Cloud Strife: No way! That thing's just a machine.

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Cid looks like a man with a plan.

Quest description

Systematic Exploration is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Journal

• Having established a base camp, Cid suggests that you find one of the terminals connected to the isle's operational heart. Search the area for an active terminal.
• Your search has yielded nothing. Return to base camp and report to Cid.
• As he ponders your report, Cid notices with a start that Wedge has wandered off without a word. Help him find his absent-minded colleague before trouble does.
• You find Wedge, who in his turn has found a curious spherical...thing, which turns out to be a “guidance node.” Ask Cid what he makes of this discovery.
• With a little prompting, the node furnishes you with a destination: the Aetherochemical Research Facility, situated upon the Flagship. Though it is unclear what the archbishop seeks in the area marked “Triad Control,” you can be sure no good will come of it.

Objectives

• Search for an active terminal.
• Speak with Cid.
• Search for Wedge.
• Speak with Cid.

Script

Systematic Exploration script
Cid	First of all, in the interests of efficiency, I suggest we make this place our base camp. We can coordinate the search for the archbishop from here.
Alphinaud	I have no objections. Now that we stand upon Azys Lla, I am struck by the vastness of the isle. We must needs be methodical if we are to find our quarry.
Cid	Good. Now, unless I'm mistaken, this used to be an airship landing, and a major one at that. From what I know of Allagan design, there should be a terminal nearby that's linked to the isle's operational heart.
Cid	If we can find such a terminal, we should be able to learn something of the archbishop's whereabouts. Let's split up and look for it.
Cid	This terminal has long since ceased to function. Search for another.
Biggs	It's still active─all of it...
Wedge	Crikey... This place is like something out of my dreams...
Alphinaud	Cid is right. We owe it to Ysayle to see the mission through.
Estinien	I sense an ominous presence...
Yshtola	Heavy though our hearts may be, we must forge on─in the name of those we have lost.
Alphinaud	I daresay this landing could accommodate even a Ragnarok-class vessel... Remarkable.
Alphinaud	What ungodly vessels must the Allagans have built to warrant so vast a landing?
Alphinaud	To think that such a massive structure has been floating above our heads for all these millennia... It beggars belief...
Biggs	The Empire borrowed most of its technology from Allagan relics. If we can find the terminal, I reckon we can operate it.
Biggs	This place is an engineer's playground. If I had the time, I'd be going over it with a bleedin' magnifying glass.
Estinien	Machines are beyond my ken─I shall leave it to the others to find this “terminal.” Of more concern to me are the dragons that I sense nearby.
Estinien	This ominous presence... To whom does it belong?
Yshtola	Alas, I have found naught of use.
Cid	...Nothing? Damn it. There's just this terminal, then, but it doesn't respond to anything I do. Any bright ideas, Wedge?
Cid	...Wedge? He was here just a moment ago. Oh, don't tell me he's wandered off...
Cid	I'm sorry, [Player Name], but could you help me search for him? Absent-minded as he is, I worry that he's strayed beyond the landing area, and made friends with the local sentinels.
Cid	I need you to help me search for Wedge. Absent-minded as he is, I worry that he's strayed beyond the landing area, and made friends with the local sentinels.
Wedge	Owww...
Cid	Wedge! Are you all right!?
Wedge	I-I'm fine, Chief. I just tripped, that's all.
Cid	Fool of a Lalafell! What were you thinking, coming here on your own!? Death by overwork is one thing─death by stupidity quite another!
Wedge	I'm sorry, Chief... B-But I think I've found something!
Cid	What is this? The wreck of a sentinel?
Wedge	This is no wreck, Chief! She's still operational!
Wedge	See?
Guidancesystem	<blip> Initiating... Performing diagnostics... <blip> Diagnostics complete. To proceed, please agree to the terms and conditions of use.
Guidancesystem	Thank you. To register as a user, please state your name.
Wedge	I'm Wedge, and that there is [Player Name]!
Guidancesystem	<blip> User registration complete. Welcome to Azys Lla, Master Wedge and Mistress/Master [Player Name]. I am Guidance Node G-LI.
Cid	Hm. This isn't quite what I had in mind, but it might just serve.
Cid	Wedge, bring the node this way, would you? There's something I'd like to try.
Cid	Node! I need a status report on the facility!
Wedge	Gilly! You have to do what the chief says!
Wedge	Yes, that's it! Good girl!
Cid	Ah, here we are... Hmmm, not much of note. It appears someone recently reactivated “Helix,” which is this area.
Alphinaud	Reactivated, you say?
Cid	By the archbishop, I'd wager. I daresay he woke the place up when he used the Vanu's key.
Cid	Are there any other people in the facility? If so, where?
Cid	Let's see here... On the “Flagship”─that's the central isle─I'm seeing positive readings within the Aetherochemical Research Facility and the Fractal Continuum...
Cid	And what have we here? Intruders detected in the Gamma Quadrant, defense system engaged.
Yshtola	Our imperial friends, I suspect. I hope they enjoy the defense system. But what of the archbishop and his cronies?
Cid	Hmmm, what might offer an indication? ...Ah! How about this: which area is currently consuming the most energy?
Cid	...Somewhere called “Triad Control,” inside the research facility.
Alphinaud	And what manner of place is that?
Cid	It is, and I quote, “a regulation facility for the 'Warring Triad' test subjects.” And that's all it says. The rest of the information is only accessible to users with consular privileges.
Yshtola	I mislike the sound of this...which leads me to believe that it is indeed the place.
Alphinaud	I am inclined to agree with Y'shtola. Whatever it is that the archbishop seeks, it is like to be there.
Cid	That settles it, then. Let's find a way to cross over to the Flagship.
Biggs	That fool of a Lalafell, always making us worry... And he's already gone and named the node! Can you believe it?
Wedge	I'm sorry... I promise to be more careful from now on...
Guidancesystem	<blip> Greetings, Mistress/Master [Player Name]. Is there something you wish to know?
Alphinaud	This device serves as an aetheryte, yet it is not made of crystal. To think that the Allagans could emulate the properties of so fundamental a substance...
Estinien	Did you find anything?
Yshtola	No. Nothing at all.
Quest complete.