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===Step 12=== | ===Step 12=== | ||
''Failsafe needs to study a BrayTech Exo's consciousness driver.'' | |||
*Locate the consciousness driver in Bray Exoscience on Europa. | *Locate the consciousness driver in Bray Exoscience on Europa. | ||
**Driver recovered | **Driver recovered | ||
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*'''Failsafe''': All right, I'm sure there's a host matrix around here. Ahem… beep-boop, beep-boop — nah, I'm kidding, I'll just mark it for you. I'm way better at finding stuff since you upgraded me. Thanks for that, by the way. | |||
::The Guardian locates the consciousness driver. | |||
*'''Failsafe''': Got it. If you're ready, we can head back into the Conductor's lab. The Exo frames she's working on down there have got to be key to the Golden Age she keeps talking about. We just need to uncover their secrets before she kills us all! | |||
===Step 13=== | ===Step 13=== | ||
''The Conductor is attempting to use the Choral Mind to awaken Nessus and spread it's radiolaria. She must be stopped.'' | |||
*Destroy the Conductor's Choral Mind in the Exotic mission "Encore," launched from the H.E.L.M. | *Destroy the Conductor's Choral Mind in the Exotic mission "Encore," launched from the H.E.L.M. | ||
**Choral Mind destroyed | **Choral Mind destroyed | ||
;Note | |||
See [[Encore#Transcript|Encore: Concerto]] for a transcript of the mission. | |||
===Step 14=== | ===Step 14=== | ||
''A message awaits at the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M.'' | |||
*Visit the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M. | *Visit the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M. | ||
**Message received | **Message received | ||
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*'''Osiris''': Guardian, I can now confirm… every Exo frame in Maya's lab, once held the consciousness of Maya's wife, Chioma Esi. Each, a-a different version, pulled from the Vex network. Uploaded. Judged. Found wanting, and eliminated. Guardian, there are details about Maya Sundaresh I kept from Saint. He did not need to know the cruelty of the hands that touched his mind… Or how much they reminded me of my own. But today… I saw a reflection of myself, had I lost my way… if I never found Saint and instead wrapped myself in obsession. I thought myself heroic in my search — a romantic — and that I was justified by my success. But what if I… had not realized my good fortune? If I had met Saint, not with relief, but with skepticism? To imagine myself finding Saint… deciding he is wrong… killing him… And then starting again… It would have broken me. And I believe it has broken Maya. One capable of such horror, has defiled the concept of love. Do not forget what you're dealing with. | |||
===Step 15=== | ===Step 15=== | ||
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===Step 16=== | ===Step 16=== | ||
''A message awaits at the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M.'' | |||
*Visit the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M. | *Visit the holoprojector in the H.E.L.M. | ||
**Message received | **Message received | ||
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*'''Ikora''': The Conductor awaits at the core of Nessus, working to awaken the planet, and consume us in a flood of radiolaria… all in the name of her Golden Age, where she reunites with Chioma. Guardian, we cannot fight against the Echo of Command. But I think… We could find Chioma. The Chioma Maya thinks of as "hers". Failsafe believes she could isolate a signature using Chioma's original logs on Neomuna. Maya's still confined to the Nessus network, so that information remains out of her reach. It's the only advantage we've got. If we took that signature back to the lab, we could succeed where Maya has failed. Listen. I won't put another life in Maya's hands, not after what she's done. But if anyone could make her understand, it would be the one Chioma she's been searching for. I realize this is a longshot. Failsafe has prepared a contingency plan in case this goes wrong. One way or another, the Conductor's search ends now. | |||
''There is steel in Ikora's voice as she prepares you for one more journey into Maya's laboratory.'' | |||
''"The Conductor awaits at the core of Nessus, working to awaken the planet and consume us in a flood of radiolaria… all in the name of her Golden Age, where she reunites with Chioma."'' | |||
''Ikora believes Chioma herself may be the key to ending this conflict… and she thinks she knows how to isolate the signal of the Chioma Maya thinks of as "hers."'' | |||
''"I won't put another life in Maya's hands, not after what she's done. But if anyone could make her understand, it would be the one Chioma she's been searching for."'' | |||
''Failsafe is standing by to help you retrieve the necessary tech to pull Chioma's signature from the Vex network, and she will also prepare a contingency plan in case things go badly.'' | |||
''"One way or another," Ikora says, "the Conductor's search ends now."'' | |||
===Step 17=== | ===Step 17=== | ||
''Search Neomuna's terminals dedicated to the study of the Veil for the quantum signature of the Chioma that originated in the same simulation as the Conductor.'' | |||
*Search the Neomuna Veil Containment terminals for the quantum signature of the "true" Chioma. | *Search the Neomuna Veil Containment terminals for the quantum signature of the "true" Chioma. | ||
**Signature found | **Signature found | ||
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*'''Failsafe''': Captain, the Veil terminal on Neomuna should hold a trace of the Chioma Esi the Conductor thinks of as "hers". If I attune to it, I can match its frequency and find the corresponding Chioma in the Conductor's lab… I think. Then we can pull that Chioma's consciousness through… I think. And then she can talk the Conductor out of murdering us! …I think. | |||
::The Guardian activates the scan. | |||
*'''Failsafe''': I've isolated the signal. It's one of hundreds, but it's the same as the Conductor. I'm ready to carry out Ikora's orders. But first, we need a plan b. Take me to an active Vex network node on Neomuna. I have an idea. | |||
===Step 18=== | ===Step 18=== | ||
''Boost Failsafe's connection to the Vex network by installing a network relay.'' | |||
*Install a network relay for Failsafe to boost her connection. | *Install a network relay for Failsafe to boost her connection. | ||
**Relay installed | **Relay installed | ||
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*'''Failsafe''': Okay, Captain. I need you to install a Vex network relay for me here on Neomuna. The Conductor can only monitor Nessus incursions, so this should let me help if things go wrong. The Conductor can only monitor Nessus incursions, so this should let me help if things go wrong. Beep-boop-bingo, set it up right there. | |||
::The Guardian installs a network relay for Failsafe to boost her connection. | |||
*'''Failsafe''': All right, that's my backdoor into the Vex network, just in case reuniting Maya with Chioma goes horribly wrong. Not that I think it will… but I kinda think it will. Be safe, okay, Captain? | |||
===Step 19=== | ===Step 19=== | ||
''Destroy the Choral Mind on Nessus to stop the Conductor's plans and confront her with the truth about Chioma.'' | |||
*Stop the Conductor's plans by destroying the Choral Mind in Exotic mission "Encore," launched from the H.E.L.M. | *Stop the Conductor's plans by destroying the Choral Mind in Exotic mission "Encore," launched from the H.E.L.M. | ||
**Choral Mind destroyed | **Choral Mind destroyed | ||
;Note | |||
See [[Encore#Transcript|Encore: Coda]] for a transcript of the mission. | |||
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===Step 21=== | ===Step 21=== | ||
''Failsafe wishes to speak with you at her remote uplink in the H.E.L.M.'' | |||
*Speak with Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. | *Speak with Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. | ||
**Message received | **Message received | ||
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*'''Failsafe''': Greetings, Captain! I am quite pleased that you are alive! My planetary scans reveal that the Vex machinery within Nessus is dormant once again. Perhaps learning the truth about Chioma caused Maya to question her own judgment and halt her plans for galactic domination! …Or maybe she changed her mind when Saint-unit and Ikora blasted the paint off her chassis. Either way, she has vanished into the Vex network. I will continue monitoring Nessus, but I believe we can celebrate a successful mission! Well, you can celebrate, at least. I was part of a crew again, and now it's over. I don't like goodbyes. Hmm… y'know, I thought I'd be sadder? Usually when I'm alone, it's like… whoever left turned off the lights behind them. It gets real dark. But now, there's still a little brightness left. It's not coming from you, or Saint-unit, or Captain Jacobson. I guess… it's me. I think, maybe, I can keep going just for me. See ya around, Captain. Thanks for everything. | |||
''"Greetings, Captain!" Failsafe says cheerfully. "My planetary scans reveal that the Vex machinery within Nessus is dormant once again. Perhaps learning the truth about Chioma caused Maya to question her own judgment and halt her plans for galactic domination!"'' | |||
''Failsafe's voice drops. "Or maybe she changed her mind when Saint-unit and Ikora blasted the paint off her chassis," she says wryly.'' | |||
''Failsafe congratulates you on a successful mission, but it's clear her heart isn't in it.'' | |||
''"I was part of a crew again, and now it's over," she says sadly. "I don't like goodbyes."'' | |||
''But quiet hope creeps into the edges of her voice. "Y'know, I thought I'd be sadder? Usually when I'm alone, it's like whoever left turned off the lights behind them… but now, there's still a little brightness left. I guess… it's me. I think, maybe, I can keep going just for me."'' | |||
''"See ya around, Captain," Failsafe says. "Thanks for everything."'' | |||
===Step 22=== | ===Step 22=== | ||
*Speak to Saint-14 in the H.E.L.M. | *Speak to Saint-14 in the H.E.L.M. | ||
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*'''Saint-14''': You found traces of Maya, Guardian? Huh, so she still lives, hidden somewhere in the Vex Network. I hope she will abandon her terrible search for her lost Chioma… but I fear she may be beyond reason. Maya wanted everything "just so", but people do not always fit cleanly into a frame. They spill out over the edges. That beautiful mess is what makes us who we are. If you demand only perfection, you will end up alone… for no one is perfect. Of course, some of us are closer than others — hah, I joke. I know who I am, I accept myself, and all my flaws. And, to me, I am enough. you understand what I am saying, Failsafe? | |||
*'''Failsafe''': I understand, Saint-unit. I'm not gonna do a little speech about it, but… I understand. | |||
*'''Saint-14''': Hm. Good enough. | |||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||