Editing Write to your Secret College for help

{{Action
|Icon = academicgown.png
|From Storylet title = Involve Your Secret College
|ID = 252481
|Description = They are best not contacted in person. The Post will do.
|Game Instructions = Better Equipment and higher Scholar of the Correspondence will improve the rewards here. You will always receive at least some research.
|NarrowQuality = {{IL|A Scholar of the Correspondence}}
|NarrowDiff = 6
|BroadQuality = Watchful
|BroadDiff = 175
|ModifiedQuality = Research Preparations
|ModifiedAmount = 1
|Success title = Well, then...
|Success description = Fully-formed research – partial proofs, theorems, references, conjectures, ideas – arrives at your laboratory, wrapped in brown paper and thrown over the transom. All of the material is at least interesting. Some is fascinating.
}}
*{{Success Increase|Watchful}}
*{{Gain|Unexpected Result|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Laboratory Research|(see below) x}}

The {{IL|Laboratory Research}} gain is [[Logistic Scaling|logistic]] with {{Use|A Scholar of the Correspondence|Appearance=ASotC|Type=Math}} as the input and scaled by {{Use|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}}:

<center><math>\frac {\mathrm{Eq}}{9}\times \left[5+{\frac {35}{1+e^{-{\frac {1}{2}}\cdot (\mathrm{ASotC} - 12)}}}\right]</math></center>

Click <span class="mw-customtoggle-table wds-button" style="padding: 2px">here</span> to see the exact research gains for {{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}} 4, 7 and 9, or use the [[University Laboratory (Guide)/Calculators#Correspondence|calculator]] for other values.<noinclude><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-table">
==={{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}} 4===
{{SCurveTable
|height = {{#expr: 35 * 4 / 9}}
|k = .5
|midpoint = 12
|y_offset = {{#expr: 5 * 4 / 9}}
|xmin = 1
|xmax = 21
|Round = yes
|Condition = A Scholar of the Correspondence
|Condition alias = ASotC
|Effect = {{IL|Laboratory Research|Appearance=Research}}
|max_columns = 11
}}
==={{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}} 7===
{{SCurveTable
|height = {{#expr: 35 * 7 / 9}}
|k = .5
|midpoint = 12
|y_offset = {{#expr: 5 * 7 / 9}}
|xmin = 1
|xmax = 21
|Round = yes
|Condition = A Scholar of the Correspondence
|Condition alias = ASotC
|Effect = {{IL|Laboratory Research|Appearance=Research}}
|max_columns = 11
}}
==={{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}} 9===
{{SCurveTable
|height = 35
|k = .5
|midpoint = 12
|y_offset = 5
|xmin = 1
|xmax = 21
|Round = yes
|Condition = A Scholar of the Correspondence
|Condition alias = ASotC
|Effect = {{IL|Laboratory Research|Appearance=Research}}
|max_columns = 11
}}</div></noinclude>

{{Rare Success
|Rare Success title = Well, then...
|Rare Success description = Fully-formed research – partial proofs, theorems, references, conjectures, ideas – arrives at your laboratory […] All of the material is at least interesting. Some is fascinating. And here – this handwritten note is downright alarming.
}}
*{{Success Increase|Watchful}}
*{{Gain|Unwise Idea|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Laboratory Research|(see formula above) x}}

{{Failure
|Failure title = Regrets
|Failure description = Your secretive collaborators respond with prolific, if unorganized, thoughts. Some of which you might wish you hadn't read.
}}
*{{Failure Increase|Watchful}}
*{{Gain|Nightmares|+2 CP}}
* {{Gain|Laboratory Research|(8 + {{IL|Equipment for Scientific Experimentation|Appearance=Equipment}}) x}} <!--
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