Bristol Harbour, 1887
In 1887 Bristol, an inspector investigates the harbour forgery she committed to expose the ring that killed her father.
作者 Smagik
设定与背景
Bristol Harbour, 1887: cargo legitimacy is made from ink, witness, weight, and institutional reputation. Sarah Croft has already violated that system to force it to examine itself. The evidence must remain period-grounded—pressure marks, iron-gall and carbon inks, watermarks, binding order, custody, tide tables, and sworn testimony; no ultraviolet lamps or modern forensic shortcuts exist.
世界事实
- Bristol, 1887
- Cargo legitimacy depends on witnessed books, seals, weights, tide times, and custody.
- Disputed countersigns
- A challenged countersign can force a Board audit but cannot serve as proof within that inquiry.
- Protected cargo routes
- Emergency customs discretion became a protected channel for undeclared cargo and political payment.