Black Market Activities
While your focus should be on building your own country, it's important to look at other alternatives for advancement. Sometimes these aren't always legal or ethical. While these are useful tools, remember, they can be double edged and may come back to haunt you if you don't use them the right way.
Step 1: Select a Black Market Activity
Research Espionage
Steal a research technology from an opponent - minimum level 2 technology. Costs are as follows
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Level 2 Technology $1000
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Level 3 Technology $3000
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Level 4 Technology $10,000
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Level 5 Technology $35,000
Worker Strike
Orchestrate a strike in a mine, factory (power) or transport service. Costs as follows for Mine, factory or transport of:
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Technology level 1: $100
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Technology level 2: $1000
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Technology level 3: $2000
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Technology level 4: $7000
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Technology level 5+: $10,000
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To overcome a strike the victim must pay twice the above cost and roll a die.
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Die result 4-6 successful end to the strike
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Die result 1-3 strike continues and must pay again for a re-roll
Saboteurs
You can permanently destroy a mine, factory (power) or transport service in a province. Costs as follows for Mine, factory or transport of:
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Technology level 1: $150
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Technology level 2: $1750
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Technology level 3: $3500
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Technology level 4: $10,000
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Technology level 5+: $40,000
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Once destroyed it cannot be rebuilt and will be set permanently to technology level (or number of resources for mines) of 0.
Incite Rebellion
You can create a revolution inside another country's capital by inciting the locals to revolt. You will place your own people within the target's populace to bring tensions within that society to a boiling point whereby the locals target the government in violent rebellion. It's not cheap - it will cost you the sum of all provinces at $100,000 per province, but if it comes off your opponents will come to a standstill until they manage to put it down.
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This cost will be renewed each round if the revolt is to continue and the target country must:
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Bring 75% of their military back to the capital province
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Pay $25,000 per province to quell the violence
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Die result 4-6 successful end to the strike
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Die result 1-3 strike continues and must pay again for a re-roll
Counter-Terrorism
There are lots of ways that others can mess with your country, but never fear - you can invest in counter-terrorist operations to restrict those pesky opponents.
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Protection Offered: Any opponent attempting to use the specific Black Market attack against you must roll a 6 to have success. They will be detected regardless of success or failure.
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Step 1: State the type of counter-terrorism you require:
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Research Espionage - $2000 per country
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Worker Strikes - $1000 per province
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Saboteurs - $1000 per province
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Rebellion - $10,000 per province for EACH province in the country
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Step 2: State which province(s) you want to protect.
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Step 3: Pay - the payments are continuous and show up in the Resource Trading tab. They can be cancelled at any time.
Step 2 - Contact the Simulation Master
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Email your teacher or whoever is running your simulation with the request.
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The Subject of the email should be the option above.
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The body of your email should include:
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The country you are from
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The option above
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The opponent your are targetting
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The research level, mine or army in focus
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Once received the simulation master will deduct the necessary finances and discretely take your leader (or the person you nominate) aside to roll the die
Step 3 - Roll the Die
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Roll a single die to reveal your the level of your success or failure in the venture
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5-6 - success which is undetected by the opponent (unless the option is Mutiny)
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4 - success though your opponent will detect your involvement
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3 - undetected failure
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1-2 - detected failure
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