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Vell-os Walkthrough

"Greetings, [Player Name]," he begins in an almost lyrical accent. "We have been keeping an eye on you, and it has now reached the point where I have been given no choice but to approach you. Are you prepared to help us out?"

Something in his voice, and in the way the whole area seems to stand still, tells you that this is no simple request, and you get a deep feeling of foreboding about the choices in front of you, and you hesitate for several moments before making a decision...

Do you agree to help him?

"Sorry to have startled you," he apologizes hurriedly, "but I do not have much time. I am Fllyraen, and I have felt you in Llyrell's thought-forms. You are the first non-Polaris human who has the potential to be a very powerful telepath, perhaps even a T0.

"Let me explain," he says, obviously aware of your confusion. "Most humans are T6's, only peripherally aware of the power of the mind. T5's are capable of observing and influencing the thoughts of others, T4's have the ability to produce physical force using their minds alone, such as poking someone on the shoulder to get their attention."

He waggles his finger at you, and he is about to continue when out from around the side of your ship burst a group of four men and one woman, all clothed in black, carrying deadly looking blasters.

"I'm sure you can appreciate the reasons behind our security precautions," begins a lovely female voice. "It just wouldn't do for anyone to find out any more about the Bureau than they already have."

As you sit, listening to her chair creak as she shifts her weight, your mind strains to make sense of the jumble of sensations in front of you. In a sudden flash of recognition you realize that there is another, more experienced, telepath in the room confusing your senses.

"As far as you are concerned, I am Commander Krane," she continues. "I want you to do something for us."

You casually look over to see Jay waving his hand at you as he sits in his normal place.

You sit down and he grins at you.

"If you were going to start betraying the Rebellion," he says in jest, "now would be the time you could start."

You quickly probe his mind, and you sense that his comment is just an attempt at humor.

"The head-sheds have decided to move you up a little further," he continues quietly. "They want you to go and pick up a Rebel informant who believes that she has been compromised. Are you in, or do you need a little more time to prepare?"

Once again, you realize you have no choice but to accept.

At the mention of her name, a nameless dread rises up in your stomach, and once again you realize the hopelessness of your situation. As they have done so many times already in your short time of enslavement, the dark bands that enclose your mind twist you into thoughtlessly obeying the commands given to you.

"You are [Player Name], Captain of the [Ship Name]?" he asks and you nod slowly. "I believe that you are supposed to take me to [Return Stellar] in the [Return System] system. I'm ready to go when you are."

In despair you stand up, leaving the rest of your drink unfinished, and the both of you head towards your ship.

You sit down and he grins at you.

"The guys at HQ want to move you another link up the chain," he says in earnest, "it looks like you're on your way."

He gives you a wink.

"Realistically though," he continues sardonically, "your next step isn't any different from your last step. But think of it as another rung passed to make it to the top. Are you in, or do you need a little more time to settle yourself in?"

With despair in your heart, you nod your acceptance.

<good now you are a t4 you are a small step closer to feeling your way out of bondage but right now we have something important to discuss fllyraen has been ordered to tell you the rules so i am telling you to go and see him on wolf 359>

You move to the sidewalk bench where Lyrell is sitting and sit down next to him before responding that you have received no such orders. Suddenly you feel an enormous pressure on your mind that freezes you into your seat.

<you may be powerful one day but i have my orders and you will obey them because you have no choice>

<now GO>

"How are things?" she asks with a radiant smile when you sit down opposite her. You shrug your shoulders nonplussed. "Well, I'm glad I managed to catch up with you, as I have another mission that needs your skills.

"I need someone to take an encrypted message pod down to the Moash elders containing instructions on what they should be doing in the coming months," she tells you in a lowered voice as she leans forward, "and right now my resources are spread a little thin throughout the galaxy, so you're it."

"There you are!" she exclaims smiling before turning back to the man. "I'm sorry, but my business associate has arrived, and we must speak in private. Could you excuse us for a moment?"

The man takes one long look at you before nodding slightly sullenly and heading back to the bar to buy a drink. Your hopes sink when you sense Krane filing the incident away to be dealt with after you leave.

"He's lucky you turned up when you did," she informs you icily and you laugh. She shakes off her bad mood. "I have another message that needs to get to the Moash. That means you get to play courier again."

You follow his intelligence as it dances out into the surrounding space and begins weaving a shell which you quickly recognize as being a Vell-os Arrow, and within moments you grasp the basics of it. When he sees that you have understood the lesson he returns to his body.

<you have definitely proved yourself to be a t2 i think that it will not be long before you reach t1 as i have your strength and skill is growing and it will not be long before you rival even me>

"Getting a little cocky are we?" asks Krane icily when you enter. "You will observe proper procedure every time you wish to see me, understood?"

You nod without thinking.

"Good, now down to business," she continues in a more moderate tone. "We have recently discovered that the Polaris have an intelligence organization that has managed to infiltrate into the Federation, and possibly the Bureau for the past few years without our knowledge. We want you to find their headquarters before returning here."

When he walks into the bar slightly more than three hours later he apologizes for being tardy, but you wave it away as being irrelevant. He bows in response.

"We are ready to go," he tells you after a short bow, "all we need is your guidance."

You nod and with a sinking heart remember Krane's orders to make sure that none of the Auroran ships survive the operation. You guess that the shady Moash sent the troublesome, but effective, Ar'Krakh with exactly that in mind.

"What is it you want?" he asks in his silky quiet voice, and you can sense the anger he feels towards you. In response you enter his mind and show him an accelerated pace series of images detailing how you were enslaved and your life since until the moment you were able to free yourself. When you release him he looks stunned for several moments before rising and turning to look at you.

"Apology accepted," he says bowing, and you smile, happy that he understood. "I guess that I will be spending some time with these mysterious Polaris, but one day I will return to the Empire. As of today I outright renounce the Moash House and vow to bring about its downfall."

With a nod to you he turns and indicates to his gray-cloaked escorts that he is ready to go.

<i always knew that you were the one you have only one more step to take and i'm afraid that my orders prevent me from telling you what that is if you can make the next step then my people will have the first chance to be free in over seven centuries>

You nod, understanding that he cannot tell you how to become a T0 because he cannot teach you how to reach a level which might enable you to free him.

"Krypt?" you ask, trying to confirm your suspicions as to who you will have to see.

"No," he answers, but the fact that he answered aloud and that he has completely closed off his mind gives you his real answer.

<i am going to new england to start destroying the bureau> you pass on to her without preamble <no bureau personnel will be spared>

She nods quietly and you can sense the filaments connecting her to the rest of her race pulsing as the information is passed along. You bow in her direction before heading back to the spaceport to start what is going to be an eventful few days.

<we are ready now it is time to move on i need to go to korell to finish this>

With a mental nod, you head to the spaceport to form your Javelin and escort Llyrell to see one of the two planets that formed the Vell-os civilization of old.