Officers

Recruit officers on your travels - some are familiar faces from Fallen London, some are new. Officers provide bonuses to your stats - Iron, Veils, Mirrors, Hearts and Pages, and they are the most accessible method of training those stats while the limits permit it. They're also a source of stories and interactions of variable interest and profit.

You can view your available officers and mascots anytime by viewing the Officers tab in your gazetteer. If you change officers while at sea, you will gain one unit of Terror.

Obtaining

The most common way to obtain Officers is to recruit him/her in Fallen London by doing the A new recruit! action. You can only recruit Officers if you have Another Day: A New Recruit?, a quality gained by arriving in Fallen London with Something Awaits You.

Mascots and other Officers can only be obtained via interactions. See the list below for more details in how to obtain them.

List of officers

Cooks

Portrait	Name	Effects	Skill Training Limit	Notes
	Bandaged Poissonnier	+6 x Hearts +3 x Pages	Hearts up to 100	This officer can be recruited (for 300 E) by doing The Vengeance of Jonah at Venderbight.
	Bandaged Chef-Paramount	+9 x Hearts +5 x Pages	Hearts up to 100	Promoted from Bandaged Poissonnier by completing his story.
	Nacreous Outcast	+4 x Hearts +2 x Pages +2 x Mirrors	Hearts up to 150	This officer can can be recruited by doing An Extra Move in the story The Pulse of the Principles.
	Nacreous Survivor	+8 x Hearts +4 x Pages +4 x Mirrors	Hearts up to 150	Promoted from Nacreous Outcast by choosing Lose the match at the conclusion of The Pulse of the Principles, or ransomed back from the Fathomking at great expense after winning.
	Shady Cook	+1 x Hearts	Hearts up to 50	Received with the Veteran of the Campaign of '68 background.
	Scrimshaw Chronicler	-1 x Hearts +3 x Iron +3 x Pages +3 x Mirrors	No Training	Obtained during the Memoirs: Glory's Bones quest and selecting the Tell him the truth option to complete the quest.

Chief Engineers

Portrait	Name	Effects	Skill Training Limit	Notes
	Gall-Eyed Engineer	+1 x Veils	Veils up to 50	Received with the An ordained priest background.
	Genial Magician	-1 x Hearts +6 x Veils +3 x Mirrors	Veils up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 3 or 4.
	Prudent Magician	+6 x Veils +4 x Mirrors	Veils up to 100	Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed semi-successfully.
	The Satisfied Magician	+6 x Veils +5 x Mirrors +1 x Hearts	Veils up to 100	Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed successfully.
	The Urbane Magician	-2 x Hearts +8 x Veils +6 x Mirrors +3 x Pages	Veils up to 100	Genial Magician becomes this after his story is completed unsuccessfully. Great stats but unable to build The Serpentine.
	Maybe's Daughter	+6 x Veils +3 x Iron +100 x Engine Power	Veils up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 6 or 7. Recruit this Officer in Mangrove College during a story.
	Maybe's Rival	+7 x Veils +6 x Iron +150 x Engine Power	Veils up to 100	Maybe's Daughter becomes this if she successfully returns from Pentstock's Wicket in A Visit to the Bazaar.
	Nobody's Daughter	+7 x Veils +3 x Iron +100 x Engine Power	Veils up to 100	Maybe's Daughter becomes this if she is discouraged from going through Pentstock's Wicket in A Visit to the Bazaar.
	Tireless Mechanic	+8 x Veils +5% x Fuel Efficiency	Veils up to 150	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 4 or 5. Recruit this officer in Frostfound for 20 echos with Engage an Officer: the Tireless Mechanic

First Officers

Portrait	Name	Effects	Skill Training Limit	Notes
	Carnelian Exile	+6 x Mirrors +3 x Pages	Mirrors up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 5 or 6, or at the Grand Geode.
	The Merciless Modiste	+8 x Iron +3 x Veils +1 x Hearts	Veils up to 124*	Recruit this Officer in Mount Palmerston for 5x Bale of Parabola-Linen. (Added in Sept 2015.) *The process is risky.
	Sigil-Ridden Navigator	+6 x Mirrors +3 x Veils	Mirrors up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 9 or 10, or at Shepherd Isles for 50 echo.
	Sigil-Eaten Navigator	+9 x Mirrors +5 x Veils	Mirrors up to 100	The Sigil-Ridden Navigator becomes this if his story is completed at Kingeater's Castle
	Sly Navigator	+1 x Mirrors	Mirrors up to 50	Received by starting the game with the Poet background.
	Your Father	+1 x Hearts +1 x Veils	No Training	Your Father can be rescued as one way to obtain his bones, and thus win the game.

Gunnery Officers

Portrait	Name	Effects	Skill Training Limit	Notes
	Irrepressible Cannoneer	+8 x Iron	Iron up to 100*	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 8 or 9, or in the Iron Republic. *20% chance to lightly damages the ship and give two points of Iron for one Secret.
	Longshanks Gunner	+1 x Iron	Iron up to 50	Received by starting the game with the A street urchin! background.
	Presbyterate Adventuress	+6 x Iron +3 x Veils	Iron up to 100*	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 7 or 8, or in port near Adam's Way. *22% chance to also gives you a wound and 50 fragments for one Secret.
	Wistful Deviless	+1 x Iron	No Training	From the Wistful Deviless storylet on Mount Palmerston.

Surgeons

Portrait	Name	Effects	Skill Training Limit	Notes
	Brisk Campaigner	+6 x Hearts +3 x Iron +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 1 or 2.
	Indomitable Campaigner	+9 x Hearts +5 x Iron +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Complete the Brisk Campaigner's storyline.
	Cladery Heir	+6 x Hearts +6 x Iron +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with A New Recruit? value of 1 or higher. Previously was only available to players who backed Sunless Sea at the Navigator Tier or higher.
	Haunted Doctor	+6 x Hearts +3 x Pages +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Recruit this Officer in London with a A New Recruit? value of 2 or 3, or at Saviour's Rocks for free.
	Determined Doctor	+9 x Hearts +3 x Pages +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Promote this Officer from the Haunted Doctor.
	Disillusioned Doctor	+6 x Hearts +6 x Pages +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Promote this Officer from the Determined Doctor.
	The Lady in Lilac	+6 x Hearts +6 x Pages +6 x Mirrors	Hearts up to 100	Random event when Terror is greater than 75. Disappears when Terror goes below 26.
	Plausible Surgeon	+1 x Hearts +1 x Pages +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Pages up to 50	Received by starting the game with the A natural philosopher background. NOTE: The Plausible Surgeon is the only officer that allows you to upgrade Pages. Keep that in mind before completing his storylet, and losing him permanently.
	The Scarred Sister	+5 x Hearts +1 x A Doctor Aboard	Hearts up to 100	Received by doing the Hunter's Keep storylet.

Mascots

Portrait	Name	Effects	Speakable	Notes
	Albino Tinkerer	+2 x Veils	No	This mascot can be recruited by taking the side of the Rats in Pigmote Isle.
	Comatose Ferret	+1 x Hearts	Yes	This is your starting mascot.
	Elegiac Cockatoo	+2 x Mirrors	No	This mascot can be recruited by exploring the swamps in Mangrove College.
	Eyeless Skull	-2 x Mirrors +4 x Veils	No	This mascot can be recruited by several ways, including exploring the Shattered Citadel in Godfall.
	Guinea Page	+2 x Pages	No	This mascot can be recruited by taking the side of the Cavies in Pigmote Isle.
	Keeper-Moth	-2 x Hearts +3 x Mirrors +3 x Veils +3 x Pages	No	Possible reward mascot from the The First Curator storyline in Venderbight.
	Monkey Foundling	+5 x Hearts	TBD	This mascot will volunteer herself if you forebear with her in the Empire of Hands.
	Parabolan Kitten	+2 x Hearts	TBD	This is a starting mascot unlocked through Fallen London, where it may be obtained from the Kickstarter-exclusive Parabolan Panther or received as a gift from a panther-owner.
	Parabolan Panther	+3 x Hearts +2 x Mirrors	No	This is a Kickstarter backer-only starting mascot that unlocks the corresponding panther companion in Fallen London. With the right card it could generate giftable Parabolan Kittens.
	Vigilant Idol	+4 x Mirrors	No	The Vigilant Idol can be recruited by completing the Principles' quest in Port Cecil and choosing to win the final chess game.
	Wretched Mog	+2 x Iron	No	This mascot can be recruited by spending 3 x Supplies at Mutton Island by choosing the "Pick up a Wretched Mog" interaction.
	Blemmigan Gallivanter	+3 x Mirrors +2 x Pages	Yes	Blemmigan Gallivanter can be adopted in London, for free.