Guide

1. On ground next to a bounty board that gives quest “WANTED: The Hillscourge Horror [Group 2+]”, Hillscourge Station area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

2. As you enter cave tunnel at the marked location at map, don’t miss the tale that stands just before the first egg sack at your left, The Hillscourge area. This tunnel leads to Exo-Lab 79 – Data Central area, where you can find Martinus’s Journal and DATACUBE: Failsafe Mechanism.
   
   
   

   
   
   

3. On a large, circular platform, next to a Feralplain Collective Taxi Kiosk stand, Feralplain Collective area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

4. Inside eastern room of a house that stands just beside nearby taxi stand, Feralplain Collective area. Inside this house you can find Mondo Zax (Dred) NPC quest giver and an ability trade kiosk.
   
   
   

   
   
   

5. On grass, inside small tent, next to a wooden crate, close to a large tree, Wildwood Grove area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

6. Lying on the ground, northeast of Hillscourge Station, south-southeast of the Exo-Lab 79 cave.
   
   
   

   
   
   

7. On a box next to chairs and a big antenna, south of Feralplain Collective, on the southern river bank.

   We would like thank RYUKAI for additional information.

   
   
   

   
   
   

8. On a flat rock northeast of Wildwood Grove, west of Outreach Post.

   We would like thank RYUKAI for additional information.

   
   
   

   
   
   

Map

Deradune

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

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Revenge is a Particle Destabilizer

Lore

Mondo Zax sat alone on the lumpy bug-infested mat that served as his bed, lamenting the fact that he had ever been born.

To say the attic where he lived was uncomfortable was an understatement of galactic proportions. It was dark. It was damp. The walls were fuzzy with Vraxian supermold, and mutant slanks made their nests in the rafters.

And, of course, there were people on their way upstairs to kill him.

Being an orphan placed Mondo on one of the lowest rungs in Chua society, just below
lobotomized hull-scrubbers and slightly above Palavian gutworms. Add to that the fact that he was a stubby runt with a big mouth and a bad attitude, and it was no surprise that Mondo was having trouble getting a leg up.

The only things in his miserable, pathetic life that brought him any joy whatsoever were the machines that he stole from the sub-basement. The place had been used as storage by a now-bankrupt industrial vacu-bot manufacturer, and Mondo had spent hours studying the rusty machines he’d
unapologetically filched from it. He liked the machines. They made sense to him.

Heavy footsteps echoed on the stairs below. The killers were ascending. He only had a few minutes left to finish his work.

The killers in question were Finkle Blurg and his merry band of half-wits. Blurg was the resident bully, an imbecilic goon with a lazy eye, stunted ears, and three missing teeth. Armed with low levels of intelligence and empathy, Blurg and his henchmen had been terrorizing their fellow orphans for
years, and they had recently set their sights on Mondo.

After a number of painful beatings, Mondo decided to strike back. Playing the sycophantic groveler, Mondo had offered Blurg an adorable Bezgerlorian tarbeetle – a gift that he had gladly accepted. Five minutes later, the insect had promptly exploded, covering Blurg and his cronies in a sticky black ooze that would require major surgery to remove.

The footfalls stopped just outside the small door. Mondo’s hands worked feverishly. So close….

The door shattered, ripped from its hinges by the force of Blurg’s boot. The angry youth stomped into the room, one side of his face and most of his body covered in the tarbeetle’s death excretion. His minions, at least those able to make the trip, had not fared any better.

“You’re so dead, runt,” spat Blurg.

Mondo raised the object in his hands and pointed it at Finkle Blurg. The once-antiquated vacu-bot had undergone a dramatic transformation, and was sporting various tubes, wires, and one very
large red button.

“Bye bye,” Mondo said, and pushed the button.

A bright beam of energy shot out from the machine in his hands. Moments later, Blurg and his friends exploded into billions of tiny glowing particles. Mondo smiled. The black ooze was no longer going to be a problem.

Mondo set the particle destabilizer on the ground, staring out the small window of his attic as the glowing bits of his enemies floated dreamily around him. Surely the Dominion could use someone with his talents….

Guide

1. On a ground, inside wrecked cage, close to nearby tents, campfire and Transmat Terminal, Camp Firewalker area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

2. On a tiny, rectangular table, next to a pile of cushions and big vases with flowers, Wildvine Refuge area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

3. On table, with holographic red top, next to a Conservationist Caius NPC quest giver, Owanee Research Station area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

4. On a small, grey box, close to Agent Vivax NPC quest giver, next to left side of a nearby space ship, Endless Vigil area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

5. On a small, wooden platform, beside red crate and couple of barrels, Endless Vigil area. There is a space ship – Steady Traveler with a Captain Milo in close by. Upon interacting with Captain Milo you can enter and complete event Oupost M-13.
   
   
   

   
   
   

6. On a sludge’s surface, next to a burning, crashed space ship, close to Supply Officer Alcede NPC quest giver, Shuttle Landing Site area.
   
   
   

   
   
   

7. On a bridge southeast of Owanee Research Station.

   We would like thank BREAKOUT for additional information.

   
   
   

   
   
   

8. North of Grimvoid Landing, next to a road passing through the Grimvoid camp. It’s on a platform with boxes and a barrel, surrounded by metal cages, next to a very big tree.
   
   
   

   
   
   

Map

Deradune

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Artemis Zin and the Fiery Mountains of Mikros

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Artemis Zin and the Fiery Mountains of Mikros

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Artemis Zin and the Fiery Mountains of Mikros

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Artemis Zin and the Fiery Mountains of Mikros

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Lore

The perpetual inferno of Mount Crucible glowed angrily against the night sky, framed by roiling black clouds laced with lightning. The ground shook violently, as burning rocks and lava fell from the sky. There were few places in the entire galaxy more dangerous than where they now stood.

And on top of it all, Artemis Zin was having difficulty doing her make-up.

Kevo, her stoic man-at-arms, lifelong teacher, and steadfast companion, summed up the situation with his usual understated panache.

“Mistress, if we stay here, we die.”

Artemis laughed.

“Go if you must, Kevo. But I am not leaving with my face looking like this.”

Kevo growled, setting his jaw. She knew the aged Draken warrior would never leave her side.

Despite the vehement warnings of friends, family, and concerned diplomats, Artemis had decided to scale Mount Crucible on planet Mikros with nothing more than Kevo, two cambots, and her own sense of impeccable style. She was now broadcasting the event live, and
her already astronomical viewership had skyrocketed.

The ground shook again, and the mountain belched fire. A deadly gout of molten lava descended upon them from above.

“I suppose that will have to do,” she said, with a final glance in the mirror. And then they both ran for their lives.

They traversed up a ridge of volcanic rock that zig-zagged toward the precipice. The cambots hovered around them, skillfully framing the best shots. Often, they would zoom in on Artemis’ face, capturing her grim
determination just before she broke into the sly smile that had garnered her incomprehensible fame and fortune.

Progress was slow, but eventually they came to rest on a large outcropping near the lip of the volcano. Suddenly, an unholy shriek sounded from above, and moments later, a scaly, winged abomination landed on the ground in front of them. It was a deadly two-headed Zogwyrm. And it was hungry.

“Well,” Artemis sighed, “if we live, it will be fantastic for ratings.”

Kevo sprang into action,
his blade unsheathed, cleanly lopping off one of the beast’s heads with a flawless strike. Screaming in pain, the beast lashed out with its tail and sent Kevo sprawling. Artemis jumped in between them, firing pistols at the creature’s remaining head. This time, the beast was ready, dodging with lightning-quick reflexes and knocking Artemis to the ground. Jaws slathering, it moved in for the kill.
Without warning, the outcropping broke away, shaken loose by the mountain’s violent eruptions. The Felwyrm
screamed and plummeted below. Artemis would have done the same, but Kevo, clinging to the mountainside, reached out at the last moment and caught her hand.

They climbed to the precipice. The heat was almost unbearable, but together they looked down into the fiery maw of Mount Crucible.

After a few moments, she collected her cambots and looked at the footage. Kevo stood grimly at her side.

“Oh, bother,” she said, smiling. “One of them malfunctioned. We’re going to have to do it all again.”