| A New Recruit | |
|---|---|
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| Category | Story Event |
| Type | Story |
| Linked to | London |
| Data ID | 154278 |
A New Recruit is a Sunless Sea Story Event.
Trigger conditions[]
A New Recruit is triggered when you do the A new recruit action in 
Fallen London.
Story description[]
Someone wants to sign on.
Game note: On later visits, different officers will sometimes be available. If there's more than one choice, you can choose one per visit.
Interactions[]
| Actions | Requirements | Effects | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engage an Officer: the Brisk Campaigner
“Hoi, you! You need a real physician. None of your surgeons.”
|
 0 x Brisk Campaigner
 50 x Echo
 Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 1 and ≤ 2
Learning About: the Brisk Campaigner ≤ 99
0 x Indomitable Campaigner |
Welcome aboard!
“Hm. Don't you have anywhere cleaner? Well, if I must do it myself. Where can I find a mop?”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging her from the Officers tab to her slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Brisk Campaigner
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
|
| Engage an Officer: the Haunted Doctor
“Please. I must leave this place. I can work my passage. I'm a doctor.”
|
 0 x Haunted Doctor
50 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 2 and ≤ 3 |
Welcome aboard!
“Thank you. This is mine? It'll do very nicely. Excuse me; I will just turn up the oil lamp a touch. I dislike the dark...”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging him from the Officers tab to his slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Haunted Doctor
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
|
| Engage an Officer: the Genial Magician
“Good afternoon, Addressed As! Perhaps I can do your engines some good. No, ha ha, I'm quite the engineer. Difficult to credit, isn't it? But here are my references.”
|
 0 x Genial Magician
50 x Echo
 Learning About: the Magician ≤ 0
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 3 and ≤ 4
0 x The Prudent Magician
0 x The Satisfied Magician
0 x The Urbane Magician |
Welcome aboard!
“I'll get to work below. Perhaps I should change out of this jacket first, of course.”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging him from the Officers tab to his slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Genial Magician
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
|
| Engage an Officer: the Tireless Mechanic
“Afternoon. Ready to offer my services. I'm an engineer. Finest you'll ever hire. Treat engines like my own children. Not that I have children. Too busy. Usually busy.”
Game note: The Tireless Mechanic increases Veils and Fuel Efficiency. |
 0 x Tireless Mechanic
50 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 4 and ≤ 5 |
Welcome aboard!
“Spot of rust, spot of rust. Soon see to that. You there! Help me with this spot of rust.”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging him from the Officers tab to his slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Tireless Mechanic
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
|
| Engage an Officer: the Carnelian Exile
“Addressed As. I know the way. Let me show you.”
Game note: The Exile is a First Officer who increases Mirrors and Pages. |
 0 x Carnelian Exile
50 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 5 and ≤ 6
 Learning About: The Carnelian Exile = 0
|
Welcome aboard!
“Here I am. A ship, I suppose, is both always here, and never there, because there becomes here.”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging her from the Officers tab to her slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew. -50 x Echo
+1 x Carnelian Exile
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0
|
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| Engage an Officer: Maybe's Daughter
At the end of the rotting dock, a woman perches on a suitcase. Both she and the suitcase are noticeably cleaner than everything else in view. “Hello! Where are you headed? On second thoughts, I don't mind. Can I come aboard? Yes, I'm an engineer, but I'm an engineer in a hurry.”
Game note: Maybe's Daughter is an Engineer who increases Veils, Iron and Engine Power. |
 0 x Maybe's Daughter
30 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 6 and ≤ 7 |
Welcome aboard!
“If anyone comes looking for me, well, I'm not accepting callers. Can I trust you to pass that on? You don't want them distracting me from my duties.”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging her from the Officers tab to her slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-30 x Echo
+1 x Maybe's Daughter
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
|
| Engage an Officer: the Presbyterate Adventuress
“Afternoon, Addressed As. Looking for a gunnery officer? I'd like to help you blow up some monsters, if you'll have me.”
Game note: The Adventuress is a Gunnery Officer who increases Iron and Veils. |
 0 x Presbyterate Adventuress
50 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 7 and ≤ 8 |
Welcome aboard!
“Oh, hello, captain. Is this one of yours? I had to knock her about a bit. She didn't like taking orders from foreigners. Still, we're good friends now.” The Adventuress claps the black-eyed sailor on the back. Oddly enough, they do seem to be friends now.
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging her from the Officers tab to her slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Presbyterate Adventuress
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
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| Engage an Officer: the Irrepressible Cannoneer
“Addressed As! Are you looking for a gunner? I'm looking for a ship! Here are my references!! Here are more references!! Here's my design for a whistling shell!! Here's my colleague!! (He'll stay on shore.) Here's my hand!!! Will you take it?”
Game note: The Cannoneer is a Gunnery Officer who substantially increases Iron. |
 0 x Irrepressible Cannoneer
20 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 8 and ≤ 9 |
Welcome aboard!!
“Oh, this is interesting. Room for improvement! There's always room for improvement. Wait: let me make notes. Paper!!”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging them from the Officers tab to his slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-20 x Echo
+1 x Irrepressible Cannoneer
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
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| Engage an Officer: the Sigil-Ridden Navigator
“I... let me guide your ship. I know all the zee, how it was, how it will be. Please. I... the headaches only stop when I'm working.”
|
 0 x Sigil-Ridden Navigator
50 x Echo
Another Day: A New Recruit? ≥ 9 and ≤ 10 |
Welcome aboard!
“Thank you. Ah, my God, the air, the air. It's clearer already. Let me chart a course for you. (Ah, my head. My head.)”
Game note: Appoint your new Officer by dragging him from the Officers tab to his slot at the top of the screen. Do this in port, not at sea, or you may unsettle your crew.
-50 x Echo
+1 x Sigil-Ridden Navigator
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |
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| Engage a Zailor
What desperate desire has led this one to sign on? Who cares? They're very keen. Consequently, they're cheap. Game note: This will simply increase your Crew by one. |
A new face
They come, they go. May this one live a little longer than most. -5 x Echo
 -1 x Terror
 +1 x Crew
Another Day: A New Recruit? = 0 |