In any RPG, you expect a strong cast of characters. But when you're building your own party to take on this adventure, you'd expect those friends to be stronger. and in The outside world 2There are some strong friends, often literally. When you first meet Tristan, his presence is demanding.
Tristan is one of the few Protectorate citizens you can actually interact with who doesn't want to kill you on sight, and you find him in a position that doesn't seem out of the ordinary for people of his rank. But when it comes to solving his personal mysteries, he's willing to stretch the definitions of protectorate law, and you can help him too.
Meeting Tristan
Before we meet Tristan, we need to functionally dismantle the Protectorate presence on Paradise Island. After you deal with the vox relayRegardless of the outcome, you are free to travel to a brand new planet, Dorado, and its Golden Ridge region. However, this is not where Tristan is found. Instead, you must travel to another newly-unlocked location, ACS Free Market.
It is a neutral location in the Arcadian star system, the only one there is, and it is ruled by the black market group, Sub Rosa. Not where you'd expect to find the Arbiter of the Protectorate. You need to go a little deeper to find the waiting Tristan The second option is the salonwhich can be found in the market.
Once inside, you'll hear Tristan and the bartender arguing, and they won't stop arguing until you inject yourself into the conversation. After a short exchange, you learn that Tristan is trying to meet with the Sub Rosa information dealerBut this has been met with a backlash. No one wants to take the chance of leaving out the middleman in protected Sab Roza locations.
You can offer your assistance to help earn Tristan's support, and so the bartender offers an idea. There is a refugee camp in Dorado that has fallen silentAnd they want you to find out what happened. That should be more than enough to earn their trust. Tristan steps forward, asking you to meet him at camp.
Investigation of refugee camps
The camp will be marked on your map immediately, so go to its location. There will be a quest you can find along the way, Missive from the Lost Days, which might be worth doing first if you want. Unique dialogue at the end of this current quest. However, once you are in the camp, you will see that it is not only abandoned, but many of its citizens have been brutally murdered.
Tristan will ask you to help him investigate what happened here, for a degree of personal curiosity but also to provide an explanation to the bartender. You are now free to explore the entirety of the camp. There are five major clues you need to find, so let's begin the search.
Once you've found everything the circle marking your objective will disappear, so it's time for you to return to Tristan.
Collapsed transmission tower
The first of the five things we need to investigate is the collapsed transmission tower. It's found at the very end of the refugee camp, and Tristan will be inactive while you investigate.
When you interact with it, some text will appear, along with a skill check. You do not interact directly with this prompt. Instead, the text you see is determined by whether you are at or above the skill shown in the prompt. If you pass a passive skill check, the text will tell you exactly what happened.
For a broken transmission tower, you need to have one Engineering skills of at least five marks.
Radio Tower
Another thing you can investigate is the radio tower. this The collapsed transmission tower was not found far awayAnd can be seen in one of the nearby buildings. Climb on top of them to interact with it.
This one is essential Science skills of at least five marks to check well.
Badly damaged automechanical
Next, you may find a badly-damaged automechanical. This is one Some were found near buildings and containersSome of the chairs have been destroyed.
To investigate it properly, you need to have At least five points in the Hack skill.
refugee corpse
next, Right in the middle of the campYou may find the bloodied corpse of a refugee who appears to have been shot as they fled.
To check them properly, you need at least Five points in medical skills.
Camp Terminal
Finally, you can find the camping terminal. It has been found Inside one of the nearby buildings.
This is the only proof where You don't need to have any skills to do research this. Read everything there is to investigate it fully.
There is also one High security lockbox Next to it, so don't miss it.
Avoiding Ambush
With all these areas researched, return to Tristan with your findings. You will be able to pass this investigation anywayTristan is able to figure it all out on his own. However, the more evidence you gather, the more impressed Tristan will be with you, and the sooner you will build trust with him.
However, after you finish your cut, a new wave of ambushers appear. here, You will face against many automechsIncluding small Wasp enemies and large Dragon enemies. Take advantage of coverage around the area, and aim to quickly take down the glowing blue weaknesses on the dragons. Shock weapons will especially make short work of them all
Once they are all defeated, agree to have a quick discussion with Tristan before saying goodbye once more Meet back at 2nd Choice Saloon To return to your research.
ACS Returning to the Free Market
Go back to where you first met Tristan and start looking for the bartender. He wouldn't be too surprised at the outcome, much to Tristan's astonishment that he actually resolved it all and returned even though he was a member of the Protectorate. Still a little wary, the bartender gives you a cryptic message Fix the malfunctioning lamp below, and give you a keycard to head down.
Below, you'll see a sleeping guard next to the terminal, and indeed, a lamp next to the wall. Simply interact with it to slide into the wall, revealing a whole new room hosting a large amount of Sub Rosa individuals. Just head over and over Talk to Francis Min For Tristan to finally get at least a hint of the answers he's been looking for.
With that conversation out of the way, Tristan requests to join your team, a trip you'll take might actually be conducive to his own research, especially since you seem to already make a highly skilled pair. You can definitely say noBut didn't you try everything to enlist him? Let the jovial Arbiter join your party and the quest will finally be complete.
