Central Airlock, Derelict Prison of Elders
Variks: Guardian. After so many years, so much bloodshed, Variks regrets we must return to the—
Warden AI: Prison of Elders welcomes you. Impress your Warden, yes?
Eido: Variks? Who is that?
Variks: A… malfunction. Confused Servitor from years past. Variks begs your pardon.
Warden AI: Round: [ERROR] Kill or be killed.
Variks: Variks does not sound like— [chitters] Variks will fix this. For now, we continue, yes?
The Guardian descends into the Prison.
Warden AI: Opponent identified. Hibernation shutdown sequence in progress.
Variks: Opponent…? The Warden is pulling prisoners from cold storage.
Eido: They're still alive in there?
Variks: Not for much longer.
The Guardian defeats the prisoners and proceeds to the next cell block.
Lockup
Variks: Enough. Variks demands you initiate shutdown! Override code: Loyal.
Warden AI: Doppelganger Lockout Protocol in effect. Ha-ha-haptic interface connections — severed.
Variks: Doppel…? Prison of Elders belongs to Variks!
Warden AI: Fight. Win. Live. Face judgment.
The Guardian defeats the prisoners.
Warden AI: You fought, you won. Your treasure awaits.
Variks: The Warden withdraws. So must we.
Eido: We took part in this… blood sport. What now?
Variks: Servitor interference was… unexpected. But Variks will be better prepared. We must push deeper into the Prison. Decipher Fikrul’s purpose. Prevent revenant Scorn from overrunning the Reef.
Eido: I should send Petra an update. Good work so far, Guardian.
Variks: Your report — Variks’ involvement is minimal, yes?
Tonic Laboratory, The Last City
The Guardian places the Walker technology in the tonic laboratory
The Guardian speaks to Eido.
Eido: Along with the new reagents you've picked up from that awful place, we might be able to develop new tonics to test on the battlefield. I keep asking Crow to let Eramis help us, but he's as immovable as a Walker inside a web grenade discharge. I've been running tonic theory by her anyway, and I think we should see some new results. Soon, I hope, for my father's sake.