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Geller's Pride 1.0 18.5.2001
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The story takes place between the events in Thief 1 and 2.


Story:

It seems that certain Lord Geller has an intriguing amount of gold in his possesion,
just ripe for taking. He's not natively from The City, but my contacts lack the
information about his original homeland. For a foreigner, he's in a surprisingly
wealthy position, and he's a careful one, too. He has stored most of his wealth into
the First City Bank And Trust. So, instead of the usual burglary, I'm thinking of
blackmailing. My contacts tell me that Geller isn't really as pure as the driving snow,
but they don't know the details. My plan is quite simple: break into his mansion, search
for anything useful for blackmailing and take some of his wealth in the process.

Not just anything will do for the blackmailing purposes. Quite a few persons which
I've robbed haven't really had terribly good relations with their wives, for example,
and I doubt Geller is an exception. I need to dig up something really dirty, something
so secret it'll scare him to death.

Getting to the mansion should be easy. As I'm not very well known in this section of the
city, the bluecoats should generally leave me alone. The mansion itself is another story.
If my contacts' information is right, it should've been under a break-in recently.
Apparently, nothing major got stolen, but the guards are a bit tense about anyone
who's looking a little suspicious. It seems that they have gone as far as
threatening some innocent people crossing the street, but I'm sure I can easily
slip past them. And it's not that anyone is forcing me to use the front entrance.

Besides, this whole job is clearly worth the risk. If everything goes as planned, I could
easily become a rich man...

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Author : Jani Saarij?rvi, aka "Spitter"
Contact Info : jsaarijarvi@hotmail.com
Homepage : www.geocities.com/jsaarijarvi/
Date of Release : 18th of May, 2001


* Playing Information *

Game : Thief: The Dark Project / Gold
Mission Title : Geller's Pride
File Name : miss20.mis
Difficulty Settings : Yes
Equipment Store : Yes
Map/Automap : Yes/No
New Graphics : Yes (One banner from Thief 2, the rest is from Thief Gold)
New Sounds : Yes
Multi-Language Support : No
Briefing : No
Difficulty Level Info : Normal, Hard, Expert


* Construction *

Base : Completely new.
Build Time : Way too long. Over 350 hours.

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* Loading Information *

Use Thief/DarkLoader. If you are unzipping this archive you are doing something wrong.

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* Copyright Information *

This level is copyright (c) 2001 by Jani Saarij?rvi.

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package
is kept intact. You may not include this level to any map pack without
my permission. No one may edit and re-distribute this mission without my express
permission.

This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos
Interactive.

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* Author's notes *

Polys got WAY out of hand at some points, so you may want a somewhat-hefty machine to play
this level (ie. something better than Thief's minimum requirements). I tried to make an
interesting place to rob, so there are many places to enter and exit from. Also something
to note of, this level is Lytha-friendly, meaning that you can get all the loot without harming
anyone (ie. no blackjacking, gassing, etc.).


* Thanks to *

A very big "Thank you!" goes to my voice actors:

Lars Dieckow (Daxim) as Lord Geller (daxim@gmx.de)
Wynne Lurty (Wynne) as female servant (dusty@nni.com)
Tonamel Rhysthal (Tonamel) as Obert (tonamel@mechpilot.com)

I'd also like to thank my betatesters: Daxim, Tonamel, Viper6, Xarax and YcatX. Thanks!

Seeker shouldn't be forgotten either, as he did the maps for me and was a general advisor and a tireless
betatester throughout the mission's production. I'd like to thank every single person at TEG Forum,
too, especially those individuals who have contributed tutorials/demo missions/etc. to the community.

Thanks, everyone.