Halt in the name of the law!

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From: The marvellous contrivance


In response to an increasingly mobile criminal element, the Chief Constable has created a new Velocipede Squad. Your mission: chase down wrongdoers on a police-issue contraption.


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 84

  • 58 - very chancy (41%)
  • 72 - chancy (51%)
  • 86 - modest (61%)
  • 100 - very modest (71%)
  • 114 - low-risk (81%)
  • 128 - straightforward (91%)
  • 140 - straightforward (100%)

Success

The mismatched wheels of justice

You pedal after burglars and footpads. You leap on pickpockets [...]. Urchins scatter [...]. The Chief Constable is impressed [...], and the Velocipede Squad is set to expand its activities all over London. There is even talk of issuing firearms.


Failure

"Yes, madam, I am wearing your bloomers on my head. I can explain..."

Oh, you're good enough on the straight. But these criminals know to duck into back streets and run across gardens. You never want to see a washing line again.