Phreak - Revision history

Aussiemon: Phreak keeps his glove in the Coretech ending

2024-11-18T02:12:55Z

Phreak keeps his glove in the Coretech ending

PaposikG6: formatting

2024-08-25T16:34:42Z

formatting

Lestat at 05:31, 24 August 2024

2024-08-24T05:31:07Z

PaposikG6: added stats

2024-06-07T17:04:06Z

added stats

Phr3ak: /* Player Interactions */ Clarify how to unlock the Phreak's hideout

2024-04-29T20:01:56Z

Player Interactions: Clarify how to unlock the Phreak's hideout

Phr3ak: Fix wrong claim that overcharging all EMP generators is needed to reach Phreak

2024-04-29T19:50:02Z

Fix wrong claim that overcharging all EMP generators is needed to reach Phreak

WeiJayTan at 03:41, 24 March 2024

2024-03-24T03:41:33Z

WeiJayTan: *Failed Counter Attack

2024-03-24T02:54:59Z

*Failed Counter Attack

PaposikG6 at 22:19, 19 March 2024

2024-03-19T22:19:40Z

PaposikG6 at 21:44, 19 March 2024

2024-03-19T21:44:54Z

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 * Doing '''JKK's''' quests will end up with him randomly found in Core City Upper Underrail Metro Station in an extremely dizzied state, infected by a "mind-virus" through one of JKK's Tri-Monitors.
 * Doing '''Praetorian Security's''' quests will end up with him beaten up and locked in a medical room behind [[Heidi]]. Notably however you can free him, but he will not be later found in his hideout.
-If you never met Phreak he'll simply be named "Old Man", and will ignore you. Additionally, if player completes his questline and returns from [[Deep Caverns]] without interacting with the Oligarchs, his fate will be randomized. He will not have his [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]] on him in these scenarios.
+If you've never met Phreak he'll simply be named "Old Man", and will ignore you. If the player completes his questline and returns from [[Deep Caverns]] without interacting with the Oligarchs, his fate will be randomized. He will not have his [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]] in the JKK and Praetorian Security outcomes.
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 * With 14 [[Will]]: Phreak's attack is nullified and player gains +15 [[Initiative]] bonus
 * Failed counter-attack will cause player to suffer damage, suffer -100 [[Initiative]], and become [[Dazed]] for 3 turns.
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 * Doing '''Coretech's''' quests will end up with him hired by Coretech and found on the second floor of their headquarters.
 * Doing '''JKK's''' quests will end up with him randomly found in Core City Upper Underrail Metro Station in an extremely dizzied state, infected by a "mind-virus" through one of JKK's Tri-Monitors.
-* Doing '''Praetorian Security's''' quests will end up with him beaten up and locked in a medical room behind [[Heidi]]. Notably however you can free him, but he will not be later found in his hideout. If you never met Phreak he'll simply be named "Old Man", and will ignore you.
+* Doing '''Praetorian Security's''' quests will end up with him beaten up and locked in a medical room behind [[Heidi]]. Notably however you can free him, but he will not be later found in his hideout.
-Additionally, if player completes his questline and returns from [[Deep Caverns]] without interacting with the Oligarchs, his fate will be randomized. He will not have his [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]] on him in these scenarios.
+If you never met Phreak he'll simply be named "Old Man", and will ignore you. Additionally, if player completes his questline and returns from [[Deep Caverns]] without interacting with the Oligarchs, his fate will be randomized. He will not have his [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]] on him in these scenarios.
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 * Doing '''Coretech's''' quests will end up with him hired by Coretech and found on the second floor of their headquarters.
 * Doing '''JKK's''' quests will end up with him randomly found in Core City Upper Underrail Metro Station in an extremely dizzied state, infected by a "mind-virus" through one of JKK's Tri-Monitors.
-* Doing '''Praetorian Security's''' quests will end up with him beaten up and locked in a medical room behind [[Heidi]]. Notably however you can free him, but he will not be later found in his hideout.
+* Doing '''Praetorian Security's''' quests will end up with him beaten up and locked in a medical room behind [[Heidi]]. Notably however you can free him, but he will not be later found in his hideout. If you never met Phreak he'll simply be named "Old Man", and will ignore you.
 Additionally, if player completes his questline and returns from [[Deep Caverns]] without interacting with the Oligarchs, his fate will be randomized. He will not have his [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]] on him in these scenarios.
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 | loot       = [[Remote Control Energizer Glove]]
 | abilities = [[Bone Breaker]]<br>[[Cheap Shots]]<br>[[Combo]]<br>[[Critical Power]]<br>[[Deflection]]<br>[[Dirty Kick]]<br>[[Heavy Punch]]<br>[[Lightning Punches]]<br>[[Opportunist]]<br>[[Recklessness]]<br>[[Sprint]]<br>[[Wrestling]]
 | quests     = [[Find HV cables]]<br>[[HV penetrator assembly]]<br>[[Overcharge facility]]<br>[[Ticket testing]]
 }}

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 * Use the ladder entrance in the south-west map of the Middle Level of [[Core City]] (14 effective [[Perception]] to notice). The entrance is specifically in the western rectangular block, the one next to the gangsters, on the map screen that is west of [[Halim]]'s Electronics Store.
-* Find a hidden entrance behind the pipes in the Utility section of the Core City underpassages ([[:File:Cc_utility.png|Cc_utility.png]]), requires 11 effective [[Perception]], but can be bypassed with the activated night vision mode of the Night Vision [[Goggles]].
+* Find a hidden entrance behind the pipes in the Utility section of the Core City underpassages ([[:File:Cc_utility.png|Cc_utility.png]]), requires 11 effective [[Perception]], but can be bypassed with the activated night vision mode of the Night Vision [[Goggles]]. Then proceed further to an area infested with Coil Spiders and activate one of the switches there ({{spoiler|the north-eastern one on the lower level}}) to unlock the door to Phreak's hideout.
 If player has already accepted or completed the [[Look for Cornell|Seek the Acid Hunters]] quest for any of the Oligarchs, he will be missing and only his laptop may be found. Player may still be able to finish Phreak's crunch on their own, however most of the rewards for his quests will become unavailable.

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-'''Phreak''' (also known as '''Mit Draper''' and '''Old Hacker''') is a hacker from North Underrail currently residing in Core City. He is an extremely elusive figure whose style of hacking is brute-forcing something until it works. He is hiding out in an abandoned facility full of [[Coil Spider|Coil Spiders]], and to reach him the player has to activate all the EMP generators in the facility. It is noteworthy that performing this quest-line allows the player to bypass doing any main story quest for the Oligarchs.
+'''Phreak''' (also known as '''Mit Draper''' and '''Old Hacker''') is a hacker from North Underrail currently residing in Core City. He is an extremely elusive figure whose style of hacking is brute-forcing something until it works. He is hiding out in an abandoned facility full of [[Coil Spider|Coil Spiders]], with several options to reach him. It is noteworthy that performing his quest-line allows the player to bypass doing any main story quest for the Oligarchs.
 ==Player Interactions==

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 * With 13 [[Constitution]]: Phreak's attack is nullified and player gains +15 [[Initiative]] bonus
 * With 14 [[Will]]: Phreak's attack is nullified and player gains +15 [[Initiative]] bonus
-* Failed counter-attack will cause player to suffer damage, suffer -100 [[Initiative]] and become [[Dazed]] for 3 turns.
+* Failed counter-attack will cause player to suffer damage, suffer -100 [[Initiative]], and become [[Dazed]] for 3 turns.

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 After that, the player is [[HV penetrator assembly|tasked to retrieve two items]] from two different hideouts in [[Upper Underrail]]. For this mission Phreak grants the player the [[Orange Box]] to complete the sound-based puzzles.
-Afterwards, the player will be tasked to [[Overcharge facility|turn on boilers]] possible in the abandoned facility in order to stress-test the system. Doing so will enable a path leading directly to the [[Research Facility]] and to the [[Abomination|Abomination's Lair]], but it is dangerous as there are both a robot (likely varying in difficulty, up to an [[Industrial Robot]]) and several [[Death Stalker|Death Stalkers]].
+Afterwards, the player will be tasked to [[Overcharge facility|turn on boilers]] possible in the abandoned facility in order to stress-test the system. Doing so will enable a path leading directly to the [[Research Facility]] and to the [[Abomination|Abomination's Lair]], but it is dangerous as there is a [[Industrial Robot]] and several [[Death Stalker|Death Stalkers]].
 By the end of his quest-line he may also allow the player to buy [[Contact-Activated_Capacitative_Sheet|Contact-Activated Capacitative Sheets]] (for 200 charons) and [[Forged Underrail Express Ticket]]s (for 100 charons). Additionally, with 50 effective [[Persuasion]], he can be convinced to grant the player several extra minutes in the [[Run the Gauntlet|Gauntlet]]. His stock refreshes every 60 minutes.