Fantastic!

Certainly a different view of our boys in blue, quite an emjoyable read.

I loved this! It immediately brought to mind the Pimpernel both in the Tracys' masterful misdirection and the air you've invoked. Loved Lady Penelope's little tribute to Percy Blakeney near the end there. Fun to see, too, how the boys' jobs are the same, yet different, considering the science and technology of the time. (John as a duelist? Virgil a fop? Alan a gambler and cad? Scott a womanizer? Gordon exiled for a prank?-Well, that last one is kind of believable...)

A few formatting and spelling bobbles a good re-read will catch, but otherwise a fantastic AU that leaves me wanting more of it! So glad to see it here!

IR with more than a dash of pimpernels and Steampunk!

Magnificent! And a warm welcome back to one of my first, and still-favorite M7 writers! (Far warmer than it is outside today)

Many thanks for both the story, and the new AU. Hope you'll pursue it.

Wow. This is quite an interesting approach to the boys in blue, I like it! Please update soon! :)