Leave your student to their own devices

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From: Work with your Visionary Student

While they work, you might go for a walk.

Game Instructions: This will have a somewhat unpredictable effect, but will always generate Research proportional to the number and quality of the students and experts in your Laboratory.

Unlocked with  5,

Challenge information

A matter of luck: It could go either way (success chance: 50%)

Success

Annotations

[…] your student has left behind your own dog-eared copy of [see below]. The margins are cramped with extensive annotations, additional citations, and (of course) corrections. Some of it points to lines of inquiry you hadn't considered.

Description summary:
The title of the book varies based on .

Experiment	Title
10, 20, 30, 40	Lefacheux' Complete Manual of Laboratory Procedure.
110 - 160	The Admiralty Standard's Complete Guide to Naval & Infantry Weapons Present and Historical
210, 220, 230, 240, 250	F.G. ____'s Theory on Subchthonic Surveying & Cartography, Revised Edition
260	G.F. _____'s Chronographic Analysis of the Motions of the False-Stars, 1899 Edition.
310, 320, 330, 350, 360	Brass Machinist's Handbook & Hymnal
410 - 470, 480, 485, 495	Theory on the Origins of Monsters & Their Shapes
510, 520, 530, 540, 610	Complete Natural History of the Neath, Revised 5th Edition
810, 820, 830	Practical Geologist's Rock Identification Manual, Unabridged 4th Edition
910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 980, 990	Theory & Practice of Polymer Formation
1010 - 1050	Debates in Modern Physics, Year XVII
1210	L. Moore's Practical Guide to the Raising of Uncooperative Plants
1320, 1340	Illustrated Encyclopedia of Prelapsarian Architecture, Unabridged 1st Edition
1350	Encyclopaedia of Protective Fashions Through the Ages (specifically, the Codpiece-Greave volume)

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•  You've gained 1 x Unlikely Connection
•  You've gained (2 + [0.2 × Equipment Level ]) × ( Number of Workers)^1/₂ × (Highest Worker Level) x Laboratory Research
  • 38 Research with 9 Equipment Level and 4 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)
  • 29 Research with 7 Equipment Level and 3 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)

Rare Success

A find

You return with a half-eaten bag of Rubbery Lumps to find your laboratory empty. A note on a desk says your student is done for the day; they believe what they found 'should occupy you for some time'.

•  You've gained 1 x Unwise Idea
•  You've gained (2 + [0.2 × Equipment Level ]) × ( Number of Workers)^1/₂ × (Highest Worker Level) x Laboratory Research
  • 38 Research with 9 Equipment Level and 4 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)
  • 29 Research with 7 Equipment Level and 3 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)

Failure

Experimentation

Your student is not at the lab when you return from a quick trip to Veilgarden for some recuperation. But they left behind some fascinating work, advertised by an enormous 'DO NOT ERASE' scrawled across the blackboard.

•  You've gained 1 x Unexpected Result
•  You've gained (2 + [0.2 × Equipment Level ]) × ( Number of Workers)^1/₂ × (Highest Worker Level) x Laboratory Research
  • 38 Research with 9 Equipment Level and 4 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)
  • 29 Research with 7 Equipment Level and 3 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)

Alternative Failure

Rest

The work they produce is exceptional, as always. And they do all of it while you're out for a restful walk around campus.

• Nightmares is dropping… (-2 CP)
•  You've gained (2 + [0.2 × Equipment Level ]) × ( Number of Workers)^1/₂ × (Highest Worker Level) x Laboratory Research
  • 38 Research with 9 Equipment Level and 4 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)
  • 29 Research with 7 Equipment Level and 3 Workers (at least 1 Expert or Expert Student)