Escape from Castrum Centri

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.
==Journal==
* After much painstaking preparation, the time has finally come to infiltrate Castrum Centri and rescue your fellow Scions. Don your imperial pot helm and short robe, and proceed to the rendezvous point east of the stronghold.
* You have succeeded in entering the castrum undetected. Next, you must gather information on where your comrades are being held. Approach three imperial soldiers and greet each with a disarming /imperialsalute.
* Based on what you have learned, Minfilia and the others are being held within the storage tower. Accessing this tower requires a special identification key, which you must somehow obtain from the imperial centurion. Approach the forbidding fellow and win his good opinion with a perfectly executed /imperialsalute.
* Through deft use of the magic word, you succeed in convincing the centurion to loan you his identification key. Biggs will know what to do with it.
* Using the identification key, you have gained access to the sector in which the storage tower stands. Enter the tower via the steel gate, and set your friends free.
* Though the rescue mission was a success, the shocking revelation that Thancred has been possessed by Lahabrea has cast a dark pall over the Scions. Painful though this blow may be, you have no choice but to take it on the chin and forge on for the sake of Eorzea.
* You have safely arrived in Ul'dah. Speak with Minfilia to learn her mind.
* None can say how the Alliance leaders may respond to the threat posed by the Ultima Weapon, but Minfilia is certain of one thing: so long as it exists, Eorzea shall never know peace.
==Objectives==
* Speak with Cid while disguised as an imperial soldier.
* Perform an /imperialsalute to imperial soldiers.
* Perform an /imperialsalute to the centurion.
* Give Biggs the imperial identification key.
* Examine the steel door.
* Speak with Minfilia.
==Script==
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Cid 	How go your preparations, [Player Name]? We leave as soon as you're ready.
Cid 	Glaumunt! You came!
Glaumunt 	Aye─thought I'd give you all a roarin' send-off. 'Tis the least I can do for the fine men an' women what're about to make my lifelong wish come true.
Cid 	Well, we'll do our best! Hmmm... It occurs to me, for all the help you've afforded us, we know little and less about you. What did the Empire do to earn your ire? ...Ah, but I fear I've put curiosity before consideration. I quite understand if you'd rather not relive those memories.
Glaumunt 	No, no, I don't mind, really. Truth be told, a part o' me was itchin' to tell you my tale. Mind you, 'tis hardly novel─I ain't the first to suffer at imperial hands.
Glaumunt 	Like most folk, I used to have a mother. She was a sweet, carin' woman with a smile never far from her face. There was a sister too. Pretty little thing, she was─gentle as a lamb, but tough as nails. We were poor folk livin' simple lives, but we knew happiness just the same.
Glaumunt 	An' then the imperials came an' took it all away. When Ala Mhigo fell, they put my family in a camp. Bein' a lad, I was made to do hard labor, while my mother an' sister were forced to do far worse... They hid their sufferin' from me as best they could, but I knew, an' the thought of it drove me mad. We had to escape. An' so I hatched a plan to get us out o' the city.
Glaumunt 	We were pickin' our way around a gorge not far outside the walls when they caught up with us... An' rather than allow 'emselves to be taken again, my mother an' sister leaped over the edge before my very eyes. Heartbroken as I was, I didn't put up a fight when the imperials clapped me in chains an' dragged me back.
Glaumunt 	'Twas some years after that I escaped again, an' that time, I got away. I swore then that I'd get revenge on the Empire, an' became an adventurer so as to hone my skills an' earn the coin I needed. But nigh on two decades've since gone by, an' what've I achieved? Bugger all, that's what.
Glaumunt 	Not like you lot. You ain't been here ten minutes, an' you've already done more'n I managed in ten bloody years.
Cid 	You give us too much credit, Glaumunt. We seek only to rescue our friends.
Glaumunt 	Well, what's more important than that? An' anyroad, after you've got your friends back, you're plannin' on goin' after the Empire, an' don't pretend you ain't.
Glaumunt 	I've helped a few folk take on the imperials over the years, an' every time I have, it's helped stave off my appetite for revenge. But summat tells me I won't be goin' hungry for a while what with everythin' you've got planned.
Cid 	And you are sure that will satisfy you? If you wish to strike back at the Empire with your own hand, you need only say the word. We would be glad to have you with us.
Glaumunt 	Temptin' though your offer is, I'm afeared I must decline.
Glaumunt 	I swore I'd get revenge on the Empire, 'tis true, but I've long since realized that the front lines are no place for a man like me.
Glaumunt 	Aye, there's some as would call me craven, but I prefer to think o' myself as a realist. My talents lie in schemin', ye see, not swordplay. Helpin' folk like you is how I can make the most difference.
Glaumunt 	...But that's quite enough storytellin' for one day. Best not keep your friends waitin' any longer. I'll be prayin' for your safety an' success. May Rhalgr give you strength!
Cid 	Wherever the Empire goes, misery invariably follows in its wake.
Cid 	For the sake of all who call Eorzea home, we must put an end to Gaius's ambitions.
Cid 	But first, we have friends to rescue.
Cid 	Biggs, Wedge, and I will lie in wait east of Castrum Centri, just outside the stronghold's patrol perimeter.
Cid 	Join us when you're ready.
Oh, and don't forget to wear your disguise, or this will be the shortest rescue mission in history.
 	
Slafborn 	Want to go in? It hardly needs saying, but try not to be seen.
Eventarea 	Proceed to Cid's workshop?
Eventarea 	Yes
Eventarea 	No
 	
Cid 	There you are. A patrol should be heading back to the castrum any moment now, so for gods' sakes, don your disguise.
Cid 	If you've misplaced your disguise, hurry back to Revenant's Toll. Glaumunt told me that he'd acquired some additional helms and robes for just such an eventuality. Whatever you do, though, do it swiftly. We need you here and in imperial uniform if this plan is going to work.
Glaumunt 	...Eh? Lost your imperial disguise? You daft sod! 'Tis lucky I thought to acquire some spares... In case you've forgotten, these ain't exactly easy to get hold of. Be more careful with 'em this time.
 	
Cid 	This is it, [Player Name]. Time to rescue our comrades.
 	
Cid 	Forgive me for saying so, but you look rather fine/cut quite a dashing figure in imperial black and crimson! Definitely your colors!/ Ahhh, but now is not the time for jests.
Cid 	Let's review the infiltration plan. Castrum Centri lies just beyond.
Cid 	A short while ago, an imperial patrol left to do its rounds.
Cid 	Alphinaud and I will create a diversion out here and keep them occupied for as long as we are able. Meanwhile, the three of you will enter the stronghold, posing as the patrol returning from duty.
Cid 	Should Alphinaud and I prove less distracting than hoped, I will contact you via linkpearl. Be ready to beat a hasty retreat.
Cid 	Wedge will lead the way in the reaper. Stay close to him.
Cid 	And I hardly need tell you this, but don't do anything suspicious!
Cid 	Oh, and lest you wonder, Yda and Y'shtola left shortly before you arrived. We had planned that they should linger in the vicinity, to cover our retreat in the event that Alphinaud and I attracted too much attention─but the approach of an imperial vehicle forced us to improvise.
Cid 	Don't be too disappointed─they did at least leave a message for you. Something along the lines of “don't do anything reckless,” if memory serves. Wise words.
Cid 	All right, the imperial patrol should be returning any moment now. You'd best be off.
Cid 	Good luck, [Player Name]! May the Twelve keep you!
Livia 	You have spirit, that I will allow. Yet you struggle to the benefit of none, least of all yourself.
 	
Minfilia 	Ugh!
 	
Livia 	This “Echo” of yours intrigues us. We desire only to understand it. And for that, we need your help.
 	
Livia 	You wish to be rid of the eikons, do you not?
 	
Livia 	You would have saved yourself a great deal of torment had you accepted our aid from the beginning.
 	
Minfilia 	Ugh! Ugggh...
 	
Livia 	Tell me everything, and I shall end it quickly. Refuse, and though you beg for death, you shall not have it.
 	
Livia 	Which will it be?
 	
Minfilia 	Ugggh! Ugh...
 	
Livia 	As you wish, my dear Minfilia.
 	
Livia 	Unpleasant though it will be for all concerned, you leave us no choice but to employ more rigorous methods of study.
 	
Livia 	Be so kind as to deliver the prisoners to Castrum Meridianum.
 	
imperial soldier	Yes, milady!
 	
Minfilia 	<whimper> <moan>
imperial soldier	Part of the maintenance crew from Occidens, are you? I don't know what they teach you over there, but being an engineer does not exempt you from saluting your superiors!
imperial soldier	Why aren't you in uniform!? Dressed as you are, you're like to be mistaken for an adventurer!
imperial soldier	Part of the maintenance crew from Occidens, you say? I don't know what they teach you over there, but being an engineer does not exempt you from saluting your superiors!
imperial soldier	Hm, that's a fine salute. Part of the maintenance crew from Occidens, are you? Welcome to Castrum Centri, engineer.
imperial soldier	Hm, that's a fine salute...but why aren't you in uniform? As you are, you're like to be mistaken for an adventurer!
imperial soldier	What? Prisoners? Ah, you've heard the rumors, then. Yes, they're being held in the storage tower─but I strongly suggest you pay them no mind.
imperial soldier	You were summoned here to work, not to gawp at Eorzea's defeated heroes. Now show a bit of enthusiasm, or I'll have you reported.
imperial soldier	What was that supposed to be? A salute? I'll have you know, being an engineer does not give you license to be sloppy! Do it till you get it right!
imperial soldier	Huh? Doesn't your senior officer have anything to say about your outfit? Not that I'm complaining, by the way─I for one would appreciate a bit more variety. I'm so used to seeing this uniform, I've caught myself saluting reflective surfaces.
imperial soldier	I'd best get back to my duties. The supplies aren't going to move themselves─and neither are the prisoners, come to that.
imperial soldier	Oh, my apologies! I didn't notice you there, so engrossed was I in my task. You'd be engrossed, too, had the tribunus commanded you to arrange for the prisoners to be transported.
imperial soldier	Ah, your spirited salute reminds me that, uniform or no, we are all proud soldiers of the Garlean Empire. Everything we do is for the greater glory of Garlemald, be it scrubbing the privy floor or arranging for prisoners to be transported.
imperial soldier	What prisoners do I speak of? ...You mean you haven't heard? Only the infamous “Scions of the Seventh Dawn,” captured by the tribunus herself! If you don't believe me, have a look in the storage tower when next you pass that way.
imperial soldier	The officers constantly tell me that I have the sloppiest salute in all the western lands, but in you I'd say I've finally met my match. Perhaps we could practice together?
imperial soldier	Whoa... Where did you leave your uniform!? If one of the brass hats sees you, you'll be in for the dressing-down of your life!
imperial soldier	Hm? Shouldn't I be at my post? <sigh> I suppose so, but such things don't seem to matter anymore. I've...I've fallen for one of the prisoners. She's all I can think about of late. Am I...am I a deviant for wanting her to salute me?
imperial soldier	Greetings, comrade. Forgive me for asking, but you haven't visited the storage tower recently, have you? I only ask because I dropped something in there, and...um... Oh, who am I fooling!? I've fallen for one of the prisoners, all right!? I daresay you know the one I mean. ...Eh? The svelte blonde? Goodness, no!
imperial soldier	It's the Lalafellin lass I'm smitten with! She's so adorable, it hurts! I want to sweep her up into my arms and squeeze her till my arms ache!
What do you reckon it would take to convince the centurion to lend me the key so I can see her?
imperial soldier	No, no, no! You're doing it all wrong! Unless you can master a good old-fashioned imperial salute, you'll never amount to anything in this army. Take the centurion, for example: his every salute's the same. It's no wonder he's been entrusted with such responsibility. Which is probably why he's been trusted with the keys to the storage tower.
imperial soldier	Why are you not at your post? If you have business, salute me before opening your mouth.
imperial soldier	Unless you can explain why you are not in uniform, and during a period of heightened security, to boot, you have earned yourself time in a black cell.
imperial soldier	What's this? You need access to the storage tower? What business have you there?
imperial soldier	What's this? You need access to the storage tower? What business have you there?
imperial soldier	...At the tribunus's behest, you say? This is highly irregular, but it would not do to make my lady wroth. Take my identification key. See that it is returned when your errand is concluded.
imperial soldier	What mummery is this? You have just earned yourself a fortnight in a black cell. Report to detention at the end of your shift.
 	
Biggs 	Security's tight, just as we expected. We're going to need a special key if we want to get past this bulkhead.
 	
Minfilia 	No!
Biggs 	Minfilia...and the rest! Thank goodness they're safe!
Minfilia 	I am the one you want! Leave the others be!
Minfilia 	If you harm my friends, I swear I shall take my own life─and you shall answer to your mistress!
Wedge 	<gasp> T-Tataru! We must do something!
Biggs 	We risk letting the entire castrum know we're here.
Biggs 	Aye...you're right. We may not get a better chance.
imperial guard 	This is the third squadron. What is it?
imperial guard 	...A reaper? Seized when?
imperial guard 	...And this came to light only NOW!?
imperial guard 	The culprits will have left a trail. Take as many men as you need and scour the area! I want that reaper found!
Biggs 	Now's our chance!
imperial guard 	What the─!? Strike my last!
imperial guard 	Eliminate the intruders!
 	
Tataru 	<whimper> [Player Name]! I was so scared!
Minfilia 	It was foolish of you to come here. You might have been killed!
Minfilia 	But...thank you. I shudder to think what might have happened had you not arrived when you did.
Papalymo 	I say, did you not see Thancred anywhere? I'm beginning to fear for the fellow...
Papalymo 	To linger here shall yield us no answer. Let us away, ere the window to our liberty closes shut.
Livia 	...What did you say? Escaped?
Livia 	Then recapture them! Fail and I shall have your head.
Livia 	...And what have we here?
Yshtola 	...The tribunus herself, just as you said. You have the eye of an ahriman, Yda.
Yda 	Well...she's kind of hard to miss in that showy armor of hers.
Livia 	Accursed Scions... How did you slip our defenses?
Yshtola 	With unexpected ease, if truth be told. There chanced to be a commotion outside the castrum's walls which allowed us to avail ourselves of the comforts of your vehicle.
Yda 	Y'shtola's just being polite. That was one of the most uncomfortable things I've ever stowed away in. It's no wonder it's called the Phantom Train─no passenger would be seen dead on it!
Livia 	So you scuttled in amidst the freight, like the vermin you are. I shall be sure to have words with our ratcatcher. Such negligence is unforgivable.
Yshtola 	That is far from your most pressing concern. First, you must answer for your own wrongdoing, Livia sas Junius.
Yshtola 	'Twas you who led the raid on the Waking Sands─you who butchered unarmed men and women for the crime of being unworthy of capture.
Yda 	You killed our friends! We'll never forgive you!
Yshtola 	Nor shall we suffer you to plague Eorzea a day longer. Betake you to your guard.
imperial guard 	More intruders! Protect the tribunus!
Yshtola 	Confound it! Yda, with me!
imperial guard 	After them!
Livia 	Where is His Excellency?
imperial guard 	In the hangar, my lady─in discussion with our guest!
Livia 	Alert him at once!
imperial guard 	Yes, my lady!
Livia 	No! No, no, NO!
imperial guard 	There they are! Fan out and surround them!
Wedge 	Must...protect...Tataru! Biggs─I'm going in! See everyone to safety!
Biggs 	No! Wedge─don't do it!
Biggs 	Oh, no... [Player Name]─hold them off! I'll look after Minfilia and Tataru!
 	
imperial soldier	Take the leader! Kill the rest!
 	
imperial soldier	What the─!?
 	
Minfilia 	Y'shtola!
 	
Yshtola 	Pray forgive us our delay!
 	
Yda 	Papalymo! Minfilia!
 	
Minfilia 	Yda!
 	
Papalymo 	What took you so long!?
 	
Yda 	Well, it's nice to see you too!
 	
Yshtola 	The reunion must wait!
 	
Yda 	Right! First things first!
 	
Papalymo 	Yes, let's get back to being heavily outnumbered...
 	
Wedge 	Uwaaaaaah!
 	
Biggs 	You ditched your magitek armor!? Fool of a Lalafell!
 	
Wedge 	Well, excuse me! She's all yours if you think you can do any better!
 	
imperial soldier	<gasp>
 	
imperial soldier	But there's no one in there!
 	
Cid 	This is Cid! Can you hear me!?
 	
Cid 	I need you to count to five, then jump! Understood!?
 	
Yshtola 	One...
 	
Yda 	Two!
 	
Papalymo 	Three!
 	
Minfilia 	Four!
 	
Gaius 	I know not which is more pitiful: the charlatans who rule Eorzea...
 	
Gaius 	...or the masses that clamor for their implausible panaceas.
 	
Gaius 	I see that which they cannot. This realm founders for want of a ruler with true power─the power to cast down eikons.
 	
Gaius 	If you continue to deny this truth, it is the people who will suffer. Embrace reason.
 	
Cid 	<gasp>
 	
Cid 	What in the seven hells─!?
 	
Alphinaud 	Oh no... It's here!
 	
Minfilia 	Twelve preserve us... They finished it. Ultima Weapon...
 	
Alphinaud 	So it has a name...
 	
Minfilia 	It is a relic of ancient Allag, excavated from its resting place deep beneath Ala Mhigo.
 	
Minfilia 	The Allagans used it to crush primal and foe alike...and now the Garleans mean to do the same!
 	
Cid 	Damn you, Gaius!
 	
Alphinaud 	Look! There, beside the Black Wolf!
 	
Alphinaud 	An Ascian!
 	
Alphinaud 	An overlord, no less. His garb attests to that.
 	
Minfilia 	Lahabrea! It could only be him!
 	
Minfilia 	Thancred!
 	
Minfilia 	He was Lahabrea...? No... No, this cannot be!
 	
Cid 	We have to go now! Hang on!
 	
Minfilia 	Thancred! NOOOOOO!
 	
Lahabreaeorzea 	Ahahaha... Muahahahahaha!
 	
Alphinaud 	All that time, the enemy was beside me, and I never even suspected.
 	
Alphinaud 	And to think that it was I who suggested that Thancred investigate the Ascians! How could I have been so blind!?
 	
Alphinaud 	Small wonder the enemy knew our every move─and where to find us! Confound it all!
 	
Alphinaud 	No... No, this is not the time for self-doubt. The Alliance leaders staked their hopes on the Scions, but now they believe us all dead or missing.
 	
Alphinaud 	When they learn of the Empire's new weapon, we cannot be certain what they will do.
 	
Alphinaud 	We must go and offer them what assurances we can that defeat is not inevitable!
 	
Minfilia 	Krile? This is Minfilia. I am in some haste, so forgive me if I seem brusque. The item I requested─is it ready? Wonderful! I am sorry to press, but we need it urgently. How soon can it be delivered?
...I am in your debt, my friend.
 	
Alphinaud 	The situation may have taken an ill turn...
 	
Alphinaud 	But the battle is far from over. And so long as we stand together, there shall ever be hope of victory.
 	
Alphinaud 	The people of Eorzea falter for want of such hope. Let us provide it. Let us bear to them the tidings that the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are returned!
 	
Alphinaud 	Matters are coming to a head. I hope we can count on you.
 	
Minfilia 	...My regards to Grandfather.
 	
Minfilia 	I am ready. Let us pay a visit to the council of the Alliance leadership.
Raubahn 	Hells take the Black Wolf and his new toy...
Merlwyb 	Rally all available forces. I want them ready to move upon my word.
Merlwyb 	And relay to Slafyrsyn the order to sail. That is all.
Merlwyb 	The Maelstrom stands ready. What of the Flames?
Raubahn 	Ready as we're like to be. I need only give the word to Roaille.
Kanesenna 	Has there been no word from Ishgard?
Raubahn 	None. The dragons have got their tongues.
Kanesenna 	Silent to the last. I was unwise to hope for better.
Merlwyb 	What would stir the archbishop to open his holy mouth, if not this!? And he claims the Fury for his god... 'Tis bad comedy!
Nanamo Ul Namo 	The Holy See has made its choice. We will proceed without its cooperation.
Nanamo Ul Namo 	I believe we are all acquainted with the terms of the Black Wolf's ultimatum.
Nanamo Ul Namo 	We must agree upon a course of action. Naught less than the fate of Eorzea hangs upon the decision of this council.
Raubahn 	Van Baelsar claims to wield the power to smite primals.
Kanesenna 	Should we yield to him, he pledges to rid the realm of its false gods. Yet offer resistance, and he swears that we shall share the primals' fate.
Merlwyb 	Pardon me my bluntness, but I like not these choices.
Nanamo Ul Namo 	This is too great a decision for any one of our nations to make alone.
Nanamo Ul Namo 	Choose we surrender or resistance, we must answer as one, for if but one surrenders, the rest shall surely fall. Let us pray for the wisdom to do right by all our peoples.
 	
Minfilia 	Thancred's plight troubles us all, yet we cannot allow anything to come between us and our goal.
Minfilia 	So long as the Ultima Weapon exists, Eorzea will never know peace.
Minfilia 	Let us go to the Alliance leaders, [Player Name], and help them to make the right decision.
 	
Elyenora 	Greetings, madam/sir. Do you wish to proceed to your vessel?
imperial soldier	Take them, whatever the cost!
imperial soldier	All units, to emergency stations! Do not let the prisoners escape!
imperial guard 	You're not getting away! Bring forth the colossus!
Quest complete. 	Quest complete.
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