The Rule of Three
| Mission
Start: | Positron (Steel Canyon) |
| Enemy: | Circle
of Thorns,
Clockwork, Vahzilok | | Requirement: |
3 members | | Badges: |
Positron's
Ally
|
| Souvenir: | Dam piece |
Summary:
- Defeat
Epidural and guards - Boomtown -
Find any evidence
- Defeat
Rollister and his cadre - Skyway
City - 3 workers to rescue
- Defeat
all Clockwork in office - Office
(random) - Recover working
Clockwork piece
- Stop
Dr. Morben and his minions -
Skyway City - Recover any evidence
- Stop
chief mag and his guards -
Skyway City - Defeat
- Take
the book to Azuria - Atlas Park
- Delivery
- Stop
robot boss and its guards -
Steel Canyon - investigate Clockwork
plans
- See
Paula Dempsey in Kings Row -
Kings Row - Visit
- See
Azuria in Atlas Park - Atlas
Park - Visit
- Stop
zombie boss and his guards -
Skyway City - Destroy Vahzilok lab,
Recover evidence
- Patrol
Perez Park - Perez Park - Visit
3 locations
- Defeat
all villains in office - Perez
Park - Search for clues
- Defeat
all mystics in base - Perez Park
- Defeat
- Defeat
all villains in sewer - Perez
Park - Defeat
- Defeat
all villains in substation -
Perez Park - Defeat
Detail:
I've
been hearing a
lot about
you youngsters lately. Your contacts have put the word on the street
that you are all forces to be reckoned with. I'm sure that by banding
together, you can really put a dent in the crime here in Paragon City
Statesman
has asked me
to test out
the new groups to see if they are ready to take on bigger and tougher
challenges. Are you ready to test your mettle?
Glad
to hear it.
You're going to
need a name I can refer to you by, let's use Task Force Hippie12, shall
we?
Recently
the Vahzilok
tried to
poison the water of paragon city. I've done a little recon in the area,
and I came across a nest of Vahzilok lead by an Eidolon called
Epidural. I was planning on taking it out, but since you're here. I'll
let you have the honors. If you find any evidence that they are
planning to revamp their poisoning plot, let me know immediately.
Wow,
that was a
great job. I
watched you via one of my remote cameras; you all work really well as a
team. I think I can trust Task Force Atomic with some further missions.
Now, let's have a look at that sample. I guess you really know your
stuff, Task Force Hippie12.
Save the FEMA workers
I
must say, I'm
impressed with how
you've handled the work I've given you. Teamwork is really your strong
suit. In fact, I think you're ready for another challenge! States just
radioed with a crisis. The Circle of Thorns are attacking the Federal
Emergency Management Agency in Skyway City. I need a group
to save
the FEMA workers. Can you help us?
Great.
I hear the
leader of these
mystics is named Rollister. Your priority is to take him out of
commission.
I'm
afraid I have
no idea why
the circle is intereste din the dam. But it sounds like something we
had better investigate!
Locate a
clockwork piece:
Thank
you for all your
hard work. Up for another test? You've really proven yourself as a
team, and I think I can give you a tougher mission. I have examined the
Clockwork pieces at DATA and SERAPH, and I've made some interesting
discoveries. But I need to know more. Can you find me a piece of
Clockwork that is still functioning? No one has been able to recover a
piece like that.
I
scanned the area,
and I found
an abandoned warehouse that's infested with Clockwork.
You
didn't find the
working
piece, eh? That's a disappointment, but this unusual part you found
more than makes up for it. I'd like to examine this; it isn't like
anything I've seen the Clockwork King use.You are all doing
wonderfully. You have exceeded my expectations. You even managed to
impress the Back Alley Brawler.
On
the move:
Well,
I analyzed
that chemical
you found in the Vahzilok nest. It turns out it's a complex bonded
molecular compound with twisted valences. Very high tech stuff. I was
intrigued by their ability to... oh, sorry. Ok, here's some information
you can use now. One of the chemicals in the compound was polyfluidic
morscarpium. Pretty specialised. Only two distributors in the area even
make it. I checked their shipments for the past couple weeks, and
traced one to a company in Skyway that doesn't exist. Will you check
out the fake company?
The
name on the
lease is Dr.
Morben. I'd like you to arrest him, if you can.
Ok,
this blood
sample is a great
step forward. Perhaps I can work out a counter-agent to the Vahzilok
poison before it ever gets out.
Well,
you have
passed every test
I could think of. You showed me you work well as a team and can
adequately cover each other's weakness. Good work.
Evildoers
are
beginning to fear Task Force Hippie12.
Circle
of
Thorns
hideout:
Ok,
Task Force
Hippie12, listen
up. I know that ever since I sent you against the Circle of Thorns at
the FEMA office , you've been dying to find out why those mystics are
so interested in the Paragon City Dam. Well, you might just get your
chance to find out.
MAGI
just contacted
me; come of
their mystics have divined the location of the Book of T'Jer'imikanu.
According to MAGI, it's a really powerful spell book. Their visions
indicated that it was in the possession on the Circle of Thorns. I made
a pass just now with my ground penetrating radar and discovered a cave
that would be an ideal Circle hideout. I need you guys to check out
that Circle of Thorns hideout.
If
you find the
book of
T'Gerima... T'Geruni... the magic book, be really careful with it. It's
the only known copy. It was thought to be destroyed in the Chicago fire
of 1871.
Great,
you got the
book back.
Excellent job. You should take it over to Azuria at the MAGI office in
City Hall. She can probably figure out why the Circle wanted it so
badly.
Numina
just
contacted me
mentally. Man, I don't think I will ever get used to that! Anyway, she
translated that book for Azuria. The text describes a ritual for
gaining great power that can only be performed during a storm. Or, as
the book has it, at 'a conflux of lightning and rain.' The larger the
conflux, the more effective the ritual. Numina is still examining the
book. She'll contact me if she discovers another clue to the Circle's
plans.
Track
down the Clockwork
minion:
I
was out fighting
the Clockwork
earlier, and I planted a homing tracer on one that I allowed to get
away. Can you track down that Clockwork minion? I want to learn more
about the strange mechanical part you found in that Clockwork den.
There
seems to be
an increase in
the Clockwork population. I'm beginning to worry that the Clockwork
king has big plans.
What
are the
Clockwork doing
with these plans? I wonder if this has anything to do with those parts
you recovered in your last Clockwork mission. I'll have to look into
this further. Oh, by the way, you have attracted Numina's attention.
She would like to work with you when your Security Levels are high
enough.
Well,
you have
passed every test
I could think of. You showed me you work well as a team and can
adequately cover each other's weakness. Good work.
Collect
info for
Positron:
Glad
to see you,
Task Force Hippie12! We've got a lot of balls in the air, huh? The
Vahzilok poison,
the Clockwork's interest in the paragon City Dam, and the Circle's
strange ritual of power. I just need you to collect a little more info
for me.
I
gave that wierd
piece you
found in the Clockwork hideout to Paula Dempsey over in Kings Row. I'd
like you to talk to her about it. While you're there, please drop off
this data disc I've burned for her.
After
that, pop by
the MAGI
office in City Hall and talk to Azuria. She and Numina have a theory
about the ritual the Cirle of Thorns was investigating.
I
should have more
in the
Vahzilok poison when you get back.
Yeah,
Numina had me
in on the
mental link, and I had a troubling thought. What if this conflux of
rain and lightning was boiled down to it's elements! What is rain!
Water. What is lightening? Electricity. And what's the biggest conflux
of water and electricity in Paragon City? That's right, the dam. The
same dam the Clockwork have plans for. I dont think they are working
with the Circle of Thorns. In fact, I shudder to think what might
happen if they learned of one another's plans.
Anyway,
I talked to
the manager of
the company that sold the Vahzilok the polyfluidic morscarpium for
their poison. He just got another order for it. I told him that since
Task Force Hippie12 took the Vahzilok down the first time, Task Force
Hippie12 could do it again. Here's the address of the company that
ordered the chemical
You found
dam blueprints in
the Vahzilok office? They must plan to introduce their poison directly
into the water supply, probably at the water treatment centre! Three
groups, all setting up operations at the Paragon City Dam at the same
time. Its a good thing we have heroes like Task Force Hippie12 around!
Find
the Clockwork's base:
Based
on the data
you've collected,
it sounds like the Clockwork are planning to blow up the Paragon City
dam! Task Force Hippie12, I
need you to find the Clockwork's
base of
operations. I built this crude
scanning device to help you
out.
It's really just a modified metal detector; it looks for large
concentrations of metal with no detectable energy signature. If you
carry it while you run a patrol in Perez Park, it should be able to
triangulate the nearest nest of Clockwork minions.
When
you have enough
data, the
device will triangulate the source and alert you.
So
it wasn't a
Clockwork hideout,
but a Vahzilok base under attack? The Clockwork King must have learned
that the Vahzilok are also interested in the dam, and I guess he isn't
too happy about it. If this conflict spills over into the streets, it
would be a disaster for paragon City
Let
me see if there is
more I can
uncover. The location of a Cirlce of Thorns base would be a big help to
us.
Check
out possible Circle
of Thorns
hideout:
I
just did a quick scan with my
ground penetrating radar. I
need you
to check out a possible Circle of Thorns hideout. We've got to find out
whether the Circle realises that the ritual they plan to perform at the
dam may be interrupted by the Clockwork and the Vahzilok.
I'll be monitoring you via radio throughout the mission.
Looks
like all these
groups are
aware of one another's interest in the dam. they might move up their
individual time tables.
Protect
the substation:
Well, your
last two missions
proved that the Circle, Clockwork, and Vahzilok each know of one
another's plans for the Paragon City Dam. And it looks like I was right
about them moving up their schedules! I just got a call from the dam
substation, and they are reporting attacks by the Clockwork, the Circle
of Thorns, and the Vahzilok! Not only that, but the villians are
attacking each other as well! It's chaos in there. I need you to
protect the substation while I coordinate Freedom Phalanx's response.
I
will be here
trying to contact
Statesman and the rest of Freedom Phalanx. You go do what you can.
Wow.
That's all I can
say. You sure
earned your stripes today! In one epic battle, you thwarted three
different plots to take over Paragon City Dam. To say I am impressed
would be putting it mildly.
You
have done a
wonderful job
working as a team, Task Force Hippie12. I must ask you to keep your eye
on the Paragon City Dam in the future. If a villain ever succeeded in
sabotaging or destroying it, I'm not sure Paragon Cty could recover.
Event Story Line:
Your task force was formed under the guidance of Positron, one of the
Surviving Eight Heroes. Positron kicked off your group's career by
sending you against the Vahzilok in an effort to uncover a poisoning
plot. You recovered some of the poison and turned it over to Positron,
in the hopes that he could concoct an antidote.
Positron had two more tests for your team: to recover a
working
Clockwork piece, and to rescue some FEMA workers from the Circle of
Thorns. The FEMA workers were being interrogated about the Paragon City
Dam in Faultline. They weren't much help to the Circle of Thorns,
though, because your task force came in and whisked them away.
You were unable to recover a working Clockwork piece, but you
did
secure something else, a mechanical part that was unlike anything the
Clockwork have been known to use. The Clockwork defended this piece to
the last Sprocket, so you assumed it was important in the Clockwork
King's plans.
Positron still had a few tests for your task force. When he
sent you
after the Vahzilok, you recovered a blood sample from an early victim
of the evil doctor's latest plot. You turned it over to Positron for
further analysis.
You also found some dam blueprints in a Clockwork den and
recovered a
powerful tome from the Circle of Thorns.
When you returned with the book, Numina translated it, and
you learned
that water and lightning augment the mystic ritual the Circle was
planning to conduct.
Following up on your leads, Positron sent you to a Vahzilok
den, where
you uncovered another set of dam blueprints. You now realized that
three major villain organizations each had designs on the Paragon City
Dam. The Clockwork intended to destroy the dam, the Vahzilok planned to
poison it, and the Circle wanted to use it in a ritual to create great
power.
While tracking down the Clockwork using a device of
Positron's design,
your team came upon a battle between the Clockwork and the Vahzilok.
The metal men were trying to prevent the zombies from interfering with
their plans.
Later, while searching for a Circle of Thorns lair, you
stumbled across
another Clockwork attack. The Circle of Thorns seemed to have their
hands full fighting off the Clockwork, but you learned that the mystics
were planning a similar attack against the Vahzilok. You stopped both
battles and prevented the carnage from spilling into the streets.
Positron's worst fears were realized. All three groups knew
of each
other's intentions, and they all resolved to act immediately. Positron
sent you to protect the dam while he tried to coordinate Freedom
Phalanx. The Phalanx was not needed, as the might and power of your
task force were enough to win the day.
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