Chiodo: Mission 3

Base the mission around the following diary extracts, written by Ryalla. The diary should be placed either at the beginning of the mission or used as part of the briefing.

17/05

There is nothing I detest more than Hammerite know-it-alls! I had the misfortune of running in to some on my way down to the market today. They were recruiting for their little pilgrimage, trying to encourage the "common people" to come with them on their journey to find the Builder. The flame-throwing priest and his soldier brethren are staying in a small run-down inn near the shipyards for a week whilst they gather to them a little flock of gullible sheep for the journey. Half-an-hour I had to stand there and listen to their jabbering. Half-an-hour!

18/05

Another day, another robbery, as they say. Well, as I say really. Not a particularly productive one either. Broke into minor merchant's home, stole a few precious goods, annoyed a few guards and made my way back here. I was rather disturbed to find one of Chiodo's more unsavoury associates waiting for me when I got back. The man was covered from head to toe in grime and he stank nearly as badly as the open sewers in the slums. He was after a report on my progress. I told him all I considered suitable for the ears of an underling, which wasn't much. I had found several items pointing to Chiodo's less wholesome deeds and destroyed them as asked. I was currently looking into another lead, but couldn't speak of it just yet. The encounter did have a positive side, however. It reminded me I owed Chiodo a visit.

19/05

Chiodo is out of town and will be so for at least a week. He left this morning on a business trip with his soon-to-be brother-in-law. Just what I didn't need! There's only one option left. If the answers aren't to be given, they shall have to be taken. I need to find information on this "Cavador" fellow mentioned in Rivell's notes. It's likely the fellow has ties to Chiodo, in which case I'll need to take care of them.

The important documents are no doubt located in the shipyards, but those buildings are too vast to be wasting time searching every one of them. No doubt Chiodo will have the details I need to narrow my search in one of his many houses. The one near the shipyards seems the likeliest choice. It's not a particularly large abode. Just the top floor of a three-storey building a short walk from the 'yards. I'll head there tonight and follow the clues I find. Better dress warmly - looks like a thunderstorm's brewing.

Set objectives:

  • Find the documents in Chiodo's flat
  • Generated at the appropriate point in the mission - Head down to the shipyard and locate the building in Chiodo's notes
  • Generated at the appropriate point in the mission - Gain access to the archives and take the appropriate files
  • Generated at the appropriate point in the mission - Infiltrate the adjoining workshop-temple
  • Generated at the appropriate point in the mission - Find some way to distract the Mechanists in the temple so you can steal Cavador's documents

    Set texts:

  • A document in Chiodo's flat that refers to the naval HQ's top secret archives - and notes which building is the HQ
  • A document in Chiodo's flat stating that he has struck a deal with the Mechanists to have their security installed in his shipyard to protect the mechanist machinery in operation there
  • A document in the HQ that names the secret archive's location within the building.
  • A document identifying which files Ryalla needs to take from the thousands in the archives
  • Information in the archives revealing how Chiodo runs his shipping empire - some suggestions might include stealing plans and trade routes from rival shippers, sabotaging their shipyards, buying off the competition's best crews and skippers, hiring pirates to sink and plunder rival ships at sea, etc.
  • A letter about the next-door Mechanist workshop-temple
  • A text pointing to DelMaris, the man who introduced Chiodo to Cavador
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