Patient Zero
| Patient Zero | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Contract |
| Contract Chain | Containment |
| Contract Group | The Scourge |
| Issuer | Dr. Shaffat |
| Repeatable | No |
| Rewards |
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| Added in Version | 1.5.15.0 |
We've just isolated the vector and the original source of the epidemic. A ship that crashed just outside the Deep Desert.
If our research has been correct and my epidemic patterning is accurate, then it is there you will find patient zero. You're taking a risk for us - but we should be able to finally stop this entire thing if we can just get a sample. Find out who they are, and bring me back a piece of them. Good luck - we're counting on you.
Objectives
- Travel to the shipwreck from the Overland Map
- Find the source of the contagion
- Kill Captain Grobian
- Collect a Tissue Sample from the Captain
- OPTIONAL: Give Phrakk a Tissue Sample before returning to Dr. Shaffat
- Deliver the Tissue Sample to Dr. Shaffat
Findings
Hallucination in Arrakeen when leaving Dr. Shaffat's clinic after accepting contract
Unknown: Ours is a dread jihad. Only we can see the enemy.
When first entering the Wreck of the Hieronymus
CAPTAIN GROBIAN: Crew of the Hieronymus. We have shared the holy sickness of revelation. CAPTAIN GROBIAN: Spread it! All of Arrakis must join. CAPTAIN GROBIAN: Trust not the uninfected. Only we can see the monsters hiding behind faces familiar.
Captain Grobian's second dialogue
CAPTAIN GROBIAN: I see you! we have seen you. CAPTAIN GROBIAN: We see you slightering in human bodies. CAPTAIN GROBIAN: We saw you slither through the sore-pocked skin of reality. CAPTAIN GROBIAN: We know you! Arrakis will be prepared for what's coming!
Dialogue
Dialogue with Dr. Shaffat to conclude What the Doctor Ordered and introduce Patient Zero
Dr. Shaffat: You've returned Player: (Complete contract) I bring data from our mysterious benefactor, Phrakk the Tleilaxu Master. Dr. Shaffat: If I'm being honest with myself, I suspected his foul nature, given his convenient knowledge of synthetic viruses. I just did not want to believe. Dr. Shaffat: It violated the very oaths and responsibilities of my vocation to fraternize with such filth. Player: [1] Desperate times. Desperate measures. [2] [TECHNOLOGIST] We cannot deny the unparalleled skill and knowledge the Tleilaxu bring to such subjects. [3] [BENE GESSERIT] The Tleilaxu are an abomination of the highest order. And yet... Dr. Shaffat: (3) And yet. Player: What is our next step? Dr. Shaffat: To synthesize a cure, we must extract the virus in its most matured state. That is to say, we need to find patient zero of this terrible disease. Dr. Shaffat: We've received reports of a shipwreck in the desert. It appears to be the source of the contagion. Dr. Shaffat: An official expedition would take too long to mount. You are our best hope for finding patient zero. Player: [1] (Accept contract Patient Zero) I will go to the shipwreck. [2] I cannot perform this task at this time. [3] Regarding my infection, I've been suffering... hallucinations.
Dr. Shaffat: (3) Interesting. What is the nature of these hallucinations? Player: A mad voice warns me of alien horrors from beyond. Dr. Shaffat: And what do you make of these... phantasms? Player: [3.1] Merely the alchemy of pathogen and fever in my brain. [3.2] I think they are warnings, visions of some existential threat. Dr. Shaffat: (3.2) It is easy to mistake delusions as prescience, especially on Arrakis. We must devise a cure for you soon. Will you go seek out patient zero? Player: [1] (Accept contract Patient Zero) I will go to the shipwreck. [2] I cannot perform this task at this time.