View source for Template:StoryArc Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle

== Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle (Story Arc) ==
=== Souvenir ===
'''Levels:''' 25 - 30

'''A prototype Quantum weapon'''

Dr. Winslowe and his team at [[SERAPH]] gave you this non-functional prototype, based on designs captured from a conspiracy within the Council itself.  Winslowe thinks he may be able to perfect the design one day, but for now you keep it as a memento of the strange case you remember as:

'''Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle'''

After a captured [[Council]] Archon had revealed he existence of a rabidly anti-[[Nictus]] and anti-[[Kheldian]] faction within the Council, monitoring of the evil organization was stepped up dramatically, looking for further clues.  The clue you were looking for came when [[Moonfire]], the Kheldian agent on [[Striga Island]], discovered that a group of Council soldiers was secretly testing new weapons against the [[Banished Pantheon]].  The weapons were being tuned for use against Nictus, but you found both a War Wolf and a Galaxy soldier working to help test them.

Searching for clues about why the Galaxy Archon Booker would help against the Kheldians, you investigated his old base.  There you discovered that he had learned something dire about [[Arakhn]]'s plans, and was feeling himself transforming into an alien being from his Nictus Fragment implants.  These combined led him into the conspiracy.

One of the names mentioned in Booker's journals was an Archon Coster, the head of a research base.  You infiltrated the facility, but found it already under attack by the Banished Pantheon, who sought revenge for being used as test subjects.  Coster had been killed by the Pantheon by the time you arrived, but his notes not only had the names of the remaining conspirators, but showed that Coster had been a double-agent, and had assembled those names for Arakhn herself.

You rescued the scientists that the Council conspirators had forced to work on their anti-Nictus weapons, and captured Archon Stone, the third conspirator.  From this point forward, it would be a race to capture the last conspirators before Arakhn could hunt them down.

You captured Lt. Wester and Archon Turley, two more members of the conspiracy, before Arakhn could assassinate them.  You also discovered that the remaining conspirators planned to escape Striga Island and defect to another organization.

As you rushed the capture of the last two conspirators for all valuable information they held, you learned that Arakhn had alerted the [[the Center|Center]] to the conspiracy.  With no time to lose, you captured Archon Saager and Archon Voight before they could escape from Striga on a cargo vessel.  With all the conspirators safely captured, Arakhn's attempts to assassinate them were foiled, and much new information about Nictus activity within the Council could be gained.  It may take some time for the conspirators to talk, so you were encouraged to improve your powers until then so you'd be ready to investigate whatever was revealed.  You were told to come back when you were about Stature Level 30 to continue.

=== {{UL|Find the source of the Quantum Array weapons}} ===
'''The Peace Killers<br/>Part: One'''

{{Mission Briefing
|Contact=Sunstorm
|Brief=In the wake of Archon Swann's revelation about an anti-Nictus faction within the Council at the end of the Cosmotron incident, we've been monitoring the Council very closely, looking for any trace of this group within the Council.  Now Moonfire thinks that she's found something, and has asked for you to speak to her on Striga Island
|Accept={{Orange|Need Info}}

'''Unnecessary Solicitation'''

I think Moonfire may be onto something big.  You should speak with her as soon as you can.}}

{{Mission Objective|Entrance=|Primary=Talk to Shadowstar|Secondary=|Additional=|Completion=}}

{{Mission Briefing
|Contact=Moonfire
|Brief=I am glad that you have chosen this task, <Character Name>.  I have been closely monitoring Council communications, seeking some evidence of a conspiracy against the Nictus within their ranks.  I have discovered that a group of Council soldiers have been tasked with a deadly experiment:  To employ newly developed weapons against the Banished Pantheon in a live-fire test.  What drew my interest was that this test is being concealed from nearly all factions of the Council, but particularly from Requiem, Arakhn, and the Center.

It is my belief that these new weapons may be under development with their sights set on the Nictus.  Therefore it is imperative that they are recovered and examined.  You should also look for the leader of these solders, a man named Captain Dawson, and defeat him to find any information he carries.}}

{{Mission Objective|Entrance=|Primary=Investigate weapons test|Secondary=1 weapon to locate, Defeat Captain Dawson|Additional=|Completion=You found some strange weapons here.}}

'''Enemies'''

{{Enemy Council}}
{{Enemy Banished Pantheon}}

'''Notable NPCs'''

* Archon Booker ([[Council#Vortex_Cor_Leonis_Archon|Vortex Cor Leonis Archon]], Boss)
Archon Booker: ''This just got worse!  It's <Character Name>!''
* Captain Dawson ([[Council#Vortex_Cor_Leonis_Adjutant|Vortex Cor Leonis Adjutant]], Lieutenant)
Captain Dawson: ''We need these weapons!  You don't know what they've done to me!''

{{Mission Clue|Name=Dawson's Orders|Text=These Orders are maked for Captain Dawson only.  They lay out the plan to test these new weapons against 'Possesion-capable entities', like the Banished Pantheon before trying them out against a 'Hostile Alien'.}}
{{Mission Clue|Name=Quantum Dispersal weapons|Text=These weapons are based off of the Void Hunter's Quantum Array guns, but have been tuned very differently.  These weapons are specifically designed to work against Nictus, and people with implanted Nictus fragments.}}

{{Mission Briefing
|Contact=Sunstorm
|Debrief=Moonfire was correct.  These weapons appear to be tuned specifically to fight beings like the Nictus.  I guess that they'll have a strong effect against creatures of the Pantheon as well, since they are controlled by an energy being of sorts.  What I don't understand is why a Warwolf and a Galaxy Archon were helping to test them.  There's more going on here, and I think that this is just the beginning of something big.}}

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