Mission:The Most Dangerous Prey - Find out the truth about Old Toby
Find out the truth about Old Toby
Briefing
Orpheus seems to buildup to a crescendo on his lyre.
The priest tipped me off about the vampyri. He looks like a teenager but talked about my grandfather as if he knew him personally. I bet he's a vampire! That's the most dangerous prey for a hunter such as myself, but I can't just attack him without good cause. I need you to look into something for me, just to make sure.
Mission Acceptance
I'm sending you into an old abandoned laboratory that the 5th Column used when they were running the show here on Striga. It's been sealed up ever since and nobody has seen the inside for decades. I bet an enterprising individual like yourself can find all kinds of valuable stuff down there. All I want is evidence that the vicar is a vampire.
Unnecessary Solicitation
The priest is giving me weird looks. I think he's getting suspicious. If you don't find some evidence of him being a vampire soon I might lose the element of surprise.
Mission Objective(s)
This abandoned laboratory has been hermetically sealed for decades.
- Investigate abandoned laboratory
- 3 pieces of evidence
You have investigated the rumors about Old Toby, and confirmed that he is not a vampire after all.
Enemies
Notable NPCs
- Feral Vampyr (5th Column Vampyr Commandant)
Bug! The 5th Column vampyri in this mission do not seem to give credit toward the The Slayer Badge.
The details were sketchy to say the least but according to the data you found on the ancient mainframe in the abandoned 5th Column laboratory underneath Striga, the vicar Tobias and his brother Lars were once held captive and experimented upon by Nosferatu himself, back in the 1940s, when the 5th Column were in charge on Striga. Since then the Council have taken over the island, risen and fallen at the hands of Paragon City's vigilantes and the US Navy, but Tobias and Lars look just as young as they did back then, seemingly immortal. No wonder Orpheus thought old Toby the vicar might have been a vampire.
This type of rocket launcher was mass-produced during the first Rikti invasion by weapons producers all over the world, using similar schematics and components, to make them very easy to salvage and repair. After the war was over, the left-over weapons flooded the black market and they are now seemingly everywhere. Finding them here in this sealed up base must mean that the base was still active at least during the first Rikti war, in the beginning of the century.
Ranged (Targeted AoE), High Damage (Fire/Lethal), Foe Knockback
This devastating weapon has extreme range capabilities. Its slow recharge and high endurance cost is compensated by its massive explosion and Knockback. The launcher is stocked with 50 ordinance.
According to an old file you found in the 5th Column base, Eve Van Dorn (no relation to Clarissa Van Dorn, Countess Crey) was working on sonic weapons technology for the organisation, including rifles, bombs and various other dangerous mechanisms. When Ms. Van Dorn learned that her male superiors had been passing off her inventions as their own creations in order to gain promotions and other benefits, she snapped. She defected from the 5th Column and teamed up with the crazy anarchists among the Freakshow, calling herself 'Clamor'. Her special brand of sonic technology has become part and parcel of the Freakshow experience ever since, in a multitude of creative and chaotic ways.
Debriefing
So the vicar isn't really a vampire after all? Just some kind of left-over mad science experiment. Poor guy. Oh well, at least I don't have to kill him now. Good! I was starting to like him.
Thanks for checking out that old laboratory. I hope you found something useful for yourself. As for me, I heard that the volcano here might be an entrance to the underworld. I might look into that. I'll see you around, in this life or the next. Farewell, Character.