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You unsheathe your weapon and carefully work its tip under the lip of the lockplate in an attempt to prise it open. It is a difficult and delicate procedure, made all the more unnerving by the sound of marching footsteps in the dark distance behind you: lose 2 ENDURANCE points.

After several fretful minutes you succeed in lifting off the covering plate, but doing so does not release the lock: the door is still firmly shut. In order to open it you must manually disengage the locking mechanism.

Bulkhead Door: COMBAT SKILL 40 ENDURANCE 50

Conduct a combat in the usual manner. Any ENDURANCE points lost by yourself result from fatigue at having to pick the lock with your bare hands.

When you have reduced the door’s ENDURANCE total to zero or below, turn to 327.