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Talk to your survivor contact after completing the Survivors Quest.
Outline
The Oldtown quest is slightly different depending on who you choose as a contact in the Survivors Quest, but all routes generally involve:
- Accessing the Records Vault:
- Most routes involve infiltrating the Records Office, although you can also access the Records Vault directly by hacking the BigDig (see below).
- Once in the vault, finding the particular piece of evidence about Special Projects (depending on Survivor contact chosen):
- Lo wants a seed breakdown.
- David wants old secrets about Eclipse.
- Hel wants a Slags chemical study.
- Dr. Amundsen wants a Special Projects History report.
Infiltrating the Records Office
There are several options to enter the Records Office:
- Enter the Midgard Oldtown Lobby directly:
- Charge in against 2 Internal Security (baton).
- Or: Aquire 3 office worker outfit parts and walk through:
- Sealed briefcase (access Misty offices - see below)
- Various suit tops
- Various suit pants
- Or: Access via the Misty Offices:
- Learn about the blueprints by exploring the Construction Site:
- Give out Metros Light to the crew while NOT in construction worker outfit.
- Doing this multiple times seems to increase the chance of finding a drunk supervisor. May need to do at least twice?
- Acquire a construction worker outfit, with hard hat.
- Various options - adventure with Midgard cap+comfy jeans+electrical kit to get a loaner hat, or ???
- While in disguise, ask the drunk crew supervisor about Oldtown to find out about blueprints. (NOTE: the construction site workers sober up daily — you may need to provide more beer each day if you do this part over multiple days)
- Or: Aquire office worker outfit and talk to the lot inspector about blueprints.
- Give out Metros Light to the crew while NOT in construction worker outfit.
- Ask the lot inspector for the blueprints while dressed in office worker [1] or construction worker [2].
- Use Oldtown blueprints.
- Maintain Etheric and find the Unreal Elevator.
- Aquire Parasitic Vine effect.
- Talk to the Massive Flower:
- Offer praise one or more times to learn Implant Seed.
- Ask to be let across.
- Go elsewhere and implant 10-12? seeds in other opponents.
- Ask to be let across again.
- Learn about the blueprints by exploring the Construction Site:
- Or: Access via the OmniTech BigDig:
- Acquire the Juryrigged Antenna effect and hacking gear.
- Construction site disguises / Metros Light may help avoid some combat encounters while you are here.
- Find the OmniTech BigDig hacking encounter and Command or Command+View the Drive Control until you position it.
- Engage the Drill Control with a Command.
- Find the Dig Doug Down encounter to enter the vault directly (skip "Accessing the Records Vault" below).
- Once in the office, you can re-enter more easily in the future by acquiring a Midgard records ID.
Accessing the Records Vault
- Find the Vault entrance (Explore 10 times? any of the following help):
- Maze of Cubicles noncombat
- Water Cooler Rambling: Cut in (need office worker outfit)
- Water Cooler Rambling: Ask about the vault (need containment suit outfit)
- Group of Office Workers: Just chat and then ask about the vault (need Midgard records ID)
- Gain access to the vault:
- Knock politely after helping the massive flower enough
- Or: craft and install a Midgard Records cybereye
- Or: hack the Employee IDs routine of the Records Office Network (need juryrigged antenna and hacking gear)
- Or: raise the panic enough and attack the 2 guards
- Or: raise the panic enough and sneak past with at least 13 stealth power
Inside the vault
- Explore the Records Vault to find the encounter you need:
| Survivor | Encounter | Soothing Stacks - explore quietly | Heart Rate Monitor Malfunction - join patrol in disguise | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Amundsen | Sleeping Vault Terminal | possible chance | possible chance | Ask Unfazed Records Lady |
| David | Skull in the Niche/Floating Skull in the Niche | possible chance | possible chance | Fae Illumination (requires Fae Sight) |
| Lo | Cold Storage | possible chance | possible chance | Ask Unfazed Records Lady if she is drunk |
| Hel | Hidden Break Room | possible chance | possible chance | Ask Unfazed Records Lady if she is drunk |
- Find the evidence you came for:
- Dr. Amundsen:
- Find the Sleeping Vault Terminal
- Hack Vault Records
- View Record Storage enough times
- Disabling the External Connection by commanding it directly or playing chess may help reduce alert
- Using Command with View increases the download
- Turn in the Special Projects History to Dr. Amundsen
- Hel:
- Find the Hidden Break Room
- Raise alert until all the guards are gone
- Check out the files in the break room
- Turn in the Slags chemical study to Hel
- David:
- Maintain Etheric.
- Find the Floating Skull In The Niche and talk to it about Baldur (The Fae Illumination may help speed up exploration if you have Fae Sight).
- Talk to Mim In The Niche and ask about Eclipse
- Talk to Mim In The Niche about what's happening now and report to David
- Lo:
- Find the Cold Storage
- Check it for Special Projects
- (Optional: Pry open the controls to hint at using acid)
- Apply powerful acid
- (Optional: Check the wires to hint at using a signal analysis circuit)
- Use a signal analysis circuit
- Craft a vault bypass circuit
- Add the bypass
- Check it out to get a generation zero sample
- Use the protein analyzer on the generation zero sample
- Turn in the seed breakdown to Lo
- Dr. Amundsen:
Rewards
Unlocks Oldtown.
End of the Beta Reset quest chain.
Quest Log
For all of the below, the last line varies based on how you entered the Records Vault.
If you entered via the vault doors:
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
If you dug in via the OmniTech BigDig:
You've burrowed from a nearby construction site underneath the records facility.
Lo
Starting quest
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Lo is looking for specimens from the plants Midgard claimed the original Eclipse samples came from. They should be in cold storage, probably hidden in the vault beneath that facility.
After finding Cold Storage
Lo is looking for specimens from the plants Midgard claimed the original Eclipse samples came from. They should be in the cold storage you found in the vault beneath that facility.
After getting a generation zero sample
Lo is looking for data about the plants Midgard claimed the original Eclipse samples came from. You should probably run those seeds through the analyzer.
After breaking the generation zero sample down to a seed breakdown
Lo is looking for data about the plants Midgard claimed the original Eclipse samples came from. The file you have should do it.
Completed
You acquired a sample of the plant Lo thought begat Eclipse.
David
Starting quest
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
David thinks it's likely some relic of the earliest Eclipse experiments is held there, probably in the vault beneath the facility.
After getting access to the Midgard Records Office, but before finding the vault?
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After finding the Records Vault
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
David thinks it's likely some relic of the earliest Eclipse experiments is held there, probably in the vault beneath the facility.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After unlocking the Skull in the Niche/Floating Skull in the Niche encounters
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
David thinks it's likely some relic of the earliest Eclipse experiments is held there. The skull in the vault beneath the facility seems promising.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After unlocking Mim in the Niche
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
David thinks it's likely some relic of the earliest Eclipse experiments is held there. The skull in the vault seems to recognize him as Baldur.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After asking Mim about Eclipse
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
David thinks it's likely some relic of the earliest Eclipse experiments is held there. The skull in the vault revealed some secrets of what came before, along with a hint about current events you might want to talk to it about.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After asking Mim about what's happening now
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
You've learned something of what's going on now from the skull in the vault. It's probably time to talk to David.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
Completed quest:
You spoke with a skull beneath Oldtown to learn its secrets for David.
Hel
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Followed by one of the below:
Starting quest
Hel is interested in the toxin levels in the Slags, hopefully shedding some light on their relationship with Eclipse. The records should be in the vault beneath that facility.
After getting access to the Records Office:
Hel is interested in the toxin levels in the Slags, hopefully shedding some light on their relationship with Eclipse. The records should be in the vault beneath that facility.
You're exploring the facility, trying to find the vault.
After finding the vault but before finding the file:
Hel is interested in the toxin levels in the Slags, hopefully shedding some light on their relationship with Eclipse. The records should be in the vault beneath that facility.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After checking out the files in the Hidden Break Room:
Hel is interested in the toxin levels in the Slags, hopefully shedding some light on their relationship with Eclipse. Those records are unfortunately near the guard's break room in the vault beneath that facility.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
After getting the Slags chemical study:
Hel is interested in the toxin levels in the Slags, hopefully shedding some light on their relationship with Eclipse. You have some documentation that looks good. Time to take it to Hel.
You've found the vault beneath the Midgard facility.
Completed quest:
You found records of the Slags' toxicity for Hel.
Dr. Amundsen
Starting quest:
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Dr. Amundsen explained records from decades ago, when she used to work with Lo and the rest, should be computerized now. The terminal with access to them is probably in the vault under that facility.
After finding the vault terminal:
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Dr. Amundsen explained records from decades ago, when she used to work with Lo and the rest, should be computerized now. You've located a terminal under that facility.
After ?:
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Dr. Amundsen explained records from decades ago, when she used to work with Lo and the rest, should be computerized now. You've located the records, although it'll take time to download them all and the datastore is wired straight through to security.
After acquiring Special Projects History:
You're looking into the Midgard records facility in Oldtown.
Dr. Amundsen explained records from decades ago, when she used to work with Lo and the rest, should be computerized now. You have a copy of the records. Hopefully they have what she needs.
… probably missed some steps…
Completed quest:
You tracked down an old Special Projects database for Dr. Amundsen.
History
During the initial rollout of the Oldtown quest, the above were appended with:
August 20th - November 23rd, 2015:
Note: This quest line is not yet completed.
November 23rd, 2015 - ???:
Note: This quest line is not yet required to reset.