Unbreaking the Bank
Unbreaking the Bank cleans up after Jacob's work in the Bank of England: counterfeiters stole the printing plates in the chaos, and Abberline asks Evie to burn their fake notes and sneak the plates back into the bank before trust in the pound collapses.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Frederick Abberline
- Region
- City of London
Storylines
Part 5 of 6 in Sequence 7: All is Fair in Politics
Found in
- Bank of EnglandThe Bank of England is the City of London's central bank and the target of Sequence 6, A Run on the Bank, where Jacob tracks a Templar robbing its branches. You return to its vault twice more: once for the stolen printing plates and once in The Last Maharaja.
- City of LondonThe City of London is the borough of banks, trading halls and tall stone offices on the north bank of the Thames. In 1868 the Templar Bloody Nora runs it through the Blighters, and you take it from her by clearing her lieutenants, strongholds and factories before a final gang war.
Good to know
- Sequence 7, memory 5 of 6; global story order 31; played as Evie Frye.
- Giver: Sergeant Frederick Abberline.
- Region: City of London, at the Bank of England.
- Optional objectives: burn the counterfeit money; let the civilians into the bank.
- An angry crowd is rioting outside the bank when you arrive.
- The counterfeiters say they simply walked into the bank during the chaos and took the plates.
- A counterfeiter's carriage driver doubts his passenger's assurances, suspecting he is being paid in fake notes.
- Sits between Change of Plans and Motion to Impeach, Jacob's strike on Cardigan.
Objectives
Talk to Abberline away from the crowd. Find the counterfeiters and tail them; one climbs into a carriage and leads you to their hideout. Infiltrate it, burn the forged notes and take the printing plates. At the bank, remove the guard blocking the crowd so the public flood in, use the confusion to get inside, and return the plates.
Context
After Twopenny's murder the papers are full of the story and nobody trusts the currency. Abberline fears inflation and riots; Evie mutters that Jacob has managed to shatter the entire economy.
Outcome
With the plates back, the London papers start calling the theft a hoax and confidence in the bank returns. Evie tells Abberline it is Jacob who should be thanking her.
Tips
Tail the counterfeiters at a distance and listen in; their chatter about the riots confirms you have the right group. Burning the notes in the hideout and opening the bank doors for the crowd are separate optional steps, so do both before you slip inside.
- Frederick AbberlineFrederick Abberline is the Metropolitan Police officer who works with the Frye twins in 1868 and leads the Whitechapel murder inquiry in the Jack the Ripper expansion. In the main game he gives you Bounty Hunts, sending you after Blighter leaders to bring back alive.
- Philip TwopennyPhilip Twopenny is the Governor of the Bank of England and the Templar banker known as Plutus, who has his men rob the bank's own vaults for the Order. Jacob Frye unmasks him in Sequence 6 of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, and he is the target of the memory A Bad Penny.
Related missions
Image: UbisoftStoryA Bad Penny
A Bad Penny ends Sequence 6 inside the Bank of England. Jacob joins a guided tour, interrogates the guard captain and bank manager, and reaches Philip Twopenny in the vault before his men can finish the robbery.
- Story
A Case of Identity
A Case of Identity opens Sequence 6 with Jacob chasing a name in a letter: Plutus, Starrick's banker, and a meddler called Mr Dredge. You infiltrate the Royal Exchange to kidnap Dredge and find out what he knows.
- Side
Stealing from the Poor
Stealing from the Poor is the third Last Maharaja memory: Duleep Singh has learned the British India Company has stolen a fortune from Punjab, and wants it sent back. With Evie, you track the company's accountant from a pub to the vaults of the Bank of England.
- Story
A Spot of Tea
A Spot of Tea is a tailing mission: Abberline needs to know which shipment carries the Cockham Merchants' weapons, so Jacob searches carts at the Thames docks, marks the right one and follows it through foggy streets to the man behind the robbery plan.