

Granted, I don't do "dedicated" runs much and rely mostly on set small-quantity trades (and freebie pickups such as Scintillac or passengers from Mangrove) coupled with Admiralty fees, but it's not a bad way to keep echos coming in. I am easily capable of visiting in one trip more ports than I need to fuel up upon return to London, without having to overly worry about Terror (especially if I happen to have some coffee on me to add Irem to the rest stops at Frostbite and Mangrove). Of course it depends on your map layout, but I find my current setup rather satisfactory. I'm currently chug-chugging along with the Illyrian on the starter Steamer with WE ARE CLAY equipped (plus the Engineer for additional fuel efficiency), and even now I sometimes have to wait for a SAY. Which may force you to drift outside the port until SAY dings in anyway.

(After you get another engine of course.)Īnother thing I would add - fuel consumption aside, with an overly FAST engine you end up without SAY actions on most "grand tour" trips. Then drop it in the zee because you can't even sell it back. Note: the Caminus Yards Compulsion is a horrible waste of Echoes, so if you have too many Echoes, put this thing on the Dreadnought, spam the Avid Suppressor with it, and watch your money burn at an astonishing rate. Frustratingly, though, you don't always get access to what you need for the first storyline engine until after you already have the best one. The first of the storyline engines is good enough to get you anywhere (and fuel efficient) and the second is the best engine in the game (and also fuel efficient). If you want to spend a little for a minor increase in speed (and a minor decrease in frustration and slightly better ability to escape stuff) the Boadicea is fine and should hold you over until you get one of the storyline engines. It's better to save enough to get a ship with an Aft slot, put the Avid Suppressor in it, and spam even the starting engine with F.
SUNLESS SEA AUXILIARY UPGRADE
It requires the Cabinet, Aquarium, Shrine, Almanac and Trophy-Case, which can all be created here in your Study.Before you get one of the two storyline-related engines, it might be worth it to upgrade slightly, but I wouldn't spend more than the Manticore, and only then if you have Echoes to blow. Game note: This will create the Zong of the Zee, which allows you to retire happily if you have the correct Ambition, and is a pretty nifty item in its own right. Your publisher suggests an epigraph for you, from the latest amended Bible to emerge from St Cyriac's College: "The waters were gathered together, the floods slept in the Sun's blindness, and the depths rose like the Moon, in the light at the edge of the sea." It is all your voyages, condensed into a handily foldable format. You labour mightily: and a stack of pages rewards your labour. Your knowledge of the zee rivals that of any captain of history. You have assembled a store of lore and a collection of antiquities.
