Unequal combat

**Unequal combat** is a secondary quest in The Technomancer.

## Objectives

* Go to the bar to investigate Dereck Labour, the missing boxer
* Find Dereck Labour, the boxer
* Go to Scott's laboratory for the analysis
* Ask Scott to analyze the sample
* Interrogate the merchant about the sale of jellyfish venom
* Find the henchmen responsible for the killing
* Take care of the backer
* Tell the fiancée what has happened

## Walkthrough

To the right of the bar in the Curiosity's is a woman who will stop Zachariah to ask for his help in tracking down her missing fiancé. The fiancé has been fighting in the arena and the woman is concerned that his recent wins have caught the attention of the wrong people.

Speak to the man standing next to the entrance. He will tell Zach that he saw Derek the other night behind the bar with two other guys who were supposedly helping him. Exit the Curiosity's and turn right, heading into a small alley towards the quest marker.

At the end of the alley next to the back door of the Curiosity's is Derek's body. Examine his body, and Zach will make the observation that it looks like he was poisoned.

Go to Scott's laboratory and give him the blood sample taken from Derek to examine. He will determine that Derek was killed by jellyfish venom, and that he recalls a merchant who was selling venom to Hunters.

Follow the quest marker to the merchant who will admit to selling the venom to some people who looked more like Vory than Hunters. He will mark their location on the map.

Go to the location and speak to the member of the Vory there. A fight will ensue with multiple members of the Vory joining in, but only the one who was spoken to needs to be defeated before he caves and tells Zach it was the guard who watches over the fight who wanted Derek killed. There will then be two options for dealing with the assassins:

* Kill off the assassins
* Leave

If **Kill off the assassins** is chosen, the quest will still progress if the assassins are only knocked out and not killed.

Go to the upper floor of the bar and speak to the elite soldier there. He won't hesitate to tell Zach that he had Derek killed for refusing to throw his last fight. There are two options for dealing with the soldier:

* Stop him
* Ask him for a bribe to forget about the case

The rewards will change depending on which option is chosen. If **Stop him** is chosen, the elite soldier and two other soldiers will have to be defeated. If **Ask him for a bribe to forget about the case** is chosen, there will be no fight.

Return to the woman and tell her what happened to Derek.

## Rewards

If a bribe is accepted from the soldier:

* Karma: -1
* 1000 Experience
* 130 serum (100 from the elite soldier, 30 from the fiancée)

If the soldier is arrested:

* Karma: +2
* The Abundance army: Reputation +1
* 1000 Experience
* 80 serum

## Notes

* Derek's name is spelled both Dereck and Derek in various places throughout the quest.
* Sam Rogue can be asked about Derek's disappearance, but he will only divulge information if Zach can win the first round of the arena tournament. Sam will reveal that the Vory are responsible for Derek's disappearance, and the quest will skip straight to **Find the henchmen responsible for the killing**.
* Derek's body still will be in the alley before Zach learns of his whereabouts, but it cannot be examined to progress the quest.
* If Scott is in the party when Derek's body is discovered, there will be an option to fast travel directly to his laboratory.