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| ''Deliver the research specimen to Failsafe's remote uplink in the H.E.L.M. for processing and analysis.''
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| *Take the research specimen to Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. for analysis. | | *Take the research specimen to Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. for analysis. |
| **Specimen analyzed | | **Specimen analyzed |
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| ''Failsafe wishes to speak with you at her remote uplink in the H.E.L.M.''
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| *Deliver the research specimen to Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. | | *Deliver the research specimen to Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. |
| **Speak with Failsafe | | **Speak with Failsafe |
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| *'''Failsafe''': Captain, I am analyzing the latest research sample you brought me, and it is a frog! Technically one of the Nessus proto-amphibians that developed adjacent to the Vex, but… yeah, pretty much a frog. I love him! …Of course, I don't really know him yet, but he seems likeable. I can finally bring my nurturing subroutines online. He should have a name! In honor of my original commanding officer, Captain Jacobson, I will name the frog… Captain Jacobson! Don't worry, it's an honorary title. The frog will have no real authority. Oh, this brightens my day, especially after Ikora's concerning response to my theory on how I could locate the Conductor. She was aghast — it seemed to cause her emotional distress. She asked me not to mention it to anyone else… so I won't! Thanks again for the frog!
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| ''Failsafe is delighted that the latest research specimen you have brought her is a small frog.''
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| ''"Technically one of the Nessus proto-amphibians that developed adjacent to the Vex, but yeah, pretty much a frog," she says.''
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| ''In honor of Captain Jacobson, Failsafe's original commanding officer, she decides to name the frog Captain Jacobson.''
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| ''"Don't worry," she reassures you. "It's an honorary title. The frog will have no real authority."''
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| ''Failsafe is so pleased with the frog that she divulges something that has been weighing heavily on her mind: she proposed a new theory on how to locate the Conductor, but it troubled Ikora so deeply that she asked Failsafe to keep it to herself.''
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| ''"Thanks again for the frog!" Failsafe says, while you decide to speak with Ikora and learn the details of this disturbing new theory yourself.''
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| ''Visit Ikora in the Tower to learn more details about Failsafe's new theory.''
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| *Speak with Ikora in the Tower. | | *Speak with Ikora in the Tower. |
| **Speak with Ikora Rey | | **Speak with Ikora Rey |
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| *'''Ikora''': Guardian, there is something I should discuss with you. Something I'm… reluctant to suggest to Saint and Osiris. I think you'll see why. Failsafe believes she could open a portal straight to the Conductor. She says she could extrapolate the coordinates by combining the new Vex data you've been collecting… with her years of observations of the Nessus Vex. But she would need to compare it against control data, gathered from Vex isolated from the Nessus network. She'd need an enormous amount of data, centuries of it, captured with perfect clarity and preserved by the Vex themselves. Our options are limited, and dangerous. There is only one accessible database with that kind of fidelity… The mind of Saint-14 — the deceased Saint-14, who is still laid to rest in the Infinite Forest. Our future may depend on Saint… again.
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| ''Failsafe wishes to speak with you at her remote uplink in the H.E.L.M.''
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| *Meet Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. to discuss her theory of how to locate the Conductor. | | *Meet Failsafe in the H.E.L.M. to discuss her theory of how to locate the Conductor. |
| **Speak with Failsafe | | **Speak with Failsafe |
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| *'''Failsafe''': Hello again, Captain! We have an interesting metaphysical task ahead of us today! As I understand it, years ago, Osiris rescued the Saint-unit we are familiar with from a Vex simulation. In doing so, he created a paradox: the Saint-unit is alive with us now, but simultaneously dead within the Vex network. The databanks of that deceased Saint-unit are filled with information — information I believe I can use to locate the Conductor. The thing is, Saint-unit will have to download the memories of his other self… experience years of suffering, his own death… It'll be kind of awful, and he hasn't really been in a good place lately, y'know? But the Conductor must be confronted! I'm sure Saint-unit will understand. Won't he?
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| ''Failsafe greets you cheerfully. "Hello again, Captain!" she says. "We have an interesting metaphysical task ahead of us today!"''
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| ''She is only too happy to explain. "Years ago, Osiris rescued the Saint-unit we are familiar with from a Vex simulation. In doing so, he created a paradox: the Saint-unit is alive with us now, but simultaneously dead within the Vex network."''
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| ''The databanks of the dead Saint-14 hold the data Failsafe needs to locate the Conductor's coordinates.''
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| ''But the only way to access that data is for Saint-14 to interface with it himself.''
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| ''"Saint-unit will have to download the memories of his other self… experience years of suffering, his own death…" Failsafe says, clearly worried. "But the Conductor must be confronted! I'm sure Saint-unit will understand."''
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| ''"…won't he?"''
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| ''Failsafe requires an access code to enter the simulation hiding Saint-14's body.''
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| *Explore the Sunken Cavern on Nessus and defeat the Vex who holds the code Failsafe requires. | | *Explore the Sunken Cavern on Nessus and defeat the Vex who holds the code Failsafe requires. |
| **Vex code obtained | | **Vex code obtained |
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| ===Step 25=== | | ===Step 25=== |
| ''Visit the H.E.L.M.''
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| *A message awaits you in the H.E.L.M. | | *A message awaits you in the H.E.L.M. |
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| *'''Saint-14''': Guardian. Osiris. Ikora and I have made a plan. We can use what we know about the Veil and the VexNet.
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| *'''Osiris''': The Veil? Why would you need to—
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| *'''Saint-14''': We will go to my tomb. In the timeline where I died fighting the Vex. [inhales shakily] My… true death.
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| *'''Osiris''': When you were taken from me.
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| *'''Saint-14''': Yes. I can use the memories of that Saint-14. My memories.
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| *'''Failsafe''': I remember when the Vex killed my crew! Those memories will haunt me forever.
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| *'''Osiris''': Failsafe.
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| *'''Failsafe''': I mean… it's not so bad. Except for the horrors.
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| *'''Saint-14''': Yes. Everything I learned, everything I did. [sighs sharply] I fought the Vex for… [inhales] many, many years.
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| *'''Osiris''': I remember.
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| *'''Saint-14''': Ikora thinks we can use the data to find this "Conductor", and secure the Echo.
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| *'''Osiris''': No. I-I won't… We can find another way. Failsafe—
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| *'''Saint-14''': It must be done, so I will do it. Ikora told me I was once the Vex's greatest opponent. She said I should remind them.
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| *'''Osiris''': I-I… I need to think. This can't be the only path left to us.
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| *'''Failsafe''': The Saint-unit has already made up his mind. He needs you right now. You know he can't do it without you, right?
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| ''Venture into the Vex network and help Saint-14 reclaim the data he needs to locate the Conductor.''
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| *Enter the Vex network with Saint-14 in Mission: Shell on Nessus. | | *Enter the Vex network with Saint-14 in Mission: Shell on Nessus. |
| **Mission complete | | **Mission complete |
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| See [[Mission: Shell#Transcript|Mission: Shell]] for a transcript of the mission.
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| ===Step 27=== | | ===Step 27=== |
| ''Saint-14 wishes to speak with you in the Hangar are of the Tower.''
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| *Speak to Saint-14 in the Tower Hangar. | | *Speak to Saint-14 in the Tower Hangar. |
| **Speak with Saint-14 | | **Speak with Saint-14 |
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| *'''Saint-14''': Maya Sundaresh, risen from the Vex Network. She has Lakshmi's face… Osiris tells me it must be a mask she feels comfortable wearing. Well, it did not comfort me. And today was already filled with ghosts of the past. Guardian, before I claimed the memories of… the other me, I was afraid. I was already filled with doubt, and I thought, I might lose myself. But as his thoughts merged with mine, it was as though I lived through his centuries of struggle. And my feelings — our feelings — were in perfect harmony. And suddenly, all questions the Conductor put in my mind were answered. It does not matter if I am the "real" Saint, or the "true" Saint. Every me, is me! So when Maya tried to command me again, I used my truth to push her away… but she still forced me to my knees. She is growing stronger. We must return to stop her, but she has blocked our access. Failsafe is working on a way through. And when she finds it… I will be ready.
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| ''Saint-14 stands in the Hangar, tall and proud, his voice strong.''
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| ''"Maya Sundaresh, risen from the Vex network," he says, shaking his head. Saint recognized Lakshmi-2's face, though Osiris explained to him it is just a mask Maya feels comfortable wearing. Saint shivers at the thought.''
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| ''He tells you that he thought his personality might be lost completely when he accessed the mind of his other self.''
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| ''"But as his thoughts merged with mine, it was as though I lived through his centuries of struggle," he says. "And suddenly, all questions the Conductor put in my mind were answered."''
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| ''"It does not matter if am the 'real' Saint, or the 'true' Saint," he exclaims. "Every me, is me!"''
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| ''Fully self-realized, when Maya attempted to command Saint again, he was able to resist.''
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| ''"But still she forced me to my knees," he snarls. "She is growing stronger."''
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| ''Failsafe is working to reestablish access to Maya's stronghold at the core of Nessus.''
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| ''"And when she finds it… I will be ready."''
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