A Crash
Issue 41

Once a gain we have a good background story playing out as Agent Graves meets with three members of the Trust at the top of the Seattle Space Needle. The three assembled family heads are Javier Vasco, Fulvio Carlito and Helena Kotias. They are plotting and need Graves' help.

They tell Graves that since the death of Daniel Peres, there are now only twelve families. Augustus Medici has taken the territory and power of the Peres family and divided it amongst the remaining families. Any objections from the Peres family have been silenced. This would never have happened in the era of the Minutemen. If one family moved against another, the Minutemen moved against them. "Every pound of flesh is answered for."

Twelve families is a bad number, there is no casting vote. Graves sees that the house of Peres is not likely to be restored, therefore removing another family would be the only way to avoid the tied vote. He points out that the Simone family is weak.

The trio suggest that the Medici family is strong, too strong. They plan to overthrow Augustus Medici  but need Graves to do it for them. If he does, then they will re-instate the Minutemen. Graves says he will consider their offer.

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