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Motion to Impeach
Motion to Impeach is the assassination of the Earl of Cardigan inside the Palace of Westminster. Jacob steals a password, takes a policeman hostage to walk into Westminster Hall, and has an opposing MP lead him straight to Cardigan's office.
- Type
- Story
- Region
- Westminster
Storylines
Part 6 of 6 in Sequence 7: All is Fair in Politics
Found in
- Palace of WestminsterThe Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, is in Westminster beside the Clock Tower. It has a viewpoint, Jacob assassinates the Earl of Cardigan here in Motion to Impeach, and the twins later stop a Templar bomb plot inside.
- WestminsterWestminster is the seat of power in Syndicate's London: Buckingham Palace, 10 Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey all stand here. The Templar Lilla Graves, a prize fighter known as the Bludger, holds it in 1868, and the Devil's Acre slum sits right beside the grand buildings.
Good to know
- Sequence 7, memory 6 of 6; global story order 32; played as Jacob Frye.
- Region: Westminster, at the Palace of Westminster.
- Target: James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan.
- Optional objectives: don't kill any policemen; do not get detected by the target.
- The password to Cardigan's office is Balaclava, after the battle he cannot stop talking about.
- Jacob passes himself off as Sergeant Freddy Abberline of Scotland Yard to get the MP's help.
- The MP who leads Jacob to the office is turned away at the door himself for not knowing the password.
Objectives
Scout the area: a minister has the password in his pocket and a corrupt policeman controls the door. Pickpocket the password, then grab the policeman so you can walk into Westminster Hall unchallenged. Introduce yourself to an MP who wants Cardigan investigated, claiming to be Sergeant Abberline of Scotland Yard, and follow him to the office. Knock, give the password, kill the Templar guard and reach Cardigan before he turns round.
Tips
Taking the policeman hostage instead of fighting through keeps the no-police-deaths objective intact. Cardigan has his back to the door at first, so strike quickly to stay undetected.
What happensSpoilerShow
Jacob cuts Cardigan's throat, and the earl spends his last breath on a long speech about Balaclava and the 11th Hussars while Jacob rolls his eyes. Starrick loses his strongest voice in Parliament.
Things to notice
MPs opposed to Cardigan complain about needing a password just to see him and talk of calling Scotland Yard. Inside the office, his own Templars admit Disraeli's supporters are rallying after the failed attack, and one groans when the earl brings up Balaclava yet again.
- Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli is the Prime Minister the Templars want dead in Sequence 7. Jacob poses as his bodyguard to save him, and the Disraelis later help the twins steal the Gladstones' invitations to the Buckingham Palace ball.
- Crawford StarrickCrawford Starrick is the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Grand Master of the British Templars and the industrialist who controls London in 1868 through his factories, railways, banks, the Blighters gang and a ring of Templar lieutenants. Every major target the Frye twins kill is one of his people, and the main story builds toward a final confrontation with him at Buckingham Palace.
- Earl of CardiganThe Earl of Cardigan, James Brudenell, is the Templar politician behind the plot to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli in Sequence 7 of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Known in Templar letters only as B, he is the target of the memory Motion to Impeach at the Palace of Westminster.
Jacob FryeJacob Frye is one of the two playable Assassins in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the brawler of the Frye twins. In 1868 he founds the Rooks gang, fights the Blighters for every borough and goes after Crawford Starrick's inner circle one Templar at a time, from Rupert Ferris in Croydon to the Earl of Cardigan in Parliament.
Related missions
- Story
Driving Mrs. Disraeli
Driving Mrs. Disraeli is an escort memory with a comic streak: Jacob shakes off reporters, drives Mary Anne Disraeli and her dog Desmond into the Devil's Acre slum, and keeps her out of trouble long enough to learn who B is.
- Story
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard has Jacob slip into Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli's carriage outside 10 Downing Street just before hired thugs attack it. You fight off the ambush, chase the carriage when it is stolen and bring the couple back safely.
- Story
Playing Politics
Playing Politics opens Sequence 7 at the Sinopean Club, where Jacob watches Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli argue with William Gladstone and looks for the mysterious B who is plotting Disraeli's death. A spy, a rooftop sniper and a chase follow.
- Side
Operation: Westminster
Operation: Westminster is the last Queen Victoria memory: the remaining Templar bombers have got into the Houses of Parliament with their explosives. You work through the building with Fleming, removing bombers one by one, then deal with the leader and defuse the charges.