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Freely available Experts include: | Freely available Experts include: | ||
| − | * | + | *[[Hire in the Numismatrix|The Numismatrix]] is the first expert you'll hire into your Lab. She is the only source of {{IL|Numismatic Research}} for your initial study of Justificande coins (Experimental Object {{EO|30}}), and provides regular research benefits for later coinage projects (Experimental Objects {{EO|250}} & {{EO|980}}), and Historical projects (Experimental Object {{EO|1300-1500}}). The Numismatrix also provides lore on currencies you have in your possession. She can be hired for free if you are willing to purchase her services permanently for {{IL|Amber Ha'penny|3 x}}. |
| − | * | + | *[[Hire in Lettice the Mercy|Lettice The Mercy]] produces {{IL|Expertise of the Third City}} and ordinary research when your {{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation}} is level 5 or above. She is good with weapons and explosives (Experimental Objects {{EO|101-200}}), and gives Expertise of the Third City for Experiments {{EO|110-120}} and {{EO|1320}}. She can be hired for free if you get {{IL|Lettice, the Mercy}} as a companion during the [[Feast of the Rose (Guide)|Feast of the Exceptional Rose]]. |
| − | * | + | *[[Invite F.F. Gebrandt to Collaborate|F.F. Gebrandt]] is London's leading expert in chemistry (Experimental Object {{EO|901-1000}}). Despite the claim that "she also has interesting things to say about palaeontology", she has no particular talent in this area beyond enthusiasm. You can also create {{IL| F.F. Gebrandt's Superior Laudanum|Appearance=Superior Laudanum}}, {{IL|F.F. Gebrandt's Tincture of Vigour|Appearance=Tincture of Vigour}} and {{IL|Volume of Collated Research|Appearance=Collated Research}} while working with her. |
Two NPCs can staff your lab like Experts, but are much less useful to providing research. | Two NPCs can staff your lab like Experts, but are much less useful to providing research. | ||
| − | *The | + | *The [[Offer a sinecure to a certain artist|Struggling Artist]]. Hiring him will remove his irritating card from your London deck and add a new [[Send him out for a little more honey|option]] which gives {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|125 x}} per action, making it really easy to enter Parabola. It is also an easy '''2.5 EPA''' grind. It also adds [['Rely' on the Struggling Artist|a card]] to the Laboratory deck which gets you {{IL|Drop of Prisoner's Honey|150 x}} - but clutters up the deck. |
| − | *The | + | *The [[Put a Grubby Urchin to work in your laboratory|Grubby Urchin]] is good for {{IL|Parabolan Research}}, but you'll need to be in Parabola to really benefit. |
A number of experts only become available after finishing your ambition: | A number of experts only become available after finishing your ambition: | ||
| − | * | + | *'''Hephaesta''' is good at cartography (Experimental Objects {{EO|201-300}}) and projects with a {{IL|Nautical Focus}}. She is unlocked after completing {{IL|Ambition: Light Fingers!}} but first needs to be cared for in Parabola before she can cross-over to the regular Lab. She also produces [[Employ the real Hephaesta in Parabola|an extraordinary amount of Parabolan Research]] per action. |
| − | * | + | *'''April''' is unlocked during the final stages of {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}}. She is key to projects that are part of that Ambition. She is good with weapons (Experimental Objects {{EO|100-200}}) and projects with a {{IL|Red Science Focus}}, and can help increase your {{IL|Artisan of the Red Science}} skill. |
| − | * | + | *'''The Mother Superior''' can be temporarily hired during {{IL|Ambition: Bag a Legend!}} (levels 155–210), but will not stay in your lab after her role in the Ambition's experiments is complete. |
| − | * | + | *You can hire the '''Esurient Smith''' after completing {{IL|Ambition: Nemesis}}. He specialises in weapons research (Experimental Objects {{EO|101-200}}) and metals (Experimental Objects {{EO|301-400}}). |
| − | * | + | *'''Cora Bagley''' can be hired after completing {{IL|Ambition: Heart's Desire!}}. She is good in experiments that concern mathematics (Experimental Objects {{EO|1001-1200}}). |
There are also a few {{FontFate}}-locked assistants you can hire: | There are also a few {{FontFate}}-locked assistants you can hire: | ||
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After a first few experiments, you will become able to let University students work in your Laboratory to gain some real-life experience. They require training in order to maximise their usefulness. Students are unlocked after completing a [[Accept a Palaeontological Task from the Dean|Palaeontological Task for the Dean]]. Accepting the task will give you your first student and unlock [[Manage the Students in your Laboratory]], which allows you to hire more. Graduating a Student will increase the {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory}} by 1-3 levels and give you a small reward, which depends on the type of student. High {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory|Appearance = Reputation}} is required to hire better students. | After a first few experiments, you will become able to let University students work in your Laboratory to gain some real-life experience. They require training in order to maximise their usefulness. Students are unlocked after completing a [[Accept a Palaeontological Task from the Dean|Palaeontological Task for the Dean]]. Accepting the task will give you your first student and unlock [[Manage the Students in your Laboratory]], which allows you to hire more. Graduating a Student will increase the {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory}} by 1-3 levels and give you a small reward, which depends on the type of student. High {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory|Appearance = Reputation}} is required to hire better students. | ||
| − | + | * A Shifty Student. Shifty Students don't produce a lot of research but can be graduated quickly to raise the {{IL|Teaching Reputation of Your Laboratory}}. His associated card is [[Work with your Shifty Student]]. Graduating him gives only 1 reputation. | |
| − | * | + | * A Meticulous Student. The Meticulous Student produces more research than the Shifty Student, but is also harder to level up. She is also required to create {{IL|Mirthless Compendium of Statistical Observations|Appearance = Mirthless Compendiums of Statistical Observations}}. Without her you'll find out that there are too many errors and you'll need to pass them off to a colleague as they're useless. Her associated card is [[Work with your Meticulous Student]]. Graduating her gives 3 reputation! |
| − | * | + | * A Gifted Student. A Gifted Student can level up really quickly without you needing to spend time on her. Her associated card is [[Work with your Gifted Student]]. Graduating her gives {{IL|Favours: Society|1 x}} and a [[Slim Volume of Bazaarine Poetry]]. This is one of the few non-card-based ways to grind Favours, and the fastest of the available non-Fate options. |
| − | * | + | * A Profound Student. The Profound Student is better at research than the previous three but levels up slower than the Gifted Student. His associated card is [[Work with your Profound Student]]. |
| − | * | + | * A Visionary Student is the best of all students; producing just as much research as the Profound Student but leveling as quickly as the Gifted, they are the pinnacle of Students. Their associated card is [[Work with your Visionary Student]]. Graduating them provides 3 reputation, but at this point you won't have any use for reputation anymore. |
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The table below shows the amount of Research gained from working with each type of student. Note that while students may level from 1 to 5, for most purposes, there are functionally only three bands of skill--Levels 1 and 2, Levels 3 and 4, and Level 5 (however, some cards do calculate results from the total level of your experts and students). In some cases, Rare Successes, which will either level up a student below Level 5 or give a point of Disgruntlement for a student that is already Level 5, will give additional research. The bold numbers in parentheses indicate the amount of research that would be gained by a player with [[Equipment for Scientific Experimentation]] 7, the maximum that is possible to attain without Fate. | The table below shows the amount of Research gained from working with each type of student. Note that while students may level from 1 to 5, for most purposes, there are functionally only three bands of skill--Levels 1 and 2, Levels 3 and 4, and Level 5 (however, some cards do calculate results from the total level of your experts and students). In some cases, Rare Successes, which will either level up a student below Level 5 or give a point of Disgruntlement for a student that is already Level 5, will give additional research. The bold numbers in parentheses indicate the amount of research that would be gained by a player with [[Equipment for Scientific Experimentation]] 7, the maximum that is possible to attain without Fate. | ||
