Confirmation, Looking Inward

Guard: Welcome. Chief Red is waiting for you. Please report to him.
Red: Good work, [NAME]. Things are finally calming down a bit now that the hacking's over. That was a close call. They were very close to finding our location. We have to proceed more carefully from now on... But, to be honest, we really don't have that luxury right now. Luckily, we have a very surprising ally among the C.A.R.D. Lab Hunters. Not the man we were looking for before, mind you, but still... It looks like our solicitations have finally paid off for us. He's giving us detailed information on what's going on in Pioneer 2. Of course, it's obvious that he's trying to get stuff from us, too, but we'll play along with him as long as he comes through for us. I'd like you to capture the Pioneer 2 transport system on Lupus Silva to keep him from stealing our information and running off home. You can go up to Pioneer 2 from there. All you need is a return pass. In other words, if you can pull this off... We'll be able to sneak on to Pioneer 2 itself. Then we can carry out the experiment and locate the "Great Shadow." I feel bad for Break, but...
Game: ...... The quest Confirmation has been added.

Red: I'd like you to capture the Pioneer 2 transport system on Lupus Silva. If you can pull this off, we'll be able to sneak on to Pioneer 2 itself. Then we can carry out the experiment and locate the "Great Shadow."

Vice Chief: Here are your mission details. We are negotiating right now with a secret informant. Creinu is handling the negotiations, and I think they're going all right. This is part of a plan on our part to directly break into Pioneer 2. In order to ensure this plan moves smoothly, we want you to attack the Pioneer 2 transport in Lupus Silva. This will also ensure that our informant does not flee on us. We wouldn't want details on our own location to be leaked.; We're engaging in a plan to directly break into Pioneer 2. In order to ensure this plan moves smoothly, we want you to attack the Pioneer 2 transport in Lupus Silva. This will also ensure that our informant does not flee on us. We wouldn't want details on our own location to be leaked.

Lura: Break's finally come back! He must have sensed my feelings! Yaaaaay! I'm sooo happy!; ...... ...... Break is finally back home... He stood in front of me... and opened his arms, and smiled... I was so close to his body... Oooh! Tee-hee! ...That's what I imagined would happen, anyway. But instead he just went right over to Red's office. I'm feeling kinda lonely right now.; He must have all sorts of assignments! That's got to be it. He's a very busy man. ...... No, I'm not trying to kid myself! I know what you're thinking. ...Oh, right! I almost forgot, [NAME]! If you think you're going to deploy Break anytime soon, could you deploy me along with him, please? I mean, I don't think he'll go off somewhere all of a sudden again, but I'm still worried. Is that all right? If Break ever gets any orders to go anywhere, don't forget about me, all right?

Endu: Hey! Break came back, right? I don't care much about where he went after leaving R-Base, but, still, he looks a lot better compared to before. A lot more resolute, or something. I guess lecturing him a little bit made him shape up, finally. Heh heh heh.; Well, then! I'd better get back to my own work soon. The goal is far away, but I think I'm getting closer to "it." Huh? What is it? I told you before, didn't I? The "goal we must achieve."

K.C.: Break... The moment he returned, he flew off once again... Ah? Thou should not hold any worry in thy heart. Break acts like so, and works in such ways. Ever since the days of first knowing him, he has been like so. Indeed, a strong, willful reliable man he is, one who finishes the job. Heh heh. And that has never changed. ...... Ahh!!! Commander, I have a request to ask thee. I wish to be deployed on a certain mission. My own enthusiasm is what I am looking for. Will thou be able to consent to this request of mine?
Game: ...... The quest Looking Inward has been added.

K.C.: ...Break and I ran into each other at a very young age, and I engaged in Hunter work with him and a senior fellow disciple That disciple's name was Orland... As I imagine thou art informed, Commander, he is now a member of the Hunters, our enemies. Orland practices the Miyama technique, just like Break.; Knowest thou of Miyama style, Commander? Only two people have truly mastered the Miyama technique... Zoke Miyama, the famous "Great Sword," and Nef Miyama, the teacher of Break and Orland. Unfortunate to speak, but Zoke has been dead for twenty years, and from common word, Nef has also passed away from this world. No doubt Break and Orland hold talent, but their training yet lies incomplete. So now, the legendary martial art has no heir.

Rio: Why did you join the Arkz, anyway? Huh? Well, why? The Arkz are fighting the government. We're trying to destroy them. Our goal is true freedom, not the monitored kind they give us now. For that, we must bring Pioneer 2 out of the sky and onto the surface. Did you join us just to fight, or what? You really know zilch, don't you? ...Sigh. ...Whatever. It's time for a history lesson. Try to use that empty head of yours.; The current head of Pioneer 2 is a man named Dol Grisen. He replaced Tyrell, who was then demoted to the Environmental Bureau. He's also the guy who almost started a war with our home planet. Thanks to his ravings, diplomatic relations were even cut off for a while. Apparently he thought he could win because of some new weapon he was making. Fortunately, there was an internal revolt, and now things are calmer... Tyrell was the leader of the revolt, but later he vanished from Pioneer 2. ...... Dol was also the man behind "OPSS," the humanoid massacre. It was all thanks to his insane Pioneer 2 population control laws. Those laws angered the army, and they figured, hey, here's an answer, so they brutally killed hundreds of androids. However, after the OPSS incident, androids were granted some basic human rights, and now they're referred to as humanoids... ...but it still caused irrepairable damage to all of us.; And now rumor has it that he's devoting himself to weapons research again. I suppose that's where this C.A.R.D. Technology came from... Of course, we Arkz are using these cards as well, but we're using them in order to take down the government. Giving them a taste of their own medicine, in other words. Well? Did you get all that?

Reiz: A past embedded into me; a past I never knew. Commander... listen. And tell me. The OPSS incident. That wasn't confined to space. It happened on Ragol, too. It was covered up, erased, and nobody ever talks about it. I was programmed to "destroy" my targets, and I followed my program... ...to destroy, destroy, destroy. To kill, kill, kill. My mission was my duty. And my duty was to destroy my target. That was what I was made for. I wasn't granted the ability to think about who my target was.; And then, I met him. He had gathered up his dead friends' body parts, and he was crying. He was crying in such a loud voice. That was the first time I had ever seen anything like that. A humanoid, like me, crying. The chips embedded inside me told me to destroy. But something turned me around...a certain circuitry maybe. Something intervened over the head that told me to destroy, and the limbs to carry it out. That something was me... Reiz. I was "born" at that instant. So tell me, Commander. What's the difference between destroying... and... and killing? Why was my body and mind reacting like that? There's nothing in my memory about what happened after that. All I remember is carrying a crying Ohgun on my back... And then that human appeared. Jean, he called himself. He is the android repairman the Arkz are searching for now. And I asked him: Please... our memories... Please delete them for us.

Quest:: Confirmation Dispatch from Red
Mission:: I need you to head out immediately and launch an attack on Pioneer 2's transport system.
Pre-battle line:: Viviana: I must hold steady here...
Post-mission message:: You truly are the pride of the Arkz. Excellent work! I'll press the attack and we'll continue onward!! Chief Red

Quest:: Looking Inward Dispatch from Security Team
Mission:: A member of the Hunters wants to meet with us at Nebula Montana to offer some information. We personally cannot fulfill his request, therefore we need you to go meet that Hunter.
Pre-mission message:: Realize do I, that training of mine is not yet complete. I do warrant that I shall train further, returning to the fundamentals. A suitable weak target has presented himself at our doorstep, offering to sell information, or so from words I hear. Would thou be willing to allow me to go and engage him? K.C.
Pre-battle line:: Glustar: If you pay me more Meseta, I'll give you more info!
Post-mission message:: Glustar... was the name of his. Of little value did his information seemed, but yet, his words to hold truths with what we gathered from Ino'lis, our new member. Thus we may now feel sure of the location of the Pioneer 2 Mother Computer. Also assured, have I, of my need for continued training. Without further ado, I humbly express my thanks to thee. K.C.

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