A Troubling Discovery
| A Troubling Discovery | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Contract |
| Contract Chain | Quarantine |
| Contract Group | The Scourge |
| Issuer | Frida Maltros |
| Repeatable | No |
| Rewards |
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| Added in Version | 1.5.15.0 |
So apparently our flesh-shaping friend in Harko Village has been running the samples you collected through his "machinery".
I'll be honest, I don't care much for how the Tleilaxu do what they do. They might make the most potent stims, but is it worth it?
Still Phrakk wants to speak to you about his findings in Harko Village. Maybe I'll tag along. Definitely not to top up on his ridiculously powerful stims. No, I just need the information.
Acquiring
Issued by Frida Maltros during The Scourge event, as a means of funnelling players to Phrakk to start the next Contract, What the Doctor Ordered.
Objectives
- Talk to Phrakk in Harko Village
Findings
Hallucination in Harko Village on the way to Phrakk
Unknown: The ghost ship blessed us with terrible vision. The ghost ship still abides out there.
Dialogue
When accepting mission
Frida Maltros: Hello, again. Were I you, I'd keep my distance. The infection grows rampant here. Player: Is Phrakk's research progressing? Frida Maltros: Oh, you mean the Tleilaxu pig? He asked for you. Will only speak to you. Does not think I am worthy to hear his news. Frida Maltros: You should visit him in Harko Village. Player: [1] (Accept contract) Yes, I'll speak with Phrakk. [2] {Declines contract} I don't wish to take on that contract just now.
When talking to Phrakk
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
You again. What is it now?
Player:
You were looking for me?
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
I have completed my analysis. Take the results to Shaffat.
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
I could synthesize a cure from them, but the process would require several weeks.
Player:
And Shaffat?
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
Hours, most likely. The Suk Inner School produces few original thinkers, but remarkably efficient clinicians once someone else identifies the problem.
Player:
Is she better than you at something?
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
At synthesis under urgency? Certainly. But a cleaver is not superior to a scalpel because it divides a carcass more quickly.
Player:
[1] Bring back the results, is that all?
[2] Before I go, there's something else. I've started hearing a voice.
Fleshshaper Phrakk:
(2) You have developed an unfamiliar neurological symptom and only now thought to mention it.
Player:
[2.1.1] So the voice isn't just in my head.
[2.1.2] I couldn't make sense of it. Orders. Warnings. Someone preparing for an attack.
Fleshshaper Phrakk: (2.1.2) Your samples exhibit the same pathology: aggression, paranoia, and hallucinations shared between subjects who have never met. Player: [2.1.1] So the voice isn't just in my head.
Fleshshaper Phrakk: (2.1.1) Where else did you imagine a hallucination would reside? Player: Can you cure it? Fleshshaper Phrakk: Not from these samples. They reveal what the disease does to its host, not how to reverse it. Player: So this is where Shaffat comes in. Fleshshaper Phrakk: Take her my findings. Once the labor of though has been completed, even Imperial medicine becomes remarkably efficient. Player: Is that all? Fleshshaper Phrakk: Not quite. If Shaffat's investigation places the means of synthesizing a cure in your hands, bring it to me first. Player: Why would I do that? Fleshshaper Phrakk: Shaffat will use it to cure the disease. Admirable, necessary, and intellectually wasteful. Fleshshaper Phrakk: I would prefer to understand the strain before she renders it harmless. Player: [2.2.1] You want to turn it into a weapon. [2.2.2] [IXIAN] I've seen Tleilaxu research conducted under occupation. It never remains research for long. [2.2.3] [HARKONNEN] Then whatever you learn from the strain belongs to the Baron.
Fleshshaper Phrakk: (2.2.2) And survived it. Ix has spent years mistaking the interruption of our work for a refutation of it. Player: [2.2.2] And now you want to repeat it here. Fleshshaper Phrakk: [2.2.2] I have no desire to repeat a failure.
Fleshshaper Phrakk: [2.2.2] Give me the first incision, and Shaffat may have what remains. The cure need not be delayed, and I can make your discretion profitable. Player: [2.3.1] (Accept Contract) Give me the findings. I'll take them to Shaffat - and remember your offer. [2.3.2] Find someone else to carry your research. I want no part of this.