Kingston Quests

Guide's call

Guide is asking for help.

The player's Descendant arrives back to Albion where the Guide speaks to them once more.

• Listen to Guide's voice.

Guide: Descendant...Follow my voice. I need your help. Humanity requires my help...I can find the Ironheart.

Bunny: Enzo...Did you hear that voice?

New Hope

Follow Guide's voice.

• Talk to Guide

Enzo: Yes, I heard it too, Bunny. I need to explain the situation to Alpha, you should go and get treated.

Bunny: What? Can't Alpha hear the Guide's voice?

Alpha: I don't hear anything at all. It seems to only be linked to active Descendants. Nell, are there any other Descendants who have had contact with the Guide.

Nell: Aside from Jeremy, all Descendants have reported connecting with the Guide. And the Descendant who first made contact with the Ironheart will arriving at HQ shortly.

Alpha: When it comes to the Guide, we have to consider all possibilities. Make sure you familiarize yourself with everything.

The player's Descendant makes their way through Albion. Instead of going straight to HQ, they instead seek out the luminous white figure known as Guide who presents herself to the player's Descendant once more.

Guide: To those Descendants who have connected to me...Thank you for answering my call. This is Albion, the last bastion of humanity. Many lives have been laid before the Ironheart...I wish to help humanity. My system can locate the Ironheart. However...my functions were damaged after I was separated from it...If I can access the data left by my creators, the Ancestors, I should be able to find a way to restore my system. I appeal to all Descendants who can hear my voice. Please help me to restore my system. Take me to the Ancestors facility.

Strategic Decisions

HQ is looking for the Descendant who has spoken with Guide.

• Talk to Alpha at HQ

Enzo: A system that can find the Ironheart...what is it, exactly? Alpha, it looks like the Guide is speaking to another Descendant nearby. I've uploaded the details of the conversation to the command console.

Alpha: Hm...based on this...the Guide seems to be more AI than spiritual being...Any Descendant who has been contacted by the Guide, please report to HQ immediately. Nell, as a non-Descendant, how do you feel about this phenomenon?

Nell: I believe it holds sufficient strategic value to be of interest.

The player's Descendant leaves Guide and reports to Alpha at HQ.

Alpha: Hmm? I didn't expect you to be speaking to the Guide. I thought you were headed straight to HQ. Well, first off, well done on the mission, it was a difficult one. Karel showing up in person...even I was concerned. Since your operation, a strange phenomenon has affected Descendants. When you said there was hope...were you talking about the Guide? To be honest, I suspect that the Guide is either a new Vulgus weapon, or a new enemy. It's clever, claiming that they can find the Ironheart for us. Who wouldn't want to believe that, if they're desperate enough? That is how traps are laid. Everything has a price. My staff officers, however, seem to have a different opinion...Enzo and Nell have proposed verifying the Guide's credibility by fulfilling her requests. And, the truth is, we currently lack any leads on the Ironheart. Enzo and Nell have determined that if the Guide can close the gaps in our knowledge, it will be worth it. Luckily, there is an Ancestors facility within the territory we occupy. We plan on making contact with the Guide there. Descendant, this is your next mission, I would like you and Bunny to bring the Guide to the Ancestors facility in Kingston. Deploying the the Descendants who have been in closest contact with the Ironheart is our best bet. Bunny, I know you're recovering from your injuries, but I'm sure you understand the importance of this. I'll order the Investigative Corps to provide support. I hope we see some results...whatever the outcome may be.

To Kingston

Go to Kingston to bring Guide in contact with the Ancestors' facility.

• Go to the Kingston Operation Zone

Nell: Bunny, you'll need to equip a new suit before you leave. I've already notified the Ordinance Department.

Bunny: The new suit...It won't be taken out of my pay, right?

Nell: It will be deducted from your pay, naturally.

Bunny: Argh! Damn it!

The player's Descendant teleports to the Albion Outpost stationed at The Destruction Battlefield in Kingston. When they arrive, they are greeted by Guide who now has the appearance of a human woman.

Guide: Welcome, Descendant. Please do not be alarmed. My appearance has been configured to facilitate communication. I am linked to the Arche of the Descendants. I can appear wherever you are. But I am incomplete. At present, only you, Descendant, can see or hear me. I need you to help me fully restore my system. Only then, can I help humanity.

Their conversation is cut short, however, when Marcus, a captain of the Investigative Corps, calls out for the Descendant. The player's Descendant is caught off guard when they look back to Guide, who has seemingly vanished.

Marcus: Ah, there you are! I'm Marcus from the Investigative Corps. I have orders from HQ to escort you, Descendant. This way, please.

The Situation in Kingston

Before you can seriously start conducting the operations in Kingston, you need to be briefed on the situation by Captain Marcus of the Investigative Corps.

• Talk to Marcus in Kingston