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[schmott_guy]

Studying old records has led me to believe there are some untouched pockets of old tech in the Old City that have been allowed to go unexplored because of large numbers of hostile pokemon hanging around them. I wouldn't be surprised if there was something in the old caches that was CAUSING them to be more hostile, but there's no way to find out without looking for ourselves.

Unfortunately, I'm not a delver, and I can't levitate with my mind or shoot fireballs from my eyes like some enlightened can. I want to get down there, though, so I'm proposing mounting an expedition. What one man cannot do on his own, many others working together will have no difficulty with.

[He brings out a map of the Old City and points to three red circles in a relatively small area of it.]

The caches are here, here, and here. I'd want some other engineers and probably a few delvers, plus anyone who can fight or carry heavy things around. Who's interested in advancing the cause of SCIENCE!?

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[schmott_guy]

Oh yes? A great chance to see the fabled Mercury Hammer in action!

[stop_cannontime]

[Chuckle.]

Perhaps! It depends on what we see down there. I have to be careful, or I might bring down more than just the hammer!

[schmott_guy]

Hmm, yes that would be a risk in an unstable environment like that. Maybe if I made some kind of automated structural support reinforcement system...

[stop_cannontime]

And how would you set it up in the entirety of Old City? Even we don't know how deep it gets.

[schmott_guy]

Not if I made it a mobile and deployable system! Yes, it's hard to imagine how ANYONE would dare go through such unstable locations without some kind of portable support system!

[stop_cannontime]

Whoa, easy there, Pyroar! Where would you even start?

[schmott_guy]

It can't be THAT hard. Just some lightweight hydraulics on treads!

[And just like that, he lost the tone of voice that suggested he wanted to start digging up bodies to make an abomination against mankind and the gods.]

[stop_cannontime]

[OK, good. That means Jayce can relax more now.]

Save that for another time. You'd like to do this soon, right?

[schmott_guy]

No reason I can't whip something up tonight.

[stop_cannontime]

And lose how much sleep?

[schmott_guy]

A few hours. I'll be fine.