Editing The Pulling of a Thread: (Opportunity)

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|ID = 341189
|Icon = needlethread.png
|location = Khan's Heart
|Description = [''Varies'']
|Description summary = The title and description vary based on {{IL|An Opportunity in the Khanate}}.
{{Variant table
|Condition = An Opportunity in the Khanate |Condition alias = Opportunity |Effect = Title |Second effect = Description
|Value 0 = 0-1 |Effect 0 = '''From the Cold'''
|Second effect 0 = Your agents have uncovered the true identity of the spy […] the Khagan's Unreliable Cousin […] dabbled in feeding information to a Surface network, once. His reward was years of house arrest […]
<p>[…] your agents have already put together a plan to extract him.
|Value 2 = 2 |Effect 2 = '''A Shift in Loyalties'''
|Second effect 2 = […] She indeed wants to desert, though she won't defect to London. She aims to elope with a Brilliant Scion from the Tortoise clan. […]
<p>Your agents understand this to be a vicious ruse. The Scion intends to extract naval secrets […] and abandon her.
|Value 3 = 3 |Effect 3 = '''The Lost Codebook'''
|Second effect 3 = Your agents have located the 'lost' naval intelligence codebook. It was indeed stolen […] They seem to have overlooked him because he is clearly unambitious, and could not be plotting something nefarious[…]
|Value 4 = 4 |Effect 4 = '''The Disloyal Devil'''
|Second effect 4 = The plans for a new warship were indeed stolen by devils […] an agent for the exiles of Mt. Palmerston.

[…] it wouldn't do much against Hell's forces. But counter-revolution is a desperate business.

The Khaganian Navy's own investigation is closing in […]
|Value 5 = 5 |Effect 5 = '''The Final Illusion'''
|Second effect 5 = This Taciturn Magician who suddenly appeared in the Khanate is no magician at all[…]

[…] As far as your agents can tell, he's under the influence of[…]

[…] those who opposes the goals of the old powers of Europe – a Revolutionary cell.
|Value 6 = 6 |Effect 6 = '''The Affair of the Factory'''
|Second effect 6 = A few days of observation makes clear why the Taimen care so much […] a Revolutionary cell is using it after hours. […]
<p>There's no point in breaking in and trying to steal something […] But the information itself is valuable […]
|Value 7 = 7 |Effect 7 = '''Look to Love'''
|Second effect 7 = Your agents have made contact with the supposed former owner […] But they became suspicious at his eagerness […]
<p>When you examine one of the books […] reading past the first few chapters makes your vision swim and fills you with nausea. […]
|Value 8 = 8 |Effect 8 = '''The Icebox'''
|Second effect 8 = Your agents have located the Tortoise clan's cold-storage warehouse […] keeping a vat full of lacre. […] will they use it to manufacture something? Are they simply trying to distil the mysteries of the Bazaar? […]
|Value 9 = 9 |Effect 9 = '''A Cry for Help'''
|Second effect 9 = The 'Revolutionary cell' has formed among a few disaffected aristocratic youths – led by a minor scion of the Leopard clan with substantial access to the Palace[…] However, your network has verified that their revolutionary zeal is genuine, if naive.
|Value 10 = 10 |Effect 10 = '''The Matter of the Imports'''
|Second effect 10 = The cheap London-made imports[…] origin: several factories owned by Mr Fires[…]
<p>[…] doing this out of spite. His goods compete with the businesses of […] figures in Khaganian society. Competition from a Master[…] will drive at least some of them close to ruin.
|Value11 = 11|Effect 11 = '''Mr Stones' Request'''
|Second effect 11 = [...]The person it wants[...]a priest of the Fourth City[...]a hostage intended to secure continued peace[...]an agreement between the Khagan and the Bazaar.

Having him turn up in London would raise tensions[...] the Eagle Khan, who stands to benefit from renewed hostility.[..]
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|Unlocked with = a redirect from [[Seize an opportunity: (Opportunity)]]
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==From the Cold==
{{Options|Debrief him, then release him}}
{{Options|Debrief him, and then betray him}}
==A Shift in Loyalties==
{{Options|Tell the Forlorn Captain the truth}}
{{Options|Arrange for the Forlorn Captain's desertion}}
==The Lost Codebook==
{{Options|Alert the Leopard}}
{{Options|Obtain the codebook, and sell it}}
==The Disloyal Devil==
{{Options|Warn the Eagle}}
{{Options|Distract the Navy's investigators}}
==The Final Illusion==
{{Options|Snap him out of his daze}}
{{Options|Leave him in his state}}
==The Affair of the Factory==
{{Options|Leak this information to the Tortoise}}
{{Options|Warn the Revolutionaries}}
==Look to Love==
{{Options|Proceed as planned; let the Bazaar have these books}}
{{Options|Buy out the Bookseller's inventory and cast it into the Zee}}
==The Icebox==
{{Options|Leak the location of the warehouse to the Bazaar}}
{{Options|Observe without interfering}}
==A Cry for Help==
{{Options|Vouch for the Foppish Revolutionary}}
{{Options|Leak their identities to the Khagan}}
==The Matters of the Imports==
{{Options|Give them a push}}
{{Options|Leak this information to the Khagan}}
==Mr Stones' Request==
{{Options|Deliver the Mummified Priest to the Khagan}}
{{Options|Put the Mummified Priest on a London-bound ship}}