Level 1 · 6 March 2000
The Bubble
- Turns
- 10 turns, a week each
- Map
- 28 districts
Chapter 11: Paper FortunesSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
The start-ups are worth more than the factories. When the bubble bursts (on the fourth week), organise two Tech Unions in the start-up districts and bring Opinion to +10.
Objective
After the crash, two Tech Unions and Opinion +10
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 7 turns
- No strikes
The game's hint Tech Unions can be organised only after the crash, where you have 25 influence. Exposés lower the Index and the Purse.
- Won
- Unions in the start-ups
- Lost
- The markets held
The Law
Keep the Market Index at 80 or more and the Purse loyal (50 or more) at the end of the tenth week. A bailout would do it, at a price in Opinion.
Objective
The Index at 80 and the Purse at 50 at the end
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 7
- No bailout
The game's hint The Index recovers 2 a turn on its own. A buyout closes a Tech Union. The Law's income follows the Index.
- Won
- The markets held
- Lost
- Unions in the start-ups
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
The bug that never came
The year 2000 arrived and the computers kept working. The markets celebrate.
The Revolution
What happensBanks and employers loyalty +3
The Law
What happensBanks and employers loyalty +3
The crash
Technology shares lose a quarter of their value in a few weeks. The start-ups lay off their staff.
The Revolution
What happensA lasting change for the Revolution
The Law
What happensA lasting change for the Revolution
The layoffs
Thousands of young engineers are out of work, and some of them want a union.
The Revolution
What happensInfluence of the Revolution +6 in some districts
The Law
What happensInfluence of the Revolution +6 in some districts
After the level
After level 1 · 18 May 2000
The Launch Party
The Revolution
A start-up that has never made a profit is spending its last millions on a party in a warehouse.
- Mock itStudents loyalty +10
- Recruit its laid-off staff2 free Association Worker in Montreuil
The Law
The papers want to know who lost the money of the bubble.
- Blame speculationOpinion +5Banks and employers loyalty −10
- Defend the new economyBanks and employers loyalty +15
This level's booklet page
The Bubble
In the spring of 2000 the technology shares that had made paper fortunes collapsed.
If the Revolution won
The laid-off engineers formed unions, to everyone's surprise.
Otherwise
The markets recovered, more slowly than they had fallen.
If the Revolution chose “Recruit its laid-off staff”
Some of the laid-off staff went to work for associations in the Ring.
Otherwise
The launch parties stopped.