Review the possibilities
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From: Form New Hypotheses
What questions are there to answer about this subject?
Game Instructions: Besides Research, this will generate Research Preparations that will make other Watchful checks in the lab easier, for the duration of this experiment.
Unlocked with 
Equipment for Scientific Experimentation, 
Experimental Object
Challenge information
- 103 - very chancy (41%)
- 128 - chancy (51%)
- 153 - modest (61%)
- 178 - very modest (71%)
- 203 - low-risk (81%)
- 228 - straightforward (91%)
- 250 - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Research Preparations reduces the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Thoughtfully prepared
You write down a few distinct possibilities and lines of inquiry: [varies]
Description summary:
Part of the description varies based on your 
Experimental Object.
| Experiment | Description |
|---|---|
| 40 | What kind of engine design would it employ? What is the most efficient type of coal tender? |
| 130 | What materials are most suitable? How thick must the barrel be to contain the pressure of firing? |
| 140 - 160 | What materials are most suitable? What blade shape ensures maximum effectiveness? |
| 230, 240, 260 | How reliable are the maps and charts you have gathered? What can we truly infer about the territory from reading them? |
| 310, 320, 350, 360 | What materials will you need? What are the manufacturing tolerances? |
| 410 - 470, 495 | How can its anatomy be classified? How would one go about physical examination? How to best keep it contained? |
| 510, 520, 530 | How old is it? What kind of animal did it belong to? |
| 540 | How long can it be stretched? Will it shatter, or simply melt? |
| 820 | What geological strata does it come from? What is its chemical composition? |
| 920, 930, 950, 990 | What are the practical considerations of manufacture? Will the process work economically with larger batches? |
| 1010, 1030, 1040, 1050 | What are the boundaries of the possible? Which Laws must be observed? Which can be split apart? |
| 1210 | Where does it come from? How does it grow? How does it survive in the absence of sunlight? |
| 1320, 1340 | Who made it? Out of what? For what purpose? |
| 1350 | What if the cuirass had the power to make the wearer obedient to the Sun? |
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Watchful is increasing…
You've gained (4 + 
Equipment Level) x Laboratory Research
You've gained 5 x Research Preparations
Rare Success
Aha!
In your pondering, you hit upon a particularly insightful question – one that, to your best knowledge, no one else has dared to ask.
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 8 + Equipment for Scientific Experimentation x Laboratory Research
- You've gained 20 x Research Preparations
You've gained 1 x Unwise Idea
Failure
Hmmm...
You scowl at the paper. It remains stubbornly blank. By the time you have a thought, the inkwell has gone dry.
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained Equipment for Scientific Experimentation x Laboratory Research
