Drown them in paper
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From: Prosecution of (Trial)
Enter every last shred of evidence you can think of. Omit nothing. Make some stuff up for good measure.
Game Instructions: Success here will somewhat increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Locked with 
Progress of a Trial
Challenge information
Narrow, 
Mithridacy 8 (50% base)
- 4 and below - almost impossible (10%)
- 5 - high-risk (20%)
- 6 - high-risk (30%)
- 7 - tough (40%)
- 8 - very chancy (50%)
- 9 - chancy (60%)
- 10 - modest (70%)
- 11 - very modest (80%)
- 12 - low-risk (90%)
- 13 and above - straightforward (100%)
Each point of 
Prestige of a Legal Case increases the base difficulty by 1 point.
Success
Nothing 'brief' about it...
You have a train of clerks march through the courtroom to construct a towering wall of file boxes before the judge's bench. The judge asks wryly if that is all. It isn't.
Each side shall lay out its opening arguments. (Sets 
Progress of a Trial to 1)
You've gained 1 x Prestige of a Legal Case
Failure
Administrative expertise
The court – and your opponents – are apparently unfazed by the mountain of documents you submit. If anything, they seem oddly eager for the chance to subject you to greater scrutiny.
- Each side shall lay out its opening arguments. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 1)
Suspicion is increasing… (+2 CP)
