Part 22: Escape from Debt

Part 22: Escape from Debt

The Route to the Banker

Back at the Rose, you talk to your sister, agreeing to this crazy scheme, and she tells you that her girls will be ready!  To complete this memory with full Sync you must not be detected while you are escorting the senator.  Now, go speak with Troche to learn the whereabouts of the Banker!  Run through the streets to the green marker, where you will encounter a group of soldiers beating on Troche!

After you rescue him you get a CS in which you learn that he is more of a pragmatic fellow than an idealist...  You will need to escort him to the destination -- but in safety.  This will involve stashing him in safe corners while you clear the way ahead as best you can, but beware!  If you are detected you will fail to gain 100% Sync!

This is actually a rather stupid mission -- you lead the man to several destinations that are not the destination until finally you go to the one place in town that is literally surrounded by soldiers, but somehow this place is safe when the other places that had no soldiers had too many solders?  Really?

After you arrive you get a CS that requires you to pay 3,000f to the bloke -- pay it now -- then you get another CS in which you learn that you have purchased a senator! 

-- Follow the Money --

Your next memory is called "Follow the Money" and to get 100% on this one you need to stay on the rooftops and not be detected.  Sheesh!

Once you reach the meeting spot you trigger a CS and then begin the trailing -- if you fail on your first try (I did) no worries, just replay later!  At the Pantheon the CS of the meeting plays out and then you are instructed to infiltrate via the roof of the structure, so make your way up there to the marker and then kill the guard below without being detected.

Scale your way down the inside of the dome and kill the guard to trigger another CS, and the next mission in the chain, "When in Rome."

-- When In Rome --

To get 100% on this you must arrive at your destination in under 3 minutes.  You must lead the guards and you cannot be detected.  Their conversation will point the way, or that is the theory anyway.

The premise of this mission is that you have killed the Captain of the Guard and taken his place, and you will use the comments of the guards, along with the meter on the screen to feel your way in the right direction.  It is mostly luck and there are no markers to indicate your destination even when you arrive at it, so just use trial and error and hope you manage it in under 3 minutes.  I did not.

-- In and Out --

You have arrived at the bank and gone inside -- but what you do not know is that the body of the Captain has been found, and they now know you are not he.  You need ro kill the Banker and escape -- to get 100% Sync you need to do it from a bench and not be detected.  Can this get any more bizarre?!

Use the courtesans for cover, and the crowd as needed, and tail them to the Banker.  When you reach the restricted area use the hay pile on the right as you will likely lose your escort here.  Go up the stairs and use the hay pile to kill the guard here, then move to the next hay pile on the left and do it again.

Move from hay pile to hay pile killing the guards until the path diverges to the right, at which point there is another group of courtesans for you to use as cover.  The Banker is now identified!  Simply set the courtesans on to the guards ahead and then follow the Banker into the complex.  You will have to set your last set of girls on to the guards at the junction, so use the crowd then take the back alley, and follow him to the main courtyard, where he will pause to celebrate.  This is where you kill him!

Listen to the Borgia speech, then his convo with The Pope.  When that ends use the hay wagon to kill the guard there and work your way across the courtyard, climb the wall then the stairs to the balcony, then work your way down to the bench.  Now just wait until he walks past and kill him with your Double Hidden Blade by using the assassinate option.  Excellent!  You did it mate!  100% and a dead pervert!  Way to GO!

Yeah... But now you have to escape... 

Once you get a certain distance from the killing spot you will get 100% on it though the guards are actually still chasing you.  Hide, fight, it really will not matter as you have technically completed the memory.  Good job mate!  Now head for the next mission marker on the map!

You have been dispatching your Assassin Recruits on new assignments, right?  If not you should do that on the way to this mission mate.  If you have been keeping up the bulk of your team should be Level 8 by now!

-- Paper Trail --

When you arrive at the marker you learn that Caludia's girls have stolen the Banker's money -- not that he needs it where he is now -- but this has caused trouble at the Rose, so hurry to help!

Whn you get inside you discover that your sister is wicked with a blade!  She has already killed the soldiers!  There is nothing for you to do but bask in your 100% glory mate!  Just as you start to do that, the world shakes and shimmies and you unlock the Achievement "Fundraiser" which is worth 20 GP, and ends the 5th Sequence.  Do I need to say good on ya?  Should I say Excellante Bustamonte?!

Well done anyway, and Happy Christmas! 

Now as this is another Sequence coming to a close let us cover some basic housework here -- I will not go into detail, but pause in your story-line questing and do the following now:

-- Empty your Bank Account
-- Dispatch your Assassino
-- Upgrade any shops you have yet to upgrade
-- Purchase any historical sites you have not purchased
-- Re-supply your kit
-- Buy the new armor at the Blacksmith
-- Buy the new pouches at the Tailor and max out your parachutes
-- Do any Shop Quests that you have the stuff for
-- If there are any Assassin Contract Markers you have not cleared yet, clear them.
-- If there are any Thief Mission Markers you have not cleared yet, clear them
-- If there are any Treasure Markers you have not cleared yet, clear them!

That wraps up all of the chores.  Obviously some of this stuff is discretionary -- you can do it after you finish the story mode, but doing a lot of these will actually help you with that so it is your call...