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Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the Press introduces Alexander Graham Bell, who turns Kaylock's broken launcher into the rope launcher on your gauntlet. As Evie you then test it on Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, fitting fuses for Bell's independent telegraph line.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Region
- Westminster
- Rewards
- Rope launcher
Storylines
Part 5 of 5 in Sequence 3: A Modern Babylon
Found in
- Elizabeth TowerElizabeth Tower, the clock tower called Big Ben, stands at the Palace of Westminster. You climb it twice: once as Evie repairing telegraph lines in Freedom of the Press, and once to deal with a Templar bomb at the top.
- 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 3, memory 5 of 5; global story order 7; played as Evie Frye.
- Giver: Alexander Graham Bell, introduced by Henry Green.
- Reward: the rope launcher, fitted to your Assassin gauntlet.
- Optional objectives: air assassinate a guard from a zipline; install the fuses without dropping below 30 m.
- Ned Wynert introduces himself at the train hideout at the end.
Objectives
Drive Bell's carriage to Westminster while he explains the Starrick Telegraph Company's grip on the press. Use the rope launcher to scale the clock tower and the palace roofs, fitting each fuse in turn; staying high and using ziplines covers the optional objectives. Bell then shows off a smoke bomb formula that sends his horse bolting. Finish by raiding a Blighter stronghold for metal components to craft gear upgrades, then head back to Bell's workshop.
Things to notice
On the ride Evie suggests calling Bell's voice telegraph a telephone. Blighters at the stronghold gossip about digging up scandal on Gladstone and Disraeli, hinting at Starrick's political plans.
Outcome
Bell's mended lines carry their first independent messages. Back at the train, Ned leaves a calling card, Evie insists on chasing the Piece of Eden, and Henry gives Jacob portraits of Starrick's associates to hunt, setting up the twins' separate threads in Sequence 4.
Bell's workshop
Bell is grumbling over intercepted telegrams full of Soothing Syrup propaganda when Henry brings the twins in, his hand bandaged from earlier work on the fuses. He drops the launcher, discovers the casing comes apart and pulls out the mechanism so it fits a bracer. Jacob means to wear it, but Evie takes it and volunteers for the fuse job, so it ends up on her gauntlet.
- Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell is the twins' inventor in Syndicate. He turns a broken grappling pistol into the rope launcher, adds hallucinogenic darts to their gauntlets and builds voltaic bombs, all while fighting Starrick's grip on the telegraph.
- 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.
- Henry GreenHenry Green is the head of the Assassins in London when the Frye twins arrive in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. He runs a curiosity shop in Whitechapel that doubles as the Brotherhood's bureau, introduces Jacob and Evie to their key allies and works alongside Evie on the search for the Shroud of Eden. His birth name is Jayadeep Mir.
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.- Ned WynertNed Wynert is an American crime boss who uses London's road, rail and river shipping as cover for theft. He is the twins' contact for cargo work: hijacking Blighter shipments and, once you have met him, the Ale Heist gang upgrade that adds ale carts to rob or escort.
- Rexford KaylockRexford Kaylock is the Blighter leader of Whitechapel, the first borough the Frye twins fight for in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. He is the target of Gang War: Whitechapel in Sequence 3, and beating him hands the twins the train that becomes their hideout.
Related missions
- Story
Gang War: Whitechapel
Gang War: Whitechapel is the showdown for the borough: with Henry's new kukris, you lead the Rooks against Rexford Kaylock's Blighters at the Whitechapel train station, then chase Kaylock along the roof of his moving train. Winning gives the twins their Train Hideout.
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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.
- Story
Somewhere That's Green
Somewhere That's Green is the first London memory: as Jacob you step off the train in Whitechapel, chase a pickpocket, race Evie up a factory roof and meet Henry Green, the Assassin who has been watching over the city. It ends with a carriage chase to shake off Blighters.
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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.