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Order all heavy fight ships to the position of the Jump Gate to Maelstrom in Devoid Clime/Silent Void with the Defence officers set to attack. At <4km Vice Admiral Bayes suggests to lure the Xenon to Albion to spread them thin enough to be fought. There is disagreement from the Albion Skunk. Ren threatens revenge if the people in Albion are harmed and Yisha thinks Bayes is insane. Yisha sends a data burst to warn Albion and Xenon ships (approximately 4 waves of 6, 50% are Ps) start coming through the gate. Despite annihilating all Xenon coming through the gates allegedly some get though. Neyl Colburn says the Xenon have somehow gotten half way through the sector and that the only hope is to follow the plan of Bayes to destroy the Xenon production Faculties in Maelstrom but before then head to AC Cell Recharge Fab I for some "upgrades". The Awran will start to proceed through the Jump Gate. This is the last of the 3 opportunities to get a 40% discount on software and the first opportunity to get the Inertial Hammer Mk2 (Finally a useful upgrade!) and the Pulsed Maser Mk2 (if the <player> has the TTO DLC, this is already obsolete). Fly through the gate to Maelstrom where Bayes sends orders to defend the jump beacon.
Maelstrom
- Find: AG Awran
- Find: Split Base
Place Place a trade agent on the station and follow the markers to Aged Duct Work and then Timid Star for an optional dogfight with 1 P, 2Ms and an N. Continue following the markers. Upon entering Blurred Reflection there will be a lot of shouting about finding some ships. Follow the markers to Indignity where a Split "Raptor" Gangrene Chaser (formerly Raptor) jumps in using old access codes. The split says it was the Argon wo reactivated the dormant Xenon and their plan to destroy the Xenon is better before jumping away. If the Split base in The Sixth Scripture has already been found then Yisha says a unique dialog about "just heading over there" otherwise the <player> will be asked to look for it. The Sixth Scripture is Northeast of Twisted Faith (the middle of the north highway). Ren tells the Split the crew of the Albion Skunk are traders and is asked to dock. Use the long range scanner on the station to find a Unique Lockbox on the west side of the station containing the Kha'ak Kyon Crystal from the Kha'ak relic Collection.
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