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| - The intro shows us how some scientists and/or archaeologists made the biggest discovery ever, the Original Zohar, and then skips thousands of years into the future of mankind when we travel the depths of space on some kind of "Star Trek". I want to know what happened to the Zohar! Maybe we should keep playing and we'll find out. It was probably stripped for its gold, then cast back into the sea. That's what really would have happened around our time. Anyway, we meet Shion Uzuki, Allen Ridgeley, KOS-MOS, and the rest of Vector Industries' Second R&D Division aboard the Woglinde in deep space. For those of you who don't know, Allen is the true Hero of this trilogy. At least from my reckoning. Sure, he's not a playable character until the 3rd game, and even then only as a guest, but still, I
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| - The intro shows us how some scientists and/or archaeologists made the biggest discovery ever, the Original Zohar, and then skips thousands of years into the future of mankind when we travel the depths of space on some kind of "Star Trek". I want to know what happened to the Zohar! Maybe we should keep playing and we'll find out. It was probably stripped for its gold, then cast back into the sea. That's what really would have happened around our time. Anyway, we meet Shion Uzuki, Allen Ridgeley, KOS-MOS, and the rest of Vector Industries' Second R&D Division aboard the Woglinde in deep space. For those of you who don't know, Allen is the true Hero of this trilogy. At least from my reckoning. Sure, he's not a playable character until the 3rd game, and even then only as a guest, but still, I feel for the guy, we're bros. After a successful startup of KOS-MOS' Encephalon program, "Chief" (Shion) dives into the Encephalon with KOS-MOS and meets her in the virtual training grounds. Here we will begin our standard battle and field tutorials. Talk to KOS-MOS to initiate combat procedures. Select the tutorials if you need in-depth information, especially if this is your first time playing. If you are ready to move on, select "Switch to Real Combat" to begin your first ever real Xenosaga battle. Just use ranged attacks (File:Triangle Button.png) and you should pull out just fine. After the cutscene, Shion will attempt to explain explodable objects. All you need to know is that when you see one, press File:Square Button.png WHEN you want to detonate it (timing is important if it's one of the traps you're blowing up, wait until enemies are nearby to give them negative status effects or give you bonuses when you fight them). Anything that's not a trap can pretty much be blown ASAP. I'll let you know if there's anything you should avoid disintegrating. You'll notice you're gaining Tech, Skill, and Ether points after battles. Ether points you can spend as you wish, I'll point out wise choices as they arise. Skill points you will use to acquire certain skills from equipment that you may add onto your character in the Skills portion of the menu. Generally, save these for when you know you will need certain skills in major fights, as they are somewhat hard to come by. With Tech points, the first thing you should do, really, is save up to upgrade the Speed of your techs from "LW" (Low) to "HI" (High). It's a one-time purchase on your techs, and it makes them infinitely more useful in battle as you can now use them with only 4 AP instead of 6. By the way, Boost will not carry over into your next fight, so use it if you got it. A good portion of the enemies you will fight at this time are M-Type (Mech) foes. When fighting M-Types, think logically. Would you run up in the face of a Death-Droid and punch it? Or would you keep a safer distance and blast it with lasers? If you chose the first option, your picture must be labled in your high-school yearbook as "Most Likely To Die". If you were anyone but the person in that photo, use your File:Triangle Button.png attacks to get the most bang for your buck. FYI, B-Type (Biological) foes seem to be weak to either File:Square Button.png or File:Triangle Button.png attacks except in specific instances, and G-Type (Gnosis) foes will pretty much stomp your face and resist a good deal of damage until you get some good special abilities or speed up some good Techs. Go straight into the lower area, to the right is a broken car you may obliterate (pretty fun, huh?). Break the wall on the path past the car and search the cavity to find a MED KIT. Head close to the yellow cylinder (IT'S A TRAAAP!!!) and detonate it when the spider-robot above gets near to the ledge. Initiate combat with it while the electric trap is active to gain an easy victory. Now head to the bottom-left of the screen to find a ladder. Climb it to the storage room up top, but don't detonate the door first. Use File:L1 Button.png or File:R1 Button.png to target the red trap inside first. Blast it and then the door, and fight the soldier inside to claim another easy victory and the item in the chest, 2 MED KIT S. Go back down and head north to the opening in the wall. At this point, I won't tell you to fight or run, just do what you feel is necessary. I'll only suggest it when it's a really good idea, or mention it if it's unavoidable. Enter the warehouse when ready. Inside, our objective is just past the yellow and black striped door to the north, but we have to unlock it first. Head up the stairs, then left, and blow up the box on the walkway to the south and exit the building for a second. Blow up the next box (but not the item...? I've always wondered how that worked exactly...) and claim the REVIVE inside, it's yours now. Re-enter, and head to the door on the left. Inside here heal up KOS-MOS before you move to the stairs. At the stairs begins our first A.G.W.S. Battle! Shion will enter her A.G.W.S. and the tutorial will explain all you need to know about these cumbersome mechs. This isn't too hard to win, just remember to aim for extra points at the end of battle by killing the enemy when the gold coin shows up on your turn in the Event Slot! After battle, those jerks outside the Encephalon will turn all of the drones into Gn-Gn-Gnosis! Use the save point behind you. Important note about the Gnosis here. Stay on top of your heals. Not heels. Heals. The Gnosis here can overwhelm you quickly if you don't use Shion to cast MEDICA or use MED KITS. Gnosis are generally pretty resilient foes. On the right side of this room now, head down the ladder to reach the previously blocked-off section of the first floor. The explodable crate on the left contains Gnosis. Shion is currently very weak against these foes. KOS-MOS on the other hand, does fairly well against them with her ranged File:Triangle Button.png attack. The crates on the right hold and ETHER PACK and 2 MED KIT S. Continue right and remove the junk to discover SEGMENT ADDRESS NO. 10. Segment Addresses hold really valuable items behind them, once you can unlock them by finding the corresponding Decoders. Both Adresses and Decoders are spread far and wide across the universe, so you'll be doing a lot of backtracking for the good stuff. Head back up the ladder and enter the door on the right. We're now in the locked office. Grab the shiny key, it's the MISSION KEY, and it's what we need to open the big door downstairs that we saw when we first came in. Blow up the obstruction and exit right. Go back downstairs and open up that door. You should have enough Ether points to get Shion a new Ether. Remember to set it after you purchase it. Make sure you are in good fighting condition, heal up, etc, then head into the room and toward the red crate. Boss Time!!!
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