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Turn Deadline: Fri, May 11 @ 11pm EDT
[GM Note: As always, please bring any discrepancies to my attention as the errors are almost certainly my own.]
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Cmdr Damerl Capstanturnbuckle
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 533 | 32 | 56 | 30 | 46 | 30 | 2 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Rockford_Julius are wed.
| + Seaside ceremony (-859£, FSH+5, PLUCK+1, Rank+50)
| + Gifts given (-700£)
| + Gifts received (63£)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Decapoda Downs | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Modest Apt. (rank+75) | -75 | 0 | -75 | 0 |
| Successful Patent | 358 | 358 | 0 | 0 |
| Import/Export Shares | 341 | 700 | -359 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 655£
| Income: 1124£/turn
Duchess Gummibunns
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Good (7) | 856 | 33 | 58 | 35 | 45 | 31 | 2 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Tom_Ratchetcrank are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-250£, FSH+3, MIL+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-150£)
| + Gifts received (106£)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Lumpy Estates | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -700 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 252 | 337 | -85 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm (blight) | 0 | 654 | -273 | 0 |
| Industry Verticals (bad) | 260 | 400 | -140 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 112£
| Income: 312£/turn
Aaaakzeee St-Patrick-Hartbrooke II
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 731 | 38 | 41 | 32 | 28 | 30 | 1 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Health (+2): Excellent medical attention from your physician
| Wedding results: You and Madeline Penumbra are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-535£, FSH+3, BUS+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-50£)
| + Gifts received (123£)
| + Additional fees (-100£, 38 of 40 FSH for venue)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Hartbrooke Hall | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Proper Apt. (rank+150) | -400 | 0 | -400 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 344 | 549 | -205 | 0 |
| Successful Patent | 172 | 172 | 0 | 0 |
| Municipal Bonds | 96 | 96 | 0 | 0 |
| Physician's Services | -100 | 0 | -100 | 0 |
| Seryl Mine | 57 | 186 | -129 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 117£
| Income: 669£/turn
Reginald Oblongnoknees Ursulak Nock-nock Dipswitch, VII
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Well Enough (6) | 682 | 42 | 58 | 49 | 40 | 37 | 2 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Health (+1): Your condition is improving
| Wedding results: You and Eighth are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-842£, FSH+3, PER+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-150£)
| + Gifts received (123£)
| Buy (-5£): Dr. Arbuckle's Whipweed Tonic Wine
| Buy (-10£): Ms. Merrimoose's Soothing Syrup
| Buy (-15£): Franklin Gooseberry's Remarkable Colloidal Seryl
| + Are these safe to take together? (having visions, Health-1)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
| Wager (-44£): Conundrum wins! Payout: 113£ (winner: FSH+2)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Pouncington Boxfort Castle | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Spartan Apt. (rank+50) | -75 | 0 | -75 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 125 | 175 | -50 | 0 |
| Successful Patent | 171 | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| Municipal Bonds | 129 | 129 | 0 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 252 | 500 | -248 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 338£
| Income: 1102£/turn
Lt. Erythro Brummell (ret)
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 896 | 42 | 71 | 34 | 43 | 32 | 1 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Charlotte Branchwit are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-548£, FSH+3, PER+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-200£)
| + Gifts received (119£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Cthonington Grove | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Proper Apt. (rank+150) | -400 | 0 | -200 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 378 | 565 | -187 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 138 | 193 | -55 | 0 |
| Municipal Bonds | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm (blight) | 0 | 260 | -40 | -220 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 206£
| Income: 736£/turn
Hieronymoose Farnsworth, III
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 792 | 33 | 56 | 53 | 43 | 43 | 1 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Lizzy Heliotrope are wed.
| + Weatherby Cathedral (-862£, MIL+15, Rank+100)
| + Gifts given (-190£)
| + Gifts received (254£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
| Wager (-25£): Pocket O' Lobsters (bettor: FSH+1)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Abacus Racks | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Proper Apt. (rank+150) | -400 | 0 | -400 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 147 | 240 | -93 | 0 |
| Industry Verticals | 228 | 350 | -122 | 0 |
| Valet (FSH+2/turn) | -50 | 0 | -50 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 343 | 500 | -157 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm (blight) | 0 | 466 | -122 | -344 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 298£
| Income: 768£/turn
Olivier Richard Pierre Jean-Robèrt Sylvain
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 436 | 37 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 51 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: none
| + Gossip & speculation (Rank-50)
| + Gifts given (-445£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| DeForest Hall | 515 | 565 | -50 | 0 |
| Spartan Apt. (rank+50) | -75 | 0 | -75 | 0 |
| Printing business (large) | 771 | 1260 | -489 | 0 |
| Municipal Bonds | 255 | 255 | 0 | 0 |
| Physician's Services | -100 | 0 | -100 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 984£
| Income: 1366£/turn
Cmdr William T. Piker
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 947 | 48 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 40 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| DACA results: Liversnaps_Grayson joins the programme
| + Weatherby Cathedral (-812£, PER+15, Rank+100)
| + Gifts received (295£)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Riker Stream Ranch | 515 | 565 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -75 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 526 | 920 | -394 | 0 |
| Successful Patent (.NETs) | 126 | 126 | 0 | 0 |
| Industry Vert. (smelters) | 260 | 400 | -140 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 362£
| Income: 727£/turn
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Lady Jane
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearth (10) | 879 | 33 | 36 | 47 | 40 | 43 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Health (+1): Your condition is improving
| Wedding results: You and Ssskidwish are wed.
| + Weatherby Cathedral (-523£, EDU+15, Rank+100)
| + Gifts given (-150£)
| + Gifts received (257£)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Thunder Down | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -700 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm (blight) | 0 | 616 | -231 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 483 | 794 | -311 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 203 | 338 | -135 | 0 |
| Seryl Mine | 50 | 146 | -96 | 0 |
| Problematic Synergies | -100 | 0 | -100 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 0£
| Income: 436£/turn
Dr. Heinz Franksenketchup
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Good (7) | 711 | 32 | 44 | 38 | 45 | 47 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Health (-1): You fear a relapse
| Wedding results: You and Oblate Spheroid are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-720£, FSH+3, PER+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-150£)
| + Gifts received (150£)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Castle Ponsfleischmann | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Proper Apt. (rank+150) | -400 | 0 | -400 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 95 | 115 | -20 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 113 | 133 | -20 | 0 |
| Seryl Mine | 91 | 295 | -204 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm | 100 | 133 | -33 | 0 |
| Industry Verticals (bad) | 260 | 400 | -140 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 291 | 579 | -288 | 0 |
| Physician's Services | -150 | 0 | -150 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 140£
| Income: 900£/turn
Elizabeth Mary Farnsworth VI
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 792 | 35 | 47 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 1 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Qaaxtzl are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-364£, FSH+3, BUS+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-330£)
| + Gifts received (134£)
| Mysterious Adversary: A libel lawsuit has been tendered against you!
| + Good chance lose the case, resulting in a 500£ settlement
| + Spending PLUCK reduces the chance to Average
| + Having a Barrister on retainer reduces the chance to Average
| + Doing both reduced the chance to Fair
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Farnsworth Downs | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -700 | 0 |
| Printing business (large) | 805 | 1290 | -485 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm | 0 | 365 | -146 | 0 |
| Problematic Synergies | -150 | 0 | -75 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: -70£
| Income: 455£/turn
Carcinogennifer Honeyvenom
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Hale & Hearty (10) | 866 | 26 | 44 | 28 | 31 | 32 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Melisande Copse are wed.
| + Brummel Park (-432£, FSH+3, EDU+9, Rank+75)
| + Gifts given (-80£)
| + Gifts received (134£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Dewclaw Manor | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -700 | 0 |
| Successssful Patent | 223 | 223 | 0 | 0 |
| Indussstry Verticals | 240 | 433 | -193 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 327 | 552 | -225 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 222£
| Income: 590£/turn
Julius Rothschild Karekin
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Very Good (8) | 1035 | 49 | 51 | 38 | 41 | 35 | 1 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Johann Wentworth are wed.
| + Weatherby Cathedral (-494£, MIL+15, Rank+100)
| + Gifts given (-350£)
| + Gifts received (392£)
| Mysterious Adversary: A suit contesting ownership of your patent
| + Good chance lose the case, resulting loss of patent and damages (500£)
| + Spending PLUCK reduces the chance to Average
| + Having a Barrister on retainer reduces the chance to Average
| + Doing both reduces the chance to Fair
| Wager (-81£): Conundrum wins! Payout: 365£ (winner: FSH+5)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Waddesdon Manor | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Luxurious Apt. (rank+500) | -1200 | 0 | -1200 | 0 |
| Seryl Mine | 116 | 221 | -105 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 150 | 170 | -20 | 0 |
| Successful Patent | 419 | 419 | 0 | 0 |
| Industry Verticals | 124 | 248 | -124 | 0 |
| Whipweed Farm (blight) | 0 | 678 | -168 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 163 | 206 | - 43 | 0 |
| Barrister | -250 | 0 | -250 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 290 | 430 | -140 | 0 |
| Lagoderm Ranch | 150 | 210 | -60 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 261£
| Income: 462£/turn
Jean-Rhys Witherspoon Wilhelmina Winnifred Rodchaser née Westingham
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Well Enough (6) | 996 | 35 | 59 | 40 | 43 | 52 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Wedding results: You and Mary Flowers are wed.
| + Weatherby Cathedral (-1152£, MIL+15, Rank+100)
| + Gifts given (-275£)
| + Gifts received (342£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
| Wager (-76£): Plasma Heart (high roller: FSH+3)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Coulibri Island | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Fashionable Apt. (rank+300)| -700 | 0 | -700 | 0 |
| W.U. Distinguished Prof. | 472 | 533 | -61 | 0 |
| Import/Export shares | 446 | 767 | -321 | 0 |
| Sandfishery Rights | 242 | 404 | -162 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: -202£
| Income: 960£/turn
Eudaemonia Betalinda Ponsonby-Britt
+-Health-------------+-RANK-+-PER-+-FSH-+-BUS-+-MIL-+-EDU-+PLUCK+
| Very Good (8) | 656 | 42 | 49 | 40 | 34 | 43 | 0 |
+--------------------+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| Health (+1): Your condition is improving
| Wedding results: You and Jasper Milkthistle are wed.
| + Ceremony at Bedlams Bower (-592£, PER+2, FSH+2, BUS+2, MIL+2, EDU+2, Rank+25)
| + Gifts given (-325£)
| + Gifts received (72£)
| Your mysterious adversary bides their time
| Wager (-25£): Plasma Heart (bettor: FSH+1)
+--- Holdings ---------------+---Net---+-Income-+-Upkeep-+Change+
| Bedlams Bower | 500 | 550 | -50 | 0 |
| Proper Apt. (rank+150) | -400 | 0 | -400 | -200 |
| Printing business (small) | 138 | 180 | -42 | 0 |
| Successful Patent | 225 | 225 | 0 | 0 |
| Industry Verticals | 200 | 400 | -200 | 0 |
| Weatherby War Bonds (I) | 324 | 600 | -276 | 0 |
+----------------------------+---------+--------+--------+------+
| Purse: 127£
| Income: 987£/turn
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"It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
– Jane Clawsten, Scents and Sentimentality
Turn Deadline: Fri May 11@ 11pm EDT
With matrimonial selections made, the thoughts of the members of The Leviathan Club turn to greater things. Shall one raise a family? What legacy shall I endeavor to leave once I am gone? Many wrestle night and day with these weighty concepts, looking for the proper answer.
Turn-specific events
Meanwhile, one might expect the following:
Turn 10 plague progress: Great chance for any existing condition to improve, Lousy chance for it to worsen instead.
Turn 10 blight progress: Fair chance for any existing whipweed holding to recover.
Turn 10 special risk: Good chance of interference from the mysterious adversary, should you have one.
Raising a family
Optional: Those that have pair bonded with their chosen Citizen Pretender have the option of creating a family. Thanks to various technological breakthroughs, an heir may be vat grown using genetic material from both individuals to create a healthy offspring in a mere three months. The phenotype may be of either contributing parent. To do so, merely define the name and expression of the child thusly:
Child Annabelle Bennet, Space Lobster
The child has an equal chance of being designated as a True Citizen or a Citizen Pretender at birth.
Final Challenges
The original vision of ‘Victory Conditions’ has mutated into ‘Final Challenges’. Final challenges represent the effort to create a legacy that will live on after one has shuffled off this mortal coil. Each remaining season represents three attempts to make further progress on a chosen legacy. Each ‘success’ means greater achievement toward the chosen legacy and each ‘failure’ represents an important lesson learned.
All unspent funds will be used in pursuit of this legacy. Funds less than 50% of Income result in a more difficult challenge. Higher scores in the chosen stat will help to some extent, but well-balanced characters will also have advantages regardless of choice of legacy. Ultimately, the decision is in the hands of the individual.
Legacy 1: Remembered for your Personality & Wit : Quick with words, steadfast in reasoning, compelling in argument. Those pursing a PER-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested PER legacies include:
- Pursue a political career
- Write a literary masterpiece
- Answer a religious calling
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of PER, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Legacy 2: Remembered for your Fashion & Taste: Impeccable poise, remarkable charm, and incomparable tastes. Those pursuing a FSH-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested FSH legacies include
- Found your own salon (potentially eclipsing even Ms. Farnsworth in status)
- Become a patron of the arts
- Embody the very style of the era
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of FSH, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Legacy 3: Remembered for your Business Acumen: A head for numbers, an intuitive understanding for organization, and an appetite for risk. Those pursuing a BUS-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested BUS legacies include:
- Create a successful iconic product
- Negotiate a key trade agreement
- Become a titan of business, founding a redoubtable conglomerate
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of BUS, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Legacy 4: Remembered for your Martial Prowess: A stalwart heart, a fearless disposition, choosing to serve a higher calling to planet and nation. Those pursuing a MIL-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested MIL legacies include:
- Develop and test a new military doctrine
- Invent a new weapon system, or improve an existing weapon system
- Serve with distinction in the Weatherbean forces
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of MIL, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Legacy 5: Remembered for your Education & Learning: An inquisitive mind, a thirst for knowledge, a desire to pull back the veil of mystery. Those pursuing an EDU-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested EDU legacies include:
- Make an astounding academic discovery
- Contribute a lasting scientific insight
- Perform a remarkable feat of engineering
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of EDU, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Legacy 6: Remembered for your Rank: Listed prominently in the records, established as a jewel among sentients, respected by all. Those pursuing a Rank-based legacy may find meaning in this option. Suggested Rank legacies include:
- Earn a proper Weatherbean title (Baronet, Viscount, etc.)
- Seek a position in the royal court of Britannia Prime
- Join the ranks of the most notable and prominent families of Weatherby
- Other (keeping in mind the nature of Rank, please describe this alternate legacy choice)
Example block for turn 9 orders:
Child Annabelle Bennet, Space Lobster
Legacy 5 "Contribue a lasting scientific insight"
As always, additional options may be selected as well
Military Service
Expand for details regarding purchasing military commissions
With the potential threat of a resurgent New Prussia, the Queen herself has authorized the purchase of an official commission in the local forces. Purchasing a commission is a one-time payment that allows one to immediately assume the appropriate rank. Each subsequent rank is incremental instead of cumulative, that is to say: moving from the rank of Ensign to the rank of Lieutenant in the Space Hussars will cost an additional 250£ and yield an additional bonus of MIL+3 an Rank+15. This option will remain available for at least the next 12 months (i.e. at least through Turn 9). For example:
Commission Ensign Space Dragoons
| Commission | Space Hussars | MIL bonus | RANK bonus | Space Dragoons | MIL bonus | RANK bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ensign | 450£ | 4 | 20 | 840£ | 8 | 80 |
| Lieutenant | 700£ | 7 | 35 | 1190£ | 12 | 120 |
| Captain | 1800£ | 18 | 90 | 3225£ | 32 | 320 |
| Major | 3200£ | 32 | 160 | 4575£ | 44 | 440 |
| Lt. Colonel | 4500£ | 45 | 225 | 6175£ | 60 | 600 |
Place Wagers
Optional: One may choose to wager on this season’s Lagoderm race. Merely select a promising creature from the Sports & Leisure section and also indicate the size of the wager. Example:
Wager Hamdinger 100
HIRE
Optional: Specific professionals may become available for hire from turn to turn. As long as they continue to be paid a salary, they will serve you to the best of their abilities. Only a certain number of professionals will be available per turn. Availability is not guaranteed from turn to turn. In the event that more individuals want to hire a specific profession than is available, those of highest RANK will be served first. Example
Hire Barrister
The following individuals are available this turn:
Profession #Available Upkeep Effects
---------- ---------- ------------- --------------------------------
Barrister (3) 300£ per turn Defends against legal challenges, create legal opportunities
Scholar (1) 100£ per turn EDU+2 each turn of employment
Nanny (8) 75£ per turn Improved outcomes in child rearing
Rent:
Expand for details regarding renting of apartments
Optional: One may procure personal quarters within the city at the current market rate. Any change of quarters comes with an additional 25£ fee for moving services. Each improvement represents a move to a better neighborhood with a more impressive address. Example:
Rent Spartan apartment
The following neighborhoods are available for rent.
Nature of Quarters Upkeep Effect Neighborhood
-------------------- -------------- ---------- --------------
Spartan apartment 75£ per turn +50 rank Ten Path
Modest apartment 200£ per turn +75 rank Paddingdown
Proper apartment 400£ per turn +150 rank St. Marrowbone
Fashionable apartment 700£ per turn +300 rank Dragoon Mews
Luxurious apartment 1200£ per turn +500 rank Whipweed Place
Although the plague continues to abate, several useful medicines are still available for purchase by popular demand:
5£ Dr. Arbuckle's Whipweed Tonic Wine
10£ Ms. Merrimoose's Soothing Syrup
15£ Franklin Gooseberry's Remarkable Colloidal Seryl
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The Governor’s Mansion, 8:22 Monday morning, local time. The usually-bustling halls are quiet this day, as Her Grace the Queen has declared today a day of rest, recovery, and mad marital rutting, following the week-end’s Festival of Marriage, Fecundity, and Solemn Bacchanalia. Those who aren’t sleeping off the night’s overindulgence in the marital bed are sleeping it off in their cramped bachelor flats, their alleyway bedrolls, or, in one ostentatious case, half in the fountain at the center of the new park.
The yeoman guard at the south entrance stifles a yawn. The rapid pattering of reptilian footsteps approaching make his head begin to pound. He gropes in a pocket for an analgesic; finding none he resolves to be surly to the damned skink in the frock coat with the shiny emblem and the–
Oh. It’s Ambassador Honeyvenom.
“One side, stout yeoman, I must speak with his Excellency.”
“I’m afraid the Governor is not yet risen from his nest, it bein’ a holiday and all.”
“It’s a matter of great import, Guard. I must insist you rouse him.”
“Rouse him? At this hour? On the Monday followin’ the weekend when Moosemas, Droid’s Day, SpacePet Sunday, and Arthropodalia all happen to fall on the same day?”
“Not to mention Saint Patrick’s Vengeance.”
“Saint Patrick’s Vengeance?”
“Yes, the day when all the snakes invaded Ireland and devoured the righteous. Holiest of holy days for Reptiloids.”
“Belated blessings upon you, then, Ambassador.”
“Serpentes comedent filii tui. Now let me pass.”
“No can do, your Politefulness. 'E’s not up yet.”
“Not up yet?”
“No ma’am. The Guv’nor’s passed out flat on 'is back with one of 'is 'eads in a bucket.”
“Only one?”
“Other one’s bein’ emptied at the moment.”
“Indeed. Well, I suppose there’s nothing for it, then. When he rouses, please inform his Excellency that the New Prussian fleet will be at our doorstep within the fortnight. And that they will not come bearing belated Moosemas gifts. Not ones that any moose here would enjoy, at least. Good day!”
“Now, 'old on 'ere, Madam Ambassador, you can’t be serious. The talk 'round the Defense Wing was that some kind of accord was to be reached, that your own preliminary reports indicated that the New Prussians were inclined to cooperate rather than conquer–”
“Yeoman, I do not for a moment believe that you possess the necessary security clearance to be having this conversation, nor indeed to have overheard whatever it was you overheard. In fact, I think you may be duty-bound to arrest yourself for treason, cut out your own tongue for leaking state secrets, and drive pencils into your own eyes and ears for spying.”
“Aw, do I gotta? I already have a pounding 'eadache from the 'angover.”
“You’ll have to ask the watch officer, I’m sure such matters fall outside the bailiwick of the State department.”
“I guess you’re right. I’ll go find the Sarge. Do you mind rousing His Excellency yourself? You can borrow my boots and gloves there. 'E has a tendency to snap when he’s nauseated.”
“I’m sure I know the feeling, son. Run along now.”
“Thanks, Ambassador. Yer a real diplomat.”
“I confess to a modicum of surprise, Ambassador. This revised report seems to run contrary to the spirit of your preliminary missives.”
“I’ll be blunt, your Excellency: I committed a grave mistake. My thought was to mislead the New Prussians into thinking that our military might was the equal of their own, but that our intentions were peaceful and collaborative enough to convince them that their proposed invasion of Weatherby would simply not be as cost-effective as a mutually-beneficial detente would be.”
“But is that not the truth? Wars are horribly expensive, in every conceivable way. What could they hope to profit from us by invading?”
“Not much at all, were it an even match. But we are no match for the military might of New Prussia. They’ve been on a martial footing for a moose-generation, whereas Weatherby has concentrated its resources and energies on agriculture, the study of sandfish, and, forgive me your Excellency, antiquated and ultimately irrelevant social functions and fashions and protocols that grind our scientific and military growth to a standstill.”
“Now, Ambassador, you forget your place! Our military is the envy of all Charybdis!”
“We have the shiniest epaulets, it’s true, and no soldier wields an epee more elegantly than a Weatherbean, but let me ask you, your Excellency: when was the last time a space war was won with shiny cutlery?”
“But you told us–”
“Never mind that! I… I was wrong. I didn’t realize the extent of their spy network, the efficiency of their reconnaissance. I feel quite confident, sir, that they know exactly what we have, and how far from readiness we now stand. We must shift our focus toward our military industrial complex.”
“What good will that do if they’ll be here in a fortnight?”
“They won’t. I just said that to get past the guard. They… probably won’t. My most pessimistic estimate still gives us a season or two before active hostilities break out.”
“Ambassador Honeyvenom, we have placed an awful lot of trust in you. If this was a grave mistake, then it’ll be your grave.”
“Understood, your Excellency.”
“Why should we believe you? Why should we put our trust in a diplomat who has seemingly turned one hundred eighty degrees away from her initial report within hours of returning to Weatherby? How can you account for that?”
“I… I… wasn’t exactly myself, I suppose. I wanted to be optimistic. But I have seen… new evidence since returning to Weatherby. And perhaps I have seen older evidence through… new eyes.”
“And what evidence is this?”
“Well, your Excellency… we could start by examining certain elements of the press…”
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1:33 AM Tuesday. Ssskidwish crawls into bed, exhausted. His new bride lies inert next to him, charging cord faintly glowing. He regards her with fondness and dash of hunger, but forbears from rousing her. It’s been a long couple of days.
Plus, he’s expected for breakfast elsewhere.
“Damn. Almost forgot.”
He gingerly climbs out of bed and tiptoes into the washroom. He washes his face thoroughly, then stares into his reflection in the mirror for nearly a full minute.
“I haven’t forgotten, Walleye. You will be avenged.”
Then he tiptoes back to bed and climbs under the covers.
He can’t get back to sleep, though he desperately needs it.
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Hieron opened the apartment door, he was still getting accustomed to the subtle differences Liz had brought to the place.
A different picture on the wall, some sort of potpourri in a dish, far too many pillows on the Chesterfield. But all seemed right.
“Hieron.”, shimmered Liz. “I hope the day has treated you well. I spent the whole morning socializing with Charlotte Brummel, Melisande Honeyvenon and Qaaxtzl. Your cousin sent her regards.
“The mail is on your desk, there was so much I thought it helpful if I presorted out all the advertisements from your personal correspondence.”
Hieron twitched slightly at someone sorting through the mail, but it was all part of combining one’s life with another. But then he saw the stack of flyers and was thankful she had done so.
The Whipweed and Tonic holding the flyers down didn’t hurt either.
“What is all this?", after a sip of the drink.
“All of the genetic companies watch for the marriage announcements and plan their mailing lists around that. When I worked at the call center I would take lunch with some people who worked at Sterling Lobster Advertising Agency. They always knew when best to bombard people with junk mail.”
“Hmph. Who’d have guessed there were so many gene labs. Heir for a Parent. Garden Genome. Children of the Gorn ?”
“Oh yes, the specialize in lizard and lizard hybrids. I asked Qaaxtzl to mention them to your Cousin.”
“Babies Я Us?”
“That coupon isn’t any good, they just declared bankruptcy and only have stock on hand.”
“Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow?”
“Very liberal return policy I’m lead to believe.”
“Heir Supply?”
“I’ve heard very good things about them. But they are a fair distance away. You must go thru the Chicago district and past Kansas to get to them."
“Really out in the Styx, it sounds. Any further and they’d be Foreigner”
“It is a Journey, but there is a Rapid Electric Omnibus that makes a round trip three times a week.”
“Of course, the R.E.O Speedwagon.”
“So, dearest Hieron, if we’ve decided on where, have you thought on what species or traits we would want?”
“I’m partial to a Hyper-intelligent Shade of Bloose”
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@Qaaxtzl what a wonderful wedding ceremony we had in the park. It was such a good idea of yours to take our honeymoon at the space port. So many interesting ships always coming and going. You certainly keep up your slim figure with the three meditative solo walks you take each day.
Can you believe that I am being sued for slander? All of weatherby should be uniting behind me to protect freedom of the press on Weatherby. We don’t want to become one of those ridiculous over litigious societies.
But I still don’t understand why you can’t move into my apartment yet. There is plenty of space. it is quite luxurious and in a much better neighborhood then your old place.
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Indeed a travesty, Madame Farnsworth. It is the Flibbertygibbert to which I turn for the goings-on in Weatherby, it is a fine periodical.
And may I congratulate you upon your nuptials, @Qaaxtzl seems like a fine… like a fine… like a… ah, yes, congratulations, I wish you all the joy your union can bring you.
and out of kindness I should wish you more than that union can bring
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My dear lady - ressst assssured that I am mosssst eager for ussss to enjoy wedded blissss (and indeed, your apartment isss a sssssubsssstantial improvement over that of my former guardian, who between you and me, sssspent rather too much of hisss time and money on hissss wardrobe).
I do have rather a lot of packing to do, though. Lotssss of… sssscientific equipment which requiressss perssssonal attention. Lt Brummell issss of courssse mosssst distracted with hisss new bride and I have no wishhhh to play goossssseberry any longer than I need. I am counting the dayssss.
With regard to this outrageoussss, sssscurilousss attack on you and the freedom of the presss (a caussse mosssst dear to my heart), you of coursssse have my full ssssuport. We sssshall stand together and prevail againssst this mysssterious adverssssary, who ever they may be. I have my ssssussspisssionsss; pray, let me know how I may help.
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A figure follows @Tom_Ratchetcrank as he leaves Leviathan’s, tailing him through the streets. To the casual observer, he seems to be some sort of labourer, but someone a little more skilled might notice a certain lightness of step as he works his way through the crowd, manoeuvring in his heavy work boots almost as if he were wearing sneakers. A hood shields his face from view, but his scarred, battered hands mark him as human. Instinctively, it seems, most citizens – of both the true and pretender varieties – try not to look too closely. This is not the kind of man known for having friends, but rather the kind with surprisingly few enemies. Indeed, one of Weatherby’s more notorious thugs (other than, of course, Tom himself) crosses the street and enters a shop to avoid crossing paths.
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Indeed, they offer a marveloussss ssservice, sssso I hear from my nesssst-sssssisssters.
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[ Rounder, having just finished his afternoon meditation, sits at his writing desk, pondering the state of the universe while gazing into his crystal ball ]
It’s all so clear to me now. I no longer need those patent medicines. My mind has expanded and encompasses more than just Weatherby. The world is within me and I am the world. Everything is nothing is everything is eternal is all is… ahem I should probably write this down at some point.
In the meantime, I must spread the word! There’s too much magic to keep this all to myself…
Eighth, dear, I’m going out for a bit, be back later!
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zorp
Time keeps on ticking toward future moments. Be sure that those future moments represent your will and desires! Specifically, I note:
@nimelennar
@fintastic
@penguinchris
@old
@hadley
@donald_petersen
@mrmonkey
@nightflyer
are yet mulling their choices in the matter. Starting a zip! family unit is always a bold decision and I have every assurance that your ruminations will benefit your household. But note! Twenty four hours remain to record your intentions in the Public Ledger.
proz!
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The first step of in-processing for the Distinguished Appointment to Commission in the Academy (DACA) is to preserve the lineage of the cadet. As Space Naval Life can be quite detrimental to one’s corporeal form, the United Federation of Oceans and Seas (UFOS) capture each new cadet’s pristine genetic information at the time of Officer Commission to serve as a “save-point” in the event that any aberrant happenstance occurs during the course of training.
As witnessed by Bartlebot the Scriventer (@Bartlebot), new Cadet Richard Oomingmak Ticklebot Liversnaps-Grayson (@liversnaps-grayson) has chosen of his own free will to replicate as a [Space Canoid].
According to our records, the local genetic processing firm to which Dick’s fur sample has been submitted is Hair Today, Heir Tomorrow a subsidiary of M.W.A-H.A-H.A. Incorporated.
Please join me in congratulating Cadet Liversnaps-Grayson on his appointment.
Sincerely,
Cmdr. William T. Piker
United Federations of Oceans and Seas
orders
Child Richard Oomingmak Ticklebot Liversnaps-Grayson Mark II, Space Canoid. A.k.a. Robin2
Legacy 4 - Establish Military Service as a viable alternative to securing Ranks and Privileges historically reserved for True Citizens
hire nanny - The UFOS provide for the best in spawncare, natch!
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A mysterious cloaked figure drops a bundle of newsmagazines in the alley outside The Leviathan Club. A binding string is cut, and a few copies are permitted to blow down the street in the midnight breeze.
By the time the morning stimulants have been consumed, nearly every civilized eye in Weatherby has had occasion to glimpse the opinion page of one of the more popular broadsheets from the heart of Charybdis, the Clarion-Picayune.
Text of the editorial follows:
Opinion—
New Prussia v. Weatherby: Tempest in a Backwater Teapot, or Desperate Cause to Ignite Charybdian Conflagration?
Weatherby. It is a modestly notable capital city, with a serviceable spaceport, some no-doubt-locally-important industry, a few quaintly hierarchical social customs, a two-headed Governor, and a lot of sandfish.
Weatherby is also a kingdom, or, to be more specifically accurate, recently become a queendom. It is also a planet, home to both aforesaid queendom and capital city. It might not surprise the Reader to learn that Weatherby is apparently also the name of the star ‘round which that name-impoverished planet revolves, and in fact, due to the absence of any other celestial bodies of any particular note in that out-of-the-way sector of Charybdis, most star charts, when forced to acknowledge its existence at all, denote that area of the map as the Weatherby sector.
So why haven’t you, O Reader, ever heard of any of these iterations of that name?
Because until now, there has been no reason for you to have. Now, however, trouble brews in, on, and around Weatherby. The system has attracted the rapacious attention of the New Prussian Navy, and oh my goodness, is it going to get ugly. You have certainly heard of New Prussia, O Reader. Having adopted the old ICUP’s shiny uniforms, crisp salutes, throat-shaped bootheels, and short patience for unorthodox paperwork, and coupled them with a clipped accent and a penchant for scorched earths, the New Prussians are never a threat to take lightly.
And now the New Prussian spear is poised at the Weatherbean breast.
“Swell,” sayeth our Reader? “Better them than us,” quoth he, as he prepares to turn the page to the crossword? “No skin off my antlers”? “Weather-what?”
It’s an easy one, sport. New Prussia vs. Weatherby would be a one-sided barrelfish-shoot, if left to advance unmolested. Weatherby barely possesses a Navy. Its soldiers once heard tell of gunpowder. They march in very precisely-measured circles.
And yet they control all of the sandfish market for the whole of Charybdis.
If Weatherby falls to New Prussia, then New Prussia emerges fatter and better-supported than ever before. Weatherby itself will lie in ruins, and who really gives a cloacal load about that, but can we really permit New Prussia to triumph so completely here, within striking distance of the very Heart of Charybdis? Unchallenged, do you realize just how insufferable those Prussians would become? They’ll turn their polished gunsights wherever they like… maybe even here, where we no longer enjoy the protection of Don Mondo’s organization.
As much as it pains me to admit it, we must fly to the aid of Weatherby. Already certain assets are in place both inside and outside the Weatherbean Governor’s Palace, to steer public policy in a way which is most likely to defuse the New Prussian threat, and simultaneously prepare Weatherby for its new, more profitable management.
I can say no more here. But you must trust me.
Commodore J. Grumby Ssskipper (Ret.)
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Eudaemonia stands in the doorway of the recently-prepared nursery at Bedlam’s Bower. The room is tastefully decorated in shades of rose and white, the bedding carefully wrought in ruffles and lace. In every way, it was an abode worthy of an infant True Citizen.
The thought should have pleased Eudaemonia. But it didn’t. She shuts the door and retreats to her study. If only she could leave her worries behind so easily, she thinks, as she sits behind her desk.
After all, there was no guarantee that her daughter-to-be would be declared a True Citizen. It was entirely possible that the child-- her child-- would be denied her rights to inherit the rank, lands, riches and name she would be born to claim. And then what kind of life would she have?
Eudaemonia’s hands traced the folds of the papers stacked to one side of the desktop. Say what you will about Sylvain’s (@MalevolentPixy) churlish attitudes toward high society, the man had a way with words. He and his Post-Ledger writers painted an eloquent picture of the difficult lives Citizen-Pretenders faced on a daily basis. Without having secure access to education and jobs, they struggled for survival. And even if they managed to scrape their way out of poverty-- a most challenging task-- they still faced the threat of violence from others desperate to claim something, anything, for themselves, by any means necessary.
It seemed to Eudaemonia that rank was no safety against that desperation and struggle. Just look at the wards her fellow True Citizens had fostered. In their service to their masters, they were promised an introduction to a brighter future… and yet, their ambitions still led them into crime and mayhem. And poor Walleye Crusher paid for it with his life. She shuddered. It wasn’t the kind of existence she wanted for her daughter.
Of course, there was a real possibility her child would be a True Citizen after all, and her worries would be for nothing. But that thought brought her no peace. Should her daughter inherit, her life would be easier, but by no means more secure. Such rampant inequality would only breed more and more resentment towards True Citizens and their ostentatious displays of wealth and privilege. And that resentment would eventually and inevitably breed violence and upheaval.
Eudaemonia feels herself blush with shame. She had always prided herself on doing her duty towards her fellow members of society. She had truly believed that token donations here and there were enough to make a difference. But when all was said and done, what truly opened her eyes to the world around her? A selfish interest in her own flesh and blood.
But perhaps, she muses, that was part of what being a parent was all about. When bringing an innocent life into existence, one cannot help but take a fresh look at the world it will inhabit. And with that look comes an urgent desire to reshape it for the child’s benefit-- to break it apart and remake the whole dratted thing, if necessary, to safeguard its future.
And a more equal, more just society would not just benefit her daughter-to-be. If Citizen-Pretenders could gain better access to education, jobs, the means to support themselves with some measure of dignity and pride, society as a whole would be healthier and more stable for all. Oh, some of her fellow True Citizens would no doubt squawk about losing their precious perceived superiority. Perhaps the promise of more affluent CPs spending their new earnings at their businesses might soothe their ruffled feathers?
Eudaemonia startles, shocked at the drift of her thoughts. How arrogant is she, to think she can shift the very foundations Weatherbean society exists upon? Heaven knows, she’s had no great success in business, no great prominence in fashion. She has neither excelled in military might, nor blazed new trails in education. Her rank in society is laughably low. And even should she exert every ounce of oratory skill she can employ, even should she persist with all the persuasion and wit she possesses… she is but one Citizen. How dare she think she can change the world?
But… how dare she not?
If there’s any chance she can make a difference, for her daughter, for her fellow sentients, she must try. Duty demands it.
She draws a sheet of paper across the desk, readies her pen and inkwell… and prepares to wage a war of words.
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Whoa - what was that? Feels like I got a hard reset…
Dear diary.txt -
I feel I must write you as I don’t know how much longer my memory or personality will stay with me. Come to think of it, I haven’t actually lost any memories, and save for the occasional odd outburst my fictional personality seems intact. In any case, there isn’t much else to do around here.
I found the statue I sent as a gift to Ambassador Carcinogennifer in Sssskidwish’s storage heap (I felt it unfortunate to ask a servant to tidy it up, though I ended up doing that anyway). I have found it odd how much time she spends away from home considering she doesn’t work or have any real concerns to concern herself with. The Ambassador does have other attendants, but I suppose she needs Ssskidwish. She clearly has the Ambassador’s ear since she knows about everything in such intimate detail.
I wonder if she’s supposed to share such detail with me. One must remember she is a space lizard, I suppose, and some odd behavior is to be expected. My feelings haven’t changed, though I find it hard to define precisely what my feelings are.
I am starting my masterpiece art project. Now if only I could decide what art form it should take.
I wonder if it’s proper to start every paragraph with “I”. I suppose nobody will know. I wonder if I’ll be disappointed in myself if I read this later after forgetting about writing it.
Yours,
Jane
p.s. I sure do eat a lot of breakfast, don’t I
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[GM Note: Due to the site outage today that overlapped almost entirely with the chunk of time I’d set aside for processing, I’ll be unable to post results tonight as usual. I hope to have them for you ASAP, but that night won’t be tonight.]
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