Breaking News
Breaking News has Alexander Graham Bell test his new bombs on two Starrick thugs outside his workshop, then sneak into the Starrick telegraph station to wreck its transmitter while you protect him. It is where the voltaic bomb enters your kit.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Rewards
- Voltaic bombs, insulated soles
Storylines
Part 3 of 7 in Sequence 5: The Perils of Business
Good to know
- Sequence 5, memory 3 of 7; global story order 17; played as Jacob or Evie.
- Giver: Alexander Graham Bell.
- Rewards: voltaic bombs and insulated boot soles that make you immune to their discharge.
- Optional objective: electrocute thugs with voltaic bombs twice.
- Starrick has been sending men to pressure Bell into working for him.
- Bell made three prototype bombs with different levels of acidity; only one works as intended.
- Comes after Friendly Competition; The Lady with the Lamp follows.
Objectives
Climb to a rooftop above Bell's workshop as he stalls two thugs, Bill and Baz, with wordplay. Bell made three prototype bombs; throw them one at a time. The first two only release foul gas that makes the thugs sick, while the third works as a true voltaic bomb and knocks them out. Then drive Bell's carriage to the telegraph station, take out guards so he can slip in, and cover him as he destroys the three parts of the transmitter.
Tips
Keep guards off Bell during the sabotage, since he cannot fight. Save a voltaic bomb or two for clustered guards near the transmitter to tick off the optional objective.
Outcome
With the transmitter wrecked, Starrick can no longer flood the city with false news. Jacob tells Bell to move out of his workshop, but Bell refuses, saying the twins have given him courage.
Things to notice
Bell's delivery to the thugs is full of puns, and they never quite follow him. On the drive to the station he tells a story about his mother's neighbours still believing old rumours, his point being that false news spreads like vermin.
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