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{{Quests
|name=A job for a Pink
|id=2130
|filename=Sheriff John Fitzburn
|choice=|questgiver=Sheriff John Fitzburn
|accept=
|unlock=
|complete={{QuestResolve|id=2131|quest=Find Jesse James|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1000|1000 experience points}}
|start text=Sheriff: You still remember the Pinkertons, right? The famous private police agency? I have a request from Alan Pinkerton himself. He sent me a telegram requesting reinforcements in a new case. I think he is dealing with the Jesse James gang.Who would be more suitable for this task than you? Get to the new settlement in the middle of the map. That is the place he is operating from.<br><br>You will find the location of the jobs for this questline in the center of the map.
|finish text=Sheriff: Dumdidumdidum. You found Siringo? Hopefully you can help him out.
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{{Quests
|name=Find Jesse James
|id=2131
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2130|quest=A job for a Pink|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Accept}}
|complete={{JobReq|Recruiting Soldiers|4h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1100|1100 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: Fitzburn sends only one man? Seems you are pretty good in catching criminals.I have a very sensitive task for you. You need to track down the "Robin Hood Outlaw": Jesse James. I know, people love him for all the stories of fighting against the Union. But anyway, he is dangerous. We need to get hold of him before something terrible happens.We've got a hunch that the James-Younger gang is planning to rob the Davies County Savings Association. Get some men and position them around the bank.
|finish text=Siringo: You can't be serious! Jesse and his gang escaped through the back door. They are drawing a red herring across our track.
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{{Quests
|name=A Local hero
|id=2132
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2131|quest=Find Jesse James|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{ItemBorder2|2513|amount=1|type=inv}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1200|1200 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: Ahw, no way, the newspapers are full of stories regarding Jesse and his deeds. Word of his spectacular flight from the bank is all over the state.We know that Jesse is working closely with a guy called John Edwards from the Western Star. Get to the Newspaper Agency. Work there as a printer. You will get a chance to talk to Edwards. Be sure to bring and equip a bottle of Vodka to loosen his tongue. It's his favorite. Maybe he can give us some information about what the outlaw is planning to do next.
|finish text=Siringo: Haha.  You've made that journalist so drunk that he sang like a bird. We now know where Jesse will hit next!
}}

{{Quests
|name=Stagecoaches
|id=2133
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2132|quest=A Local hero|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{JobReq|Work for Wells Fargo|5h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1300|1300 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: The journalist of the Western Star told you that Jesse and his gang are planning to rob stagecoaches. We have a chance to catch him.The biggest company for stagecoaches is Wells Fargo. You will impersonate a wells Fargo worker.
|finish text=Siringo: You were ambushed by the gang. They robbed your stagecoach, took the money and treated the employees very kind. At least we caught some of his gang members. This gangster is smart... we have to catch him.
}}

{{Quests
|name=The Fair
|id=2134
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2133|quest=Stagecoaches|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete=<div>The travelling fair has to be open.</div>
|reward={{Reward|experience|600|600 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: We have a very recent tip that Jesse James wants to rob P.T. Barnums Traveling Circus. Be there as soon as they open its doors so you can have a close look around.
|finish text=Siringo: You did not get him? Again the James gang slips through our fingers.Still, we managed to decrease the numbers of his gang a bit more. There are not a lot of them left.
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{{Quests
|name=Train Robbery
|id=2135
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2134|quest=The Fair|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{JobReq|Work as a Pinkerton agent|6h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|900|900 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: We got a call for help from the Mortimer Train Company. Mr. Mortimer sent reports of multiple assaults on his wagons. The gang keeps robbing trains. This has to stop!
|finish text=Siringo: And once again the James gang dupes the Pinkerton Agents. Still, we managed to arrest some of the minor scoundrels. That should put a damper on their morale.
}}

{{Quests
|name=First National Bank
|id=2136
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2135|quest=Train Robbery|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{ItemBorder2|2514|amount=1|type=inv}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1500|1500 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: Enough is enough! Obviously it is not sufficient to just appear on the sites of Jesse James' crimes. We have to set up a trap.The national bank has the largest sum of money in its safe. It will no doubt become a target of the gang sooner or later.To catch the James-Younger gang, we will have to set up something that will cause Jesse to make a few unexpected moves: a time bomb on the safe maybe.To craft a time bomb, you need a timer and a clock. Use this to craft some dynamite.
|finish text=Siringo: Well done, a proper time bomb. The bomb has been placed in the bank. Time to wait for the gang to hit. Once they see the bomb they will panic and do something unexpected. I just know it.
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{{Quests
|name=Stay in the back
|id=2137
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=1|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2136|quest=First National Bank|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}{{QuestResolve|id=2138|quest=Get right in|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Unresolved}}{{QuestResolve|id=2138|quest=Get right in|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Don't accept}}
|complete={{JobReq|Order Troops|7h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|2000|2000 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: The James-Younger gang really tries to ambush the National Bank. You order the troops.
|finish text=Siringo: Well, we did not get the head of the gang, but we managed to grab the Younger brothers. They are Jesse's left and right hand.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Get right in
|id=2138
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=2|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2136|quest=First National Bank|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}{{QuestResolve|id=2137|quest=Stay in the back|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Unresolved}}{{QuestResolve|id=2137|quest=Stay in the back|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Don't accept}}
|complete=<div>'''Bandits beaten unconscious in duels :''' 5/5</div>
|reward={{Reward|experience|2000|2000 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: The James-Younger gang really tries to ambush the National Bank. Grab your gun and get right in the fight!
|finish text=Siringo: Well, we did not get the head of the gang, but we managed to grab the Younger brothers. They are Jesse's left and right hand.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Question Younger
|id=2139
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock=<div class="options_frame">{{QuestResolve|id=|quest=Stay in the back|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}} or {{QuestResolve|id=|quest=Get right in|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}</div>
|complete={{ItemBorder2|2515|amount=1|type=inv}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|900|900 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: We were able to imprison Cole Younger and interrogate him. Younger claims that Jesse got paranoid and unpredictable. After the law started putting immense pressure on him, he began to become suspicious of anybody near him.  He even accused those close to him of trying to ransom him to the authorities.Younger claims that Jesse killed one of his gang members by pushing him into a swamp full of alligators. Can you have a look and see if you can find something?<br><br>Searching a swamp full of crocodiles for clues can take some time.
|finish text=Siringo: Oh my god... What is this??? Then it is true! Jesse is after his own gang. With our efforts, we managed to crush the gang and make him suspect everybody to be a snitch. The only members left are petty criminals and scoundrels. The former fame of the gang is a thing of the past.
}}

{{Quests
|name=The traitor
|id=2140
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2139|quest=Question Younger|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{JobReq|Lead a trading office|8h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1300|1300 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: Jesse seems to have a mole in his gang. We have solid hints from Younger that somebody is trying to assassinate Jesse. The whole gang is afraid of him and his paranoia.We need this outlaw alive. Time to bust the mole. Younger has Bob Ford, a newbie in the gang under suspicion. He's seen Bob going to the trading office uncommonly often.
|finish text=Siringo: A pay slip! It is addressed to Bob Ford. Ford is a newbie in the gang. He once idolized Jesse. Obviously, Jesse did not turn out as gallant and noble as Ford expected from reading the news and his dime novels.Anyway, we don't know who is paying Ford for that. There is an instruction in the pay slip: "If you manage to assassinate James within the next 2 days we will double the payslip".
}}

{{Quests
|name=Avert the assassination
|id=2141
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=1|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2140|quest=The traitor|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}{{QuestResolve|id=2142|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Unresolved}}{{QuestResolve|id=2142|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Don't accept}}
|complete={{QuestHourglass|Finish Avert the assassination (The assassination of Jesse James) in 48 hours|You have to finish quest Avert the assassination (The assassination of Jesse James) in 48 hours}}{{JobReq|Lead an expedition|12h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1500|1500 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: You have 2 days to avert the assassination on Jesse James by Bob Ford. We have no idea where he is hiding. You have to find him! Get a thorough expedition started. Turn over every stone and comb every grain of sand.
|finish text=Siringo: You came too late. Bob Ford has killed Jesse James. This is how the deed happened:Jesse wanted to dust a picture in his living room. He climbed on a stool to do so.Beforehand, he laid his gun on the table. He thought that people would suspect him of being fishy if he wore his gun during housekeeping work.This coward Bob Ford took advantage of the opportunity and shot him in the back.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Avert the assassination
|id=2142
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=2|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2140|quest=The traitor|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}{{QuestResolve|id=2141|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Unresolved}}{{QuestResolve|id=2141|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Don't accept}}
|complete={{QuestHourglass|Finish Avert the assassination (The assassination of Jesse James) in 48 hours|You have to finish quest Avert the assassination (The assassination of Jesse James) in 48 hours}}<div>'''Duels won:''' 5/5</div>
|reward={{Reward|experience|1500|1500 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: You have 2 days to avert the assassination on Jesse James by Bob Ford. We have no idea where he is hiding. You have to find him! You will have to use force. One of the scoundrels in the area has to know.
|finish text=Siringo: You came too late. Bob Ford has killed Jesse James. This is how the deed has happened:Jesse wanted to dust a picture in his living room. He climbed on a stool to do so.Beforehand, he laid his gun on the table. He thought that people would suspect him of being fishy if he wore his gun during housekeeping work.This coward Bob Ford took advantage of the opportunity and shot him in the back.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Find the coward
|id=2143
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock=<div class="options_frame">{{QuestResolve|id=|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}} or {{QuestResolve|id=|quest=Avert the assassination|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}</div>
|complete={{QuestResolve|id=2144|quest=Ford|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|900|900 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo: Bob Ford, that coward! The people are outraged. Jesse was a hero. And it is most certainly illegal to assassinate a man without a trial.Get that coward who shot an Western hero in the back. I bet he hides somewhere in the thickets.
|finish text=Siringo: You found Bob Ford. He was shot by an enraged friend of Jesse James. He deserved that.Last words? No, don't believe this coward. He's just looking to get famous. The case is closed.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Ford
|id=2144
|filename=Bob Ford
|choice=|questgiver=Bob Ford
|accept={{QuestLocation|Bob Ford|x=43601|y=3465}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2143|quest=Find the coward|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Accept}}
|complete=
|reward={{Reward|experience|700|700 experience points}}
|start text=You find Bob Ford in a saloon somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Bragging about his killing of Jesse James did not win him many friends.You find him shot in the back with a bottle of cheap whiskey clutched in his hand.You arrived just in time to hear his last words.The coward Bob Ford:Listen... I-I did not kill Jesse. This is all just a staging. He is still alive.
|finish text=Jesse still alive? You do not know what to make of it.
}}

{{Quests
|name=The last words of a coward
|id=2145
|filename=Alan Pinkerton
|choice=|questgiver=Alan Pinkerton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Alan Pinkerton|x=23003|y=9823}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2143|quest=Find the coward|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete={{JobReq|Explore The West|10h}}
|reward={{Reward|experience|1200|1200 experience points}}
|start text=Siringo closed the case for good. Still, this case about Jesse James keeps you awake at night. Something seems off here. Maybe you can discover a clue... Somewhere. Somehow. You decide to head Westwards into the unexplored areas of the prairie.
|finish text=You have found some strange tracks. Obviously, the President himself was a supporter of Jesse. He fought well for his land during the war and was a modern-day Robin Hood.Rumors claim that Jesse lives somewhere on a farm in the prairie with a new identity. Maybe you can find it.
}}

{{Quests
|name=Frank Dalton
|id=2146
|filename=Frank J. Dalton
|choice=|questgiver=Frank J. Dalton
|accept={{QuestLocation|Frank J. Dalton|x=28709|y=5167}}
|unlock={{QuestResolve|id=2145|quest=The last words of a coward|questline=The assassination of Jesse James|type=Resolve}}
|complete=
|reward={{Reward|bonds|25|25 Bonds}}{{Reward|experience|8000|8000 experience points}}{{ItemBorder2|2311}}
|start text=Several years after the James' case was closed...This case has never left you alone. After years of searching, you arrive at an old farm in the middle of nowhere.You find the grave of the owner, somebody called Frank Dalton... His kids have inherited the land. His son looks exactly like Jesse James. This is no mere coincidence. You are positive something is amiss.
|finish text=You decide to leave the case. If this grave does belong to Jesse and the whole assassination was just a coincidence, you will never be able to prove it.Anyway, Jesse has a new life. Yes he was a dirty outlaw, but he still served the country well during the war, and he will live on as a Western legend.Nobody would believe you anyway.
}}