Grand Geode

Grand Geode
Grand Geode (Map)
Grand Geode (Gazetteer)
Located in	Dawn's Edge
Ports	Zelo's Town
Shops	No
Shipyard	No
Data ID	143334

"A distant song like a mirage."

On the southwestern corner of the map, south of Fallen London, lies a giant island called Grand Geode, a naval base with the Royal Navy's emblems. The port is called Zelo's Town.

The Grand Geode became available in the Carnelian release.

Port interactions

Grand Geode

A naval base, with the Royal Navy's emblems, curiously amended. Efficient, bright-eyed women and men work briskly, everywhere you look. They are singing: hymns with unfamiliar words. Hard-faced Royal Marines watch you carefully, barring entry to the Geode's heart.

A plaque by the docks has been defaced with orange paint, but you can still make out the original inscription: 'STATION V (ADJUNCT)'.

Interactions

Actions	Requirements	Effects	Notes
Ask to speak with someone in authority What is this place?	Something Awaits You ≥ 1	The Commodore may be able to give you a few minutes - The Commodore shakes your hand warmly. He's a handsome, open-faced fellow in an immaculate Navy uniform. His office is equally handsome. It overlooks the glittering interior crystal cliff - it must be as well lit as any study in the Neath. He deflects questions about the purpose of this installation - "classified, you know" - but smilingly offers you tea, biscuits and mineralogical anecdotes. The biscuits are good, but the anecdotes rather blend one into the next. You find yourself nodding, and then jerk suddenly awake. The Commodore is smiling. Your cup is empty. You feel well: very well. A little euphoric, even. "Come back soon," he says softly. -5 x Terror +1 x Memory of Distant Shores +1 x Memoirs: a Sun-Stroke (If ≤ 0) -1 x Menaces: Wounds That's all for now +1 Menaces: Yearning, Burning
		Rare event (30%)
		A blank space in your memory You saw the Commodore, and then - then there was something bright. You discussed matters of importance. You're certain of it. Teasing clues linger in your memory. A zailor asked to stay behind, and you permitted it, because - because - It'll all come clear later. Probably. -1 x Crew +25 x Terror -1 x Menaces: Wounds +1 x Extraordinary Implication +1 x Memoirs: a Sun-Stroke (If ≤ 0) That's all for now +5 Menaces: Yearning, Burning
Compile a Port Report Does the Admiralty know? Or want to know?	0 x A Port Report: Grand Geode	Take discreet notes The Marines are watching. +1 x A Port Report: Grand Geode
Put a blemmigan ashore Not promising. But perhaps -	1 x Docile Blemmigan	A bright end The blemmigan whirls cheerfully and erratically across the quay, apparently bewildered by the play of coloured light. A Marine watches with some alarm as it approaches. He raises his boot and stamps hard on the dazed creature. As you leave the scene, he's fastidiously wiping violet blood from the sole. -1 x Docile Blemmigan
Deliver the Sphinxstone The Bright-Eyed Sequencer sent you here. Another, equally bright-eyed quartermaster awaits you and your stones.	1 x Sphinxstone Deliveries from the Salt Lions = 50 [Deliver the Sphinxstone to the Grand Geode, somewhere along the coast to the South]	The stones! Marvellous! "The Bazaar is the enemy of our Light. It's the enemy of anyone with eyes, too. Nasty greedy tentacled thing. Well, our Light will sort it out, you'll see. (Because you have eyes. And wonderful eyes they are too, if I might say so.) This stone of yours will help. And we reward those who help us. Here. (A bundle of banknotes.) Here. (A monograph on perception.) And here - " She leans forward and kisses you, once on each eyelid. As she draws back, the world is changed. You always knew the Neath was a place where the laws of the sunlit world did not apply: but now, somehow, you can see it. Is this chaos? Or freedom? The Quartermaster directs her labourers to pack up the stone. The zee is quiet. The Geode glows like a lamp. +1 x Mirrors +1 x Searing Enigma +1 x Secret  +1 x Supremacy: The Dawn Machine +Sphinxstone * 50 x Echo +100 x Deliveries from the Salt Lions Sphinxstone = 0
Sell the Memento Mori to the servants of the Dawn Machine "Now this looks very interesting. Very interesting indeed."	1 x Memento Mori	A sigh of satisfaction "Our Light will grow stronger. Not only as our fleet grows stronger. There are many doors that bar our ascent: but the Red Science is the key to many locks. We thank you. Our Light thanks you. Go now, and grow bright." -1 x Memento Mori +1 x Judgements' Egg +1 x Element of Dawn  +3 x Supremacy: The Dawn Machine  +1000 x Echo	Game note: You will receive one Element of Dawn, one Judgements' Egg, one thousand Echoes, and the gratitude of the Machine.
Purchase an Element of Dawn from the Commodore The Commodore welcomes you, smiling, to his immaculate office. Crystals glitter in the walls. "Of course," he says, "Glad to help. But we'll need to cover expenses, for an Element. The Light only produces so many, you know."	1 x Vital Intelligence 7 x Crew 50 x Supplies Memoirs: a Sun-Stroke ≥ 1	Expenses? "No no - your seven youths and maidens, ahahaha, I mean your seven crew, are not 'expenses'. They will live rich, satisfied, glorious lives. I will ensure it personally." "And thank you for the information. We will make very, very good use of it." -50 x Supplies -7 x Crew -1 x Vital Intelligence +1 x Element of Dawn  +1 x Supremacy: The Dawn Machine (if ≤ 6)
Ask the Commodore for a defence against sunlight for Aestival He smiles warmly. "Of course," he says. "But we'll need our usual consideration to do the work. And it won't be easy. We'll need a gant-source from near the Chelonate; and a particular insight. A very, very particular insight."	0 x Dawn's Law 1 x Dread Surmise 1 x The Figurehead of the Eater of Names 1 x Vital Intelligence 7 x Crew 50 x Supplies Objective: Kingdom = 1	Dawn's Law The Sequencers who serve the Machine take charge of your supplies. Your crew go gaping and bewildered into the fractured light of the Geode. Officers listen intently to your intelligence. And you whisper the Dread Surmise into the translucently perfect ear of the Commodore himself. (He smells like spice and sunlight.) Three days and three nights later, a procession of marines carries a cedar casket to your ship, decorated with gold leaf. You open it, very cautiously. The skull which once adorned the Eater of Names now lies within, its forehead marked with a glyph of furious power. The shape of it chatters your teeth and vibrates your vision. This will drink the danger of the sunlight. Who knows what else it might do? But it will suffice. It will permit you to colonise Aestival. -50 x Supplies -7 x Crew -1 x Dread Surmise -1 x The Figurehead of the Eater of Names -1 x Vital Intelligence +1 x Dawn's Law  +2 x Supremacy: The Dawn Machine +1 Menaces: Yearning, Burning	Game note: The gant-source can be obtained from the Eater of Names, near the Chelonate. A Dread Surmise can be assembled by the Alarming Scholar from seven Searing Enigmas.
Engage an Officer: the Carnelian Exile A dark-spectacled woman marches up to you, in some haste. "Addressed As. Take me with you. I am no longer welcome here... and I will show you where we need to go." Game note: The Exile is a First Officer who increases Mirrors and Pages.	Carnelian Exile = 0 Learning About: The Carnelian Exile = 0 Memoirs: a Sun-Stroke ≥ 1	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. +1 x Carnelian Exile
Parting with the Dogged Apprentice He stands on the deck, staring at the glittering geode beyond the Royal Marines. His lips twitch; he has something to say.	Rosegate: The Dogged Apprentice = 1 [A dejected youth, headed for the Grand Geode]	The Apprentice's voice catches in his throat when he tries to speak. Finally, he takes a deep breath, and manages to whisper: "He'll make thousands more. Just like the first one." He turns to you; beads of sweat have gathered at his temples. "I wanted to defy the laws of nature. But not like that. And now the zee will burn." The Dogged Apprentice dabs his forehead with a handkerchief, then brushes past you to join the bright-eyed people of the Grand Geode. Rosegate: The Dogged Apprentice = 0
Parting with the Dogged Apprentice He stands on the deck, staring at the glittering geode beyond the Royal Marines. His lips twitch; he has something to say.	Rosegate: The Dogged Apprentice = 2 [A recovering youth, headed for the Grand Geode]	"Thank you," the Dogged Apprentice whispers. "I wanted to defy the laws of nature; but not like that. At least he's been slowed down." The Apprentice sighs and brushes past you. "Thanks again, Addressed As," he shouts back to you as he descends the gangplank to join the bright-eyed people of the Grand Geode. Rosegate: The Dogged Apprentice = 0