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*Colonel Duray (I.D.F. Lieutenant)
 
*Colonel Duray (I.D.F. Lieutenant)
  
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{{divbox|darkred| |Hmm, I'm not reading Vargas anywhere.<br />
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{{divbox|firebrick| |Hmm, I'm not reading Vargas anywhere.<br />
 
He's either possessed or...yeah, I’m bettin' on possessed.}}
 
He's either possessed or...yeah, I’m bettin' on possessed.}}
  
 
''You found the D-SEC pass key on the body of Colonel Vargas.''
 
''You found the D-SEC pass key on the body of Colonel Vargas.''
  
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{{divbox|darkred| |Orrr...he's dead. Easy mistake.}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |Orrr...he's dead. Easy mistake.}}
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{{divbox|darkred| |Okay, we can use that comm. Array to get what we need.}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |Okay, we can use that comm. Array to get what we need.}}
 
{{NPC Text|title=Awakened Dialogue|text=
 
{{NPC Text|title=Awakened Dialogue|text=
 
'''Before Combat:'''
 
'''Before Combat:'''
 
:'''Mindstorm:''' The one that purged the Network is here.
 
:'''Mindstorm:''' The one that purged the Network is here.
 
:'''Mindstorm:''' And the other arrivals are imminent.}}
 
:'''Mindstorm:''' And the other arrivals are imminent.}}
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{{divbox|darkred| |Careful in here. Something weird is going to happen.}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |Careful in here. Something weird is going to happen.}}
  
 
{{Mission Briefing|Contact=D-SEC Comm Array|Image=Contact Small Comm Array Station.jpg|Text=
 
{{Mission Briefing|Contact=D-SEC Comm Array|Image=Contact Small Comm Array Station.jpg|Text=
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Now that the experiment is safely contained, I can lift the Black Channel. Your orders are to recall all D.U.S.T. operatives with knowledge of these events back to D-SEC. I am sending a Recovery Team to debrief your personnel and retrieve all data regarding the Incident. See to it that both personnel and data are secure at D-SEC prior to our arrival.
 
Now that the experiment is safely contained, I can lift the Black Channel. Your orders are to recall all D.U.S.T. operatives with knowledge of these events back to D-SEC. I am sending a Recovery Team to debrief your personnel and retrieve all data regarding the Incident. See to it that both personnel and data are secure at D-SEC prior to our arrival.
  
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{{divbox|darkred| |'Recovery Team', huh? Yeah, right.}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |'Recovery Team', huh? Yeah, right.}}
  
 
*{{green|(Keep scanning incoming transmissions)}}
 
*{{green|(Keep scanning incoming transmissions)}}
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'''Upon Arrival:'''
 
'''Upon Arrival:'''
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' We will sit tight and wait for the IDF Recovery Team like good soldiers. We WILL not tamper or ATTEMPT to tamper with the Data Archives deeper in the facility.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' We will sit tight and wait for the IDF Recovery Team like good soldiers. We WILL not tamper or ATTEMPT to tamper with the Data Archives deeper in the facility.
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:{{divbox|darkred| |He's going to talk us to death.}}
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:{{divbox|firebrick| |He's going to talk us to death.}}
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' That's an order.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' That's an order.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Several orders.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Several orders.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Lots and lots and lots of orders.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Lots and lots and lots of orders.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Thot-box cycling: likelihood of you conforming to said orders.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Thot-box cycling: likelihood of you conforming to said orders.
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:{{divbox|darkred| |COME ON, ORB! WE'VE GOT A TIMER RUNNING!}}
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:{{divbox|firebrick| |COME ON, ORB! WE'VE GOT A TIMER RUNNING!}}
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Zero.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Zero.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Very well, I am passing sentence: {{Character}}, you are accused of aiding and abetting the criminal, Seer 1381.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Very well, I am passing sentence: {{Character}}, you are accused of aiding and abetting the criminal, Seer 1381.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Thot-box cycling: reaching verdict.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Thot-box cycling: reaching verdict.
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Death by plasma!
 
:'''Officer Orb:''' Death by plasma!
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:{{divbox|darkred| |Saw that one coming.<br />The IDF just blew up the comm array remotely. We need to hurry. They'll be here any second.}}}}
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:{{divbox|firebrick| |Saw that one coming.<br />The IDF just blew up the comm array remotely. We need to hurry. They'll be here any second.}}}}
  
 
''You found the Data Archives pass key from Officer Orb's damaged thot-box.''
 
''You found the Data Archives pass key from Officer Orb's damaged thot-box.''
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{{divbox|darkred| |Okay, you've got access to the back of the facility. That's where the data archives are.}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |Okay, you've got access to the back of the facility. That's where the data archives are.}}
  
 
{{NPC Text|title=Awakened Dialogue|text=
 
{{NPC Text|title=Awakened Dialogue|text=
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''IDF RECOVERY TEAM HAS ARRIVED''
 
''IDF RECOVERY TEAM HAS ARRIVED''
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{{divbox|darkred| |They're here! Don't let them get their hands on the data archives!}}
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{{divbox|firebrick| |They're here! Don't let them get their hands on the data archives!}}
  
 
{{NPC Text|title=IDF Dialogue|text=
 
{{NPC Text|title=IDF Dialogue|text=
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:'''ACU:''' CRITICAL SYSTEMS RUPTURE!}}
 
:'''ACU:''' CRITICAL SYSTEMS RUPTURE!}}
  
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{{divbox|darkred| |And there's our boy. Duray's thoughts are pretty dang loud. He's mad that he even had to come here.<br />
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{{divbox|firebrick| |And there's our boy. Duray's thoughts are pretty dang loud. He's mad that he even had to come here.<br />
 
He'll chase you down for the data you have, unless you simply make it not worth his while.}}
 
He'll chase you down for the data you have, unless you simply make it not worth his while.}}
  
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'''Before Combat:'''
 
'''Before Combat:'''
 
:'''Colonel Duray:''' Look sharp and let's get this done!
 
:'''Colonel Duray:''' Look sharp and let's get this done!
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:{{divbox|darkred| |My advice? Give Duray a good reason to bug outta here. Like knocking his face in.}}
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:{{divbox|firebrick| |My advice? Give Duray a good reason to bug outta here. Like knocking his face in.}}
 
'''Combat Start:'''
 
'''Combat Start:'''
 
:'''Colonel Duray:''' Do you understand how ANNOYING it is for me to even be here?!
 
:'''Colonel Duray:''' Do you understand how ANNOYING it is for me to even be here?!

Revision as of 08:49, 26 July 2014

Finale: D.U.S.T. to D.U.S.T.

Briefing

Everything we've learned about the Apparitions, the Awakened, and the Black Channel Protocols leads to one man: Colonel Vargas, head of D.U.S.T.'s special operations. If anyone knows how all of this started, it would be him. You need to break into D.U.S.T.'s spec-ops station, D-SEC, and find out what Colonel Vargas knows. The Asylum and Mother Mayhem decided that his knowledge of the threat was enough to shut down all communications between him, his men, and the whole of the outside world. And that means First Ward has a crisis on its hands.

Considering my experience at the Seer Network, I wouldn't call this next bit exactly lucky...but I had enough Apparitions swimming around in my head that I've narrowed down a location for D-SEC.

  • Good. Learn anything else?

Yeah, and it throws another weird spanner into the works. I felt a...magical element to the Apparitions in the Network. Which pretty much pokes all kinds of holes into my theory of them being the ghosts of dead psychics.

Yeah, so...

...so, listen, Character, I'm still pretty shaken up by what happened back there, so I'll just tag along in your head for this outing. This one is too important to risk me wigging out on you again.

Unnecessary Solicitation

We still need to know what Colonel Vargas knows, Character. Get back to D-SEC.

Mission Objective(s)

Map: FW_DSEC

The reports about D-SEC were true. Via Katie's psychic senses, you can feel the Apparitions running rampant throughout the facility.

  • Investigate D-SEC
    • Find Colonel Vargas
    • Find Colonel Vargas' Files
    • Scan files on the D-SEC Comm Array
    • Reason with Officer Orb
    • Defeat Officer Orb
    • 2 data archives to download

You successfully recovered the Black Channel Incident data files from D-SEC, fending off an IDF attack along the way.

Enemies

V badge Awakened.png The Awakened
V badge Apparition.png The Possessed
V badge Loyalist.png Imperial Defense Force

Notable NPCs

  • Officer Orb (I.D.F. Minion)
  • Colonel Duray (I.D.F. Lieutenant)
Hmm, I'm not reading Vargas anywhere.
He's either possessed or...yeah, I’m bettin' on possessed.

You found the D-SEC pass key on the body of Colonel Vargas.

Orrr...he's dead. Easy mistake.
Okay, we can use that comm. Array to get what we need.
Awakened Dialogue
Careful in here. Something weird is going to happen.
Contact Small Comm Array Station.jpg
D-SEC Comm Array

Briefing

BLACK CHANNEL OVERRIDE: Transmissions Log [Incoming]

Colonel Duray, IDF, to Colonel Vargas, CO D-SEC HQ

Great work on shutting down the Seer Network, Vargas. You have my condolences for the losses you have suffered at ARCLIGHT, BETTERMOUSETRAP, et al.

Now that the experiment is safely contained, I can lift the Black Channel. Your orders are to recall all D.U.S.T. operatives with knowledge of these events back to D-SEC. I am sending a Recovery Team to debrief your personnel and retrieve all data regarding the Incident. See to it that both personnel and data are secure at D-SEC prior to our arrival.

'Recovery Team', huh? Yeah, right.
  • (Keep scanning incoming transmissions)

IDF LOCKDOWN IN PROGRESS

RECOVERY TEAM EN ROUTE

  • (Leave Terminal)


Officer Orb Dialogue

You found the Data Archives pass key from Officer Orb's damaged thot-box.

Okay, you've got access to the back of the facility. That's where the data archives are.
Awakened Dialogue

IDF RECOVERY TEAM HAS ARRIVED

They're here! Don't let them get their hands on the data archives!
IDF Dialogue
And there's our boy. Duray's thoughts are pretty dang loud. He's mad that he even had to come here.
He'll chase you down for the data you have, unless you simply make it not worth his while.
Colonel Duray Dialogue

Debriefing

Whenever you’re ready to find the blind guy, I’ll telesend you his location.

Icon clue generic.png
 Signal to Noise
D-SEC was completely compromised just like ARCLIGHT and BETTERMOUSETRAP were. Colonel Vargas was a lost cause, having died before you even got there. His encrypted files confirmed that the Black Channel fell when he reported to Mother Mayhem that the Seer Network had become flooded with Apparitions, through the machinations of the Awakened. They also confirmed that the entire incident started at the behest of Mother, who had ordered D.U.S.T.'s special operations branch to retrieve some of her 'special children' that had somehow escaped her care.

Even after you shut the Network down, though, it wasn't enough for Praetor Tilman. An IDF kill team was sent in to cover the entire incident up. One thing seems clear from Vargas' data files, though-- a notion that Dr. Jonas Fletcher had, as well-- to defeat the Apparitions, it's going to take a magician, not a psychic.

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