ffxiv-datamining/csv/en/quest/029/StmBdr101_02928.csv

1	0	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_00	Wedge wears the expression of a man at his wit's end.
2	1	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_01	In the course of their search for Omega, your friends at the Garlond Ironworks have come to Rhalgr's Reach. Apparently, however, they have since encountered some manner of problem which is hindering further progress. That you might grasp the nature of the problem in question, Wedge invites you to join him and Biggs at the workshop.
3	2	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_02	You learn to your surprise that Nero tol Scaeva has been offered employment at the Ironworks without prior approval from Cid, who is none too pleased. At length, he grudgingly agrees to tolerate his old rival's presence, and takes the opportunity to beseech your aid in the ongoing investigation into Omega. Moments later, an engineer rushes in with grave tidings: aetheric readings have risen alarmingly at the Yawn, where Omega is thought to be hiding. Fearing the worst, Cid resolves at once to visit the scene and asks that you accompany him.
4	3	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_03	As you stare at the pool of condensed aether that fills the Yawn, Midgardsormr stirs from his slumber to inform you that Omega does indeed await within. Then, without warning, a chocobo-like creature bursts out of the pool followed by an enormous, translucent serpent. Once the initial panic has passed, Midgardsormr explains that Omega is capable of bringing forth life, and that the serpent was one of its creations. All eyes duly turn to what appears to be an approximation of a chocobo, which has settled at the party's side.
5	4	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_04	Through Midgardsormr, the chocobo describes a strange plane beyond the Yawn. There, Omega appears to be testing its creations, and the only way to find out more is to venture in─by taking a plunge into the pink pool.
6	5	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_05	Together with your comrades, you jump into the Yawn and find yourself in a rift between dimensions. Shortly thereafter, Omega reaches out to you via one of its monitors and declares that you are to participate in an experiment. It seeks to determine the mightiest being by pitting subjects against one another in combat, to which end it has selected and recreated eighty-nine entities. You are provisionally assigned to the Alpha group, so named for your new chocobo friend, and your first task will be to fight your way to a place called the Deltascape. In so doing, you will prove your fitness to be fully fledged test subjects. ※In the event that you leave the Interdimensional Rift, you may re-enter by speaking with the Ironworks hand at the Yawn.
7	6	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_06	You win through to the egg-shaped Deltascape─one of many such structures floating in the rift─thereby confirming your status as test subjects...albeit the weakest of them all. Omega duly grants you time and space to prepare for your next trial: entering the Deltascape and defeating all the subjects within. After your host leaves, you and your companions set about establishing an improvised base of operations.
8	7	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SEQ_07	Having secured a foothold in the rift, the party turns its attention to the challenges that lie ahead. Whatever else stands between you and Omega, there seems little doubt that your combat skills will be tested to their limit...and perhaps beyond.
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25	24	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_00	Speak with Biggs.
26	25	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_01	Speak with Cid at the Yawn.
27	26	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_02	Speak with the chocobo.
28	27	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_03	Speak with Cid.
29	28	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_04	Speak with Cid.
30	29	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_TODO_05	Speak with Cid.
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49	48	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_000	Well, I'll be damned! Player! If this isn't fate, I don't know what is.
50	49	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_010	<gasp> Player, thank the gods you're here! We need your help!
51	50	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_011	In case you haven't heard, we've set up operations in Rhalgr's Reach, while we look for Omega.
52	51	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_012	It's been decidedly slow going, I'm sorry to say, and we still haven't seen the blasted thing since it disappeared during the battle with Shinryu.
53	52	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_013	...Which is not to say we haven't made any progress. We know now that Shinryu ended up in the imperials' hands, and that it was shackled with some very distinctive-looking bindings when they found it.
54	53	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_014	Obviously, only you-know-what could have done something like that, and the fact that the restraints were still functioning suggests it didn't shut down when the chief instructed it to either.
55	54	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_015	Anyway, we were getting close to identifying Omega's whereabouts when we encountered...what you might call...a problem. Mayhap it would be best if you came to the workshop and saw for yourself.
56	55	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_020	Go on! *Suggest something*! And I'll be sure to do the exact bloody opposite!
57	56	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_025	Come now, *Chief*... That isn't terribly constructive.
58	57	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_030	...Spot the problem?
59	58	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_JESSIE_000_035	<sigh> So much for improving efficiency...
60	59	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_040	...Surprised? Aye, so were we. He's been brought in as a “consultant,” believe it or not.
61	60	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_041	How many times do I have to tell you!? You will play *no part* in this investigation!
62	61	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_042	Your motives were dubious from the first, and nothing you have done since has served to make them any clearer.
63	62	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_043	Out of necessity, I agreed to take part in Omega's activation, but that will be the extent of our cooperation!
64	63	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_044	Passing judgment without due consideration, openly disparaging colleagues... Not very chiefly of you, Chief.
65	64	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_045	I'll have you know I'm a sensitive new recruit who thrives on encouragement.
66	65	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_046	Then I trust you'll thrive elsewhere when I encourage you to piss off!
67	66	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_047	I will not have him on our roster, Jessie─never mind anywhere near our work. His employment is to be terminated, effective immediately!
68	67	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_JESSIE_000_048	The thing is, Chief...we've already paid him in full. And it wasn't exactly a pittance, either. Four-fifths what you get was the agreement.
69	68	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_JESSIE_000_049	Look, whatever disagreements you might've had in the past, the fact is, we could do with his expertise now. Let him earn his keep, at the very least.
70	69	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_050	I don't believe this... You claim my *wholly justified* ventures represent an “unsustainable risk to the Ironworks”─and then pay him a sultan's ransom in advance!? *Him*!? Give me strength...!
71	70	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_100_050	This has been the way of it for a while now... On account of which, we've had to put the investigation on hold...
72	71	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_Q1_000_051	What will you say?
73	72	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_A1_000_052	Let's investigate by ourselves.
74	73	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_A1_000_053	Let me know how it goes. I'm leaving.
75	74	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_054	Tsk-tsk. As much as I admire your enthusiasm, hero, you will not get very far without some brains to complement your admirable brawn. Happily, I am blessed with a surfeit of the former.
76	75	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_055	From this moment forth, you shall be my chaperone. With the realm's savior watching my every move, I couldn't possibly make any mischief─which should surely serve to allay my employer's concerns?
77	76	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_056	Tsk-tsk. It is not like you to shirk your duties, hero. Were you not present at Omega's activation? And are you not therefore jointly responsible for the havoc it may wreak if left to its own devices? I think we both know the answer.
78	77	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_057	From this moment forth, you shall be my chaperone. With the realm's savior watching my every move, I couldn't possibly make any mischief─which should surely serve to allay my employer's concerns?
79	78	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_058	Forgive me, Player. It was not my intent to embroil you in this mess. I didn't even know you were here. Seeing as you are, though...I cannot deny that I would be glad to have you on board.
80	79	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_059	The fact is, we are no closer to understanding the true extent of Omega's powers, and even if it was damaged during its encounter with Shinryu, it seems highly doubtful that we will be able to disable it unaided.
81	80	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_060	We have got as far as identifying its likely resting place, but I for one would feel a lot more confident about surveying the area with you around to deal with any unexpected surprises. Might I persuade you to lend us a hand once more, old friend?
82	81	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_061	Then it's settled!
83	82	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_STAFF02928_000_062	Ch-Chief, we have a problem! The aetheric concentration levels at the Yawn are soaring. Our readings doubled from one moment to the next, and by the time we went to check them, they'd doubled again!
84	83	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_063	What? But that could only mean─
85	84	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_064	Evacuate the site. I shall handle this matter personally.
86	85	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_065	Biggs, Wedge, Player─I need you with me at the Yawn, to the south of here. That's where we believe Omega came to rest.
87	86	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_066	Jessie─hold the fort while I'm gone. And, if possible, continue surveillance from a safe distance.
88	87	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_JESSIE_000_067	All right, Chief. Watch yourself out there.
89	88	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_068	...Am I to stay and *mind the shop* too?
90	89	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_069	Oh no. I'm not letting you out of my sight. But before you fill the room with maniacal laughter, I want you to remember something: when you collected your inexplicably lavish fee, the Ironworks' creed became *your* creed. That's “Freedom through Technology,” in case you've forgotten─not “Supremacy through Allagan Ingenuity.” Breach this contract and I will have my ponze of flesh.
91	90	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_JESSIE_000_070	I'll take care of things here. Look after everyone for me, all right? I need the boys back and innovating before our customers tire of our current offerings.
92	91	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_075	Hah, would you look at that!
93	92	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_080	I've got a bad feeling about this...
94	93	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_085	C-Crikey! It was just a plain old hole before!
95	94	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_100	What in the seven hells is going on here?
96	95	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_101	A veritable sea of condensed aether... Our precious has been busy.
97	96	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_102	(-???-)Hmmm... What villainy is this?
98	97	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_103	In slumber sweet have I lain since mine offsprings' war with man did end. Yet I could not choose but stir at this abhorrent stench.
99	98	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_104	Have care, mortal. For within this great hollow lieth Omega.
100	99	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_105	Long have we known one another. Our history spanneth eons and stars.
101	100	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_106	Oh gods, what's happening!?
102	101	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_107	Chief! Get out of there!
103	102	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_108	Eh!? You─ You're not dead!
104	103	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_109	Apparently not. It passed straight through me...as if it were some sort of illusion.
105	104	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_110	'Tis one of Omega's creations.
106	105	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_111	Omega is a weapon wrought in a place beyond the reach of thy kind, capable of weaving aether into life.
107	106	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_112	That serpent is yet unfinished, but doubt not that it will become a corporeal threat ere long.
108	107	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_113	Well, whatever it is, it's gone.
109	108	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_114	While this peculiar thing remains.
110	109	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_115	(-???-)Kweh?
111	110	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_116	If it looks like a chocobo...and *kwehs* like a chocobo...
112	111	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_117	...I'm thinking it's probably a chocobo?
113	112	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_120	I've no idea what it is, but it doesn't seem to pose any immediate threat.
114	113	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_125	Fascinating. We should dissect it. In the name of science.
115	114	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_130	...It looks like a chocobo in the same way a mammet looks like a person, if you know what I mean?
116	115	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_135	You heard him kweh, didn't you? He's a chocobo, I'm sure of it!
117	116	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_140	Kweh?
118	117	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_141	Hmmm... The way it kwehs isn't unlike a chocobo, but it looks more like a stuffed doll to me.
119	118	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_142	It's definitely a chocobo, trust me on this. The ones we Lalafells ride are all about this size, aren't they?
120	119	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_143	I s'pose... Aye, all right, let's go with chocobo for now.
121	120	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_144	Thy mistress's blessing extendeth not unto this creature's soul, then...?
122	121	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_145	Very well. As this matter concerneth Omega, I shall speak with it in thy stead.
123	122	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_146	Uh...Player? Aren't you going to introduce us to your knowledgeable little dragon friend?
124	123	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_147	What, *the* Midgardsormr─who fought and fell at the Battle of Silvertear Skies!?
125	124	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_148	And here I was, content to be traveling in the company of just *one* legend. Without wishing to offend you, hero, the Father of Dragons does have something you do not, that being relevant knowledge. There is much we could learn from him...
126	125	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_0149	Little and less is known about Omega's origin. It first appeared in records dating back to the Third Astral Era, before the Allagan Empire reached its zenith, and said records had but the one thing to say: “Omega activation successful.”
127	126	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_150	In the centuries that followed, the Allagans enjoyed rapid technological development, but there was nary a further mention of Omega until its capture of Bahamut.
128	127	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_151	Its existence is a mystery among mysteries, a tale among tales. 'Twas always assumed that the Allagans built it, and I had no reason to believe otherwise.
129	128	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_152	But now Midgardsormr tells us that it's not even of our world.
130	129	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_153	Just so. It haileth from another star. More than that I will not say.
131	130	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_154	I have spoken with this being. It telleth of a strange plane beyond this hollow, wherein it did reside from the moment of its creation.
132	131	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_155	For reasons unknown, it was ordered to fight. Yet being weak, it chose flight instead, and thus crossed over unto this world.
133	132	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_156	Ordered to fight...by Omega? Why in the seven hells would it do that?
134	133	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_157	To put its creations to the proof.
135	134	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_158	If you would know more, go forth and look upon the truth with your own eyes.
136	135	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_159	Wait...you're saying we should jump in!?
137	136	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_160	You have naught to fear from the fall. The hollow hath become a portal into Omega's domain. Once there, this being shall guide you.
138	137	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_MIDGARDSORMR_000_161	Servant of Hydaelyn... Fate bindeth me to Omega. If it be thine intent to pursue it, I shall lend thee my strength.
139	138	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_162	So you, uh...really can show us around inside the hole, can you?
140	139	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_163	Kweh! Kweh!
141	140	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_170	Kweh!
142	141	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_175	Hm hm! This day just keeps getting better and better!
143	142	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_180	Are we seriously thinking about going for a dip in that pink muck?
144	143	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_185	I-I'm not too keen on this jumping idea. There are rocks that can swim better than me.
145	144	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_189	Well...I doubt any of us imagined things would come to this, but the Father of Dragons has given his assurance. Let us take our investigation into the Yawn.
146	145	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_190	I have already apprised Jessie of our intent and instructed her to have our engineers on standby.
147	146	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_191	Since we have no way of knowing what awaits us in there, I need you to be ready for anything. Are you?
148	147	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_192	Let us begin!
149	148	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_200	Wh-What is this place!?
150	149	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_201	And what's wrong with us!? I can see straight through me!
151	150	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_202	(-???-)Welcome home, Alpha. Welcome, mortals.
152	151	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_203	I am Omega, and I have awaited your coming. I communicate with you now via one of my monitors.
153	152	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_204	You stand in the rift between dimensions, where a vital experiment is presently in progress.
154	153	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_205	Your participation is appreciated. Please indicate your consent. <blip>
155	154	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_206	Experiment? If you want our participation, you'll have to tell us a little more than that.
156	155	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_207	Uwaaah! We're disappearing!
157	156	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_208	Non-participating entities will be summarily erased. Please indicate your consent. <blip>
158	157	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_209	It seems we can't even exist here without Omega's leave.
159	158	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_210	I think it's fairly clear what we have to do, don't you!?
160	159	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_Q3_000_211	What will you say?
161	160	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_A3_000_212	All right! We consent!
162	161	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_A3_000_213	Chocobo, what should we do!?
163	162	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_214	Thank you for your cooperation. You are provisionally assigned to the Alpha group.
164	163	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_215	Looks like some manner of tower...or egg.
165	164	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_216	The aim of the experiment is to determine the mightiest being in creation.
166	165	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_217	To that end, eighty-nine candidates have been selected and recreated. They are grouped by dimension, matched by strength, and pitted against one another.
167	166	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_218	That which you identify as a chocobo is subject Alpha, and you have been assigned to its group.
168	167	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_219	This assignation is tentative, however, pending an assessment of your fitness to serve as fully fledged test subjects. Your combat capabilities will be evaluated shortly.
169	168	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_220	Combat capabilities? You mean you want us to fight?
170	169	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_221	Affirmative. A course shall be constructed for this purpose, through which you must attempt to fight your way. Your suitability will be confirmed upon reaching the Deltascape test world beyond.
171	170	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_222	Please note, however, that only entities with existential authorization may interact with objects in the rift.
172	171	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_223	Of your number, only Alpha has this at present.
173	172	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_224	Before you may engage in combat, said authorization must be temporarily transferred to you. <blip> <bloop>
174	173	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_225	Hah, an invitation from Omega itself! Not even I could've foreseen this!
175	174	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_226	We are accepting it, of course? It's preferable to summary erasure, as I'm sure you'll agree.
176	175	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_227	Alpha, was it? My colleagues and I are minded to participate in Omega's experiment. Will you transfer your authorization to us?
177	176	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_LEVELCHECKER_000_228	<beep> Existential authorization transferred. Subjects ready to engage. Please begin at your own convenience and proceed as directed.
178	177	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_GARLONDGATEKEEPER_000_230	Good evening to you, madam. Will you be descending into the Yawn?
179	178	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_SYSTEM_000_231	Enter the Interdimensional Rift?
180	179	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_250	That's our goal, the Deltascape, if I'm not mistaken. What do you think is waiting for us in there?
181	180	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_251	Omega said that it groups subjects by dimension.
182	181	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_252	If the creatures we fought on the way were merely intended to separate the wheat from the chaff, it would seem certain that far greater challenges await inside these egg-like objects─our fellow test subjects, most like...
183	182	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_253	But I am not certain what to make of that castle. Could it somehow be connected to the subjects?
184	183	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_254	Kweh!
185	184	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_255	Alpha! But hold on a moment... Shouldn't either one or the other of us be translucent?
186	185	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_256	(-Omega-)<blip> Subjects confirmed to have arrived at the Deltascape. Analysis complete.
187	186	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_257	(-Omega-)Congratulations, you are approved for participation. Your strength places you in the selfsame tier as Alpha─the feeblest and farthest removed from myself.
188	187	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_258	(-Omega-)Nonetheless, you are now fully fledged test subjects. Welcome, weakest of challengers.
189	188	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_259	(-Omega-)As corporeal life-forms, you need not undergo development within a test world. Instead, you may use this space freely.
190	189	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_260	Not quite what I would have chosen, but one must make do. ...Speaking of which: what is it that we're supposed to do, exactly?
191	190	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_261	(-Omega-)You are to enter the Deltascape and defeat all test subjects within.
192	191	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_262	(-Omega-)Please note, however, that strength in numbers will not be acknowledged. There is a strict limit upon how many entities may participate in combat.
193	192	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_OMEGA_000_263	(-Omega-)Only a small party may have existential authorization transferred from Alpha. Good luck. <blip>
194	193	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_264	So the eggs *do* contain our fellow test subjects─just as I predicted, eh, Garlond?
195	194	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_265	Before we turn our thoughts to the Deltascape, I suggest we set up a base of operations here.
196	195	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_ALPHA_000_270	Kweh?
197	196	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_NERO_000_275	Quite impressive for an improvised arrangement, even if I do say so myself. Now then, let us see what we can learn from our host's many monitors.
198	197	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_BIGGS_000_280	I was thinking about asking the crew to throw some supplies in after us. But only the gods know if they'd make it here in one piece. You can bet they wouldn't be the right way up if they did, though.
199	198	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_285	Whew... All that jumping and fading and fighting really took it out of me...
200	199	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_WEDGE_000_290	What I need now is a steaming-hot cup of tea...and nothing makes a better brew than the Mark XIV Thermocoil Boilmaster, coming soon to a Garlond Ironworks-approved vendor near you! ...S-Sorry. Jessie made me do it.
201	200	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_300	It's somewhat cobbled together, but this should suffice as a base of operations.
202	201	TEXT_STMBDR101_02928_CID_000_301	Take heart, old friend. Though every step we take seems to raise more questions, we will wade through this mire of mysteries eventually, of that I have no doubt.