Employ speed

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ID: 260433

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From: At the Command of the (Airship Name)

Push your engine to the limits. Let the Roof know such speed as Storm himself would pause before giving chase.

Locked with ,  8,  8,  (30 + × 25)

Challenge information

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• 35 - very chancy (42%)
• 43 - chancy (51%)
• 51 - modest (61%)
• 60 - very modest (72%)
• 68 - low-risk (81%)
• 76 - straightforward (91%)
• 84 - straightforward (100%)
  

The difficulty is equal to 50 + / 2 (rounded). The above is the difficulty when leaving London.

Success

Gliding through pillars of salt

Better to be swift than slow [...] You urge your stokers on, [...] while the rest of your crew work [...] The [Airship] rails creak as you turn it [...] rushing between the slender stalactites that hang above [...] But it holds steady. [...]

•  A little more of the Roof has been surveyed. (Increases Aerial Surveillance by 25)
•  You are moving further afield from Station IX. (Increases Far Afield from Station IX by 3)
•  Fuel Depletion of your Airship is increasing… (+1 CP)

Redirects to: At the Command of the (Airship Name)

Failure

To Hell, without thunder

More power to the boiler; more air to the balloon. See how she rises! [...]

A cry from the gantry. A scream from above. A harpoon of bone hangs quivering in the torn throat of an engineer. There are lights amidst the stalactites: you have been sighted.

•  A little more of the Roof has been surveyed. (Increases Aerial Surveillance by 15)
•  They are coming... (Sets Under Attack! to 1)
•  You are moving further afield from Station IX. (Increases Far Afield from Station IX by 2)
•  Fuel Depletion of your Airship is increasing… (+1 CP)

Redirects to: At the Command of the (Airship Name)