Chapter 5: Straight Lines 1851 to 1870
News and demands
The news that can reach the city in any level of this chapter, and what each faction can demand of you.
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News in any level
Each level also has its own news, on its page. Each side answers for itself.
Lighting the city
The gas company wants to light every new street. The old quarters will have to wait.
The Revolution
- Smash the lamps in the faubourgsConspirators loyalty +5Lamps smashed in the workers' districts
- Let them light itNo immediate effect
The Law
- Light the faubourgs tooTreasury −30Opinion +2
- Light the centre firstThe prefect's financiers loyalty +4
Speculators
Men who knew where the boulevards would run bought the houses in their path and sold them to the city for ten times the price.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Denounce them in printOpinion +3
- Organise the tenantsWorkers' Associations loyalty +5
The Law
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Expropriate at a fair priceTreasury −40The prefect's financiers loyalty −4
- Let them profitThe prefect's financiers loyalty +6Opinion −2
Home from the Crimea
The veterans of Sebastopol are home, covered in glory, and the military hospitals are still full.
The Revolution
- Mourn the deadOpinion +2
- Say nothingNo immediate effect
The Law
- A triumph down the boulevardsTreasury −30Legitimacy +4
- A modest thanksgivingImperial Army loyalty +4
A ball at the Tuileries
Four thousand guests, crinolines, champagne until dawn. The faubourgs read about it in the morning papers.
The Revolution
- Satirise itExiles loyalty +5Legitimacy −2
- Ignore itNo immediate effect
The Law
- More lavish stillTreasury −40The Empire loyalty +6
- Keep it simpleOpinion +2
A coalition strike
The bronze-workers have stopped work together. Since the law of 1864, that is no longer a crime.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Fund the strikersInfluence −20Workers' Associations loyalty +6
- MediateRepublicans of '48 loyalty +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +4 in the workers' districts
- Let the law take its courseLegitimacy +2The prefect's financiers loyalty −4
- Send troops to the workshopsImperial Army loyalty +4Opinion −3
The Mexican adventure
The emperor's expedition to put an Austrian archduke on a throne in Mexico is going badly and costing a fortune.
The Revolution
What happensLegitimacy −3
- Mock itOpinion +3
- Say nothingNo immediate effect
The Law
What happensLegitimacy −3
- Send more troopsTreasury −40
- Bring them homeImperial Army loyalty −4Legitimacy +2
Reading rooms
Workers want reading rooms where they can see the newspapers they cannot afford.
The Revolution
- Open someInfluence −20Exiles loyalty +6
- Not yetNo immediate effect
The Law
- License themPrefecture loyalty +4
- Close them as political clubsOpinion −3Prefecture loyalty +6
The displaced
Families pushed out by the works are sleeping in the outer districts, six to a room.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +4 in some districts
- Find them shelterThe faubourgs +6 toward you
- Organise their angerWorkers' Associations loyalty +5Heat +3
The Law
What happensUnrest +4 in some districts
- Build cheap housingTreasury −40Unrest −4 in the workers' districts
- Do nothingNo immediate effect
The Liberal Empire
The emperor offers a parliament with real powers and a former republican as chief minister.
The Revolution
- Accept the openingRepublicans of '48 loyalty +6Workers' Associations loyalty −4
- Refuse to be boughtWorkers' Associations loyalty +6
The Law
- Concede the reformsLegitimacy +4The Empire loyalty −4
- Hold the lineThe Empire loyalty +4
A riot at the census
Rumours that the census is for a new tax have brought a crowd to the town hall of an arrondissement.
The Revolution
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Join the crowdWorkers' Associations loyalty +4Violence +2
- Calm themRepublicans of '48 loyalty +4
The Law
What happensUnrest +3 in the workers' districts
- Charge themImperial Army loyalty +4Opinion −3
- Explain, patientlyLegitimacy +2
Demands
What each faction can ask of you in this chapter, and what granting or refusing does. A faction with no demands of its own in the chapter makes the generic ones of its kind.
The Revolution
Republicans of '48
- Campaign for an amnesty for the deported, and no violence while we do.GrantRepublicans of '48 loyalty +14Promise: no violence for 3 turnsRefuseRepublicans of '48 loyalty −10
Workers' Associations
- Fill the strike chest. The bronze-workers are out.GrantInfluence −40Workers' Associations loyalty +14RefuseWorkers' Associations loyalty −10
- Fund a cooperative workshop in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.GrantInfluence −30Workers' Associations loyalty +10A free Workers' Association in Saint-AntoineRefuseWorkers' Associations loyalty −8
Conspirators
- We need money for chemicals, and no questions.GrantInfluence −30Conspirators loyalty +14Heat +8RefuseConspirators loyalty −10
Exiles
- Pay the Brussels printers. The poet's new book is ready.GrantInfluence −30Exiles loyalty +12Opinion +2RefuseExiles loyalty −10
The Law
The Empire
- The civil list must be worthy of an empire.GrantTreasury −60The Empire loyalty +12RefuseThe Empire loyalty −10
Imperial Army
- Rearm the line with the new rifle.GrantTreasury −60Imperial Army loyalty +12RefuseImperial Army loyalty −10
Prefecture
- More sergents de ville for the new districts.GrantTreasury −40Prefecture loyalty +12A free Sergents de ville in CitéRefusePrefecture loyalty −8
Political police
- Open more letters. We want everything that goes to Guernsey.GrantPolitical police loyalty +12Reveal 1 hidden units of the RevolutionOpinion −2RefusePolitical police loyalty −10
The prefect's financiers
- Guarantee the works loans. The banks are nervous.GrantThe prefect's financiers loyalty +14Legitimacy −2RefuseThe prefect's financiers loyalty −10