Steele Tech Probe
A military-grade, Steele Tech-branded data probe.
Description
In the spirit of the Planet Rush, Victor has placed data probes in undisclosed locations on each planet-of-interest for Captain Steele to find. Each probe is gene-locked and can only be accessed using biometrics. Upon opening, they will reveal data containing coordinates of the next probe. Essentially, the trail of probes will lead to Victor's personal probe, which contains an encrypted key that opens his deposit box in the Tavros Station bank, winning the rights to inherit his company and his accumulated fortune.
Captain Steele isn't alone in the hunt however--A rival cousin, offspring of Victor's greedy brother Maximilian Steele, has also made an appearance to beat Steele to the fortune. Due to similar genetics, the cousin can also access the information in the probes. If Steele is interested in the fortune Victor has set out, Steele can choose to capture each probe before the rival does and ultimately claim the boon.
Quests
Locations
Each data probe, or pod, can be found in sequence from the main story's questline:
- First Pod: East jungle of Mhen'ga, at the end of a narrow path.
- After beating Dane in combat, it can be reclaimed for a bounty of 10,000 credits.
- Second Pod: Auctioned in Shekka's shop after the Stellar Tether mission.
- Third Pod: Located at Queen Taivra's Palace in the Deep Caverns of Myrellion.
- After defeating Taivra in combat or after marrying her and negotiating to give her a replacement throne, it can be reclaimed for a bounty of 20,000 credits.
- Fourth Pod: Located in the cargohold of "The Sidewinder" in the Scaffolds of Zheng Shi.
- Unlike the previous pods, the pirates of Zheng Shi recognized the potential value of the pod. Even though they couldn't access it, they did seal it away in a cargohold of The Sidewinder in the Scaffolds behind a highly advanced encryption lock, meaning that it can only be accessed after obtaining the password from the LDC or by using an even more advanced decryption software. The Sidewinder's hatchway to the Captain's Quarters is also locked and needs advanced decryption software or Dr. Teyaal's key card so that you can meet the LDC. Also, unlike the previous pods, you can't sell this one back to Steele Tech since, realistically, some poor transport unit can't come all the way to a top-secret, heavily fortified Pirate Base in the middle of an asteroid, in the middle of nowhere, in space.
- Fifth Pod: Located in the Farrow Facility on Dhaal.
- The flow of the main story quest on Dhaal is being improved on with recent versions. The current flow of events is:
- Attend the Dhaal Party Event
- Automatically get routed to the Dhaal Afterparty. Attending an afterparty automatically passes 36 hours.
- After waiting a day, or none if an afterparty was attended, taking the taxi starts Feruze's encounter
- Moving onto a hostile tile will trigger an encounter with Dame Xhanni, who will invite the player to private party which optionally allows the player to skip another 36 hours for the next event trigger
- After a day, or the private party, Feruze will email the player asking them to meet at the Paragon Brothel, where the player must get information from a contact by Wandering and asking around at the bar
- The player can now go to the Farrow Facility dungeon to acquire the probe
- The flow of the main story quest on Dhaal is being improved on with recent versions. The current flow of events is:
- Sixth Pod: Located on Phaedra II
- Still WIP but begins with the Train Dungeon by fixing the terminal with Elcine.
- Until the wiki page for the dungeon is created, the requirements to start the dungeon will be listed here:
- Kinetic Fix - Physique is greater than 75% of max
- Bypass - Available to all classes except Kineticist (this is most likely an oversight)
- Software Fix - Only available to Tech Specialists
- Lewd Fix - Player Is Bimbo or Bro or Libido is greater than 75% of max
- Note that for Kineticists the only available options are Kinetic Fix and Lewd Fix. This is most likely an oversight.
- Until the wiki page for the dungeon is created, the requirements to start the dungeon will be listed here:
- Still WIP but begins with the Train Dungeon by fixing the terminal with Elcine.