A game of survival, trade and exploration in the universe of Fallen London
The Irrepressible
Marsha Glade
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11/3/2016
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What's the story behind that Zubmarine? Isn't it supposed to be working for the Admirality? So why does it attack me when I'm spotted by it?
Also, does it only spawn every few other games because I've explored around the Gant Pole and the Chelonate for some time now and all I can find is the Lornest of Flukes.
I want my Blue Schintillak farm...
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Marsha Glade - A rather charming thief.
Has her own zubmarine.
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Diptych
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11/3/2016
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Not quite a retcon, per se - mentions of the Irrepressible as the private vessel of the Pianolist, of the Set, pre-date, and are more common than, the mention of the zub being an Admiralty secret weapon. Of course, both might be true - the Pianolist might be a London privateer, happy to fit in a little common-or-garden piracy on the side. Plus, well, Khanate, Iron Republic and Dawn Machine ships have all been happy enough to attack us even when we've been on good terms with their respective leaders, so why shouldn't London have its own rogue element?
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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A Dimness
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11/4/2016
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Marsha Glade wrote:
The Lornest Flukes are also appearing underneath the Saviour's Rocks as well...
They do, but that doesn't mean the Irrepressible spawns there, too.
This is how it works: Every tile has one or more spawns for enemies, depending on the tile, several kinds of enemies can spawn. Every enemy has a set %-chance of spawning for that tile.
So, the Eater-of-Names might, for example, have a set 25% spawn rate. That means that 25% of the time you might run into the Eater-of-Names while zailing around the Chelonate. However, there's also a 30% spawn rate for Lorn-Flukes and a 15% spawn rate for Albino Morays, and a remaining 30% chance that nothing whatsoever spawns. However, just because Lorn-Flukes also spawn in the Empire of Hands, does not mean that the Eater-of-Names will spawn in the Empire of Hands, too.
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A Dimness
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11/3/2016
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The lore surrounding it isn't exactly clear.
According to port Carnelian spy networks, the Irrepressible is, indeed, a secret London zubmarine patrolling for Khanate insurgents after you re-establish London's rule on the port.
I'm fairly certain that that's been retconned, though. The Irrepressible is now a rogue zubmarine piloted by the Set, a cult of artists. The captain is the... pianolist? If I'm not mistaken, at least. The Merciless Modiste at Mt. Palmerston explains in more detail.
edited by Infinity Simulacrum on 11/3/2016
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