Level 4 · 19 January 2008
The Trader
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Chapter 11: Paper FortunesSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
A trader at the Banque Générale Atlantique has bet fifty billion euros without anyone noticing. Expose the bank: three pieces of evidence and the Media at 60.
Objective
Three pieces of evidence and the Media at 60
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- No stolen data (journalism only)
The game's hint Journalists investigate at La Défense, the Bourse and Passy; three leads make one piece of evidence.
- Won
- The bank exposed
- Lost
- Unwound quietly
The Law
Unwind the trader's positions quietly: all six blocks sold, the Media under 50 and the Index at 70 or more.
Objective
Positions sold, the Media under 50 and the Index at 70
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- No scapegoat
The game's hint Every block sold takes 6 off the Index. Spokespeople and quiet words keep the Media down.
- Won
- Unwound quietly
- Lost
- The bank exposed
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
Fifty billion
The bank finds that one of its traders has bet fifty billion euros, more than its own capital.
The Revolution
What happensBanks and employers loyalty −5
The Law
What happensBanks and employers loyalty −5
The markets tumble
Markets fall around the world, and the bank is selling into the fall.
The bank announces its loss
Nearly five billion euros lost, by a trader nobody had heard of.
The Revolution
What happensRolling news +4 toward you
The Law
What happensRolling news +4 toward the Revolution
After the level
After level 4 · 28 January 2008
Scapegoat
The Revolution
The bank says one man did it alone. Nobody quite believes it.
- Mock the bankStudents loyalty +10
- Campaign for a bank taxThe left opposition loyalty +10
The Law
The bank's board asks the government what to say.
- Blame one manBanks and employers loyalty +15Rolling news −10 toward you
- Blame the systemLegitimacy +5Banks and employers loyalty −15
This level's booklet page
The Trader
In January 2008 a bank found that one of its traders had bet fifty billion euros.
If the Revolution won
The bank's own failings came out in the papers.
Otherwise
The positions were sold in three days, and the story was about one man.