Systematic Exploration

Systematic Exploration

Quest giver

Cid

Location

Azys Lla (X:9, Y:11)

Quest line

Heavensward Main Scenario

Level

59

Experience

 53,820

Gil

 641

Previous quest

The First Flight of the Excelsior

Next quest

In Node We Trust
Basic Training
Good Clean Fun
General Protection Fault
Excessive Force

Patch

3.0

“

Cid looks like a man with a plan.

— In-game description

Rewards

Choose one of the following options:

• 1   Piety Materia IV
• 1   Savage Might Materia IV
• 1   Savage Aim Materia IV
• 1   Heavens' Eye Materia IV

Unlocks

• 
  Aether Current

Steps

• Search for a terminal. 0/3

• Speak with Cid.

• Search for Wedge.

• Speak with Cid.

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. Ask Cid what he makes of this discovery.

• The spherical device turns out to be a “guidance node,” which 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.

Dialogue

Speak with Cid

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 if Allagan design, there should be a terminal nearby that's linked to the isle's operational heart. 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. 

Biggs: The empire borrowed most of its technology from Allagan relics. If we can find the terminal, I reckon we can operate it. 

Alphinaud: What ungodly vessels must the Allagans have built to warrant so vast a landing? 

Estinen: 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. 

Cid: ...Nothing? Damn it. There's just this terminal, then, but it doesn't respond to anything I do. Any bright ideas, Wedge? ...Wedge? He was here just a moment ago. Oh, don't tell me he's wandered off... I'm sorry, Small, 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. 

Speak with Wedge

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 kicks the sentinel at his feet). See? (Biggs shrugs). 
Guidance Node: <blip> Initiating.... Performing diagnostics... <blip> Diagnosis complete. To proceed, please agree to the terms and conditions of use. 

(Do you agree?) (Yes/ I...Suppose?)

Guidance Node: Thank you. To register as a user, please state your name. 
Wedge: I'm Wedge, and that there is [Forename]!
Guidance Node: <blip> User registration complete. Welcome to Azys Lla, Master Wedge and (Master/Mistress) [Forename]. I am Guidance Node G-Li.  (Cid shrugs)

Speak with Cid

Cid: Hm. This isn't quite what I had in mind, but it might just serve. 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! 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?  Let's see here... On the "Flagship" - that's the central isle - I'm seeing positive readings within the Aethereochemical Research Facility and the Fractal Continuum... And what have we here? Intruders detected in the Gamma Quadrant, defense system engaged. 
Y'shtola: 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? ... 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. 
Y'shtola: 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 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.