The First Flight of the Excelsior

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* With work on the Enterprise nearing completion, Alphinaud bids you tell Y'shtola to make ready for departure.
* You find Y'shtola in uncommonly good cheer─in stark contrast to Estinien, who seems to take her positivity as a personal affront. As you look on bemused, a tense exchange ensues in which Y'shtola warns Estinien that the Eye will consume him given the slightest opportunity. Of course, the dragoon is having none of it. As he strides off, Urianger arrives bearing a gift of white auracite, found among Moenbryda's last effects, thus rounding off your unexpectedly eventful errand. Rejoin Alphinaud at the airship landing.
* You inform Alphinaud of the party's readiness to set forth. The time has come to journey to the stage of the final battle─Azys Lla.
* You take your place aboard the new and improved Enterprise Excelsior, and after a journey of what feels like mere moments, gain sight of Azys Lla. As promised, the newly installed aetheric ram makes short work of the Allagan barrier, but you have no time to celebrate, as an imperial battleship appears in your wake and opens fire. Hopelessly outmatched, you prepare for the end, only to spy Ysayle riding to the rescue upon Hraesvelgr's back. Transforming into Shiva, she engages the enemy battleship single-handed, and succeeds in incapacitating it at the cost of her own life.
When you subsequently arrive in Azys Lla, you say a silent prayer for the allies who have paid the ultimate price that you might fight on.
* All are determined that Ysayle's sacrifice should not be in vain. Join your companions at the dome-like structure, and ask Cid for further instructions.
* Cid declares the area safe, and calls a meeting to discuss the next step.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Y'shtola.
* Speak with Alphinaud to journey to Azys Lla.
* Speak with Cid.
==Script==
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Alphinaud 	Work on the Enterprise is nearly complete. Let Y'shtola know to make ready.
 	
Alphinaud 	Work on the Enterprise is nearly complete. Let Y'shtola know to make ready.
 	
Aymeric 	Do whatever you must to end my father's madness. May the Fury watch over you, my friend.
Notrelchamps 	Most folk know Master Garlond as a genius inventor. It's only when you come to work for him that you realize he's a godsdamned tyrant taskmaster. Just, uh...don't tell him I said that, all right?
Yshtola 	I know naught of the archbishop and his knights save that which you have told me─but if they truly possess the power of primals and the secrets of Azys Lla, they are dangerous foes indeed. We must spare no preparation.
Estinien 	Azure wings to bear us to the final battle... I must admit there is poetry to it.
 	
Urianger 	That which man thinketh a trifle in the having, he mourneth as a treasure in the losing. A tired platitude, but one which shall haunt me unto my dying day.
Urianger 	That which man thinketh a trifle in the having, he mourneth as a treasure in the losing. A tired platitude, but one which shall haunt me unto my dying day.
Estinien 	The revelations of recent days may have overturned the foundations of my faith, but my purpose remains unchanged: ending this damnable war.
 	
Alphinaud 	Let us go, [Player Name]! Azys Lla awaits!
Cid 	Whew... I don't know about you, but I'm glad to be back on solid ground─even if said ground is floating in the sky.
Cid 	When that imperial battleship appeared, I honestly thought we were finished. And we would have been, had your friend not arrived when she did.
Alphinaud 	Twelve grant her mercy...
Brief though our time together was, Ysayle was a true friend─a gentle soul who fought for her beliefs. She...she would have made a fine Scion.
Yshtola 	What is a Scion but one who fights for our cause? Our hopes survive thanks to her sacrifice. Let that be enough.
Yshtola 	Yet I cannot help but wonder: how came she to know of our presence here?
Estinien 	From Hraesvelgr, I would wager. He will have felt my channeling of the Eye's power.
Estinien 	It would seem they were able to make peace with one another in the end.
Cid 	She gave her life because she believed in us. We owe it to her to see our mission through.
Cid 	See that dome-like structure further in? Let's make our way there.
Alphinaud 	Ysayle... I cannot believe she is gone...
Yshtola 	The Echo is a gift and a burden both...as you know only too well.
Estinien 	Though we walked opposing paths, Iceheart was a worthy woman. Her deeds will not soon be forgotten.
Biggs 	Taking on an imperial battleship by herself... Primal or no, that took some courage.
Wedge 	I-I wasn't afraid! N-Not in the least! ...Pardon? What smell? <sniff> ...Oh gods, someone's spilled something down my trousers!
 	
Cid 	The isle's sentinels don't seem to frequent this area. We should be safe here.
Cid 	Let's talk strategy, shall we?
 	
Biggs 	It's still active─all of it...
Wedge 	Crikey... This place is like something out of my dreams...
Alphinaud 	Cid is right. We owe it to Ysayle to see the mission through.
Estinien 	I sense an ominous presence...
Yshtola 	Heavy though our hearts may be, we must forge on─in the name of those we have lost.
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Heavensward Main Scenario Quests in Final Fantasy XIV