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31st of October, 2026
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Author : Adeveth
Game : Thief II: The Metal Age
Mission Title : Exsilium
File Name : miss17

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*Briefing:
It hasn't been long since the fall of the Mechanists, and the Hammerites have slowly begun creeping their way back
into the sphere of influence over the City.
During that time while going through old records of one of their temples, I found a lead, mentions of
an old library, further outside of the City. An influential place of Hammerite worship and scripture, it was built fully underground, only protected
by a small contingent of soldiers from a nearby stronghold.
As far as the records stated, the place has been vacant, abandoned during the height of the Mechanists. Doing my own research, I also read rumours of a renegade group of soldiers
belonging to the Baron's army who deserted recently, seeking out a way into the library. I don't know how many of them I might be up against, so I just have to be careful.
I will be approaching from the cliffside gatehouse connecting the compound and library, and have to see from there.
Importantly, the records mentioned the work of one of their elders, by the name of Agrippa,
involving an unfinished manuscript. The Hammerites have been attempting to recover it, still remaining within the High Priest's chambers. I'm sure I could get a good price for it somewhere if I were to beat them to it.
With the excerpt I found about the place, I also recovered a key, to get me inside said library, however I am unsure where the underground entrance to the library is exactly,
it's up to me to find out. Once again I will also have to be careful about whatever the situation is on the surface, regarding the soldiers occupying the place. I will try to do some snooping around while up there,
for any equipment potentially that might come in useful in this, and try not to end up as a prisoner, or worse.



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* Play Information:

Difficulty Settings : Normal/Hard/Expert
Equipment store : No
Map : No
New graphics : No
New sounds : Yes
Subtitles : No
New models : Yes
EAX Support : No
Multi language support : No

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Build Time: 2 months, starting in August 2026

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Thank you very much to:
LoudEmitter
sub_res
Aemanyl
WungusDasPungus
Penter
Plibb
Mat
Ripped Phreak
THE WANT
justsomemushroomheaddork
vile beggar
and scoop for playtesting!

Also once again thank you to Aemanyl for helping with all the objective scripting within the level.
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Credits for many of the assets (audio, models and textures) I have used in this level go to:
- Feuillade Industries (DirkBogan, DrKubiac, FireMage, marbleman, Schlock, Prinxellier, Skacky)
- PukeyBrunster and Tannar's for retextures I used in this level from their campaign "The Scarlet Cascabel"
- "A Thief's Training" by Snake
Lord_Taffer for many of his custom textures from his level "Mysteries of Tolham" and "Rotlock Prison"
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This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.

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