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This is a transcript for dialogue with Captain Zao.

MS02[]

#SCENEDIALOGUE BEFORERESPONSE TEXTDIALOGUE AFTERABXY
1MS02CaptainFirstMtg{Slightly suspicious, mostly just stating an observation / Suspicious} I watched you talk to a boy on the dock. Swim out here.Captain: You appear... able. But not a threat? No. Come in he ping. Ah... peace?A
2{Slightly suspicious. Mostly just as observation. / Neutral} I watched you swim out here.Captain: You appear... able. But not a threat? No. Come in he ping. Ah... peace?A
3{mildly suspicious / Suspicious} Why are you on my submarine?Captain: You appear... able. But not a threat? No. Come in he ping. Ah... peace?A
4NPCMCaptainZao: I watched you talk to a boy on the dock. Swim out here.{calmly assessing the threat / Confident} You appear... able. But not a threat? No. Come in he ping. Ah... peace?Player Default: I'm not a threat to you. Just curious.A1a
5Player Default: What about the nuclear fuel?{Confident} I have idea for that. But first - dampening coil.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.Y1a
6Player Default: What about the nuclear fuel?{Sad} For long, I was happy to stay here. Of late, though... I have been thinking of my zu guo. Of China.Y2a
7{Afraid} Also... my Yangtze is not safe. Raiders come. I have fought them. But I fear leaving her alone to get what I need for repair.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.Y2b
8Player Default: What's in it for me?{Conspiratorial} Money! Xianjin! American money. From before. Still worth something, no? Worthless to me, on my Yangtze.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.X1a
9Player Default: What's in it for me?{Disgust} Wealth is like dung, useful only when spread.X2a
10{Conspiratorial} I have some bottle caps, too. New money for your new, burned America. They are yours as well.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.X2b
11Player Default: What's in it for me?{Sad} You force me to make... ultimate decision. Sad decision. Maybe yi han.X3a
12{Sad} My sword. Sharp, wondrous jian. Sword of Chinese officer. It is yours. If you help me!Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.X3b
13Player Default: What's in it for me?{Angry} I thought we might deal fairly, you and I.X4a
14{Angry} I see now you are just a mercenary. Gu yong bing!X4b
15{Disgust} Help me. Or don't. You get nothing from Zao!X4c
16Player Default: You'll have to wait awhile.{Confident} Waiting and I are old friends. I can do that.B1a
17Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.{Amused} Ha! Fortune favors us both, it seems.A1a
18{Confident} Now, all we need... one thing. Nuclear fuel.Player Default: I already have the warhead.A1b
19Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.{emphasis on "your" - clearly he doesn't get the joke. / Irritated} I am not your captain. Zao will do.A2a
20{Stern} You go. Get the dampening coil. I will work on repairing the bridge control systems. Much gong zuo.A2b
21Player Default: But no fear. No murder. No wei xian. Not from Captain Zao.{suspicious / Suspicious} Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.Player Default: Just trying to figure out who you are. No plundering. I swear.A1a
22{Disgust} Just like all the others. Unable to see past what I look like.A1a
23Player Default: I'm not a threat to you. Just curious.{rhetorical question / Question} Ha! "Curious cat gets murdered."A1a
24{Friendly} But no fear. No murder. No wei xian. Not from Captain Zao.Captain: Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.A1b
25Player Default: You're a ghoul!{annoyed / Irritated} Ghoul? Like... jang shi? Ah... monster? No! I am Zao. Zao! From China. Captain of my beautiful Yangtze. This qian ting.B1a
26{Surprised} Monster. Ha!Captain: Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.B1b
27Player Default: I thought this submarine was abandoned. Empty.{matter of fact, standing his ground. Emphasis on "my" / Defiant} No. Not empty. I am here. Captain Zao. This is my qianting. My submarine. The Yangtze.Captain: Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.X1a
28Player Default: I thought this submarine was abandoned. Empty.{realizing it isn't going to happen / Worried} Had hoped he would get bored. Leave.X2a
29{annoyed / Irritated} I need no one seeing my qianting. Ah... submarine. My beautiful Yangtze.X2b
30{resolute / Irritated} I could have killed him. Easy. But... I do not think that way. Not anymore.Captain: Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.X2c
31Player Default: Who are you?{proud / Confident} Zao! Captain of the Chinese Navy! I sail the Yangtze-31. This qianting. Submarine. My beautiful boat.Y1a
32{friendly warning / Confident} Speak harsh words of me if you must. But my Yangtze... Speak of her with respect.Captain: Why are you here? War is over. Long over. And my Yangtze holds no bao wu. No... treasure. Nothing for you to plunder.Y1b
33Player Default: Just trying to figure out who you are. No plundering. I swear.{Thinking} Hmph. Pirate or Raider would have attacked by now. I accept your gu shi as truth.Captain: Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.A1a
34Player Default: Commie bastard! You destroyed my country! Die!{Angry} Zhu! Zi ben jia! Die!Captain: Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.B1a
35Player Default: All right, you got me. I'm scavenging for supplies.{grudging acknowledgement / Neutral} Ha! Honest answer. Zao appreciates your truth. Xie xie.X1a
36{Apologetic} As you can see, there is little of value here.Captain: Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.X1b
37Player Default: Have you been here for 200 years?{bemused / Surprised} Wa! It has been that long? Shi de. Yes. I suppose it has.Y1a
38{explaining / Sad} Long ago. Just after the fire. Yangtze struck a mine. My qianting barely made it here into harbor.Y1b
39{grateful nobody noticed him / Relieved} City already ruins by then. Few noticed us. Fewer cared. Too much tong ku.Captain: Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.Y1c
40Player Default: Have you been here for 200 years?{hates how he looks, but he's resigned to it. / Disgust} Fushe! You say... radiation. From damaged reactor. Turn me into this guai wu.Y2a
41{clearly avoiding telling the full story. / Nervous} My crew... gone. I cannot think on their fate.Captain: Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.Y2b
42Player Default: Hmph. Pirate or Raider would have attacked by now. I accept your gu shi as truth.{Happy} Your arrival is good xingyun for me. I need help, you see.A1a
43{struggles a bit, searching for the right word / Question} Yangtze is not... ahh... Seaworthy. You will help me fix her?Player Default: I'm at your disposal.A1b
44Player Default: I'm at your disposal.{Happy} Ha! Yes! Thank you. Xie xie my friend.A1a
45{a bit sad / Irritated} But, first problem. Yangtze has no power.Captain: If we get reactor working? Probably enough.A1b
46Player Default: You can go to Hell. You're part of the enemy that destroyed my country.{Tired} That is... sad. Um... unfortunate. Bu xing. I hoped that after 200 years, we could forget past hatred.B1a
47{Tired} I shall wait for someone more willing to help me.Captain: If we get reactor working? Probably enough.B1b
48Player Default: Let me think about it.{Pleading} Yes. Of course. I wish only to help my beautiful qian ting. Make my Yangtze ready for the sea.Captain: If we get reactor working? Probably enough.X1a
49Player Default: Why would you trust me, a stranger?{second part is a Chinese proverb / Apologetic} Trust is risk. But a man must plow with oxen he has.Y1a
50{Impressed} You are not like raiders that board my quianting. My Yangtze. You show peace. Xie xie.Player Default: I'm at your disposal.Y1b
51Player Default: Why would you trust me, a stranger?{wistful for home / Amused} Ah. I sail for Zhongguo. Return to China. Where I belong. My jia. My home?Player Default: I'm at your disposal.Y2a
52Player Default: Why would you trust me, a stranger?{hopeful / Nervous} Anything Zao can do. If China is gone, I will build. House by house.Y3a
53{resigned / Worried} And if no houses can be built, I will die. My jia. At peace.Player Default: I'm at your disposal.Y3b
54Player Default: But, first problem. Yangtze has no power.{hopeful / Amused} If we get reactor working? Probably enough.A1a
55{annoyed / Irritated} There is damage to a, um... dampening coil. Bad damage. Need new coil.A1b
56{business like / Neutral} I have information. Intelligence, from war time. Dampening coils are at facility called... Saugus Ironworks.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.A1c
57MS02CaptainPChasRods{Question is mostly rhetorical. / Relieved} You have dampening coil? Ha! Youxiu. Youxiu. Now to get... nuclear fuel.Player Default: I already have the warhead.A
58{Relieved} You have returned! I was not sure you would.A
59{business like / Confident} Next we need more nuclear fuel. To feed Yangtze's reactor.Player Default: I already have the warhead.A
60Player Default: I admire your spirit.While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.Captain: But now I must... warn you. There is danger. Wei xian! Old crew... still down there.A1a
61Captain: While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.But now I must... warn you. There is danger. Wei xian! Old crew... still down there.A1a
62Not okay like their captain. Worse. They do not harm me. But they will kill you!A1b
63I... I cannot kill them. Still, they are my crew. My family. Jia ren, all of us. But you must do what you must do.A1c
64Player Default: The next step seems simple. But do not be deceived.{Sad} 200 years ago, I launched all of Yangtze's high-yield nuclear missiles. As ordered.A1a
65{Sad} For 200 years, I have lived with that guilt. That shame. So much fire Such bei.A1b
66{Somber} But one missile failed to launch. You must go down. Remove the warhead. Then bring it to me.Player Default: I already have the warhead.A1c
67Player Default: I already have the warhead.So. You have met my crew, then. Or... what is left of them.Player Default: I'm alive, aren't I?A1a
68Player Default: I already have the warhead.I admire your spirit.Captain: While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.A2a
69Player Default: The warhead might detonate. We'd both be killed.No, no. It will not detonate. Not if you are careful. Treat it as ji dan. A chicken egg.B1a
70But... you will be exposed to radiation. So long as you carry it.Captain: While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.B1b
71Player Default: You've got to be kidding.No. No jokes. Just jue wang. Desperation. Only thing left to try. Plutonium in warhead will serve as fuel.Captain: While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.X1a
72Player Default: Why don't you get it?Ah... Because I have different task.Captain: While you are getting warhead? I will prepare the reactor.Y1a
73Player Default: I already have the warhead.{Surprised} You have been busy.A1a
74{Apologetic} I hope you showed my crew... mercy. They have not been themselves lately.Player Default: I'm alive, aren't I?A1b
75Player Default: I already have the warhead.{Conspiratorial} The next step seems simple. But do not be deceived.Captain: 200 years ago, I launched all of Yangtze's high-yield nuclear missiles. As ordered.A2a
76Player Default: I have a few things to do first.{Irritated} Hmph. Good crew says "us first," not "me first."B1a
77{Stern} I need that dampening coil.Captain: 200 years ago, I launched all of Yangtze's high-yield nuclear missiles. As ordered.B1b
78Player Default: Let's get on with it.{Confident} You are impatient. Good. Then you are focused on our task.Captain: 200 years ago, I launched all of Yangtze's high-yield nuclear missiles. As ordered.X1a
79Player Default: Where are you going to get that?{Emphasize "that" / Amused} Ah... Now that is the right question to ask.Captain: 200 years ago, I launched all of Yangtze's high-yield nuclear missiles. As ordered.Y1a
80MS02CaptainPChasWarhead{knows the player probably didn't have any difficulties. / Question} No difficulty with the warhead, I trust?Player Default: I'm alive, aren't I?A
81Player Default: I'm alive, aren't I?{Amused} Be resolved and the thing is done.Captain: Now. Here is what you must do. Head down to the reactor. Take dampening coil and warhead with you.A1a
82Player Default: Not yet.{Stern} Well? Go. Go!Captain: Now. Here is what you must do. Head down to the reactor. Take dampening coil and warhead with you.B1a
83Player Default: Nah. No sweat. The radiation did give me super powers, though. X-Ray vision. Love the leopard g-string.{Irritated} 200 years, and your humor is still bad. America liberating Anchorage? Now that was a good joke.Captain: Now. Here is what you must do. Head down to the reactor. Take dampening coil and warhead with you.X1a
84Player Default: What are you going to do with the other missiles?{Apologetic} Nothing. That is what. No plans.Y1a
85{Apologetic} They are small. Tactical. Of no real use to me.Captain: Now. Here is what you must do. Head down to the reactor. Take dampening coil and warhead with you.Y1b
86Player Default: Be resolved and the thing is done.{Stern} Now. Here is what you must do. Head down to the reactor. Take dampening coil and warhead with you.A1a
87{Slight emphasis on "carefully." / Nervous} First, insert the dampening coil. Carefully. Xiao xin.A1b
88{Stern} Then, put warhead into the reactor. As you do that, I monitor power levels from the control room.A1c
89{Nervous} Do not put in warhead first! Do that? Si wang. Death, for you and me both.A1d
90MS02CaptainRefused{surprised / Surprised} You again? Thought you had no interest in helping old sailor.Player Default: Yes, I'm willing to help you.A
91{hopeful, not pleading. He's the kind of guy that would never beg. / Pleading} Still here... Change of heart, perhaps? You have decided to help me after all?Player Default: Yes, I'm willing to help you.A
92Player Default: Fortune smiles. Let us work together. Yi qi lai.{Neutral} First thing we need - a new dampening coil. To stabilize Yangtze's reactor.A1a
93{Confident} You can find them at Saugus Ironworks. That is what my old intelligence says.Player Default: I already have the dampening coil from Saugus.A1b
94Player Default: Yes, I'm willing to help you.{Happy} Fortune smiles. Let us work together. Yi qi lai.Captain: First thing we need - a new dampening coil. To stabilize Yangtze's reactor.A1a
95Player Default: No. You're the enemy that destroyed my country.{Apologetic} I have been no one's enemy for two hundred years.Captain: First thing we need - a new dampening coil. To stabilize Yangtze's reactor.B1a
96Player Default: I'm just doing it for the loot.{Grateful} Well. Those who beg cannot choose. I accept.Captain: First thing we need - a new dampening coil. To stabilize Yangtze's reactor.X1a
97Player Default: You said you had a plan?{Confident} I do.Captain: First thing we need - a new dampening coil. To stabilize Yangtze's reactor.Y1a
98MS02SubReady{relieved, glad / Relieved} Was not sure my beautiful Yangtze would hold together. But we did it!Captain: Here. Payment Zao promised you.A
99NPCMCaptainZao: Was not sure my beautiful Yangtze would hold together. But we did it!{Happy} Here. Payment Zao promised you.A1a
100{struggles a bit recalling the English word / Nervous} Plus, to show my thanks. I give you these, ah... Transponders.Captain: Each one acts as a homing signal for missile I can fire from my Yangtze.A1b
101NPCMCaptainZao: Was not sure my beautiful Yangtze would hold together. But we did it!{Amused} You are a capitalist. I know you expect payment for services.A2a
102{Grateful} Instead I would offer you service in exchange for your service. It is our way.A2b
103{Grateful} Take these, ah... Transponders.Captain: Each one acts as a homing signal for missile I can fire from my Yangtze.A2c
104Player Default: I wish you a safe journey.{Grateful} Many thanks. I look forward to seeing my Zhongguo soon.Captain: Soon, I will set sail. You should get ashore. Farewell, American. I must admit. I have met... worse capitalists.A1a
105Player Default: I hope this tub sinks with you in it.{Amused} The journey is long. Sadly, that is possible.B1a
106{Angry} It is fortunate Zao is man of honor. A lesser man insulted would not keep his promise.Captain: Soon, I will set sail. You should get ashore. Farewell, American. I must admit. I have met... worse capitalists.B1b
107Player Default: You should just leave now.{Apologetic} I understand. There is no love for Zao. Or Zhongguo.Captain: Soon, I will set sail. You should get ashore. Farewell, American. I must admit. I have met... worse capitalists.X1a
108Player Default: Why would you let me use up your missiles?{Worried} I have no wish to bring weapons back home. I leave the fire here.Y1a
109{coming up with a good English phase you remember at the end / Amused} And... I owe you. Zao pays his debts. Besides, my missiles just might... *chuckle* "Save your bacon."Captain: Soon, I will set sail. You should get ashore. Farewell, American. I must admit. I have met... worse capitalists.Y1b
110Player Default: Many thanks. I look forward to seeing my Zhongguo soon.{Grateful} Soon, I will set sail. You should get ashore. Farewell, American. I must admit. I have met... worse capitalists.A1a
111Captain: Plus, to show my thanks. I give you these, ah... Transponders.{Confident} Each one acts as a homing signal for missile I can fire from my Yangtze.A1a
112{Concerned} Only small. Tactical nukes. But you should still get far away as possible!A1b
113{Amused} Throw transponder like a grenade to activate it. Then wait for baozha. "Kaboom!"Player Default: I wish you a safe journey.A1c
114MS02WarheadFirst{Afraid} No! You fool! Without dampening coil, the reactor will explode! Baozha!A2a
115{Afraid} No! You fool! I have not prepared the reactor yet!A1a
116-{excited / Happy} Finally, after so many years, my beautiful Yangtze will dive once more!A
117{player is just standing there not saying anything / Puzzled} Hello?
118{player is just standing there not saying anything / Puzzled} You're... okay?
119{quoting and old Chinese proverb / Worried} They say a shipwright should not build new ship out of old wood. But we have no other choice.
120{hopeful / Happy} After all these years. I might finally see my home again. Sweet Zhongguo.
121{get going / Irritated} Well? What are you standing there for?
122{business like / Confident} I will prepare the submarine while you are getting dampening coil.
123{confident the player will succeed / Confident} Good luck at the ironworks.
124{nudging the player to get going / Irritated} That dampening coil will not find itself...
125{old Chinese proverb / Happy} Raise your sail one foot and get ten feet of wind.
126{nostalgic / Happy} Yangtze has been my home, my jia, for two centuries. Now there is a chance she will sail again. One last time.
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