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xs06050100_MSG0001 |
An alien mech?! What type?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 2 |
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xs06050100_MSG0002 |
No idea. It doesn't match anything on record,[ST:n ]as far as I can tell. No one's seen anything like it.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0003 |
It looks abandoned, too. Totally ripe for the picking.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 4 |
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xs06050100_MSG0004 |
Ohhh, man, you're givin' me goosebumps![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 5 |
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xs06050100_MSG0005 |
Right?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 6 |
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xs06050100_MSG0006 |
It's located here.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 7 |
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xs06050100_MSG0007 |
That's pretty deep in Noctilum...[ST:n ]No wonder you wanted to talk to L.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 8 |
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xs06050100_MSG0008 |
Exactly.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 9 |
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xs06050100_MSG0008_2 |
But here's the rub—the Ganglion are after it, too.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 10 |
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xs06050100_MSG0009 |
From what we can tell over FrontierNav,[ST:n ]they've gone after it several times already—and failed.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 11 |
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xs06050100_MSG0010 |
Well, yes, that doesn't surprise us in the least.[ST:n ]That's tainted land.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 12 |
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xs06050100_MSG0011 |
Tainted? That doesn't sound good.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 13 |
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xs06050100_MSG0012 |
They are savage beasts! Ferocious! Insatiable![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 14 |
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xs06050100_MSG0013 |
He's talking about these.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0014 |
We didn't run into anything like that in Noctilum, did we?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0015 |
The tainted are territorial.[ST:n ]They only dwell deep within a specific part of the forest there.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0016 |
Although, it doesn't seem right[ST:n ]to even call it a forest anymore...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 18 |
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xs06050100_MSG0017 |
Why do you say that?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0018 |
Because the tainted devour any and all living things—[ST:n ]apart from other tainted, that is.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0019 |
Y-you mean, even mighty Tatsu not safe?![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 21 |
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xs06050100_MSG0020 |
Indeed. You would be swallowed whole.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 22 |
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xs06050100_MSG0021 |
The tainted would make no bones about you, I'm afraid.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0022 |
Interesting. They must be formidable to be[ST:n ]defeating the Ganglion over and over.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0023 |
But if what L says is true, it could work in our favor.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 25 |
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xs06050100_MSG0024 |
Right. Our bodies are artificial mims.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0025 |
If the tainted don't perceive us as living things,[ST:n ]we might be safe.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0026 |
Let's back up a sec—[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0027 |
you reported all this to the commander?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 29 |
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xs06050100_MSG0028 |
Our top priority above all else is supposed[ST:n ]to be searching for the Lifehold.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 30 |
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xs06050100_MSG0029 |
Are you suggesting we set that aside[ST:n ]to try and recover this mech?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 31 |
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xs06050100_MSG0030 |
Exactly.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0031 |
Commander Vandham is why I'm here—[ST:n ]he specifically requested I enlist your team.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0032 |
It's just as you say—there's no time for us to screw around.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 34 |
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xs06050100_MSG0033 |
And we still absolutely need to find the Lifehold.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0034 |
But, remember—the fact is,[ST:n ]we're also dealing with hostile xenos here.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0035 |
Xenos who destroyed Earth and want[ST:n ]every last one of us dead.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0036 |
Xenos who also seem to want this mech—and desperately.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 38 |
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xs06050100_MSG0037 |
Hmm. And if it's that important to them...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0038 |
Right. What if it's a secret weapon[ST:n ]powerful enough to tip the scales?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0039 |
Feels like a bit of a long shot, to be honest...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 41 |
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xs06050100_MSG0040 |
But okay.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 42 |
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xs06050100_MSG0041 |
Even if we can't use it,[ST:n ]we should at least keep it from the Ganglion.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 43 |
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xs06050100_MSG0042 |
Count us in.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 44 |
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xs06050100_MSG0042_2 |
Any objections?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 45 |
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xs06050100_MSG0043 |
No, ma'am![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 46 |
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xs06050100_MSG0044 |
Glad to hear it.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 47 |
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xs06050100_MSG0045 |
But if we're going to take this on, we'll need to keep it quick.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 48 |
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xs06050100_MSG0046 |
Roger that.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 49 |
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xs06050100_MSG0047 |
L and Tatsu: you hang back.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 50 |
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xs06050100_MSG0048 |
Unlike us, the tainted would target you guys for sure.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0049 |
Oh, most considerate of you, good sirs.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 52 |
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xs06050100_MSG0050 |
Aww, Linly! Linly care about Tatsu after all![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 53 |
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xs06050100_MSG0051 |
Well, of course![ST:n ]After all this time watching over you and fattening you up,[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
| 54 |
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xs06050100_MSG0052 |
I'm not about to let my prize turkey[ST:n ]go to some rabid indigens![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs06050100_MSG0053 |
Meh-meh-meh-meh-meh![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |