Editing Persuade the Efficient Commissioner/Tables

<noinclude>[[Category:Tables]]</noinclude>
==Difficulty==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question
|Condition type = <noinclude>Raw</noinclude><includeonly>Math</includeonly>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Efficient Commissioner/Tables|Base Difficulty]]
|Value 1 = 1 - [[Plan the next route through occupied buildings, alongside the Moloch Line|Recommending a Route through Occupied Buildings]]
|Effect 1 = 240
|Value 2 = 2 - [[Plan the next route through abandoned buildings|Proposing the Demolition of Unused Houses]]
|Effect 2 = 240
|Value 3 = 3 - [[Plan the next route through the Pitiless Bog|Recommending a Route over Marshland]]
|Effect 3 = 100
|Value 4 = 4 - [[Plan the next route across the Plain of Thirsty Grasses|Recommending a Route through Plainsland]]
|Effect 4 = 100
|Value 5 = 5 - [[Plan the next route over the Monkprince Hills|Route through Hills]]
|Effect 5 = 220
|Value 7 = 7 - [[Plan the next route across a ravine|Recommending a Route across a Ravine]]
|Effect 7 = 480
|Value 9 = 9 - [[Plan the next route through Wasteland|Recommending a Route through Wasteland]]
|Effect 9 = 100
|Value 10 = 10 - [[Vote His Amused Lordship off the Board|Proposing the Removal of His Amused Lordship]]
|Effect 10 = 300
|Value 12 = 12 - [[Vote the Jovial Contrarian off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Jovial Contrarian]]
|Effect 12 = 300
|Value 13 = 13 - [[Vote Sinning Jenny off the board|Proposing the Removal of Sinning Jenny]]
|Effect 13 = 300
|Value 14 = 14 - [[Vote Feducci off the board|Proposing the Removal of Feducci]]
|Effect 14 = 400
|Value 15 = 15 - [[Vote Virginia off the board|Proposing the Removal of Virginia]]
|Effect 15 = 500
|Value 16 = 16 - [[Vote Furnace off the board|Proposing the Removal of Furnace Ancona]]
|Effect 16 = 300
|Value 17 = 17 - [[Vote the Dean of Xenotheology off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Dean of Xenotheology]]
|Effect 17 = 300
|Value 18 = 18 - [[Vote the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Saint Fiacre's]]
|Effect 18 = 500
|Value 19 = 19 - [[Vote the Bishop of Southwark off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Bishop of Southwark]]
|Effect 19 = 300
|Value 20 = 20 - [[Vote the Tentacled Entrepreneur off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Tentacled Entrepreneur]]
|Effect 20 = 300
|Value 21 = 21 - [[Vote the Gracious Widow off the board|Proposing the Removal of the Gracious Widow]]
|Effect 21 = 300
|Value 22 = 22 - [[Vote April off the Board|Proposing the Removal of April]]
|Effect 22 = 300
|Value 23 = 23 - [[Vote the Wandering Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wandering Gondolier]]
|Effect 23 = 400
|Value 24 = 24 - [[Vote September off the Board|Proposing the Removal of September]]
|Effect 24 = 300
|Value 26 = 26 - [[Vote the Viscountess off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Viscountess of the Viric Jungle]]
|Effect 26 = 400
|Value 27 = 27 - [[Vote the Rubbery Yes-Man off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Rubbery Yes-Man]]
|Effect 27 = 300
|Value 28 = 28 - [[Vote the Hell-Scarred Gondolier off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Hell-Scarred Gondolier]]
|Effect 28 = 400
|Value 29 = 29 - [[Vote Cornelius off the Board|Proposing the Removal of Cornelius, the Bandaged Prehistoricist]]
|Effect 29 = 300
|Value 30 = 30 - [[Vote January off the Board|Proposing the Removal of January]]
|Effect 30 = 300
|Value 31 = 31 - [[Vote the Wry Functionary off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Wry Functionary]]
|Effect 31 = 300
|Value 32 = 32 - [[Vote the Delightful Reverend off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Delightful Reverend]]
|Effect 32 = 300
|Value 33 = 33 - [[Vote the Drummer off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Drummer]]
|Effect 33 = 500
|Value 35 = 35 - [[Vote the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Dauntless Temperance Campaigner]]
|Effect 35 = 360
|Value 37 = 37 - [[Vote the Implacable Detective off the Board|Proposing the Removal of the Implacable Detective]]
|Effect 37 = 400
|Value 100 = 100 - [[Propose a plan for the next Station building and for the train engines to go there|Proposing a Station Plan]]
|Effect 100 = 100
|Value 105 = 105 - [[Propose a station that is a defiance to All|Proposing a Station Plan more like a Fortress]]
|Effect 105 = 100
|Value 115 = 115 - [[Propose a daringly-built station in brass and rose, tribute to Hell|Proposing a Station Plan styled in the Manner of Hell]]
|Effect 115 = 100
|Value 120 = 120 - [[Propose a station building proclaiming the Bazaar's great reach|Proposing a Station Plan that Honours the Bazaar]]
|Effect 120 = 100
|Value 130 = 130 - [[Propose a station building unmistakably of the Empress' realm|Proposing a Station Plan that Speaks to the Glory of London and the Empress]]
|Effect 130 = 100
|Value 140 = 140 - [[Propose a station fit for the wilderness|Proposing a Station Plan Suited to Wasteland]]
|Effect 140 = 100
|Value 150 = 150 - [[Propose the kind of station one might find in a sleepy village in Oxfordshire|Proposing a Station Plan Suited to a Surface Summer]]
|Effect 150 = 380
|Value 200 = 200 - [[Add Train Defences|Recommending Better Defences for Each Train]]
|Effect 200 = 200 + (60 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Defences}})
|Value 205 = 205 - [[Build more room for baggage on the train|Recommending More Baggage Accommodations for Each Train]]
|Effect 205 = 420 + (60 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Baggage Accommodations}})
|Value 210 = 210 - [[Add Train Luxuries|Recommending More Luxurious Fittings for Each Train]]
|Effect 210 = 100 + (60 × {{<noinclude>IL</noinclude><includeonly>Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|Train Luxuries}})
|Value 220 = 220 - [[Advocate paying off the striking workers|Recommending More Worker Compensation]]
|Effect 220 = 400
|Value 230 = 230 - [[Recommend giving the workers a share of the company|Recommending Worker Co-ownership]]
|Effect 230 = 500
|Value 240 = 240 - [[Recommend giving the workers a sharp corrective|Recommending the Strike be Broken]]
|Effect 240 = 100
|Value 250 = 250 - [[Free up the funds to excavate whatever the Tracklayers found|Requesting Funds to Excavate the Remains of a Prehistoric Creature]]
|Effect 250 = 160 or 220
|Value 260 = 260 - [[Pave over whatever the Tracklayers found|Suggesting the Union Pave Over a Prehistoric Creature]]
|Effect 260 = 100
|Value 270 = 270 - [[Vote extra funds to build around the anomalous block|Requesting Funds to Route Around an Anomalous Section of London]]
|Effect 270 = 200
|Value 280 = 280 - [[Propose a Red Science solution that would remove the anomalous block|Proposing to Drive the Track through the Zone]]
|Effect 280 = 340
|Value 300 = 300 - [[Vote congratulations to the Board on its formation|Proposing a Vote of Self-congratulation]]
|Effect 300 = 100
|Value 310 = 310 - [[Vote to honour this historic moment with a donation to the Impoverished|Proposing a Charitable Gift]]
|Effect 310 = 280
|Value 320 = 320 - [[Propose an explicitly scientific charter|Proposing a Scientific Charter]]
|Effect 320 = 180
|Value 330 = 330 - [[Propose an expressly Infernal charter|Proposing a Charter declaring an Alliance with Hell]]
|Effect 330 = 120
|Value 340 = 340 - [[Propose an emphatically mission-oriented charter|Proposing a Charter engaging in the Work of the Church]]
|Effect 340 = 320
|Value 400 = 400 - [[Vote a dividend to the shareholders|Proposing to Pay Dividends to Shareholders]]
|Effect 400 = 400 + (20 × <noinclude>{{IL</noinclude><includeonly>{{Use|Type=Math</includeonly>|In Corporate Debt}})
|Value 500 = 500 - [[Suggest a detour through Parabola|Proposing a Bypass through Parabola]]
|Effect 500 = 700
|Value 510 = 510 - [[Plan to hire Hellworms and drill through rock that way|Proposing the Rental of Hellworms]]
|Effect 510 = 200
|Value 520 = 520 - [[Plan the next route through former battlefields|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell]]
|Effect 520 = 240
|Value 521 = 521 - [[Support Feducci's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Feducci's Guidance]]
|Effect 521 = 520
|Value 522 = 522 - [[Support April's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following April's Guidance]]
|Effect 522 = 400
|Value 523 = 523 - [[Support Virginia's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Virginia's Guidance]]
|Effect 523 = 100
|Value 525 = 525 - [[Support the motion of the Bishop of Southwark regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Bishop of Southwark's Guidance]]
|Effect 525 = 380
|Value 526 = 526 - [[Support His Amused Lordship's motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following His Amused Lordship's Guidance]]
|Effect 526 = 100
|Value 527 = 527 - [[Support the motion of the Wandering Gondolier regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Wandering Gondolier's Guidance]]
|Effect 527 = 240
|Value 528 = 528 - [[Support Cornelius' motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following Cornelius' Guidance]]
|Effect 528 = 240
|Value 529 = 529 - [[Support the Viscountess' motion regarding a route to Moulin|Proposing to Venture into the Former Battlefields Around Hell, following the Viscountess' Guidance]]
|Effect 529 = 100
|Value 600 = 600 - [[Propose that the Board endorse the Tentacled Entrepreneur for Lord Mayor|Proposing that the Board Endorse the Tentacled Entrepreneur for Lord Mayor]]
|Effect 600 = 340
|Value 620 = 620 - [[Propose that the Board endorse F. F. Gebrandt|Proposing that the Board Endorse F. F. Gebrandt for Lord Mayor ]]
|Effect 620 = 220
|Value 700 = 700 - [[Propose that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that the Unyielding Highlander become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 700 = 100
|Value 710 = 710 - [[Propose September become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that September become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 710 = 480
|Value 720 = 720 - [[Propose the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral|Proposing that the Fervent Widow become Castellan of Balmoral]]
|Effect 720 = 200
|Value 800 = 800 - [[Appoint (a Tracklayer) in Furnace's place|Proposing a tracklayer aligned with Mr Fires]]
|Effect 800 = 100
|Value 850 = 850 - [[Appoint Cornelius in Furnace's place|Proposing Cornelius to lead]]
|Effect 850 = 700
|Value 905 = 905 - [[Propose that the Dean of Xenotheology become Patron of the Burrow Church|Proposing the Dean of Xenotheology as Patron of the Burrow Church]]
|Effect 905 = 300
|Value 910 = 910 - [[Propose that the Bishop of St Fiacre's become Patron of the Burrow Church|Proposing the Bishop of St Fiacre's as Patron of the Burrow Church]]
|Effect 910 = 500
|Value 931 = 931 - [[Vote a new set of concessions to the Union|Resuming Normal Operations with Furnace in Charge]]
|Effect 931 = 740
|Value 932 = 932 - [[Vote on Cornelius' plan to build a Tracklaying Beast|Supporting Cornelius' Prehistoricist Building Approach]]
|Effect 932 = 420
|Value 933 = 933 - [[Vote on new illumination for the stations|Supporting a Brightly-Lit Building Approach]]
|Effect 933 = 220
|Value 934 = 934 - [[Vote a package of measures intended to get work to resume|Proposing a Package of Measures to Resume Normal Operations]]
|Effect 934 = 180
|Value 940 = 940 - [[Propose special consideration to certain charitable groups|Proposing special consideration to certain charitable groups]]
|Effect 940 = 540 or 580
|Value 941 = 941 - [[Propose paying a dividend to the poor of the Hinterlands|Proposing a dividend be paid out to the poor of the Hinterlands]]
|Effect 941 = 540 or 580
|Value 1000 = 1000 - [[Propose a costly but effective tribute to Hillchanger Tower|Proposing an expensive tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1000 = 900
|Value 1010 = 1010 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members with a non-human perspective|Proposing an inhuman tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1010 = 720
|Value 1020 = 1020 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members aligned with a month|Proposing a calendrical tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1020 = 860
|Value 1030 = 1030 - [[Accept a proposal from those board members expert in the history of the Neath|Proposing a legalistic tribute to the Hillchanger Tower]]
|Effect 1030 = 740
|Value 1100 = 1100 - Proposing to send your train to war in Parabola<br/>([[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War on behalf of Cats|Cats]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War on behalf of Fingerkings|FKs]], [[Propose you deploy your train in your Parabolan War campaign for the Ophidian Gentleman|Gent]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War for the Viscountess|Visc.]], [[Propose you deploy your train in the Parabolan War|Other]])
|Effect 1100 = 600 (Cats)<br/>640 (FKs, Gent)<br/>700 (Visc.)<br/>740 (Other)
|Value 1110 = 1110 - [[Suggest building a spur line into Parabola|Proposing to build a spur line into Parabola so that you can send in a war-train]]
|Effect 1110 = 700
}}
==Success Text==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Efficient Commissioner/Tables|Success Description]]
|Value 1, 2, 4 = "Within the bounds of our charter, and our mandate to build toward the west, this specific route appears no worse than the alternatives." There is no question she cannot hedge.
|Value 3 = "Some abnormalities are recorded in the Pitiless Bog," she says. "We ought to avoid it if possible. However, I accept that we may have no choice in this case."
|Value 5 = "Very well! Very well! You're fools!" She's lost herself; she's practically raving now. But she has mentioned that she hasn't been getting much sleep lately. Perhaps it's the nightmares bothering her.
|Value 7 = "It is not the bridge I object to," she states precisely. And she makes sure that the Board Secretary has captured her wording.
|Value 31 = "He is more loyal to the Shuttered Palace than to the Bazaar," she says. "There's no telling that he'd take our side, if a choice had to be made."
|Value 33 = "This... this won't require the board member to attend ''in person''?" she says. And she's only willing to vote for when you say that no, any responses from the new Director can be conveyed by other means.
|Value 100, 105, 115 - 150 = The Commissioner asks about zoning regulations and planning permission. […] She cross-compares the diagrams with the guidance documents submitted by the Ministry of Upper River Development. This time, she is convinced – barely.
|Value 210 = "A very practical business recommendation," she says. "We've often observed that Londoners are willing to pay significantly elevated prices for luxury service."
|Value 220, 230 = "Hm," says the Efficient Commissioner. "It is not what I would typically recommend, but it may reduce the risk of a more violent and surprising outcome in the future."
|Value 240 = "One might as well establish the chain of command clearly and early," says the Efficient Commissioner. "Anything else will lead to confusion and later disappointment."
|Value 250 = "I have reviewed the available cartography for the area […] I was certain I'd seen a portion of it marked out for caution, but I haven't been able to rediscover the reference." […] It plainly irks her to remember something that is no longer there.
|Value 300 = "This Charter is in line with the objectives of the Bazaar," says the Efficient Commissioner. "Though I reserve the right to veto particular applications."
|Value 310 = "I will concede that a strong point has been made," says the Commissioner. "We can vote for this plan, but let the minutes show that I objected to any introduction of charitable motives."
|Value 320 - 340 = "I will concede that a strong point has been made," says the Commissioner. "We can vote for this plan, but my concerns are recorded for the future."
|Value 400 = "It is highly admirable for us to make regular payments and meet our commitments," says the Commissioner. "If we are in a position to do so, by all means."
|Value 500 = "I reserve ''very significant doubts'' about this course of action […] As a matter of fact, I'm inclined to expect that it will end my career. When the Neath is flooded with snakes and all of you are possessed by Fingerkings, do not come to me […]"
|Value 510 = "Not through Parabola," says the Commissioner. "This is a far more acceptable solution than the alternatives."
|Value 520 - 523, 525 - 529 = "It's too late," the Commissioner says, strained. "I can't stop you […] it was always going to happen. […] The Creditor hungers, it thirsts, and the city is also mad..."

"Er, shall I record that as an aye?" asks the Board Secretary. […]
|Value 600 = "The Tentacled Entrepreneur is unlikely to cause significant disruptions," says the Efficient Commissioner. […] "It is no part of the Commission's work to ''endorse'' political candidates, but I will not offer a veto […]"
|Value 620 = "F. F. Gebrandt has a demonstrated disrespect for the Masters. However, it is no part of the Commission's work to ''endorse'' political candidates […] I will refrain from the veto […]. I question your judgement, but it is your affair."
|Value 700 = "A solid choice," says the Commissioner. "Friendly to the Bazaar and bound to be reliable. And he doesn't look the type to dig any unnecessary holes or pry into what doesn't concern him."
|Value 710 = "Perhaps," says the Commissioner grudgingly. "It does not sound as though his sphere of interest necessarily extends to the Bazaar or to London."
|Value 720 = "She should be harmless to our most important interests," says the Commissioner. "I will not vote against."
|Value 800 = "He should be harmless to our most important interests," says the Commissioner. "I will not vote against."
|Value 850 = "Oh, well, if he's near a final death," says the Commissioner, as though that were a commendation. "Less likely to get into any very serious trouble."
|Value 905 = "An eccentric choice," the Commissioner says carefully. "But not a terrible thing if the Dean acquires experience elsewhere. The Board may well benefit from the fruits of her wisdom." She gives the Dean a cautious smile, which is not returned.
|Value 910 = "Oh good, yes. Put the Bishop in a position of authority over the Burrow Church. This is a surprisingly sensible decision."
|Value 931, 933, 934 = "I suppose a pragmatic solution to our current impediment is called for." The Efficient Commissioner is scribbling something in the corner of a notebook, distracted.
|Value 932 = "I am continuously alarmed at this Board's determination to court Tragedy with its actions. Nevertheless, I feel we have been funnelled into this course of action."
|Value 940 - 941 = "If it improves the image of the Railway and thus leads to better ticket sales, I suppose the expense could be justified," the Commissioner notes.
|Value 1000 - 1030 = "I cannot believe I am consenting to this," groans the Commissioner. She is slumped forward in her chair. "You are all fools. We will die in fire. Perhaps it was always so destined."
|Value 1100, 1110 = The Commissioner giggles. "Oh why not. To Hell with it." She coughs nervously. "No offence. But if we built a route through Parabola we may as well go the whole hog. No unbuttering the bacon after it's fried, as they say in Nidah."
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{{Variant table
|Condition = Condition |Condition type = <noinclude>Raw</noinclude><includeonly>Quality</includeonly>
|Effect = Second paragraph of Success Description
|Value Contrarian = Jovial Contrarian's Vote
|Effect Contrarian = The […] Contrarian remarks that he was counting on the Efficient Commissioner to be against, as she was against most things. "If she's for, then perhaps I should have been against after all." There is widespread groaning, […] he subsides this time.
}}
==Failure Text==
{{Variant table
|Condition = Question before the Board |Condition alias = Question|Compact = yes
<noinclude>|Condition type = Raw</noinclude>
|Effect = [[Persuade the Efficient Commissioner/Tables|Failure Description]]
|Value 1 - 2, 9 = "The Terrain is not the primary concern," says the Efficient Commissioner. "But the direction takes us towards local populations that we might do better to leave alone."
|Value 3 = "We ought to avoid the Pitiless Bog if possible […] There are recorded cases […] of entire parties of soldiers disappearing […] it is not clear whether this occurred during the First City or the Second…"
"Fairy tales," grumbles someone else. […]
|Value 4 = "The Terrain is not the primary concern," says the Efficient Commissioner. "But the direction takes us towards local populations that we might do better to leave alone."
|Value 5 = "I remain gravely concerned about this route," she says. But when you ask her to suggest a better one, she draws a line in entirely the wrong direction, one that wouldn't advance your cause at all.
|Value 7 = "We really ought to consider whether this part of the enterprise is wise at all," she protests.
|Value 10, 18 - 19, 21 - 22, 24, 27, 29 - 33, 35, 37 = "Each time the composition of the Board is changed, I am required to file new papers with the Bazaar," says the Commissioner. Her tone suggests that you are making her do this out of spite.
|Value 12 = "The Contrarian wastes a great deal of Board time," she agrees. "Nonetheless, I estimate that removing him would require more time loss in filing paperwork. He should stay, for the moment."
|Value 13 = For once, the Efficient Commissioner does not want Jenny to go, and does not want to explain why. At a guess, her reasons are personal.
|Value 14 = "He was, I have to assume, introduced to the board with a specific purpose in mind," says the Efficient Commissioner. "Even if I am at a loss to see what that might be." Then she demonstrates for you the stack of forms that she would have to fill out […]
|Value 15 = […] the Commissioner chooses to read you just a few sentences from the red book she keeps at her side. "'In the Event of a Contretemps with an Infernal Power,'" she intones. "There are sixteen chapters devoted to variations of this Tragedy. […]"
|Value 16 = "You brought her on […] I filed all the paperwork to assign a directorship, together with secondary paperwork reporting her likely counter-Bazaar leanings. I had a portrait commissioned […] And now you wish to remove Furnace again."
|Value 17 = The Efficient Commissioner sighs deeply. "Is she truly an obstruction? Occasionally she insists on telling an anecdote about her tentacled goddess. It is misguided but innocuous. Removing her is not worth the bother of the paperwork."
|Value 20 = […] "The paperwork […] requires me to affix their signature […] I may use the print of their hand or, in extreme circumstances, a drop of their blood. Shall we place a small side wager about what fluids the […] Entrepreneur is even able to supply?"
|Value 23, 28 = "His Guild might take offence," says the Efficient Commissioner. "And they have stewardship of the Sleeper in the Tomb, and cannot be antagonised."
|Value 26 = "Antagonising a Mayor while they are in power would be unnecessary, […] No, no, I'm not saying it would be a Tragedy. […] But if you did not want her on the Board, it would have been better not to ask her in the first place. […]"
|Value 100, 105, 115 - 150 = […] She inspects the elevations from all sides […] She cross-compares the diagrams […] At the end […] she informs you […] that this plan will never be acceptable, and that you might have known as much had you paid more attention to the forms.
|Value 200 = "I wish to reiterate that we are not authorised to go to war with the population of the western Neath," says the Efficient Commissioner. Evidently the manifests of weaponry have begun to unnerve her.
|Value 205 = "I hope I am not alone in observing that this appears to support ''illegal activity''," says the Efficient Commissioner. She does not intend to help you furnish your trains for this sort of endeavour.
|Value 210 = "These do not strike me as necessary modifications," says the Efficient Commissioner. She has specific notions of what necessity looks like.
|Value 220 = "I do not like us to commit ourselves to a payment per worker, without having a strict inventory by name […] You would be astonished by the trouble arising when one allows careless multiplications to enter into one's contractual arrangements."
|Value 230 = "I suppose they could be owners," she says dubiously. "I know of nothing in law that would prevent it. But it is not what the Masters would like."
|Value 240 - 260 = "We have some obligations to the Union," she says. "We must be certain not to break our given word."
|Value 270 = "Ordinarily, one would file a complaint in the proper quarters," […] "They would then have a period of five years to offer initial redress."

Since everyone is looking at her, she adds, "Matters of this gravity are dangerous to rush." 
|Value 280 = "The excision of a city block may not rise to the level of a Tragedy," says the […] Commissioner. "Nonetheless, I doubt it is properly addressed by lay practitioners of..." She trails off before the words 'Red Science'. "...whatever this might be."
|Value 300 = "There is no objection from the perspective of the Bazaar," admits the Efficient Commissioner. "But the statement falls short in both substance and form." She then quotes a passage from the Tragedy Procedures of the Bazaar as inspiration.
|Value 310 = "Charity is a corruption," says the Efficient Commissioner. "The Bazaar does not approve of giving what hasn't been bought."
|Value 320 = "Fully half of our past Incidents have involved excessive curiosity or a conflict between multiple purposes," says the Efficient Commissioner. She rests her hand on […] the Tragedy Procedures as though she expects this input to end the conversation.
|Value 330 = "We should not be embracing Hell," says the Efficient Commissioner. "We should not be offending them either. I recommend a studied middle position."
|Value 340 = The Efficient Commissioner looks pained. "An affiliation with the Church is bound to bring us into needless conflict with the Infernal powers," she says. "And I refuse, absolutely refuse, to open our board meetings with a hymn."
|Value 400, 931, 933, 934 = The Efficient Commissioner makes a short speech in favour of financial conservatism and care for the longevity of the Great Hellbound Railway.
|Value 500 = "Absolutely under no circumstance will we take the train into Parabola," she says savagely. "It is both dangerous and forbidden, and risks waking the Sleeper."
|Value 510 = "We have no previous disasters on record," says the Efficient Commissioner. "But I am inclined to think that only means no previous neighbour of the Infernal Realms was fool enough to request one. Let alone several."
|Value 520 - 523, 525 - 529 = "No, and no, and no and no, and a thousand times no, from here to the end of the earth," she says.
|Value 620 = "F. F. Gebrandt!" says the […] Commissioner. "She has been consistently uncooperative with the Masters. What's worse, she is promising London a series of wild and experimental undertakings, far more dangerous than anything the Viscountess intends."
|Value 700 = "Better him than someone else," she concedes. "But it's a change we need not make. Why disrupt the delicate balance?"
|Value 710 = "He sounds incendiary," sniffs the Commissioner. "Do we want to invite further complications?"
|Value 720, 800, 850 = "I would rather see someone a little more predictable," says the Commissioner.
|Value 905 = "I don't think we should be encouraging unorthodox views at the Burrow Church," says the Commissioner. The Dean makes a face.
|Value 910 = "I don't think we should spirit the Bishop away from London more than is strictly necessary," the Commissioner says. "We must never forget where our true loyalties lies."
|Value 932 = The Commissioner is unmoved. "We are absolutely not going to use company resources to rearrange the Chain willy-nilly in pursuit of this aesthetically confused utopian project."
|Value 940 = "The Railway barely pays for itself as it is," the Commissioner claims. "Giving away space on the trains out of charity would be beyond the pale."
|Value 941 = "Absolutely not," the Commissioner snaps. "The Railway barely pays for itself as it is and now you want to ''give away money?''"
|Value 1000 - 1030 = […] "No, and no, and no, and a thousand times no, and this is exactly the thing that I was put here to prevent. […] My death would not be enough to silence me […]

[…] The Secretary offers her a glass of water half-way through, as she starts to get hoarse.
|Value 1100, 1110 = The Commissoner gives you a stony look. "Is this the face of someone who approves of sending several screaming tonnes of metal hurtling through a mirror and into the lands of dream, loaded with powder, pistols and bombard sufficient to sink a port?[…]"
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