OD Project: Reconstruction HQ II

Mr. Crowe, your message said you had a problem, but you seem to be...

Seem to be a little too relaxed, right?

I asked my apprentice to send that message. He probably exaggerated the matter a little.

We did run into a few issues, and I thought they could handle the problems on their own, but...

They? You're talking about...

Dean and Clavell. We couldn't get in touch with them for an entire day.

WHAT?!

I don't care what they are doing. What I care about is work being affected at the HQ.

I did give them the geological probe construction project, but that doesn't mean I want them to keep asking you for assistance.

Someone must carry the torch of the UWST... The disaster scientist ... Miss Ardelia ... she has already provided plenty of help.

But current progress of the probe is worrying, and the two lads went missing. I have no choice but to request your support.

They may be in danger... Aren't you worried about that?

I got too many things to worry about. Dean and Clavell should stop treating themselves as apprentices. They must learn to be responsible for their own actions.

...I understand.

Endmin, let's head over there and see if we can find any clues.

Ah, you're here.

The owner of this map is ... Dean? There's also a circle drawn around that ... power supply unit...

That's a new UWST power supply unit. The Æther Test Site spent years building this... Is he trying to use it to supply power to the geological probe?

But the areas around the Æther Test Site have been seriously devastated. Can anyone still recover the power supply unit?

He marked the location on the map... It means there's still hope of recovering the facility.

Let's head over and investigate. Hope he didn't run into trouble.

Endmin! Oh finally ... someone came at last...

Clavell... He's...

Catch your breath first, then tell us what happened.

We found what's left of our new power supply units. They were stored here for data testing.

It took us the entire day to reach this place, but ... this area is infested with Aggeloi!

Clavell ... he managed to lure the Aggeloi to the cliff...

Aggeloi! Is he alone?

Yeah... I couldn't get through the Aggeloi that got him surrounded, so I rushed back to ask for help ... and then I ran into you.

'Nuff said. Endmin, we got people to save!

Oh... It's ... it's you...!

I was so scared! I thought I was going to die here...

You distracted the Aggeloi long enough on your own. You should count yourself super lucky.

That's true... Well, thank you for saving my life once again.

Dean told us you were here. He's worried about you.

What by Talos were you doing?

Do you know how dangerous the Aggeloi are? If you want to distract them, I should be the one doing it! Do you know self-defense? Do you even know how to dodge incoming attacks?

I should never have brought you along! You're better off staying at the HQ and copying numbers off the dials.

What nonsense are you talking about? If I hadn't come along, those Aggeloi would have killed you!

I came along because I feared you'd mess things up! And guess what! You almost did, my blightbrained genius!

I kept telling you to consider the possible risks and get prepped for them. But you never listened!

That's enough for now, boys. You're just both worried about each other. Let's call it quits and shake hands, okay?

Well, the dude usually avoids dangerous stuff, but this time he went crazy and almost got himself killed. I don't know if he's going to do that again!

As long as they force me to team up with the least reliable partner in history, you can bet it's gonna happen again!

Ah, everyone's here! No one's hurt, I hope.

Ardelia? I'm surprised you came.

I heard that you were looking for our two project leads. So, I got a little worried they might run into trouble in the wilderness. I'm so glad you're here to help out.

We...

So the main problem this time was...

I need you two to promise me, no more running into dangerous trouble, okay?

Um... Alright...

Okay...

Good. Since everyone's safe, I don't think we have other problems to worry about. Let's head back right away.

Mr. Crowe hasn't seen you around for the entire day. Oh, he's so angry his beard is literally quivering with fury!

...Yeah, better head back right now. We'll talk later.

You're right...

Mr. Crowe always worries about these two. They'll start arguing over the smallest things.

Really? I thought Mr. Crowe had already grown used to their endless bickering.

That's not true. They're Mr. Crowe's top apprentices. The old man is secretly working hard to give them the training they need.

I'm just glad that nobody's hurt. Anyway, it's getting late. We should be heading back as well.

Wait... I thought this energy supply plan failed and couldn't work.

What's going on? What are you looking at?

The large geological probe is an energy guzzler. The energy supply plan we originally designed couldn't get the thing working properly...

That's why we took the risks and headed outside to salvage the new energy supply units. But ... how? The probe is actually working properly.

Well, it seems like our approach was actually correct. Or maybe you did something. What variable did you tweak?

I didn't tweak anything... I thought it started working because you swapped out a core component...

Let's just ignore that for now. Work has piled up in our absence. Now that the probe is finally running, we should start our jobs!

Not so fast. I got to run a stability test...

So what really happened...?

Since it seems we've solved the energy issue, we can initiate the next phase of the geological probe construction project.