Form a working understanding of the particulars
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From: Defence of (Trial)
Ingest everything; plan nothing. With all the facts to hand, you can craft a smooth argument off the cuff.
Game Instructions: Success here will somewhat increase the prestige – and difficulty – of the case.
Locked with 
Progress of a Trial
Challenge information
- 120 - very chancy (41%)
- 149 - chancy (51%)
- 178 - modest (61%)
- 208 - very modest (71%)
- 237 - low-risk (81%)
- 266 - straightforward (91%)
- 292 - straightforward (100%)
Success
Everything in the details
You rifle through the papers with chaotic ferocity. Making sense of it is secondary; what matters is your command of the information. You read [...] the he-saids, she-saids; the allegations of jiggery-pokery; and a list of the jury's favourite wines.
Watchful is increasing…
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
"Has my learned friend come to the wrong courtroom?"
You spend a frantic few moments poring over the details [...] Names, dates, places, you have it all by heart. As proceedings begin in earnest, however, a string of amusing-yet-embarrassing misunderstandings reveal that you had been handed the wrong brief.
- Watchful is increasing…
- Each side shall lay out its opening arguments. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 1)
Scandal is increasing… (+2 CP)
