We have only one destination point available:
Of course getting there is not easy:
Mission 07 - Attack C (41 MB)
Teaser:
Video 04 - Atacama City (11 MB) YouTube Mirror
Atacama City at last!
Cingan disappears right away, but not before paying up:
We should visit the Arms Dealer to buy even better gun. Sadly, he doesn't have Vendettas III on stock!
South America - still the third world, even after the nuclear holocaust...
Well, lets speak with the local people. There's some Business Man in the Tavern:
If you're not packing the latest edition of "Aquagirl" you can clear off right now!
I'm just looking to find out what your situation is with war operations.
Ha! You're just in time, mercenary. Everybody's got it in for somebody lately. But that's the Tornado Zone!
Who've you got it in for? Maybe there's some work for me there.
Aw, I love all mankind. But you know, I do have a load of smuggled schnapps that needs to find its way to SCAVENGER . Just can't seem to get away to do it myself - too much business! Do you want to earn 1,900 credits?
What the hell.... If you're paying, I'm your man.
Schnapps? Do I look like a schnapps smuggler? I'd rather go legal than stoop that low.
Good! I'll make sure you get the cargo on board. Simply deliver it to SCAVENGER, to a MARY WOOL!
There's also some Engineer in the Residential Block:
Hey, stranger, how do you like our breathing gas in ATACAMA CITY? I'm the engineer responsible for it.
Let's say it's unusual! What's it made up of?
Well, we use the helinox that EnTrOx sells to us, put it through a decontaminator and mix it with Surface-One.
Okay, it's cleared largely of its radioactive components, but WHAT is Surface-One?
We get it from the Clansunion, they say that it is EXACTLY HOW the earth's surface smells.
How do they know that? Nobody has ever been up there!
They say they've got the formula for the smell from old poetry books.
Yeah, it smells a bit...hm...earthy here. I thought that came from the rock walls.
In part. The walls of ATACAMA CITY are largely made up of solid natural rock. It's UNIQUE in Aqua.
I've heard that many people come here just for that. A way of being directly in contact with earth. No layer of titanium in between.
Exactly. People start to dream! They get a sort of...sense of being at home.
Yeah...I remember from old fairy-tales that ATACAMA CITY was founded by rebellious Clansunion families. And that there are supposed to be huge, giant squid here who are able to survive because of the hot springs nearby.
Hahaha...yes, I know these fairy-tales. There IS life near the springs, the "Hot Vents". Chemo-synthetic life. But no monsters!
Yeah, and from this chemo-synthetic protein you now do a roaring export trade. Right now at the forthcoming anniversary in NEOPOLIS.
You've got to be kidding! The Atlantans pay us hardly anything. They're exploiters! And warlords like SANTIAGO and WILLY BOY live a good life from the meager profits!
Yeah, there's enough for THEM. And the man in the street is left out!
That's right. Well, it's been nice talking to you. I must get on. Light, friend!
Two people in the Plaza:
First one is a lady with a sexy voice:
Can you help me?
It depends, what's it about?
Does "high pressure nerve syndrome" mean anything to you?
No idea...never heard of it!
Then I've no time for you. Find out for yourself first!
WTF? We can still talk to her after that, but her lines are the same. Oh, well.
Second person is some weird dude:
Ooooooh...!
What's the matter?
No idea...I feel so dizzy...no feeling in my right leg.
Go to the doctor!
Rubbish, perhaps a drop in carbon dioxide.
I am the doctor! I'm suffering from a lack of carbon dioxide.
Then you'll know what to do.
Yes...but I don't know why such a thing can happen! It's a serious matter.
Our next logical step should be Scavenger:
But I've decided to visit both Lima stations before that (looking for a shop selling Vendetta III guns).
Lima 1 is empty:
In Lima 2:
There's some guy in one of the mining pipes:
Are you one of those Benthos traitors?
What are you talking about?
The huge group Benthos Unlimited! They get everywhere here, like the water plague.
Yeah, I know them. They've got a bad reputation.
Exactly, they clean us out. When things are good in NEOPOLIS we have to tighten our belt here in the Pacific.
It's exactly the same for me. I too am urgently in need of money to fit out my boat...
If you need money you should talk to MARIA MORENO. She usually hangs around in ATACAMA CITY !
Who is she?
She is on the side of VELASQUEZ, the man who protects us as well as he can from warlords like SANTIAGO. And he is an enemy of Atlantic Imperialism!
Good. I'll speak to her. What's your name?
Do you think that matters?
Well, I don't think it does indeed...
Still, the dealers on both stations don't sell Vendetta III of course. We can buy it at the Entropoint, but it's fucking expensive there (as everything else):
Fuck this shit. Let's go to Scavenger:
Mission 08 - Ambush B (22 MB)
Teaser:
Scavenger is a cool place indeed:
There's our client in the Hall, plus some guy.
She pays us for the firewater. Let's talk to the guy.
I am TUBBY ESCOBAR, stranger. You are wearing Atlantic clothes...
A man of the world dresses like this. Not everyone can go around the Tornado Zone in rags!
There's no point in deriding an inhabitant of the zone. We know heaven and hell. We have been baptized by the devil.
Don't be so full of yourself, ESCOBAR. I come from the Tornado Zone as well.
You mean you are one of us?
Yeah, I could be your brother. My father was very active here in ATACAMA CITY!
What? I'm not an ailing freak! Watch what you're saying.
Aha, may darkness be with you, brother. What are you doing here?
I need a job!
I'm looking for somebody by the name of FULLER.
Job eh? Listen, you do me a favor and in return I'll find you a job!
What kind of a favor?
You are to bring a shipment of diamonds from the Red Sea to LISA X at ENTROPOINT VI.
Is it a dangerous business?
LISA is dangerous. The job is not.
Hmm... what about payment?
I'm not paying you anything. But LISA has got a real man's job for you. It'll be worth it.
I'm in. Bring your shipment on board and I'll deliver it.
Forget the job. I've got something better to do anyway.
Some well-connected Arms Dealer at last:
I've also decided to sell Flint's shitty torpedoes and buy him something good:
Hammerheads have optical position-fixing system and cannot be distracted by any shit.
They're also expensive as fuck.
Look who's in the Garcia's Lounge:
Let's start with the Worker:
Oh man! Not another tourist!
What are you talking about? I'm here on business.
I don't give a damn. You guys from NEOPOLIS fall on us and suck our blood.
Hey, Lady, not likely. What's up?
You entice our best scientists with money. You really drain the zone dry. You profit from the low wages, but don't put anything in!
I don't have much to do with politics. But THIS is the Tornado Zone, You would sell your families for money.
Rubbish! We have to survive. Nearly everyday we struggle against the enormous vortices of the Tornado's surface, it causes contaminated water to come down here!
So what? What do you care? You care as much about responsibility as the big shots in NEOPOLIS. The main thing is to do a quick deal, otherwise you moan.
I'll tell you something, mercenary, I've got three children. It's dammed hard to build a future for them here.
I know that most of the people who live in the zone spend their time providing their warlords with a good PRESENT TENSE.
You are right, screwballs like that BORIS SANTIAGO really prevent any progress being made, so that their power remains stable.
SANTIAGO is not thought very highly of, is he?
He is the most powerful man in the Pacific. Many idolize him, others would like nothing better than to stick a knife in him.
Yeah, we shall see. It seems to me that his downfall is nigh.
Do we have a case of EXTREME Flint here? Maybe this cute honey will chill Flint out:
Go away, mercenary. I'm in a bad mood.
But why? I'm here now, honeybunch!
Oh God of the algae! Such mercilessly boring egomania again!
Me, boring? The seabed is roused when I appear!
Bah! Go and clean your torpedo barrel, screwball!
Bitch! We can talk to her again though...
Let's speak with the Barkeeper next:
I bet you're looking for a wife, soldier! Am I right?
Yeah, but she should be young, beautiful and intelligent!
You've had one too many, that's all.
Bah! We've got cute girls here! But they soon grow old. This is not living, it's waiting for death!
I saw one over there, she is very pretty and bright...
Women don't stay in SCAVENGER any longer than the hope of a win on the lottery.
You need a reason to stay here. Make an effort!
Well, if I had to do it with wimps like YOU I too would soon clear off!
Be that as it may. The girl over there is called EVA! What a strange name. But she's nice! Try your luck.
Good, I'll try my luck. It might help to fight my tiredness.
Alright, another try!
Go away, mercenary. I'm in a bad mood.
My friend over there said you were very nice...
Yes, he's cute if a little pitiful.
I can understand that, you don't have an easy life here on SCAVENGER.
Tell those who are responsible. What's your name?
FLINT. EMERALD "Deadeye" FLINT.
You seem nice, what do you do "Deadeye"?
I kill time. I do the same to bad guys!
A mercenary, I don't have much time for killers. They are the reason why things are lousy here.
What? Many protect you as well.
Yeah? You mean they share the job, some want to kill us, others protect us? Bullshit. It's a man's game.
Hmm...and what's the situation with you? Do YOU want to play with me?
Sure. Why not. I don't often have the chance to...play...with the "men" on this station.
Okay, where is the playing-field?
It'd be best if you come to the residential quarters in four hours time. Apartment Delta-eight. I'll be waiting for you!
Sorry, Eva, but I don't plan ahead that far.
Oh well, it could be illegal or something anyway... Let's talk to Fuller:
Damn! What do you want?
Are you FULLER?
I'm looking for a man who knows what's what!
Stop bothering me, mercenary!
One mercenary knows another. The old game.
How do you know that I am a mercenary?
Too late. Your peace and quiet came to an end the moment you first saw me.
Yes...the never-ending game, my friend.
What does friend mean here? What's your name?
The game is FOR REAL now. Tell me your name!
I lost my name in the Shogunate's prison camp, mercenary.
Light, brother! I was also there. A year. My name is "Deadeye" FLINT. Greetings from EL TOPO.
"Deadeye". The best fighter pilot of all the oceans! I will drink to that! How is the old dog EL TOPO?
He's got a problem. A big problem.
I've heard. You have lost one of his sulfur freighters.
I'm not to blame. He took me for a ride!
There was certainly no sulfur on board the boat!
EL TOPO doesn't take anybody for a ride without reason, FLINT. You should know that.
Yeah. Let's say that the fact that I only had a scrap boat at my disposal was part of his strategy. And there was certainly no sulfur on board the freighter. So what do you know, FULLER?
The small black box. BORIS SANTIAGO has got it! On board the BIG FAT MAMA , his enormous freighter.
SANTIAGO? That lousy toad from the mangan lumps mine area? What's he got to do with it?
He has become rich in recent years. He wants the Tornado Zone to himself. Then he will have a monopoly on mangan lumps, chemo-synthetic protein and technology smuggling.
And he wants to rob EnTrOx of it's power! Then he will be the only other person with knowledge of jump ships.
I heard that he kidnapped one of the MACHINA ANTARCTICA scientists so that he would help him to copy the technology of the jump ships. He's becoming more powerful than is good for Aqua.
Yeah! EL TOPO really does have a problem there.
EL TOPO is almost at the end of his tether. He has hardly any money left. The federation isn't helping him although he strictly operates in accordance with their wishes. Now everything depends on you, FLINT!
That's how I see it as well! I'm going to stop SANTIAGO!
You will need a really good boat then. Excellent weapons. EL TOPO's people can't help you anymore. He doesn't like to admit it but he's up to his eyes in it!
No worries. I'll get a boat. And I shall come back and blow SANTIAGO to pieces!
Sounds good, FLINT!
Do you know anybody who might have a job for me?
There's a certain CHRIS KRUEGER around here. He's captain of the POSEIDON, a Benthos Unlimited freighter. Find him. He's looking for somebody like you. Try ATACAMA CITY.
Thank you. It looks as though I'm in business again!
Damn, was Chris Avellone involved with this game? It's becoming a little bit
too wordy as of late...
Alright, we should deliver the diamonds before going back to Atacama City:
Mission 09 - Ambush C (42 MB)
Teaser:
Those guys from EnTrOx Corporation turned out to be p. nice...
Let's speak with Lisa X:
I hope you've got something there for me, mercenary!
A shipment of diamonds, and greetings from TUBBY ESCOBAR.
You managed to do the job? Stupid question. So that greedy CREOLE wasn't a problem - good.
ESCOBAR thought you might be able to find me a good paying job in return.
Aye, you can make 2,400 credits if you can take me to ATACAMA CITY. If we're attacked, I'll expect loyalty for my money!
Who's gunning for you?
Well, there's a certain FRENCHY - he's also in the diamond trade.
Okay. If he attacks, I'll put him out of business.
Sorry. I need to start paying attention to my own mission here instead of sorting out other people's business. So long, babe.
We have to go to Atacama City anyway, so what the hell...
Moar to come!
I'll look around for the other one.
