Stay at range and return fire

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ID: 260436

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From: At the Command of the (Airship Name)

They hang from stalactites and deploy stone, mortar and vast hunks of amber. Safety now depends upon your aim.

Game Instructions: This will never shake off or otherwise defeat your attackers.

Unlocked with

Locked with  8,  8,  (30 + × 25)

Challenge information

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• 35 - very chancy (42%)
• 43 - chancy (51%)
• 51 - modest (61%)
• 60 - very modest (72%)
• 68 - low-risk (81%)
• 76 - straightforward (91%)
• 84 - straightforward (100%)
  

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• 35 - very chancy (42%)
• 43 - chancy (51%)
• 51 - modest (61%)
• 60 - very modest (72%)
• 68 - low-risk (81%)
• 76 - straightforward (91%)
• 84 - straightforward (100%)
  

The difficulty for both is equal to 50 + / 3 (rounded).

Success

Steady, steady...

You keep the [Airship] at a distance [...]

Meanwhile, you tip your head to the gunners. A few agonising minutes and then the Starved feel at liberty to emerge. A mistake [...] [T]he loss of one more citadel, posed against London far below.

•  A little more of the Roof has been surveyed. (Increases Aerial Surveillance by 25 x)
•  You are moving further afield from Station IX. (Increases Far Afield from Station IX by 3)
•  Fuel Depletion of your Airship is increasing… (+1 CP)

Redirects to: At the Command of the (Airship Name)

Failure

The void, howls

A scatter of stone across the deck; another crewman screaming into the dark. A howl from the navigator, now pierced with [...] bone. [...]

The rubble is partially carved. [...] They have torn it down to rain misery on you and yours. And succeeded. You drift on.

•  A little more of the Roof has been surveyed. (Increases Aerial Surveillance by 15)
•  You are moving further afield from Station IX. (Increases Far Afield from Station IX by 2)
•  Damage to your Airship is increasing… (+4 CP)
•  Fuel Depletion of your Airship is increasing… (+1 CP)

Redirects to: At the Command of the (Airship Name)