Let's Play: Knights of the Old Republic II: Update 23: The Dark Side of the Force

[Gone Rampant]

Holy heck, this is back! Guess I have a lot of reading to catch up on.

As for E3, I'll be interested mostly in Ubisoft- Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, whatever they announce this year if they follow that tradition of announcing a new game at E3 that hasn't been revealed before... Also, I'm interested in the Witcher 3 and that rumoured Dishonored sequel.

 

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[HEADING=2]Update 21: Bob Bindo V the Army of Killer Protocol Droids: Dawn of Litigation[/HEADING]

If the sequel to Man of Steel, a movie I actually really liked, ends up as court focused as it's terrible title would imply, I at least hope they take the Phoenix Wright interpretation of the Court of Law. Superman gets sued for property damage caused in the last movie, Batman is the prosecution, and the entire movie is the two shouting objection at each other, trying to pin each other with flimsy circumstancial evidence, and ultimately it'll end with the least suspicious witness being pinned with the crime due to a flimsy explanation that only holds up because the witness goes into hysterics and confesses the crime at the last minute. Good times.

Also, have you played Transistor? Because you should totally play Transistor. Cause it's great. Seriously. It's like playing through a Grant Morrison comic. The same could be said for Killer is Dead, which is much, much better than the internet had me to believe when it first came out on console. Also Drakengard 3, which is a strange hybrid of dark comedy, river city ransom, and Panzer Dragoon.

I don't know why everyone has decided to release weird-as-fuck games recently, but let me tell you, I am all for it.

...oh, yeah, you were here for something, right? Oh, go on then.

Spoiler

Last time, we ventured into the dreaded underlevel of the ruined Jedi Academy.

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What horrors will we find beneath? A Dread Balrog of Morgoth? The bones of a dead and hungry dreaming god? A horde of mind-eating demons? An extra-dimensional vampire who devours entire universes for breakfast? DON MATTRICK!?

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Oh, it's....a fountain. Quite a nice one, actually. Really ties the room together. But surely the dreaded Lagireks that everyone has been saying are just the most evil and destructive things evar will horrify us to the very bone with their treat and malice? The Ultimate Chimera? The Nemesis? HA. Surely these Lagireks will devour such comparably feeble fools with...

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...their incredible ineptitude. Huh. Y'know, I can't help but feel like this level of disappointment is what I'd feel if the mastermind behind a group of unkillable synthetic killing machines threatening all life in the galaxy turned out to be a ghost child with a terrible voice actor. Good thing that kind of scenario is completely unthinkable.

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Bob: "It's a shame. Was really looking forward to punching an Eldrith Abomination in the face."

In due time, Bob. In due time.

After dealing with a couple more lagireks, we encounter a locked door.

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Bob: "Hey, are you Jorran?"

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Bob: "Only in this area. There might be more around the sublevel. But I'm sure..."

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Bob: "Wuss."

After a couple more empty rooms, we come across the dead salvager we've been looking for, and pick him up, and stff his corpse into our inventory.

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Never have the words "Item received" looked so sinister.

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Bob: "Ah, this takes me back. This was pretty much the only area in the entire temple we could hang out without Master Vrook breathing down our necks. We used it to hold breakdancing competitions and watch E3 press conferences."

G0-T0: "I can't say I can picture a Jedi breakdancing."

Bob: "Oh, not, it wasn't really breakdancing. It was just watching the newer Padawans try to breakdance in their robes. It was so funny it brought me to tears."

G0-T0: "And the E3 press conferences?"

Bob: "Those brought me to tears for other reasons. Sleep related ones. There's only so many times one can watch an american shoot at vaguely defined non-american bad guys before you begin to beg for death."

HK-47: Agreement: "Indeed. Even I have started to get sick of the shooters. Even. Me."

In another room, we find a console on the wall.

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"They're even trying to sell me the same droid under the guise that it's a new model, without even fixing the ones we already have! Even though they've clearly just painted over the original droid model and upped the price, but they didn't even paint all of it! They just threw a couple blotches of paint over it, called it a day, and sold it as a "Hardline" version. These bastards have no shame!"

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Bob: "Hmm...exploding droids eh? I'm really starting to feel delusions of grandeur stirring. My own army of incredibly effective killer droids! I've never had such power in my hands before!"

HK-47: "Shocked exclamation: Well, I never."

G0-T0: "You see!? With this as the standard of "respect" we get from out so-called leader, we NEED a Union!"

Bob: "Ah...I mean...present company excepted, of course."

G0-T0: "Hmph."

Bob: "Why are you pissed? You aren't even a droid! You're just some asshole speaking into a microphone on Rhen Var or whatever the fuck."

G0-T0: "I can confirm that at least one of those statements is wildly incorrect."

Bob: "Oh, so you're on Bakura?"

G0-T0: "...sure."

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Bob: "Now go, my army of droids! Destroy all my enemies! Ha! Haha! Hahahahahahahaha!"

HK-47: "Question: Does that include us?"

Bob: "You guys aren't my army. You're more like...my best robot pals."

G0-T0: "You remind me of those Sirius Cybernetic Corporation jerks. The ones that will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes."

Bob: "...ok. Moving swiftly on."

Further into the underlevel, we come across a group of lagireks. We're taking care of them pretty well...

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Until...

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Bob: "Yes! My robot army has arrived! Yes! Destroy them! Destroy them all! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

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Bob: "Hey, hold on, guys, maybe, maybe not so close...hey...HEY STOP!"

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Yup. The protocol droids have a rather...lethal...explosion. This was my first death in this playthrough, that I can at least recall. Those guys pack a serious punch. Thankfully, second time through, I managed to pull HK and G0-T0 out of the fire just in time.

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HK-47: "Smug statement: Are you alright, master? It would truly be a shame for you to suffer a painful death at the hands of a droid. It's a good thing you won't misuse your droid compatriots, otherwise that might happen again. And be more successful."

Bob: "...point taken."

For saving their employer's life, G0-T0 and HK-47 get a level-up. I didn't manage to capture footage of HK's level up, but I did remember to get G0-T0's.

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After the dust settles from the onslaught of the rogue army of killer protocol droids, we open a nearby door, and come face to face with...

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Disciple: "You have given me an opening!"

Bob: "I have no idea who you are, but I instantly hate you."

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Bob: "I wasn't expecting to find anyone...alive...down here."

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Bob: "What are you doing here?"

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Bob: "Something tells me that's not the only reason."

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Bob: "Left?"

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Bob: "What others?"

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Bob: "What do you mean, the Jedi are taking holocrons?"

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Bob: "Why is that?"

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Bob: "...any mention of the incredible exploits of Bob Bindo?"

Disciple: "Who?"

Bob: "Typical. Jolee always got the adventures. And then he sodded off to live in a hut on Dagobah or some other hellhole. Goddamn hippie. And then Vrook and Vandar were all "Oh, Robert, why couldn't you be more like Jolee? Yadda yadda yadda."

Disciple: "...you sound a tad bitter."

Bob: "No fucking shit, Sherlock."

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Bob: "Do you know what happened to the Jedi?"

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Bob: "Why do you think people hate the Jedi?"

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Bob: "Hey, it's not like it was by choice. Those assholes locked the dorms pretty damn early. If I could have gone to Burning Man Dantooine, I would have. Though only for the alcohol. The rest of that...more Jolee's thing."

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Bob: "That would indicate that most people in the galaxy are idiots."

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Bob: "Yes: one philosophy saying we should all join hands in a circle around the universe and sing kumbaya in a really pretentious and arrogant way, and the other saying we should bathe in the blood of our enemies, murder everyone who looks at us funny, and make liberal use of tattoo parlors. I think calling it a difference in opinion is selling it a tad short, matey."

Disciple: "I believe it suffices for the average citizen."

Bob: "Do you hate the Jedi?"

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G0-T0: "Do you see a higher purpose in all things, Bob?"

Bob: "I mean, yeah. A bit. The Force does that, you know? You see...no...feel all the little ties, all the little bonds that tie us together, the meaning in every life. It's like, it's all just us, in here, together, punching the hell out of each other. We're all we've got."

G0-T0: "...did you steal some of Atton's brownies?"

Bob: "...little bit, yeah."

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Bob: "See, I agree with you, but you're making it hard because OH GOD WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAAACE?"

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Bob: "What do you mean?"

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Bob: "Do you blame the Jedi who turned, or the council?"

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Bob: "Do you know who trained Revan?"

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Bob: "Revan and Malak would have received the same training I did. The same all my classmates did...all the jedi. Is there a flaw in all of us, then?"

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Bob: "Go on."

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Bob: "...convince her? Bullshit. The Revan I followed...the Revan I knew...she wasn't the kind of woman who could be persuaded to do anything."

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Bob: "So...why do you work for the Republic?"

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Bob: "Why Telos and Onderon?"

G0-T0: "Didn't I explain this?"

Bob: "Shh. I'm humoring him."

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Bob: "And Onderon?"

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Bob: "So, where do the Jedi fit into all this?"

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Bob: "So, how are things in Republic right now? We've been kinda...skirting the edge."

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Bob: "What happened?"

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Bob: "What do you mean?"

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Bob: "...you look familiar. Have we met?"

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Bob: "Well, if you say so. I'll be going now."

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Bob: "...I don't recall telling you that."

Disciple: "...good guess?"

Bob: "Hmm. If you must know, we think the Sith are coming back. And we're gonna need a few blue and green lightsabers to stand against a sea of red ones."

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Bob: "You don't believe me? A zombie Sith Lord cut my friend's hand off!"

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You're probably wondering why this guy has his own unique model and voice actor. The Disciple here is actually the female Exile's exclusive companion, and he's by far the most baffling choice Obsidian made in creating this game. Every single other companion in the game serves a purpose. Atton has an incredibly engaging character arc. Bao-Dur exists to inform the Exile and provide a mirror for a light-sided exile's quest for redemption. Kreia is the narrator. Visas is there to build dread and malice for her master. Even Mira plays foil to the protagonist in a slightly spoilery way. But the Disciple? He serves a good purpose here, as insight into the motives of the Republic, but as a companion, he adds nothing, isn't particularly useful in a fight, and is just kinda lame in general. It's especially baffling because the person he replaces is The Handmaiden, who has massive importance to the story. I get the feeling he really was just implemented for the purpose of replay value - play the game as a different genre, get a different person pining after you! But his inclusion robs the female exile of the Handmaiden, and makes her story markedly worse than the female exile's. In short, the Disciple sucks. He sucks hard. He sucks so hard that he has been completely erased from canon: according to canon, (ugh) Meetra Surik journeyed with the Handmaiden. Well, according to the new top dogs, all of this has been erased from canon, but whatever. Disciple sucks.

 

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Spoiler

Moving on, we find a bunch of corpses in the library that I guess the Disciple was just kinda...keeping around.

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Disciple: "I've been here a long time. A man has...needs."

Bob: "There are a lot of implications from that statement, and all of them terrify me."

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Bob: "Vrook. You got hardcore."

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The datapad contains orders from Azkul, leader of the mercenaries on Dantooine.

"Vrook has wandered into the enclave alone. You will take a full squad and capture the Jedi alive. Bring him to our nook in the Kinrath caves to await transport to Nar Shaddaa. He will fetch a fine bounty."

Bob: "...regretting that bounty you put on Jedi yet?"

G0-T0: "...no comment."

Bob levels up from finding this pile of corpses.

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Aka: the "This healing will make wolverine jealous" ability.

We also find another journal elsewhere in the underlevel.

This Journal was found near the gnawed-clean skeleton of a scavenger. The last entry is of interest:

"I made it farther into the enclave than any other salvager. I've discovered an untouched storage room. The computer in the Power Relay Station should allow me to open the security door. Once I sneak past the lagireks that have made a nest there, I will leave Dantooine rich! Incidentally, I've only got three days left to retirement!"

We'll be revisiting this...in a while. For now, let's continue.

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Bob: "What? No! Stop tempting me towards evil, journal!"

The UI: servant of the Sith!

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Bob: "Ah, the dormitories. So many memorable drunken pillow fights, drunken debauchery, drunken..."

G0-T0: "...you don't remember any of it, do you?"

Bob: "No. The drunkeness of the incidents kind of effects that. And the skeletons on the beds kinda casts a shadow over it all."

HK-47: "Excited recollection: Oh! Speaking of the decaying bones of the dead, did you see the Selfie G0-T0 and I took?"

Bob: "...what?"

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Bob: "...I...don't even know what to say. Let's go electrocute some bugs."

And so we do, clearing out the last of Lagireks, however...

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Bob: "Who the hell are you? Wait a minute...are you the thief Suulru was complaining about?"

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Bob: "Your 'pets' are murdering people!"

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Bob: "Wait...you have a connection to the force, don't you? I can feel it."

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Bob: "What are you doing here?"

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Varen: "What? But...But I killed them! Correction, convinced them to murder each other in an orgy of glorious glorious violence? What's happening? AAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

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Well...oops. Hopefully the space-time continuim survives that little hiccup."

Varenthulu: "I AM THE QUEEN OF DESPAIR! ALL WHO LOOK UPON MY GLORY SHALL KNOW THE MEANING OF MADNESS! I AM THE NEW GOD! ALL IS ONE IN VAREN! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

...shit. Hold on a second.

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There. Hopefully the space time continuim will be back to relative normalcy.

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Bob: "I understand. I...I was a Jedi once too, you know."

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Bob: "Yeah. They're just...hiding. Waiting."

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Bob: "I know that there are at least three. One is a crackpot lady who couldn't teach someone to wipe their own arse without mentally abusing them, one is in Plot Limbo right now, and the other has been taken captive by mercenaries. So...yeah. Not looking good."

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Bob: "Forge your on path. Free of rules. Be your own person again."

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Bob: "As long as there's no more stealing, yeah?"

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Bob: "Wait, what? What did it say?"

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Bob: "That sounds like a Sith Holocron. But I didn't see one..."

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Bob: "Just listen to your master's lessons. Not the holocron."

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Bob: "Where is it now?"

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Bob: "This is important. Did you see who took it?"

Girl: "N-no. No. I didn't. I'm sorry."

Bob: "No...it's all right. Can't imagine it would do much harm among salvagers. So, what are you going to do now?"

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Bob: "Well, whatever you're doing, good luck. May the force be with you."

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With our good deed for the day done, we return to the asshole who refused to leave until we killed every single Lagirek.

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Bob: "I sorted them out for you, mate. Come on out."

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Bob: "Hah! Me. Needing a blaster. Funny."

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Bob: "What were you doing here?"

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Bob: "Why were you down here if it was so dangerous?"

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Bob: "Gotta tell you man, I've picked the place nearly bone dry, and aside from a creepy librarian with a taste for corpses, I ain't found squat down here."

G0-T0: "Apart from double negatives, apparently."

Bob: "Oh, shut up."

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Bob: "Man. Everyone on the planet sucks but me, apparently, if you all thought the goddamn lagireks were so goodamn terrifying. Wait, almost nobody? Who's the almost?"

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Bob: "What happened?"

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Bob: "How can dead men cause problems? I mean, apart from Zombie Goasts. Then we'll need to get John Freeman in on this."

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Bob: "Daralla had me looking for bodies. To...'lay them to rest'..."

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Bob: "What about you? Did you find anything down here?"

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Bob: "Bullshit. Taepaele told me you found something."

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Bob: "Well, I might, no, scratch that, WILL, be able to put that Jedi garbage to better use than you. What about if you hand it over as a reward?"

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Bob: "Is that negotiable?"

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HK-47: "Weary request: Master, I tire of this conversation. I know where it's going on. May I...expediate the process?"

Bob: "Uh...sure, wait what do you mean!?"

Salvager: "OH GOD MY SPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"

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Bob: "...oh."

HK-47: "Proud statement: Happy to be of service."

 

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Spoiler

Yep, this is the kind of dickery you have to do to be HK's pal. It's pretty much the only way to get him on side. With G0-T0, there are some ways to get influence out of him that isn't completely evil. Not so with HK. So, if we want as much influence as possible with everyone, and we do, we're gonna have to be a psycho from time to tome.

With our affairs here over for now, we move for the exit, only to find...

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Bob: "Any regrets yet?"

G0-T0: "I refer you to my last statement on the manner."

Bob: "Rrgh...Hey, asshole! Fancy some negotiatons?"

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Bob: "You misunderstand me. I'm not the one who wants to negotiate. My fist wants to get into very intense negotiations with your face."

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Bob: "Oh yeah. This is my kind of party!"

This is a remarkably easy battle, to the point where we can basically one-shot his entire entourage with a single Force-speed enhanced Flurry.

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After looting the bodies, we leave the sublevel, and return to the salvager camp.

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Bob: "I'd like to talk to you about the dead salvagers."

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Bob: "Quit bullshittin' me. I know why you really want them, thanks to Jorran, and it isn't out of the goodness of your heart."

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Bob: "Your compassion is touching."

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Bob: "Nah. I don't plan on helping you deceive Zherron."

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Bob: "Yeah, no thanks, I need some way to make today even on the karmic balance account. Good riddance to you."

Spoiler

With that little loose end tied for now, we begin to make our way to the caves to rescue Master Vrook. On the way though, we come across a group of heavily-armed individuals.

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Bob: "You the mercenaries I've been hearing so much about? I heard you've been making quite a bit of trouble for the settlers."

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Bob: "Geez, asshole, you make Bill O'Reily look reasonable. Actually, that's a lie, that isn't possible, but the point stands. Their skills may lie elsewhere from warfare: that isn't a failing."

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Bob: "Tell me a little about yourselves."

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Bob: "Who's your leader?"

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What a weird thing to call someone, "sentient". It's not like we were expecting them to be lead by a pebble. Though the fact that he did serve under Malak proves that he's likely a complete psychopath who strangles puppies to death to relax, so maybe confirming that he is in fact a sentient creature than an animal who walks like a man is a good idea.

Bob: "So what do you do between jobs? Doesn't seem like there's much out here for a mercenary to do in his spare time."

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Bob: "Why haven't you been able to line up a job?"

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While the Dantooine Mercenaries are probably the most shallow and uninteresting of this game's villains, I do like that you can just up and talk to them, and they don't come off as that unreasonable, and his comment about the weakness of the settlers may ring true if you were epsecialy annoyed by their dickery. They also serve as a nice little mirror of the Exile: a potential darker future if they weren't in the position they were in right now. It's not particularly deep or anything, but it works, and this idea of antagonists mirroring the protagonist is something we will be discussing in great detail later on.

For now though, let's have a chat with some Mandalorians before we leave.

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Bob: "What are a bunch of mandalorians doing on Dantooine?"

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Bob: "Well. Let's just hope that you don't start murdering farmers when you get low on bread."

Mandalorian: "...what?"

Bob: "Nothing. Let's go."

Entering another area of Hyrule Field - sorry - Dantooine, we come across a group of Kinrath near a cave.

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These creepy ass spider-preying mantis fuckers are still as nasty looking as they were in the last game, though their chin-arm continues to undermine their malice somewhat. They aren't too tough, but they do offer a greater challenge than the Lagireks...though that isn't saying much.

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Before we head into the cave, we decide to have a chat with this guy hanging out next to two swoop bikes.

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Bob: "What are you doing out here?"

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Bob: "Do you suspect foul play?"

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Bob: "Depends on what it is."

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Bob: "Any idea where they could be?"

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Bob: "I'll see what I can do."

This quest is...bizarre. You'll see in a minute. We head into the Kinrath caves...

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We then immediately turn around and leave the cave, switch our HK for Kreia, and head back in.

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Yup. To get the atmospheric sensors, you walk into the cave, walk out, immediately walk back in...and there they are. Incredible quest design, lads. We head back to the guy to give him his sensors.

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Bob: "It sounds like it's worth more to you than that."

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Bob: "Well, that sounds reasonable, I-"

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Bless you, G0-T0.

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That done, we head back into the Kinrath cave to rescue Vrook. Who wants to bet he'll be reasonable and glad to see us?

Alenko: "I'll take those odds!"

Grunka: "You poor bastard."

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Eventually, we come across what appears to be a mercenary outpost within the cave.

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Alenko: "Well, shit."

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Bob: "By punching them in the face. It isn't really that hard. You assholes should try it sometime. So, mercenaries are branching out into kidnapping now?"

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Bob: "Yeah, I'm not sure that'll hold up in court. Fortunately, something tells me you won't make it there."

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Bob: "You should open the cage. This isn't the Jedi you're looking for."

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Bob: "...fuck."

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This is tougher than any fight we've faced on Dantooine so far, but it's still a slouch. Between the force maelstrom of Kreia, the physical and force powerhouse of Bob, and the insane damage G0-T0 can do at this range, this fight is over pretty quickly.

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After the melee fighters are down, it's just a manner of mopping up the last of the ranged fighters before victory is ours.

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Once the mercenaries are down, the force cage powers down, and Vrook steps out, cheery as can be.

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Bob: "Uh, yeah. A bit."

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Bob: "Always a pleasure, Master. I see you still have your cheery disposition."

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Bob: "Is the same 'careful timing' you were counting on in the Mandalorian Wars? The same careful timing that burned the outer rim?"

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Bob: "So. You still think I'm a Sith?"

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And so Vrook...runs off. What a tearful and heartfelt reunion.

Spoiler

We find a datapad on the body of the outpost leader.

The datapad contains orders from Azkul to senior mercenary officers. The mercenaries have secretly made a secret alliance with the Exchange and are planning an immediate attack on Khoonda. With Administrator Adare, the Exchange would be able to use Dantooine for their own illicit activities, completely undetected by the Republic. All preparations for the mercenary attack have been made, and they could attack Khoonda at any moment.

Bob: "...Goddammit, Goto. You hear me somewhere in there? The real you? You neglected to mention this? You neglected to mention this? You neglected to mention that you were planning the hostile takeover of this entire planet?"

G0-T0: "This was not my design. The destablization of the Republic would only hamper my ends. My...lieutenants must be getting overzealous in my...absence."

Bob: "Ugh. Let's just get this over with."

...but not before exploring the rest of the cave. First, let's find that guy that the Kinrath ignored.

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Bob: "Sorry about that."

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Bob: "The Kinrath don't attack you. Why is that?"

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Bob: "I'm an explorer, like you. It'll be our little secret."

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Bob: "Do you have an extra scent gland I can use?"

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Bob: "Well, I'll see you later."

We'll explore the rest of the cave before leaving. Firstly...

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Bob: "..."

Kreia: "..."

G0-T0: "..."

Bob: "Oh, god."

Elsewhere...

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Bob: "You said the crystals absorb force? I feel strange, but not weaker."

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Bob: "Tell me more about these crystals."

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Bob: "Huh. Neat."

This cave is the same crystal cave from the first game, which is a nice touch.

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Suddenly, an army of Kinrath appear straight out of nowhere.

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After killing the random spontaneous Kinrath, we inspect the nearby crystals, hoarding them for Lightsaber crystals. When we inspect one crystal in particular...

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Bob: "What does it mean?"

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Bob: "Is the bond...dangerous? I gotta admit, our situation has kinda turned me off Force Bonds."

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Bob: "Does the crystal feed off the Light Side of the force?"

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Bob: "And if I actually used a Lightsaber, that would mean something."

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Bob: "Eh. Maybe I can give it to Bao-Dur or Visas or something."

This rather interesting crystal is our last find in the cave. It's time to leave.

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However, as soon as we leave...

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Bob: "What do you want with me?"

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Bob: "Why should I help you?"

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Bob: "...what did you have in mind?"

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Bob: "You want me to destroy the gun turrets?"

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Bob: "[Lie] Ok, I'll help you."

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So, there we are: our major choice for this segment of the game: do we side with...

A) The jedi-hating settlers prone to dickery?

or

B) The mercenaries who want to murder them and take over the planet for the Exchange?

Let's give this about a weekish.

 

[SantoUno]

Well it seems obvious that after all this hard work and being as noble as possible, just keep siding with the settlers, Vrook, and Adere.

Also, that death was hilarious! I had no idea those droids could blow up and kill you. I always just let them scamper around the entire sublevel and to the entrance .

Lastly, I agree with your opinion of Disciple. Without actively thinking about it, I always realized he was kind of pointless. The Handmaiden not only provides a significant plot, but is also a hell of a lot more fun to play as when you play as a male and have to face Atris over the bond you formed with the Handmaiden.

Anyways awesome job once again! Was really looking forward to this.

 

[iwinatlife]

Well this choice I have done both ways so vote for mercenaries to see if can sneak some corruption in to Bob after missing all the evil Varen votes

 

[iwinatlife]

I love when these come out each week except that i always want moreee

 

[AD-Stu]

I vote to side with the settlers - can't have Goto's minions getting all uppity, after all!

And Kaidan. Oh, Kaidan. Even losing bets in alternative universes...

Disciple irritated the hell out of me on the one female playthrough I did of this game. His very existence is a complete mess, especially by Obsidian's otherwise high standards. There's nowhere near enough to him to carry an entire companion arc, but there's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much too him for some random that we only meet once in an otherwise abandoned room, like we do on this playthrough. I mean it just seems downright weird!

And missing out on the Handmaiden material is just downright criminal. Though I at least derived a bit of amusement from having him along in fights. Someone had to have known what they were doing when they made him shout out "You've left me an opening!" every five seconds...

 

[BrotherRool]

Yeah when I play the female Exile (which is pretty much every time) I always use the mod which replaces the Disciple with the Handmaiden anyway. I'll bare a couple of incorrect pronouns over the snorefest of the Disciple every time.

His story arc isn't completely bad and the game does need a character who takes the Republic's point of view so explicitly (Bao-Dur does it implicitly). I'd even go as far as to say that his view of the Jedi is interesting and is probably the even sided balance that the developers might believe in if they really thought of it. He's like the light-side version of GoT0 - but GoT0 is interesting because he's the dark side version. Take that away and you have blandety-mcCarth-Carth.

Btw I'm pretty sure he is canon and the canon just has both companions travel with the Exile*. He's 'Mical' on wookiepedia.

*This might be because I haven't actually played through TOR but the thing that annoys me most about the new canon is that stupid name. Kudos for canonising the female version for once, but you couldn't do better than 'Meetra Surik'?

EDIT: As for voting, I'll vote for whichever side Got0 supports for this particular planet.

 

[C F]

Well, another excellent job. Let's side with the settlers, because if we don't save Khoonda, Vrook will get the satisfaction of being right about you.
We do not give Vrook the satisfaction of being right about anything.

Plus, someone's got to be a role model Jedi and stand up for the innocent. So many people are dropping the ball left and right on this, it's hilarious.

I have nothing to say about the disciple. When I did my female/DS playthrough, I just swapped my gender value using KotOR Save Editor when it came to picking up the Handmaiden and Disciple respectively, then swapped it back afterwards.
I have never played through a game with him as a party member, nor do I want to.

 

[gamptrak]

Is it possible to have everyone die? Or maximize the damage to both parties. Because I think I recall

Spoiler

that when programming the turrets, you can turn the IFF completely off. Or am I just misremembering that

. Because if we can hurt both groups (but I guess having the settlers win), then I vote for that

 

[BrotherRool]

Hah that's genius, you can deliberately screw up all the preparing for the battle tasks so that all the good guys die and you get to rush in, save the day at the last moment, and be the hero who the settlers of Koonda are now completely reliant on =D I think that might be more evil than the dark side option

 

[woodaba]

As for voting, I'll vote for whichever side Got0 supports for this particular planet.

I imagine G0-T0 would be on the "help the settlers" side: even though he technically benefits either way, his stated goal of saving the republic would be best aided by allowing the colonization of Dantooine to succeed, rather than it being taken over by a bunch of mercenaries.

Is it possible to have everyone die? Or maximize the damage to both parties. Because I think I recall

Spoiler

that when programming the turrets, you can turn the IFF completely off. Or am I just misremembering that

. Because if we can hurt both groups (but I guess having the settlers win), then I vote for that

Ultimately, you do have to make a choice during the battle to pick your side, though it is possible to fuck over absolutely everyone, while still letting one side win. You can't trigger an "Everybody Dies" ending to this scenario, to my knowledge, though that would be awesome if you could. Hmm. Note to self: look into that.

Based on the votes, it looks like we're gonna be helping out the settlers against the mercenaries. I'll be catching the footage later on, and if all goes according to plan, next update should be up this weekend.

 

[woodaba]

[HEADING=2]Update 22: World War Dantooine[/HEADING]

Sorry for the lateness on this one, browser troubles and the dawn of Divinity: Original Sin delayed this one slightly. Though the next one will probably out very soon to compensate.

Spoiler

Last time, we rescued Master Vrook, and encountered the leader of the local mercenaries threatening the populace. As per your votes, we'll be defending the locals against them. To our advantage, the mercenaries are counting on our help, making it easier for us to screw them over.

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The mercenaries all just kinda...stay here. Outside the cave. In plain view of Khoonda. Masters of tactics and stealth, these guys ain't.

We begin making our way back to Khoonda, talking to Kreia on the way.

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Bob: "Did you know Revan?"

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Bob: "Where did Revan come from?"

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Bob: "But what caused Revan to fall, then?"

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Bob: "Well then, let me rephrase that. Why did she turn to the Dark Side? Why did she become a Sith Lord?"

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Bob: "She only took the math of most resistance through the most human corpses. Truly the righteous path."

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REMEMBER THIS. THIS IS IMPORTANT. THERE WILL BE A TEST LATER.

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Bob: "Or shattered her mind and drove her completely insane. Y'know. One of the two."

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Bob: "Wait...you trained her?"

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So, Kreia has joined the illustrious ranks of Revan's many masters. Vandar...Zhar...and Arren Kae. As many of you have pointed out in the thread, there are a number of connections between characters and the mysterious Arren Kae sprinkled throughout the script, most prominently, the point that both Kreia and Arren Kae are mentioned to be Revan's first and last masters. While the game never comes out and confirms it, and Chris Avellone himself has been rather coy on the matter, the way it lines up and the wording is too deliberate for me to say that it's a happy coincidence. Even if it wasn't deliberate, it adds so many layers to the story and characters that I can't just ignore it. And hey, seeing as the entire expanded universe has been erased from canon, we might as well just make up whatever head-canon we want, eh? I mean, I'm already way ahead on that front. I can finally happily destroy any memory of the Jedi Order being started by a bunch of floating pyramids. So, yeah. As far as I'm concerned, Kreia is Arren Kae. We'll discuss more about what that means when we get further into the story of one of our other companions.

Bob: "So, what was Revan like, as a student? I mean, this is like being the basketball coach of Lucifer Morningstar. Pretty interesting."

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Bob: "How do I measure up? What do you see when you look at me?"

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Bob: "uh...huh. Wanna elaborate on that?"

Kreia: "No."

Bob: "Figures."

And, apparently, being told that he looks like "the death of the force" to Kreia is such a confidence booster that Bob immediately gains a level! Hooray?

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This is what I like to call the "fuck you" power. All you have to do is press it once and you'll unleash a torrent of deadly electricity to everyone around you, creating a shocking maelstrom of ultimate death. Could the Emperor do that? Nope. He could just throw the lightning in front of him. Bob Bindo confirmed for being more powerful than the motherfucking Emperor.

Soon, we make it back to Khoonda.

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We can see newly set-up mines, which indicates that Khoonda has figured out that the mercenaries about the attack. An act of intelligence gathering consisting of Vrook telling them they are about to attack and them LOOKING OUT THE FUCKING WINDOW.

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As we enter Khoonda, we get this little scene.

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Well, "scene" being a bit kind. And that's it, kids! That's all the disciple, sorry, 'Mical' has to offer us this playthrough. And...pretty much all his entire the role in the Female Exile's playthrough minus several hundred lines of embarassing dialogue. Though at least it's good to know this Admiral Caede is still looking for the Exile in the background of all this, I guess.

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Caede: "...who are you and how did you get this number?"

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He'll just be hanging out here for the rest of the game, picking bits off the walls, wishing he had a personality worth a damn.

Before we head into Administrator Adare's office, let's turn in one of our side quests.

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Bob: "I found your thief."

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Bob: "Your thief wasn't Joraan or a Salvager."

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Bob: "But the Salvagers were hit by this thief too."

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Bob: "It was a young padawan, scarred by the war."

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Bob: "...I think she's gonna be ok."

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What was this reward, you ask? Now, normally, I wouldn't show the specifics, but one word caught my eye.

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Yup. This farmer just gave is blaster that was, at least very likely, to have belonged to Carth Onasi, resident whiner on the previous crew of the Ebon Hawk. Now, consider. The last time we saw ol' Carth, he ran away and was left to die on the Rakatan planet orbiting the Star Forge.

...how did his gun get here? Is this farmer guy secretly a badass explorer of the galaxy that found the Rakatan planet and Carth's body?

...why couldn't we get HIM as a companion instead of the Disciple?

Spoiler

Anyway, we soon return to the Administrator's office.

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Bob: "Hell, you're an NPC. It would have been weird if you didn't request our help at some point."

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Bob: "Leading an army...fighting a battle...never...never thought I'd be back here...Who knows about the attack?"

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Bob: "What can I do to help?"

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Bob: "I'll check out Khoonda's defences then."

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I really like this kind of scenario, where you're presented with an impending battle or situation and are given a number of options to adequately prepare or sabotage your chances of success. While largely primitive in it's implementation here, it still contains a number of the same ideas Obsidian would later refine for Neverwinter Nights 2's game long Crossroads Keep sidequest, and that implementation would later be cribbed by Bioware for the excellent Vigil's Keep in Dragon Age: Awakening, and that's one of the many reasons why that expansion is my favorite game in the Dragon Age series thus far. And all that got it's humble start here.

But there's lots to do, so let's get cracking. First of all, let's see what we can do about those turrets. On the way to the control room, we meet this guy again.

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Dude, you were an idealistic character in a story written by Chris Avellone. You're lucky your head isn't on a pike.

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Well...that doesn't sound good.

Varen: "Aw, but think how fun it would be? And it'd be like a throwback to the last genocide I committed here! It's in the same place and everything!"

Quiet, you.

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Varen: "You're no fun."

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Reprogramming the turrets also levels up G0-T0 and Kreia.

First G0-T0...

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...then Kreia.

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Mmm, yummy souls.

Now, let's head to the medbay, see if we can get some of the wounded on their feet.

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Some skill checks later...

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And to ensure we don't run into any trouble during the fight...

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And...hey presto! The healing droid is back online! Applying that principle to the security droids in the worshop we soon have...

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...these babys. Droidekas can kiss my ass. However, during the repair process, we do find a hydrospanner belonging to a certain "Akkere"...

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Bob: "I found this hydrospanner in the Droid workshop. It had your name on it."

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Bob: "Don't screw with me, fishface! You've been stripping these droids for parts, haven't you?"

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Bob: "Oh, this should be good."

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Bob: "Listen, I'm sympathetic to your situation and all, but the law's the law, and especially in the light of our possible imminent death at the hands of a bunch of crazed mercenaries. Come with me to see the militia, you'll remain in their custody until this blows over, and then we'll sort this all out."

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Bob: "Oh, for fuck's sake! Even when I try to be reasonable people flip out and try to kill me! Well, screw you, pally!"

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In a flash, Akkere is felled.

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Since the camera bugged out, that was G0-T0 speaking. That little act gives him some influence, enough influence that...

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...our little Crime Lord friend is now officially a light-sider! Aww, isn't that cute.

For the time being, we head back to Zherron to see if he can give us any more ideas on how to help out.

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Bob: "Oh, before we begin, I cleared out the Kinrath cave. Just thought you might like to know."

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Bob: "Oh, and about this Dead Salvager's will I found..."

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Bob: "I have the bodies right here. One of them had a will."

Zherron: "Wait...what do you mean you...'have' the bodies?"

Bob: "I find it best not to ask these kind of questions."

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Bob: "So, what can I do to help around here? It's been a long time since I've done this kind of thing."

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Bob: "What kind of things do you need fixing?"

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Bob: "Sorted. Next?"

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Bob: "Done. What else?"

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Bob: "Yeah, I saw. You guys kinda suck at this."

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Bob: "I'll see what I can do."

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[woodaba]

Spoiler

Let's begin our recruitment drive!

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Bob: "Greetings, Citizen! You have been called upon to serve, and give your life and your body in service of Khoonda!"

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I like the way he's just like "Mercenaries coming to kill us and you want me to join the Militia? Eh. Why not?". What I tell you guys? This is one badass ************ we're dealing with.

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And Local Badass Authority Figure Zherron has frequently requested he join the militia! I don't know who this guy is, but I WANT to know, because he sound badass as hell. Again, why couldn't female Exiles get him instead of Mical?

Speaking of which...

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Bob: "You're a capable fellow. Why don't you stand up against these mercenaries and join the Militia? Save some lives? Win some glory? Be a hero?"

Mical: "...nah."

Bob: "Well, fuck you then."

Farmer Guy: 9001
Mical: -1

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Bob: "Khoonda needs YOU, citizen. Well, not need, but, y'know, it could do with a helping hand. Join the militia?"

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I love this. There's no reluctance or debate. The citizens of Khoonda join the militia not out of duty or fear, but because they have nothing better to do.

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Bob: "How about you, old man? One last shot at the big time in the militia?"

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Bob: "Whaddaya say, fishface. Wanna join the militia and kill some mercs?"

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Bob: "Let's see how pacifistic you are when the Militia trods over your corpse."

Next, we'll lay down some mines. Bringing in our explosives expert, HK-47, we plant some mines in the front of the building...

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...and the back. I may have gone overboard here. Just a tad.

Next, we get our most battle-ready companions out. Disappointing HK, we decide to bring out axe-wielding badass Bao-Dur, and FemBob, the Handmaiden.

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Bob: "All I wanted to do was wish you good luck, but I guess that has to wait, doesn't it? Prick. Zherron! I've done what I can around Khoonda."

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Bob: "Let's do this."

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Bob: "I'm certain. I've done all I can. I mean, except for the back door. But the Narrator's forgotten about that, hasn't he?"

Sorry, did you say something? I was busy playing Divinity: Original Sin, or, as I like to call it, Divinity: Hold ALT. Did you say something?

Bob: "Nothing..."

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Later...

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Bob: "...on your own."

Vrook: "Yes."

Bob: "I can't help but point out that the last time you tried that, you got captured. And I had to rescue you. And that led to World War Dantooine here."

Vrook: "...shut up."

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Bob: "Wait, what are youNO DON'T RUN THROUGH THE MINEFIELD, VROOK!"


Bob: "...you alright there, mate?"

Vrook: "...yep. Just have to find my arm, and I'll be off."

Bob: "...ugh..."

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Bob: "So, what's the plan?"

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Bob: "Well, maybe I should learn a bit more about these people I'm sending to their deaths before I pick their gravesite."

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Bob: "The most experienced squad should cover the most ground. Put them in the back."

Handmaiden: "That's what she said."

Bob: "...Godammit."

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Bob: "Enthusiasm will win out against them rushing against the front door. Let's put them in the front."

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Bob: "Inside with the Administrator. Hopefully, they won't have to fight, and if they do...they might make decent bullet shields. Besides, they have Farmer Man. The mercs don't stand a chance."

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Bob: "I'll take the front. I'll whip these...uh...whippersnappers into shape."

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Bob: "Flattery. And obvious flattery, too. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside."

Zherron: "Quiet."

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Bob: "Have you talked with the men?"

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Bob: "Neither am I. But it's the scene before a battle scene. It's writing law that we have to do a stirring speech. Give me a go."

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Bob: "Better than you. That grammar was dreadful."

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Bob: "Dantooine's short history has been a constant tale of rugged people overcoming difficult odds. Never have the odds been so great, nor the future so uncertain. But today is your chapter, your tale. Generations yet born will look upon this battle today with pride and wonder. I'm not gonna lie, the risks are great, the threat is real, but I would stand beside any one of you proudly as we face our destiny on the field of of battle. This is our day, our valiant chance to free Dantooine. Who's with me!?"

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The funny thing is that, because of the game's dialogue system, it appears like your character says absolutely nothing and Zherron tells you how amazing you are.

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Spoiler

A literal stone's throw away from Khoonda...

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"Because I can't see shit. My depth perception's fucked, as you might guess."

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Bob: "Um, hey, assholes? We can see you, you know. Come down and fight, ya pansies."

Merc: "Sir, they appear to be taunting us."

Merc Leader: "What!?"

Bob: "I fart in your general direction!"

Merc Leader: "...the bastard."

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And thus, the war for Dantooine is begun. Two mighty armies, fighting for the fate of the entire planet, and possibly the entire Republic. Let the battle begin!

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...huh. Not quite the amassed armies of hell I was imagining, to be honest. Though it looks like the mercenaries have perfected cloning technology thousands of years before the Republic ever did.

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The turrets spring into life and begin to fire onto their mercenaries.

Mercs: "What!? Guns? We weren't prepared for this! Flee! Fleeeeee!"

Bob: "Hah! Take down the stragglers!"

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For all my making fun, the scale of this battle is actualy fairly impressive when you take into account the KotOR engine. The amount of both friendly and enemy AI is larger than anything than in the first game, and it shows how big the scope was for the game through the rather small cardboard tube that this engine is able to convey.

Bao-Dur: "General. Are you..."

Bob: "I'm fine, Bao-Dur. I can...deal with this. What about you?"

Bao-Dur: "I've got your back."

Bob: "...thanks. Now, who's up for electro-fried mercenary?"

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...I mean, it hardly seems fair, does it?

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And there's Sgt J. Christ, leading his squad into battle.

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Well, I say 'battle'. More like a meat grinder. With electro buzz-saws.

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We take on the last few the old fashioned way, however.

Bob: "Oh, for fuck's sake Zherron! I gave you the best soldiers! I gave you a metric fuck-ton of mines! HOW ARE YOU LOSING!? You suck, man."

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Bob: "Yeah, I don't think so."

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Bob: "How much is your life worth? Because here's a hint, asshole: you're going down first."

Handmaiden: "That's what she..."

Bob: "NOT NOW!"

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Bob: "Not just a Jedi. I have my friends here. One's an Iridonian so skilled with an axe he could sharpen a pencil with one. Another is a highly trained echani martial artist who doesn't need any powers to kick your ass seven ways to Sunday. And we also have Farmer Guy, the living manifestation of badassery. Oh, and you might want to look behind you. Those security droids look like they might pack a punch."

Merc Leader: "...shit."

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Bob: "Even when trying to be a Big Damn Hero, you are still an asshole."

Merc Leader: "Enough of this! I'm not going down without a fight! I'll kill every last one of you!"

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Thanks to our soldiers and the droids, the fight barely lasts a few seconds. In a few horrifically violent moments...it's over.

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Bob: "Not a problem. Happy to help."

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Bob: "Don't worry about it. We're hardly tight for cash. You keep the money."

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[woodaba]

Spoiler

Finally, Vrook deigns us worthy to speak to.

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Bob: "Where are the Jedi?"

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Bob: "I've already met up with Zez-Kai-Ell on Nar Shaddaa."

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Bob: "He believed the life on Nar Shaddaa could conceal him."

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Bob: "But how can you contact each other?"

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Bob: "And what then?"

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Bob: "What exactly happened to the Jedi? How did we get like this?"

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Bob: "...like on Katarr."

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Bob: "...a bit late for all the people on Kataar. Why did you come to Dantooine?"

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Bob: "But if you could mask your presence here, couldn't the other Jedi?"

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Bob: "How is that even possible?"

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Bob: "Why did you come here, Vrook?"

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Bob: "Holocrons?"

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Bob: "Oh, I see. You 'let' yourself be captured. Of course. I believe you. So, did your brilliant tactical manuevere lead you to any Sith on Dantooine?"

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Bob: "...that isn't the only reason you came to Dantooine, is it?"

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Bob: "Vrook...Master. I need to know why you cast me out of the order."

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Bob: "If that's the case, then why did you cut me off from the force?"

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Bob: "But I can feel the force again."

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Bob: "At the end of my trial, you and the other masters said something happened to me. Care to elaborate?"

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Bob: "Turns out someone kept circulating the tapes. I got my hands on a copy."

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Bob: "Don't you think I have a right to know?"

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Bob: "Fine then...do you know anything about force bonds...and how to end them?"

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Bob: "Yes, and the connection is lethal."

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Bob: "Trust me on this one, for once."

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Bob: "You saw me throw lighting at those mercs! You know I have the force back!"

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Bob: "The Sith have revealed themselves."

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Bob: "They exist. They've already attacked me. One of them cut off my friend's hand. I think they're real."

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Bob: "They believe me to be a Jedi. I think that's all that matters to them."

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When we encountered Master Zez-Kai-Ell, I mentioned that I see the Jedi masters we encounter on our Journey as each representing aspects of the Jedi: the monk, the teacher, and the warrior. Zez-Kai-Ell represented the monk, and I see Vrook as a teacher, but not the kind of kindly teacher we see so often in fiction. Rather, Vrook is a harsh, judgemental teacher, representing a lot of the flaws of the belief system of this era of the Jedi. He's arrogant, ultra-conservative (not in a modern political right wing sense, in the sense of "I don't like new ideas"), and acts more than a little spiteful towards the exile. He sees the Exile as a failure, someone who turned from the path of the Jedi, his path. But at the same time, I think he sees a bit of his own failure in the Exile. After all, the Exile was the only Jedi who returned from Malachor to face judgement for his crimes, so it's only natural that the Exile would become his punching bag against which he projects his feelings against all the Jedi who left with Revan. I interpret his character as someone who feels as if they failed in some way, that all the Jedi who betrayed the order in his eyes did so because of some fault in his teachings. His distrust and frustrations are all pushed on the Exile. And yet, there's a certain pride in his voice when the Exile saves Khoonda, pride in both the Exile, and relief, that maybe he didn't entirely fail all the Jedi under his teachings. I think Vrook and his struggles perfectly encapsulates the idea of a Teacher who feels they failed their students, but couldn't admit that, and instead lashed out against them. Fuck, I've had teachers like that.

Bob: "That's all I need to know. Thanks, Vrook."

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As a non-lightsaber using character who specializes in Meless combat and Force powers, this will be our main force form from here on out. It's very handy.

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Vrook: "S-stupid Exile! You're such a lame student! I hate you! B-baka!"

We also level up after the battle, and gain this fancy new power.

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I feel like I have to remind everyone that we are still comfortably light-side. Yes, we may be devouring the life of our enemies and becoming some kind of cosmic Kung-Fu vampire Jedi, but it's for a good cause!

NEXT TIME: GABBIN' WITH THE GALS and A WHOLE NEW WORLD (A WHOLE NEW FANTASTIC POINT OF VIEW)

Seeing as we'll probably jetting off pretty soon (don't worry, we'll return to Dantooine soon enough to wrap up our loose ends here), let's start taking votes on our next destination now, shall we? We've got:

Onderon - A planet that featured prominently in the Tales of the Jedi comics that introduced the Old Republic era, Onderon is a world steeped in the history of the Sith. According to Atris' Databanks, Master Kavar is here.

Korriban - Ancestral homeworld of the Sith, this was once the stronghold of the Sith armada, but was devestated in the Sith Civil War following Revan's claiming of the Star Forge. According to Atris' databanks, Master Vash is here.

 

[gamptrak]

ONDERON!!! Finally get ourselves to that wonderful place. And see the weirdest looking character in the game. The uncanny valley is strong with that one

 

[AD-Stu]

Another vote for Onderon from me

I always saw Vrook as a pretty one-dimensional grumpy old man but your ideas about the failed teacher make him a little more interesting. Nice work!

 

[BrotherRool]

I had similar impressions of Vrook to Woodaba, I like that Obsidian were able to make characters like that and it can make him oddly sympathetic. It's a discussion for much later, but I also dig that it's Kavarr who understands what's happened to you and for the reasons given there. He's comes off as the most friendly of the Jedi when you meet him, which fits with this characterisation and it makes the

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end game decision of the council much harder, when you realise it's Kavarr that's at it's root and not someone who might dislike you.

It's also very fitting that Vrook's attachment from his belief prevents him from really coming to terms with what happened and the danger it presents. The area where he's actually right, he can't even see the reason why because he's too afraid of letting himself empathise with that thought. I always imagine him as the sort of person who tried to deal with his own temptations by denying that they even exist. Part of him wants to be the action hero but he refuses to acknowledge it.

I'm also voting for Onderon

 

[woodaba]

[HEADING=2]Update 23: The Dark Side of the Force[/HEADING]

Sorry for the delay on this one: having your processor burn out will do that to ya. However, I am now back online (though I have to deal with Windows 8 now, which is just the worst thing ever), so let's get cracking!

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Last time, we rescued the planet of Dantooine from falling into the hands of a bunch of loony mercenaries, and earned the respect of Master Vrook. Well, to a degree that such a thing is possible anyway. We'll definitely be heading back here before this crazy train is over, but for now, let's wave goodbye to Dantooine.

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...though not before dealing with another squad of these assholes.

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Bob: "...and bring about the termination of hostilities, yeah yeah, we've heard it all before, EAT LIGHTNING DEATH!"

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...remember when one of these guys was the first boss battle we ever had? And now we can crush them without even thinking.

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Bob: "..are you seriously complaining about me saving your wrinkly ass?"

Mechanic: "...yes?"

Bob: "I hate this planet."

We've got one last man...robot..to talk to before we go.

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Bob: "Here. Let me see if I can repair that broken brain of yours."

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Bob: "I am not a Jedi. The Droid is obviously malfunctioning."

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Bob: "Now that we've dealt with him...why did you call me a Jedi?"

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Bob: "I guess they didn't bother to tender my resignation with you...what do you know of me specifically?"

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Bob: "Is that all?"

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Bob: "Scandalous! Let's watch."

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Vandar is one mellow dude, judging by those eyes.

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Bob: "Tch. Hipsters."

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I do like the way the game gives you no illusions that the Exile was some kind of force prodigy destined to be the best at force ever, just that he was "average". Kinda refreshing in an genre that so often resorts to "chosen one" power fantasies.

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Bob: "Ah, Vrook. I'd say never change, but it looks like you're right on that."

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Now, I had PLANNED on playing Pazaak with the Ithorian here for his rare parts, but the fact that he's such a raging cheater nipped that one in the bud. And quite frankly, with the newly released Magic 2015, I've had my fill of terrible interactive card games. But we'll be back.

Soon, we board the ship to leave.

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This sounds like the beginning of a bad fan fiction. Actually, scratch that. This sounds like the beginning of fan fiction.

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HK-47: "Weary resignation: If you must know, I made the mistake of installing Windows 8. Now, there are tiles everywhere, everything comes up in overly friendly, patronizing letters, I can't access any of my vital functions with any ease, and even the mere act of pulling my trigger finger causes me to completely black out. I am willing to go to any lengths to remove this."

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HK-47: "Partial Retraction: Well, on their end. I often enjoy the act of ramming a turbolazer into a meatbag's skull. But I guess some people just don't appreciate the finer things."

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A steamy routine maintenance session later...

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We have a lot of people to talk to today. Let's start with the Handmaiden.

Bob: "Can you teach me more fighting moves?"

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Bob: "When have you ever known me to need something like that? Let's go."

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Bob: "Woah! Good god, woman, you strip fast. I'm not even gonna ask where you picked up that particular skill."

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To be fair to the Handmaiden, she puts up a hell of a final fight. She hits just as hard as Bob does with all the levels and equipment she's now got, and her higher constitution means we have to do double the work. Plus, she has this annoying habit of knocking you flat on your ass to get an extra hit in. I'd even go as far to say that she's the toughest fight we've had to deal with since the match with all her sisters alllllllllll the way back at the Telos Academy.

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Eventually though, with a sliver of health remaining, we succeed.

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Bob: "Well, maybe I can teach you some things then. I've got a few tricks up my sleeve that could be handy in a fight."

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Bob: "Are you alright?"

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Bob: "...I'm not sure I like the sound of what we just did then."

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Bob: "Why?"

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Bob: "Don't let any of that hold you back. You've fought beside me, you know me, and you know Atris. What do you want?"

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Bob: "I...let's talk about your mother."

Handmaiden: "...what?"

Bob: "Humor me."

Handmaiden: "Ok..."

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Bob: "Her name was Arren Kae. She was a Jedi."

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Bob: "The Force runs strong in bloodlines. You could use it, and use it to help others."

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Bob: "Then let's begin."

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Bob: "Are you sure? If we go any further, you'll be breaking your vow to Atris."

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Bob: "Then let's get started."

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Bob: "Well, don't go growing a badass beard on my account."

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Meanwhile, thousands of miles away...

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:: Betrayal. ::

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Handmaiden: "Mistress?"

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Spooky. Although this seems like the end of the Handmaiden's story arc, it isn't. Once we get to the proper end, we'll have a good ol' analysis about her and what makes her tick, along with her Ex-Master. For now, let's go get paid before we move on to our next chat.

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Bob: "I resolved the situation on Dantooine. I believe we had a deal?"

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Hoping that we didn't just accidentally steal several thousand credits from the Republic's healthcare budget, we go to have a chat with the ships resident Creepy Stalker.

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Bob: "I've heard your species is blind. How can you see?"

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Bob: "So that's what happened to my sight when we first met...you sound as if you've lost this ability."

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Bob: "Yes, I'm sure your creepy-ass abusive master meant only the best when he broke your eyes. But I think I see what you mean, enduring great suffering can give hope to others, and to yourself."

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Bob: "How do you see through the force?"

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This ability has absolutely zero use in combat, but it's a neat little ability, nontheless, one that does a good job of making you feel like not every Jedi ability is designed to make you better at murder.

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And, of course, the first thing we shall do with this newfound ability to see into the very souls of others is to snoop on our pals.

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Visas is Light side, of course, along with Bob. But what about everyone else?

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That's Bao-Dur on the left and...oh. Well, I guess we have scientific proof: robots have no souls. Sorry, Wall-E. Your emotions are a lie. The Force said so.

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Well, of COURSE the girl scout is Light Side. But, interestingly, despite being the person who is completely against any kind of bad behavior, Handmaiden actually has less base karma than Visas.

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Mira's got a tint of the ol' blue. Suppose the bounty hunter profession isn't exactly the most moral one. G0-T0, once again, no soul. Though I'm not sure he would have one even if he were human.

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And Kreia's white. Or grey. She's the only companion whose alignment you cannot alter in any way.

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And Atton's blue. He's come a long way. I'm proud of the little insane torturer assassin.

Brr. Looking into people's souls is one hell of an invasion privacy. I feel dirty. Oh, I know just the cure for that! Talking to a half-naked woman!

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