Planning a Heist (Hub)
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The Flit gives you access to contacts, secret ways and thiefly gossip that would be the envy of any aspiring burglar.
[…]Description summary:
Part of the description varies based on 
Planning a Heist:.
| Heist | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | What daring robbery are you planning? |
| 1 | Your target is the House on Cubit Square. |
| 2 | Your target is the offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece. |
| 6 | Your target is the Circumspect Envoy's townhouse in Elderwick. |
| 7 | Your target is the home of an Admiral's Widow who possesses a cache of Justificandes. |
| 10 | Your target is the mansion of an Unsympathetic Landlord. |
| 11, 12 | Your target is a precious treasure. |
| 13 | Your target is the residence of a Wayward Admirer. |
| ? | Your target is a Vault of Impounded Contraband in Concord Square. |
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Game Instructions: Heists marked a 'challenging' or 'very challenging' carry additional risks if you fail – up to and including imprisonment in New Newgate!
Storylet appears in 
Plan a Heist
This storylet autofires once all the prerequisites are met.
You cannot leave this storylet without playing any branches.
Options:
The House on Cubit Square
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Success
High walls and barred windows
Success Instructions: Build up Casing... to gain access to the story. The higher your Casing goes, the more advantages you'll have going in.
You've begun planning a burglary of the House on Cubit Square. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 1 - The House on Cubit Square, where Mr Leadbeater counts his shipbuilder's Echoes.)
Your target is Shuttered: not too secure. (Sets 
Target Security: to 1 - Shuttered)
Conclusion: ...Mr Leadbeater's Fortune
^
The Offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece
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Success
A crooked sprawl of stone in the shadow of the Bazaar
Success Instructions: Build up Casing... to gain access to the story. The higher your Casing goes, the more advantages you'll have going in.
- You've begun planning a burglary of the offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 2 - The offices of Baseborn & Fowlingpiece, where lawyers hoard secrets.)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
Conclusion: ...a Sealed Archive or ...Mr Baseborn's Papers
^
Making Your Name: The Records Office in Concord Square
- Spoiler Unlocked with
A Name Whispered in Darkness exactly 5
Locked with
Planning a Heist:
Success
Into the belly of the beast
- You've begun planning a burglary of the records office in Concord Square. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 3 - The records office in Concord Square, where the Constables keep their failures)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
Conclusion: ...the Constables' store of records
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The Balustraded House in Elderwick
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5 x Favours: Criminals
Success
Behind shuttered windows
Success Instructions: Build up Casing... to gain access to the story. The higher your Casing goes, the more advantages you'll have going in.
- You've begun planning a burglary of the Elusive Countess' mansion. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 4 - The mansion of the Elusive Countess, where she resides along with her servants.)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
You've lost 5 x Favours: Criminals
Conclusion: The chambers of the Countess
^
The Circumspect Envoy's Townhouse
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1 x Purloined Paperwork
Success
An embassy never sleeps
- You've begun planning a burglary of the Circumspect Envoy's townhouse in Elderwick. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 6 - The Circumspect Envoy's townhouse, where the Envoy from Arbor hoards her city's secret)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
Conclusion: The Envoy's Study
^
The Home of an Admiral's Widow
- Spoiler Unlocked with
3 x Favours: The Docks, 
Shadowy 100
Locked with Planning a Heist:
Success
Enhanced by the Admiralty
- You've begun planning a burglary of Justificandes from an Admiral's Widow. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 7 - The apartments of an Admiral's Widow, where there is a small cache of Justificandes)
- Your target is Well-Guarded: notably secure. (Sets Target Security: to 3 - Well-Guarded)
You've lost 3 x Favours: The Docks
Conclusion: The Widow's Bedchamber
^
The townhouse of a Discerning Deviless
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A Deviless' Address, 5 x Favours: Criminals
Locked with Planning a Heist:
Success
Not far from Moloch Street
- You've begun planning a burglary of a special soul from a Discerning Deviless. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 8 - The townhouse of a Discerning Deviless, where she keeps her souls)
- Your target is Perilous: extremely secure. (Sets Target Security: to 4 - Perilous)
You've lost 1 x A Deviless' Address- You've lost 5 x Favours: Criminals
Conclusion: The Deviless' Vitrine
^
The mansion of an Unsympathetic Landlord
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Shadowy 100
Locked with Planning a Heist:
Success
Opulence from squalor
- Your target is Well-Guarded: notably secure. (Sets Target Security: to 3 - Well-Guarded)
- You've begun planning a burglary of the mansion of an Unsympathetic Landlord. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 10 -The mansion of an Unsympathetic Landlord)
Conclusion: The Landlord's Safe
^
The shaded estate on Hemlock Row
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Hiding Place of a Peculiar Item, Shadowy 200
Locked with Planning a Heist:
Success
Slip inside
- Your target is Perilous: extremely secure. (Sets Target Security: to 4 - Perilous)
- You've begun planning a burglary of a precious treasure. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 11 - The hiding-place of a precious treasure)
Conclusion: ...a very particular treasure
^
The Museum of Prelapsarian History
- Spoiler Unlocked with
State of the Prelapsarian Museum: is Complete (World Quality, now available)
Locked with Planning a Heist:
Success
Antiquity and modernity
- Your target is Well-Guarded: notably secure. (Sets Target Security: to 3 - Well-Guarded)
- You've begun planning a burglary of the Museum of Prelapsarian History. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 12 - The Museum of Prelapsarian History)
Conclusion: ...the Archaeology Wing or ...the Osteology Wing
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The Vault of Impounded Contraband in Concord Square
- Spoiler Unlocked with
The Coilheart Games is 2 (World Quality, now locked), Of Stripes, and Coils 100-299, 
Coilheart Eagles 10
Locked with Planning a Heist:, 
Lead: Extraordinary Illumination
Success
The lair of the beast
- You've begun planning a burglary of the Vault of Impounded Contraband in Concord Square. (Sets Planning a Heist: to 5 - The Vault of Impounded Contraband in Concord Square)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
Redirects to: Preparing for a Big Score Conclusion: The Vault of Impounded Possessions (Coilheart Games)
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The Missing Comb: The Wayward Admirer's Residence
- Spoiler Unlocked with
Candlefinder: Case exactly 1 (The Missing Comb), Candlefinder Lead: A Heist
Locked with Planning a Heist
Success
Perfection
- You've begun planning a burglary of the residence of a Wayward Admirer (Sets Planning a Heist: to 13 - The residence of a Wayward Admirer)
- Your target is Triple-Bolted: quite secure. (Sets Target Security: to 2 - Triple-Bolted)
Redirects to: Preparing for a Big Score
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Leave; attend to other matters
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Prepare for your heist
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Begin your heist!
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