Mission:Tip - Innocuous Slip of Paper

Innocuous Slip of Paper
Alignment Mission
Type	Alignment Tip
Place	Paragon City
Available to	Rogues
Level range	30–39
Choice	Hero

Innocuous Slip of Paper

Alignment Mission

You find a crisp slip of paper on a defeated enemy with an encrypted message printed on it.

You carefully scan over the brief message written in some form of encryption. After thinking a bit, you're certain that this is a form of encryption used in World War II and is occasionally used by groups like the Council and the 5th Column. It takes you but a moment to decrypt the message. It reveals the location of some stolen goods. Your knowledge of the encryption method used is fairly limited. The word that describes the valuables is either 'priceless' or 'without value'. You're hoping it's the former.

Now that you think about it, the national treasury was recently robbed. Millions of dollars worth of gold was stolen. This sounds like a perfect opportunity to both slap around those responsible and take a (considerable) cut of the profits.

HERO: Locate the stolen valuables

Word off the street is that the Council was behind that theft of gold from the national treasury. Word also has it that they're storing the stash in a hidden Council base that isn't so hidden from a person with as many connections as you have. The gold is insured by the treasury, and as good as gone, so you'd be doing everyone a favor by liberating it from the Council. And if no one is the wiser, then what harm would it be if you were to go ahead and keep it? After all, you aren't trying to take over the world, just enjoy it.

• Steal the stolen gold from those dirty Council thieves.

Bashing your way into a Council base will earn you a few brownie points amongst the tighty whitey heroes of Paragon City. Plus, the Council will never admit that their stolen goods were stolen rightou out from under their noses. This plan is so perfect that you can't imagine anything going wrong.

Unnecessary Solicitation

The information you have about that hidden Council base won't stay secret for much longer. You'd better hit that Council base and steal the gold before they move it or someone else beats you to the punch. Who'd have thunk that being a hero would be such a heavy burden.

Mission Objective(s)

Looks like you're the first person to come knocking. Time to get to work before this secret base becomes common knowledge.

• Liberate gold from the Council
  • Find and steal the gold
  • Defeat Hollow Point
  • Convince Overdrive that you are helping

Longbow seized the stolen gold, but at least you got away with a few bars and, more importantly, didn't end up in the Zig like everyone else. A silver tongue will always be worth more than a few gold bricks.

Enemies

Council

Notable NPCs

• Hollow Point
• Vulfgar (5th Column Warwolf)
• Overdrive

Crate of Gold interaction

Interacting with Crate of Gold

You pry open the Council crate and see your face reflected in a stack of shiny gold bricks!

• Gleefully examine your fortune in gold

You don't know how long you knelt there, starring at the fortune in gold, but you are broken out of your reverie by the commotion of a sudden battle erupting elsewhere in the Council base. It looks like you aren't the only one here for the big pay day.

• Take as much as you can carry

Ambush! Hollow Point will ambush the player after they open the crate of gold.

Hollow Point dialogue

Before combat:

Hollow Point: Quickly! Neutralize the monitoring equipment and set your charges. The rest of you are with me. Let's find that gold!

Combat start:

Hollow Point: Well, well, well. Look what the Council dragged in. Working for the Center now, Character? Just like I thought. You'll never change.

Ambush! Vulfgar will ambush the player when Hollow point reachs 75% health.

Vulfgar dialogue

Vulfgar: To battle and glory!

Overdrive dialogue

Before combat:

Overdrive: Put down your weapons and surrender!

Combat start:

Overdrive: Longbow... Attack!

At 100% Life:

Overdrive: So, Character, Working for Hollow Point and the 5th Column Now, Huh?

At 50% Life:

Overdrive: Don't try to deny it, why else would you be in this Council base if you aren't working for them?

At 25% Life:

Overdrive: Hmmm, something does seem fishy here. Let's take a second and talk this out, ok?

Overdrive conversation

Overdrive

Speaking with Overdrive

I don't know if I buy it, Character. The only way you could have gotten into this Council base is with Hollow Point and the 5th Column's help...

• I wouldn't be caught dead working for that nutcase!

No need to take things to the extreme. If you weren't working for them, then who are you working for?

• I'm not working for anyone.

Ah ha! I get it. You're betraying the 5th Column, but ran into trouble with the Council... wait... hrmmm. It's starting to sound like your story is checking out, Character. My men just found Hollow Point, Vulfgar, and Metzger, as well as a bunch of very irate Council soldiers, and they're all cursing your name.

• I told you, I'm a good guy, see...

I'm surprised, Character. I didn't think a scoundrel could change his colors. But it looks like you took the initiative to try and set things right. I guess there is such a thing as honor amongst thieves.

Well, it looks like the Council split the gold up when they moved it, some of it appears to be missing. It looks like Longbow will be on this case for a bit longer. You should help us track it down.

• Hiding your gold. "I caught a lucky break. Maybe next time."

Debriefing

You had all that gold in your hands! Argh! Stupid Hollow Point and his stupid 5th Column allies! They ruined everything! And Overdrive... one of these days you're going to have to steal her power armor, just so she can see how it feels to lose so much precious metal.