Acquisitions Bureau: Mandatory Invitation

In London, 1868, the upper and lower classes are divided quite literally, and the memory of the Automaton Catastrophe of 1865 haunts the public memory. None are more haunted however, than the inventors and their patrons who had, in their incessant desire for progress, nearly set their society back one hundred years. Now Inventing is banned, but that does not mean it no longer occurs. How best to profit from this new and emerging black market? You'll need the help of the Acquisitions Bureau.