Once you do so and return to Esther, she gives you the coordinates for an enormous underwater library. As before, you ascertain its general location by finding Hylotl structures and scanning the objects inside. Impressed by your skill, Nuru decides to join your cause, and she beams back to the Outpost with you.Įsther tells you that the Hylotl key is your next goal. Upon defeating it, you and Nuru are awarded the key. Together, you make your way into the final cavern, where you encounter the animal you're hunting: the Ixodoom, a huge, four-legged, spider-like creature made of bone and muscle. Along the way, you meet Nuru, a friendly Floran huntress renowned for her skill. You descend into the caverns, overcoming animals, traps, and competing Floran hunters. You arrive and learn that you must participate in the hunt if you want to win the key. Once the bar is full, you return to Esther, who gives you the teleporter coordinates for a great Floran hunting competition. To do so, you have to ascertain its general location by finding Floran structures and scanning the objects inside to fill a progress bar. You defeat it, obtain the Erchius crystals, and teleport back to the outpost, where Penguin Pete fixes your ship and Esther gives you your next mission.Įsther tells you that your next step is to find the Floran key. You make your way to the deepest depths of the mine, where you find the Erchius Horror - a huge crystalline monster responsible for the mutations. Mutated humans are running amok, attacking and killing the miners. Upon arriving, you find that the mine is in a state of emergency. Penguin Pete says that he needs Erchius crystals to repair your ship, and he gives you the teleporter coordinates for an Erchius crystal mine. To that end, you talk to the Outpost's resident mechanic, Penguin Pete. Your first priority is to repair your ship. Esther requests that you help her by gathering the keys, then entering the portal and destroying the Ruin. Now, however, the Ruin has somehow escaped, and the gateway serves only as a portal onto its surface. Opening the gate requires six keys, each of which was given to one of the six main races: the Apex, the Avians, the Florans, the Glitch, the Humans, and the Hylotl. The Cultivator managed to seal The Ruin away behind the gateway of the Ark, but doing so exhausted its power. Then, it came into conflict with an enormous, tentacled, planet-devouring monster called The Ruin. Long ago, a godlike entity called the Cultivator created the universe. She explains what happened to Earth, and why: The stranger is waiting in front of the gateway, and she introduces herself as Esther Bright, former Grand Protector, now retired. Going through the portal takes you to the Outpost, past which are the Ark Ruins - a massive gateway surrounded by holograms. You come across an ancient gateway, where a mysterious stranger asks for help by radio. For lack of any other options, you beam down and explore its surface, looking for some way to repair your ship. You awaken on the ship to learn that its boosters are damaged and that you are in orbit above an unknown Garden planet. You take the Matter Manipulator, some basic supplies, and a broken sword, then escape by jumping into a ship. You awaken on the day of your graduation and make your way to the ceremony, during which tentacles suddenly burst out of the ground and begin to rip the Earth apart. Your character is a trainee of the Protectorate, an Earth-based peacekeeping and research organization.
With the help of Esther Bright (a Human scientist), Nuru (a champion Floran hunter), Koichi (a Hylotl scholar), Tonauac (an Avian priest), Lana (an Apex rebel commander), and The Baron (a Glitch baron), you find and kill the Ruin, fighting various factions and monsters along the way.įull Summary Introduction / Tutorial Level You are one of the few who survived Earth's destruction. You have been warned.Įarth is destroyed by a vast tentacled monster, The Ruin. That is, in fact, the only purpose of this page. Reading this page will give away the entire story of the game.