“I can’t believe Hidekan let you guys in after what you did at Depot Eight. Guess that’s what we get for thinking a bunch of bubble-lovers would ever want to change anything.”
“From president to bumming around with us. Most of us would strangle old man Bil if he wasn’t so damn useful. If it weren’t for his calculations, well... ... ... What do we need him for? Hah. You’ll see.” (Shift Explosive inference)
“Not all of us are former MSF. Some of us came out of enclosures and refused to work with the Malnosso or become crazy-ass Sparties. Only two ways to end up in this world? Fuck that. The Iron Eye make their own way.”
“So the word is, that bastard in charge of MARS turned on Count Zompano and then pinned it all on Bilirubin. Ya know, I used to work under Specialist Davis, but I never figured he’d throw in with a creep like him.” (Confirmation of what can be heard on the missions)
“You think the Malnosso saved Pagoda? They didn’t have anyone nearby to dig those poor bastards out. It was all us. Okay, sure, maybe the Sheriff from the Depot helped, but it’s not like she had the manpower to take on the Sparties. All she did was let us in.”
“The Commandant is a fool. She fights the cultists like they haven’t changed an ounce. That old fashioned kind of fighting may have worked for the Hero, but it won’t cut it now. The old Count is smart. Well, we’re smarter. We’ll show ‘em something no one’s seen in this world since he was still sucking on his momma’s teat.”(Shift Bomb inference)
“We ran the Sparties off from Pagoda, but they regrouped. So don’t get too comfy in your nice little tents. They’re still out there, just spoiling for a rematch.”
“One of the new recruits is from that mess at the Desset hospital. Hidekan won’t say who, but if I find out who it is, I plan to give that asshole a kick in the teeth. The Iron Eye used to have standards. Letting in some cultist wannabe? To hell with that. My gramps was in that hospital.”
“I’m really starting to miss the stars. I know they’re fake, but these blank night skies are driving me crazy. If that ain’t enough, it doesn’t even get overcast out here. You’d think the Mallies could stand to put some up for our sake. Then maybe their big damn spaceship wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb up there in the sky. Yeah, we get it, you’re watching us. We’re real scared down here.”
“I dunno how the hell Shift Hunters pop up out here. We keep killing them and rooting out their dens. But then a new one just pops up out of the blue. Sometimes a bunch at once. Creeps me out.”
“What, the FTSA? Those assholes couldn’t afford to keep us after that mess at the Depot. They’re back to protesting TV shows and locking themselves in cages. After losing all their cash on one failure, their heart just wasn’t into it anymore.”
“You ever notice how us soldiers kind of all sound the same? It’s weird, isn’t it? I’ve got to work on diversifying my vocabulary. Hey, what’s a really fancy way of telling someone to piss off?”
“I hate this damn desert. If you’re not being burned by the sun, you’re being burned by Shifts or radiation or some other shit.
“Let me count the ways I don’t give a damn about your questions.” The mercenary flips up his middle finger. “One.”
What Gai found out:
From Bil:
- Four enclosures in area: Pagoda, O’Connell, Quell, R’Car (Pagoda and O’Connell Region 8, Quell and R’Car Region 9?) - Cultists have underground city as like in Mining Draft. Larger than one in Mining Draft… perhaps as large as one in Jungle - Mining Draft Underground City on different continent than Desert Underground City in Region 9 - Before Zompano came to power, General had dealt serious blows to Malnosso. Three years before outer regions would have been lost, five years before total takedown of all Malnosso everywhere - Post Zompano, TERRACE, and Vaskoth: two year survival for everyone if lucky. Including Luceti. - Malnosso in disarray presumably - "Indeed so, my boy. But I'm afraid it's better you don't know. There are things we must do that are absolutely necessary, but are perhaps unforgivable." (Reference to the Shift Explosive) - Potential ‘Marriage Fever’ post Zompano brainwashing. Tyrus experienced same after similar experiment
From Aka:
- Iron Eye not currently working for Malnosso - Iron Eye is using Shift explosives - Need Bil to make explosives; do not have resources by themselves
NPCs and Gai
“I can’t believe Hidekan let you guys in after what you did at Depot Eight. Guess that’s what we get for thinking a bunch of bubble-lovers would ever want to change anything.”
“From president to bumming around with us. Most of us would strangle old man Bil if he wasn’t so damn useful. If it weren’t for his calculations, well... ... ... What do we need him for? Hah. You’ll see.” (Shift Explosive inference)
“Not all of us are former MSF. Some of us came out of enclosures and refused to work with the Malnosso or become crazy-ass Sparties. Only two ways to end up in this world? Fuck that. The Iron Eye make their own way.”
“So the word is, that bastard in charge of MARS turned on Count Zompano and then pinned it all on Bilirubin. Ya know, I used to work under Specialist Davis, but I never figured he’d throw in with a creep like him.” (Confirmation of what can be heard on the missions)
“You think the Malnosso saved Pagoda? They didn’t have anyone nearby to dig those poor bastards out. It was all us. Okay, sure, maybe the Sheriff from the Depot helped, but it’s not like she had the manpower to take on the Sparties. All she did was let us in.”
“The Commandant is a fool. She fights the cultists like they haven’t changed an ounce. That old fashioned kind of fighting may have worked for the Hero, but it won’t cut it now. The old Count is smart. Well, we’re smarter. We’ll show ‘em something no one’s seen in this world since he was still sucking on his momma’s teat.”(Shift Bomb inference)
“We ran the Sparties off from Pagoda, but they regrouped. So don’t get too comfy in your nice little tents. They’re still out there, just spoiling for a rematch.”
“One of the new recruits is from that mess at the Desset hospital. Hidekan won’t say who, but if I find out who it is, I plan to give that asshole a kick in the teeth. The Iron Eye used to have standards. Letting in some cultist wannabe? To hell with that. My gramps was in that hospital.”
“I’m really starting to miss the stars. I know they’re fake, but these blank night skies are driving me crazy. If that ain’t enough, it doesn’t even get overcast out here. You’d think the Mallies could stand to put some up for our sake. Then maybe their big damn spaceship wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb up there in the sky. Yeah, we get it, you’re watching us. We’re real scared down here.”
“I dunno how the hell Shift Hunters pop up out here. We keep killing them and rooting out their dens. But then a new one just pops up out of the blue. Sometimes a bunch at once. Creeps me out.”
“What, the FTSA? Those assholes couldn’t afford to keep us after that mess at the Depot. They’re back to protesting TV shows and locking themselves in cages. After losing all their cash on one failure, their heart just wasn’t into it anymore.”
“You ever notice how us soldiers kind of all sound the same? It’s weird, isn’t it? I’ve got to work on diversifying my vocabulary. Hey, what’s a really fancy way of telling someone to piss off?”
“I hate this damn desert. If you’re not being burned by the sun, you’re being burned by Shifts or radiation or some other shit.
“Let me count the ways I don’t give a damn about your questions.” The mercenary flips up his middle finger. “One.”
What Gai found out:
From Bil:
- Four enclosures in area: Pagoda, O’Connell, Quell, R’Car (Pagoda and O’Connell Region 8, Quell and R’Car Region 9?)
- Cultists have underground city as like in Mining Draft. Larger than one in Mining Draft… perhaps as large as one in Jungle
- Mining Draft Underground City on different continent than Desert Underground City in Region 9
- Before Zompano came to power, General had dealt serious blows to Malnosso. Three years before outer regions would have been lost, five years before total takedown of all Malnosso everywhere
- Post Zompano, TERRACE, and Vaskoth: two year survival for everyone if lucky. Including Luceti.
- Malnosso in disarray presumably
- "Indeed so, my boy. But I'm afraid it's better you don't know. There are things we must do that are absolutely necessary, but are perhaps unforgivable." (Reference to the Shift Explosive)
- Potential ‘Marriage Fever’ post Zompano brainwashing. Tyrus experienced same after similar experiment
From Aka:
- Iron Eye not currently working for Malnosso
- Iron Eye is using Shift explosives
- Need Bil to make explosives; do not have resources by themselves
From Hoi:
-?