A/N: Just in case you missed the A/N last chapter, I will be updating Primed For Extinction Part 1 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Eventually once I finish this story and start uploading PFE Part 2 - which will be Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage - I will stick to the same schedule. The chapter length will vary, but rest assured aside from some of the more difficult missions, namely the invincible fights, I will be doing all the missions in the DLC.
Chapter 12: Dancing With Machines
Mission(s): Whoops * Main Mission
Catch A Ride, and Also Tetanus * Side Mission
I Know It When I See It * Side Mission
Don't Copy That Floppy * Side Mission
DLC: Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty
Herbert says, "Looks like when you shot the lock, you blasted the compass piece into bits. Ohhhkay, this is bad. Uhmm – no, wait! Ah! I can make a replacement! I just need parts! Just get to the Washburne Refinery, go go go!"
After getting the instructions from Herbert Maya and Zero go to the fast travel station, before they begin their traveling both of them stock up on ammo and their weapons. They fast travel to Wurmwater, and ship the parts to Scooter.
After that they jump in their Sandskiff and sail forward from the back of Captain Scarlett's ship, and out of the hidden cove. Zero turns left, since he's driving, and drives up the hilly sand flats past a pillar of rock and into the mouth of a canyon. After a short while they came upon the Washburne Refinery, a massive metal structure on very tall support beams setting it high above the sand flats. Closer to the ground and suspended above the sand flats is a pulley platform system.
Maya can tell that they only way to reach it would be to go through the small village connected to the system by a wooden boardwalk. As they sail right of the platform system, and through the legs of the refinery two enemy Sandskiffs come out of a hidden hole in the cliff.
Chasing them in a few circles among the legs of the refinery, Zero makes quick work of them using his own skiffs rockets. After that Zero sails along the canyon, but then makes a left u-turn and drives up into the middle of a small pirate camp. A few small pirates called Swabbies come rushing the Sandskiff, while a few pirates hang back and open fire.
Trying to keep their Sandskiff from exploding, Maya and Zero jump out role away and end up next to one of the houses. The pirates turn out to be 4 Powder Monkeys, and Maya ends up having to hastily dispose of the many grenades thrown their way. Zero shoots the kegs on their backs with one shot of his sniper rifle each.
They walk on to the boardwalk, and Maya pulls a lever activating the slow descent of the platform. As they hop on Maya's lust for loot leads her to spot a platform built halfway up one of the giant refinery supports. She thinks treasure chest and right before the platform was about to get close to stopping Maya jumps down and after a moment of adrenaline lands on the platform.
Maya finds a good Witch class mod for herself and a fantastic sniper class mod for Zero. After stashing the loot in her pack, Maya walks back to the platform system and takes a second platform up to the refinery. Zero stands there waiting Maya gives him the class mod, Zero dispenses of his old one and equips the new one.
Now with slightly better gear then before Maya and Zero head into the refinery. Right next to the entrance is a badass loader, Maya quickly phaselocks it and Zero shoots off one of its arms while Maya peppers it with corrosive damage.
As they enter the refinery Herbert says, "I can rebuild the last part of the compass, but I'll need some samples of poly-kryten. Once you get those, I can rebuild the key, and give it to Scarlett, and it'll help her find where the treasure is buried, and she'll marry me and we'll have a hundred babies and I'll never die. It'll be perfect."
Maya and Zero go farther into the refinery, and encounter JNK loaders, PWR loaders, and a few BUL loaders in the first room alone. Even Zero switches to a corrosive sniper to quickly deal with the multitude of enemies they'll be facing. Right before they can ascend a staircase at the far right side of the room, at the far left side a few EXP loaders jump down and rush the Vault Hunters.
The successive combined explosion of all three EXP loaders detonating at once due to the onslaught of corrosion from Maya and Zero reverberates through the refiner. It wakes up the rest of the loaders inside Washburne Refinery, and Zero senses that they'll have their work cut out for them.
Going up the staircase Maya finds the first piece of poly-kryten they need, she picks it up and puts it in her pack. Once they have it Herbert says, "Yes – just a few more pieces of poly-kryten. I've studied the lost treasure of the sands for months now; I'll rebuild the compass. For her."
After that Maya and Zero find themselves facing a loader. This one seems to be peaceful and doesn't attack them on sight. Once Maya initiates the conversation the robot introduces its self and gives them a mission.
"I am the Censorbot. All lewd behavior must be stopped. A deviant known as P3RV-E is in possession of sexually explicit materials. Please murder him, because morality."
After getting the mission from Censorbot, May and Zero head down a ram and into a place called the Arm. It extends in both left and right directions; to the left is a badass loader that is easily dealt with. To the left is a long hallway, and after walking quickly down it Maya and Zero turn to the right and head down another ramp. They come to a place called Workforce Fabrication Center.
Zero turns invisible and walks out in the middle of the chamber to assess the situation further. He finds that the door they need to open is closed, and won't open unless something on the other side opens it. Zero weaves among the enemies taking some out by stabbing their central processor with his katana.
Once all of the loaders are eliminated the door opens and another badass loader steps through. Zero silently takes off it's arms with two well placed sniper rounds, and Maya finishes it off by phaslocking it and melting it down with corrosion.
After weaving their way through a small corridor, they come to a place called the Forge Array. Right before entering the curved spacious hallway full of basins containing molten metal, and multiple ARR loaders among others, Zero finds another piece of polly-kryten.
"You know I bet Scarlett's getting' lonely. Yep – I'm pretty sure she regrets kicking me out to the Rustyard," Herbert says.
Immediately after Captain Scarlett says, "Nope."
After the comment from Herbert and Scarlett, Maya and Zero jump down into the Forge Array. The ARR loaders are a bit more of a pain to defeat since they have shields. A few hot loaders give them some trouble, but then Maya and Zero finally make it to a set of stairs at the end of the Forge Array.
After going up the stairs, Maya and Zero enter a room that branches left and right. To the right is a locked gate, with a switch next to it that doesn't seem to be working. Ahead of them sitting on a table, is the third piece of polly-kryten. After picking it up Herbert comes on the ECHO sharing a few words.
"You've almost got enough polly-kryten. Once I give you the last piece of the compass, you'll need to combine all 4 pieces and take them to the Magnys lighthouse. That is where you will find the burial place of the Lost Treasure of the Sands."
Maya and Zero head left, and turning left again come to a place called Lair of the Lecher-Bot. In the middle of the room is a pile of junk, surrounding that is a walkway. In the room are a few JNK loaders and P3VR-E. The robot is small and a singularity grenade takes care of it quickly.
Censorbot says, "Acceptable. Now collect the deviant's explicate contraband. It must be studied further."
Maya and Zero quickly collect the 5 stacks of nude magazines, Maya chuckles at the covers and Zero volunteers to have them put in his pack.
"You have struck a great blow to the perversion corrupting Pandora. Return to me for more work."
Zero, since he has the material in his pack volunteers to go back alone, but Maya simply refuses to leave his presence in such a hostile area. Both of them end up going back together, weaving their way through the piled robot corpses in battle zones.
"This filth is disgusting. I will determine the exact mathematical level of its disgustingness after further study," Censorbot says.
After turning the mission into C3n50r807 Maya and Zero quickly jog to the furthest place they had been in the refinery. Once they got there they went slower and cautiously. They pass through hallways strangely deserted, and only encounter one HOT loader before coming to an open area called Carbonslag Crater.
After jumping down into the area, Maya and Zero realize that they can't go back the way they came. To the left out of a door in the Crater come two badass loaders. After eliminating H3RL-E suddenly comes out of massive doors to the left. A giant robot colored blue, and with two massive guns for arms.
Hiding behind the dump truck Maya and Zero peek out and at first whittle down its shield with shock weapons. As soon as its shield is down, they switch to corrosive weapons and slowly but surely melt the giant robot down. They have to run for different cover once H3RL-E starts throwing explosive barrels at them. But the corrosive effect eventually builds up to such a high level that H3RL-E just explodes.
After that Maya and Zero walk up a set of metal stairs and into the refinery through a previously closed door. Greeting them is a red treasure chest, and Maya opens it finding a Nasty Root. Since it is way better then her current Torgue assault rifle she takes the new one and keeps the old one to be sold. Going forward more they climb a set of stairs and come to the last piece of polly-kryten they need.
Herbert says excitedly, "Greatgreatgreat! That's enough! Come back and I'll forge the replacement compass piece for you!"
Maya and Zero decide to continue onwards a little ways, they come to an open shaft and drop down into the arm. As they head to the end of it, Maya wanders back to C3n50r807 cubical, and reluctantly Zero follows. Maya talks to C3n50r807 and finds that it does have another mission for them.
"ECHO software piracy eats away at the moral fabric of society. Several sand pirates have bootlegged copies of the latest ECHO simulation program. Murder them and retrieve the ill-gotten goods."
After getting the mission Maya and Zero have fun racing through the last part of the refinery, Zero ends up making it to the door with Maya close behind. As they both step outside Maya checks the map and sees that their objective is relatively close by. A deep rumbling gave way to a tremor it shook the refinery slightly.
Captain Scarlett makes a comment, "Oh! The Leviathan knows we're close to finding the treasure. Can't wait to kill him and avenge my Roscoe. God, Roscoe was so cute. Had this big ol' face you just wanted to squeeze, and – what are you jackasses looking at? Get back to work, swab something god damnit!"
Maya and Zero descend on a platform. After landing and heading right off the boardwalk they continue going straight into a narrow path. On either side the walls rise high above.
After traveling a short ways they come to a patch of sand flats, surrounding the sand flats are low but un-climbable rocky walls. They head across the sand flats, battling and beating several sand worms before crossing under a bridge and coming to a dead end. To their right nothing, but to their left they see a ladder that goes up to the area where they can access the bridge.
As they get within a few feet of the ladder, 3 sand pirates at the post pop up and start shooting at them. They're quickly eliminated and both Vault Hunters climb the ladder, and walk across the bridge. After traveling a little bit more, and coming over a slight incline Maya and Zero come upon a place called The Dish.
A giant satellite dish, with its stand being the ground itself creates a dip in the middle. Surrounded the half submerged satellite dish are a collection of sand pirate houses. As soon as Maya and Zero walk onto the dish itself, sand pirates poor out of the houses and on to the dish. Since it's a large area, Zero is able to pick off some from a distance. Any that get close are deal with by Maya, using a superior Jakobs Leather Bushwack.
As some of the pirates fall, out of their pockets drops floppy discs. After eliminate all the pirates brave enough to come out of the houses, Maya and Zero collect 5 floppy discs.
Censorbot says, "Well done. Pandora's moral fabric is intact. Return to me at once."
After C3n50r807's words Maya and Zero head back to the refinery via a walkway. Jumping down, they head back to the platform system and take a platform up. After entering the refinery they weave their way back through the hallways to C3n50r807 Cubical. Maya turns the floppy discs into C3n50r807.
"If only DRM could shoot the user in the face. A robot can dream."
After completing the second mission from C3n50r807 Maya and Zero take the fast travel station back to the Rustyards. Going from the fast travel station, Maya and Zero head to the platform system over the gap. After pulling the lever they wait until the platform reaches them, then they get one and Maya pulls the lever that brings the platform to the other side of the gap.
Realizing that it was once again late in the night, Maya and Zero rush all the way to Herbert's shack – completely ignoring the spider ants along the way. They find Herbert already out of his shack.
"You got the polly-kryten? Gimme!"
Maya and Zero hand him the four pieces of polly-kryten, and he turns his back to them and works.
"And this goes there…and tighten that…cut that down just a hair…aha!"
Herbert turns back around and presents Maya and Zero the last piece of the legendary compass.
"Here ya go the last piece of the compass!"
Maya takes it.
"Now give that to Scarlett, along with the tapes. And she'll love me again. And if she doesn't, I'll follow her, and I'll smell her, and I'll just make her love me! Ahaa!"
"You got the compass piece? Great. Now, give Herbert that little gift I gave you, and then come on back," Captain Scarlett says.
Maya takes the gift out of her pack and puts it on the ground at Herbert's feet. Zero hurriedly pulls Maya back away from Herbert.
Herbert says in amazement, "A Gift?! From SCARLETT?! I knew it! I KNEW she cared! AHAA!"
Herbert bends to grab the present, and it explodes sending Herbert apart into many fleshy bits.
Captain Scarlett says, "Oh sorry about that, Herbert. Oh – I forgot to mention you were carrying a rather large BOMB around with you, didn't I? Many apologies. Now just bring back that last compass piece, so we can find out where the treasure is buried."
Maya says, "Well I'm glad that pervert is gone." Zero silently agrees with her and they jump down to the platform system, take it back across the gap and use the fast travel station to go to Captain Scarlett's ship. As they turn in the mission Captain Scarlett says, "Herbert. [gaging noise]"