The Crime of the Century

The Crime of the Century was an impressive and elaborate art heist pulled off by the Bygone Bastards in 1593 in Halcyon. 
== Background ==
The Halcyon Grandstand Museum was holding an exhibit titled On the Shoulders of Giants, which was commemorative of the Lakayan Federation's existence and the history of the Lusken Empire. They had several choice pieces from their collection (or loans) on show. 
The Darim family Silverhorn heard about this collection, and one of them got in talks with Lazla Reä, curator of the museum. They agreed that they would send Douglas, their envoy, to carry out negotiations to purchase Bellatrix XII's Necklace. The agreed price was a half million réales. 
== Casing and Prep ==
The Bygone Bastards just so happened to bump into Douglas when he asked them for directions. They came to where he was staying (The Golden Rifle Inn) and pretended to be museum workers telling him that due to construction works, the deal would be delayed. Then, they disguised as Douglas and a guard escort. They were shown around the museum, but then taken to the heavily guarded Halcyon Freeport. This was essentially a large facility where expensive privately owned goods were kept, like a huge secure storage vault. They were given a tour and spotted the necklace and other goods in the vault, and hatched a plan. 
Then, they disguised as couriers and forged correspondences, telling Douglas the deal was off (so that he would return home empty handed), and telling the museum that Douglas was pulling out (so they would not get suspicious). They also hired the master forger Te Varangi to create a perfect forgery of the necklace so it could be sold twice.
The Bastards then acquired geological surveys and tunnel plans of the area surrounding the vault, which was beneath a canal and in poor silty soil. They identified an abandoned tunnel for later use, to cut down on time. They also returned to Bygone and at the brothel Original Sin, agreed with Clovis's consort Richard Dread that Richárd would purchase the necklace off them. 
== Tunnelling ==
With all of the stage set, the Bastards were sailed by Béla down to the railside near the tunnel. Accompanied by a team of wartime sappers supplied by Michael Jambon, they explored the old tunnel, realising it was meant to be a new subterranean train tunnel but was abandoned due to the presence of a great Tarantula Hawk Worm. The Bastards used a keg of rum and a gunshot to kill the worm, causing a tunnel collapse and the death of one sapper. They cleared the tunnel and dug for a few days, until they struck the lead exterior of the vault.
== Vault Cracking ==
The cracking was fairly straightforward. Béla used a length of fireball-detcord to blast a huge hole in the vault, and the Bastards swarmed it to loot it. They filled bag after bag with fistfuls of gold, 
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== Escape ==
== Legacy ==