The Law
Order
One faction across the eras. The numbers are where a new game opens each chapter; in a campaign, loyalty and power carry over from level to level and into the next era.
In chapters 1 to 13
Chapter 1 The Gilded Cage 1783 to 1789
Order
The Watch, under the Comte de Vaudray.
- Loyalty 60, power 40 when the chapter opens
- Leader: Comte Hugues de Vaudray
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- Pay for more lanterns in the faubourgs.GrantTreasury −40Order loyalty +12RefuseOrder loyalty −8
Chapter 2 Year of Fire 1789 to 1794
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Police
The gendarmes of the Châtelet and the municipal police.
- Loyalty 50, power 35 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- Close the clubs. They are nests of sedition.GrantPolice loyalty +12Opinion −4Press −6 toward youRefusePolice loyalty −8
Chapter 3 The Eagle's Shadow 1799 to 1815
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Imperial Police
Commissioners, gendarmes and prefects: the first modern police in Europe.
- Loyalty 55, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- A commissioner in every quarter.GrantTreasury −40Imperial Police loyalty +12A free Police Commissioner in CitéRefuseImperial Police loyalty −8
Chapter 4 Barricade Summers 1830 to 1848
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Municipal Guard
The prefecture's soldiers and sergents de ville, who know every street.
- In “The June Days”: Mobile Guard
- Loyalty 55, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- More sergents de ville in every quarter.GrantTreasury −40Municipal Guard loyalty +12A free Municipal Guard in CitéRefuseMunicipal Guard loyalty −8
Chapter 5 Straight Lines 1851 to 1870
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Prefecture
Sergents de ville with swords and cocked hats in every street, and the warnings that close newspapers.
- Loyalty 58, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- More sergents de ville for the new districts.GrantTreasury −40Prefecture loyalty +12A free Sergents de ville in CitéRefusePrefecture loyalty −8
Chapter 6 Seventy-Two Days 1871
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Gendarmerie
Gendarmes and provosts who hold the districts the army takes back. Their restraint is not unlimited.
- Loyalty 55, power 40 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- More gendarmes to hold what the army takes.GrantTreasury −40Gendarmerie loyalty +12A free Gendarmerie in West edgeRefuseGendarmerie loyalty −10
Chapter 7 Home Fires 1914 to 1918
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Police and censors
The provost marshals, the Prefecture and the censorship office.
- Loyalty 60, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- A curfew in the workers' districts.GrantPolice and censors loyalty +12Unrest +3 in the workers' districtsRefusePolice and censors loyalty −10
Chapter 8 The Grey Years 1940 to 1944
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Special Brigades
The political police. Somewhere among them, a few men who keep a list of their own.
- Loyalty 58, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- A free hand for the Special Brigades.GrantSpecial Brigades loyalty +12secret.law.patriots −5RefuseSpecial Brigades loyalty −10secret.law.patriots +3
Chapter 9 Cold Light 1945 to 1962
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The Prefecture
Prefect Raymond Pallas's police. Its hardliners have a past that is buried in the files.
- Loyalty 70, power 45 when the chapter opens
- Leader: Prefect Raymond Pallas
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- Special powers for the Prefecture.GrantThe Prefecture loyalty +12Legitimacy −3RefuseThe Prefecture loyalty −10
Chapter 10 Beneath the Stones 1968
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The Prefecture
Prefect Maurice Garnier's police. He asks his officers for restraint.
- Loyalty 62, power 50 when the chapter opens
- Leader: Prefect Maurice Garnier
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Demands
- A firm hand in the Latin Quarter.GrantThe Prefecture loyalty +12Violence +3RefuseThe Prefecture loyalty −10
Chapter 11 Paper Fortunes 2000 to 2010
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The Interior Ministry
Thierry Valcourt's ministry, its anti-crime brigades and its cameras.
- Loyalty 62, power 55 when the chapter opens
- Leader: Thierry Valcourt, interior minister, then President
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- Zero tolerance in the estates.GrantThe Interior Ministry loyalty +12RefuseThe Interior Ministry loyalty −10
Chapter 12 Saturdays 2018 to 2024
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The Interior Ministry
Minister Paul Darrieux and Commissioner Laure Dassin's motorbike brigades.
- Loyalty 60, power 55 when the chapter opens
- Leader: Paul Darrieux, interior minister
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Units
Demands
- Ban the marches on the grand avenue.GrantThe Interior Ministry loyalty +12Legitimacy −3RefuseThe Interior Ministry loyalty −10
Chapter 13 The Glass City 2041 to 2049
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The Prefecture
The old police, now working to the Steward’s forecasts.
- Loyalty 58, power 50 when the chapter opens
- Perk, when devoted
- Arrests +15% success
- Threat, when rebellious
- Overreacts: random brutality
Demands
- A curfew in the outer ring.GrantThe Prefecture loyalty +12Legitimacy −3RefuseThe Prefecture loyalty −10