Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Part 3: Investigating the Ancient Ship with Torna
6Rex, alongside his clients of Drivers and Blades, have just board the C.S.E.V Maelstrom, and were know on their way towards their salvaging destination.
You start with talking to each of his clients, Nia, Dromarch, Jin, Sever, and Malos. They'll all have different things to say to Rex.
You will then head to the highest platform on the ship to takeover watchout duty for Monell.
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A black ship, the same one from the Argentum Trade Guild's harbor, was following theirs for some reason...
Nia also suddenly appeared on the platform to see what Rex was doing. A booze party was going on downstairs, and she wasn't into the stuff.
Rex explains to Nia that the reason he became a Salvager is because he wanted to find some way through the Cloud Sea to reach Elysium. He was constantly worried of the inevitability of losing living space due to the constant expiring of Titans. He wants to see if the Cloud Sea has a secret that would allow him and everyone else to escape this fate.
Rex is also an orphan. He lost his parents at a very young age, so Azurda raised him as his own, which is why Rex calls him "Gramps".
Nia didn't believe Rex's thoughts about Elysium and thought he was being childish again, but she slowly started warming up to him after he explained his backstory to her. She even thought that Rex wasn't much different from her in that regard...
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A storm rains upons the ship as the Maelstrom reaches its destination. All Salvagers, including Rex, are summoned forth to commence the operations.
There is a sunken ship that contains something special deep within it that they must recover. The Salvagers first dive into the Cloud Sea to find that massive, ancient ship and attach several strong flotation devices onto it to help lift it up to the cloud surface.
Afterwards, that's when Rex and his assigned team of Drivers and Blades must breach the ship and take out whatever's inside.
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At this point, you now have a party of at least 3 characters. Rex must remain the leader, and both he and Jin fight solo.
Meanwhile, you also have the Driver/Blade teams of Nia/Dromach, and Malos/Sever. You can only have 3 out of these 4 mixed characters out at a time, so I'll be switching between them from time to time besides Rex.
Your first task with this team is to kill a Lethal Lusaat King that stormed out from the entrance.
They clear that out, make their entrance. Looks like a certain Nopon... or two of them, were suspiciously watching their progress...
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Take advanage of how you fight enemies and where. Rex's Sword Bash does more damage from behind, while his Double Spinning Edge does more damage from the back.
Nia specializes in healing with Dromarch. I suggest keeping her in your party if you're good at getting smacked around, but sometimes I just ignore this so the other guys can get some attention.
You will be going down this ship, all while fighting some enemies along the way. Remember that ending or finishing a fight will automatically have your characters heal themselves over time.
Jumping is SO MUCH BETTER in this game compared to the first. You can actually jump over waist-high fences!
The top-left meter is the Party Gauge. If you have just one bar in it, you can revive a fallen party member by helping them to their feet, if your point character was slain, you'll have to wait until one your allies picks you up.
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Getting close to their goal, Rex and his expedition team have to fight against a Megalo Aligo monster, which seems to be a guardian to the last big door towards the mysterious treasure.
If its HP gets low, it will go into a Rage, which will make it stronger.
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Getting that fish beast out of the way, the team observes the ancient looking door it protected.
The reason Jin wanted Rex to join his group inside this ship is because his Lefterian heritage made him the only one capable of activating and opening the door, which bared the crest of Addam. All he needed to do was touch that crest.
Heading deeper inside and opening another door that bore the same crest, Rex and his team eventually reach deep inside and discover the thing they were all looking for.
But it wasn't just a thing... it was a person... a girl... sealed in an ancient capsule...
Some kind of sword, presumably her own, stood before the capsule she was slumbering in. An emerald-colored crystal reacted to Rex approaching it, and when he touched the crystal and made it flash...
Jin dashed in... and impaled Rex from behind!
The girl in that capsule is known as the Aegis, and because of Jin's react, it seems the reason why he struck Rex like this was it was the only way at this point that he could prevent him from unleashing some sort of terrible power that the Aegis wields...
Jin has just killed Rex. He destroys the Aegis' blade, and allows Malos to take her away. Nia was not pleased by any of this.
Was this the end of Rex...? And who is this Aegis...?