Level 3 · 30 September 1804
The Crown He Takes
- Turns
- 12 turns, a week each
- Map
- 12 districts
Chapter 3: The Eagle's ShadowSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
He will crown himself in Notre-Dame, and the Pope has come to watch. A royalist kidnap plot has just been 'discovered' and a young duke shot in a ditch. Stage three protests during the coronation weeks, or prove the plot was the police's own work.
Objective
Stage 3 protests during turns 8 to 12, or gather 3 proofs that the kidnap plot was a set-up
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No Infernal Machine
The game's hint Protests only count from turn 8, in districts at 35+ Unrest; they also push Unrest up, and one district at 50 breaks the Law's objective. Investigations in the Cité, the Palais-Royal and Saint-Germain can win it earlier.
- Won
- The coronation spoiled
- Lost
- Vivat Imperator
The Law
The coronation must be perfect. Keep every district of Paris below 50 Unrest from the eighth week to the twelfth, and let the world see a city that loves its Emperor.
Objective
Keep every district under 50 Unrest during turns 8 to 12
Stars
- Win the level
- Already meet the objective by turn 9
- No Conscription
The game's hint Use the alms and the gendarmes before turn 8 so that the faubourgs start the coronation cool. Conscription would help you and cost you the third star.
- Won
- Vivat Imperator
- Lost
- The coronation spoiled
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
The kidnap plot
The police announce a royalist plot to seize the First Consul on the road. The suspects are arrested before anyone can ask where the money came from.
The Revolution
What happensVaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty +5
The Law
What happensVaucorbeil's Cabinet loyalty +5
A duke taken across the border
Dragoons crossed the Rhine at night to seize a young duke of the old royal house. Europe is outraged.
The Revolution
What happensForeign Powers −10 toward the LawRoyalists loyalty +6
The Law
What happensForeign Powers −10 toward youRoyalists loyalty +6
The coronation
In Notre-Dame he takes the crown from the Pope's hands and puts it on his own head. The city is hung with bees and eagles.
The Revolution
What happensImperial Glory +10Unrest +8 in Cité
The Law
What happensImperial Glory +10Unrest +8 in Cité
After the level
After level 3 · 3 December 1804
The Duke at Dawn
The Revolution
They took a young duke over the border, tried him at night and shot him in the moat of Vincennes by lantern light. Every court in Europe is talking.
- Make him a martyrRoyalists loyalty +15
- Stay silentLiberals loyalty +10
The Law
The duke is in Vincennes. The court-martial waits for a word from you.
- Execute himGrande Armée loyalty +10Foreign Powers −20 toward you
- Exile himLegitimacy +5
This level's booklet page
III. The Crown
The Pope came across the Alps to crown him, and he took the crown from the Pope's hands and put it on his own head.
If the Revolution won
The crowds were thinner than the paintings show, and someone shouted in the nave. The Emperor did not forget the faces at the windows of the faubourgs.
Otherwise
The city was quiet and decked with bees. In the painting there are faces in the gallery who were not there at all.
If the Law chose “Exile him”
The young duke was sent back over the Rhine, and the old kings of Europe noted that the new one could be generous.
Otherwise
The young duke was shot in the moat of Vincennes. Somebody said it was worse than a crime: it was a blunder.