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From: Directing your Team


You've had a thought.

Game Instructions: This is less powerful than other uses of Unavoidable Epiphanies, but perhaps you have a surfeit of them.

Unlocked with


Success

The arrival of a conclusion

You pose questions: [varies] Soon, you're picking apart their suggestions, analysing their answers, finding new questions...

Description summary:
The line of questioning varies by experiment.

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

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