Return to base under emergency power

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ID: MISSING

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From: At the Command of the (Airship Name)

Your fuel burns perilously low. Clouds of black smoke cloak your retreat. The boiler wheezes ominously. How far, and how much farther?

Unlocked with  8

Locked with ,  (30 + × 25)

Challenge information

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

Success

Heave ho!

[…] You stand by the stokers and keep the boilers kindled […]

[…] the propellers turn[…] and then you are in freefall. It is an unsteady descent[…]

When you land at last, crew from Station IX race to put out the flames, but there is admiration in their faces […]

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• You have moved to a new area: Watchmaker's Hill
•  You've gained ( × Base /10) x Survey of the Neath's Roof ?
•  You are returning to base. (Resets Far Afield from Station IX to 0)
• Your 'Fuel Depletion of your Airship' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Damage to your Airship' Quality has gone!

Failure

Too fast, Too hard

The clanks and wheeze of the airship's engines puncture the silence. [...]

A final, ominous choke – then [...] the loss of the engine makes the descent go much quicker.

Crew at Station IX scramble to put the flames, and the remainder of the crew, out.

• You have moved to a new area: Watchmaker's Hill
•  You've gained ( × Base /10) x Survey of the Neath's Roof ?
•  You are returning to base. (Resets Far Afield from Station IX to 0)
• Your 'Fuel Depletion of your Airship' Quality has gone!
• Your 'Damage to your Airship' Quality has gone!
•  Wounds is increasing… (+7 CP)