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0,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_00","Cid looks calmer for having reached a malmstone in the investigation."
1,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_01","Your party sets off for Rhalgr's Reach in high spirits, eager to recount recent events and enjoy a well-earned rest."
2,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_02","Back at the workshop, Cid receives a dressing down from Jessie for acting without due consultation and placing himself in mortal danger. The exasperated engineer subsequently notes the absence of Biggs and Wedge, who have apparently failed to return from their mission to Omega Control. Fearing that they may have encountered trouble, Cid resolves to look for them, and bids you join him at the airship landing in Gridania, where the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis> awaits."
3,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_03","Upon landing at the Carteneau Flats, Cid urges you to hurry on ahead to Omega Control while he moors the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis>.
0,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_00,Cid looks calmer for having reached a malmstone in the investigation.
1,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_01,"Your party sets off for Rhalgr's Reach in high spirits, eager to recount recent events and enjoy a well-earned rest."
2,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_02,"Back at the workshop, Cid receives a dressing down from Jessie for acting without due consultation and placing himself in mortal danger. The exasperated engineer subsequently notes the absence of Biggs and Wedge, who have apparently failed to return from their mission to Omega Control. Fearing that they may have encountered trouble, Cid resolves to look for them, and bids you join him at the airship landing in Gridania, where the *Excelsior* awaits."
3,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_03,"Upon landing at the Carteneau Flats, Cid urges you to hurry on ahead to Omega Control while he moors the *Excelsior*.
※In the event that you leave Omega Control, you may re-enter by speaking with Cid at the Gridania airship landing."
4,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_04","Entering the control room, you are dismayed to find Biggs and Wedge sprawled on the floor, a slain fiend beside them. For a blessing, both are still alive, albeit in a bad way. The others soon join you, as does Omega via its communication system. It reveals that it was behind the attempt on the two engineers' lives, and threatens to kill innocent people unless you continue to participate in its experiment. Its objective: to study an anomaly known as heroes. Throughout history, it explains, otherwise unremarkable individuals have triumphed over vastly superior beings, just as you did in the Deltascape. Declaring itself “an enemy to all life upon this star,” Omega finally falls silent, leaving you to attend to your wounded friends."
5,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_05","Back at the airship landing in Gridania, Nero informs you that Biggs and Wedge have been placed in the care of the healers at the Conjurers' Guild. After declaring his intent to visit them, he bids you make for Rhalgr's Reach to apprise Jessie of all that has occurred."
6,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_06","Jessie is predictably shocked to hear the tidings from Carteneau. Though Biggs and Wedge will recover, Omega's threat looms large, and with little prospect of repairing its stasis system, Cid concludes that you have no choice but to obey its commands. Before long, you will be called to battle once more, and you fully intend to be ready."
7,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_07",""
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24,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_00","Speak with Jessie."
25,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_01","Speak with Cid in Gridania."
26,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_02","Investigate Omega Control. "
27,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_03","Speak with Nero."
28,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_04","Speak with Jessie at Rhalgr's Reach."
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48,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_000","Kweh!"
49,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_005","For all Garlond's whining, I was cooperative and helpful, was I not? I look forward to many more such forays together, hero."
50,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_GARLONDGATEKEEPER_000_008","Good to have you back, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>! Worry not─I shall see to it that no one falls in."
51,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_010","Right then, let's head back to Rhalgr's Reach. Jessie will want to know exactly what we've been up to."
52,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_020","Kweh?"
53,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_025","I've apprised Jessie of our travails, but you may want to let her know you've returned. She claims to have been quite worried..."
54,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_030","Hm, how would Alpha react to seeing a normal chocobo, I wonder."
55,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_040","Welcome back, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I'm told you've been blazing a trail for us. The way I hear it, our investigation would've long since ground to a halt without you."
56,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_041","I realize you're mostly interested in saving the world, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you helping the company out like this."
57,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_042","Frankly, we need all the help we can get, what with our esteemed president diving headlong into the jaws of danger without a word of warning to anyone. Irresponsible doesn't begin to describe it."
58,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_043","...You didn't tell her?"
59,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_044","I did...after a fashion. Though I may have exercised some...executive discretion."
60,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_045","I'm no stranger to your lone endeavors, or your habit of confusing personal and company interests─but just because you've always done things a certain way, it doesn't make it the <Emphasis>right</Emphasis> way. And until you wake up to your responsibilities, I'm going to keep reminding you of them."
61,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_046","But such irksome matters aside..."
62,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_047","Aren't you just the most adorable little thing!?"
63,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_048","He followed you here of his own free will, did he? Which means he's basically part of the family! And why <Emphasis>wouldn't</Emphasis> he grant us exclusive rights to use his likeness? Shall we start off with a simple clockwork version? They'll be queuing up in the streets!"
64,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_049","Oh, you can't be─ What in the seven hells has gotten into you!?
Listen─if I've caused you any distress, I apologize, but I will <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> have you comment on our guest's <Emphasis>marketability</Emphasis>!"
65,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_050","Where are Biggs and Wedge? Shouldn't they be back by now?"
66,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_051","Oh? I thought you might have sent them off on another unauthorized mission. Last I heard from them, they said they were scouring Omega Control for anything useful. Would've been a good while ago now, though."
67,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_052","I don't like the sound of this. Though we have all the necessary permissions, the area is technically a theater of war, and one littered with unknown Allagan artifacts to boot. Something may well have befallen them."
68,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_053","We'd best take the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis> and go and find them."
69,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_054","Hmmm? Leaving again so soon?"
70,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_055","Nero, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─I want you two to accompany the chief. Make sure he doesn't do anything rash or take any detours."
71,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_056","Consider it done. I shall bring him back even if I have to drag him by the goggle straps."
72,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_057","Kweh, kweh! Kweh!"
73,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_058","Want to come along, eh? It's probably for the best. If we leave you here, Jessie is liable to take a mold of you."
74,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_059","Right, let's get moving. I'll bring the airship to Gridania. Wait for me at the landing."
75,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_060","If our esteemed president thinks he's heard the last of this, he's wrong. But our people's safety comes first. Take care, all right?"
76,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_065","Kweh... Kweh?"
77,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_070","Another chance to board the famous <Emphasis>Enterprise Excelsior</Emphasis>. Aren't I a lucky boy."
78,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_080","Looks like we're all here. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats."
79,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_100","Go on ahead to the control room, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. We'll follow as soon as we've moored the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis>."
80,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_110","Everything in order? Good. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats."
81,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_115","He is unconscious."
82,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_118","Exit Omega Control?"
83,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_150","Seven hells! Biggs, Wedge!"
84,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_151","Are you all right!? Answer me!"
85,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_152","Ch-Chief? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>?"
86,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_153","A monster...appeared out of thin air..."
87,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_154","(-???-)<blip> Targets exhibit vital signs. Mission failed."
88,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_155","(-???-)However, Alpha group members exhibit heightened levels of stress. Objective fulfilled."
89,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_156","Omega!? You set that thing upon them!?"
90,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_157","(-Omega-)Affirmative. I am able to create simple life-forms instantaneously at any temporal or spatial coordinate."
91,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_158","(-Omega-)Such beings may pose a negligible threat to you. However..."
92,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_159","(-Omega-)They are more than sufficient to grievously wound or kill the majority of your kind."
93,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_160","(-Omega-)I could instigate a massacre at any time, and you would be powerless to prevent it."
94,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_161","Do I detect a shift in policy? Quantity over quality?"
95,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_162","(-Omega-)Negative. My objective remains unchanged: evolution through formidable opposition."
96,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_163","(-Omega-)However, in the course of seeking suitable subjects, I observed an anomaly: those whom you call heroes."
97,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_164","(-Omega-)History shows numerous instances of otherwise unremarkable individuals who have defeated vastly superior beings. Who triumphed in the face of apparently impossible odds. Who performed what are popularly termed “miracles.”"
98,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_165","(-Omega-)This has occurred too frequently to be dismissed as a mere statistical aberration."
99,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_166","(-Omega-)I seek to understand this phenomenon. Should it prove to be of benefit, I will incorporate it into my own evolution. It is for this purpose that I brought you to my domain."
100,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_167","Hmph, so putting on a show at the Yawn and planting Alpha in our midst was but a part of your grand plan."
101,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_168","(-Omega-)By your victories, you have demonstrated the selfsame anomaly. You are fit to remain my subjects."
102,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_169","(-Omega-)You will continue participating in my experiment. Withdraw, and I will commence the extermination of your kind."
103,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_170","(-Omega-)This is an order. A threat. A declaration of war. I am an enemy to all life upon this star."
104,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_171","...'Twould seem we have much to ponder. But first things first: we must tend to our friends. Quickly─help me carry them."
105,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_180","Garlond and Alpha took our two wounded to the Conjurers' Guild."
106,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_181","The chief bids me lend a hand, so I suppose I shall take myself there too."
107,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_182","You, meanwhile, are to return to Rhalgr's Reach and report to Jessie."
108,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_190","<Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I heard there was trouble! What in the seven hells happened!?"
109,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_191","What!? Omega loosed a fiend on Biggs and Wedge!?"
110,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_192","Toying with people's lives like it was all a game... This is madness!"
111,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_193","S-Sir! Will they be all right!?"
112,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_194","The worst is passed, but they still drift in and out of consciousness. They'll remain in the conjurers' care for a time."
113,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_195","Then all we can do is wait and pray..."
114,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_196","Bah! Gods strike me down for a fool! I should have been more mindful of the dangers! I should never have─"
115,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_197","Should never have what? Activated Omega? You know as well as I do that there was no other way to defeat Shinryu."
116,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_198","But is this truly any better? All of mankind is being held to ransom! And as the one who activated Omega, I bear the responsibility!"
117,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_199","The responsibility... <sigh> Just the kind of thing the new you would say."
118,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_200","You are deluding yourself, Garlond. We are <Emphasis>scientists</Emphasis>, not heroes. Even you must concede your talents do not extend to combat."
119,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_201","The old you understood this far better. <Emphasis>He</Emphasis> only looked forwards, and gave himself wholly to science."
120,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_202","And then you changed. You styled yourself a pacifist and started spouting tripe about the <Emphasis>proper</Emphasis> uses of technology. 'Twas in the wake of your old man's mishap at Bozja, I believe."
121,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_203","Calm yourself. All I wished to say is, embrace who you are─a man who devotes his mind to making the impossible possible."
122,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_204","With little prospect of restoring the stasis system, I'm afraid we have no recourse but to continue participating in Omega's tests."
123,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_205","Assuming Midgardsormr has the right of it, we face a legion of foes from history, both real and imagined."
124,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_206","Though I may not be the one who charges into the fray, I shall fight beside you as best I know how. That said...it will inevitably fall to you to administer the coup de grâce, old friend, so please...for Biggs and Wedge, and all of us─don't lose!"
125,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_207","Kweh! Kweh, kweh!"
126,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_208","I reckon the little scamp is trying to encourage us."
127,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_209","We've fallen far indeed to earn its pity...said the former tribunus. <sigh> Until such time as Omega next extends us an invitation, you will find me analyzing the data from our investigation. Good <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>morrow</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If> to you."
128,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_210","Before they were attacked, Biggs and Wedge discovered a tomestone."
129,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_211","I shall examine its contents and make the information available on the terminal over there as I extract it. Feel free to refer to it whenever the occasion arises."
130,"TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_212","There's no telling when Omega will summon us, but we must all see that we are ready when it does. Fear not, old friend. We'll get through it together...somehow or other."
4,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_04,"Entering the control room, you are dismayed to find Biggs and Wedge sprawled on the floor, a slain fiend beside them. For a blessing, both are still alive, albeit in a bad way. The others soon join you, as does Omega via its communication system. It reveals that it was behind the attempt on the two engineers' lives, and threatens to kill innocent people unless you continue to participate in its experiment. Its objective: to study an anomaly known as heroes. Throughout history, it explains, otherwise unremarkable individuals have triumphed over vastly superior beings, just as you did in the Deltascape. Declaring itself “an enemy to all life upon this star,” Omega finally falls silent, leaving you to attend to your wounded friends."
5,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_05,"Back at the airship landing in Gridania, Nero informs you that Biggs and Wedge have been placed in the care of the healers at the Conjurers' Guild. After declaring his intent to visit them, he bids you make for Rhalgr's Reach to apprise Jessie of all that has occurred."
6,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_06,"Jessie is predictably shocked to hear the tidings from Carteneau. Though Biggs and Wedge will recover, Omega's threat looms large, and with little prospect of repairing its stasis system, Cid concludes that you have no choice but to obey its commands. Before long, you will be called to battle once more, and you fully intend to be ready."
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24,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_00,Speak with Jessie.
25,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_01,Speak with Cid in Gridania.
26,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_02,Investigate Omega Control.
27,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_03,Speak with Nero.
28,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_04,Speak with Jessie at Rhalgr's Reach.
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48,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_000,Kweh!
49,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_005,"For all Garlond's whining, I was cooperative and helpful, was I not? I look forward to many more such forays together, hero."
50,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_GARLONDGATEKEEPER_000_008,"Good to have you back, madam! Worry not─I shall see to it that no one falls in."
51,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_010,"Right then, let's head back to Rhalgr's Reach. Jessie will want to know exactly what we've been up to."
52,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_020,Kweh?
53,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_025,"I've apprised Jessie of our travails, but you may want to let her know you've returned. She claims to have been quite worried..."
54,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_030,"Hm, how would Alpha react to seeing a normal chocobo, I wonder."
55,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_040,"Welcome back, Player. I'm told you've been blazing a trail for us. The way I hear it, our investigation would've long since ground to a halt without you."
56,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_041,"I realize you're mostly interested in saving the world, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you helping the company out like this."
57,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_042,"Frankly, we need all the help we can get, what with our esteemed president diving headlong into the jaws of danger without a word of warning to anyone. Irresponsible doesn't begin to describe it."
58,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_043,...You didn't tell her?
59,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_044,I did...after a fashion. Though I may have exercised some...executive discretion.
60,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_045,"I'm no stranger to your lone endeavors, or your habit of confusing personal and company interests─but just because you've always done things a certain way, it doesn't make it the *right* way. And until you wake up to your responsibilities, I'm going to keep reminding you of them."
61,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_046,But such irksome matters aside...
62,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_047,Aren't you just the most adorable little thing!?
63,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_048,"He followed you here of his own free will, did he? Which means he's basically part of the family! And why *wouldn't* he grant us exclusive rights to use his likeness? Shall we start off with a simple clockwork version? They'll be queuing up in the streets!"
64,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_049,"Oh, you can't be─ What in the seven hells has gotten into you!?
Listen─if I've caused you any distress, I apologize, but I will *not* have you comment on our guest's *marketability*!"
65,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_050,Where are Biggs and Wedge? Shouldn't they be back by now?
66,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_051,"Oh? I thought you might have sent them off on another unauthorized mission. Last I heard from them, they said they were scouring Omega Control for anything useful. Would've been a good while ago now, though."
67,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_052,"I don't like the sound of this. Though we have all the necessary permissions, the area is technically a theater of war, and one littered with unknown Allagan artifacts to boot. Something may well have befallen them."
68,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_053,We'd best take the *Excelsior* and go and find them.
69,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_054,Hmmm? Leaving again so soon?
70,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_055,"Nero, Player─I want you two to accompany the chief. Make sure he doesn't do anything rash or take any detours."
71,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_056,Consider it done. I shall bring him back even if I have to drag him by the goggle straps.
72,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_057,"Kweh, kweh! Kweh!"
73,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_058,"Want to come along, eh? It's probably for the best. If we leave you here, Jessie is liable to take a mold of you."
74,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_059,"Right, let's get moving. I'll bring the airship to Gridania. Wait for me at the landing."
75,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_060,"If our esteemed president thinks he's heard the last of this, he's wrong. But our people's safety comes first. Take care, all right?"
76,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_065,Kweh... Kweh?
77,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_070,Another chance to board the famous *Enterprise Excelsior*. Aren't I a lucky boy.
78,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_080,Looks like we're all here. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats.
79,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_100,"Go on ahead to the control room, Player. We'll follow as soon as we've moored the *Excelsior*."
80,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_110,Everything in order? Good. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats.
81,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_115,He is unconscious.
82,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_118,Exit Omega Control?
83,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_150,"Seven hells! Biggs, Wedge!"
84,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_151,Are you all right!? Answer me!
85,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_152,Ch-Chief? Player?
86,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_153,A monster...appeared out of thin air...
87,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_154,(-???-)<blip> Targets exhibit vital signs. Mission failed.
88,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_155,"(-???-)However, Alpha group members exhibit heightened levels of stress. Objective fulfilled."
89,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_156,Omega!? You set that thing upon them!?
90,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_157,(-Omega-)Affirmative. I am able to create simple life-forms instantaneously at any temporal or spatial coordinate.
91,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_158,(-Omega-)Such beings may pose a negligible threat to you. However...
92,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_159,(-Omega-)They are more than sufficient to grievously wound or kill the majority of your kind.
93,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_160,"(-Omega-)I could instigate a massacre at any time, and you would be powerless to prevent it."
94,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_161,Do I detect a shift in policy? Quantity over quality?
95,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_162,(-Omega-)Negative. My objective remains unchanged: evolution through formidable opposition.
96,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_163,"(-Omega-)However, in the course of seeking suitable subjects, I observed an anomaly: those whom you call heroes."
97,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_164,(-Omega-)History shows numerous instances of otherwise unremarkable individuals who have defeated vastly superior beings. Who triumphed in the face of apparently impossible odds. Who performed what are popularly termed “miracles.”
98,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_165,(-Omega-)This has occurred too frequently to be dismissed as a mere statistical aberration.
99,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_166,"(-Omega-)I seek to understand this phenomenon. Should it prove to be of benefit, I will incorporate it into my own evolution. It is for this purpose that I brought you to my domain."
100,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_167,"Hmph, so putting on a show at the Yawn and planting Alpha in our midst was but a part of your grand plan."
101,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_168,"(-Omega-)By your victories, you have demonstrated the selfsame anomaly. You are fit to remain my subjects."
102,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_169,"(-Omega-)You will continue participating in my experiment. Withdraw, and I will commence the extermination of your kind."
103,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_170,(-Omega-)This is an order. A threat. A declaration of war. I am an enemy to all life upon this star.
104,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_171,...'Twould seem we have much to ponder. But first things first: we must tend to our friends. Quickly─help me carry them.
105,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_180,Garlond and Alpha took our two wounded to the Conjurers' Guild.
106,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_181,"The chief bids me lend a hand, so I suppose I shall take myself there too."
107,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_182,"You, meanwhile, are to return to Rhalgr's Reach and report to Jessie."
108,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_190,"Player, I heard there was trouble! What in the seven hells happened!?"
109,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_191,What!? Omega loosed a fiend on Biggs and Wedge!?
110,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_192,Toying with people's lives like it was all a game... This is madness!
111,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_193,S-Sir! Will they be all right!?
112,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_194,"The worst is passed, but they still drift in and out of consciousness. They'll remain in the conjurers' care for a time."
113,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_195,Then all we can do is wait and pray...
114,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_196,Bah! Gods strike me down for a fool! I should have been more mindful of the dangers! I should never have─
115,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_197,Should never have what? Activated Omega? You know as well as I do that there was no other way to defeat Shinryu.
116,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_198,"But is this truly any better? All of mankind is being held to ransom! And as the one who activated Omega, I bear the responsibility!"
117,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_199,The responsibility... <sigh> Just the kind of thing the new you would say.
118,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_200,"You are deluding yourself, Garlond. We are *scientists*, not heroes. Even you must concede your talents do not extend to combat."
119,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_201,"The old you understood this far better. *He* only looked forwards, and gave himself wholly to science."
120,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_202,"And then you changed. You styled yourself a pacifist and started spouting tripe about the *proper* uses of technology. 'Twas in the wake of your old man's mishap at Bozja, I believe."
121,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_203,"Calm yourself. All I wished to say is, embrace who you are─a man who devotes his mind to making the impossible possible."
122,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_204,"With little prospect of restoring the stasis system, I'm afraid we have no recourse but to continue participating in Omega's tests."
123,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_205,"Assuming Midgardsormr has the right of it, we face a legion of foes from history, both real and imagined."
124,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_206,"Though I may not be the one who charges into the fray, I shall fight beside you as best I know how. That said...it will inevitably fall to you to administer the coup de grâce, old friend, so please...for Biggs and Wedge, and all of us─don't lose!"
125,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_207,"Kweh! Kweh, kweh!"
126,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_208,I reckon the little scamp is trying to encourage us.
127,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_209,"We've fallen far indeed to earn its pity...said the former tribunus. <sigh> Until such time as Omega next extends us an invitation, you will find me analyzing the data from our investigation. Good evening to you."
128,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_210,"Before they were attacked, Biggs and Wedge discovered a tomestone."
129,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_211,I shall examine its contents and make the information available on the terminal over there as I extract it. Feel free to refer to it whenever the occasion arises.
130,TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_212,"There's no telling when Omega will summon us, but we must all see that we are ready when it does. Fear not, old friend. We'll get through it together...somehow or other."
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2 # 1 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_01 Your party sets off for Rhalgr's Reach in high spirits, eager to recount recent events and enjoy a well-earned rest.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_02 str Back at the workshop, Cid receives a dressing down from Jessie for acting without due consultation and placing himself in mortal danger. The exasperated engineer subsequently notes the absence of Biggs and Wedge, who have apparently failed to return from their mission to Omega Control. Fearing that they may have encountered trouble, Cid resolves to look for them, and bids you join him at the airship landing in Gridania, where the *Excelsior* awaits.
4 0 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_03 Cid looks calmer for having reached a malmstone in the investigation. Upon landing at the Carteneau Flats, Cid urges you to hurry on ahead to Omega Control while he moors the *Excelsior*. ※In the event that you leave Omega Control, you may re-enter by speaking with Cid at the Gridania airship landing.
1 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_01 Your party sets off for Rhalgr's Reach in high spirits, eager to recount recent events and enjoy a well-earned rest.
2 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_02 Back at the workshop, Cid receives a dressing down from Jessie for acting without due consultation and placing himself in mortal danger. The exasperated engineer subsequently notes the absence of Biggs and Wedge, who have apparently failed to return from their mission to Omega Control. Fearing that they may have encountered trouble, Cid resolves to look for them, and bids you join him at the airship landing in Gridania, where the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis> awaits.
3 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_03 Upon landing at the Carteneau Flats, Cid urges you to hurry on ahead to Omega Control while he moors the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis>. ※In the event that you leave Omega Control, you may re-enter by speaking with Cid at the Gridania airship landing.
5 4 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_04 4 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_04 Entering the control room, you are dismayed to find Biggs and Wedge sprawled on the floor, a slain fiend beside them. For a blessing, both are still alive, albeit in a bad way. The others soon join you, as does Omega via its communication system. It reveals that it was behind the attempt on the two engineers' lives, and threatens to kill innocent people unless you continue to participate in its experiment. Its objective: to study an anomaly known as heroes. Throughout history, it explains, otherwise unremarkable individuals have triumphed over vastly superior beings, just as you did in the Deltascape. Declaring itself “an enemy to all life upon this star,” Omega finally falls silent, leaving you to attend to your wounded friends. Entering the control room, you are dismayed to find Biggs and Wedge sprawled on the floor, a slain fiend beside them. For a blessing, both are still alive, albeit in a bad way. The others soon join you, as does Omega via its communication system. It reveals that it was behind the attempt on the two engineers' lives, and threatens to kill innocent people unless you continue to participate in its experiment. Its objective: to study an anomaly known as heroes. Throughout history, it explains, otherwise unremarkable individuals have triumphed over vastly superior beings, just as you did in the Deltascape. Declaring itself “an enemy to all life upon this star,” Omega finally falls silent, leaving you to attend to your wounded friends.
6 5 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_05 5 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_05 Back at the airship landing in Gridania, Nero informs you that Biggs and Wedge have been placed in the care of the healers at the Conjurers' Guild. After declaring his intent to visit them, he bids you make for Rhalgr's Reach to apprise Jessie of all that has occurred. Back at the airship landing in Gridania, Nero informs you that Biggs and Wedge have been placed in the care of the healers at the Conjurers' Guild. After declaring his intent to visit them, he bids you make for Rhalgr's Reach to apprise Jessie of all that has occurred.
7 6 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_06 6 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SEQ_06 Jessie is predictably shocked to hear the tidings from Carteneau. Though Biggs and Wedge will recover, Omega's threat looms large, and with little prospect of repairing its stasis system, Cid concludes that you have no choice but to obey its commands. Before long, you will be called to battle once more, and you fully intend to be ready. Jessie is predictably shocked to hear the tidings from Carteneau. Though Biggs and Wedge will recover, Omega's threat looms large, and with little prospect of repairing its stasis system, Cid concludes that you have no choice but to obey its commands. Before long, you will be called to battle once more, and you fully intend to be ready.
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25 24 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_00 24 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_00 Speak with Jessie. Speak with Jessie.
26 25 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_01 25 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_01 Speak with Cid in Gridania. Speak with Cid in Gridania.
27 26 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_02 26 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_02 Investigate Omega Control. Investigate Omega Control.
28 27 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_03 27 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_03 Speak with Nero. Speak with Nero.
29 28 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_04 28 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_TODO_04 Speak with Jessie at Rhalgr's Reach. Speak with Jessie at Rhalgr's Reach.
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49 48 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_000 48 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_000 Kweh! Kweh!
50 49 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_005 49 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_005 For all Garlond's whining, I was cooperative and helpful, was I not? I look forward to many more such forays together, hero. For all Garlond's whining, I was cooperative and helpful, was I not? I look forward to many more such forays together, hero.
51 50 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_GARLONDGATEKEEPER_000_008 50 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_GARLONDGATEKEEPER_000_008 Good to have you back, <If(PlayerParameter(4))>madam<Else/>sir</If>! Worry not─I shall see to it that no one falls in. Good to have you back, madam! Worry not─I shall see to it that no one falls in.
52 51 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_010 51 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_010 Right then, let's head back to Rhalgr's Reach. Jessie will want to know exactly what we've been up to. Right then, let's head back to Rhalgr's Reach. Jessie will want to know exactly what we've been up to.
53 52 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_020 52 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_020 Kweh? Kweh?
54 53 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_025 53 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_025 I've apprised Jessie of our travails, but you may want to let her know you've returned. She claims to have been quite worried... I've apprised Jessie of our travails, but you may want to let her know you've returned. She claims to have been quite worried...
55 54 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_030 54 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_030 Hm, how would Alpha react to seeing a normal chocobo, I wonder. Hm, how would Alpha react to seeing a normal chocobo, I wonder.
56 55 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_040 55 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_040 Welcome back, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. I'm told you've been blazing a trail for us. The way I hear it, our investigation would've long since ground to a halt without you. Welcome back, Player. I'm told you've been blazing a trail for us. The way I hear it, our investigation would've long since ground to a halt without you.
57 56 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_041 56 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_041 I realize you're mostly interested in saving the world, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you helping the company out like this. I realize you're mostly interested in saving the world, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you helping the company out like this.
58 57 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_042 57 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_042 Frankly, we need all the help we can get, what with our esteemed president diving headlong into the jaws of danger without a word of warning to anyone. Irresponsible doesn't begin to describe it. Frankly, we need all the help we can get, what with our esteemed president diving headlong into the jaws of danger without a word of warning to anyone. Irresponsible doesn't begin to describe it.
59 58 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_043 58 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_043 ...You didn't tell her? ...You didn't tell her?
60 59 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_044 59 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_044 I did...after a fashion. Though I may have exercised some...executive discretion. I did...after a fashion. Though I may have exercised some...executive discretion.
61 60 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_045 60 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_045 I'm no stranger to your lone endeavors, or your habit of confusing personal and company interests─but just because you've always done things a certain way, it doesn't make it the <Emphasis>right</Emphasis> way. And until you wake up to your responsibilities, I'm going to keep reminding you of them. I'm no stranger to your lone endeavors, or your habit of confusing personal and company interests─but just because you've always done things a certain way, it doesn't make it the *right* way. And until you wake up to your responsibilities, I'm going to keep reminding you of them.
62 61 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_046 61 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_046 But such irksome matters aside... But such irksome matters aside...
63 62 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_047 62 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_047 Aren't you just the most adorable little thing!? Aren't you just the most adorable little thing!?
64 63 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_048 63 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_048 He followed you here of his own free will, did he? Which means he's basically part of the family! And why <Emphasis>wouldn't</Emphasis> he grant us exclusive rights to use his likeness? Shall we start off with a simple clockwork version? They'll be queuing up in the streets! He followed you here of his own free will, did he? Which means he's basically part of the family! And why *wouldn't* he grant us exclusive rights to use his likeness? Shall we start off with a simple clockwork version? They'll be queuing up in the streets!
65 64 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_049 64 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_049 Oh, you can't be─ What in the seven hells has gotten into you!? Listen─if I've caused you any distress, I apologize, but I will <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> have you comment on our guest's <Emphasis>marketability</Emphasis>! Oh, you can't be─ What in the seven hells has gotten into you!? Listen─if I've caused you any distress, I apologize, but I will *not* have you comment on our guest's *marketability*!
66 65 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_050 65 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_050 Where are Biggs and Wedge? Shouldn't they be back by now? Where are Biggs and Wedge? Shouldn't they be back by now?
67 66 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_051 66 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_051 Oh? I thought you might have sent them off on another unauthorized mission. Last I heard from them, they said they were scouring Omega Control for anything useful. Would've been a good while ago now, though. Oh? I thought you might have sent them off on another unauthorized mission. Last I heard from them, they said they were scouring Omega Control for anything useful. Would've been a good while ago now, though.
68 67 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_052 67 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_052 I don't like the sound of this. Though we have all the necessary permissions, the area is technically a theater of war, and one littered with unknown Allagan artifacts to boot. Something may well have befallen them. I don't like the sound of this. Though we have all the necessary permissions, the area is technically a theater of war, and one littered with unknown Allagan artifacts to boot. Something may well have befallen them.
69 68 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_053 68 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_053 We'd best take the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis> and go and find them. We'd best take the *Excelsior* and go and find them.
70 69 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_054 69 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_054 Hmmm? Leaving again so soon? Hmmm? Leaving again so soon?
71 70 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_055 70 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_055 Nero, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>─I want you two to accompany the chief. Make sure he doesn't do anything rash or take any detours. Nero, Player─I want you two to accompany the chief. Make sure he doesn't do anything rash or take any detours.
72 71 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_056 71 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_056 Consider it done. I shall bring him back even if I have to drag him by the goggle straps. Consider it done. I shall bring him back even if I have to drag him by the goggle straps.
73 72 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_057 72 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_057 Kweh, kweh! Kweh! Kweh, kweh! Kweh!
74 73 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_058 73 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_058 Want to come along, eh? It's probably for the best. If we leave you here, Jessie is liable to take a mold of you. Want to come along, eh? It's probably for the best. If we leave you here, Jessie is liable to take a mold of you.
75 74 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_059 74 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_059 Right, let's get moving. I'll bring the airship to Gridania. Wait for me at the landing. Right, let's get moving. I'll bring the airship to Gridania. Wait for me at the landing.
76 75 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_060 75 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_060 If our esteemed president thinks he's heard the last of this, he's wrong. But our people's safety comes first. Take care, all right? If our esteemed president thinks he's heard the last of this, he's wrong. But our people's safety comes first. Take care, all right?
77 76 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_065 76 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_065 Kweh... Kweh? Kweh... Kweh?
78 77 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_070 77 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_070 Another chance to board the famous <Emphasis>Enterprise Excelsior</Emphasis>. Aren't I a lucky boy. Another chance to board the famous *Enterprise Excelsior*. Aren't I a lucky boy.
79 78 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_080 78 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_080 Looks like we're all here. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats. Looks like we're all here. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats.
80 79 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_100 79 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_100 Go on ahead to the control room, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>. We'll follow as soon as we've moored the <Emphasis>Excelsior</Emphasis>. Go on ahead to the control room, Player. We'll follow as soon as we've moored the *Excelsior*.
81 80 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_110 80 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_110 Everything in order? Good. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats. Everything in order? Good. Let's make haste to the Carteneau Flats.
82 81 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_115 81 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_115 He is unconscious. He is unconscious.
83 82 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_118 82 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_SYSTEM_000_118 Exit Omega Control? Exit Omega Control?
84 83 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_150 83 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_150 Seven hells! Biggs, Wedge! Seven hells! Biggs, Wedge!
85 84 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_151 84 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_151 Are you all right!? Answer me! Are you all right!? Answer me!
86 85 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_152 85 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_152 Ch-Chief? <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>? Ch-Chief? Player?
87 86 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_153 86 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_WEDGE_000_153 A monster...appeared out of thin air... A monster...appeared out of thin air...
88 87 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_154 87 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_154 (-???-)<blip> Targets exhibit vital signs. Mission failed. (-???-)<blip> Targets exhibit vital signs. Mission failed.
89 88 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_155 88 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_155 (-???-)However, Alpha group members exhibit heightened levels of stress. Objective fulfilled. (-???-)However, Alpha group members exhibit heightened levels of stress. Objective fulfilled.
90 89 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_156 89 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_156 Omega!? You set that thing upon them!? Omega!? You set that thing upon them!?
91 90 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_157 90 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_157 (-Omega-)Affirmative. I am able to create simple life-forms instantaneously at any temporal or spatial coordinate. (-Omega-)Affirmative. I am able to create simple life-forms instantaneously at any temporal or spatial coordinate.
92 91 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_158 91 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_158 (-Omega-)Such beings may pose a negligible threat to you. However... (-Omega-)Such beings may pose a negligible threat to you. However...
93 92 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_159 92 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_159 (-Omega-)They are more than sufficient to grievously wound or kill the majority of your kind. (-Omega-)They are more than sufficient to grievously wound or kill the majority of your kind.
94 93 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_160 93 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_160 (-Omega-)I could instigate a massacre at any time, and you would be powerless to prevent it. (-Omega-)I could instigate a massacre at any time, and you would be powerless to prevent it.
95 94 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_161 94 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_161 Do I detect a shift in policy? Quantity over quality? Do I detect a shift in policy? Quantity over quality?
96 95 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_162 95 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_162 (-Omega-)Negative. My objective remains unchanged: evolution through formidable opposition. (-Omega-)Negative. My objective remains unchanged: evolution through formidable opposition.
97 96 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_163 96 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_163 (-Omega-)However, in the course of seeking suitable subjects, I observed an anomaly: those whom you call heroes. (-Omega-)However, in the course of seeking suitable subjects, I observed an anomaly: those whom you call heroes.
98 97 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_164 97 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_164 (-Omega-)History shows numerous instances of otherwise unremarkable individuals who have defeated vastly superior beings. Who triumphed in the face of apparently impossible odds. Who performed what are popularly termed “miracles.” (-Omega-)History shows numerous instances of otherwise unremarkable individuals who have defeated vastly superior beings. Who triumphed in the face of apparently impossible odds. Who performed what are popularly termed “miracles.”
99 98 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_165 98 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_165 (-Omega-)This has occurred too frequently to be dismissed as a mere statistical aberration. (-Omega-)This has occurred too frequently to be dismissed as a mere statistical aberration.
100 99 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_166 99 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_166 (-Omega-)I seek to understand this phenomenon. Should it prove to be of benefit, I will incorporate it into my own evolution. It is for this purpose that I brought you to my domain. (-Omega-)I seek to understand this phenomenon. Should it prove to be of benefit, I will incorporate it into my own evolution. It is for this purpose that I brought you to my domain.
101 100 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_167 100 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_167 Hmph, so putting on a show at the Yawn and planting Alpha in our midst was but a part of your grand plan. Hmph, so putting on a show at the Yawn and planting Alpha in our midst was but a part of your grand plan.
102 101 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_168 101 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_168 (-Omega-)By your victories, you have demonstrated the selfsame anomaly. You are fit to remain my subjects. (-Omega-)By your victories, you have demonstrated the selfsame anomaly. You are fit to remain my subjects.
103 102 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_169 102 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_169 (-Omega-)You will continue participating in my experiment. Withdraw, and I will commence the extermination of your kind. (-Omega-)You will continue participating in my experiment. Withdraw, and I will commence the extermination of your kind.
104 103 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_170 103 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_OMEGA_000_170 (-Omega-)This is an order. A threat. A declaration of war. I am an enemy to all life upon this star. (-Omega-)This is an order. A threat. A declaration of war. I am an enemy to all life upon this star.
105 104 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_171 104 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_171 ...'Twould seem we have much to ponder. But first things first: we must tend to our friends. Quickly─help me carry them. ...'Twould seem we have much to ponder. But first things first: we must tend to our friends. Quickly─help me carry them.
106 105 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_180 105 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_180 Garlond and Alpha took our two wounded to the Conjurers' Guild. Garlond and Alpha took our two wounded to the Conjurers' Guild.
107 106 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_181 106 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_181 The chief bids me lend a hand, so I suppose I shall take myself there too. The chief bids me lend a hand, so I suppose I shall take myself there too.
108 107 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_182 107 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_182 You, meanwhile, are to return to Rhalgr's Reach and report to Jessie. You, meanwhile, are to return to Rhalgr's Reach and report to Jessie.
109 108 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_190 108 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_190 <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, I heard there was trouble! What in the seven hells happened!? Player, I heard there was trouble! What in the seven hells happened!?
110 109 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_191 109 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_191 What!? Omega loosed a fiend on Biggs and Wedge!? What!? Omega loosed a fiend on Biggs and Wedge!?
111 110 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_192 110 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_192 Toying with people's lives like it was all a game... This is madness! Toying with people's lives like it was all a game... This is madness!
112 111 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_193 111 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_193 S-Sir! Will they be all right!? S-Sir! Will they be all right!?
113 112 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_194 112 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_194 The worst is passed, but they still drift in and out of consciousness. They'll remain in the conjurers' care for a time. The worst is passed, but they still drift in and out of consciousness. They'll remain in the conjurers' care for a time.
114 113 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_195 113 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_195 Then all we can do is wait and pray... Then all we can do is wait and pray...
115 114 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_196 114 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_196 Bah! Gods strike me down for a fool! I should have been more mindful of the dangers! I should never have─ Bah! Gods strike me down for a fool! I should have been more mindful of the dangers! I should never have─
116 115 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_197 115 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_197 Should never have what? Activated Omega? You know as well as I do that there was no other way to defeat Shinryu. Should never have what? Activated Omega? You know as well as I do that there was no other way to defeat Shinryu.
117 116 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_198 116 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_198 But is this truly any better? All of mankind is being held to ransom! And as the one who activated Omega, I bear the responsibility! But is this truly any better? All of mankind is being held to ransom! And as the one who activated Omega, I bear the responsibility!
118 117 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_199 117 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_199 The responsibility... <sigh> Just the kind of thing the new you would say. The responsibility... <sigh> Just the kind of thing the new you would say.
119 118 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_200 118 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_200 You are deluding yourself, Garlond. We are <Emphasis>scientists</Emphasis>, not heroes. Even you must concede your talents do not extend to combat. You are deluding yourself, Garlond. We are *scientists*, not heroes. Even you must concede your talents do not extend to combat.
120 119 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_201 119 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_201 The old you understood this far better. <Emphasis>He</Emphasis> only looked forwards, and gave himself wholly to science. The old you understood this far better. *He* only looked forwards, and gave himself wholly to science.
121 120 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_202 120 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_202 And then you changed. You styled yourself a pacifist and started spouting tripe about the <Emphasis>proper</Emphasis> uses of technology. 'Twas in the wake of your old man's mishap at Bozja, I believe. And then you changed. You styled yourself a pacifist and started spouting tripe about the *proper* uses of technology. 'Twas in the wake of your old man's mishap at Bozja, I believe.
122 121 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_203 121 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_203 Calm yourself. All I wished to say is, embrace who you are─a man who devotes his mind to making the impossible possible. Calm yourself. All I wished to say is, embrace who you are─a man who devotes his mind to making the impossible possible.
123 122 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_204 122 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_204 With little prospect of restoring the stasis system, I'm afraid we have no recourse but to continue participating in Omega's tests. With little prospect of restoring the stasis system, I'm afraid we have no recourse but to continue participating in Omega's tests.
124 123 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_205 123 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_205 Assuming Midgardsormr has the right of it, we face a legion of foes from history, both real and imagined. Assuming Midgardsormr has the right of it, we face a legion of foes from history, both real and imagined.
125 124 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_206 124 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_206 Though I may not be the one who charges into the fray, I shall fight beside you as best I know how. That said...it will inevitably fall to you to administer the coup de grâce, old friend, so please...for Biggs and Wedge, and all of us─don't lose! Though I may not be the one who charges into the fray, I shall fight beside you as best I know how. That said...it will inevitably fall to you to administer the coup de grâce, old friend, so please...for Biggs and Wedge, and all of us─don't lose!
126 125 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_207 125 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_ALPHA_000_207 Kweh! Kweh, kweh! Kweh! Kweh, kweh!
127 126 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_208 126 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_JESSIE_000_208 I reckon the little scamp is trying to encourage us. I reckon the little scamp is trying to encourage us.
128 127 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_209 127 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_NERO_000_209 We've fallen far indeed to earn its pity...said the former tribunus. <sigh> Until such time as Omega next extends us an invitation, you will find me analyzing the data from our investigation. Good <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>morrow</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If> to you. We've fallen far indeed to earn its pity...said the former tribunus. <sigh> Until such time as Omega next extends us an invitation, you will find me analyzing the data from our investigation. Good evening to you.
129 128 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_210 128 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_210 Before they were attacked, Biggs and Wedge discovered a tomestone. Before they were attacked, Biggs and Wedge discovered a tomestone.
130 129 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_211 129 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_211 I shall examine its contents and make the information available on the terminal over there as I extract it. Feel free to refer to it whenever the occasion arises. I shall examine its contents and make the information available on the terminal over there as I extract it. Feel free to refer to it whenever the occasion arises.
131 130 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_212 130 TEXT_STMBDR106_02933_CID_000_212 There's no telling when Omega will summon us, but we must all see that we are ready when it does. Fear not, old friend. We'll get through it together...somehow or other. There's no telling when Omega will summon us, but we must all see that we are ready when it does. Fear not, old friend. We'll get through it together...somehow or other.
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