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.
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Storylines
Part 1 of 6 in Sequence 7: All is Fair in Politics
Good to know
- Sequence 7, memory 1 of 6; global story order 27; played as Jacob Frye.
- Location: the Sinopean Club, a gentlemen's club for senior politicians.
- Optional objectives: do not kill any guards in the Sinopean Club; avoid all of the sniper's shots.
- Disraeli and Gladstone clash over the Corrupt Practices Bill.
- A note to Starrick says hired men will strike at Disraeli to stall the bill.
- Jacob's letter names the conspirator only by the initial B.
- Follows A Bad Penny and leads into The Bodyguard.
Objectives
Get inside the club without killing guards and eavesdrop on the Prime Minister's argument. When a man starts tailing Disraeli out of the club, chase and tackle him. A sniper on a church roof shoots him, so pursue her across the rooftops, dodging her shots, and beat her in a fight at the edge of a roof.
Before you go
Evie criticises the damage Jacob's work at the Bank of England did to the currency, and Jacob asks about the vault key she recovered. Henry has taken it away for research.
What happensSpoilerShow
The tail turns out to be a hired man called Herbert, not B. Dangled over the edge, the sniper describes her employer as an old man with a big moustache in a Hussar's uniform and says her crew will hit Disraeli's carriage the next morning.
Things to notice
The argument at the club turns personal: Gladstone calls Disraeli a fool, and Disraeli accuses him of wanting tyranny back. On the rooftop, the sniper begs not to be dropped because her employer will kill her, and Jacob points out a three-storey fall would land her in the workhouse.
- 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.
- 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.
- Evie FryeEvie Frye is the second playable Assassin in Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the planner of the Frye twins. While Jacob tears down Starrick's businesses, her memories follow the hunt for a Shroud of Eden across London and her rivalry with the Templar occultist Lucy Thorne. She is also the playable lead of the 1888 Jack the Ripper story.
- William GladstoneWilliam Gladstone is Disraeli's rival and the Templars' preferred Prime Minister. In Double Trouble Jacob steals his and his wife's invitations to the Buckingham Palace ball, along with their carriage.
Related missions
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Family Politics
Family Politics has Evie earn the location of the second set of palace plans by driving Duleep Singh around London in a stolen royal carriage, so he can lobby three politicians about the kingdom Britain took from him.
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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.
Image: UbisoftStoryMotion 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.
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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.