Level 4 · 23 April 1961
Paratroopers Over Paris
- Turns
- 8 turns, an hour each
- Map
- 20 districts
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The Revolution
Four generals have taken Algiers and the planes may land at dawn. Put Demonstrators on all three airfields before the drop at the sixth hour: Parisians drive out in their own cars. The Legion is everyone's enemy tonight.
Objective
Demonstrators on the three airfields when the drop is due
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- The drop never happens
The game's hint A runway with people on it, or with police on it, cannot be landed on. Driving out is quicker than walking.
- Won
- The runways held
- Lost
- The paratroopers landed
The Law
Broadcast the radio appeal from Chaillot and keep the Army's loyalty at 60 or more. If both are done when the planes are due, the drop is called off. The Legion is everyone's enemy tonight.
Objective
The radio appeal broadcast, and the Army at 60 or more
Stars
- Win the level
- Win within 6 turns
- The drop never happens
The game's hint The appeal needs the television tower. If the Army's loyalty falls under 40, paratroopers go over to the Legion.
- Won
- The appeal heard
- Lost
- The paratroopers landed
Events
News that reaches both sides during the level. Each side answers for itself.
Four generals
Four retired generals have taken Algiers.
The Revolution
What happensThe Army loyalty −3
The Law
What happensThe Army loyalty −3
The transistors
The conscripts in Algeria listen to the government on their transistor radios, and do not follow their officers.
The Revolution
What happensThe Army loyalty +4
The Law
What happensThe Army loyalty +4
To the airfields
On television, near midnight, the Prime Minister asks Parisians to go to the airfields, on foot or by car.
The Revolution
What happensA free Demonstrators in BatignollesA free Demonstrators in Saint-Marcel
The Law
What happensA free Demonstrators in BatignollesA free Demonstrators in Saint-Marcel
After the level
After level 4 · 26 April 1961
The Night of Cars
The Revolution
Thousands of Parisians drove out to the airfields in the night. Everyone wants the credit.
- Claim the creditOpinion +10
- Thank the stateSocialists and unions loyalty +10Command +5
The Law
The putsch has failed. The officers who joined it, and the ones who waited to see, are still in the army.
- Purge the armyThe Army loyalty −15
- Forgive itThe Army loyalty +10
This level's booklet page
Paratroopers Over Paris
In April 1961 four generals took Algiers, and for a night Paris waited for the planes.
One version of this page
Paratroopers landed on the runways that nobody held.
Otherwise
No paratroopers landed. The conscripts would not follow their officers, and the people were on the runways.
If the Law chose “Purge the army”
The army was purged, and the men who were thrown out joined the Legion.
If the Law chose “Forgive it”
The army was forgiven, and stayed loyal, more or less.
Otherwise
Thousands of Parisians had driven out in their own cars to stand on the runways.