Lieutenant Vaelyn
Lieutenant Vaelyn has been assigned by Captain Ozlo to study The Core. She can be found alongside her crew stationed at the research camp in depth 29. Vaelyn is persistent and committed to her job, sacrificing her own well being through constant exposure to the core in order to complete the task at hand.
Dialogue and Location
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| Hail. I am Lieutenant Vaelyn, commanding officer of on-site Core research. You are clearly amongst the strongest of the Spiral Knights to reach these infernal depths, but strength alone will get you no further.
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- What's the situation, Lieutenant?
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| We're attempting to find a means to activate the Core through the power of the minerals found within the Clockworks. Those minerals are capable of transforming the Clockworks-we have seen this in the Haven Arcade. It is our belief that we can use that power to activate the Core and... open it somehow.
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Yes, Captain Ozlo himself has ordered that we hold out as long as possible and learn whatever we can. If we ever leave this planet, it will be because of this Core.
I am confident that aside from a potential energy source, the Core is a kind of nerve center for everything you see within the Clockworks. You can feel it in what little air is down here; a wild, ominous sense that this is no mere machine.
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- You're saying it's what... alive?
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I'm saying that we know this entire world isn't natural, and I for one don't believe that those hordes of miserable gremlins, no matter how industrious, could have built an entire wold. They had to have been aided by something far beyond their measure and perhaps whatever that is lies within the Core.
The same goes for the Alpha Squad. They wouldn't just disappear, even within the furthest depths of the Clockworks. They were our very best. It was this Core that swallowed them.
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- But I thought there was no way inside it?
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| I don't know how, but they would have found a way. They must have... and now they're gone.
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The Path is Revealed:
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| Backup at last! PLAYERNAME, look! The Core is opening!
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(After Herex speaks and disappears)
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| PLAYERNAME, this is almost certainly a trap and I can't ask you to come with me, but I'm going in there. If there's even a chance that Rulen and the other Alpha Squad members are alive I need to try and find them.
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| Well, I guess it's time to be a hero again. Shall we?
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A Step Beyond:
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| Herex slipped away! I lost sight of him as things went black. It felt like a thousand hands were pulling us away. As if something didn't want us to follow.
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| Whatever that was, we're here now. Wherever here is. It looks like our only option is to see where this leads.
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Refuge:
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| Amazing...I never thought I'd see another one of us ever again! I'm glad to see you made it here safely.
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Parma! Your Scout! You're alive! Where are you!?
We need to get you back to Haven.
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| Apologies for not appearing in person. I'm hidden away in a safe place. I knew I'd never make it here in time when I noticed your signal. Luckily I was able to pull some strings and find you an exit.
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- Where's Rulen? Euclid? Grantz?
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| Grantz he...he fell while protecting us from The Swarm. He stood his ground even when the rest of us were forced to flee. I'll never forget how brave he was.
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| The rest of us thought we weren't going to make it. But then...then the light surrounded us and we were safe. We've taken to calling it The Sleeper. We aren't sure what it is exactly, but it needs our help. This world was created to protect it but somehow The Swarm breached the Core and has been feeding on the energy and growing like a leech ever since.
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| Euclid volunteered to help The Sleeper. I'm sure he's in here somewhere battling The Swarm even as we speak. As for Rulen...Vaelyn, I'm sorry, he disappeared shortly after Euclid made his decision. I haven't been able to find him ever since.
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| There isn't much time. I can't reach you from here and you need to make it out. Warn headquarters. Warn Haven! If the Core isn't kept sealed The Swarm will escape and it will continue to consume everything and everyone.
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- But what about you and the others?
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The Swarm keeps growing stronger while The Sleeper grows weaker. Without us, all of us, The Swarm will win. Once, the gremlins were in charge of maintaining Cradle's defenses. But they had their own plans. We need to be Cradle's champions now.
It's our sacrifice.
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| Continue to fight the good fight, PLAYERNAME. Remember what you've learned. Farewell!
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Notes
- Due to the nature of her work, she is prone to drift off, as shown in the mission previous to The King of Ashes.
Lieutenant Vaelyn via Comlink
Shown wielding her flourishes
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