Operation: Buried Debts/Quotes

Inbox messages and dialogue during the event.

Phase One: Scanning Data-Hashes

Upon scanning the 1st data-hash

• Eudico: "Weird, it's junk data, but strange that it's here of all places. I'll get Zuud to take a look. You'll never know."  (download, history)

Upon scanning the 3rd data-hash

• Rude Zuud: "Yes, Eudico showed me your little discovery. To find meaning in this garbage you do not need a craftsperson; you need a fortune-teller. [chatter] I will not! [sigh] Fine. [chatter] Fine! I will examine your treasure once I have nothing better to do. Which will be never!"  (download, history)

Upon scanning the 5th data-hash

• Rude Zuud: "What? More? Whatever. Put it with the rest."  (download, history)

Upon scanning the 7th data-hash

• Rude Zuud: "More? Why do you bother me with more? [chatter] I do not.... [insistent chatter] There is no.... [very insistent chatter] FINE! Chatter thinks... believes... these are glyphs. Part of a... part of a passphrase."  (download, history)
• Eudico: "Passphrase? For what? How'd these get out here?"  (download, history)

Upon scanning the 10th data-hash

• Rude Zuud: "No. [chatter] No. [insistent chatter] No. [frantic chatter] No. [comforting chatter]... [sad chatter]"  (download, history)

Upon scanning the 13th data-hash

• Eudico: "Sparky, you've nearly uncovered the full set. Zuud? Could really use your help right now. What exactly does the passphrase open?"  (download, history)
• Rude Zuud: "You can never go home. We should never go home."  (download, history)

Upon scanning the last data-hash

• Eudico: "Sparky. I think I know what that passphrase opens, and it's not a place I thought I ever could, or would, want to return to. Look for a gateway in the caves northeast of Harindi Crater... you'll know what you're looking for when you find it."  (download, history)

At Deck 12 Gate

Upon arriving at the gate

• Rude Zuud: "Nnnng... Chatter... Chatter says we must pass through... through that... gateway. NnnnngAAH! NO!"  (download, history)
• Eudico: "I was afraid of this."  (download, history)
• Rude Zuud: "The words open this gateway. This gateway leads to... nnnnnno. They wait for us. Some debts can never be paid. Some debts, we are too small to collect."  (download, history)

With some data-hashes scanned

• Eudico: "Zuud? Zuud? Sparky - those glyphs you uncovered are the key to opening this gateway."  (download, history)

With all data-hashes scanned

• Eudico: "You have everything you need to figure out the passphrase. Can you unlock this gateway? You know, I come back to Deck 12 most nights in my dreams. I don't know if I'm ready for this... Open the door, sorry Zuud."  (download, history)

After passphrase figured out

• Eudico: "Home again. Deck 12. Most of the old SU never made it out. Legs' folks and Zuud's sisters. It broke her, you know. We all tried getting through to her, but she insists they never existed. Zuud?"  (download, history)
• Rude Zuud: "I hear them. My sisters. Everything I hear echoes from my sisters' ears to my mind. One by one, I remember them saying goodbye."  (download, history)

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• Rude Zuud: "We never thought Nef would trigger fractures here, in Deck 12. They huddle together. Thermia... everywhere. My sisters..."  (download, history)
• Rude Zuud: "This is... the last thing... we made together. Seven minds. All thoughts communal. Before we were reduced to one. A thermic condenser... Wait... condensed Thermia... volatile. Like, melt-Exploiter's-defences volatile. Finish what we started."  (download, history)
• Rude Zuud: "Only problem: we can't make condensed Thermia without diluted Thermia. So, get us some diluted Thermia."  (download, history)

Phase Two: Thermia Fractures

Main article: Thermia Fractures/Quotes

Phase Three: Escalation

Main article: Exploiter Orb/Quotes

Progressing Through Event

VALLIS FRACTURES: A Token of Appreciation

You're getting the hang of it. We just wanted to send you a little something by way of encouragement. Don't let up.

—Eudico

(Attachment: Buried Debts Emblem)

VALLIS FRACTURES: I Think It's Working

You're doing good work, Sparky. At the current rate, Smokefinger charts a plateau in seismic activity before long. That's good news for Fortuna. Keep it up.

—Eudico

(Attachments:  Amalgam Serration and  Amalgam Shotgun Barrage)

VALLIS FRACTURES: Looking Good!

The Vallis is more stable these days, thanks to the work you're doing. But we've still got fractures erupting every day, and until Nef concedes the threat, we have to take care of ourselves. Find them. Seal them. We're counting on you.

—Eudico

(Attachments:  Amalgam Barrel Diffusion and  Amalgam Organ Shatter)

VALLIS FRACTURES: Real Progress

I clock 75-plus fractures sealed. I shudder to think what state we'd be in if we didn't have you helping us out like this. Kids are shutting down sound in their racks, knowing you're out there. Thank you.

—Eudico

(Attachment: Buried Debts Sigil)

Aftermath

VALLIS FRACTURES: Thank You

Sparky, what can I say? You're doing singly what none of us could have done together. Fortuna still lives, thanks to your efforts in sealing those fractures. But we're not resting. Not 'til Nef shuts down Thermia extraction entirely.

Thank you. From every rig jockey in the place. We owe you.

—Eudico

(Attachment:  Opticor Vandal)