Mission:The Graveyard Shift - Chapter Five: Contact Tracing

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Chapter Five: Contact Tracing

Editor's Note:

The path through this mission is dependent on what decision you finally made in the previous investigation mission. There are some nice little game lore pieces available if you choose the long way. The full path is Hollows -> Hunt Trolls -> Check Park -> Callboxes. Extra dialog options are available if you have completed the Hollows arc and the Cavern of Transcendence Trial.

Asked Agent Watkins

Briefing

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Mission Acceptance

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Unnecessary Solicitation

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Debriefing

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Investigate the Hollows

Briefing

Watkins looks at your notes.

Not a lot to go on, if I'm being honest. This kind of work can be difficult for some, and I don't hold it against you. lets rattle some cages and see what shakes loose. We're going to start with my man Julius in the south-ish end of Eastgate, by the dam. He may be green, but tell him I sent you and he'll cooperate.

  • Understood. I'll pay Julius a visit.

Mission Acceptance

He's a good person. Don't judge him by his skin. Whatever he suggests, its on the level. Follow up on anything he gives you.

Mission Objective(s)

  • Speak with Julius the Troll

Julius gave you some simple tips on how to work Skyway over for information.

Briefing

Julius looks at you cautiously and curiously.

You, hero. Me know about you. You much bigger than problems here. You come help clean up big bad boom? Beat back lava dudes?

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  • I'm sorry, Julius. I'm here on other business.

Julius makes eye contact with you and asks very bluntly...

You too big for this area. Who send you? Flux? Foreshadow? More trouble coming? Lava dudes return?

  • Nothing so serious, Julius. Watkins sent me.
Julius' fanged smile flashes at the name of Agent Watkins.
Watkins, good friend. He struggle too, with things. Just like Julius. Watkins offer good advice, find good doctor. Julius not like others because Watkins was friend. Shared pain. Knew struggle. If Watkins need Julius, Julius go all in.
  • Ask Julius about the Vahzilok.
Julius' brow furrows with intense thought, searching for something to help.
Smelly dead jerks no spend much time here. Me not know of movements here. Red River not 'Rs' you looking for. You say highwaytown was crime? Me think a second.
You can see Julius searching his memory, trying his very hardest to come up with something to work with.
Me not sure what do. Many brothers there, know things. Could ask them? Also annoying yellow boxes know things. Tell Watkins me sorry not more help.
  • You've been very helpful. I'll tell him you say hi.
  • I took down Atta, you can start rebuilding.
Julius' eyes light up with a sudden moment of clarity.
Atta. He lose control of Hollows. That you? Julius happy. Julius give thanks. Julius have many feels inside.
Julius looks like he can't decide what to do next, and hugs you awkwardly.
  • It's all in a day's work, friend.
Julius makes eye contact with you and asks very bluntly...
You too big for this area. Who send you? Flux? Foreshadow? More trouble coming? Lava dudes return?
  • Nothing so serious, Julius. Watkins sent me.
This selection loops to another branch of this conversation which is already documented.
  • I took out Atta and claimed the Cavern. You are free.

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You investigated the Hollows first and spoke to Julius the Troll.
Julius and Watkins have a long history, and though he may be a bit of a stiff, Watkins helped Julius overcome his Superadine addiction through shared experience.
He was happy to help, even though he couldn't. He suggested you hunt Trolls in Skyway for information.
Hunt Some Trolls

Mission Objective(s)

  • Interrogate Trolls in Skyway
    • Defeat 10 Trolls

The Trolls you defeated were no help. You decide to check the park next.

Your hunt of the Trolls turned up very little, except for some broken teeth.
One of the last Trolls you defeated looked up at you and cried in frustration with a moment of clarity.
'Hero want help? Talk at bum in Hide Park. He see lots, talk little. Sad man. Go now before I angry.'
Investigating the Park

Mission Objective(s)

  • Check out Hide Park

Jacob Sloan
Briefing

Jacob looks at you with watery eyes, set deeply in his weatherbeaten face. His hair is unkempt, disheveled, and greasy; it hasn't been maintained in a long time. He hiccups and chokes back some vomit.

Another person coming to tear into Josh-Josh? Haven't life, the entertainment industry, and the Rikti done enough? Leave me alone.

  • I'm here on official city business.
Jacob changes his position but does little else.
Ask away, Officer. I swear
  • Are you okay? If you help me, maybe I can help you.

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  • Tell me what I need to know, or I'm going to get mad.

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Briefing

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Mission Acceptance

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Unnecessary Solicitation

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Debriefing

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Check the Callboxes

Briefing

Hmmm, good work! I'd use the emergency callboxes to triangulate their movements. If they did indeed go South, these four callboxes...

Watkins marks a few spots on your digital map remotely.

...should confirm or deny our suspicions.

  • Understood. I'll check them out.

Mission Acceptance

Thanks. If you need anything, just give me a call.

Watkins pulls out a tablet and begins swiping away at the screen and typing in notes.

Unnecessary Solicitation

I'm afraid I've gotten tasked out by the Bureau while you're out there, so don't lean on me too hard for this one.

Mission Objective(s)

  • Check the Callboxes

The callboxes turned out to be the key. They had to serve a larger purpose than just covering terrain for heroes like Synapse when he tasked out up-and-coming heroes.
There's a short range radar in each box for when a major crime is called in. That technology was well obscured from the public; but if they knew, at least this data was designed to be anonymous.
The data package contained only nameless, faceless movement data at the time the crime was reported, and nothing more. Big Brother, this was not.
By triangulating the south callboxes' data, you were able to confirm movements resembling the size and speed of the group Pierce encountered. Heading South, into Overbrook.

Debriefing

The emergency callbox scanners conform that a group of anonymous 'people' moved south into Overbrook at the movement speed you'd expect from a zombie horde. The times like up with Dr. Pierce's account of the story, so I think we have out answer. We're heading into Faultline!

Skipped the Investigation

Briefing

Everything seems to add up in terms of what we know from Dr. Pierce. I can only surmise their destination is the Rusty Rivet! It's a popular place, but rumors flew a couple years back about a very high-profile VIP room that was added during the rebuild of the area. This crew must be renting it as a command station!

Everything seems to be coming together. If you hurry, we can catch them, and maybe get some solid answers!

Agent Watkins hands you a list of names.

Also keep a look out for these people while you're there: Sally 'Mander' Martinez, Cortex, Dr. Morben, Harry 'Grey Matter' DeMauro, Godwin Blaire, and Tanisha 'Vivisec' Jameson. Any of them are high-priority targets if you can collar them.

  • I'm heading there right now, Agent.

Mission Acceptance

Don't waste any time getting there. These monsters move frequently to keep people like me on their toes. This is the freshest lead we've had in a while, and that's saying something for chasing cybernetic undead.

Unnecessary Solicitation

See if you can gain access to the Rivet's VIP room and find out what happened!

Mission Objective(s)

You slip into the bar's VIP room an air conditioning maintenance hatch. There is a lot of commotion below you.

  • Investigate the Rusty River bar
    • 1 Rescue the bartender
    • 1 Rescue the Waitress
    • 1 Rescue the Cook
    • Defeat Grey Matter
    • Defeat Salamander

Debriefing

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