ROUND 4 : Undercover Game - Rules

[Barbaro]

You are instructed to meet at a specific terminal in a secluded airport. The night is cloudy, with a full moon peeking out every so often to bathe the city in its glow. A masked attendant appears out of nowhere and guides you outside to a private plane parked in the center of the runway, with red carpet and turnstiles as a path to its stairs.

"Welcome aboard," says a masked stewardess, extending a small serving tray with your favorite drink. You take a sip, and it's the best it has ever been prepared. You take it with you as you board.

Inside the plane, you find yourself in the tip of luxury, and amongst all ten of the semi-finalists... some of which you are eager to remove from your hard-earned path once and for all. You of course make it a point to sit near them if you can stand looking at them.

The intercom squawks. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We will be taking off to a classified destination. Please relax and enjoy the ride."

You soon find yourselves at 15,000 feet above sea level. Dense clouds pass outside the windows. Just as you finish your drink, the masked stewardess appears again through the curtain. "Ladies and gentlemen, if you could please follow me to the Dining Room... Dinner is served."

Upon entering a different section of the plane, you marvel at the fact that there is a dining room in the plane fitting a long table that seats all of you comfortably. The plates have name cards on them. You find yours and take a seat.

"Welcome!"

From the other side of the dining room, Barbaro and Sagaro make their typical grand entrance, and take their seats at the ends of the table.

"As our semi-finalists, we sincerely hope you will enjoy your five star dinner." Sagaro snaps his fingers. Two masked stewardesses enter with a dining cart and serve a variety of freshly prepared meals. Your mouth salivates at the cornucopia of delicious aromas. Wine is poured into your glasses.

Before you can dig in, Barbaro stands, wine glass in hand.

"48 contestants and half a year later, we have narrowed it down to the Final 10. And for the first time in our Tournament, all of its contestants are gathered in the same place. You should all be very proud of your accomplishments for making it this far.

"To celebrate, we are honored to host our next round... right here! This luxury plane was made possible by your... fufufu... generous donations to the Revival Ticket auction, not to mention the ¥1.4 billion failure of Siege Game. Please, enjoy your collective yen being put to excellent use far above your current standards of living. We certainly are."

He toasts. You begrudgingly humor him. Barbaro and Sagaro don't drink due to the masks blocking their mouths.

Sagaro clears his throat. "Upon completion of Round 4, there will be one last Revival Round. No Revival Tickets or Black Letters will be handed out, so only the best of the best will proceed to the Final Round. Please keep this in mind as we play the semi-finals. But for now, please, enjoy your meals. This is the first of five courses."

[Barbaro]

After your exquisite meal, the best you've ever had in your life (as well as the most awkward given all the dirty looks thrown your way), you all sit in silence as the stewardesses enter with one final cart of small mahogany boxes. They tidily replace your plate with one of them.

Barbaro chuckles. "Let the games begin. Welcome to... the Undercover Game!"

Sagaro instructs you all to open your boxes. Inside, you find 9 medals lined-up neatly in a red silk-lined crevice.

"For this game you have been given 9 medals, with each medal's worth as ¥100M, for a grand total of ¥900M! The medals you own have your name inscribed in them. At the end of the game, we will take back ¥100M, meaning you can win ¥800M!"


SCENARIO
You are all undercover spies working for different agencies. You've each been assigned a top secret codename and are urged to not share it. You have all been assigned to undertake a dangerous and sensitive mission against a common enemy. In order to perform this, you must share the steady flow of intelligence from your agency with your fellow spies. However, only one of you will accomplish the mission. Succeed, then try to escape the enemy power with your identity in-tact!


OBJECT
To score the most Intelligence Points.


THE SPIES
The following are the spy codenames:

Azure
Burgundy
Byzantine
Chatreuse
Ecru
Goldenrod
Heliotrope
Ivory
Malachite
Olivine
Onyx
Razzmatazz
Taupe
Zaffre

You may have noticed that there are more codenames than there are players. This is because four of these spies are not real players: they are decoy spies for the LGT.


SCORING INTELLIGENCE POINTS
This game is played in rounds. Each round, each player will have 48 hours to PM their Dealer detailing how they each wish to split 7 Intelligence Points among the list of spy codenames.

Therefore, you may not know exactly who you are voting for.

You are allowed to vote for your own codename.

LGT spies do not vote, but they can receive votes.

Once all of the Intelligence Points have been collected, we will publicly reveal which codenames each player voted for.


DOSSIERS AND SAFES
Each spy has one Dossier with their codename on it. During a round of voting, a spy may PM their dealer requesting to Sabotage another spy (by codename, not player name) by stealing their Dossier. Stealing a player's Dossier will reduce their Intelligence Points. In your PM, indicate whether you want to steal half of their Intelligence Points or all of them.

Because being caught with another agency's stolen property would be a diplomatic catastrophe, any Intelligence Points you steal will be transferred immediately to your agency's Safe. Each player has a Safe, and while any Points within the Safe are not public, they will count toward your total Intelligence Point score.

• If at least 4 Players Sabotage the same spy for half of his/her Points, they successfully steal those Points (rounded up). Those Points are then evenly split amongst all of the saboteurs' Safes, with any remaining points going back to the victim's public total.
  
  
• If at least 6 Players Sabotage the same spy for all of his/her Points, they successfully steal those Points. Those Points are then evenly split amongst all of the saboteurs' Safes, with any remaining points going back to the victim's public total.
  
  
• If you do not meet the number of players necessary, the Sabotage fails. The intended victim will be given a list of all codenames who botched the Sabotage against him/her. And, as a safety precaution, the Intelligence Points that were to be lost are transferred to the victim's Safe, as they are no longer considered secure.
  
  
• Sabotage attempts, regardless of success or failure, will be publicized as "A Sabotage against X was attempted." Its success or failure will not be publicized.

Please note: the contents of the Safes are completely hidden, even from you. They will remain hidden until the game is complete.

Also note: you only have ONE dossier, meaning it can only be successfully stolen from you once. Any subsequent attempts at sabotage automatically come up empty-handed.


ENDGAME
Once a spy has received a total of 50 Intelligence Points, the game ends. This spy is named the Threshold Winner... though their identity will not yet be revealed.

When this happens, we enter the Extraction Phase. All players will PM their Dealer with a list detailing what they believe each player's codename to be. For each of your correct identifications, you receive 10 points. Each time a player correctly identifies you, you lose 15 points. There are no points to gain for correctly identifying an LGT spy.

Then, all identities will be revealed.

The spy with the most points is declared the Extraction Winner, and will move on to the next round. Any player carrying a medal of the Extraction Winner cashes each of them immediately for ¥100M.

The Threshold Winner will also move on to the next round IF, AND ONLY IF, they are not in last place at the end of the Extraction Phase. If so, all of the Threshold Winner's debt acquired in the Undercover Game is zeroed.

Also, one final and very important note: If you are the player in last place, you will be eliminated from the Tournament immediately.


MISCELLANEOUS

• Your Bank Accounts are LOCKED.
  
• If you hit 50 points but are successfully Sabotaged in the same round, you do not hit Threshold. If multiple players hit Threshold, the player with the most points at the end of the round is declared Threshold Winner. If that is tied, then we deem the winner the one with the greater number of public points in their Safe. If there is still a tie, the game continues until there is a clear winner.
  
• Your Medals can be found in your Inventory thread. If you wish to give a medal to a player, PM your Dealer.
  
• If a Sabotage somehow turns up successful for both all points and half points, then All Points takes precedence and half points gets nothing.
  
• During the Extraction Phase, you can only give a player's name once. In other words, you can't guess the same player for some or all of the 14 codenames.

INACTIVITY

• If a player drops out of the game, the numbers required for Sabotage may be adjusted. Threshold will not.
  
• If you do not hand out the exact number of Intelligence Points in a round, you will receive a -5 Intelligence Points incursion in your Safe. This is invisible, and thus will never be stolen in a Sabotage attempt. It will be factored into Threshold calculations and endgame results as usual.
  
• If you do not attempt a valid guess on a player's identity during Extraction, you will be fined 5 points per person not attempted.