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in the nick of time. As always,
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your arrival could not be more timely.
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After the events of Paradise Island, I
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could think of no one more suited to
0:43
conduct a surgical strike of this
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nature. I'm uh glad to see you again as
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Got to say, you had me worried. Message
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you sent sounded serious. Then I compose
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it accurately to the task at hand.
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We are standing before the tomb of the
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matriarch. Few are invited to tour its
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halls, and even fewer know of its
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For any subject, visiting the matriarch
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and first sovereign's resting place is
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the pinnacle of empty social
1:18
achievement. But the tomb's corpses are
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its least important feature. The
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intelligence my friends risked all to
1:24
acquire revealed a vault in its lowest
1:27
level containing the matriarch's body of
1:29
work hidden from the public. Who knows
1:31
what technologies the protectorate is
1:33
withholding. If the matriarch was the
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genius she's purported to be, the skip
1:37
drive cannot be the entirety of her
1:49
Doubtable. Any breakthroughs in weaponry
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would have been assigned to the front,
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despite the obvious blasphemy of
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defacing the matriarch's grave. Whatever
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technological advancements may be
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sequestered here, the goal is almost
2:02
certainly to keep the populace of
2:04
Arcadia subservient to the pernitious
2:06
whims of its governing body. But not for
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much longer. We are going to liberate
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any and all of the matriarch's research,
2:13
whatever it may be. and distribute it to
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Reaching the vaults will be no simple
2:26
task. There are likely to be unforeseen
2:28
security measures to contend with,
2:30
though hopefully nothing too
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obstructive. We must first gain entry to
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the security room, however. Once there,
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I should be able to access more
2:37
information about the lower level's
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layout and potential hazards.
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I can see a half dozen points of
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failure, but bad odds ain't never
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Glad we're operating under the same
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understanding. We're unlikely to have
2:52
another chance like this. We must follow
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through now that we've made the opening.
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Which also means once inside, we cannot
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leave until it's done.
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The console was insensed about the death
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of one of his own. He sent Sentinels to
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hunt Audra down. I tried to help her
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hide, but they found her anyway. They
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tortured her for the locations of the
3:25
other members of our cell. They're all
3:27
gone now, dead. I alone am left to
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complete our mission.
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what the commander said. We thought we
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were doing the right thing.
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I will not pretend it isn't a blow, but
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what's done is done. There will be time
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to grieve once the Protectorate is dead
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Slim chance of that. I'll not assign a
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task to others that I'm unwilling to
