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Briefing

Member of the Powers Division. huh? What do you need?

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?
2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.
3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?

Eh? No one owes me any money. Trust me, I'm pretty strict about this sort of thing.

Well, that's a good quality to have, I guess.

2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.

The ball? I'd love to go, but I'm sitting in tonight to watch the new episode of Elf Cop.

...alright then.

3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

Really?! I knew it! I'm finally going to get recognized and get promoted into Cole's private division!

Good luck with the meeting

Briefing

Yes? What can I do for a member of the Powers Division?

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?
2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.
3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?

Finally! listen, let's keep this between us, alright?

You've got it

2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.

I'm not too interested in the ball, I've got more important things to do tonight.

Suit yourself.

3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

Hah, yeah right, real funny. I'm not desperate enough for a promotion to believe something like that.

Your loss then.

Briefing

You're part of the Powers Division, right? What do you need from us here?

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?
2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.
3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

1 - There's someone outside, saying something about owing you some money?

Trust me, no one owes me money.

...right.

2 - There's a rep for Troy Altman outside, he's looking to get rid of tickets for the ball tonight.

Eh?

Oh, I already got my tickets for that ball. Troy stopped by himself to give them to me, even apologized for the mix up. Turns out some other person received my tickets for tonight's ball.

Ah... but don't you need to prepare for it?

...you know what, that's a very good point. I'll call it an early day to get ready, I wouldn't want to look bad in front of Troy.

Good to know

3 - Emperor Cole wants to see you for a private audience regarding a promotion.

Right, and I bet Praetor White is going to give me a bunch of flowers for doing a good job, right?

...maybe?

Briefing

Hey there suga', what happened? I sent some boys of mine to the ball, but they said Pell wasn't there.

1. Pell's with the PPD now. He was working for the Syndicaye, not Resistance.

You explain to Cleopatra the events that happened within the warehouse.

You're a better person than me, suga', I woulda ripped Pell's head off then and there. But I guess that's what makes us different. Regardless, we got ourselves a little job to do - savin' that hospital.

Let's get to work.

2. Pell's dead. And the Syndicate are working with the Resistance.

You explain to Cleopatra the events that happened within the warehouse.

I... see. Well, suga', you did right, takin' him down on the spot. S'what you gotta do against traitors, he knew what he was getting into when he decided that blowing up a hospital was a good idea. You and me, suga', we got ourselves a job to do. Savin' those people in the hospital.

Let's get to work.

Briefing

What's that?

Bombs in the hospital?! What do they think they're doing? Suga', you gotta be the one to get in there and take care of this! I'll make sure the situation doesn't get outta hand out here.

Members of the Resistance working undercover for Calvin Scott should inform him of what is happening - before going inside the hospital.

I'm on it. (Start Mission)

Briefing

Character. Good to hear from you. What's your current situation? You're working with Cleopatra, right?

• Right. There's a bombing plot happening at the hospital

Yes, I'm aware of that. Double Barrel is working with some of the Syndicate to set it up. You may think it's extreme, but sometimes these things have to be done to move progress forward against Cole's regime.

• Are you out of your mind? Blowing up a hospital is progress?

Out of my mind? No, I'm not out of my mind, Pharaoan Guard, I'm just focused on what has to be done.

The people need to see that Cole is fallible, that Cole is just a man. A blow to the hospital would show that Cole can't protect the people from everything. But, not today. What's more important is keeping your cover, and your cover involves saving that hospital.

We need you deep in the Loyalists, Pharaoan Guard, and sometimes that means making sacrifices. When you take down Double Barrel, make sure to plant some tracking bugs on him - that way we can see where they take him and bust him out later on.

Alright, Scott.

• So you want me to let them do this?

Not today, Character. It looks like Double Barrel has run into some bad luck on this one. His mission on the hospital is important, but not as important as keeping you as an undercover agent in the Loyalists.

We'll need you to go in there and take him out to stop the bombing plot. Oh, also, try to plant some tracking devices on him and the soldiers you defeat. It'll help us break them all out of whatever prison the PPD send them to.

• Will do, Scott.

• I am, but I have a question, first. What happened with Monroe?

Monroe?

Ah, yes. He's been helping us out a great deal. Some members of his Syndicate have been giving us very important information on the ineer workings of Cole's regime.

I've heard about the trouble you're running into, actually. I may be able to shed some light on it.

Shed away.

Monroe says there's a split in the Syndicate , that the head of the group was killed.

There is a power struggle going on at this very moment.

The group that you've been fighting is a group of 'rebel Syndicate' - if you could say that about a group that is centered around organized crime.

They're seeking to use this cell of the Resistance they found towards their own ends.

And so the hospital bombing plot was their doing

Exactly. I wish we could claim credit for it -and carry it out- but doing so would not only reveal your cover as a member of the Resistance, but it would also aid a group that seeks to undermine all of the Resistance.

You'll need to carry out your orders and take down everyone you find in that hospital - especially the Syndicate.

Just make sure to plant any tracking devices you have on Double Barrel - we'll need it to get him out of the prison he'll be sent to.

Understood. I'm on it

Briefing

Character, good to see you made it out of that fire fight alive. I was hoping Faulks would get there in time.

What's going on Washington? What do you know?

I'll tell you in one moment, Character. I just need to know one thing.

Were you the one who set those bugs up in the PPD Precinct?

I was, now answer my question.

Washington smiles, letting out a relieved sigh.

I knew it. This was the final piece of the puzzle, Character. You were set up by Cleopatra.

Cleopatra is a Resistance spy, a member of the Wardens.

She wanted you dead because you knew the answer to the question I just asked you.

How do the bugs prove that she's a spy?

Sergeant Chance, one of the men you bugged, was killed earlier. He was sent to investigate a Resistance weapons cache and was killed. The same cache you were sent to investigate.

There was no way for them to know about it...until we discovered a bug in his desk. I asked Cleopatra about the bug - she claimed to not know about it, but I knew, I knew she was investigating something previously in that precinct. When I asked her where you went, she said to attack a warehouse the Resistance was holed up in.

My men reported back that it was empty - that was when I knew that Cleopatra was trying to kill you off, just like Chance.

You're the one person that can prove Cleopatra's guilt, Character! No one but you has the proof that she was the one who set up the bugs, which places her directly to blame for how the Resistance picked up the information on those bugs.

And now what, Washington?

Now, we prepare ourselves. Talk to me when you're ready, Character.

We're going to put an end to Cleopatra's treason.

Got it.

Briefing

So then, are you ready to confront the woman who tried to orchestrate your death, Character?

Those members of the Resistance working undercover for Calvin Scott should inform him of what is happening - before going to confront Cleopatra.

I'm ready, let's go.

Briefing

Character. Good to see you are still alive and breathing. Tell me what's going on.

• Cleopatra, she's an undercover agent. Did you know this?

I did know this. I'm assuming if you know this that it means she's been discovered.

It was Washington. We're going to confront her now. What's the plan?

Washington is probably going to kill her. He's a cunning man, he knows that Marauder will do anything he can to prove her 'innocence'. Even so, it means that everything she does will be looked at with a suspicious eye.

Help Washington and kill Cleopatra.

• Understood. I'll make it happen.

Good, Character. When she's out of the picture, you'll take her place. Her death will assure you a concrete position within the Loyalists.

You'll just have to make sure not to make the same mistake that she did.

I don't plan on it. END OF CHAT

• What? She's one of us, Scott!

She is. That is why she will understand why this has to happen.

She was weak and paranoid, Character. Cleopatra let her guard down when she gave you those bugs and endangered all of us by making that decision to kill you.

She made her choice, and we've made ours. We can't allow her to go on.

Kill her, and take her place as our agent seeded deep within the Loyalists. Make sure to not make the same mistake that she did, Character. This isn't a game - I'll do whatever it takes to bring Cole down and get my wife back, even if it means having to deal with those who become weak in the face of our goal.

We'll see what happens, Scott. END OF CHAT

• Cleopatra was with us the entire time, Scott! Why didn't you tell me? She tried to have me killed!

Part of the job, Character. I couldn't risk you knowing that she was an inside agent, just as I couldn't risk her knowing that you were on the inside as well. You might've acted differently with her, which would've caused someone to notice.

It was safer to have the two of you operating in the dark. You have to understand this, Character

• ...alright, I understand. She's been discovered. What should we do?

Washington is probably going to kill her. He's a cunning man, he knows that Marauder will do anything he can to prove her 'innocence'. Even so, it means that everything she does will be looked at with a suspicious eye.

Help Washington and kill Cleopatra.

• Understood. I'll make it happen.

Good, Character. When she's out of the picture, you'll take her place. Her death will assure you a concrete position within the Loyalists.

You'll just have to make sure not to make the same mistake that she did.

I don't plan on it. END OF CHAT

• What? She's one of us, Scott!

She is. That is why she will understand why this has to happen.

She was weak and paranoid, Character. Cleopatra let her guard down when she gave you those bugs and endangered all of us by making that decision to kill you.

She made her choice, and we've made ours. We can't allow her to go on.

Kill her, and take her place as our agent seeded deep within the Loyalists. Make sure to not make the same mistake that she did, Character. This isn't a game - I'll do whatever it takes to bring Cole down and get my wife back, even if it means having to deal with those who become weak in the face of our goal.

We'll see what happens, Scott. END OF CHAT

• I'm sticking my neck out here, Calvin, you can't leave me in the dark again. Are we clear?

I know the risks you're taking for us, Character. When I can, I'll do my best to inform you of what I know. That's the best I can do.

Whatever. Look, Cleopatra's been outed by Washington. What's the 'plan'?

Washington is probably going to kill her. He's a cunning man, he knows that Marauder will do anything he can to prove her 'innocence'. Even so, it means that everything she does will be looked at with a suspicious eye.

Help Washington and kill Cleopatra.

• Understood. I'll make it happen.

Good, Character. When she's out of the picture, you'll take her place. Her death will assure you a concrete position within the Loyalists.

You'll just have to make sure not to make the same mistake that she did.

I don't plan on it. END OF CHAT

• What? She's one of us, Scott!

She is. That is why she will understand why this has to happen.

She was weak and paranoid, Character. Cleopatra let her guard down when she gave you those bugs and endangered all of us by making that decision to kill you.

She made her choice, and we've made ours. We can't allow her to go on.

Kill her, and take her place as our agent seeded deep within the Loyalists. Make sure to not make the same mistake that she did, Character. This isn't a game - I'll do whatever it takes to bring Cole down and get my wife back, even if it means having to deal with those who become weak in the face of our goal.

We'll see what happens, Scott. END OF CHAT

Briefing

Character, I'm sorry I couldn't go and let you know that I was with the resistance. I thought you were just one of them two-bit Loyalists like Washington over here.

Believe me, I wouldn't have gone and tried to send you to your death and all if I knew you were gonna be on -our- side.

But we gotta make sure we get our stories straight about what happened here, you understand? Both of us are in too deep now to have our cover blown. I have an idea, though, on what we can do.

What's your idea?

We take Washington's evidence and turn it on him.

We make it look like he was the spy from the Resistance. I can get my people to back that claim as well.

So... we say that we lured him here to reveal his actions?

Exactly.

We wanted to bring him in, but he tried to kill the both of us - right in the heart of Cole's tower. Isn't that a shame?

We had no choice but to put him down - he was too dangerous to just let go.

All that said and done, we ain't going to be worrying about our covers being blown.

However, you're gonna have to be the one to break the news to Michael about Washington. I've got to deal with cleaning things up in my office. You okay with that?

Speaking to Praetor White is never pleasant, but I'll do it.

Great. Now get goin' before anyone starts getting suspicious. And Character?

Thanks. You chose the right side.

Don't worry about it.

Briefing

Eh? What do you want, Character?

I've got some unfortunate news - Chief Interrogator Washington was a traitor.

What?! Washington a traitor?!

You better have some proof of this, Character, or else I'm gonna fling your sorry self straight to the top of Cole's tower!

Easy there. Cleopatra has all the evidence you'll need.

Wha?

Huh... well, would you look at that. So the two of you went and caught yourselves a traitor. And Washington! I would've thought that guy would be the last person to betray us. Goes to show how much you can trust someone.

Well, good on you for doing that, Character, along with my girl Cleo.

Gotta say, it's refreshin' to know that there's someone like you here weedin' out the traitors. Just be careful you don't get too full of yourself and point your finger at someone who ain't a traitor.

Wouldn't dream of it, Praetor White. I'll be taking my leave now.

Briefing

It isn't easy serving Praetoria, Character.

We all thought Cleopatra was one of us. I didn't want to believe it when my evidence began to point towards her.

We did the right thing. If we arrested her, we would have to deal with Praetor White. He would have shattered the peace that we're trying to hard to keep in Nova just to prove her 'innocence'.

Her death was the only way to keep the people of Praetoria safe. You understand, I'm sure.

All that is left is cleaning up some loose ends.

What else is hanging?

Dealing with Praetor White.

Someone is going to have to speak with him regarding what happened today.

I believe that someone should be you, Character.

Tell him what happened here - but tell him that I killed Cleopatra. If you tell him you had any role in harming her, he will strike you down where you stand. I don't want to see that happen, not to you.

He will be angry, but you must remind him that he serves Praetoria now, not his own selfish ambitions.

Do we have an agreement on this?

I'll speak with Praetor White.

Excellent. Good luck speaking with him, Character.

Thanks, Washington.

Briefing

Eh? What do you want, Character?

Your girlfriend, Cleopatra. She was a member of the Resistance.

What?! This ain't funny, Character, you got two seconds to explain yourself! What's going on here?!

(Explain Washington's investigation and execution)

Praetor White looks down, clenching his fists

...

So...Washington went and offed her, huh...guess he had a point. I woulda gotten Cleo outta anything. Had to do what he had to do.

All for Cole's empire and safety, yeah?

Praetor White stomps his foot hard on the ground, letting out a grunt.

That's how it's gotta be, Character. You take a lesson from all this. Me? I was blinded by that woman. Who knows how long she was in the Resistance for? How long she was usin' me? I ain't gonna let it happen again though.

I don't care that she 'betrayed' Marcus' whole damn regime, I just care that she went and played me like that. Just...stay outta my way for now, Character. You see me walkin' into the tunnels, you better believe that I'm gonna kill any of those pieces of filth I come across.

• Alright, Praetor White. I'll leave you to your thoughts.

(Conversation ends)

• That's it? Your girlfriend dies and that's all you have to say?

You got a better idea, Character?!

You don't wanna start this conversation, Character, I'm warnin' you, 'cause it ain't gonna end well for you!

• Alright, whatever, I'm backing off.

(Conversation ends)

• I'm starting it, White. Did you even -care- about her?

Praetor White lets out a deep growl, hovering over you.

You think I'm heartless, Character?! You ain't just gonna be with someone for all that time and not care!

But she betrayed me, betrayed what we had, made me look like a fool! You think I'm gonna be fine with that?!

I ain't! And it's all 'cause of them pieces of filth in the Resistance and old Marcus over there! If neither of 'em were part of this damn equation, this wouldn't be a problem, and she never woulda had to gone and do all that. And you know what? It's just how it is, 'til one of those two are taken care of.

The Resistance? Or Cole?

Praetor White remains silent for a moment.

Guess we'll see what happens. Now get outta here, I'm done talkin' with you.

Nice chat, Praetor White.