Level 2 · 1 March 1952
Two Embassies
- Turns
- 12 turns, a month each
- Map
- 20 districts
Chapter 9: Cold LightSealed so it does not spoil the story for you.Break the seal
The Revolution
The West pays for the Law's papers and unions through the back door. Prove it: follow leads at the embassies in Passy, the aid mission at the Louvre or the ministries in Saint-Germain, with a Journalist or one of the East Bloc's agents. Three leads make one proof; three proofs expose it.
Objective
Three proofs of the West Bloc's secret funding
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No bloc money
The game's hint Every question asked at an embassy risks getting your unit noticed. Keep the agents away from the Law's officers.
- Won
- The money exposed
- Lost
- The network caught
The Law
The East Bloc runs a network of four agents in the city, linked in a chain. Find them and arrest all four: an arrested agent may give away the ones linked to him, and your officers' wiretaps reveal a whole line at once.
Objective
Arrest the East Bloc's four agents
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 9 turns
- No bloc money
The game's hint Wiretaps work from an officer's district and the next ones. A revealed agent still has to be arrested by police in his district.
- Won
- The network caught
- Lost
- The money exposed
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
Spies in the cafés
Everyone in Paris knows someone who works for an embassy, or says they do.
The Revolution
What happensHeat +4
The Law
What happensHeat +4
The pigeons
After a riot against an American general, the Party's leader is arrested. The police say the two pigeons in his car are carrier pigeons. He says they were for dinner.
The Revolution
What happensParty of Labour loyalty +5The Prefecture loyalty +5
The Law
What happensParty of Labour loyalty +5The Prefecture loyalty +5
Natalia's price
Natalia Kerr is selling a name, to whoever pays first.
The Revolution
- Buy itInfluence −40
- Ignore herNo immediate effect
The Law
- Buy itTreasury −40Reveal 1 hidden units of the Revolution
- Ignore herNo immediate effect
After the level
After level 2 · 10 March 1953
The Defector
The Revolution
Natalia Kerr says she wants to come over to you, with what she knows.
- Accept her30% chance: No immediate effect
- RefuseCommand +5
The Law
Natalia Kerr says she wants to come over to you, with what she knows.
- Accept her30% chance: No immediate effect
- RefuseCommand +5
This level's booklet page
Two Embassies
In the 1950s Paris was a capital of spies, where every café had someone who worked for an embassy.
If the Revolution won
The papers printed the proof that the West was paying for its friends.
Otherwise
The East's network was rolled up, agent by agent.
If the Revolution chose “Accept her”, or If the Law chose “Accept her”, version 1
Natalia Kerr changed sides, and changed back, and nobody ever knew for whom she really worked.
If the Revolution chose “Accept her”, or If the Law chose “Accept her”, version 2
Natalia Kerr changed sides, and told what she knew.
Otherwise
Natalia Kerr's offer was refused, and she went on selling to both.