Call in gunnery support

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From: Fighting London's War


The Admiralty has its ship guns trained on London. One can, with the right signals and a significant tolerance for collateral damage, help direct them.


Challenge information

Narrow, 10 (50% base)

  • 6 and below - almost impossible (10%)
  • 7 - high-risk (20%)
  • 8 - high-risk (30%)
  • 9 - tough (40%)
  • 10 - very chancy (50%)
  • 11 - chancy (60%)
  • 12 - modest (70%)
  • 13 - very modest (80%)
  • 14 - low-risk (90%)
  • 15 and above - straightforward (100%)

Success

L-E-F-T 6 D-E-G—

[…] You give the signals […] to the spotter on the deck. Zeroing in takes some time, and takes out the odd house, here and there.

The Starved Men do not enjoy cannon fire. […] A few minutes of direct fire can clear out a whole district, at least temporarily.

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Failure

C-E-A-S-E

A relay of flag-wavers, strung between Wolfstack and your target. A meticulously calculated firing trajectory. A high-explosive shell. And a gunner who doesn't know 'left' from 'right'.