Calling All Stand-Ins
Calling All Stand-Ins is a mission in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Knowing that Pietro Rossi is to be assassinated by Micheletto Corella, Cesare Borgia's personal assassin, Ezio Auditore and La Volpe inquire about Pietro's whereabouts.
Dialogue
La Volpe speaks with one of his spies.
Suspicion
- La Volpe: Where is Pietro?
- Spy: I cannot tell you. But Micheletto waits at the city gates east of the Terme di Traiano (Baths of Trajan). He intends to disguise his men to make the killing look like an accident.
- Ezio: He will lead me to Lucrezia's lover.
- La Volpe: Ezio, Machiavelli has betrayed us. We would both wish to deny it, but the truth is now clear. Do what needs to be done. If you don't, I will.
La Volpe refuses to help Ezio any further, hence he decides to use his recruits.
Execution
Ezio reaches Porta Nomentana in his search for Micheletto. He finds him, along with Cesare, and his guards, with a prisoner, Francesco Troche.
- Francesco: Please, I have done nothing.
- Cesare: Francesco Troche, dear friend. Would I lie to you? You told your brother about my war plan in Romagna, who contacted the ambassador of Venezia.
- Francesco: It was an accident. I am still your servant and ally.
- Cesare: Are you demanding that I discount your actions and rely on friendship?
- Francesco: I am asking... not demanding.
- Cesare: To unite Italia, I must have every institution under my control. And if the Church does not fall in the line, I will eliminate it entirely.
- Francesco: You know that I really work for you, not the Pope.
- Cesare: Ah. But do I, Troche? There's only one way I can know that unconditionally now.
- Francesco: You intend to kill me? Your most loyal friend?
- Cesare: Of course not.
- Francesco: Are you letting me go? Thank you, Cesare. You will not regret- (Francesco is strangled to death by Micheletto).
- Cesare: Guards! Give Micheletto the costumes for the play. Lucrezia is mine. No one else shall have her. (to Micheletto) Make doubly sure it is done correctly.
- Micheletto: I obey, Cesare.
- Cesare: Oh yes. Dump Francesco's body in the Tevere (Tiber).
Delivery
Ezio follows Micheletto as he delivers the costumes for the play to his men around the city.
- Micheletto: Once you get dressed, you follow me to the play. Capito? (Understand?) Il tuo costume. (Your costume.)
Micheletto arrives at the Colosseum, unaware that his men have been replaced by Assassins. He speaks with the guards stationed at the gates.
- Micheletto: I seek Pietro.
- Guard: He acts on stage, Signore (Sir). One of my men will take you to him.
- Micheletto: (to the disguised Assassin) Don't forget, I wear the black shirt. Protect me and wait for Pilate's call to the Centurion to strike.
Outcome
Ezio Auditore discovers where Pietro is to be killed. All of Micheletto's men are assassinated by Ezio's recruits, who enter the Colosseum disguised in costumes for the play.
Trivia
- To achieve full synchronization, the player should use the Assassin recruits to assassinate the targets.* (*see below)
- Once Micheletto finishes the second delivery, calling Assassin recruits on the targets while inside the circular building will usually result in the recruits using throwing knives to kill them. If this should this happen, the player will automatically fail the full synchronization part of the mission. To avoid this, simply let the targets detect Ezio, and lure them to the open area just outside the structure before calling the Assassin recruits to kill them. The player must remember to do this quickly as they will have to catch up with Micheletto.