Your Labour, and its Fruits

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Vast machinery wheezes and steams; […] It differs from a London factory only slightly: long levers give the rats sufficient force to work human-sized controls and pulleys are as much a mode of transport as part of the workings.

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Description summary:
The second paragraph varies with your Work Team quality. The last paragraph varies with your Foreman's Favour quality.

Work TeamSecond paragraph
1The Grizzled Gaffer considers you carefully. Finally: "Have a look what we're doing, and leap in where you'll be most handy. If you can't work that out... Well, just have a go on the big things. One of you is equal to a lot of us on those."
2The Masterly Machinist sizes you up. "I'd appreciate it if you worked on the big things. Frees up more rats for elsewhere, that way. "
3The Eager Engineer bounces up to you. "It'd be most efficient if you worked on the big machines – they normally take several of us."
Foreman's FavourLast paragraph
1 - 9The Fore-Rat moves constantly, pacing the factory floor. Her path has her checking in with the work team leaders on a regular basis; she is kept appraised of productivity, hazards, worker fatigue.
10 - 29The Fore-Rat scampers over to a vast, squealing machine, where two large rats squabble. It is only a work of moments for the Fore-Rat to have them soothed. Buttons are pushed, steam released, and the squeal alters to a roar.
30 - 42A cable snaps. It's pulled, lashing and writhing through a machine. Before the work team are even aware of the problem, the Fore-Rat has turned the machine off. A pup is sent – carefully, cautiously – into the machine to rethread the rope.
45 - 59It's time for a break for those rats doing the most arduous work. The Spinners leave their wheels, slowing them down for the next rats to take over. The Fore-Rat marks down the time the first shift spent running before sending them to rest.
60 - 76Steam whistles from a cracked pipe! The Fore-Rat blows a whistle (too high for you to hear). A team of rats leap up from a card game and grab their equipment: a metal patch, thick gloves, and a blowtorch.
80 - 105A pup runs out of the waiting room and squeaks urgently at the Fore-Rat. She signals to a work team leader to take over, before dashing after the pup. Is the Fore-Rat supervisor of both nursery and factory?
110 - 148An elderly rat limps up to the Fore-Rat. She takes one look at his front paw, and sends him out of the factory with a small sack of Incorruptible Biscuits.
153 - 185The Fore-Rat drags a tiny table to the front of the factory. She sits to consume a meal of cheese, mushrooms and biscuits. Even breaking for lunch, she doesn't take an eye off her working rats.
194 - 232The Fore-Rat pulls out a box and draws out a string of flags. She runs these up several pulleys, each attached to the roof of the factory. It must be a signal for rats deep at the back, for shortly after two work teams come running.
235 - 389A work team has been productive – its finished its tasks early. The Fore-Rat checks over their work while they take a break: some getting out cards, others darting into a side room to look in on their young.
402 - 498The Fore-Rat paces anxiously in front of a weaving loom. She's pulled the work team off it, while she climbs up to examine a crumbling part. Eventually, she shakes her head. It's not to be used till it's been fully repaired.
506 - 609Several pups have emerged from a side room to watch you work. They cluster together, staring anxiously. Have they never seen a human before? The Fore-Rat shoos them – ever so gently – away.
610+The factory must be running smoothly – the Fore-Rat has come over to watch you work, and from mere curiosity, not a desire to supervise. She catches your eye and nods. You've done well.

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

Game Instructions: Working in the factory will earn favour with the Foreman. The more pleased she is, the more she'll permit you of the factory's output.

Unlocked with redirects from "Welcome to L.B. Industries!"

Storylet appears in The Blind Helmsman

Options:

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Work the bellows to produce steam
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    Challenge information

    Broad, Dangerous 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Efficiency savings

    Rare Success

    Efficiency savings

    Failure

    Adapted for rats

    ^
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Make bobbins
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    Challenge information

    Broad, Persuasive 50 || 35 - very chancy (42%) || 43 - chancy (51%) || 51 - modest (61%) || 60 - very modest (72%) || 68 - low-risk (81%) || 76 - straightforward (91%) || 84 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A pile in no time

    Rare Success

    A pile in no time

    Failure

    Fighting a perfectionist

    ^
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Take over from the spinners
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    Challenge information

    Broad, Watchful 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A relief

    Rare Success

    Gratitude

    Wiki note: Rare success chance is 20%.

    Failure

    Insulted

    ^
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Assist with assembly
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    Challenge information

    Broad, Shadowy 178 || 122 - very chancy (41%) || 152 - chancy (51%) || 181 - modest (61%) || 211 - very modest (71%) || 241 - low-risk (81%) || 270 - straightforward (91%) || 297 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Like, well, clockwork

    Rare Success

    Like clockwork

    Wiki note: Rare success chance is 20%.

    Failure

    The paws for the job

    ^
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Contribute – and install – a hard tip for the driller

Ratterbox

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Put out a fire by the smelters ( Ratterbox 51 - 75)
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    Unlocked with Ratterbox 51-75

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Dangerous 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Quick Thinking

    Rare Success

    Quick thinking, fast work

    Failure

    The wrong tool for the job

    ^
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Test the latest batch of weapons ( Ratterbox 76 - 100)
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    Unlocked with Ratterbox 76-100

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Dangerous 125 || 86 - very chancy (41%) || 107 - chancy (51%) || 128 - modest (61%) || 148 - very modest (71%) || 169 - low-risk (81%) || 190 - straightforward (91%) || 209 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Triggers finer than fingernails

    Rare Success

    Triggers finer than fingernails

    Failure

    Triggers finer than fingernails

    ^

Claim rewards

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Receive your pay in biscuits
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Request Bessemer Steel Ingots as pay
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Accept a reverent thanks for your labour
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Accept old coins as a reward
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Ask for a Crackling Device as payment
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