Deal with Peach Brandy pirates

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ID: 256120

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From: The Business of a Midnighter

The Gracious Widow is having trouble with Surface pirates, and her usual contractors seem unable to stop them. Can you offer assistance?

Unlocked with  5,  80

Challenge information

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• 123 - very chancy (41%)
• 153 - chancy (51%)
• 183 - modest (61%)
• 213 - very modest (71%)
• 244 - low-risk (81%)
• 273 - straightforward (91%)
• 300 - straightforward (100%)
  

Property "Against" (as page type) with input value "" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process.[[Category: Challenge]]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

Switch and ditch

Your agent […] confirms that these 'pirates' never strike anything except the Widow's shipments. […]

[…] One of her own people substituted bottles of cold tea for the […] shipments […]. The piracy was […] cover. The […] brandy probably ended up with the Khanate elite.

[…]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've gained 1 x Services Rendered: The Gracious Widow
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 410 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies
•  You've gained 1 x Mysterious Client Attention Odds (hidden)

Depending on :

•  An interested party has made a request on your skills. (Sets Attracting the Attention of a Mysterious Client to 1)

Failure

Davy Jones's liquor cabinet

[…]

[…] They abduct the bo'sun […] She spills everything […] However, once away from the trader they are instructed to throw it overboard.

The disappearance […] is enough to stop the pirate raids […] However, you sense that you didn't get to the bottom of things […]

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

• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Suspicion is increasing… (+2? CP)
• [Airs of Industry change…] (random)
•  You've gained 200 x Approximate Value of Outstanding Invoices in Pennies