Heart of Midgard

Start

Talking to your survivor contact after completing the Oldtown quest.

Outline

Overview

Your goal is to infiltrate the top floor of Midgard HQ. The Midgard HQ building can be entered via the Parking Garage or through the main HQ Lobby. There are many paths to navigate the building.

• Freight elevator will take you from Parking Garage to Maintenance Storage (once fixed).

• Lobby stairs will take you from Parking Garage to Lobby.
  • Security guard will also escort you to Lobby in some conditions.

• Heating ducts will take you from Maintenance Storage to:
  • Lobby
  • Call Center

• Midgard HQ Elevator will take you to various floors automatically, depending on ID badge equipped:
  • Maintenance Storage (Janitor ID)
  • Lobby (…)
  • Call Center (Call Center ID etc)
  • Executive Floor(?) (Executive ID) - not implemented yet?

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Parking Garage navigation

• Lobby Stairwell — access to Lobby after some time? (x turns spent or garage exploration?)
• Get Inside — with HQ Alarm ≥ 1 and any downtown ID badge equipped.

Freight Elevator Repair

Find the elevator

• Need 10 parking garage exploration points:
  • Lonely Garage +1 point, or, with Help From The Family quest, +? points
  • Mushroom Forest of the Garage: Follow the lights: some exploration?

Fix elevator

• Call Grigori:
  • Complete Help From The Family.
  • Talk to Grigori about Midgard HQ.
  • Chained Freight Elevator: Call Grigori: Unlocks and fixes elevator.

or, do both of:

• Unlock the Chained Freight Elevator:
  • Shoot (with automatic weapon and Clustered Shot)
  • Hammer (with hammer weapon)
  • Pry (with crowbar weapon)
  • Use 5 Powerful Acid
  • Use 1 Aqua Regia

• Fix the Unchained Freight Elevator:
  • Check the situation - learn Elevator Controls recipe: two Signal Analysis Circuits, some Thick Cabling, and a Large Motor.
  • Craft and replace the Elevator Controls to fix elevator.

Either way, once the elevator is fixed:

• Take Working Freight Elevator/Viny Freight Elevator to Maintenance Storage.

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Maintenance Storage

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Lobby

Aquire Visitor ID

• Pickpocket or fight the Fashionable Exec to gain downtown visitor ID.

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Call Center

Access

• Crawl through the vents from Maintenance Storage (turn down heat and fight Duct Spider/Duct Drone).
• Take elevator:
  • Parking Garage's Came To The Wrong Neighborhood can give call center ID through intimidation or combat.
  • A Midgard Manager in the Old Cathedral can give a downtown manager ID for Call Center access once you access the elevator.

Aquire Executive ID

• Gain access to the Director's Office:
  • Locate the office by:
    • Talking to the Broad Chested Headset Man dressed as a janitor.
    • Or, hack the Call Center Computer's Sales Assistant program.
  • Break through, trick the scanner with electrical kit, or swipe a downtown manager ID.
• Get a downtown executive ID by one of:
  • Call the Ghosts (complete Ghostly Aid quest) in the office.
  • Or, hack the Management Desktop in the office and schedule a meeting with the executive:
    • Then pickpocket ID or do a very hard fight with Assistant Vice President (male)

Executive Floor

Access

• Requires either downtown visitor ID or downtown executive ID
• Coming October 2024

Rewards

• what do you get for finishing the quest

Quest Log

Starting quest

With Dr. Amundsen:
You and Dr. Amundsen found a data trail leading back to someone codenamed XGangleri, who she believes works at Midgard Headquarters Downtown.

With David:
David has suggested questioning the genius loci, the spirit of Metroplex or at least Midgard's headquarters Downtown.

With Hel:
Hel believes someone at Midgard Headquarters in Downtown Metroplex is responsible for the increased level of Eclipse-like pollutants. She'd like you to find out who.

With Lo:
Lo has asked you to investigate Midgard Headquarters Downtown.

And for all the above:
But first, you should probably find some local allies to help with the investigation.

Note: This quest is in development and cannot be completed at this time.

After repairing the Unchained Freight Elevator, append the following to the last line:

You've gotten an old freight elevator working from the parking garage to a storage level.

After completing Ghostly Aid, append the following to the last line:

You've received promises of aid from the Ghosts.

After completing Help From The Family, append the following to the last line:

You've received promises of aid from the Families.

After completing Third Eye's Aid, append the following to the last line:

You've received promises of aid from the Third Eye.

**Note: The Families and Third Eye cannot both help. **

After helping Sato, append the following to the last line:

You've received promises of aid from the Yakuza.

Finished quest

Tex you can find in your quest log under the finished quests tab

History

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Notes

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