Shepherd your student through some research (Shifty)

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From: Work with your Shifty Student

If he's here, he might as well do something.

Game Instructions: Your student is currently a novice and will do less well than you would by yourself — but your help may improve his skills.

Unlocked with Experimental Object, Equipment for Scientific Experimentation, Laboratory Services from a Shifty Student 1-2

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 215

• 147 - very chancy (41%)
• 183 - chancy (51%)
• 219 - modest (61%)
• 255 - very modest (71%)
• 291 - low-risk (81%)
• 327 - straightforward (91%)
• 359 - straightforward (100%)
  

Each point of Research Preparations reduces the base difficulty by 1 point.

Success

Aha!

[...]

Description summary:
Your student draws the conclusions for this Experimental Object.

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained ( Equipment level) x Laboratory Research

Rare Success

He gets there on his own

You let him draw his own conclusions. And for once, he does. [...]

Description summary:
Your student draws the conclusions for this Experimental Object.

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained (1 + Equipment level) x Laboratory Research
•  You've gained 1 x Laboratory Services from a Shifty Student (up to 5)

Failure

Hmmm...

It's slow work, but you make progress eventually.

[...]

As for your student, he doesn't seem to have absorbed your instructions on the finer points of hypothesis and confirmation.

Description summary:
Your student draws the conclusions for this Experimental Object.

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• Watchful is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Laboratory Research