Mission:Tip - A Curious Black Jewel Case

A Curious Black Jewel Case
Alignment Mission
Type	Alignment Tip
Place	Paragon City
Available to	Heroes and Vigilantes
Level range	30–39
Choice	Hero or Vigilante

A Curious Black Jewel Case

You find a black jewel case with the Council logo branded on it, its contents will likely prove to be useful for fighting them.

After accessing the data on the compact disk contained within the black jewel case you uncover the names of half a dozen young men around Paragon City that may be ideal candidates for Council recruitment. It mentions that the conscripts will be brainwashed and then possibly experimented on to see what purpose each conscript would best fill. Two locations are listed in these files. The first is the indoctrination headquarters where the kidnapped conscripts will likely be. The second is the Council laboratory where the conscripts will eventually be taken. The date that this disk was created was over two weeks ago.

You could head off to the indoctrination headquarters and free the young men before they are brainwashed.

Alternatively, you could head out to the laboratory, defeat their base commander and bomb the place.

Hero Acceptance

Briefing

This data indicates that around half a dozen young men were kidnapped from different parts of Paragon City to be brainwashed at the Council Indoctrination Center hidden somewhere in the vicinity. Those young men need your help before they are corrupted by the Council.

Free the Council Conscripts

These young men were taken against their will and have their whole lives ahead of them. You can't allow these conscripts to be brainwashed and experimented on. You take note of the indoctrination's secret location and head off.

Unnecessary Solicitation

You've got to stop this. If the Council brainwashes innocent people it means that they'll not only swell their ranks, but completely ruin a life in the process.

Mission Objective(s)

You've got a pretty good hunch that this is the place. Next to the door are bound piles of Council propaganda that you normally see posted all around shadier parts of the city.

• Free the Council Conscripts
  • 4 Conscripts to Free
  • Defeat the Brainwashed Conscript

You've freed the Council Conscripts.

'They changed them!'

It's terrible, I know we must resist the insane things they've tried to convince us of. I managed to hang on for as long as I could. Some of the others weren't so fortunate, they were carted off to a lab and...changed...before being brought back here. Maybe you can save them Character!

Enemies

Council

Notable NPCs

• Archon Perelli (Galaxy Archon)
• Brainwashed Conscript (Equinox Archon)
• Council Conscript x 4 (Non-Escort Hostage)
• Council Propagandist x 3

Propogandist and Conscript Dialogue

Before Combat:

Council Minion: You can't resist, fool! You'll come to realize your destiny soon enough.

Council Conscript: What you're saying... it makes... sense. No, no, no...

Combat Start:

Council Minion: Character! With enough time I could even convince you to join our cause.

Council Conscript: Character! HELP!

Upon Rescue

Council Conscript: They took Evan and Marcus away to that horrible lab. Then they brought them back here... they've not been the same since.

Council Conscript: I think I can manage getting out of here on my own. Thank you, and good luck, Character.

Archon Perelli and Conscript Dialogue

Before Combat:

Council Minion: You can't resist, fool! You'll come to realize your destiny soon enough.

Council Conscript: No... no, I must resist... these are all lies!

Combat Start:

Council Minion: Grrr, why hasn't anyone put a bullet in Character's head yet?

Council Conscript: Character! HELP!

Upon Rescue

Council Conscript: Listen, Character - they've done horrible things to the others. Two of them... have... changed...

Council Conscript: I think I can manage getting out of here on my own. Thank you, and good luck, Character.

Council Minions

Before combat:

Zenith Hoverbot: Those other two were perfect candidates for th- shh, I think I hear something.

Eclipse Nightwolf: I think they'll likely send the other four off later this week once the process is complete.

Combat starts:

Zenith Hoverbot: Alert Archon Perelli!

Eclipse Nightwolf: Heroes! Kill them.

Debriefing

You managed to save 4 of the young men, sadly two were subjected to the Council's experiments and turned into the horrible creatures that make up the Council's legions. You brought them in with the hopes that perhaps someday they could be returned to normal.

Vigilante Acceptance

Briefing

It's likely too late for those citizens, however it's not too late to prevent the Council from being able to continue with these horrible experiments. Somewhere nearby is a laboratory being used for who knows what horrible purpose.

Destroy the Council Laboratory!

You take note of the coordinates of this Council laboratory. The Council is a plague on your city, and you must eradicate it wherever it is found. This laboratory allows the council to make their Vampyri super soldiers and who knows whatever else. It must be destroyed.

Unnecessary Solicitation

These experiments are inhuman. You can't allow this to continue. You set off towards the location of the laboratory ready to handle this threat once and for all.

Mission Objective(s)

• Destroy the Council Laboratory
  • 2 Transformation Capsules to destroy
  • Get Self Destruct Codes
  • Activate Self Destruct Sequence

You destroyed a Council laboratory that was being used to transform ordinary citizens into Vampyri.

Enemies

Council

Notable NPCs

• Council Head Researcher (Equinox Archon)

Head Researcher Dialogue

Before combat:

What is taking them so long? I've been waiting FOREVER for them to bring me more patients.

Combat start:

A hero in my lab? Inconceivable!

Random Chatter

Before Combat

Council Minion 1: I wonder if the next batch will be any good.

Council Minion 2: Doubt it. The last few were... whew... I'd rather not even think about that mess.

Before Combat

Council Minion: What would happen if we put a hero into the capsule? Hmmm, perhaps we could try it.

Council Experiments

The files on this computer outline the most recent experimentations made on normal human beings. Evidently they've been trying to convert regular humans into Vampyri with an incredibly low success rate. Out of the dozens captured only three managed to survive the process.

Vampyri Chambers

These are modified versions of the Vampyri Chambers used in Striga Isle that are capable of transforming even normal human beings, although with a very low success rate. From the sound of it, more people have been harmed or killed than turned into Vampyri.

Debriefing Just for good measure, you set the base's self destruct system right before leaving. In true heroic fashion flames spew out the cave entry just as you leap out unharmed, and with that the Council's plans to transform the citizens of Paragon City onto Vampyri have been ended.