Freelancer - How to stealth kill in public?

[0x90]

In freelancer there are some targets who are always in public with people nearby. They don't drink and don't eat. How can I kill them without getting detected (stealth kill)?

[eli_GO]

If you don't have a Sieker pistol, it's best to study its route, see where your target walks without other innocents nearby, place a propane tank in that spot, go to a remote place and shoot it twice to make it explode and that will make it count as an accidental kill.

[TheGreenman]

It's sometimes worth pulling the fire alarm and taking a look from a good distance at what your target does. Sometimes they'll move, sometimes it clears an area out enough to execute without being seen.

[TheOrangeBox]

Use bananas

[0x90]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Use bananas

Originally posted by eli_GO:

If you don't have a Sieker pistol

How would that help? In both cases the target isn't dead but just suspended. Can you both explain a bit more how this is going to work?

[Kleo ツ]

Originally posted by 0x90:

In freelancer there are some targets who are always in public with people nearby. They don't drink and don't eat. How can I kill them without getting detected (stealth kill)?

Find a propane canister, of which there should typically be at least on on every map, I think Dartmoor is the only one to not have one, then throw the canister close to an area they walk around ideally isolated so as to avoid collateral on other civilians.

After throwing it, the canister should be hissing. If you simply place it then you'll have to shoot it twice in order to ignite it so if it's hissing then only one shot on/around it will ignite it.

Alternatively, if you have things like tasers or emp charges or even items you can find in the crates like flash powder that can act as a source of ignition you can use those as well but a pistol, ideally silenced, is also great for precision.

Simply find a hidden spot you can shoot the canister from when your target is near it and it'll blow up, killing them (make sure they're fairly close else it'll just knock them out).

This counts as an "accidental kill" and will not void Silent Assassin.

If your target happens to interact with generators by chance, you can also use that as a source of ignition. Turn it off so they investigate, throw the canister down next to it and when they kickstart the generator, the spark will ignite the canister and blow them up.

Haven't played in awhile but there are surely other methods I'm not thinking of right now for dealing with targets out in public but yeah the canister accidental is super versatile.

If you also manage to get them into an area in which you can lethal syringe them, that will also count as an accidental or drowning them in a toilet so even if the body gets found it will not void your SA and is essentially a stealth kill.

Oh yes also forgot that if your target happens to take smoke breaks at any point, those also work as sources of ignition so if they also take a smoke break around a flammable barrel, puncture it with a screwdriver and just wait for them to smoke and they'll self-immolate :)

Also if you want a nice way of locating a propane canister on whatever map you're trying to do this on you can use Hitmaps[www.hitmaps.com].

[eli_GO]

Originally posted by 0x90:

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Use bananas

Originally posted by eli_GO:

If you don't have a Sieker pistol

How would that help? In both cases the target isn't dead but just suspended. Can you both explain a bit more how this is going to work?

The banana won't help, with respect to the Sieker you're confusing yourself with the Kalmer. The Sieker uses emetic darts so it will not leave the target suspended, it will go to a bathroom and you will be able to attack it alone. And I've already said how a propane tank works.

[MateySmecheru']

Do what eli_GO said. The sieker will help you isolate the target. If you don't have one then go for an accident kill.

[n00bdragon]

1. Seiker/fart case to isolate them
2. Good ol' Propane tank. Nothing beats propane tank.
3. Painstakingly coin NPCs on the edge of a crowd to a private area, knock them out, and stash them somewhere, then knock out another in the same way until your target is isolated. Kill them.
4. Don't worry about SA. It's freelancer. Just shoot them in the face and hoof it to the exit. Shoot any guards that get in your way.

[0x90]

Originally posted by eli_GO:

with respect to the Sieker you're confusing yourself with the Kalmer.

You're correct, my mistake. Thanks everyone for the helpful answers, you rock!