Suggest a detour through Parabola

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From: Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway

The terrain looks very difficult, so the GHR should run through Parabola. Put up giant mirrors in the line of the tracks, and hope the engineer has the nerve. It's illicit, dangerous, and will require tremendous Glasswork skills.

Game Instructions: This will be opposed by those who support the Bazaar or oppose the Fingerkings. There may be other implications.

Unlocked with Involved in a Railway Venture exactly 70, Access to a Parabolan Base-Camp

Locked with Terrain Surveyed, Delay until the Next Board Meeting

Challenge information

Narrow, Glasswork 2 (50% base)

• 0 - high-risk (30%)
• 1 - tough (40%)
• 2 - very chancy (50%)
• 3 - chancy (60%)
• 4 - modest (70%)
• 5 - very modest (80%)
• 6 - low-risk (90%)
• 7 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Outline a daring solution

You will need two very large mirrors mounted on the rock walls; a crew of expert Silverers; industrial quantities of Prisoner's Honey, […] driving the train straight into its own reflection.

Those are only the requirements on this side of reality. […]

Description summary:
Your proposal will need an incredible amount of resources and expertise concerning expeditions into Parabola. The Viscountess will make a short speech if she is on the board.

The Viscountess	Second Paragraph
1	[…] "We have before us an opportunity to strike […] A track through Parabola will be dangerous – it's true! […] Some of you, I know, fear the Fingerkings […] I am no friend of theirs, but I assure you, this would be a great deed on behalf of all London."

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

•  You now have Total Board Membership (Aside From Yourself) x Uncommitted Board Members
  • If the Viscountess is a board member, Total Board Membership (Aside From Yourself) - 1
•  You have proposed a bypass through Parabola. (Sets Question before the Board to 500 - Proposing a Bypass through Parabola)
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board against the Bazaar' Quality is now 10!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board for the Fingerkings' Quality is now 10!
•  An occurrence! Your 'Board Meeting in Progress' Quality is now 1!

With Discovered: the Need for Hellworms:

•  An occurrence! Your 'Board Against Infernal Interests' Quality is now 5!

If the Viscountess is a board member:

•  She has agreed to vote on your side. Or, as she'd doubtless put it, you'll be voting on hers. (Sets The Viscountess' Vote to 1 - The Viscountess is voting on your side)

Conclusion: Take the vote and declare Victory

Redirects to: Debating Matters of Business with the Board

Failure

A cartography of sand

You lay out a proposed direction. The lines shift as soon as you lay them down. You nominate an entry-point in Parabola; the letters under your pencil convert into a rude word.

Redirects to: Convene a Board Meeting of the Great Hellbound Railway