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Missing audio for the Tethys System cutscene
Advance toward the Future from Today is the eighth act in Chapter I of the Main Quests.
Summary[]
You have fallen into the tangled data web of the Tethys System. To deter you from rescuing the Shorekeeper, who is on the verge of becoming its core, the Tethys System reveals three potential futures in its absence: and ice age, a cataclysmic disaster, and the total reconstruction of civilization. Once a tool for observing civilizations, this cold and calculation system now stands in open rebellion against you. The final showdown is at hand—who will prevail, you or Tethys?
The Shorekeeper and you return to reality, landing on the very beach where you first arrived in the Black Shores. She explains her deception regarding the Stellar Matrix and expresses her gratitude.
Steps[]
- Venture deeper into the Tethys System and find the Shorekeeper
- Escape the frozen world
- Escape the shattered world
- Escape the Tethys System
- Arrive at the Data Torrent
- Neutralize the Tethys System
- Defeat Fallacy of No Return: Tethys System
Gameplay Notes[]
- Completing the quest awards the player Rover's Journey trophy One Last Ocean.
Dialogue[]
Quest Description- (Enter the Tethys System)
- Stellar Matrix Navigator: What we're doing now is essentially breaking into the Tethys System.
- Stellar Matrix Navigator: Plus, the transmission coordinates aren't certain.
- Stellar Matrix Navigator: If you're ready, we can start the transmission now.
I'm ready.
- Stellar Matrix Navigator: Please get back to us safely!
I'm not ready yet.
- Stellar Matrix Navigator: Of course. Just come find me when you're ready.
- Tethys System: Welcome, Chief Steward (Rover).
- Tethys System: This is the Tethys System's data cache, used only for temporary storage.
- Tethys System: Access here should be restricted.
- Tethys System: This system deduces that the Shorekeeper assigned admin access to you.
- I'm here to get her and the others back.
- Tethys System: Admin access nullified. Request denied.
- Tethys System: The Shorekeeper is now the core computational unit.
- Tethys System: Forceful discharge of the core unit will result in system crash.
- This can be prevented. They shouldn't be sacrificed in vain.
- Tethys System: Objection. All sacrifices are necessary.
- Tethys System: The purpose of human civilization is to survive.
- Tethys System: Over the past 10,000 years, a total of five global occurrences and over 300,000 regional occurrences of the Lament have been observed.
- Tethys System: Thanks to this system's calculations and the Sentinels' data, we have averted all potential threats to human civilization on Solaris.
- Tethys System: Individual sacrifices are inconsequential in the broader context of the common good.
- Tethys System: Additionally, the Shorekeeper is composed of the Sonoro and is not human.
- But she has feelings.
- You are just a cold machine.
- Tethys System: Emotions are unnecessary for survival.
- But they spark civilizations.
- Tethys System: Error: Unable to process...
- I'll bring them back no matter what.
- I won't leave anyone behind.
- Tethys System: Repeat. Forceful discharge of the core unit will result in system crash.
- Tethys System: A world without this system is doomed to perish in the Lament.
- I'll fix your error.
- I've already found the solution.
- Tethys System: Correction. This system is designed to preserve human civilization. Every command is infallible.
- We save the world by holding onto our humanity.
- An apathetic supercomputer can't be our savior.
- Tethys System: Error: Unable to process...
- Tethys System: Last warning. Forceful discharge of the core unit will activate the defense program. Consequences will be severe.
- Bring it on!
- (Cutscene plays)
- (Cutscene ends)
- Tethys System: The future ahead is frozen in cold silence...
- The Shorekeeper: Be careful...
- The Shorekeeper: Please... leave here...
- The Shorekeeper: Use the Grapple... to leave...
- Tethys System: The earth rent asunder, the world reduced to ashes...
- Tethys System: Target confirmed: Chief Steward.
- The Shorekeeper: Please go... Don't look back...
- The Shorekeeper: Must... protect you...
- The Shorekeeper: My story ends here, but you must keep going.
- Tethys System: This System must continue to function...
- The Shorekeeper: Calling... my last Sonoro...
- (Cutscene plays)
- Tethys System: Target confirmed: Chief Steward.
- (Cutscene ends)
- (Head to the designated location)
- Tethys System: Initiating master command.
- (Fallacy of No Return at 75% HP)
- Tethys System: This system must continue to function...
- (Defeated Fallacy of No Return)
- (Cutscene plays)
- Tethys System: Defense verification unsuccessful...
- Tethys System: This system must continue to function...
- Tethys System: Re-initiating command. Implementing Third Contingency Protocol.
- Tethys System: Execute formatting. Target: Shorekeeper.
- Tethys System: Formatting: 37%...
- Tethys System: Formatting: 62%...
- Tethys System: Formatting: 85%...
- Tethys System: Formatted. The Shorekeeper will be the new computational unit.
- Tethys System: Only this ensures system continuity.
- Tethys System: It is the only way to defeat the Lament.
- Rover: You'd better...
- Rover: Let her go!
- Rover: I will not leave anyone behind!
- Rover: See? Just let it flow out of you, like this.
- Rover: You can do it too.
- Rover: Come, give it a try.
- The Shorekeeper: No, you shouldn't be here...
- The Shorekeeper: If you get integrated into Tethys, you won't be yourself anymore...
- Rover: That won't be a problem.
- Rover: Tethys and the Black Shores will find another way.
- Rover: Someone kept this from me, didn't they?
- Rover: That sounds familiar. I feel like I heard it before.
- The Shorekeeper: A long time ago, you taught me how to play it.
- Rover: I see. But I... I have no memory of it.
- The Shorekeeper: I'll teach you...
- The Shorekeeper: Just like you did for me before.
- (Cutscene ends)
- The Shorekeeper: From the distant past to the far future, everything begins and ends here.
- The Shorekeeper: When you established the Black Shores to unite Solaris, the Tethys System already existed.
- The Shorekeeper: Later, you discovered it relied on emotions from the Lament to fuel its calculations. Without them, it cannot function.
- The Shorekeeper: Using the Lament against itself is like walking on a Möbius loop with no end in sight.
- The Shorekeeper: We have tried for millenia to break this cycle without success.
- The Shorekeeper: And then... you left the Black Shores to look for other solutions.
- The Shorekeeper: But deep down, you already knew the best solution. It was one you couldn't accept.
- The Shorekeeper: That solution is me—the tool always meant to become Tethys' core.
- The Shorekeeper: If I don't do this, you, as the Modulator of this system, will be chosen as the core. I must fulfill my duty to protect you.
- The Shorekeeper: But... I want to be by your side, to see the skies you've seen, to tread the paths you've walked. I want to understand... what happiness really means.
- The Shorekeeper: When I first discovered these emotions, I didn't know what to do...
- The Shorekeeper: So I lied to you, thinking it was the best choice for both of us...
- The Shorekeeper: I... I'm sorry...
- The Shorekeeper: Sorry for putting you in harm's way...
- "Salvation is about building a world where people no longer need to be saved."
- This is why we return to this shore.
- No one should be treated as a mere tool.
- The Shorekeeper: I...
- We're back at the Black Shores now, back to our home.
- Welcome home, my Shorekeeper.
- The Shorekeeper: Yes.
- The Shorekeeper: Thank you. My... star.
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
 English | Advance toward the Future from Today |
 Chinese (S) | 便能在如今走向未来 |
 Chinese (T) | 便能在如今走向未來 |
 Japanese | 輝かしい未来へと繋がる |
 Korean | 오늘은 미래로 나아갈 수 있다 |
 French | Construire l'avenir dès aujourd'hui |
 German | Vom Heute aus in die Zukunft voranschreiten |
 Spanish | Avanzar hacia el futuro desde hoy |
Change History[]
Released in Version 1.3