Countdown

Countdown was the seventeenth event of Chapter 1 of the Shattered Warpgate campaign.

Starting this event required the completion of Insulation. This was the final mission of Chapter 1, and did not unlock any further content.

Info
Distribution of the new insulated armor and equipment begins, easing the hardships of Esamir's frigid wastes, but now before the land itself begins to shudder with more instability.

It has become increasingly clear that there is something broken beneath the surface of the planet, and the energies held therin will only bubble to the surface in more destructive ways.

Nanite Systems continues working to defuse burgeoning disaster.

Objectives
Countdown featured eleven objectives.
 * Continue patroling Esamir (0/1000)
 * View the western anomaly
 * View the southern anomaly
 * View the eastern anomaly
 * Continue patroling Esamir (0/200)
 * Approach the Shattered Warpgate
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan
 * Speak with Archivist Dolan

Transcript
Upon warping to Esamir

Representative Foster: Operative, are you there? I've just received some troubling news.

Foster: More instability is occuring beneath the surface of Esamir, and Warpgates have had... operational issues since.

Foster: I'm sending you a list of locations that need to be investigated, sooner rather than later.

After a brief period of traveling through Esamir

Foster This instability is similar to the data we've gathered from the terminals near the Shattered Warpgate... I shouldn't have to tell you what that could mean.

Upon the player reaching their first anomaly

Foster: These pyres seem almost like a release valve, billowing into the sky. Is there too much energy beneath the surface?

Upon the player reaching their second anomaly

Foster: I'm seeing your visuals now, very similar to The Shattered Warpgate.

Upon the player reaching their third anomaly

Foster: The locations of these anomalies seem to correlate with the position of each Warpgate.

Foster: Alright, op... ... Secu... portation and... ...Shattered Warpgate. We... mu... [END]

When approaching the Shattered Warpgate

???: I've cut Foster's line of communication to you for the time being. Enjoy the break while you can.

Archivist Dolan: I am Archivist Dolan. Despite the attire, to say I am with the Vanu Sovereignty would be... inaccurate.

Dolan: Visit me at the following coordinates. I wish for a moment of your time.

After approaching the marked location

Dolan: It's beautiful, isn't it? The maelstrom of stone and metal, suspended in time.

After speaking with the Archivist

Dolan: While others are scrambling to defy its powr, you should think on why it must exist.

After speaking with the Archivist again

Dolan: The Vanu were an ancient race with technology bordering on magic, and the device at the center of the crater is what we refer to as a World Anchor.

After approaching the marked location

Dolan: These anchors are capable of shaping the entire planet in a matter of days. I have seen it myself.

After speaking with the Archivist

Dolan: Do try to keep up.

After approaching the marked location

Dolan: This anchor may be defective, as I'm sure no one anticipated the detonation.

After speaking with the Archivist

Dolan: Even so, look at the new life already flourishing where years of war-tended gardens could bear no fruit.

Dolan: When the time comes, perhaps we should let this World Anchor finish what it has started?

Dolan: Think on it.