Mediterranean Defense
Mediterranean Defense is the name of a mini-game in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, which involves apprentice contracts controlled from Constantinople during the Renaissance (specifically, the 16th Century).
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 by 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 bomb ingredient quests 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 incoming and providing many opportunities for their newly-liberated citizens.
Game Mechanics
The main objective of Mediterranean Defense is to allow Assassin Recruits to gain experience and subsequently level up, much like the contract mechanic in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Similarly, money is rewarded for successful completion of a mission. However, unlike in Brotherhood, extra items (such as bomb ingredients) are not given for completing a mission; they are given periodically upon conquering a Templar-controlled city. Specific cities also including special contracts that add new bomb ingredients for purchase at Piri Reis.
After a city is reclaimed by the Assassins, it will contain new contracts to improve daily income, and will offer an alternative to recruiting new Assassins should you not want to go and do it in person. Note that contracts must be completed regularly to maintain the Assassins' control of the city. Should the Assassins' control fall too low, Templars will try to retake the city and Ezio will have to assign assassins to the Defending the City contract in order to regain full control. Additionally, the maximum Assassin Control you can maintain over a city without sending assassins to stay there or upgrading dens is 50% - this percentage increases as you expand your presence in the city.
Available cities for contracts are:
- Marseille
- Damascus
- Jerusalem
- Madrid
- Lisbon
- Genoa
- Tunis
- Tripoli
- Algiers
- Alexandria
- Bursa
- Athens
- Rhodes (Not Initially Available)
Trivia
- There is an achievement in Assassin's Creed: Revelations for controlling all of the cities (except Rhodes) simultaneously.
- Managing Assassin Guilds in reclaimed cities is the easiest method of removing Assassins should you wish to recruit more apprentices.
Source
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations