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Seseron

Mar 31, 2024 @ 2:27pm

Akila City Incident

Part I

I reroll a new character, non-NG+, to hunt down some achievements and go through the main story for a 2nd time. I have some ideas for a different type of playthrough for the main story, hence the reason for the clean repeat.

I do the Sam Coe quest, pick up that artifact, deal with Shaw, and return to Akila City. Next, I rescue Barrett, pick up Lin and Heller, and knock out some side missions, surveying and transporting people and goods, mostly for some extra creds.

I survey Andromas II, and see a POI named Safe House Gamma. I won't spoil what's there, but needless to say, I'm a low level character who blew through her 40 mm while using the "Ashta Tamer." (Hint: It ain't an ashta!)

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Andromas System is near Cheyenne, so I return to Akila City for resupply. I sell some gear and buy more ammo. Eventually, I stop to take a photo, playing with the filter and lighting. Akila City is gorgeous at night, and I can't help but snap some snippets.

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Suddenly, people start screaming and running. I've been in Akila City many times--many--and I have never had this happen before. I have no idea what's going on but I feel compelled to investigate.

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Poor dude is terrified. In the 5 F's of the Autonomous Nervous Response Spectrum, he's clearly locked in on the "Fright" response. (The 5 F's are Fight, Flight, Fright, Freeze, Faint.)

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Oh. My. Goodness. A dead guard next to an open door. In the earlier mission with Sam Coe, I did go out this door. Now I'm wracking my brain trying to remember if I accidentally left it open. I'm sure I closed it. I'm positive.

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Well, I now feel obligated to hunt down the creature that I'm pretty sure is an ashta. I begin by following the trail of dead bodies through the Stretch.

Last edited by Seseron; Mar 31, 2024 @ 3:04pm

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Seseron

Mar 31, 2024 @ 2:28pm

Part II

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I nab a security guard outfit here, along with a tombstone and some 11 mm. I prep that weapon for use. It's a beefy caliber and my measly maelstrom ain't gonna hack it.

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I'm still hearing people screaming and running, and dead bodies are adding up. I'm cursing under my breath. "Please tell me I didn't leave that dang door open earlier! I can't be responsible for this!"

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Nabbed a 2nd security guard outfit and more 11 mm ammo. Immediately, I hear gunshots and a roar. It's close by. Sara and I run toward the commotion.

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Found the ashta. A civilian and a security guard are tangling with it. Both go down quickly. A second security guard engages. Sara and I jump in to assist. It only has a sliver of health, and so it goes down easy enough. The surviving guard walks away, complaining, "This is gonna mean a lot of paperwork."

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Amazingly, we took it down just outside the playground area, where a couple of kids were playing a game of futbol.

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I'm still hearing people screaming and see them running around. "Crap! Must be a second ashta around." Sara and I don the security guard outfits and return to the main plaza to regroup and start a patrol.

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What the...? A second door is open. Now I know something is amiss. I hadn't gone through this door. Is there an NPC running around and opening these doors, with the intent to leave them open?

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Holy Crap! The door from earlier is open again. I had closed that door before hunting down the ashta. What the blue blazes is happening here?

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As I approach to close the door again, another ashta springs, causing me to panic and hit my boost button, launching me in the air. But it too has only a sliver of health, and Sara and I are able to take it out.

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We begin investigating, running along the top of the outer wall. I stumble upon a farming robot. I'm pretty sure these things stay out in the field, but this one is up on the ramparts, which is weird.

I'm not sure if it's the culprit, as if someone programmed it to open the doors. Or, if it was close by and ran inside when the ashta did.

But this is a mystery.

[To be continued...]

Last edited by Seseron; Mar 31, 2024 @ 3:09pm

Ihateeverybody has Starfield

Mar 31, 2024 @ 3:14pm

It just happens sometimes. I had it happen a few times in seperate playthroughs. Enough that when I set down in Akila I definately keep an ear out in the Stretch direction for cries.

It's like the Naked Guard Lady. Not sure if they fixed that or not but I wander over that way to check regularly.

Seseron

Mar 31, 2024 @ 3:27pm

I wondered if it was a scripted event. I seriously thought I had left that door open earlier. I had left Akila and done some other tasks elsewhere. Typically, doors and such reset on any returns.

But it had me thinking at first I was the culprit. The other door being open, though, I knew it couldn't have been me. If this is a scripted event, kudos to Bethesda for that. I just passed 1,000 hrs this weekend, and this is the first time I experienced it. Ho. Ly. Mackerel.