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Dilmun Club Expedition
Jabberwok
Posts: 31
10/31/2015
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So I just finished speaking to His Amused Lordship and then making a bunch of preparatory notes. What on Earth do I do next? There are apparently three islands I'm supposed to go to, but I don't see any new storylets anywhere related to this. Hopefully, I don't need my own ship for this, because I doubt I can finish my zubmarine as things are now...
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Scienceandponies
Posts: 247
10/31/2015
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Yep. Ship required. I also went for making the zubmarine my first ship. Just finished it about a week ago. I did it because I was stubborn, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a high threshold for excruciatingly painful grinding.
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Travers
Posts: 98
10/31/2015
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Jabberwok wrote:
(no idea how to get a Copy of Your Tale of the Future)
You can write a tale of the future when you are still carving out a reputation at court. If you haven't been banished from court, when asked "What's your next work?", choose "Complete a novel", and then, when your Inspired... quality reaches 34, choose "A Tale of the Future!".
I chose the Zub as my first ship as well but I ended up cheating (i.e., Fate) so that is always an option.
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http://fallenlondon.storynexus.com/Profile/Professor~Travers~Durward
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Scienceandponies
Posts: 247
10/31/2015
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Jabberwok wrote:
I've done a fair amount of grinding on it already, which is sort of how I ended up here. I reached an impasse on designing my zubmarine, as I need Scholar of the Correspondence 3 (no idea how to get a Copy of Your Tale of the Future), but I've been kicked out of the university, which seemed like it might be the only way to raise that. And the only avenue I've seen for continuing my university career is this Dilmun Club expedition.
I wouldn't mind switching ships, as people advise, but I'm worried it's going to waste all of the grinding I've done already on the zubmarine, if I change my mind. Any advice?
Copy of Your Tale of the Future is from writing a novel (specifically a tale of the future) in the Empress' Court.
For that level of Scholar of the Correspondence, you still have quite a few options left. There's one of the Airs dependent options in seeking curios in the forgotten quarter, but if you're below level 3, I think you can still do the 'Beneath the Neath' storylet in the carnival. If you have access to the Empress' Court, you can also write symphonies.
The really annoying part about SoTC is that almost all the options for it have really low caps or are in areas that you can easily progress out of like the Empress' Court and the University. Having long been locked out of both, I've had NO way to increase it until I somewhat recently got a certain fate locked feline. It's one of the reasons I'm itching to do those scientific expeditions myself so I can eventually restore my University status.
Edit: Also, if you're at the "Designing Your Zubmarine stage" then I don't think you've actually done any grinding for it yet. What you've done so far has just been the general work to get ANY ship. You can absolutely back out and pick another ship with no loss at this point. It should put you right back at the ship selection page.
edited by Scienceandponies on 10/31/2015
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