奪われた野望(STOLEN DREAMS)

INTERCEPTED MESSAGE:Grineer Commander Tyl Regor
The rat Maroo takes us for fools. Find her,we must recover
the new Arcana Codex befor she sells it to the Corpus.
If she no longer has the codes, you may use any extraction
technigues necessary to learn their whereabouts.
This interrogation can be her punishment, she need not surive.

 

You are commanded,
Tyl Regor

Lotus:

This is unexpected. After decades of searching.
the Grineer finally uncovered the last of the Arcana Codices
only to lose it to some thief.

Tyl Regor must be livid, which means this Maroo is real trouble.
I need to have a word with her before the Grineer do.

Ordis:

Arcana Codices, why have I never heard of them?
Ordis needs to do some research.

Lotus:

I have tracked Maroo to this Corpus outpost.
Bring her to me for questioning.
Be as persuasive as necessary.
she may not want to come with us
but it's in her best interest.

The Arcane Codices have been a mystery ever since they were
uncovered decades ago. They appear to be part of a set that
was incomplete until the Grineer found this final code.
Without the full set nobody can agree on what exactly they are.

Lotus:

Maroo, I am the Lotus. I come as a friend.
You are in mortal danger and you need to come with us.

Oh, so you tin-suits want to know about that Arcane Codex?
Heh, is that all?

 

Okey here goes.
Tyl Regor offered up big time credits for me to pull the code from some
strange machine on an Infested Orokin Derelict.

 

Thing is, I never much linked the Grineer,
so the code I pulled ain't the code I gave em.
Heh(Heheheh), I guess they've finally figured that out?

 

I bet you're looking to get your hands on the code?
Too bad, I already sold em to the Corpus...
Now, if you were to make it worth my while?
Maybe I'd tell you where they're keeping it...

Maroo:

Listen up ya tin-suits, with the Grineer itching to torture the life
out of me. I've accepted your Lotus's offer of protection.
In return, I'm gonna help your sorry behinds find that Arcane Codex.

Lotus:

My tenno are quite capable, Maroo.
Perhaps you would prefer it
if we dropped you of outside the nearest Grineer mining asteroid?

Maroo:

Wow. she always this much fun?

Lotus:

Maroo ?

Maroo:

Fine... here's the business.
The Corpus are keeping the Codex in one of these fortified
date vaults, you gotta break in and take what's your without
triggering the date destruction sequence.

Maroo:

The data vault is nearby. Do your best and try not to trip the alarms.

Maroo:

Surprisingly impressive, you found the codex and the Courpus are none the wiser.
You got that Codex. Why don't you see if the Corpus are hiding anything
else in the other vaults.

Maroo:

There's the codex.There might be hope for you after all.

Maroo:

You've explored all the vaults and found that Arcane Codex.
Your Lotus told me to tell you to get to extraction.

Ordis:

Operator, I've been looking into these Arcane Codices.
Did you know the Corpus are in possession of three codices and the Grineer two?

Lotus:

And now the Tenno have one too.
Nobody has ever examined them all together, that's our plan.

Ordis:

The Corpus seem think they'll lead to some lost Orokin treasure.

Maroo:

Ordo, did you say treasure?

Ordis:

It's Ordis, and while just a theory, it is plausible.

Maroo:

Either way, it's right up my alley.

Lotus:

Maroo tells me that the Grineer are storing their two Arcane Codices
on this Galleon. You need to find both to complete this mission.

Maroo:

The Grineer claim the Arcane Codices will help them to a cure for cloning
decay syndrome. I think that might be wishful thinking.

Lotus:

Good work. You found an Arcane Codex.

That's it. That's the Arcana Codex.

You've got codices and there is nothing more for us here.
Get ot extraction.

Ordis:

Operator, have you looked at these codices?
They're absolutely beautiful.
Composed with such elegance and grace.
I have never seen anything like them.
Is there even an Operator capable of writing anything so perfect?

Maroo:

But you still have no idea what they mean, do you?

Ordis:

No, not really, pfft･･･ well, I wouldn't expect the likes of you to understand.

Lotus:

We've tracked down the remaining Arcane Codices to this Corpus facility.

There are three data vaults and three Codices.
Proceed with caution, if Corpus security destroy even
one of these fragments this mission will be a failure.

We have all the three codices, you may extract now.

Ordis:

Operator, these make sense now!
This is machine code, meant to interface directly with a machine.
Pity that machine has likely rusted into dust by now.

Maroo:

ORDO? Did you say something about a machine?*1

Ordis:

Ordis's name is Ordis.

Maroo:

Yah, yah. Listen, that first codex in the derelict,
I pulled it from some sort of machine.

Ordis:

Hmmm, I wonder, if we load the complete set of Arcane Codices
back into that machine, would the code still execute?

Lotus:

We're about to find out.
Tenno, get ready to go into the void.

Lotus:

Tenno, Maroo is the only person who has been on the inside of that
derelict and lived to tell about it.
She'll guide you through this mission.

Maroo:

This is it. Your Lotus has promised me a cut of whatever treasure
you find, so don't you tin-suits go messing this one up.
Get to the void portal.

Lotus:

Maroo, I said 'if' there is any treasure.

Maroo:

The Orokin were all about treasure, weren't they.
The only question is, how much?

Maroo:

The Grineer have bee trying to get inside this derelict for days
but The infested keep tearing them to shreds.
Your Lotus seems to think you'll do better... we'll see.

Maroo:

There it is, the machine I pulled the final Arcane Codex from.
You've got the full set of codices, uplodad 'em and say hello to tresure.

？？？:

All is silent and calm. Hushed and empty is the womb of the sky.

Maroo:

What jast happened?

Lotus:

The machine, it's gone. Tenno watch out.

Lotus:

Tenno, I don't know if we got the answers we come for,
but there's nothing more here for us.
Exit the Derelict head of extraction.

Maroo:

What ? Where's my damn treasure.
I was told there would be treasure.

Lotus:

Whatever that was, it wasn't here for our benefit or yours.
Only time will tell what we've just uncovered.

Ordis:

So you're saying there was no treasure, no cure cloning syndrome,
no lost Tenno Cephalon?

Maroo:

Ordo, there was nothing.

Ordis:

That really is a shame Maroo, I am sorry.*2

Maroo:

Nah, I'm used to it. When you don't run with any the major factions or syndicates,
the big pay days are few and far between.
I'll manage.

Listen, I can't say it hasn't been fun,
but with the Arcane Codices gone.
I think it's safe for me to venture back out into the wild.
Cya Tin-Suits.