Chapter 5: Straight Lines 1851 to 1870
Units
Every unit both sides can field in this chapter, with the game's description and its base numbers. In play the price moves with Opinion, and for the Law with low Legitimacy; upgrades change some numbers too.
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The Revolution
Faubourg Crowd
Strength 3. +5 Unrest per turn. Can riot and join assaults.
- Cost (Influence)
- 40
- Upkeep
- 3
- Strength
- 3
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 1
Barricade fighters
Strength 3, +1 behind a barricade. Can join assaults.
- Cost (Influence)
- 45
- Upkeep
- 3
- Strength
- 3
- Stealth
- 1
- Move
- 1
Workers' Association
Strength 1. +6 Influence per turn; the faubourgs +2 loyalty per turn.
- Cost (Influence)
- 50
- Upkeep
- 2
- Strength
- 1
- Stealth
- 1
- Move
- 1
International Section
Strength 2, Stealth 2. Can call a local strike: Law income −20 while it lasts.
- Cost (Influence)
- 60
- Upkeep
- 3
- Strength
- 2
- Stealth
- 2
- Move
- 1
Exile Courier
Stealth 3, Move 3. Carries the Revolution's papers into a Boulevard district, where they are otherwise silent.
- Cost (Influence)
- 35
- Upkeep
- 2
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 3
- Move
- 3
Bomb Cell
Strength 3, Stealth 4, Move 2. Can lie in wait for a moving target.
- Cost (Influence)
- 80
- Upkeep
- 5
- Strength
- 3
- Stealth
- 4
- Move
- 2
Opposition paper
Building. +1 Opinion per turn. Closed after 3 press warnings.
- Cost (Influence)
- 50
- Upkeep
- 0
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 0
- Building
The poet on the island
Off the map, out of reach of arrest. +1 Opinion per turn; Exiles +2 loyalty per turn. One at most.
- Cost (Influence)
- 40
- Upkeep
- 2
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 0
- Units off the map act through Opinion and influence only.
- At most 1 at a time
The Law
Sergents de ville
Strength 3, Move 2. −5 Unrest per turn. Lets you issue press warnings.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 40
- Upkeep
- 3
- Strength
- 3
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 2
Cuirassiers
Strength 7, Move 3. +2 Strength in Boulevard districts.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 110
- Upkeep
- 7
- Strength
- 7
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 3
Engineers
No Strength. Must be on site to build a Boulevard, and stay there until it is done. Two on one site work twice as fast.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 60
- Upkeep
- 3
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 1
Line infantry
Strength 4.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 60
- Upkeep
- 4
- Strength
- 4
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 1
Police spy
Stealth 3, Move 2. Reveals hidden units 30% per turn.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 30
- Upkeep
- 2
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 3
- Move
- 2
Named targets
Deputy
A deputy of the dissolved Assembly, moving between two hiding places.
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 2
- Move
- 0
- Only in “The December Night”
The emperor's carriage
On its way to the Opera by one of three routes.
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 0
- Only in “Orsoni's Bombs”
Felice Orsoni
The cell's leader, with three bombs made in England.
- Strength
- 1
- Stealth
- 4
- Move
- 1
- Only in “Orsoni's Bombs”
Interlude 5
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Adèle
Nineteen, a seamstress who has learned to fly.
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 3
- Move
- 1
Gasworks crew
Makes 1 Gas per turn while at La Villette.
- Cost (Influence)
- 25
- Upkeep
- 0
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 0
- Move
- 1
The minister
Will raise an army in the provinces if he gets out.
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 2
- Move
- 1
The workers' delegate
Carries the faubourgs' appeal to the workers of Europe.
- Strength
- 0
- Stealth
- 2
- Move
- 1
Prefecture agents
Strength 2. Reveals 20% per turn. Want the launch stopped.
- Cost (Treasury)
- 35
- Upkeep
- 0
- Strength
- 2
- Stealth
- 1
- Move
- 1