Critical Download

**Critical Download** is the second of the five **Meeting CLEO** missions.

## Requirements

You need to complete the Meeting CLEO: The Doctor is Calling mission before Homestead would appear. You'll also need to listen through The Doctor is Calling's post-mission radio chatter before it would appear.

First chatter:

> "*Thank you for helping Mr. Wilkerson retrieve the memory core we needed. We'll be running some system tests on our project, so you might hear some unusual radio chatter.*"
> ― Dr. Hoffmann
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Second chatter:

> "*This is connectivity test number twenty-seven. CLEO, please respond.*"
> ― Dr. Hoffmann
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> "*(static with garbled voice)*"
> ― CLEO
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> "*Still nothing, doc. Lemme restart and we'll try again.*"
> ― IzzBee
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## Objectives

* Meet Dr. Hoffmann's colleague IzzBee at the Tartan Mart.
* Talk to IzzBee.
* Give IzzBee your final answer about helping.\*
* Travel with IzzBee to an intact CLEO tower in the eastern Farmlands.
* Clear all zombies from around the CLEO tower.
* Protect IzzBee while she downloads CLEO. (1m 30s)
* Clear out all nearby zombies.
* Wait to see if the download worked...
* Keep waiting...
* Is it working?
* Wait for IzzBee to establish contact with CLEO.

\* Only if you *Ask for details*.

## The Mission

Dr. Hoffman calls you through the radio.

> "*Hello again. This is Doctor Hoffman, calling from Mount Tanner. Thanks to your help before, we're ready for the next stage of our work. My colleague Isabella is already on site. I'd feel better if you were there to assist her.*"
> ― Dr. Hoffmann
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> "*Doc, how many times do I have to tell you? Call me IzzBee!*"
> ― IzzBee
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You need to go the the Tartan Mart in Spencer's Mill to meet up with IzzBee. In case you get there without tracking the mission, she greets you when getting close.

> "*Hey, you found me! Nice job, c'mon over!*"
> ― IzzBee
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Talking with her she reveals who she is and what's the task.

> "*Here's the deal. CLEO's dying, but I know how to save them. You in? Oh, my name's IzzBee, have we met?*"
> ― IzzBee
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You have the following dialogue options to react:

I barely understand you, but I'll help anyway.
(Add IzzBee as a Follower)CLEO? What's a CLEO, and why are they dying?
(Ask for details)This sounds crazy. I'm out.
(Refuse mission)

If you ask for details, she will tell you the following:

> "*Okay, let me lay this out. I'll try to keep it simple. CLEO is a digital system designed for the widespread distribution of critical supplies to the population. It's breaking down because it relies on satellites, which we can't fix. My brilliant plan is to download a local copy before the satellites really start falling apart.*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*So you need my help to ... copy a computer program?*"
> ― Player
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> "*That's a drastic simplification, but yeah, close enough. Now you know what's up. You ready to do this?*"
> ― IzzBee
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Your new dialogue options are:

This sounds important. I'm in.
(Add IzzBee as a Follower)Sorry. I'm not getting involved in this.
(Refuse mission)

If you agreed to help, your task is to go to an intact CLEO tower in the eastern Farmlands. On your way there, she shares some info about the tower.

> "*This CLEO tower we're visiting isn't functional anymore, but it should have enough of them inside for my plan to work.*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "'*Them?' What are you talking about?*"
> ― Player
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> "*I mean CLEO. Doc calls them 'her' but I don't assume CLEO thinks of themself as female, y'know? ... We're about to download an AI that's been bouncing around satellites for years. Can you believe this?*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*Hold on, are you saying this CLEO is an artificial intelligence?*"
> ― Player
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> "*Didn't I mention that before? Sorry, sometimes I skip over little details like that.*"
> ― IzzBee
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Once you arrive, you need to clear nearby zeds.

> "*Now lets get rid of the zeds before we get to work.*"
> ― IzzBee
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When the site is safe, IzzBee starts the download.

> "*Okay. To pull this off, I need to establish a strong connection to CLEO's existing network. This isn't easy, so I need you to keep the zeds away from me. F-Y-I, it could get a little crazy. ... I'm initiating the signal now! You have to hold them off until I'm done!*"
> ― IzzBee
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You must protect Izzbee for 1m 30s while she downloads CLEO.

At certain points of the download she will tell you stuff. When 60s left:

> "*Okay, it's working. Wow, this bandwidth is crazy!*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*Aren't you done yet?*"
> ― Player
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> "*Look, I'm pulling an AI out of space. You can't rush these things!*"
> ― IzzBee
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When 30s left:

> "*This program is huge! It's eaten up half my hard drive space already.*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*Great. How much longer?*"
> ― Player
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> "*Well it either finishes downloading or I run out of room, so ... we're at least halfway there?*"
> ― IzzBee
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When time's up she bursts out in joy, even ignores the incoming zeds.

> "*It's done! This is like, the most epic hack ever!*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*I need some backup!*"
> ― Player
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> "*Oh! Yeah, sorry!*"
> ― IzzBee
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After you take out the stragglers, she tries communicating with CLEO.

> "*Okay, now let's see if it worked. ... Hey, we just pulled the most complicated computer program in existence out of a network of orbiting satellites. There's some room for error here. The doc rigged up a talk-box for CLEO. I just need to hook them up and... There! All connected. CLEO, can you hear us? ... Shh, just wait.*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*Output device detected. This is the Computerized Logistics and Executive Operations system. Hello, IzzBee.*"
> ― CLEO
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> "*Oh my gosh, we did it! They can hear us! I've gotta get this back to the doc. Thank you so much!*"
> ― IzzBee
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The mission ends and you receive 200 Influence as a reward.

## Refusing the Mission

In case you refuse the mission when meeting IzzBee at the Tartan Mart, she gets confused.

> "*Wait, what?*"
> ― IzzBee
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She won't try to convince you to change your decision, the mission just ends. You receive 200 Influence however, since the mission is considered as competed. Even though you didn't, the Mad Scientists' enclave description will say that "We helped IzzBee download an artificial intelligence called CLEO from a satellite or something." as well afterwards.

## Post-mission Chatter

After completing the mission the following chatter will happen through the radio:

First chatter:

> "*Satellite network connection failure. Insufficient signal strength. Retrying in 30 seconds.*"
> ― CLEO
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> "*It's all right, CLEO. You don't have to broadcast our test results to the entire valley.*"
> ― Dr. Hoffmann
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Second chatter:

> "*Attention all humans. IzzBee is your new master.*"
> ― CLEO
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> "*Heez, CLEO, I wasn't serious! Sorry everybody, out AI here doesn't quite get humor yet.*"
> ― IzzBee
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> "*I am sorry, IzzBee. All humans should ignore this broadcast and carry on with their normal activities.*"
> ― CLEO
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## Trivia

* If you had claimed the Tartan mart as a food outpost, the mission might refuse to appear. In this case, simply abandon the outpost and the mission should appear on your game soon.