How Dangerous are you? If you can use equipment to make your Dangerous 90 or less, you can improve your Docks connections at Wolfstack Docks by taking a break from duelling. You’ll need Wounds 2 and Running Battle 5. It gives five change points for your connection, along with 15 Cryptic Clues and three bottles of Morelways. With your connected at around 20 you’ll need to do this about 50 times. If you’re too Dangerous for that storylet, you’ll either have to rely on opportunity cards or compose Patriotic Adventures/Folk Songs at Court for around 45 change points per work.
In general, the best ways to raise connections are listed here. Not that I had anything to do with that.