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Navia and Chrys finally destroy the red robot. Eventually you and the civilians reach safety. Returning to Starfinder Lodge atop Salvation’s End you meet with Venture-Captain Kunoris Vex and Governor Enktuya. Vex has the lodge on high alert and quickly gathers everyone to determine what happened and if there is any imminent threat. When no further attackers emerge and the vault remains sealed, tensions quickly calm. Vex expresses his pride in the PCs’ success in saving what people and information they could. He quickly prepares to transfer the data recovered to Lorespire Complex for analysis to find out what they can about the Data Plague and ensure the predicted future does not occur, along with a request for additional personnel and defenses in case the lodge comes under attack.
The vault survivors have mixed feelings about their rescue. The townsfolk first experience disbelief, followed by shock that you have returned them to what they perceive as the past, while any Veskarium survivors are uneasy at the sudden shift in power dynamic. The threat of a common foe keeps the peace, however, and Vex considers what to do with everyone who made it out. Enktuya plans to contact the Veskarium, but she also expresses a desire to work with the Starfinder Society against this Vault Lord, not wanting to leave the fight unfinished. Vex is diplomatic in his response but hesitates to commit the Society to this conflict.
This sudden shift in the power dynamics on the artificial moon gravely concerns the venture-captain, and he speculates the Society may not have long to determine a course of action, since it has found itself in the middle of a larger conflict. Yet after seeing the your work, Vex feels optimistic that they can face the future together.
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Khubelu speaks to the evacuees. <I understand that this will be a difficult time for you. But you are not the first group we have removed from Salvation's End. We can put you in touch with counselors and other survivors, and the Starfinder Society will give you its full support in transitioning to a life outside the vault.>
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Navia is happy to be back, and especially happy to delve into that data she captured. She's more than happy to turn in a copy of her findings while the original is squirreled away in her personal archive.
"Don't worry too much, Vex." says the hacker, smiling to Governor Enktuya with her pupils taking the shapes of smiley faces. "You were stuck in another reality, woen from lies, and you made the best of what you could."
Her smile remains, though her expression seems to deflate somehow. She runs her thumb over her rifle, where the number "182" is scratched into the side. "Could be worse. I was stuck on a trip like that, once. Did what I had to do to survive. Not so many of us were able to make it out."