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The Mediterranean Defense was the collection of Assassin contracts given to the apprentices in Constantinople during the Renaissance.

History

During the early 16th Century, the Assassin Brotherhood - under the direction of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins - sought to expand its influence throughout the Mediterranean. They then began sending apprentices and recruits to cities controlled by the Templars.

Their exploits ranged from simple acts, such as protecting merchants and officials who were loyal to the Brotherhood or against the Templars, to greater plots involving assassinations and freeing jailed allies. Some special requests - specifically the survey requests of Piri Reis - involved the Assassins traveling to specific cities and mapping the area.

Many of these cities were eventually freed from Templar rule and came under Assassin control. The Brotherhood took special care to improve the standard of living in these regions by improving daily income, and providing many opportunities for their newly-liberated citizens. The apprentices who were sent on these missions gained experience, and as a whole, the Assassin Order gained funds to further their operations, as well as other rewards.

After a local guild was established, certain apprentices from Constantinople could also be assigned to become permanently based in one of the cities. There, they provided protection, and furthered the Brotherhood's goals more directly.

A constant danger, however, was the possibility of Templar reprisal. Contracts needed to be completed regularly to maintain the Assassins' control of the city. Should the Assassins' control fall too low, the Templars would attempt a reclamation of the city, and apprentices would be required to rally a defense.

Cities involved

• Marseille
• Damascus
• Jerusalem
• Madrid
• Lisbon
• Genoa
• Tunis
• Tripoli
• Algiers
• Alexandria
• Bursa
• Athens
• Rhodes

Trivia

• Rhodes is only unlocked in Mediterranean Defense after playing a multiplayer match on each map in the city, namely Knight's Hospital, Souk and Ippokratous.
• Some Mediterranean Defense missions have a reward of automatically recruiting one apprentice to your ranks, though are only valid if the player has vacancies in the roster.
• Managing Assassin Guilds increases the percentage-of-control capacity of the city. A city with no Assassins garrisoned has a percentage-of-control capacity of 50%. The maximum amount of Assassins garrisoned permitted is 5, where the percentage-of-control capacity is 100%. Placing 5 low-ranked Assassins in a city will yield a percentage-of-control capacity below 100% but higher than 50%.
• Every 20 minutes, at the same time you receive your revenue deposit at the bank from city renovations, all the cities will lose a random percentage of Assassin control (or an increase in Templar control if relevant). If that percentage reduces Assassin control to 0%, the city will be sieged by the Templars.
• Some city missions require a specific type of Assassin to be assigned before any others can be assigned along. There are four types, each signified by a symbol by their rank number: crossbow, heavy weapon, short blade, and hidden blade.

• The achievement "Armchair General" can be earned by controlling all of the cities (except Rhodes) simultaneously.
• Sometimes after sending Assassins on missions, they will still be seen in the Headquarters doing their activities, but if one is to check which Assassins are on missions, the Assassins will no longer be in the headquarters.

Source

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations