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[15.05] Criminal
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*Bagman*
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____'s "employer" has her delivering an endangered SimCity canary, notoriously
difficult to catch in the wild, to a well known private "collector" of rare
species. ____'s been given a long list of care instructions and some packets
of canary food, as well as a dozen additional deliveries on top of her normal
routes. Hours into her day, she realizes that she's been neglecting the
canary, and when she goes to check on it in the trunk, discovers it lying
motionless at the bottom of its cage. ____'s in trouble, and can't possibly
admit the truth to the parties involved. Should she lie about the
circumstances surrounding the bird's death, or head to the wilderness and try
to catch a replacement?
"Lie"
"Replace"
_____ quickly finishes up her remaining deliveries, picks up an oversized
length of netting, and heads out to the SimCity Wildlife Preserve. She
traipses about in the forest for a while without setting a single canary,
but just as she's ready to throw in the towel, she spots one sitting
peacefully on a low hanging branch of a nearby willow tree. A few minutes
later and _____ is back on the road, canary in hand, heading to her drop
off point. The collector recognizes immediately that the bird is not the same
bird he arranged to purchase, but informs _____ that he actually likes her
bird better. Relieved, _____ buries the expired canary and heads back into
town with a §1,250 bonus.
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*Bookie*
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A few days ago one of ____'s regulars picked a long shot nag to win and ended
up winning himself a couple of grand, but before he could collect, he managed
to get himself into some "trouble", which led to the accidental explosion of
his car. ____ has effectively inherited the money, and if he were to pocket
the winnings him, no one would be the wiser, though he could also earn some
street rep by splitting the winnings with his boss.
"Keep"
"Split"
____ counts out the winnings and heads to the 444 Club, the base of operations
for the local family's "business". He greets the doormen and is escorted to
the backroom, where he explains the situation to the boss and drops a roll of
1000 simoleons in front of him. He waves his hand and in a gruff voice informs
____ that the winnings really belong to him and the family. ____ has no
choice but to turn over all the winnings and lose 1 Creativity skill point.
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*Con Artist*
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As of late, pickings have been thin in the con-artist racket. The Vice Squad
has been breathing down ____'s neck, and the consumer affairs committee has
launched an aggressive television ad campaign warning would-be victims to the
dangers of recent confidence schemes. ____ has a few tricks left up his
sleeve though. A contact has offered him some office space that might work
well as the pretext for a classic vacation time-share scam (a sure fire way to
swindle the elderly out of their retirement funds), or seeing as times are
tough, ____ could go with the old door-to-door insurance policy scheme.
"Time-Share"
____ opens up shop, and within an hour already has his first pair of suckers.
He sells them some forged time share paperwork, some imaginary stock in their
local shopping mall, and even ends up throwing in a non-existant speed boat.
____ thanks the elderly couple and shows them to the door, but the couple is
cagier than ____ suspected. They immediately take the paperwork to a lawyer,
and the cops arrive at ____'s "office" door before he's even had time to cash
the check. ____ is caught red handed and has to hire a shyster attorney to
beat the 13 counts of fraud the DA has filed against him. ____ is out §5,000.
"Insurance"
Street after street, door after door, walking until she's no longer able to
feel her feet, and ____ hasn't sold a single insurance policy, not a single
Simoleon conned. It looks like while ____ was busy refining the good old
scams, the whole of SimCity got wise to them. ____'s lost her touch as well
as 2 Creativity skill points.
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*Getaway Driver*
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Speeding down the inner-city streets, ____'s on the getaway and heading to the
bank job team's rendezvous point. Something went wrong during the heist:
____'s car is occupied with only 3 of the 4 team members she'd dropped off
before the job, and one of them is injured. Also, they only managed to make it
out with 20K in hard currency. Thinking that the cops might be on to them, and
therefore on to their escape route, ____ decides to change the plan, but isn't
sure whether to take the turnpike or head down the narrow section of
cobblestone surface streets.
"Turnpike"
"Surface Streets"
Already halfway through the intersection, ____ skids through the turn, nearly
hitting a baby carriage, goes through a stand of watermelons, and rumbles
right over a fishmonger's wooden cart. She hits the windshield wipers to clear
the watermelon rinds and fish carcasses, but as she looks down an alleyway, a
large garbage truck pullsout in front of her. Unable to stop in time, ____
pulls the parking brake and skids into the back of the truck. The three bank
robbers are knocked unconscious. ____ frees herself from the wreckage and
drags one of the robbers from the passenger seat into the driver's seat,
before skirting the garbage truck and disappearing into the crowd. The cops
converge and sort out the criminals from the rest of the garbage, but ____
loses 1 Mechanical skill point and is demoted back to Con Artist.
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*Bank Robber*
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During the final set-up meeting for the upcoming heist, ____ is informed that
a member of the team has been taken ill and won't be coming with them, but
that the job will go down as planned. New roles are discussed, and some of the
more experienced members of the team will be forced to pick up some of the
slack, but it's left up to ____ whether she wants to be a lookout in charge of
crowd control or if she'd rather help out the demolitions expert with cracking
the bank vault.
"Look-Out"
"Vault"
The team goes into motion. The vault poses no problem, and in minutes they're
in and have packed up the bearer bonds they've come to steal. On the way out,
____ pockets a stack of simoleans, but keeps them to herself for a little
extra "hazard" pay. Halfway to the rendezvous point the getaway car is
suddenly surrounded by patrol cars, and the leader of the job knows something
must be up. He grabs ____'s bag and finds the stack of marked bills, as well
as the radio transmitter it contains. Before ____ knows what's hit her, the
getaway car has swung into a dark alley, and ____ is thrown out of the moving
car. ____ loses her job and 2 Body skill points.
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*Cat Burglar*
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Inside the SimCity Museum of Metropolitan Art, ____ is on the hunt for a world
famous diamond currently on display, but he's hit a bit of a snag ... laser
beams, and close to a dozen of them. ____ hates laser beams, but is commited
to aquiring the diamond, as he has a very eager buying waiting in the wings.
He could flex some muscle and go for an acrobatic approach, or he could try
the new suction-cup crossbow, recently voted "the preferred tool of Cat
Burglars everywhere" by the SimCity local 709 Burglar's Union.
"Acrobatics"
"Cross-bow"
____ readys the suction cup crossbow and attaches its flexable retractable
cable. He surveys the lattace of the security beams, and wonders only briefly
why the lasers around important artifacts aren't ever simply installed in an
impenetrable row. ____ finds a decnt path for the glass display case to pass
through and takes aim with the crossbow. He scores a direct hit on the display
case and with a quick flick of his wrist has the glass box, and the diamond,
in hand. ____ earns 2 Mechanical skill points and makes a stealthy retreat.
The ice sells for a cool 20,000 simoleons, and ____ sends a note to the
Burglar's Union singing the praise of the suction cup crossbow.
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*Counterfeiter*
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____'s just finished a run of counterfeit Simoleons printed with a near
perfect reproduction of the treasury's updated watermark, but truth be told,
____'s now got so much funny money he's not exactly sure what to do with it.
He could use the cash to grease a few political palms with the hopes of
impressing SimCity's Criminal Mastermind, The Llama Queen, or he could pull
out all the stops and try to launder the Simoleons, and keep them all for
himself.
"Bribe"
____ packs a briefcase, arranges some meetings with a few local politicans and
lobbyists, and sets forth providing the grease the keeps the political (and
criminal) gears turning. Everything goes well, but while ___'s out on the town
showing some civil servents and police a good time, the vice squad raids his
base of operations and clears out all his equipment. ____'s played it smart
and made sure that no part of the counterfeit ring could possibly traced back
to him, but without his elaborate equipment ____ has no choice but to go back
to being a Cat Burglar. ____ has been demoted.
"Launder"
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