Dealing with Young Engineers |
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Required: His Brother's Riddle quest. |
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→ Go to
Martiana Zeth |
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YOU: Got any work for a wayward adventurer? |
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Martiana: Ah, I've been looking all over for some help. |
Martiana: I need to do two things at once, and I'm hoping that if you can help me with one, I can do the other more efficiently. |
Martiana: Can you help me out, please? |
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YOU: I'm glad to have the work. |
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Martiana: Splendid. |
Martiana: I'll start replenishing the lights. |
Martiana: You'll need to get Noxdar's engineering proposal. |
Martiana: He's a trainee engineer with some interesting ideas, but I need to make sure he's on the right track. |
Martiana: Just tell him I sent you, or ask him to give you the proposal. |
Martiana: He should be able to infer why and hand it over. |
Martiana: He's most likely in the Winch area somewhere; he likes to work in out-of-the-way areas though, so search around. |
Martiana: Bring the proposal back to me once you have it in hand. |
Martiana: Thanks again. |
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→ Go to
Noxdar Darmeth |
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YOU: Martiana Zeth wanted me to fetch some papers from you. |
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Noxdar: Martiana sent you for the engineering proposal, did she? |
Noxdar: She's quite eager; I just got them finished last night. |
Noxdar: I'd have finished them earlier, but I've had some, uh, personal things to sort out. |
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-Noxdar idly fingers his chipped fang.- |
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Noxdar: I shouldn't delay you: By all means, take them. |
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-Noxdar gives you a set of rumpled papers.- |
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Noxdar: I think you'll find Martiana will be most pleased with them. |
Noxdar: Farewell, Tabei. |
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→ Go to
Martiana Zeth |
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YOU: I have a delivery for you. |
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Martiana: I didn't see Hakik offering to do the lights. |
Martiana: No, let's ask the engineer. |
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-Martiana grumbles as she works on the lights. She looks at you briefly.- |
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Martiana: Oh, sorry, I need to do this. |
Martiana: Hand them to me a bit later, would you please? |
Martiana: Thanks. |
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→ Go to
Martiana Zeth |
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YOU: Are you ready to receive that delivery now? |
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Martiana: Sorry about that. |
Martiana: Okay, let's see what we have here. |
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-Martiana flips back and forth between the pages, nodding her head quickly and running a finger along the lines of the equations.- |
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Martiana: The mechanics are good; Noxdar has some promise. |
Martiana: But he seems to have made the same mistake I did as a trainee engineer: he did not account enough for the magic. |
Martiana: Now, a lot of the magic used in the winch mechanisms is Blue Way. |
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-Martiana cocks her head to one side.- |
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Martiana: There's a Blue Way practitioner in the library district of Hydlaa, I believe. |
Martiana: Do you know his name? |
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YOU: I have heard of him, yes. |
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Martiana: Oh good, what is his name? |
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YOU: Ah, yes! I think Barrin Dhorod is the person you mean. |
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Martiana: Barrin! |
Martiana: That's it. |
Martiana: All right, take this proposal to Barrin and answer to the best of your knowledge if he asks anything. |
Martiana: He'll probably be able to fix these equations and save us some coin. |
Martiana: Bring it back to me when you're done. |
Martiana: Thanks again. |
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→ Go to
Barrin Dhorod |
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YOU: I have some documents that Martiana Zeth would like you to examine. |
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Barrin: Yes, I know. |
Barrin: The proposal, please. |
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YOU: jumps a bit then hands over the proposal. |
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Barrin: I see that my reputation precedes me as you knew who I was, YOU. |
Barrin: Oh, don't act so surprised. |
Barrin: You know I'm proficient in the Blue Way, and therefore with divination. |
Barrin: But enough of that. |
Barrin: Allow me to peruse this proposal. |
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-Barrin studiously examines the document, the fingers on his free hand flickering with apparent mental calculation. Finally, he draws a quill and begins making some corrections.- |
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Barrin: You can probably decrease the weight of the chains by twelve percent, perhaps even fifteen but that might be risky. |
Barrin: It will ease the burden on the goujahs, and provide other benefits. |
Barrin: You may want to consider handing the document to another engineer to check the mechanical equations, just in case. |
Barrin: Here you go, YOU. |
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→ Go to
Warinn Klumdt |
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YOU: I'm hoping you can check these equations for me. |
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Warinn: So, some young engineer has new ideas for the Hydlaa Winch, huh? |
Warinn: All right. |
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-Warinn reads the proposal, lips moving silently as he mouths the equations.- |
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Warinn: Aha! |
Warinn: Look here. |
Warinn: A seven was transposed onto the next line as a one. |
Warinn: It's the kind of error that gets made when you stay up too late working or you have to finish quickly. |
Warinn: It won't affect too much, but it's always best to hand something in without careless errors. |
Warinn: The rest is top-notch work. |
Warinn: You can have it back now. |
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→ Go to
Martiana Zeth |
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YOU: pulls the document from his pouch and gives it to Martiana. |
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Martiana: You found Barrin? |
Martiana: Great. |
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-Martiana quickly looks at the document.- |
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Martiana: I'm impressed. |
Martiana: I don't think I could have done a better job. |
Martiana: Lerok will be over the dome with excitement. |
Martiana: Noxdar will make a fine engineer one day. |
Martiana: But now I'll have to work all the harder to make sure he doesn't take my job! |
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-Martiana grumbles a bit.- |
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Martiana: Still, you saved me a lot of time, so take this. |
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-Martiana gives you some golden circles.- |
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Martiana: Thank you very much for lending a hand. |
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QUEST COMPLETED |
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Rewards: 1 Object glyph, 9922 Tria, 16400 XP. |
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