The Next Stretch of Track
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Description summary:
The description depends on the hidden 
Bridge Troubles quality.
| Bridge Troubles | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | 'Furnace' Ancona will accept payment towards the next work needed by the Great Hellbound Railway. You've surveyed the territory ahead; now it is a matter of clearing space and laying track. |
| 1 - 2 | Furnace is gone. |
| 3 | Furnace is gone, though you intend to get her back as soon as possible. |
| 1 - 3 | There is, instead, a short, smug man who will be happy to arrange your track laying needs. |
| 1, 3 | If you ask him about Furnace, he will pretend not to hear. |
| 2 | He won't last. You won't allow him to last. |
| 10 | A short, smug man will be happy to arrange your track laying needs. No more dealing with Furnace. |
| 11 | Cornelius will be happy to arrange your track laying needs. |
| 12 | January will arrange your track laying needs, happily or not. |
| 20 | Most of the old tracklayers are gone, but there are a few still finishing the business at hand. |
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Unlocked with 
Involved in a Railway Venture 40-120
Storylet appears in 
Moloch Street
Lay Track
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Build Stations
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Tracklayers' Union
Information
Ask Furnace where to begin
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Locked with
Terrain Surveyed, 
Leader of the Tracklayers 2 (hidden)
Success
It takes a meeting
^
Discuss the work stoppage with Furnace
- Spoiler Action Cost: 0
Unlocked with
Tracklayers' Work Stoppage, Leader of the Tracklayers is: Furnace Ancona (hidden)
Success
It takes a meeting
^
Turn the conversation to more personal matters
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Acquaintance: Furnace Ancona
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage 100 and higher, 
Hinterland City - Foundation
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%)Each point of
Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 40 points.
Redirects to:
Failure
Not now
Persuasive is increasing…
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Start a conversation with Cornelius
- Spoiler Unlocked with Leader of the Tracklayers is: Cornelius
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage 100 and higher, Hinterland City - Foundation
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%)Each point of
Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 40 points.
Redirects to:
Failure
Not now
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+? CP)
Start a conversation with Mr Fires' Lackey
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Leader of the Tracklayers is: A Lackey of Mr Fires
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage 100, Hinterland City - Foundation
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%)Each point of
Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 40 points.
Redirects to:
→ Conversation with the Lackey
Failure
Not now
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Start a conversation with your Lackey
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Leader of the Tracklayers is: A Lackey of Yours, Formerly Aligned with Mr Fires
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage 100, Hinterland City - Foundation
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%)Each point of
Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 40 points.
Redirects to:
→ Conversation with your Lackey
Failure
Not now
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Start a conversation with January
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Leader of the Tracklayers is: January
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage 100, Hinterland City - Foundation
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%)Each point of
Tracklayers' Displeasure increases the base difficulty by 40 points.
Redirects to:
Failure
Not now
- Persuasive is increasing…
- Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
Track down Cornelius
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Furnace's Fate Revealed
Locked with
Following up Rumours of Cornelius 7
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)Success
Investigations up the line
Shadowy is increasing…
Failure
Investigations up the line
^
Track down Cornelius
- Spoiler Unlocked with Following up Rumours of Cornelius 7-8, Furnace's Fate Revealed
Challenge information
Broad,
Shadowy 210 || 144 - very chancy (41%) || 179 - chancy (51%) || 214 - modest (61%) || 249 - very modest (71%) || 284 - low-risk (81%) || 319 - straightforward (91%) || 350 - straightforward (100%)Success
Pursued
- Shadowy is increasing…
An occurrence! Your 'Following up Rumours of Cornelius' Quality is now 9 - You've met the tomb-colonist named Cornelius who used to work alongside Furnace Ancona!
Redirects to: Speaking with Cornelius
Failure
Why are you asking such questions?
^
Leadership
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Obtain Railway Steel
Involve the Clay Highwayman's gang in industrial steel robbery (Non-Marauder)
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Cover Identity: Ties exactly 3, 
4 x Cover Identity: Credentials, 
4 x Cover Identity: Nuance, 
4 x Cover Identity: Witnesses, 
10 x Cover Identity: Elaboration, 
10 x Cover Identity: Backstory, 
On the Trail of the Clay Highwayman 3, Cabinet Noir
Locked with A Marauder of the Clay Highwayman
Success
Name and date of birth?
Your 'Cover Identity: Backstory' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Nuance' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Credentials' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Ties' Quality has gone!
Your 'Cover Identity: Witnesses' Quality has gone!
You have exhausted the usefulness of your most recent cover identity. (Removes 
Cover Identity: Elaboration)- You've gained 1 x Fabricator of Past Lives
You've gained 10 x Railway Steel
Seeing Banditry in the Upper River is increasing… (+1 CP)
Involve the Clay Highwayman's gang in industrial steel robbery (Marauder)
- Spoiler Unlocked with Cover Identity: Ties exactly 2, 4 x Cover Identity: Credentials, 4 x Cover Identity: Nuance, 4 x Cover Identity: Witnesses, 10 x Cover Identity: Elaboration, 10 x Cover Identity: Backstory, Cabinet Noir, A Marauder of the Clay Highwayman
Success
Right this way
- Your 'Cover Identity: Backstory' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Cover Identity: Nuance' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Cover Identity: Credentials' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Cover Identity: Ties' Quality has gone!
- Your 'Cover Identity: Witnesses' Quality has gone!
- You have exhausted the usefulness of your most recent cover identity. (Removes all Cover Identity: Elaboration)
- You've gained 1 x Fabricator of Past Lives
- You've gained 11 x Railway Steel
- Seeing Banditry in the Upper River is increasing… (+1 CP)
Resolving Stoppages
Ealing Gardens
Arrange with Furnace to repair the missing block
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Tracklayers' Work Stoppage exactly 45, 
3 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits, 
3 x Basket of Rubbery Pies
Success
Some days later
The Tracklayers are able to work again. (Removes 
Tracklayers' Work Stoppage)
You've lost 3 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits
You've lost 3 x Basket of Rubbery Pies
Redirects to: The Next Stretch of Track
^
Jericho Locks
Arrange with Furnace for the excavation
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Tracklayers' Work Stoppage exactly 35, 
2 x Number of Workers in your Laboratory, 3 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits, 3 x Basket of Rubbery Pies
Success
Some days later
- The Tracklayers are able to work again. (Removes Tracklayers' Work Stoppage)
- You've lost 3 x Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits
- You've lost 3 x Basket of Rubbery Pies
Redirects to: Muddy Ground
^
Balmoral
See the Train through Parabola
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Terrain Surveyed exactly 10
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage
Challenge information
Broad,
Persuasive 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Narrow,
Glasswork 5 (50% base) || 1 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 2 - high-risk (20%) || 3 - high-risk (30%) || 4 - tough (40%) || 5 - very chancy (50%) || 6 - chancy (60%) || 7 - modest (70%) || 8 - very modest (80%) || 9 - low-risk (90%) || 10 and above - straightforward (100%)Success
After all this
- Persuasive is increasing…
You've reached the edge of the land you'd surveyed. (Sets 
Terrain Surveyed to 5 - Hillside)
An occurrence! Your 'Train through Parabola' Quality is now 1!
Failure
Not that way
Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
Wounds is increasing… (+2 CP)
Help with the Hellworms
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Terrain Surveyed exactly 11
Locked with Tracklayers' Work Stoppage
Challenge information
Broad,
Dangerous 200 || 137 - very chancy (41%) || 170 - chancy (51%) || 204 - modest (61%) || 237 - very modest (71%) || 270 - low-risk (81%) || 304 - straightforward (91%) || 334 - straightforward (100%)Success
Three fiery days in a camp
Dangerous is increasing…- You've reached the edge of the land you'd surveyed. (Sets Terrain Surveyed to 5 - Hillside)
Failure
Burns
^
Burrow-Infra-Mump
Consider what to do about the strike
- Spoiler
Watch the unveiling of Cornelius' Track-Laying Beast
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Tracklayers' Work Stoppage exactly 211
Success
Mixed results
- Cornelius will build his track-laying beast. (Sets Patronage of the Prehistoricists to 1)
- The Tracklayers are able to work again. (Removes Tracklayers' Work Stoppage)
You've gained 1 x Searing Enigma
