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Q&A How do I subvert the tropes of a train heist?

She could first. Buy a ticket Steal a ticket Forge a ticket Get a ticket under another name. If its a steam engine, get on while its refueling water. After that it depends what she is after. A...

posted 5y ago by cybernard‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:59:42Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar cybernard‭ · 2019-12-08T11:59:42Z (over 4 years ago)
She could first.

1. Buy a ticket
2. Steal a ticket
3. Forge a ticket
4. Get a ticket under another name.
5. If its a steam engine, get on while its refueling water.

After that it depends what she is after.

A shipment of gold.

Sneak back to where the gold is and decouple just the train car with the gold on it. Preferable at night when her activities are harder to see, and more people are a sleep.

The passengers.

1. The pick pocket
2. Knock every one out with a harmless oderless, if possible, gas (chloroform, not odorless). Go through and freely steel their stuff, and leave without any one noticing anything besides being robbed.(of course).

The train.

Use knock out gas in the middle of no where, stop the train yourself. Drag all the unconscious passengers and staff off the train in the middle of no where. Then leave without them.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-05-29T19:00:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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