The New Sheriff

An FM based on Thief 2's Shoalsgate Station map

Made for DevAnj's "Strange Ventures" contest
Made by an anonymous author who chose to go by the alias "El Tafferino" for this contest


***The New Sheriff***

After Truart's untimely death, the City Watch was in need of a new sheriff. A lot of stuff has happened since his death, and some members of the watch were discovered to have either been bribed by the Mechanists or colluded with the Pagans, which raised concerns among the nobility. The City Watch is supposed to be a neutral force of the law, not an extended arm of the Mechanist church or - even worse - a source of aid for the Pagans.
In order to restore their reputation, the officer chosen to become the new sheriff was Melissa Arlington, an incorruptible and duty-bound guard who was hired by Truart when Truart still stood for an efficient and effective police force. All members of the watch look up to her with hope - they believe she will be a good sheriff, and even hold some hope that under her leadership, they may finally wipe out the various thieves guilds in the city.

Being so excited about this new beginning, you were told by a reliable contact of yours, some officers of the Watch have decided to throw a surprise party on sheriff Arlington's first day of office. A party means drunk guards. Drunk guards means unguarded hallways. Unguarded hallways means unattended loot. Unattended loot means rich Garrett.
You decided to seize the opportunity and break into Shoalsgate Station tonight. You've been there before, so you expect this to be an easy job. With the guards distracted by the party and the police station being familiar territory, what could go wrong?

Nothing can go wrong, that's what!
You pack your blackjack and a bunch of arrows and get on your way.
This is going to be the simplest job you've done in a long time.



NOTE:
The building process of this was very half-assed; I blocked off a lot of areas from access but might have forgotten to remove all the loot from the blocked areas.
This took me way longer to build than it should have, considering how short a mission this is. Turns out working with OMs isn't as easy as I thought it would be.
It is very much possible that there is un-reachable loot as well as un-reachable secrets in the mission. It's based on the Shoalsgate Station original mission and all these would be residues from that mission which I failed to remove.
Also NOTE: once you finish a certain objective (you will know which one), you cannot use a certain portal anymore. BE SURE TO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING IMPORTANT BEHIND IN THAT AREA!

Also note: While it is very challenging to ghost, it should theoretically be possible. For the harder areas, you get a few invisibility potions. Good luck!


CREDITS AND STUFF:

For the Textures:
Art textures (JarlPaint family) by JarlFrank

For the Objects:
Loads of AIs from Dromed Deluxe (also used their gamesys)
REALLY GODDAMN CUTE FOX by nicked
Cat and dog by Cardia1
boots by Flesha des Sombres
cake by Christine
transparent window (used as lock on cake case) by RSoul
naked woman by TDBonko
Food by LarryG
Bowl of spices by Team CoSaS
"Evil Book" texture taken from nicked's "Behind Closed Doors"
Cute fishy by Schwaa
A noblewoman and nobleman by Team CoSaS (nobleman's texture slightly modified by myself)
Garbage can by GORT
Carpet by Christine
Woman's shoes by Zontik

Betatesters:

Karwelas, Random_Taffer, Dev_Anj