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Spoiler warning! This page contains details about Fallen London Actions.

The business of administering a shipping and salvage line is, ironically, rather pedestrian. […] papers to be filed, potential customers to be wooed, and work-orders for repairs […] to be signed – but the sharp end of the work happens out there.

Description summary:
The company's name in the storylet's title varies with your Ownership of a Maritime Venture: quality.

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

Game Instructions: (With Agents Possessed exactly 2) Acquiring a third agent opens up new possibilities.

Unlocked with Investing in Shipping and Salvage 100

Storylet appears in Wolfstack Docks

Options:

Hire the Luckless Captain

•  Spoiler ID: 271034
  

  Locked with The Luckless Captain
  

   

  Success

  True loyalty

  Success Instructions: The Luckless Captain is your first agent! Agents act on your behalf to pursue 'plots' – small stories that take place while your character goes about their business. You now have access to the 'Agents' tab. From here, you can equip the Captain – and other agents you unlock in future – with items, and assign them to plots.
  

  •  An occurrence! Your 'The Luckless Captain' Quality is now 1!
  •  You've gained 1 x Agents Possessed (hidden)

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Hire the Clay Breaker

•  Spoiler ID: 269871
  

  Unlocked with Nautical Ventures Nautically Ventured 3, 4 x Puzzling Map, 20 x Ostentatious Diamond, 20 x Zee-Ztory, 20 x Tale of Terror!!, 3 x Favours: The Docks
  Locked with The Clay Breaker
  

   

  Success

  Eager to begin

  •  An occurrence! Your 'The Clay Breaker' Quality is now 1!
  •  You've lost 4 x Puzzling Map
  •  You've lost 20 x Ostentatious Diamond
  •  You've lost 20 x Zee-Ztory
  •  You've lost 20 x Tale of Terror!!
  •  You've lost 3 x Favours: The Docks
  •  You've gained 1 x Agents Possessed (hidden)

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Hire the Wily Bathyphile

•  Spoiler ID: 271022
  

  Unlocked with Nautical Ventures Nautically Ventured 5, 3 x Bejewelled Lens, 10 x Whirring Contraption, 10 x Strong-Backed Labour, 30 x Zee-Ztory
  Locked with The Wily Bathyphile
  

   

  Success

  Priorities

  •  An occurrence! Your 'The Wily Bathyphile' Quality is now 1!
  •  You've lost 3 x Bejewelled Lens
  •  You've lost 10 x Whirring Contraption
  •  You've lost 10 x Strong-Backed Labour
  •  You've lost 30 x Zee-Ztory
  •  An occurrence! Your 'Airs of Agents' Quality is now 1–3 (random)! (hidden)
  •  You've gained 1 x Agents Possessed (hidden)

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Contemplate your operation

•  Spoiler ID: 271050
  

  Action Cost: 0
  Unlocked with The Luckless Captain, The Clay Breaker, The Wily Bathyphile
  

   

  Success

  Zmooth zailing

  •  An occurrence! Your 'Airs of Agents' Quality is now 1–3 (random)! (hidden)

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