Beta Storyline

The Open Beta version of Armory & Machine 2 contained Core story logs that differ from the story logs present in the June 2020 version of the game.

This article contains potential spoilers for Armory & Machine 2.

## Known Beta Story Logs

* A flickering light invades your line of sight. The machine beckons.
* Light. Sound. Heat. The Machine comes to life.
* The ground rumbles in fear. The air crackles and distorts around you.
* The stone walls begin to pulsate as the machine powers up. Stone is no match for this kind of science.
* It's like the Machine was made with you in mind.
* A new portal. A new voyage. Travel yields knowledge. Knowledge pleases the machine.
* Warmth: a familiar friend. The machine will protect you if you protect it.
* Matter will accelerate the Machine's evolution.
* Steel can be used to create storage tanks, and from there...
* JrBots to command and sacrifice. Is this companionship?
* Your bruised, callused hands cling to the iron levers. Why let go?
* More JrBots are granted the honor of the core's everlasting light.
* Transportation functionality appears near operational. At last.
* A portal invites you in. Do you dare accept its proposition?
* Your new resources may be compatible with the machine.
* The Jr Bots. The Machine. The Operator. It starts to feel seamless. They're all connected.
* The Machine likes what you've fed it. It rewards you with power.
* The Operator's hands now feel like extensions of the machine.
* One could lose track of where the Machine ends and their body begins. But not you, certainly not you.
* The Machine has come so far. The Operator has done so well.
* You discover promising new materials, but not what you were looking for.
* A lesser Operator would have trouble controlling its Machine. But not this one.
* A lesser Machine would have trouble controlling its Operator. But not this one.
* The Machine and the Operator are in perfect sync, feeding each other's appetites for power.
* Why any Operator would desire any machine besides this one feels but an enigma.
* The Operator is slowing us down. But only the Operator can make the voyages.
* A new voyage awaits. The Operator will part with the Machine, for the good of The Machine.
* The Machine reunites with its Operator. The Operator shares what The Operator saw.
* Nothing can match the strength of the Machine and its Operator's union.
* This Machine needs more power. Hurry, Operator.
* No machine can match us. Not even...
* We'll see to it.
* It's been weeks since The Machine spoke. Perhaps months?
* You used to use your hair growth to measure time, but that has stopped being an option...
* The teleportation trauma did away with your remaining hair.
* The silence breaks. The Machine speaks.
* The silence breaks. The Machine speaks.
* Rather, it "communicates" - you feel it sending you questions.
* The Machine seeks to access the hard drive you call a brain.
* It asks The Operator to recite their findings.
* Four zones as of now, you tell it.
* Those slime monsters in the first zone, are those ours? No response from the Machine.
* The Titans of the Outskirts could be invaluable allies, you ponder.
* There was that tower I told you about. The one with the energy and lights, you recall.
* What's inside of it? No response. Of course.
* Your fourth portal took me to a stronghold. Were you testing my strength?
* You wish you could remember everything you saw in the Portals.
* There could be merit to recording what you saw in the Portals.
* If only there was a means of sharing information with others.
* Perhaps you could share what you saw in the Portals. If others are out there, that is.
* Other Operators may have different perspectives on what you've encountered.
* Who are the Nomads and why do they look like me? you demand answers.
* The Machine's silence is maddening. You know exactly how smart it is.
* Appearance aside, you're now ready to infiltrate society.
* The Operator knows of a Market. Was it something a Nomad mentioned?
* Or a memory The Machine planted?
* The Operator shall need a name, in the event that someone asks.
* The Operator looks up at the hulking, sweating masterpiece of metal.
* The Operator looks back down at their body. Shaking...brittle...
* ...but eminating energy. Blasts, Bangs, and more are at your command.
* Beta.

## Significance

In June 2020, shortly before the game's June update, the development team teased that "now might be a good time to document your existing story text." It is not yet clear what this tease represents.

This article is a work in progress.