 Hello and welcome back to Mass-Cliché Andromeda. Last time I played through the Nexus, which is the Citadel-like base of operations for our little initiative. Unfortunately, what happened is that my sound recording software decided to go bonkers and stop recording one-third of the way through. Oh god. Fine, I will. This console reports on the malicious current Strike Team missions pathfinder. Please speak with Tyrion Candros for authorization to participate. Alright. Let's speak with Tyrion Candros. Liam. Byzel Kiosk. Whatever is this? Well obviously it allows me to buy it itself. What the what? I've got an ultra rare shotgun. Oh no. No I don't. The shop does so. It looks sweet. It's an N7 shotgun so naturally. I am fairly pissed at the fact that I lost my footage. So this is the tempest, my personal ship. And now I'm going to the bridge for the first time. It is exciting indeed. Oh those lips. It's a very different bridge from my old ships. Well, not mine. Hey my pilots. Indeed. A pleasure to be met. It is. I'll keep this out of trouble. I'm still learning ropes. Let's motivate the crew not bum them out. Your work? You? Ah. It does nice command deck. The time system calculates everything. Very efficient. It was optimized for a pathfinder. Everything secure if you're ready. I suppose I'm ready for something this big. Well, crossing galaxies was big too, big guy. We signed on for the big stuff when we came to Andromeda. Alright. Excuse me. Excuse me. Command access is transferring successfully. Science and monitoring stations look fine. Lexi's reporting in. Helm is green. Gil reports the drive-court is online. This is it Ryder. The tempest is yours. Unless you've got something to say for the log. Well, let's see. We got this. Keep dreaming of a home with Lexi's best home. I'm gonna go ahead and be kind of silly. Things seem bad, but we've already beaten the odds. And we'll beat them again. Aw. You know it. I know it. So let's show them what we've got. So positive. Nexus control. This is the tempest. Ident 2-5-2-7. Prepping to depart. Who needs to be serious when you can be ridiculous and with these scary, awful eyes too? Departure vector verified tempest. Godspeed pathfinder. Basically, what you missed in the Nexus is that a lot of people... do not... Nice map. Anyway, Nexus people don't like each other. Not at all. There have been some pretty big trouble. Humans have been exiled from the Nexus. And it's not nice. Not even a little bit. Go to Eos in the piteous system. That is my purpose. Ericsson, named for Stephen Ericsson, the writer of the Malazan books of the fallen. Of course, probably. Probably not, but that's precisely the point. Now, I think that we shall have to go straight where we are told. Oh, gosh. Is this going to be an animation? Alright, if you recommend it, I will do it. It's not like I've got the time to lollygag. Activating scanners. Let's hope this is not as awful as last time. Well, it does not look much better than the scanning in Mass Effect 2. There is to disembark the tempest. Of course I do. I would want to have a ship if one doesn't disembark it constantly. The loadout screen allows you to choose your equipment and squad mates before embarking on a mission. Charger. Let's see, assault rifles. I want my assault rifle with me. So this is the assault rifle. The Avenger. Charger. Let's go with the Predator. Now, as for mods, whatever can I put? Pistol Receiver 1. Plus 40% pistol penetration. Damage in one pistol armor penetration distance. Seems to work. Yeah, obviously. Wonder if I have anything for my assault rifle. I seem to have plenty. Plus 11% assault rifle damage. Let's put this on. Let's see. I'm going to go ahead and take a bigger cliff. Clip size. Pardon, not a cliff. What would I do with a cliff anyway? Combat Fitness 3 extra holster. Alright, so I need to unlock those. Let's see. I don't have any bonuses. Seems to have something new. Or not. Consumables. Shield capacitors. Incendiary ammo. Excellent, so nothing... I can change, eh? Liam and Coro. Confirm loadouts. Not like I've got plenty of choice right now. Indeed, new shirt. Alright. Integrating search area from Sam. Now he pulled that mystery signal through the storms. I have no idea. Multisensory noodle collision. Amazing. Factory fresh across the port. Rating up the compensators. You're already tuning the displays. We'll get a better read on this past than the Nexus had in months. Much better. Amazing. A flaming open space. They said a lot of people had their hopes pinned on us. They gave up on Eos. Is that actual character development? They expected a golden world instead. They saw their friends die. Oh, no. It's just a more cliched writing. Sorry. You okay? Well, the uncertainty ends with us. I'm cold-blooded and badass. Of course I'm okay. We've come millions of light years to die in a different place. I'm not letting the initiative down. And neither are you, soldier. The tempest checks out. We're good. Amazing. Could have dunked it. What's up with my ridiculous choice of clothes? Take us down. You have no idea how long I've wanted a pathfanger to see that. The part I'm the most upset about that you guys didn't see is actually that. You didn't get to see the interaction between me and Sam. And the progression system around the artificial intelligence. And you didn't get to understand more about our connection. Which I'm sure you'll have to find out in some way. I'm sure I will be able to oblige if I decide to make a full playthrough of this game. Which I am not at all certain that I want to do. Oh look. It's alien space trees. How do I know that? It's because they have blue things. And having blue things on something is automatically it makes it alien. Amazing. Oh more deadly storms. Whoops. New. Days ago new. Who else was here? Must have known these wouldn't last in these conditions. They didn't have a pathfinder. They do now. We'll make EOS a home. The door's getting emergency power but it's code locked. Site one issued individual security codes. Each outpost self-organizes and sets its own protocol. No such excitement. I'm looking for codes. We can't open it without codes. Yeah. What is that? I suppose so. Nope. Nothing here. Let's take the codes and go. Oh I can activate the terminal. Play audio lock. Storm came out of nowhere. Lockly tried to cover our crops. Lost his footing. His wife is still in cryo. Maybe by the time they wake her up I'll know what to say. Or you will be dead as well. This making is impossible for you to say. Editing. Let's see then. What shall we find here? Information perhaps? Someone living? I doubt it but it is possible I suppose. Everything in this whole galaxy is new. Main door had power but not the interior doors? Full functionality would require an active power relay station. That means the antenna is out of power too. The logs might tell us what's up with the power relay. Let's see. People are talking here saying that EOS isn't viable. That things aren't going like they expected. I think you should come back. What are you going to say? I didn't sign up for the initiative to stay trapped in a floating tin can. And I promise you can have your adventure. Later when they've had more time to plan for your safety. Mum told me to make sure you don't get in over your head. And that's what I'm doing. At least think about it for me. And check in more often. I've started to adopt mum's worry. I'll rendit you through the nail of my pinky finger. It's up to you whether I keep the rest of my nails intact. Love you. Yeah, if you want to read any of those you can pause in them. I'm just going to scan quickly through them. Because time is... Of the essence. Ooh. The slight horror themes in the music. Interesting. Got a partial lock but I can't turn on the antenna. Something's blocking the power. A remote lock is active. The interference originates from a nearby power relay tower. It would be really nice if I could just loot items while the conversations happen. We're not the only ones interested in what happened here. Let's check out this relay tower. Sandstorms, radiation. What the hell was Addison thinking sending us here? Eos might have looked great back in the Milky Way. Ooh. Interesting. I believe I can build weapons with this. Hey, but up close. Things fall. Ooh, there's more. And I'm going to bet that he did. Happens to the best of us. This does. Wait a second. Did I see something? Hmm. Nope. I read this already. Silly of me. Let's see. Yay for ridiculous collectibles lying on the ground. That's what I loved about Dragon Age Origins. Oh, no, wait, I hated it. Pathfinder, that door is locked. Until power is restored, there is no way to unlock it. Or gain entry to these buildings. Oh, that warms my heart. So I suppose I should look for another way in. Will this do? Oh, there's a console. Perhaps we can do something fancy with it. I guess that ship wasn't kept then. There are people here. We thought everyone left was gone. Of course you did. Now shove off. I'm here to help, of course. No, identify yourself. Hey, exactly. Leave the cat to me. I will slaughter them all. Here it is. Alright, thank you. Amazing. Where? Alright, so I am not exactly useful to reach everything with my jetpack. But I might as well try. Okay, you've got jet boots, I think. Where? That's where. Totally the wrong thing to do. Come on, lads. This ain't your grandmas tea party. I should wait for my shields to recharge. Reload. And then get going. Okay, I haven't recharged my shields yet. See, now we're doing it. Ah, yes, flamethrowers. Oh, it's a good idea. Oi, you killed my lot. Amazing. That felt really nice. Excellent. But where? Up there? Again? Alright. I should probably remove my weapon. Don't want to seem like I'm intruding in this here lot. Hey, lot. Of course I did. Word of advice, though. If that signal of yours is out past the perimeter, you'll need a ride. Is that so? Are you offering? Shuttles aren't fun in these winds. You need wheels. I think they kept a little something in storage. And who didn't take it? Didn't get around to salvaging it yet? I tried. It ain't that simple. Might be easier for a pathfinder, though. We're heading to our shuttle. Keep this up. Maybe next time we'll find more than just salvage around here. Do you buy and sell? Get to a safe location. Don't suppose you've got anything we can use. Oh, lovely. Let's see. One, I suppose I can sell lots of this junk. Please tell me there's a better way. Yeah, sell salvage. Confirm trade. Really? I have to go through this every single time. This I will keep. Any other salvage? Or was that all? I probably sold it all. Yeah. Thinking that's what I did. Crazy blue. Is that how you call me now? Is that my nickname? Indian name? Power restored. We should have access to everything in site one now. Right, Sam? Correct. Plus, I've located the source of the signal we detected in orbit. It's coming from the large alien structure just beyond site one. The structure appears almost identical to the one your father used to adjust the atmosphere on the previous planet. It's worth investigation. Maybe this time we should carry additional helmets just to be safe. It always feels like a lead. Damn right, that's worth investigating. Here, here. A warning. Radiation levels beyond the perimeter are well above acceptable limits. You cannot proceed without additional protection. All the more reason to see if that alien structure can make a difference to this planet. What is it on the alien structures all over the place? The power is restored. Underometer is liable. Visibility increases by 5%. Pistol scope. Yes, I like that. Oh, and matoc. Let's see. What kind of weapon is it? All right. Let us not equip it then. I made a slight mistake of just... All right. Wonder if I can... No. Oh, yes. Funny. I would make a joy walking on my own ship. Whoops. Wrong buttons. Special requisition. All terrain scout rover. Anomad. Six wheel drive. Jump jets. Just what you need. I might be drooling a little bit. How do I... This must be what cleans you up. The crate requires an access code from a forward state. Forward stations. Actors emergency. Resupply checkpoints. Several are currently in orbit. I can go on down. Let's find a good spot. Go down a forward station. How do I do that? I suppose I will find out soon enough. I use this blue tee. No, it's a... Four stations are all to deploy from... Yeah. It's like the forward station supplies are intact. Yeah, I can change my loadouts and loads. Let's see. All right. So I... First of all, I really want to change. Yep. Done. Second of all, let us see what this is better at. Common assault rifle. Uncommon assault rifle. 62 plus 26 damage. Slow rate of fire. Smaller clip size. And less maximum ammo. But the accuracy is greater. Sure, let's try it out. I mean, what's the point of doing stuff if we don't try them out all the time? Let's see if I can... Oh, I can actually remove mods from one item and put them in another. That is useful. Actually, I think that some extra clip size is going to be doing wonders for me. So let's go ahead and... Forward station protocol initiated. There's not much initiative. As always, you can pause and read all this if you care. And here as well. Let's see now how the vehicle controls will pan out to be. Looks like a sweet ride. Very bulky. I don't mind. Vertical thrust upgrade. Blueprint. Improved suspension. Blueprint. By the way, I'm sure there are plenty of things I could have gone ahead and checked out. I do not care. I see. So all I have to do is press the right middle mouse button. Quick. All right. That's useful to know. I may have not mentioned this. But I really hate driving sections in games like this one. Oh, this seems like something I could mine. Nothing? Nothing at all? Huh. All right. I suck so much at this. Interesting. What's that? Yeah, I can see it as well, but I want to know what it is, not where it is. It seems interesting. This is one of the first... All right. I could interface fully with the console. Hopefully start up whatever helps the atmosphere. I could provide analysis via the scanner pathfinder. All right. Go ahead and do that. How the hell do I get up there? I suppose that's the way. Yep. Whoops. Excellent. Actually, the view is really, really nice. Especially this here. Looks good. Whoops. I know that I probably won't get any falling damage, but it feels weird not to at least slow down my fall. That proved extremely hazardous. I'll give it a shot. Hello, PB. Both, or I will push you down. Easy. You've come this far. Just let it ride. Let what ride? I've been studying this tech for months. I don't know how you activated those glyphs, but you have to let them cycle through their channels. It's going to be all right. Trust me, okay? I know. Who am I? I mean, it's obvious who you are. I saw the ship swoop in. You're a pathfinder. I was beginning to think the initiative just made you guys up, so the rest of us wouldn't lose hope, but you're for real, huh? All right. Her face animations right now are actually really, really nice, and her skin just popped into the foreground, and it looks good. You think? That's amusing. Are we flirting now? Oh my God, my smile was horrifyingly sexual. Predatory even. Uh-oh. What? Where are the rest? Stabby, stabby. I just really want to shock them. All right. This weapon I really like. Oops. Long button. Nice. That felt really good. Yeah, I know. Tell us more. Well, and so you named them The Remnant. Good to meet you. You're charmingly naive, aren't you? All Remnant tech is connected. You interfaced with this monolith somehow, and now it's pinging the others. If you wake them up too, they must lead to whatever master switch might fix the radiation. Yeah, radiation is easy to fix like that. Interface with the monoliths, follow the connection to the source. Easy enough. Sure. Just don't piss off too many observers. Here, take my nav points. I'll be... You're not coming? I actually expected you to come along. Anyway. Nice meeting you. No, already scum. Maybe this will give me another point or two. Oh, a little sandstorm dune thing. I'm a jingie. What the hell is my initiative shuttle? Interesting signs in there. That almost makes me curious. What was that? Yeah, control, it goes. I should probably check to see how it works. Just to know to use it. Alright. So, not this way probably. What? A quest? I should probably go get it. Yeah, let's go. Might as well. Right then. Don't die! That's some nice acceleration, by the way. Nice. I like the controls. Feels good and meaty and serious. You wish to speak with me. Oh, no. You just want to sell meetings. Items, stuff. Let's see, where is this quest? I'm still so new to this. I'm according to my own seemingly awful abilities to find stuff in a very wrong direction. Actually. Never mind. How about now? Oh, blue blinking thing that should have given me an eye. What the? Alright. Let's open this door and see what's inside. Sorry for the little cut. Research was always key to the initiative. We'll need it here too. Alright. This is vital. This tech is how we survive in Andromeda. Ingenuity on the ground. Research, technology. These are the things I soon know about. Especially when they're on right. I wonder if this will be the case. Element 0. I remember that. From previous games. Activate. Power relay. The research station is back online. I've provided a list of weapons we can build by gathering the required components. Alright. So I just built... here, correct? Can I... remove the waypoint? Oh. There is no waypoint. I'm a ridiculous man sometimes. Okay, so it's activated. Question is... What exactly do I do to weapon building? Maybe here. Just... Ugh. My better thing to notice things is ridiculous research. Select research to unlock new blueprints and augments by spending research data. So that's... milky way research data. I've got 90 of that. Spend research data. Earned from scanning to unlock new weapon and armor blueprints. Also gain access to powerful augmentations. Let's see what augmentations would those be. Aerial lubricant. This is a special augmentation. You may apply one such augmentation to an item during the development process. When hovering, plus 35 rate of fire. Nice. Interesting. I like this. Quite a lot. Let's take a look at the weapons. There are many of them. A Cyclone. A Soul Trifle. Interesting. How about armor? Let's craft some armor. N7 Arms. Chest. Helmet. Oh, that looks badass. Let's... Let's make this. Level 5 and... Alright, let's start off with... It gives me 2% max shields and 3% biotic power damage. And it requires a lot of things that I do not have. But hey, I can research it. I see. So there are all kinds of different research types available. Interesting. So I've got the most hideous research data which is understandable. It's like a blueprint or augmentation. It has space to research it. Alright. So I can basically research this chest without having the requirements to build it. It's an ultra rare blueprint. So let's go ahead and do it. I'll show you how to research this project. The blueprint will be added to the development branch of the Research and Development Terminal. You can launch the development once you have gathered all of the required resources. Researching weapons or armor prints to the development screen where they can be crafted which requires plenty of resources. Oh and I've got remnant research there as well. Deck. Pardon. Let's go for weapons. Sweeper. Oh, these weapons look sweet. The particle accelerates the weapon. Mm-hmm. Continuously manage particle beam with incredible accuracy. Interesting. I don't have nearly enough though. That's alright, that's alright. Shotgun. I would love to make one. But... not enough. I have to admit, I really, really like what I'm seeing with the crafting system. Seems to have plenty of options to which you can tailor your own tests. For example, if I want laser based weapons I will obviously go the remnant way. If I want typical human-like weapons that I'm used with from past games I am obviously going to go the Milky Way Research and I've got to research the helmet. Hey! That's better. And now I can go to the development part which actually lets me build the weapons themselves. Press X to learn more about the materials required to craft each blueprint. Alright, so I've got plenty of explanation. That's alright. Interesting. So I suppose I will have to look for a lot of items if I want to find them. For example, where can I find remnant calls? Let's see if this will tell me. Acquisition these calls may be acquired by defeating remnant architects for a while and interfacing with them or by discovering them inside vaults. That... That seems like a lot of work but it does not surprise me. It is an ultra rare piece of equipment, after all. I'll just probably check out any weapons I can find on this pistol. I think I've got that one. And three. Actually, do I? I don't! And it's better than mine, I think. Let's craft it. Yeah, sounds great. Let's see if I can equip it. Somehow. Oh, and I need a lot of copper to upgrade my Nomad. That's alright. Cool. I think I even got some more items. That's nice. I even got some experience out of this whole thing. Awesome. I really like this. I like that they have dabbled down on the whole RPG mechanics around customization of your armor, weapons, consumables and so on and so forth. This makes me happy. Really, really happy. We will get back to the main quest next time. Thank you guys for watching and as always this has been surprisingly fun. Maybe. Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed my video, please like, share and subscribe. If you'd like to see more, click on one of the boxes that just appeared or that have been there all along. I don't know how this stuff works. What am I, a prophet?