Lautrec asks about primagens, progenitors and protogens. Lautrec: "Yeah! What's a primagen, and what's a progenitor? And is there anything more we need to know about protogens?" Quirk: "Right. Protogens are an artificially-created race. We were built to be disposable slaves by an ancient race. We start out... We're like genetically-engineered animals. We're not even properly sentient... that comes with the implants." Lautrec looks at Quirk with new respect. Lautrec: "You're artificially uplifted?! That's how MY lot started out! Well, I was built from scratch, but by neural structure was based on scans from genetically-enhanced big cats. Some of my older brothers WERE big cats until they died and were transferred into neuroprocessor arrays like mine." Xerian: "Synth brains are usually metal spheres like a tennis ball..." Quirk: "POSITRONIC BRAINS?! Someone actually BUILT positronic brains?! WOW! I wish I could see inside your head!" Quirk thinks too hard about opening Xerian's head and has a crazy attack, his visor flashing "Kill". Quirk: "KiLL..." Quirk clutches at his visor, fighting to snap out of it while Xerian looks on in horror. Quirk's visor and cheek displays both become distorted. Quirk: "K-KiLL...?"

Quirk and Lautrec swap species origin stories in Xerian 2.
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The adventurers storm the execution scaffold and make off with Ernst. Hark: "RISEN! Get Neckbreaker out of here! I'LL take Abisin!" Ernst: "Commander, with due respect, I'm not going anywhere! I started this whole damn fight by getting involved, so let me help!" Hark: "You're crazy! Just do your best not to get skewered, kid..." Aisha: "I'll take the remaining guards, then!"

Ernst is loose in Innocence, Guilt and Change - but the authorities aren't going to take that lying down.
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The Professor is annoyed at Daryil asking of Lady Finch will be good too The Professor: "That's beside the point!" Daryil: "No, it's not!" Daryil: "Lady Finch has a LONG HISTORY of violence! She even tried to kill Taun's ambassador!" The Professor: "Oh VERY WELL! Albeth, I'm not completely sure I trust you again yet. Will you promise to behave yourself, at least in the presence of out guests...?" Lady Finch: "Yes, Professor." The Professor: "Excellent. Now-" Daryil: "What about-" The Professor: "SHUT UP. DARYIL! As I was saying, while you're all here, I feel it's only polite of me to show you around. Regrettably, I will have to keep you all here until things settle. But I don't think there can be any harm in showing you some of my research projects." The Professor: "Indeed, some of them can be considered a warning... Of what may happen if any of you do something stupid... Like trying to escape!"

Daryil pushes The Professor a little too far in The Epsilon Project.
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Outside the throne room, the guards are trying to break in through the door, which has been magically sealed. Some are trying to cut through, others are trying to dispel the magic. Guard captain Ernst Neckbreaker does a flying kick with his demon abilities and smashes the door off its hinges. Inside he stops, with a horrified cry of despair. Ernst: "...NO!" Lady Featherstone stands there, eyeing the throne. King Fairwater's headless body lies in a pool of his own blood, a katana stuck in his back like a knife in a roast turkey.

Ernst is having a really, really bad day in The Bounty Project.
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Quirk explains how the Vengeance got where it is Quirk: "Anyway, he ruled Aladare with an iron fist for a while until there was an uprising and he was deposed. They went back to a system of elected councils after that, but the Emperor didn't go quietly. He took this ship and fled, vowing revenge." Quirk: "That's why it's in a bit of a state, because it's got about a quarter of the crew complement it was designed for. That's good for US because it means we have plenty of bolt-holes to hide in and supplies to steal." Lautrec: "And these lobotomised crew of his? Is that who we're hiding from?" Quirk: "For the most part, yes. The ship's crew is largely protogens like myself." Quirk: "Some are allies of the Emperor who supported him back in Aladar... They make the decisions. Others have been... converted. And of course, there are the service robots." Xerian: "So is the Emperor a protogen too?" Quirk: "I THINK so, but that guy MIGHT just be a figurehead for a primagen... or even a PROGENITOR!" Xerian: "I am getting deja vu here. When I was kidnapped before, I had a tidal wave of knowledge to pick up about a universe with an ecosystem that incorporates magic. Now I need an infodump about YOUR races too."

Quirk explains how they ended up where they have in Xerian 2.
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The Professor puts his foot down Professor: "Enough of this nonsense! Anja, take the Demon to the cells. Be sure to use DEMON suppression bracers on him, NOT the 'Cubi ones!" Professor: "Now, YOU three! Will you behave yourselves, or must I arrange similar inconveniences for you too...?" Jakob: "As long as you don't try to kill us, I'm happy to remain peaceful." Niall: "I don't see anything to be gained from violence." Professor: "Daryil...? Do YOU promise to be good?" Daryil: "No." Daryil: "But I'll try to behave. Remember, if I wanted to hurt you, you'd be a smoking hole in the ground by now." Professor: "I suppose that will have to do." Professor: "Now, w-" Daryil: "Will LADY FINCH promise to be good?"

The Professor is finding Daryil a little difficult to control in The Epsilon Project.
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King Fairwater welcomes the next petitioner to the throne room, a bent old lady in a shawl. Fairwater: "Welcome, citizen! Do you have a grievance to put before your king...?" The petitioner throws back her hood to reveal that she is Lady Featherstone, and she waves an enchanted orb in one hand. Featherstone: "No, your majesty... Not any more!" The orb detonates, blasting everyone with a stun spell. Fairwater is slumped unconscious, and her accomplice, the tree-kangaroo captain, murders one of the royal guards. Featherstone drags the king to the centre of the room, lifts him up by the headwings and raises a katana. Featherstone: "I've waited a LONG time for this..."

Looks like petitioning will be closed indefinitely in The Bounty Project.
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Lautrec steers things back to the topic at hand Lautrec: "Look, we can swap life stories later. Right now, I'm more interested in the Emperor. We need to know WHAT we are up against. Now... He killed the rulers of this Aladare region, took over, and had his enemies executed. But you said he did WORSE things too?" Quirk: "Right. Yes, well, actually most of them WEREN'T killed. You see, they were turned into his mooks. They were... lobotomised. Or reprogrammed. Or both." Lautrec: "EWW! Is THAT what you were saying they'll do to P3T3R if he's caught...?" Quirk: "EXACTLY. And me, too." Xerian: "What about US? Is THAT what they plan to do to the Synths currently in the suspension chambers? Hack up our b-BRAINS?!" Quirk: "Doubtful. But that IS one of the things we need on our to-do list... Find out just WHAT their intentions are for the capitves once the invasion gets underway." Quirk: "But, since you're entirely cybernetic, I don't think you need fear being converted into one of THEM. Or your friends, for that matter." Xerian, doubtfully: "Hmm..."

Quirk explains exactly what became of the Emperor's enemies in Xerian 2.
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Lord Amadeus calls for Ernst's death, as the guards try again with a new halberd. Amadeus: "OFF WITH HIS HEAD!" Aisha: "YOU AND YOUR MEN STAY *RIGHT* WHERE YOU ARE... OR I WILL REMOVE *HIS* HEAD, YOU COWARD!" Aisha: "You'd really threaten your own people to see the wrong person executed and to kuup up with this... this soul-trapping practice? Hijo de puta! Now I believe we know who the TRUE heroes here are!" Abisin: "You shall lose your head next, Risen! For threatening death to our lord..." Hark and the others raise their swords Hark: "...FOR JUSTICE!"

Abisin might have a problem escorting a dozen armed and angry mercenaries to the block in Innocence, Guilt and Change.

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Salomere calls up the base Salomere: "Hi, Simeon! Is now a good time...?" Simeon: "Hi, Salomere! Frankly, no, it's not..." Salomere: "Oh shit! Are we interrupting a private moment with Daryil...?" Simeon: "Nah, I'd have turned the phone off." Simeon: "Actually, Fa'Rana clan attacked our base and kidnapped Niall, Jakob, one of Daryil's avatars and possibly others too..." Salomere: "HOLY SHIT!" Simeon: "Yeah, but I figure this must be pretty urgent too, right...?" Salomere: "Daryil told you about the Jyraneth mission, yeah? Well, there's people here, bulldozers and all. Are your clan doing anything here...?" Simeon: "I'd have to call you back, but I highly doubt it. We don't go there much, but if the Elders ARE doing something, they might not want to tell peons like me anyway." Salomere: "Well, ask if you can, but we'll most likely run into them first. Good luck!" Simeon: "You too. I'll keep you posted if I find anything!"

Salomere is glad she brought her satellite phone in The Epsilon Project.
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A capybara approaches the throne, where Fairwater and Admaria are sat. Fairwater: "Welcome, citizen. Do you have a grievance to put before your king...?" Petitioner: "Aye, your majesty! We were promised a fifty gigabit fibreoptic link in the borough of Folksborough this time last year, and still we wait..." Admaria: "Oho, THIS again! I'm going to get some popcorn, maybe change outfit. If we summon the CEO of the cable company into the throne room and I threaten to chop his head off, I'm sure they'll start the deployment..." Fairwater: "Strictly, leaving the throne breaks tradition, but... Whatever. Can you fetch me some chocolate while you're at it? Now then, good sir... Can you show me the contract?" Admaria leaves the throne room, and the capybara presents Fairwater with a gigantic stack of paperwork. Petitioner: "Aye, your majesty..." Fairwater: "Ouch! I shall read these after the petitioning. Return tomorrow and I will tell you our decision." Petitioner: "Thank you, Majesty!" Fairwater: "That's one down..."

King Fairwater hears some grievances in The Bounty Project.
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Lautrec isn't about to run off on a reconnaissance mission without a plan first. Lautrec: "...But in order to come up with a plan, we need a LOT more info. For starters, who IS the Emperor? Where's he Emperor of?" Quirk: "If we can't stop him, he'll be emperor of YOUR world." Quirk: "Quick version is, he's a psycho who took over the Aladare cluster. Not sure where that is by your reference, but he killed the rulers and had his enemies rounded up and either killed... Or WORSE." Lautrec: "WHAT?! He ate their SOULS?! Where I come from, they chop your HEAD off for doing that! It's one of the only capital crimes left in Daryil's realm!" Quirk: "Uh... Either that's some kind of translation error, or... Weren't you talking about WITCHES earlier...?! SURELY you don't believe in that! You're a ROBOT! You're from an advanced technical civilisation!" Lautrec: "Oh, I'm from another universe. That has magic AND technology. It's weird... Skyscrapers and tech in some areas, wooden huts and swords in others. And to further confuse things, my basic design and tech was stolen from yet ANOTHER universe... Which they visited by magical means." Xerian: "Lautrec is telling the truth. I was dropped into his universe by a powerful multidimensional entity to perform a task for them. I've seen ample demonstrations of their magical prowess, including soul-transfers. That was... an experience."

Lautrec asks about the Emperor and promptly gets sidetracked in Xerian 2.
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The crowd chant for Ernst to be released. Abisin yells at them to shut up Abisin: "SILENCE, you fools!" Abisin: "This is all CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE! How do you know HE didn't collect those souls HIMSELF?!" Hark: "Our enchanter can trace spells back to their caster, Captain. The soul-trap spell used was cast by one of the city guards." Hark: "I wouldn't be very surprised if we found YOUR signature too! Shall we check...?" Crowd: "CHECK HIM OUT! CHECK HIM OUT! SEND HIM TO THE BLOCK INSTEAD!" Lord Amadeus: "ENOUGH!" Lord Amadeus: "END THIS FARCE! You have your killer, Captain. Control this crowd, like you SHOULD be able to, and do away with the Creature, already!" Abisin: "PROCEED WITH THE EXECUTION!"

Lord Amadeus is not impressed in Innocence, Guilt and Change
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Josh stares into the evening gloom Josh: "Someone's been here." Salomere: "Are you sure?" Josh: "My eyes have infrared and zoom functions. There are footprints and vehicle tracks." Julei: "That can't be right! There's no way you could bring a vehicle here... Unless the Kamei'Sin are redeveloping the area...?" Josh: "We could ask them." Julei: "WHAT?!" Salomere: "They're not our enemies. Daryil straightened things out." Julei: "That may be, but look! A couple of ex-Jyraneth hanging around Her last known location? You think they WON'T be suspicious?" Josh: "We could just tell them the truth. We want to be sure she's not re-awakening." Julei: "They'll think we're trying to wake her OURSELVES!" Josh: "So we call Simeon. He can ask for us. He'll paint us in the best light."

Josh spots an unexpected complication in The Epsilon Project.
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Tim looks hard at his laptop and reads out the address that posted the fake bounties. Tim: "It... It was sent from 4600:5500:4300:4B00:2000:5900:4F00:5500." King Fairwater: "Doesn't mean a lot to me. Where is it...?" Tim: "Er... fuck you, your majesty." King Fairwater: "I BEG your pardon...?" Tim: "DON'T KILL ME!" Tim desperately thrusts the laptop in front of the king Tim: "That's what the address says! See? '20' is space in hexadecimal... 55 is capital 'U'... 00 for padding..." Tim: "...On a little-endian processor, using 16-bit Unicode, it spells out 'FUCK YOU'. It's FAKE!" Queen Admaria: "...Are you saying someone's HACKED INTO ADVENTURENET?!"

Tim has problems speaking truth to power in The Bounty Project.
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Xerian, having established that he's not likely to run out of power himself, realises that his lover might not be so fortunate. Xerian: "What do we DO?! Can we stop the invasion? And what about ZUKI?! We need to find out if he's okay and rescue him before he STARVES!" Lautrec: "The robots said something about suspension chambers. I suspect he's probably safe for now - assuming that the Emperor's mooks know how to keep Synths alive and charged." Xerian: "But if they DON'T, that might be WHY they keep taking MORE people!" Quirk: "The Vengeance does have stasis chambers." Quirk: "While the robots are may be dumb as bricks, the people making all the DECISIONS will be aware of your need for recharging by now. They studied your kind long enough to make a working translation model for our implants, after all." Quirk: "So frankly, your friend is probably in a safer position than WE are - at least for now." Lautrec: "Okay... That's good to know, but my boss is going to want to double-check it. Might be best if I did some reconnaissance myself."

Xerian frets about Zuki's power situation in Xerian 2.
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Lautrec tries to reassure Xerian Lautrec: "Look on the bright side, boss! Yes, we're stuck on an alien spaceship that kidnapped your boyfriend and plans to conquer your homeworld, but at least THIS time you don't have to worry about recharging. We have time to figure out what the Hell we can do!" Xerian: "True. Getting the reactor installed... For a while I felt I was being paranoid... Yet here we are." Lautrec: "Once bitten, twice shy. I'm glad we don't have to use the OTHER option." Quirk: "What was 'the other option'?" Lautrec: "I have a microfusion plant. There's a hidden XLR-4 connector on my shoulder that can charge Xerian. But I don't like the thought of being just a battery on legs." Lautrec: "And also it feels a bit too much like a witch's familiar where the witch drinks their blood. No, wait - I think I got that backwards. The FAMILIAR drinks blood from the witch..." Quirk and Xerian are staring at him strangely Quirk: "What the HECK are you talking about...?" Lautrec: "Uh, some stupid folklore thing? Forget it, it's from a different universe anyway."

For those wondering how Xerian is going to recharge, Lautrec has you covered in Xerian 2
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Daryil waves a shiny-gloved hand at The Professor as if to defend Richard's fashion choices. Daryil: "What's WRONG with opera gloves?" The Professor: "They are WOMEN'S gloves, Daryil. Worse, they are whorish things intended solely for the purposes of seduction and sexual arousal." The Professor: "I know you have loose morals, Daryil, but seriously... What makes you think shoulder-length latex gloves are even SLIGHTLY tasteful? Surely even YOU must admit they are particular unbecoming for a CLAN LEADER!" Daryil: "Professor, you're shit at a being a 'Cubi. We can dress how we like among our own kind." The Professor: "I spent my LIFE learning to REPRESS such irresponsible whims! They are a LIABILITY, as is seductive dress." Daryil: "We're a LUST clan, Professor. Seduction is part of who we ARE. The trick is to dress appropriately for the occasion, which I DID. If you feel the occasion is no longer appropriate, well that's on YOU for abducting us!" Daryil: "Besides, I LIKE wearing these gloves. They're sleek, they're snug, they're shiny, and I don't need to change anything when I do the dishes!"

Daryil and The Professor talk fashion, or a lack thereof in The Epsilon Project.
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Josh: "Normally, the bounty on Svenson for killing Obediah would have been received by orb and manually entered into the system by Tim, but, well..." Tim: "Looking at the logs, the bounty was put out a couple of weeks ago, my liege. But I don't recall doing it, and besides, I'd taken that week off work!" Tim: "Looking at the outgoing message list, it's just not there. It simply wasn't sent from this laptop." Josh: "Even worse, Obediah was hanged for sodomy in Southmoor. YESTERDAY. An impressive trick for a man murdered in Fairwater two weeks ago, right?" King Fairwater: "It is not unknown for a tyrant to exhume the body of an enemy or rival, and have the corpse hanged or decapitated... But I take your point." King Fairwater: "We will have to wrap this up shortly, as the petitioners will be arriving soon. Meanwhile, Tim... If YOU didn't post the bounty, can you find out who did, or at least where it was sent from...?" Tim: "On it, Sire... Oh."

Tim digs into the fake bounty problem in The Bounty Project
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Quirk explains why he assumed Lautrec was a cyborg Quirk: "I mean, you've SEEN the servitor robots here, right? They just run programs and pattern-match." Quirk: "But you...? You've clearly got emotions, or a VERY realistic simulation of them. So I assumed you were a cyborg too." Lautrec: "That's a fair point." Lautrec: "The brain-in-a-jar thing has been tried, actually. But it didn't work out too well." Lautrec: "For you information, I am a Mark 9 CyberJag, and one hundred percent meat-free. Xerian here is my friend and employer, and he is a SYNTH - which is a kind of dragon-like lizard android, If I may put it like that." Lautrec: "Synths don't like being called robots because that implies a menial, non-sentient slave, while WE are certifiably ALIVE in any sense that matters." Quirk: "...I see. The irony is, while I am mostly living tissue, I was built by the Emperor... Specifically to BE a menial, non-sentient slave."

Quirk and Lautrec compare notes in Xerian 2.
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Abisin points angrily at Aisha Abisin: "YOU are the one who caught him! Why this sudden change of heart? What proof do you, one adventurer, have of this boy's innocence?" Hark calls out, wearing full platemail and brandishing the flight case full of soul gems. Hark: "THIS proof, O'Kaar!" Hark: "In this case are crystals that have been enchanted to hold just one particular thing within each... SOULS. It was given to us by a bandit who saw what was going on with Ernst." Hark waves one of the soul gems at the crowd Hark: "If Ernst killed anybody, it was in SELF-DEFENCE, as he was attacked for exposing this discovery! He is now on your chopping block, FRAMED for the innocent people whose lives were ended to be cast into THESE!" Hark: "It's all been confirmed, CAPTAIN. YOU, and your guards, and the bandits you've employed, are the ones killing innocent people!" The crowd go wild, yelling "Let him go! Let him go!" Coffee lady: "I KNEW it couldn't have been him!"

Abisin asks for proof in Innocence, Guilt and Change.
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Daxxon is propped into a chair, still stunned. The Professor glances at Lady Finch coolly. Professor: "Ah, Albeth. I see Taun hasn't killed you yet." Finch: "Indeed, Professor. Behind your shields seemed the safest place to weather the storm." Finch: "Incidentally, I found Yvonne's head. Daryil and his ragtag followers had stolen it, presumably through Illiath. I've performed a secure erase on her brain to prevent them learning any further secrets of ours." Professor: "EXCELLENT! I was starting to fear you had defected to Daryil and his ilk. Richard shows some worrying signs, but I think we can nip them in the bud." Professor: "For starters, I've suggested he begin wearing something more CONVENTIONAL for an incubus. Arm-warmers, or some long-sleeved shirts instead of those RIDICULOUS rubber opera gloves." Professor: "I am sure Richard's late father suggested them, to make him DRESS like Daryil, and ease Richard towards that clan without him suspecting."

The Professor catches up with Lady Finch in The Epsilon Project.
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Keaton: "Jirra was this bandit chief! Tried to rob us, but we had a Taun clan adventurer with us who lopped his head off. Then I killed ALL his little friends and made a tower out of their heads... It was WAY COOL!" Keaton: "Figured we'd caught them all, but since you know about it, I guess one of 'em lived to tell the tale. I still got Jirra's armour somewhere, it was cool loot!" Fairwater: "ENOUGH, Keaton! We're trying to convince Time that he is safe in my lands! Outlaw or not, stories of your wicked past are... The opposite of helpful." Keaton: "Fine!" Admaria: "Tim, you need not fear us. The kingdom exists to keep all its citizens safe... Being, 'Cubi or Demon. Inter-racial violence is punished harshly for the greater good." Fairwater: "Anyway, let us get to the matter at hand. Josh...?" Josh: "Yes, your majesty. Southmoor forbids technology and their guild is not on AdventureNet." Josh: "They get their orders and post bounties from a relay station in disputed territory on our border. This was manned by Tim, here, who acted as sysadmin and transcribed any bounties via messaging orb."

Keaton fondly recollects Jirra in The Bounty Project.
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Jason, Josh, Tim and Keaton stand in King Fairwater's throne room. Tim looks particularly uncomfortable. Josh: "...And this is Tim, Majesty. He has assisted with the investigation and escaped with us when the Church attacked his outpost." Fairwater: "Well met. Nice leathers, by the way." Tim: (Whimper) Josh: "Please forgive his nervousness, Majesty. For someone living in a 'Cubi-run kingdom, he is rather ill at ease among us." Fairwater: "Oh head. Did you grow up in a medieval territory?" Tim: "My parents did, yes..." Fairwater: "Ah, so they fed you stories of how all 'Cubi just want to eat your soul?" Tim: "Sometimes. But we DID lose an ancestor to 'Cubi, many generations ago! Jirra was murdered by three of them in a forest outside Ha'Khun... A jackal, a wolf and an Alsatian." Keaton: "OOOOH! Wait! He was a kangaroo too, right? YEAH! I remember that!" Tim: "WHAT?!"

Tim gets an interesting revelation in The Bounty Project.
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Quirk starts to explain that what's under your visor is a bit of a prickly topic. Quirk: "Well, if you've never seen a protogen before, I can't expect you to understand our taboos. What's behind the visor can vary. Some have a proper face, though the visor still can't be removed as it's part of our life-support." Quirk: "Others... Well, the older or more experimental designs... They just have their internal organs removed while the skull is rebuilt. Then they're rammed back into the head any which way, held in place with luck and nanites." Xerian: "EWW! I see why it's a sore point." Quirk: "Quite. It can be ugly - like the brain is pressed directly against the visor and the eyes are left kind of floating around or lashed to the sides. It's not nice... And I don't WANT to know which type I am." Quirk: "Either way, removing or puncturing the visor will be fatal without medical aid." Xerian: "So, with Synth heads, the visor is made of synthetic sapphire. It had integrated displays - the outward-facing ones render my face, rather like yours." Xerian: "The inward-facing ones act as a Heads-Up-Displays and there's a camera gimbal down the centre that runs on a track." Xerian: "We use a HUD because injecting data directly into the brain module would be a security-" Quirk: "Brain MODULE?! You mean you're WHOLLY ROBOTIC?! I didn't think that was POSSIBLE!" Lautrec: "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!" Quirk: "VERY heavily augmented. Like, just an organic brain in your head or something."

Xerian and Quirk learn how each other work in Xerian 2.
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Having heard a snicking sound, Ernst realises he is still alive and opens his eyes to see the axe-head lying in the basket instead of his own head. Aisha loudly interrupts the proceedings. Aisha: "Perdóname, guard captain, but... I do believe a few of us have an OBJECTION." Abisin: "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS, Miss DeCabre? Interfering with an execution is a SERIOUS CRIME!" Aisha walks up to the scaffold and locks eyes with Ernst Abisin: "Besides, I thought you would be more than happy to see this dangerous Demon be put to justice... They are, after all, your most hated of enemies!" Aisha: "My most hated enemies are those who do harm. I can't ignore those who don't. I vowed to protect the innocent, like you and your guards SHOULD have done... Just like the adventurers of this city HAVE done!" Aisha: "And this Creature you are so determined to kill..." Aisha: "...is INNOCENT!"

Ernst finds a different kind of head in the basket in Innocence, Guilt and Change.
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The Professor is still obsessing over the destruction of his killer robot instead of the fact that Daxxon is interfering with his plans. Daxxon: "I'm going to count to THREE, Professor. Ant then..." Professor: "NO! NO! You CAN'T HAVE NIALL! He is my HOSTAGE! I NEED him to keep Daryil in line!" Daxxon: "JAKOB." Professor: "Oh, JAKOB...? I don't need HIM! Take him and go, we'll forget all of this." Daxxon: "I KNEW you'd see reason!" Daxxon turns to Jakob and is suddenly blasted from behind with a stun spell. Professor: "So, your boyfriend is a DEMON, Jakob? Pity you couldn't have picked someone BRIGHTER. Seriously, falling for THAT old trick...?" Jakob: "...And just how bright was THAT? Now you've got ANOTHER party wanting your death!"

Jakob isn't getting out of it that easily in The Epsilon Project.
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Xerian is still unsettled by the fact that Quirk's visor can open into a crude-looking mouth. Xerian: "No offence, but I'd rather not see that again. Seeing the mouth forming was a bit... Well, disturbing." Lautrec: "I'm sure we'll get used to it. But seeing that for the first time was a shock." Xerian: "Why does the ship NEED evening gloves and high heels? I thought it was a military vessel." Quirk: "Even military personnel need to let off steam when off-duty." Quirk: "Ships like the Vengeance have multi-year missions and need to support various contingencies and forms of recreation. Also... Well, I've heard the Emperor likes them." Lautrec: "I hope he's not an incubus..." Xerian: "So, uh... Having seen your mouth go like that... Well - I'm kind of curious. What's under your visor?" Quirk: "Well, that's under YOUR visor? That's a bit of a personal thing to ask when I don't even know your NAME yet!" Xerian: "...That's true. I go by 'Xerian'. It's mostly empty space behind my visor, actually, but wel... Where to begin? Let me think..."

Quirk explains why the ship's replicators stock nightclub wear. Somewhat.
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Daniel has a question during the mission debriefing Daniel: "Something I would rather like to know is exactly how come Ralf appeared to save us in the very nick of time. Has he been trailing us for days...?" Steve: "Only hours. And it was thanks to Ben." Daniel: "Ben...?" Ben: "The night before the feast. Once I'd been shown to my room, I communed with Lord Daryil and warned him that things were getting awkward." Ben: "He promised to send help, but when I asked for details he got all enigmatic and kept rambling about oats. After that he tried to seduce me and I broke the link." Steve: "A Warp-Aci arrived here with a message from Lord Daryil advising I send Ralf off as backup for you, and watch for an emergency recall if the mission aborted." Steve: "Ralf IS here to be field-tested, and he's passed his first test with flying colours." Steve: "And that is that. Ben, Daniel... You may take the rest of the week off to recover. I must hire a replacement for poor Roger." Olaf: "It's my fault you lost a colleague, so the least I can do is help replace him. And I have a possible candidate."

R-ALF's sudden appearance is explained in The Bounty Project.
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Wendy speeds towards Daxxon with her internal blade weapon extended. Daxxon speeds towards her at a similar pace. He grabs the skewer, bending it and lands a kick in the robot's belly. This ruptures the power storage used for her teleportation system, exploding her in a flash of bright light. Triumphant, Daxxon turns towards the android Anja, who backs away in terror. Anja: "NO! NO! Don't kill me... I'm sentient!" Daxxon: "Then stay out of my way, and you won't get hurt!" Daxxon then drop-kicks the destroyed android's s head at The Professor, who deftly catches it. Daxxon: "Hand over my boyfriend, Prof! Or your clan loses ITS head too!" The Professor stares appalled at the destroyed android, apparently too shocked to heed Daxxon's warning or demands. Professor: "How... How did you... I will have to redesign..."

The Professor is down another robot in The Epsilon Project.
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