Also called "The Mechanicals' Uprising." In 1854, the Picklemen plotted to overtake the government by taking control of most of the mechanicals in England. Their plan was to sow chaos using the pilot mechanical aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality, which was able to transmit instructions to specially installed crystalline valve frequensors within many of the country's mechanicals. They would then deploy an army of gargoyle-like mechanimals from the airship to take the government by force.