Editing Make Cornelius leader of the Tracklayers instead of Fires' Lackey (or) Your Lackey

{{Action
|Icon = cornelius.png
|From Storylet title = The Next Stretch of Track
|ID = 247513
|Description = The former Lackey of Mr Fires has not been of sufficient use. Cornelius might prove more entertaining.
|Description summary = The description varies based on your previous support of Cornelius' plans.
{{Variant table|Condition = Patronage of the Prehistoricists|Effect = Description|Condition type = Text
|Value 0 = 0
|Effect 0 = The former Lackey of Mr Fires has not been of sufficient use. Cornelius might prove more entertaining.
|Value 1 = 1
|Effect 1 = It's true that Cornelius' track-laying beast left a few things to be desired. But that was only a first attempt. Who knows where it all might lead?}}
|Game Instructions = The higher your Tracklayers' Displeasure, the more difficult it will be to persuade them.
|Unlocked with = {{Unlock|Leader of the Tracklayers|3-4}}, {{Unlock|Furnace's Fate Revealed|1-2}}, {{Unlock|Following up Rumours of Cornelius|9}}
|Locked with = {{Lock|Hinterland City - Foundation}}
|BroadQuality = {{IL|Persuasive}}
|BroadDiff = 200
|ModifiedQuality = Tracklayers' Displeasure
|ModifiedAmount = 10
|ModifiedIncrease = +
|Success title = A well-planned campaign
|Success description = [see tables below]

Cornelius […] is doing his side of the work as well: lining up allies, promising policy change […]

[…] Cornelius wins, and his opponent resumes a more ordinary range of duties. If anything, he seems a little relieved.
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Patronage of the Prehistoricists|Condition type = Text|Effect = First paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 0 = You print posters with artistic renderings of the Prehistory to Come.
|Value 1 = You suppress reports of how Cornelius' previous track laying beast actually performed.
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Great Hellbound Railway Endorsement|Condition alias=You endorsed|Condition type = Text|Effect = Second paragraph
|Value 1 = F.F. Gebrandt
|Effect 1 = F. F. Gebrandt still owes one, for your help during her mayoral campaign: you convince her to give the most enthusiastic statement about Cornelius that she can bring herself to offer.
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Palaeontologist|Condition type = Text|Effect = Third paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 0 = You paint Cornelius as in touch with the greatest minds of the Palaeontological Movement.
|Value 43 - 75 = You paint Cornelius as in touch with the greatest minds of the Palaeontological Movement, with yourself as an eminent example.
|Value 85 = You emphasise that even such a great palaeontologist as yourself supports and endorses his claims – and who has assembled more skeletons than you?
}}
*{{Success Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Gain|Leader of the Tracklayers|message=Cornelius leads the Tracklayers' Union.|now=Cornelius}}
*{{Gain|Bridge Troubles|occurrence=11}}

{{Failure
|Failure title = A failure of public relations
|Failure description = The Tracklayers' Union does not appreciate such a direct intervention in its affairs […] They tell you where you can put your 'recommendations' and 'considered suggestions'.

Cornelius also becomes rather an outcast for a while […]
}}
*{{Failure Increase|Persuasive}}
*{{Gain|Tracklayers' Displeasure|+3 CP}}
*{{Gain|Scandal|+1 CP}}