| “ | Drug production is illegal in United Cities territory! You are hereby arrested for illegal activity within Empire land. | ” |
–Samurai War Leader | ||
Drug Bust is an event that can trigger if a member of the United Cities military or police sees an illegal building owned by the player. These buildings include Biofuel Distillery (Hemp), Hemp Farm, Hemp Processor, and Hydroponic Hemp. Emperor Tengu must also not be killed or captured for the event to trigger.
Once the illegal building is spotted, there are a few potential routes the dialog could take, depending on whether or not it is inside an NPC owned town, as well as the Personality of the Samurai who spottted it.
A Smart, Honourable, or Fearful personality Samurai if inside an NPC town will immediately assign a bounty of 2,000 Cats to the one or more player characters, and attempt to arrest them. If not inside an NPC town, they will leave and report back to their superiors, which will trigger this event in 12-28 hours. If the player's squad is less than 9 characters, then the Samurai will immediately assign the bounty and attack even outside an NPC town.
A Traitorous, Dumb, Brave, or Maniacal personaltiy Samurai will attempt to extort the player. If the player ignores them, the Samurai will eventually assign a bounty of 2,000 Cats to the player and attack them. If talked to there are many routes you can take.
Accepting to pay them a bribe of 2,000 Cats will result in them attempting to extort you for an extra 1,000 Cats. If you lack the funds to pay the full 3,000 Cats, then they'll let you off with just the 2,000. Insisting on paying only the 2,000 has a chance to convince them to take it and leave, and a chance they might attack and assign the bounty. If they choose to attack, but the player has more than 7 characters in their squad, the Samurai will instead report to his superiors and this event will trigger in 48-72 hours.
Refusal to pay or taunting/mocking them will result in them immediately attacking your characters and assigning the bounty, unless the player has more than 7 characters in their squad, in which case the Samurai will instead report back to HQ and this event will trigger in 48-72 hours.
Alternatively, you can attempt to convince the Samurai you are someone of importance. Claiming you are a noble will only work if your outpost is level 3 or higher (the big town icon on the map), if your base is any lower level then they will simply attack or trigger the event. If you've killed (not captured) the Bugmaster or the Holy Lord Phoenix, or if you've killed/captured Esata the Stone Golem or Tinfist, you can attempt to intimidate them into leaving you alone, though this only has a chance to work and will trigger the attack and bounty or event if it fails.
If the event is triggered, the United Cities will send an assault to your base. This assault will consist of 1-3 squads, each made up of 1-3 Samurai Scouts, 2-5 Samurai, and 10-20 Samurai Conscripts, and will be led by an additional Samurai. There is a very low chance that one or more of the squads will be substituted for a different squad, made up of 1-3 Samurai Scouts, 5-8 Samurai, and 1-4 Samurai Conscripts, led by a Samurai Sergeant.
Once the assault arrives the war leader will make a short speech about being here to arrest you, and then order their soldiers to attack. If victorious, the assault will leave shortly after winning. If defeated, the United Cities Assault event will trigger in 72-100 hours.