Tripp Yates
| Tripp Yates | |
|---|---|
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| Character Type | Minor Character |
| Affiliation | Spice Miner's Guild |
| Status | Alive |
| Added in Version | 1.1.0.0 |
Tripp Yates is a carryall pilot found at the Crossroads Tradepost in Mysa Tarill. He is a quest-related NPC players can speak with for information, but he does not provide fast travel/transportation services.
Location
Tripp Yates can be found in the Crossroads Tradepost in Mysa Tarill, standing to the left of the contract board and the House Taligari representative, Barnabas Brightmorn.
Dialogue
Tripp: Hey, friend. What can I do you for?
Player: I need information
Tripp: That so? Maybe it's old Tripp's lucky day. Information's like currency, right? As valuable as gold or spice. Well... maybe not spice. What you offering?
Player:
op 1: I got fifty bullets. If I put 'em in your belly, will you shit my change?
op 2: If I call the Sardaukar, you won't be worth the water cooling your bones.
op 3: Tripp, you're the only one on this planet who can help me. Please.
Tripp:
op 1/op 2: Hey! Hey-hey-hey-hey! No need to get ugly. I'll talk. Yeah! Tell yeah anything you want to know. Everyone knows you can trust old Tripp!
op 3: Wow... oh wow. Been so long since I've heard a polite word, I forgot I missed it. Yeah. I'll tell you anything. Everyone knows you can trust old Tripp!
Player: What did the Sandflies hire you to recover from the Kytheria wreck?
Tripp: Ah, you know... it was just medical supplies to take to--
Player: Tripp.
Tripp: Alright-alright! Don't be that way. Wasn't medical supplies. Don't know what it was. Honest! Kind of thing that attracts scary folk. Know what I mean?
Player: What kind of scary folk?
Tripp: Someone called the Red Scorpion got in touch with the Sandflies to hire me to transport the cargo. No-questions-asked kind of vibe. Know what I mean?
Next: Word on the wind is serious folk are after this -- crime lords, spies, maybe even the imperials. But thats all I know. Swear to spice!
Player: Tripp.
Tripp: Alright! alright-alright-alright, I heard a rumor that this Red Scorpion can be found at an old Testing Station. So... Can I go now? My cargoes won't smuggle themselves.
(Upon next visit)
Tripp: Oh, hey! It's you. I never forget a face.... Or a stillsuit silhouette. Know what I mean?
Lore
Tripp Yates works mostly above board as a duneman carryall pilot but easily succumbs to bribery. Specifically, he is bribed by the Sandflies to retrieve the bad spice (The focus of a major portion of the House Atreides faction quests) from the wreck of the Kytheria.
Questioned about the deal, Tripp weakly disguises the cargo as medical supplies before cracking under pressure. He admits he didn't know what he was transporting, only that he was employed by "The Red Scorpion" (Turgun Hauer), a prominent figure among the Sandflies.
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