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        Show dependencies between roles and allow the execution moment to be
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# Heists and coordinated infiltration

id: stealth-infiltration--t037
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t037
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/stealth-infiltration--t037/

Coordinated infiltration assigns dependent actions to roles and synchronizes them within a limited access window.

## At a glance

![Several characters take positions around a patrol](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/strategy-shadow-tactics-05.webp)

[Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun](https://store.steampowered.com/app/418240/) · © Mimimi Games / Daedalic Entertainment. All rights reserved.

1. A squad member is hidden behind a building
2. Another squad member holds a separate position

- Show dependencies between roles and allow the execution moment to be coordinated.

- [Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun](https://store.steampowered.com/app/418240/)

## How it works

Coordinated infiltration assigns dependent actions to roles and synchronizes them within a limited access window.

## Variants

### Mechanic variants

<a id="t037-variants"></a>

- Reconnaissance unlocks operation preparations. <a id="t037-v1"></a>
- Synchronized orders combine several actions. <a id="t037-v2"></a>
- A fallback plan changes routes after an alert. <a id="t037-v3"></a>
- Loot slows the team's final escape. <a id="t037-v4"></a>

## Design example

One participant cuts power, another opens a gate and a third moves cargo to a vehicle.

Prototype check: Test one failed action so the team can understand how to cancel synchronization and use its fallback plan.

## Context and limits

Stealth manages what observers know through visibility, suspicion, traces, decoys and escape routes. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map.

## Connected materials

- Sources in the selection: [State: Game Programming Patterns](https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-state-pattern) (key: resource/state-pattern)

## Sources and provenance

Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.

- [Robert Nystrom: State](https://github.com/munificent/game-programming-patterns/blob/master/book/state.markdown) (id: source-3817d420df0baa92)
- [Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun](https://store.steampowered.com/app/418240/) (id: source-cda08855077b86bc)

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