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Object of study and investigation.

Wiki note: This quality reflects the current research project you are running. It is set to one of various levels when you Begin a Scientific Investigation (or Dream Up A New Experiment), and determines the options available when you Assess your Progress. It is reset after you complete your project.

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Levels

10: Plans for the Chorister's Bomb

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
10	Plans for the Chorister's Bomb. Acquired with: Hire others to do the transportation or Move the Chorister's Bomb in your Landau	50		Part of	Take the Next Step

20-30: Setting Up the Lab

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
20	Disambiguation of an Eolith	5			Disambiguate the Eolith
30	Identification of a Seven-Sided Coin	5		Extra options when you Rely on the Numismatrix	Render a report on the coin

40: Building a Locomotive

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
40	Building a Locomotive of Unusual Design	550		is available	Assemble the experimental locomotive

101-200: Weapon Projects

Extra options when you Rely on April or Rely on your Esurient Smith (alone or with Lettice, the Mercy), and with the (FATE)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
110	Jaguar Blade Acquired with: Any of the three options to Prepare a weapon of vengeance	50	25  PR	Part of Extra options when you Rely on Lettice, the Mercy	Complete a Jaguar Blade
		150	100  PR	Part of Extra options when you Rely on Lettice, the Mercy	Complete a Jaguar Blade Wailing with Hunger
120	Jaguar Blade, Remembered	125	125  PR	Part of Extra options when you Rely on Lettice, the Mercy	Complete your Jaguar Blade, Remembered
130	Replica Ancient Rifle	100			Complete your Hunting Rifle
		1650			Disguise your Ancient Hunting Rifle as a valuable antique
140	Augmenting of a Parabolic General (Horizons)	450	50  PR		Conclude your Augmentation of the Principle of Horizons
150	Augmenting of a Parabolic General (Hollows)	450	50  PR		Conclude your Augmentation of the Principle of Hollows
160	Augmenting of a Parabolic General (Heralds)	450	50  PR		Conclude your Augmentation of the Principle of Heralds

201-300: Cartographic Projects

Extra options when you Rely on Hephaesta (alone or with the Visionary Student)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
210	Route to Parabola	Stage 1: 50 Stage 2: 75		Multiple stages You may have Realisations	Stage 1: Lay out a Plan and a Process Stage 2: Build the Equipment
	Widening the Mirror (with )	50		Part of You may have Realisations	Widen the door
220	Location of a Forgotten Quarter Dig Site	50		Part of	Mark the spot
230	Cartographer's Hoard	2700		(allows you to Draw on your nautical knowledge, extra options when you Rely on Hephaesta)	Complete your Hoard
240	Glass Gazettes (5)	60	10  PR	Required research reduced by PR	How much research and how much dream?
	Glass Gazettes (125)	2500	65  PR
250	Hinterland Scrip	125		Extra options when you Rely on the Numismatrix	Conclude your study of Hinterland Scrip
260	Roof-Charts	550			Collate your findings

301-400: Engineering Projects

Extra options when you Rely on your Esurient Smith (alone or with the Profound Student)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
310	Infernal Machine	500			Finish your Machine of Industry
320	Devilish Probability Distributor	450			Complete and test the Devilish Probability Distributor
330	Augmentation Device	100			Finish the study of your Highly Illegal Device
350	Betrayer of Measures	300	300  PR		Complete and test the Betrayer of Measures
360	Device for the Duplication of Bones	500			Complete and test the Device for the Duplication of Bones

401-500: Biological Projects

Extra option when you Rely on Lettice, the Mercy together with a gifted student, and with the Silk-clad Expert (FATE) (alone or when you Work with your Gifted Student)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
410	Theory on the Nature of a Parabolan Albatross	125			Keep it in total darkness
		Stage 1: 125 Stage 2: 1500	Stage 2: 50  PR	Multiple stages	Stage 1: Extend your Studies Stage 2: Create your Comprehensive Study of Avian Anatomies
420	Theory on the Reproduction of the Seven-Throated Warbler	500	50  PR		Excretion, generation, the expulsion of toxins
430	Exploration of Monstrous Anatomy as Comprehended via Albatross	300	50  PR		Come to fresh conclusions about the shape of a monster
440	Exploration of Monstrous Anatomy as Comprehended through the Storm-bird	500	50  PR		Know the Storm-bird
450	Theory on the Anatomy of a Pinewood Shark	100			Turn attention to its Skeleton
		Stage 1: 100 Stage 2: 1500	Stage 2: 50  PR	Multiple stages Stage 2: (allows you to Consider your Aquaria)	Stage 1: Extend your studies Stage 2: Create your Unexpurgated Accounting of the Anatomies of Aquatic Life-forms
460	Inquiry into the Phylogeny of a Preserved False-Snake	100			Extract an understanding of its venoms
		Stage 1: 100 Stage 2: 1500	Stage 2: 50  PR	Multiple stages Stage 2: (lets you Search your Terraria)	Stage 1: Extend your studies Stage 2: Create your Complete Account of Frogs, Toads, and other Croaking Beasts
465	Complete your study into the beasts of the Neath	1500			Conclude your Survey of Arachnids and Insects Native to the Neath
470	Experiment into the effect of Mr Spices' Drug on Assorted Subject Animals	550		Interference (with a )	Finish your experiment with Mr Spices' Drug and reveal the truth to the Dean
		450	50  PR		Finish your experiment with Mr Spices' Drug and lie to the Dean
480	Study of a Scarlet Egg	100		(lets you Draw on your Knowledge of the Shapeling Arts)	Finish the study of the Scarlet Egg
485	Study of a Pelagic Egg	100			Finish the study of the Pelagic Egg
490	Study of an Aged Egg	100			Finish the study of the Aged Egg
495	Study in the Transplantation of a Heart of Diamond May be acquired in three different ways.	250			Conclude your study of diamond implantation

501-700: Palaeontology Projects

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
510	Truth about a Thorned Ribcage	350	15  PR		Finish your study of the Thorned Ribcage
520	Exploration of the Treachery of Measures on a Human Ribcage	425			Finish your work resizing a human ribcage using the Red Science
530	Use of the Treachery of Measures on a Warbler Skeleton	425			Finish your work resizing a warbler skeleton using the Red Science
540	Elastic Limits of Flesh and Bone	550			Complete your research in the shaping of bones
610	Truth about an Unidentified Thigh Bone Acquired with: Accept a Palaeontological Task from the Dean or Discover the background of this bone	25		Experimental Stage 1 (currently unused)	Determine the true nature of this bone
		75	25  PR		Invent a false nature for this bone

801-900: Geology Projects

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
810	Disambiguation of an Eolith	10			Disambiguate the Eolith
820	Survey of Neathy Geology (25)	100		Extra options when you Rely on Hephaesta (alone or with the Visionary Student)	Assemble your conclusions
	Survey of Neathy Geology (625)	2700
830	Geochemical Study of Roof Drippings	100			Prepare a report on the contents of London's 'rain'

901-1000: Chemistry Projects

Extra options when you Rely on F.F. Gebrandt (alone or with the Profound Student)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
910	Formula for Perfumed Gunpowder	150	25  PR		Part chemistry, part invention
920	Formula for Railway Steel	500	25  PR		Fire at the proper temperature
930	Toxicological Investigation of a New Drug Belonging to Mr Spices	550			Complete your chemical analysis of Mr Spices' new intoxicant
940	Formula for Scintillack Snuff	100			Complete your recipe for Scintillack Snuff
950	Toxicological Investigation of Queenly Attar	450	15  PR		Conclude your study of Attar
960	Study of Starved Secretions	550			Conclude your study of Starved secretions
970	Study of a Percipient Egg	125			Finish the study of the Percipient Egg
980	Metallurgical and Infernal Properties of a Justificande	125		Extra options when you Rely on the Numismatrix	Conclude your study of the metallurgy of Justificandes
990	Toxicological Investigation of Mr Spices' Tears	500	50  PR		Conclude your study of Mr Spices' tears

1001-1200: Mathematical Projects

An extra option on Review the Prior Literature, and Rely on Cora Bagley (alone or with the Visionary Student)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
1010	Impossible Theorem	13000	300  PR		Reach a realisation. Drag the knowledge kicking and screaming out of Parabola
1020	Statistical Observations	100	No  PR allowed		Finish assembling your statistical tables
		100	Any  PR		Pass off your corrupted tables to an unsuspecting colleague
1030	Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out	2500	200  PR		Finish your Paradoxical Inversion of Inside and Out
1040	Inquiry into the Filtration of Light	2700	300  PR		Finish your Inquiry into the Filtration of Light
1050	Translation of a Pattern in the Bricks	450	15  PR		Conclude your study of the mysterious brickwork

1201-1300: Botanical Projects

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
1210	Understanding of Toxins in an Orange-Apple	300	50  PR		Poison yourself as a practical test

1301-1500: History Projects

Extra options when you Rely on the Numismatrix and with the (FATE)

Level	Project Name	Laboratory Research	Other Research	Special Project Properties	Result
1320	Prelapsarian Evidence of the Red Science	2700	depends		several
1340	Captured Ushabti	550			Perform the final dissection
1350	Sun-Blazoned Cuirass	550			Complete your research into the Sun-Blazoned Cuirass

Research Questions

These are questions posed by the player character in actions such as Review the possibilities and Give them a line of inquiry to follow up on.

Experiment	Description
40	What kind of engine design would it employ? What is the most efficient type of coal tender?
130	What materials are most suitable? How thick must the barrel be to contain the pressure of firing?
140 - 160	What materials are most suitable? What blade shape ensures maximum effectiveness?
230, 240, 260	How reliable are the maps and charts you have gathered? What can we truly infer about the territory from reading them?
310, 320, 350, 360	What materials will you need? What are the manufacturing tolerances?
410 - 470, 495	How can its anatomy be classified? How would one go about physical examination? How to best keep it contained?
510, 520, 530	How old is it? What kind of animal did it belong to?
540	How long can it be stretched? Will it shatter, or simply melt?
820	What geological strata does it come from? What is its chemical composition?
920, 930, 950, 990	What are the practical considerations of manufacture? Will the process work economically with larger batches?
1010, 1030, 1040, 1050	What are the boundaries of the possible? Which Laws must be observed? Which can be split apart?
1210	Where does it come from? How does it grow? How does it survive in the absence of sunlight?
1320, 1340	Who made it? Out of what? For what purpose?
1350	What if the cuirass had the power to make the wearer obedient to the Sun?

Research Descriptions

These are the remarks made by the player character when the Look closely at your current project option is taken. Watchful options for the Meticulous Student's card also has a passage taken from the table below.

Experiment	Description
10	The Correspondence Sigils that specify the function of the Bomb are written in mirror-writing.
20	There are telltale chips in the surface. Scratches. Significant marks. Or has it just not been cleaned well enough?
30	The letters are unfamiliar, and so is the pattern of scales.
40	Some details of the blueprints that hadn't made sense until now.
110	The blade you are working looks old even though you are making it now. Hold it to the mirror, and the reflection looks brand new. Time is treacherous.
120, 130	This could be made more lethal to the victim, and less dangerous to the person wielding it.
140 - 160	The Principle's debts are binding upon the gifts bestowed upon the body of the Principle, which in Parabola is congruent with its personhood. But should those gifts be themselves altered, would the debts not be paid?
210	If a mirror frame is deformed just so, but not broken, in the presence of a live cat, while all light is excluded, then... yes. This is suggestive. Insufficient, but suggestive.
220 - 250	Under magnification, this drawing looks much less like furious cross-hatching and much more like a street map.
260	Here's a note in your logs about a brighter-than-usual alignment of false-stars. Here's a sketch of an odd rock formation dangling from the ceiling.
310	The principles behind the design of a Whirring Contraption can be scaled up to good purpose.
320, 330, 350, 360	Besides the Brass, the machine uses joy-sensitive alloys in several places.
410	Aim a beam of light straight into the middle of the animal, the twisted centre where a body should be and isn't. The bit you can't really look at. And then measure how that light fractures and scatters away.
420 - 440, 460, 465	Note behaviour. Chart food consumption. Track apparent mood.
450	You don't understand how the ligneous bones form a viable skeleton, but you will.
470	Some test subjects barely react to the drug. Others are very responsive. You will discover why.
480, 490	Measure diameter. Test shell thickness. Submerge in a barrel and observe how bubbles form on the surface.
485	Measure diameter. Test membrane flexibility. Submerge in a barrel and observe how it makes the water look somehow deeper.
495	Track pulse rate and blood loss. Note the light dispersion from the diamond.
510	You measure the length and sharpness of the thorns, and note their composition. Not only ordinary bone; this is resilient and very sharp even after ageing.
520, 530	If you place the Betrayer incorrectly, the wrong parts of the torso grow; or they shrink instead of expanding; or the resizing is inconsistent. Time of day and duration of exposure matter more than one might think.
540, 610	Is it still entirely bone, or is it bone that has been replaced by rock? What is this scoring at one end? The correct chemicals are very informative.
810	There are telltale chips in the surface. Scratches. Significant marks. Or has it just not been cleaned well enough?
820	With the right reagents, you can make a guess at the mineral composition of the stone, and make an educated estimate at where in the Neath it might have come from.
830	The liquid catches the light in particular ways; it is very faintly iridescent.
910	With the right reagents, you can make a guess at the effects […] It becomes rapidly apparent that the selection of perfume has effects beyond the aesthetic. You will, hopefully, regrow your eyebrows. But in the meantime, your forehead smells delightful.
920, 930	This reagent fizzes; that one glows an outraged shade of apocyan before going dark.
940	Carefully sifting distinguishes the different components, as the scintillack grinds finer than any other ingredient.
950	With the right lenses and the aid of a furnace, you sear away the scarlet attar into its component dusts. Vapours rise from the attar, heady as perfume and thick as strangling death.
970	You scrape samples off the shell, fill test tubes with some of the fine hairs to examine their chemical composition. Is it toxic? Reactive? Flammable?
980	The material is quite hard, and difficult to take samples of with a scribing tool. The engraved words keep staring at you: "ONE DAY YOU WILL FORGIVE."
990	The tears are unusually reactive – not in the chemical sense, but in the sense that they squirm in their vials, trying to escape or responding to the quality of the light.
1010 - 1040	Two pages of notes, and when you get to the bottom it's all pure swearing.
1050	If you interpret the redder bricks as significant and the paler bricks as gaps, does it look like a sign?
1210	Fill flask after flask with reagents. Heat them, cool them, feed them to small animals. Take copious notes. You are getting somewhere, slowly.
1320	Sketch all the artefacts at your disposal, and arrange them according to their size and style, material and degree of wear, their find locations...
1340	Take full account of its dimensions and motility. Document every mark upon its surface, be that incidental chip or fragmentation, or the intentional designs of ornament or writing.
1350	Scrub any incidental dirt off [...] Study the signs of damage as well as [...] intentional markings. Identify the materials used in the straps, the padding, the stitching. Note the way the sun-blazon flares under your touch; how it wakens a furious indignation.