposing the Removal of September300
26 - Proposing the Removal of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle100
27 - Proposing the Removal of the Rubbery Yes-Man100
28 - Proposing the Removal of the Hell-Scarred Gondolier300
29 - Proposing the Removal of Cornelius, the Bandaged Prehistoricist200
30 - Proposing the Removal of January380
31 - Proposing the Removal of the Wry Functionary100
32 - Proposing the Removal of the Delightful Reverend100
33 - Proposing the Removal of the Drummer100
35 - Proposing the Removal of the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner160
37 - Proposing the Removal of the Implacable Detective100
100 - Proposing a Station Plan100
105 - Proposing a Station Plan more like a Fortress100
115 - Proposing a Station Plan styled in the Manner of Hell100
120 - Proposing a Station Plan that Honours the Bazaar100
130 - Proposing a Station Plan that Speaks to the Glory of London and the Empress380
140 - Proposing a Station Plan Suited to Wasteland100
150 - Proposing a Station Plan Suited to a Surface Summer100
160 - Proposing an ice-resistant route and a well-insulated station100
170 - Proposing the connection to the final station at Marigold100
181 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Ealing Gardens100
182 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near the Magistracy of the Evenlode100
183 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Balmoral100
184 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Station VIII900
185 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Burrow-infra-Mump100
187 - Proposing a Tracklayers' City near Marigold Station, under the walls of Hell100
200 - Recommending Better Defences for Each Train300
205 - Recommending More Baggage Accommodations for Each Train100
210 - Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train500
220 - Recommending More Worker Compensation100
230 - Recommending Worker Co-ownership100
240 - Recommending the Strike be Broken700
250 - Requesting Funds to Excavate the Remains of a Prehistoric Creature100
260 - Suggesting the Union Pave Over a Prehistoric Creature100
270 - Requesting Funds to Route Around an Anomalous Section of London100
280 - Proposing to Drive the Track through the Zone100
400 - Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders (Worker charter)100
400 - Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders (Non-worker charter)300
500 - Proposing a Bypass through Parabola100
510 - Proposing the Rental of Hellworms100
520 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell100
521 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Feducci's Guidance100
523 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Virginia's Guidance100
525 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Bishop of Southwark's Guidance100
526 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following His Amused Lordship's Guidance400
528 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Cornelius' Guidance100
529 - Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Viscountess' Guidance240
600 - Proposing that the Board Endorse the Tentacled Entrepreneur for Lord Mayor100
610 - Proposing that the Board Endorse the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle for Lord Mayor260
700 - Proposing that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral500
710 - Proposing that September become Castellan of Balmoral100
720 - Proposing that the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral100
800 - Proposing a tracklayer aligned with Mr Fires300
850 - Proposing Cornelius to lead100
905 - Proposing the Dean of Xenotheology as Patron of the Burrow Church100
910 - Proposing the Bishop of St Fiacre's as Patron of the Burrow Church100
931 - Resuming Normal Operations with Furnace in Charge100
932 - Supporting Cornelius' Prehistoricist Building Approach100
934 - Proposing a Package of Measures to Resume Normal Operations300
940 - Proposing special consideration to certain charitable groups100
941 - Proposing a dividend be paid out to the poor of the Hinterlands100
1000 - Proposing an expensive tribute to the Hillchanger Tower100
1010 - Proposing an inhuman tribute to the Hillchanger Tower100
1030 - Proposing a legalistic tribute to the Hillchanger Tower100
1100 - Proposing to send your train to war in Parabola
(Cats, FKs, Gent, Visc., Other)
100
1110 - Proposing to build a spur line into Parabola so that you can send in a war-train100
1200 - Proposing a final extension of track520

Success

She is convinced!

Yes, she writes, on a square of paper. She has the abstracted look of someone who has been mentally building a bomb during the more tedious portions of the foregoing argument.

Description summary:
The first paragraph varies with the Question before the Board, the second with other board members. The text above is the generic result[1]; questions with more specific results are listed below.

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  1. 1 - 3, 210, 931, 932, 934, 940 - 941
QuestionSuccess Description
4Perhaps it is better to go that way than through the Hills, she writes. If not truly safe. Then she sketches the diagram for torching the earth ahead of those who pass through.
5April gives her consent, and some suggestions about the best forms of explosive to apply to those hills.
7April looks keen. Possibly she mostly wants the excuse to build this construction and see whether it falls down.
9April assents to the proposal. The lack of hills to blow up seems to disappoint her, though.
10 - 11, 13, 17 - 20, 32, 33, 35Better out than in, she writes. Is there anyone on this board whose company she enjoys?
12Yes, she writes. We can dispense with the input of our august colleague.
14His pride in his lance is unjustified, April writes. Evidently that's reason enough to rid the board of him.
15Her affiliations with Hell are complex, April writes. Are you certain you know why she wants the Railway built? I think we're better without her.
16The business of the board may distract her from other duties, writes April. It's not that she wants Ancona gone; it's that she thinks Ancona has better uses for her time than arguing with this lot.
20Yes, she writes, on a square of paper. She has the abstracted look of someone who has been mentally building a bomb during the more tedious portions of the foregoing argument.
21The Widow presents certain challenges of public relations, April writes. Public relations. This from a woman who cannot be seen outside and who is generally believed dead.
23The boy is too young for these dangers, she writes rapidly. Take him out before something eats him alive.
24A good colleague, writes April. Not very concise on the board, however.
26Rather than writing out a response, April sketches a cat being chased from the boardroom by a very large mastiff.
27It doesn't have much counsel for us, April writes. Or else you never trouble to translate its advice. Not very courteous, but not wrong.
28Older than he was, April writes. But still not a person of enough standing for this company. Standing, is it?
29Get rid of him, April writes. He's got twelve plans and he keeps half of them secret from himself. And then there's the Discordance business, which you don't want to bring in here or anywhere.
30If we do not find enough value in her wisdom, writes April. A grudging acceptance, but an acceptance.
31Aye, good riddance to the Palace, writes April.
37Bit fierce in all the wrong ways, April writes.
100, 120 - 150, 170It will do, April writes. Not very fortified, however.
105, 115Good plan, writes April, with several underlines.
160April seems disappointed there won't be a mountain to blast through this time around. But she writes: Aye.
181April thinks for a long time, then writes: Proximity to London double-edged sword. Advantages seem to outweigh risks.
182, 183, 187April thinks for a long time, then writes: Seems acceptable.
184April thinks for a long time, then writes: Interesting choice. Affords certain opportunities. Will go along with it.
185April thinks for a long time, then writes: Unfond of churches. But locale otherwise acceptable.
200It will do, April writes. Though we could do better. She quickly sketches a far more fearsome train, covered with overlapping metal plates like an armadillo, and sporting... are those torpedos?
205Some improvements, April suggests, quickly drawing an outline for a more capacious baggage car, and better-concealed compartments therein.
220Well-earned, writes April tersely.
230They would be better owners than a set of lords and Masters, writes April.
240I sympathise with the objectives of the Union, April writes. But we cannot spare them much more time.
250I know it will amuse you, April writes. I see no harm.
260Bones, writes April. No great rarity there.
270Likely to be safer than going through, writes April. And less likely to cause undesirable Ministry attention.
280Only dangerous if done by someone who doesn't know what they're doing, writes April. A vote of confidence from the person who gave you your biggest practical introduction to the Red Science?
300 - 320It's not why I am here, she writes. But we can pretend.
400Certainly there are places where those funds could be spent, April observes. Looking for more components, is she?
500Bold, April writes on a sheet of paper. But I know my colleague can manage such an operation. It's as close as she's ever come to referring to your past exploits in front of the rest of the Board.
510Recommend you get permission to kill some of the Hellworms in the course of work, writes April. Might die anyhow. If they don't, dissection would be enlightening.
520, 521, 523, 525 - 529There are better ways, she writes pointedly. But since my plan was not chosen for consideration, this one will likely work adequately. Is it possible for handwriting to be sarcastic? She's drawn serifs on all the letters.
600Very well, writes April on a scrap of paper. Have doubts about all the candidates but some are worse than others.
610Will probably be sorry for agreeing tomorrow, April writes. But I accept the argument.
620April writes: She's not a Revolutionary precisely, but she isn't a friend of the Masters either.
700Very well, writes April, in what her most bored penmanship.
710He has promising alliances, April writes. It seems she approves.
720, 800, 850If we must put in someone, writes April, without enthusiasm.
905Better occupied than bored here, writes April, sullenly.
910Bishops belong in churches, writes April, without evident enthusiasm.
932She agrees, though not without sketching several suggested amendments to the plan. With the current skeleton, it will have chronic back trouble. Reinforcements suggested.
1000, 1010, 1030Very well, writes April. But get all the terms and conditions in writing, and keep a demolitions crew nearby.
1100, 1110April has drawn a diagram of your train in battle. She has used a great deal of red.
1200April writes: No reason to think it will explode.
Other Votes/Board MembersSecond paragraph of Success Description
Furnace Ancona's Vote[[Category:Furnace Ancona's Vote[1] Text Uses]]A brief, wordless look of solidarity passes between April and Furnace Ancona.
Board Member: Sinning Jenny[[Category:Board Member: Sinning Jenny[1] Text Uses]]Sinning Jenny is sitting between April and April's Clay man […]. Once April has given her answer, she returns to looking at something Jenny was drawing on a sheet of paper. […] it looks like the plan for some kind of curved sword.
  1. 1.0 1.1 With both Furnace's vote and Jenny on the board, only one of the extra texts will be added; it is unclear how it is determined which.


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Failure

Unconvinced

[See table below]

Description summary:
The text of the first paragraph depends on the Question before the Board. The second paragraph depends on the composition of your board.

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QuestionFailure Description
1 - 3, 9Dangerous route, writes April, on a sheet of paper. May encounter obstacles.
4Dangerous grassland, she writes. The grass drinks. Do not let it drink your own.
5She frowns. It can't be the prospect of explosions that concerns her, surely.
7April looks surprisingly doubtful, considering the design was her own.
10 - 15Worth keeping on the board, April writes. Sometimes useful insights, sometimes forewarning of how wrong-thinking people would react to our actions.
16Furnace cannot be replaced, April writes. She is an ally against Mr Fires, and without her we will lay no track.
17 - 19, 26, 32, 33, 35, 37Worth keeping on the board, April writes.
20Keep your friends close, April writes. Yes. The Tentacled Entrepreneur is the sort she'd want to keep an eye on – perhaps not in the category of friend.
21Enjoy having her on the board, April says. Unique perspective.
23Let the boy stay, she writes. The Wandering Gondolier would no doubt be indignant.
24Worth keeping on the board, April writes. Only complaint is that it's hard for him to come to meetings all the way from Balmoral.
28Let the boy stay, she writes. The Hell-Scarred Gondolier would no doubt be indignant.
29Keep him around, April writes. Easier to see what he's doing if he's here, and he's less likely to take a grudge against us. Not the kind of person you can trust and not the kind you want for an enemy.
30Very likely to find it a horrible injustice if we did, April writes.
31He's harmless April writes. This is a no vote, but not a compliment, coming from her.
100, 170Bad structure, April writes. Too dangerous that far out in the Neath.
105, 115 - 150Good idea, badly executed, April writes. It seems the building does not meet her expectations.
160April writes: Dangerous route. Unwise destination.
181Too close to London, writes April. Cannot guarantee independence. If so, what is the point of this whole experiment?
182April writes: Set the Union up as next-door neighbours to the police? No. Come back with a serious proposal.
183 - 185, 187Site not ideal, writes April. Should consider alternatives.
200Unimaginative weaponry, not fit for purpose, writes April. And the Tracklayers won't like it.
205To carry the gowns of Society matrons on vacation? asks April, in writing. It's plain she doesn't consider this a primary concern.
210April doesn't bother with a full written argument and merely draws a satirical picture of a woman in a large bustle sitting with a parasol aboard the train.
220April passes you a slip of paper with a quick calculation of the expenses to continue building the train as against current and future ticket sales. It makes a compelling if not entirely desirable point.
230I think not, writes April firmly. Better ways to arrange the compensation.
240 - 260Definitely not, writes April firmly. Unforgivable.
270Definitely not, April writes.
280Not wise, April writes. Highly dangerous methods required to achieve that block in the first place. Won't be easy to undo, and the people that did it will not approve.
300 - 320Principle might be fair. Not convinced this Board will actually agree on any one purpose, though. Too many differences.
400, 932, 934April writes: Accounts don't balance. No more than that, but she's probably correct.
500April writes: Parabola is never safe. At best, an acceptable risk. Likely not acceptable in this case.
510April writes: Very dangerous animals. Hard to handle and possibly dangerous to the workers.
520, 521, 523, 525, 526, 528, 529Not the best way to do it, she writes. As I knew when I suggested a different approach.
700It is what the Empress might want, she writes, and it's obvious that is not a recommendation. Might use the grounds for demolition experiments instead?
710Too interested in words, not enough in deeds, writes April.
720, 850An eccentric choice, writes April.
800April's face puckers with rage and she begins to write her reply. And write. And write. You don't need to see it to guess the gist: she doesn't trust anyone who looks like they might be in the pocket of Mr Fires.
905We shouldn't encourage divided loyalties, April writes, hypocritically.
932Unwise, writes April, on a sheet of paper. May not have considered all drawbacks.
940 - 941April writes: Philanthropy is but a fig leaf on exploitation.
1000, 1010, 1030April writes: Dangerous. Don't know enough about this entity.
1100, 1110April writes: Risky. The train is tangible and thus more valuable than the Parabolan Company who, by definition, are intangible.
1200April writes: Unknown forces at work in that City. Might not be wise bringing it in closer contact with London.
Other VotesSecond paragraph of Failure Description
Jovial ContrarianThe Jovial Contrarian looks taken aback, and writes something […]. He passes it to April. She reads it, frowns, shakes her head, and puts the paper in her mouth. For the next thirty seconds everyone watches April eating the Contrarian's message.

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