Betray the city to (criminal affiliates)

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ID: 264099

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From: Officially Non-Criminal

It would serve beautifully as a criminal stronghold, with none of the bother of city life. If only the remaining pesky citizens were cleared out.

Description summary:
This action's title varies based on who You Make Your Toasts To:

Toasts	Title
The Cheery Man	Betray the city to criminal agents from the Medusa's Head
The Gracious Widow	Betray the city to the operation of the Gracious Widow
The Topsy King	Betray the city to former affiliates of the Topsy King
Yourself!	Betray the city to the Criminals

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Game Instructions: This will bring you three Criminals favours and various other rewards. It will entirely wipe out the Hinterland Prosperity and Efficiency, and raise City Waning to a high level. There may also be effects on the city's ideological alignment.

Unlocked with 100,000 x Hinterland Prosperity, Exploration of a Hinterland City 80, Seeing Banditry in the Upper River 4

Locked with Favours: Criminals 5, Hinterland City - A Blithe Indifference to Politics

Challenge information

Broad, Shadowy 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

An efficient strike

[…]

The city is sacked, not obliterated. They don't take [Leader]. But there is a great deal of damage. Among those who remain, there is a new appreciation of laws.

Description summary:
The first paragraph varies based on who You Make Your Toasts To:

Toasts	First Paragraph
The Cheery Man	The business is swift and effective. The gang from the Medusa's Head go through neighbourhood by neighbourhood, gathering all the valuables to the local pub. (Habit, or strategy? It's hard to say.) The citizens who resist are tied up in a basement [...]
The Gracious Widow	The operation is precise and elegant. [...] those citizens deemed likely to put up a resistance are visited and dissuaded [...] Then, the Widow's agents collect according to an inventory written in advance. They know precisely what they want from the city [...]
The Topsy King	Over the course of a few nights, the streets fill with beggars, [...] Then the beggars are everywhere, and their sacks are full of [...] not only the food and the sensible supplies, but souvenirs of the first foundation, and bits of artwork, and offering-goods [...].
Yourself!	The operation has all the finesse of a pirate raid on a Khaganian treasure-ship. But it does accomplish its aims. The city's [...] ransacked; [...] kidnapped for ransom, and many of the others driven out. The leader's offices are repurposed [...]

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• Shadowy is increasing…
•  You've destroyed every hint of Hinterland Efficiency you had built up. That will all need to be done over. (Resets Hinterland Efficiency to 0)
•  The City Waning is increasing… (+36 CP) (Wiki note: This is enough to raise The City Waning from none to 8)
•  You've gained 5 x Supporting the Emancipationist Tracklayers
•  You've lost 5 x Supporting the Liberationist Tracklayers
•  You've gained 1 x Infiltrator of the Tracklayer City
•  You've gained 3 x Favours: Criminals (up to 7)
•  You've gained ( Prosperity / 50) x Journal of Infamy
•  'Hinterland Prosperity' has been reset: a conclusion, or a new beginning?
•  An occurrence! Your 'Hinterland City - Recent News' Quality is now 13 - Capture by criminals! (hidden)

Redirects to: Drastic Shake-up of Local Politics

Failure

Called off

The citizens are just a bit too canny […] Several of the essential participants in your plan are instead pitched out the city gate with a total lack of ceremony.

You give them a good telling off, but you'll have to wait and try again later […]

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• Shadowy is increasing…
•  Tracklayers' Displeasure is increasing… (+2 CP)