Date and Time: July 500 (3 months before the disappearance of District 23) 50 hours after assassination of Maximus Caesar; 20:00 local

Location: Grand Harbour

2 days have passed since the death of Maximus Caesar. Although the city is still on lock down, you've decided to send a message directly to the conspirators. Felix Septimus, leader of the senate and patriarch to the House of Septimus, is target number 2. The police uniform will grant you access to most of the apartment tower, minus the penthouse where Felix resides. The plan is simple enough; slip inside using the police uniform, then kill an Imperial Guard for his uniform. Next, use a hacked key card to gain access the penthouse. Then, after eliminating whatever guards are in the penthouse, throw Felix off the balcony and let gravity do the rest.

As you are preparing your gear, there's a knock at the door. Arming yourself with the carbon fiber knife you challenge "Who's there?". A woman's voice is passes though the door, "Aquila". You sheathe your knife and open the door. A woman, somewhere in her early 30's, enters. She nods and walks right in. You close the door and lock it. "Sarah Livingston, I presume?" you inquire. Sarah nods in confirmation, "they sent me here, saying that you needed help in hacking the security systems of the tower." She produces a laptop and proceeds to show you various schematics, plans, blueprints, and layout of the apartment complex. "Now here's the hard part: extraction. How exactly do you intend to leave the penthouse?" You get a smile. "Watch and learn," you say to her, "watch and learn".

Donning your police uniform you enter the ground lobby of the apartment tower. Several groups of guards are ahead, some wandering, some just chatting. There's one guard standing by the elevators, all alone. You go up to him, and he eyes you with some suspicion. "Hey, there's something suspicious in the restrooms. Some sort of package on the sink." You follow the guard to the bathroom and indeed, there is a package on the sink. As he is distracted, you tie your choke cord around his neck. He struggles, so you pull the cord so tight that the strands of the cord actually start to snap. It takes the better part of a minute before the guard collapses and stops struggling. Your hands feel the burn as the imprints of the cord are burned into your hand. At least you're wearing gloves. You strip the guard of his uniform and dump the body into a supply closet.

Walking outside, nobody seems to notice the missing guard. But, it's best to play it safe and you go catch the elevators on the other side of the building.

The hacked key card works wonders as you board the elevator car without suspicion. In your pocket, you switch on the signal scrambler you had with you since the assassination of Maximus. You put on a small earpiece and you hear Sarah on the other end. "Signal scrambler seems to be working. I've hacked into their security feeds. They can't see a thing. I'm detecting only 1 heat signature in the penthouse bedroom. Has to be Felix." You smile upon your good fortune and just to be safe, "Sarah, disable all elevators, and cut the power on my mark." As the elevator doors open, you say "Now" in a hushed tone. As the power is cut, the door jams, half way open. You slide your way out and hear snoring. Doubtless, it's Felix. You follow the snoring and find Felix sound asleep in his bed.

Thinking quickly, you open the balcony door and grab Felix by the collar, instantly waking him up. "No! No! Please! Let go of me!" he pleads. He struggles to free himself to no avail. "You have done a terrible thing Felix." you say to him as grimly as possible. "You MURDERED Quintus! Huh?! Tell me, how does that feel?! To betray your own friend!" You back him up all the way to the balcony railing. The half moon shines and illuminates the face of Felix. He is in absolute fear, as he clings to your arms and tries feebly to wrest your grip from him. "I killed him! I admit my guilt! I killed him!" he declares. His fear quickly turns into self righteousness as he adds "I killed him because he was too weak! The Empire is falling apart! To keep the Empire together, to keep Nova Porta together REQUIRES a firm hand. Not some limp wrist like Quintus!" You are absolutely embroiled with rage and punch him in the kidney. He recoils downward just as your knee lands squarely on his forehead. One final look into the face of the conspirator, and with all your might, you throw him against the railing and trip him, sending him hurtling earthward.

Felix's screams ring though the night air. And then, silence. Almost instantly, guards surround the splatter of blood and gore that once was Felix Septimus. Far below, you can hear the commotion and as they look up, they scurry back in to arrest you. The power's been cut so the elevators are completely gone. The stairwell leading down doubtlessly has every single guard coming up. Only one way out. You tear off your guard's uniform, revealing a wingsuit and parachute. The first of the guards are now banging on the stairwell door. Nearby, you an open canal free of patrols. Thinking quickly, you jump off the building and vanish into the night as the guards swarm the penthouse. You swing behind an office building, it's power also cut thanks to Sarah, and deploy the parachute. You overshoot the canal and land in the outlaying field beyond it. You ditch your gear into the canal and walk off, crossing the boarder into Farmerston, bypassing the checkpoints along the way.

A few minutes later, after crossing into Farmerston, your phone rings. "Master Williams, this call is untraceable. A job well done on the death of Felix. The money will be wired to your account. Expect payment within the hour. Also, we assume your current location is in Farmerston, correct? We have arranged transportation for you within a few days. In the meantime, I suggest you lay low in Farmerston for a few weeks and let all this cool off. You know where our safe house in Farmerston is". The other side hangs up. After walking for a little bit, you manage to hitch a ride with a passing car. "You headed to town?" you inquire the driver. The driver nods and you jump in. Dawn is starting to break and the driver drops you off in the town. You produce a 20§ bill and give it to the driver, thanking him. As he drives off, you make your way to the safe house.