Mission:Tip - Brain Scan Diagnostics

Brain Scan Diagnostics
Alignment Mission
Type	Alignment Tip
Place	Paragon City
Available to	Heroes and Vigilantes
Level range	20–29
Choice	Hero or Vigilante

Brain Scans Diagnostics

You find a diagnostics report involving brain scans whilst fighting crime. Something doesn't seem right about these brain scans though. You track down the hospital where this originated from and look through various reports...

One particular hospital report details a number of experiments that had been conducted on some of the more destitute citizens of the city - discovered when these people wandered into the hospital for treatment. The tests seem to have been in regards to creating an antidote for some type of mind-controlling substance.

You question some of the victims to discover that Arachnos is the one behind the kidnappings! They've been using the homeless of Paragon as test subjects for this new substance that they're creating. You discover two locations - where the homeless are being held captive, and where the main command center for this operation is.

Arachnos has gone too far this time, using the poor of Paragon City to fuel their experiments! There are most likely more homeless people being experimented upon at this very minute - the more time passes, the more Arachnos gains from these experiments. Those homeless people must be rescued!

But what of the command center? Sure, rescuing the homeless is a good deed, but it will allow the people behind the operation to get away. You have a chance to shut down Arachnos' operation here - at the price of some of the homeless within Paragon.

Hero Acceptance

Briefing

This mind controlling substance could easily spread past the homeless and into the super powered beings in Paragon. The Isles already have enough supers who are at the beck and call of Arachnos - there's no need to have even more within Paragon! You'll have to get to that facility and save the homeless hostages that are there!

You head off towards the location of the facility, hidden beneath an office building within Paragon.

Save the homeless from Arachnos!

Mission Objective(s)

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You walk into the Arachnos base to see there are some signs of battle here - did someone else show up before you?

• Save Paragon's Homeless!
  • 3 Homeless are being held captive

You were able to save the homeless of Paragon and put a stop to Arachnos' experiments, though the Arachnos commander behind it all is still out there, somewhere.

Enemies

• Arachnos
• The Lost

Notable NPCs

• Torturer x 3 (Arachnos Boss)
• Shock Treatment (Rogues Gallery, Boss) One of the members of the Super Group that came here to investigate the medical complex. She seems to be under the sway of a mind-controlling substance.
• Homeless Woman x 2 (Captive)
• Homeless Man (Captive)

Arachnos Chatter

Before Combat

Blood Widow: Keep your eyes out for any more intruders. We can't afford to have another.

Combat Start

Blood Widow: Character! We REALLY can't afford having you here!

Shock Treatment

Before Combat

Shock Treatment: My mind is a terrible thing to waste! Er... or so I've heard... wait... where am I?

Combat Start

Shock Treatment: Targeting Character!

On Damage Taken

Shock Treatment: ACCK!

You put down Shock Treatment, who muttered something to herself.

Shock Treatment's Ramblings

Shock Treatment collapsed after you defeated her, mumbling under her breath. You could only make out a few words, something about her only wanting to 'kick his voice out of my head, the voice I always hear, always always always!' She fell unconscious a few moments afterwards.

Captive Group 1

Before Combat

Homeless Woman: What did I ever do to you to deserve this?!

Blood Widow: Nothing, which is why you're perfect for this procedure.

Combat Start

Homeless Woman: Y-you're Character! I'm saved!

Blood Widow: More problems? It never ends!

On Rescue

Homeless Woman: Thank you so much! I'll never forget this, I swear!

Arachnos Chatter

Before Combat

Wolf Spider Assault: What's the point of all of this anyway?

Arachnos Drone: I hear it's for the Bane Spiders. Seems like some of them are breaking loose from the mind link network.

Wolf Spider Assault: Huh, I hadn't heard about that.

Arachnos Drone: It's being kept under wraps, don't let anyone know about it.

Captive Group 2

Before Combat

Homeless Man: Stop! No more experiments!

Wolf Spider Enforcer: The experiments will stop once the results start to show!

Combat Start

Homeless Man: H-help me! Please!

Wolf Spider Enforcer: Character? You cannot begin to stand against Arachnos!

On Rescue

Homeless Man: Thanks, Character! I didn't think I'd ever be saved!

Ambush! After resucing the Homeless Man, one wave of the The Lost will ambush.

The Lost

Mutate Brawler: Those homeless belong to us, Character!

Captive Group 3

Before Combat

Homeless Woman: I used to be rich, you know! EVERYONE will know about this!

Arachnobot: Don't make me laugh. Now shut up and let me jam this needle into your skull!

Combat Start

Homeless Woman: Homeless Woman: Aaaah!

Homeless Woman: Homeless Woman: Y-you're here to rescue me!

Arachnobot: We'll just jam this needle into Character's skull instead!

On Rescue

Homeless Woman: Thank you, thank you thank you!

Debriefing

You were able to rescue the last of the homeless kidnapped by Arachnos. The PPD have increased their patrols around homeless shelters, swearing that something like this will not happen again.

But you know that somewhere the Arachnos operative that led this program is still out there, possibly planning his next move...

Vigilante Acceptance

Briefing

While some may see it as cruel, you see it as necessary - in order to catch the Arachnos soldiers operating this experiment, you're going to have to let some of the homeless of Paragon suffer. If they don't, then this will all just happen again...and again...

You're not willing to allow that. You're going to be the person who does what it takes to take down Arachnos and this experiment.

Attack the main Arachnos compound!

Arachnos has made their main base close by in Paragon - lucky for you, very unlucky for them.

Mission Objective(s)

There's plenty of movement in this Arachnos base - it'll just make what you're about to do that much more enjoyable.

• Take down the Arachnos Commander!
  • Defeat the Arachnos Commander!

You defeated the Arachnos Commander, thwarting the schemes of Arachnos within Paragon!!

Shock Treatment's File

You found a file containing information regarding the woman known as Shock Treatment. You read it over, gleaning a bit of information. It seems she is being controlled by an unknown doctor within the Isles and is considered to be his 'greatest experiment to date'.

The file ends by stating that he willingly sent her to 'attack' the main Arachnos compound in order to test the Arachnos agents there. If they subdued her, they could run the mind control experiment on her - for a period of time.

Enemies

• Arachnos

Notable NPCs

• Arachnos Commander

Arachnos dialogue 1

Before combat:

Wolf Spider Assault: Currently they say just 5, but we've got 10 other suspected cases.

Arachnos Drone: How many Banes have broken loose from the network?

Combat start:

Wolf Spider Assault: I knew it was a bad idea to have the base within Paragon!

Arachnos Drone: Character? How did you get here?

Arachnos dialogue 2

Arachnobot: Yeah, that doctor of hers put her on loan for the moment.

Wolf Spider Enforcer: Did we manage to get Shock Treatment into the program?

Arachnos dialogue 3

Before combat:

Arachnos Drone: Recluse says we need her alive, but, between you and me, I hear he's got a plan involving Phipps.

Wolf Spider Enforcer: How come we haven't put down Amanda Vines yet?

Combat start:

Wolf Spider Enforcer: A hero! Take 'em out!

Arachnos Commander dialogue

Before combat:

Arachnos Commander: The experiments have gone well enough. Soon we'll be able to easily stomp out this problem with the Bane Spiders.

Combat start:

Arachnos Commander: Character?! Ah... you'll be a perfect test subject for us!

Defeated:

Arachnos Commander: Even if I lose... the other team will still... have the hostages... ha... hahaha...

Debriefing

The PPD arrive to take away the operatives you've taken care of, though it seems they found no signs of Arachnos at the other facility mentioned.

Arachnos may have gotten away with a few members of the homeless community in Paragon, but at least you were able to stop the main bulk of their operations within the city.