Mission:Max - Technology of the Future

Technology of the Future

Mission Acceptance

The project, Character, involves Reichsman's empowerment machine. Quick and dirty of it is that Reichsman used the empowerment machine to absorb the power from other versions of himself to increase his power.

In the ensuing chaos of Reichsman's initial invasion, the empowerment machine was destroyed. The reality of the situation, however, is that Black Scorpion managed to recover some of the blue prints to rebuild the machine. The only person that could fill in the blanks of the blue prints is our man, Slinger.

From what we can tell, Recluse plans on using it to absorb the power of Incarnate-level supers to spread throughout his army. Well, he actually already has done that; the Arachnos soldiers that are guarding the device have already been empowered by it.

We've also received word that Black Scorpion is there as well, and that Slinger has upgraded his armor to go toe to toe with Incarnates.

We can get you inside of that facility, but from there it's up to you to get inside, rescue Slinger from Black Scorpion, and destroy that empowerment machine. You're facing Arachnos that are going to be seriously powered up, Character. Be on your guard, and, possibly, bring along some folks you feel you can trust to have your back.

Unnecessary Solicitation

You need to get that thing taken care off we talked about earlier.

Mission Objective(s)

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Map: ARACHNOS_WAREHOUSE_EMPOWERMENTMACHINE

Several Malta agents guide you into the warehouse, then vanish without a word.

• Recover Slinger from Arachnos
  • 2 Arbiters to defeat to unlock elevator to the lower level
  • Defeat Black Scorpion to free Slinger
  • Speak to Slinger
  • 4 bombs to arm to destroy the Empowerment machine

You rescued Slinger and destroyed the empowerment machine!

Arbiter Dialogue

Before Combat:

Arachnos Arbiter: The power flowing through us is immense... we must not let Lord Recluse down!

Combat Start:

Arachnos Arbiter: Character! You've walked into your doom!

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Before Combat:

Arachnos Arbiter: Stay on your toes. We represent the true might of Arachnos, but there are those who can still face off against us.

Combat Start:

Arachnos Arbiter: Such as Character! Prepare yourselves!

Black Scorpion Dialogue

Before Combat:

Black Scorpion: HAH! This is great! My armor feels more powerful than ever! I'd like to see the chump who thinks he can stand against ME!

Combat Start:

Black Scorpion: So, you're the chump, eh, Character? I'll blast ya to little Incarnate bits!

Slinger

Briefing

The Empowerment Machine

I've been holed up in so many Arachnos prisons that I can't wait to get outta here.

We've got to destroy this machine, though. I've gone through the ins and outs and this thing here is too dangerous to fall into the wrong hands.

I know that might be ironic, coming from me, Character, but the risks of this device far outweigh the benefits. You don't need to worry about this thing being rebuilt again, though. I'm gonna go through and destroy the blue prints Black Scorpion had, and without me, Arachnos doesn't have a shot at rebuilding this.

• Did Recluse ever use this machine on himself?

Not yet, thankfully. He was using the soldiers here as test subjects. We went through a lot of iterations. First Arachnos soldier that went in here broke apart like a pinata at a birthday party.

After several iterations, I finally got it to work on these boys here, with the help of Arachnos having several super-powered Incarnates captured and ready to be tested on. The big test was hooking it up to Black Scorpion, which worked out well enough, though you still beat him to a pulp, eh?

Recluse was gonna be next on the list, but, well, that don't look like it's happening now. Operative Grillo and Dr. Aeon are gonna be dissappointed, that's for sure. They've been helping me develop the project for some time, though they can't match my know-how with the machine.

• What other projects is Arachnos working on?

Only other big one I know about is being run by that fella, Vernon von Grun. He has been doing a lot of experiments on what he called a 'super devoured', a monster that was once a heroine called Pyriss. He's trying to piece together more about how the Devouring Earth operate and evolve.

Word is that he's made her more powerful than ever, may have even caused her personality to resurface. If it's true, then it's a huge step forward in the whole fight against the Devouring Earth, but that's the most that I know. Aeon and Grillo seemed to believe the project was a waste of resources.

• How do I know you won't rebuild this for Malta?

Well, I suppose you don't, do you? However, with you here, I'm assuming it means that Malta is in a bad situation right now, probably with the Knives of Vengeance I've heard about, so I'll level with you about the nature of the machine.

You've gotta continually keep yourself powered to the machine. If you let it lapse for too long, you'll start to lose your power. Reichsman's stasis kept his power from waning since his body was in a suspended state, unlucky for us, eh? However, if you're active with this power, it'll start fading after a time. Black Scorpion is gonna go from being Incarnate armored scorpion to just a regular guy in a power suit pretty soon.

This limitation is something we can't allow in Malta. If we're going to evolve our technology, it's going to be in a method that's permanent with as little downsides as possible.

• You're only going free if you tell me about the Orestes rifle.

Looks like you got me in a bind here, Character. I don't have any of my tools here to fight ya, so I'll just come clean.

This Orestes tech, it works by weakening the link between an incarnate item and a person. That's why it worked so well on Liberty, 'cause that belt of Hera was connected to the Well. This thing doesn't do jack to someone who is a regular Incarnate like Recluse, or whose magical item isn't directly connected to the Well of the Furies.

Of course, I could be lying to you, but we'll never know until the

• We need to blow this thing up.

I agree. I'll step away and let you do the honors, Character.

• (Blow the machine up)

Enemies

Arachnos

Notable NPCs

• Black Scorpion (Arachnos Elite-Boss)

Debriefing

Slinger is back in a safe house and is being debriefed on the situation. He believes that he can create what he calls an 'Orestes Field' to help in the fight against the Knives of Vengeance.

If these monsters are tied to the Well, that field is gonna give us a huge advantage against them.

• Let's discuss other matters.