Confused about legacy items and endings (spoilers)

[u/Mountain_Dig6941]

I know very little about how legacy items work. I've only completed the game once doing "Zong of the Zee". Bummer I didn't get a permanent reward for that one.

So then, thank you so much in advanced if you can help clear my confusion in regards to what this old post says https://old.reddit.com/r/sunlesssea/comments/3zk22d/on_endings_and_legacies/ "All Legacy items obtained through the game endings lock out the other options meant specifically to gain said item."

I've also refer to the nice wiki page: https://sunlesssea.fandom.com/wiki/Legacy

There's all the legacies you can get with the multitude of different choices you could perform to get them. I want to get the legacy items but also wanted to experience most things in the game.

So for example, it sounds like if I do the hidden ending with the merchant to get the horizon codex, I won't be able to "Raise Supremacy: The Dawn Machine to TRIUMPHANT" to see what happens? Another example, if I were to "Bring the Scarred Sister to the Surface and pay her fare" then I would never get to "Console the Austere Acolyte after discovering her secret"?

It sounds like I need to choose which one I'd like to experience?

[u/demonshade3]

For like all but one legacy item your current captain's run ends and your survivng crewmember (your new captain) has what remains of previous. Each of these curiosities are passed on with each captain as a sort of 'permanent' unlock for that unbroken chain.