Go Forth, Brave Explorers
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Go Forth, Brave Explorers
- Quest giver
- Searchingway
- Location
- Sinus Ardorum (X:20.4, Y:20.0)
- Quest line
Records of Unusual Endeavors Quests
┗ Cosmic Exploration Main Quests- Level
- 10
- Experience
855- Gil
263- Previous quest
Passion, Thy Name Is Ardorum- Next quest
- The Brightest Star
- Patch
- 7.31
- Links
- EDB GT TC
“The time is come for the initiative's next great hop.
— In-game description
Rewards
- Unlocks
Steps
- Speak with Cruisingway.
- Speak with Cruisingway again.
- Speak with Searchingway on Phaenna.
Journal
- The time is come for the initiative's next great hop.
- With the Moongate Hub expanded to its fullest, the Cosmic Exploration Initiative is prepared to broaden its horizons. According to Searchingway, the Galactic Way has not only passed its test flights, but successfully ferried a scouting party to its first destination: a star known as “UL 9-6.” When Namingway laments the sterility of such a designation, Searchingway proposes he concoct something more stirring by making the journey himself. But this invitation is by no means exclusive─the new base camp needs all the contributors it can attract, and you have once again been pawpicked as one of them.
- Armed with your artisan's tools, and Namingway with his dictionaries, you arrive at the cosmoport, whereupon Captain Cruisingway guides you aboard her vessel. The engine roars to life, and the Galactic Way hops its way through the great expanse by way of stellar current. At journey's end, a lustrous star comes into view, inspiring Namingway to dub it “Phaenna.”
- You and your fellow passengers land safely on the glossy surface of Phaenna. Before you race off to explore the heretofore untouched frontier, however, Searchingway must brief you on its many-faceted environs.
- Searchingway explains that an abundance of silicon has made certain parts of Phaenna sharp to the touch─including, somehow, the weather. Nevertheless, the prospect of mineral resources and undiscovered plant life is too enticing to pass up, for by using Phaenna as a stepping stone, the initiative may take further leaps into the great unknown.
Dialogue
Optional Dialogue
Namingway: A moment, if you would, Forename. Searchingway has requested to speak with us.
Accepting the quest (cutscene)
Searchingway: Glad to see you, Forename. It's time we discussed the next stage of the initiative! Searchingway: Our contributors have seen to it that the Moongate Hub has everything it could possibly need, enabling us to focus our efforts on interstellar travel. And indeed, we've made a celestial leap! Searchingway: Not only did the Galactic Way's unmanned test flights prove successful...so has her maiden voyage! Searchingway: At long last, we've set foot on the surface of an unexplored star, UL 9-6! And our scouting party has already─
Namingway: UL 9-6? Nine dash six!? Namingway: What a woefully clinical appellation! Where's the poetry? The creative flair!?
Searchingway: Why, that is precisely why I have called upon you! Searchingway: Namingway, why not come and grant this new world a more florid epithet? Once you see it from the window of our starship, you'll surely want not for inspiration!
Namingway: You would have me name the star itself? Namingway: Then I cannot possibly refuse! I shall pour my heart and soul─and at least one thesaurus─into the making of this moniker. Namingway: It will by my greatest work to date, or my name isn't Namingway!
Searchingway: As for you, Forename, I daresay this new camp would benefit greatly from your skills. Searchingway: Well...not just yours, naturally. As I foresee a tremendous need for artisanal assistance on-site, the invitation is open to as many contributors as can be convinced to make the trek! Searchingway: Once you've packed your necessities, meet us at the cosmoport─Captain Cruisingway is expecting us!
Optional Dialogue
Searchingway: You would have mentioned it if you were the seasick sort, I assume? We've only just managed to get the rancid carrot smell out after the scouting party's flight...
Namingway: This may well be the most important name I'll ever bestow... <gasp> I shall have to triple-check my etymologies!
Speak with Cruisingway
Cruisingway: A pleasure to meet you, Forename. The name's Cruisingway...but you may call me whatever you like. <wink> Cruisingway: Just say the word, love, and I'll take you to the stars.
System: Blast off to UL 9-6? (yes/no)
< No.> Cruisingway: Take your time. We wouldn't dream of leaving without you. <wink>
< Yes.> Cruisingway: Then I'll make it so. Hold on tight!
Cutscene
Cruisingway: All passengers ready and willing. Cruisingway: Routing engine output to anti-gravity thrusters... Prepare for liftoff! Cruisingway: Aligning with stellar current. Coordinates set for UL 9-6... Galactic Way, engage! Cruisingway: Aether reconstituted. Disengaging cosmohopper... I do hope you enjoyed the ride.
Namingway: Incredible... Namingway: How novel... The topography disperses light in the manner of a glass prism! Namingway: Prismatic... Luminous... Namingway: This star shall henceforth be known as... Namingway: Phaenna!
Optional Dialogue
Namingway: I can hardly believe that the whole of this star is to be represented by my chosen nomenclature!
Speak with Searchingway on Phaenna (cutscene)
Searchingway: Welcome, friends, to Phaenna! Searchingway: Its surface is rich in silicon, which gives rise to its myriad vitreous qualities. Searchingway: I'm told there's some truly unique native flora to be found here, as well as a veritable font of mineral resources. Searchingway: That said, I advise you to explore with caution. Though the rainbow crystal prevents the star's atmosphere from killing you in one fell stroke, a thousand cuts will do so just as surely. Searchingway: There have been reports of aetherial condensation coagulating into storms of glass shards, and Mother only knows what else awaits within stabbing distance...
Namingway: B-Being caught in afternoon showers on Etheirys was bad enough! I feared my fur would never regain its fluff... Namingway: Whyever was a star with such a hostile climate selected as our first destination?
Searchingway: Excellent question, my friend. The answer lies in the capabilities of our valiant vessel. Searchingway: The Galactic Way can only travel a limited distance, you see, and only along a stellar current's path. Searchingway: But where there exists a tasty carrot just out of reach, we Loporrits will find a way to get our paws on it! Searchingway: Put another way, Phaenna is but a stepping stone. Utilizing its strategic location in conjunction with its bountiful resources, we will in time expand our horizons by hops and bounds! Searchingway: Speaking of bountiful resources, your particular skills will be much in demand here, Forename. Refer to your exotablet and aid in every capacity you can.
Namingway: And I shall assist by assigning thoughtful appellations to all that I encounter. A wordsmith's work is never done!
System: You can now explore Phaenna. Check your exotablet for the latest information on how to further the Cosmic Exploration Initiative! System: Furthermore, you may now travel to Phaenna from the moon at any time by speaking to either Cruisingway in Sinus Ardorum or Drivingway at Bestways Burrow. System: Please note that the Loporrits have also recalibrated the Bestways Burrow aetheryte to facilitate one-way travel to this latest stop on the initiative's path to cosmic discovery.
Optional Dialogue
Searchingway: As before, I'm charged with overseeing the entire operation. Rest assured, I'll be keeping both ears out for periodic progress reports!
