Holodeck Program 3462: Heart Heist

Settling in for some downtime, you decide to investigate the holodeck program archives. You discover a program simply titled “Heart Heist”. The program claims to test your mental and physical prowess. Not one to back down from such a challenge, you engage the program. Its description reads as follows:

You are in 1913 London, known in that period as “Earth”. In three days, wealthy debutante Isabella Fenton will be hosting a gala where the famed Sacred Heart Ruby will be on display. The ruby is valued at $50,000. You are to infiltrate the manor, steal the ruby, and make a getaway. How you achieve this objective is ultimately at your discretion.

For this competition, you are tasked with writing a heist story. Your character will have to use the three days to prepare for the heist however they choose. This can include (but is not limited to) things like reconnaissance, bribing guards, or gathering equipment. Let your imagination run wild, it should be fun and… maybe a little bit dangerous. If you wish to have additional information outside of the holodeck experience in your post, place the portion to be graded in a block quote.

Criteria

• Submissions should be sent through BFMS, and a link to the story should be included with your entry.
• All submissions must be at least 1,000 words in length.
• Posts must be written by a single author.
• Submissions will be graded based on the Bravo Fleet Fiction Rubric. The usage of obvious anachronisms (stunning guards with phasers, transporting into the manor, etc.) will factor negatively into the grading process.