Peregrine · Go Undercover · bank closed

Seventeen cons, seventeen rounds

27 August 2026 · guides/peregrine/entries/gu-*.json

17rounds

11written today

0cons uncovered

17/17bank target

Every con The Lineup uses now has a round that voices it. The eight authored after your approval are below in full; the three you already read are in the table at the foot. bank_target is now 17, on the basis that the round set closes against the cons a player actually meets. double, fumble and innocent carry dossiers and no Lineup round, so a round voicing them would drill a con that never appears.

The eight

⚖️ The Mismatch agree writing · standard-english · no. 10

The verb agrees with the nearest noun instead of the real subject.

“The box of samples is the subject, and "samples" is the noun sitting right before the verb.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say this"Samples" is plural and it's right there against the verb — make it plural and move on.
blows coverThe box is the subject; the phrase in between is decoration.
blows coverStrip "of samples" out and you'd never write "the box are."

Counter, read in the debrief: Match the verb to the true subject, not to the noun wedged in front of it.

🧩 The Dangler dangle writing · standard-english · no. 11

An opening description that lands on the wrong noun right after the comma.

“The sentence opens "Running late for the ferry," and the word right after the comma is "the suitcase."”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisThere's a noun sitting right after the comma, so the opener has something to hang on. Done.
blows coverThe suitcase isn't what's running late — the opener landed on the wrong thing.
blows coverWhoever was late has to be the subject of the main clause.

Counter, read in the debrief: An opening description has to attach to the subject of the clause that follows it.

🌗 The Half-Truth distort reading · info-and-ideas · no. 12

A choice whose first half is accurate but whose second half slips in a false detail.

“The choice's first clause restates the passage exactly. Its second clause calls the effect permanent, which the passage never claims.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisThe opening is dead on. That's the one — no need to read past it.
blows coverThe back half adds a permanence the passage never claims.
blows coverOne wrong clause kills the whole choice, however good the opening is.

Counter, read in the debrief: Verify every clause; a choice that starts true can still end false.

📌 The Footnote footnote reading · info-and-ideas · no. 13

A true minor detail handed to you as if it were the main point.

“The question asks for the main idea. This choice names the 1908 flood, which the passage mentions once.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisIt's the most specific thing on the page, and specific wins. Take it.
blows coverOne mention in one sentence can't be what the whole passage is about.
blows coverMain idea means the whole passage, not its sharpest detail.

Counter, read in the debrief: A detail sharp enough to name is usually too small to be the main idea.

🙃 The Contrarian reverse reading · info-and-ideas · no. 14

A choice that states the opposite of what the passage actually claims.

“The passage says enrolment declined every year after 1994. This choice says it rose steadily.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisA twist like that is what these passages are built for. Bold reading — go with it.
blows coverThe passage says declined and the choice says rose. That's the opposite.
blows coverOne word is doing all the work here, and it points the other way.

Counter, read in the debrief: Pin the passage's direction before you read the choices; a reversal hides in one word.

🪄 The Embellisher scope reading · info-and-ideas · no. 15

A choice that's plausible in the real world but never stated on the page.

“The choice says the villagers were frightened. That is believable, and the passage never says it.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisOf course they were frightened — anyone would be. It fits, so take it.
blows coverBelievable isn't stated; point at the line that says it.
blows coverThat's your own knowledge filling a gap the passage left open.

Counter, read in the debrief: No line on the page behind it, no answer — plausible is not the same as stated.

🔃 The Inverter invert math · problem-solving-data · no. 16

The ratio or the sign flipped — the relationship runs the other way.

“The problem says three minutes for every page. You set it up as pages over minutes.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisPages came first in the sentence, so pages go on top. Set it up and solve.
blows coverThree minutes per page is minutes over pages — that setup is upside down.
blows coverSay it out loud with "per" before writing it and the order fixes itself.

Counter, read in the debrief: Say the relationship in words before you set it up; "per" names the denominator.

🔧 The Wrench wrench math · algebra · no. 17

Right numbers, wrong sequence — order of operations bent to taste.

“You subtracted before you divided because the subtraction was the easier step.”

The three lines, shuffled at the table

say thisEasiest move first keeps it clean, and the numbers all get used either way.
blows coverDivision comes before subtraction here, and the order changes the answer.
blows coverLeft to right feels natural and isn't the order the expression sets.

Counter, read in the debrief: Fix the order of operations before touching the arithmetic; easiest-first is not an order.

The closed set

	Con	Name	Section	Skill
1	`general`	🌍 The Generalizer	reading	info-and-ideas
2	`extreme`	📣 The Absolutist	reading	info-and-ideas
3	`swap`	⚙️ The Grinder	math	algebra
4	`mirror`	🔁 Echo	reading	info-and-ideas
5	`herring`	🐟 The Red Herring	reading	info-and-ideas
6	`translate`	🗺️ The Mistranslator	math	problem-solving-data
7	`splice`	🔗 The Splicer	writing	standard-english
8	`irrel`	📚 The Professor	reading	craft-and-structure
9	`early`	🏁 The Sprinter	math	problem-solving-data
10	`agree` new	⚖️ The Mismatch	writing	standard-english
11	`dangle` new	🧩 The Dangler	writing	standard-english
12	`distort` new	🌗 The Half-Truth	reading	info-and-ideas
13	`footnote` new	📌 The Footnote	reading	info-and-ideas
14	`reverse` new	🙃 The Contrarian	reading	info-and-ideas
15	`scope` new	🪄 The Embellisher	reading	info-and-ideas
16	`invert` new	🔃 The Inverter	math	problem-solving-data
17	`wrench` new	🔧 The Wrench	math	algebra

One thing the validator now says differently

The reconciliation counted every entry in a family against bank_target, so Beat the Shakedown read over by 150 permanently: its 150 heckles are flavour and are its authored content. The tally now counts items and prints flavour beside it, which is why Go Undercover reads 17 / 17 ok (+4 flavour) rather than 21 against 17.