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A Spanner in the Works
A Spanner in the Works is the first main memory of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. As Jacob Frye you board a train into Croydon's Ferris Ironworks, shut down the machines to open a locked door, and assassinate the factory's Templar owner, Rupert Ferris.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- George Westhouse
Storylines
Part 1 of 1 in Sequence 1: A Spanner in the Works
Good to know
- Sequence 1, memory 1 of 1; global story order 1; played as Jacob Frye.
- Location: the Ferris Ironworks in Croydon, outside London.
- Date in the memory: 10 February 1868.
- Target: Rupert Ferris, a Templar supplying iron to Crawford Starrick.
- George Westhouse briefs both twins before they split up; Evie's half of the night is the next memory, A Simple Plan.
- Ferris calls for laudanum for his headache before heading up to his office.
Objectives
Jump from George's train onto a beam and climb in through a factory window. The door Ferris uses is locked, so turn the valve that halts the machinery and wait for a thug to open it. Kill the guards in the courtyard, then climb to higher ground to scout the complex and work your way to the main building where Ferris dictates letters in his office. Assassinate him, then catch the departing train and fight off the thugs who jump aboard.
Things to notice
An overseer reads out new factory rules over the yard, and a child worker is pinned under a metal plate as you arrive. These scenes set up Starrick's grip on industry, which drives much of the rest of the game. The memory is also your first lesson in using the environment, from valves to air assassinations from the rafters.
What happensSpoilerShow
Ferris taunts Jacob as he dies, saying the Templar machine that runs London has lasted a century and will outlast him. Jacob wipes a handkerchief in his blood. Two Blighters in a carriage switch the points, and the train runs off an unfinished track at a cliff edge, leaving Jacob to climb down through the wreck.
- David BrewsterSir David Brewster is the Scottish scientist and Templar experimenting on an Apple of Eden in a hidden laboratory under a Croydon train yard. He is Evie Frye's first target in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, in the memory A Simple Plan, whose optional objectives include air assassinating him.
- 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.
- George WesthouseGeorge Westhouse is the Crawley Assassin who sends Jacob and Evie on their opening missions in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. In February 1868 he assigns them Rupert Ferris and David Brewster in Croydon, then forbids them to take the fight to London, an order they ignore.
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.- Rupert FerrisRupert Ferris is the Templar owner of Ferris Ironworks in Croydon and Jacob Frye's first target in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, in the memory A Spanner in the Works. His factory works children hard to keep Starrick's industries supplied with iron.
Related missions
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A Simple Plan
A Simple Plan is Evie Frye's first memory and the second in the story. You ride a supply train into a Templar compound near Croydon, find the hidden laboratory of Sir David Brewster, and kill him to get at the Piece of Eden he is studying.
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A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember is the final main memory: the twins enter the Queen's ball at Buckingham Palace, Evie retrieves the vault plans from the White Drawing Room while Jacob rescues captive Royal Guards on the roofs, and both face Crawford Starrick in the vault below.
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A Room with a View
A Room with a View follows the Kenway clues to the Monument to the Great Fire and then the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, where Evie solves a disc mechanism to find the key to the Shroud's vault. Lucy Thorne is waiting, and the memory ends in a fight with her.
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Cable News
Cable News is a short side trip for Alexander Graham Bell: his telegraph cables never arrived, and an intercepted wire says the cargo is held at College Wharf. Bell also fits your gauntlet with a dart launcher for a hallucinogenic serum before you go.