Midas Touched

Steal the medical equipment

Thank you for coming, Dread Tomax. I need the assistance of one such as yourself. I have a pateint in bad condition, and I need some rather specific equipment to diagnose his illness. It's right here on the island, but Arachnos won't grant me access, and I don't have the kind of money it would take to buy it legitimately. So I need to try an illegitimate route. Like you. Will you help me steal that medical equipment?

We need the equipment and the code for operating it. The latter will probably be on the base leader. One tiny wrinkle: the Luddites are trying to destroy this equipment as we speak. You may have to subdue a few of them.

Dr. Percey said she was after the most sensitive diagnostic equipment known to man. You have to wonder what kind of strange disease she's dealing with.

Objective: You found the code to operate the medical equipment.

Equipment code

You found this 16-digit code in the pockets of Special Operative HIcks. Dr. Percey will need it in order to operate the daignostic equipment.

Objective: You have the medical equipment.

Diagnostic equipment

This sleek metal box is covered in small dials and lights. According to Dr. Shelly Percey, it is the most advanced diagnostic equipment currently available.

Mission Complete: You got the medical equipment and the code to operate it.

Excellent work, Dread Tomax. My patient will be most pleased. I should have told you, my patient is an influential man here on the island. He'll want to know about your work on his behalf.

Look for information in Aeon's base

All right, Dread Tomax, I performed my daignosis, and I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is, my patient only has six months to live. The good news is, he's King Kidas, and if we can help him, we'll both strike it rich. The problem with old Midas is that I can't treat him thanks to his skin condition. Oh, he's not really made of gold, you know. Paints himself that way, thinks it makes him look tough. Men. Still, his skin is harder than diamond, and it's making treatment a bit of a problem. Midas has a history with Dr. Aeon, and I suspect the good doctor may know more about his powers than anyone else. I'd like you to see if you can dig up anything in one of Aeon's bases.

Now listen up, Dread Tomax, because this is important. Midas doesn't know he's dying. not yet. And I'm not going to tell him until I have a cure ready. I'm afraid e may become suicidal, and I'm not about to lose my interesting subject. Nor do I relish the thought of autopsying a pile of rubble. Capiche?

So, Aeon was involved in Midas' acquisition of power, eh? Well, it doesn't surprise me. Aeon's almost as curious about the super powers as I am, and he certainly has better funding. If I analyze these fragments with the equipment you appropriated, I may be able to figure out how to get a needle through that ultra-hand skin of Midas'. Then I could cure him.

Save Dr. Percey's work

We're in trouble, Dread Tomax. I wasn't able to cook up a way of piercing Midas' skin to deliver the cure, but I did manage to concoct a medicine that could be absorbed through it. Problem is, Aeon heard about my experiments with Midas' skin, and he wants my findings for himself. And guess who he's sent after them? The Goldbrickers! Midas has no idea he's sending men to snatch the substance that could save his life. And he's not going to find out. If he does, he'll know that I lied to him about his condition, and that can't happen. So I need you to get to my lab and make sure my work stays intact and on the premesis.

I have to warn you, Dread Tomax. There's a chance you could fail this one.

I'm not saying you got sloppy and led Aeon straight to us. I'm just saying we need this situation taken care of.

Dr. Percey has more expensive equipment than she claims. She must have hidden resources.

Objective: You have saved Dr. Percey's equipment.

Mission Complete: You have defeated the Goldbrickers and saved Dr. Percey's equipment.

Salvaged data

After saving Dr. Percey's lab from the Goldbrickers, you managed to salvage most of her data on King Midas' illness. It seems Dr. Percey has been studying Midas in detail for many years. According to her scrupulously dated files, Midas' symptoms appeared the day after you stole the diagnostic equipment from Arachnos. She labeled his mysterious disease 'Percey Syndrome'.

Thanks to you, Midas will never have to know how close he came to death. You saved my equipment and along with it, Midas' life. I'll put in a good word for you with old Midas; maybe the two of you can do business together in the future.

Listen, I hope you can keep whatever secrets you've learned about me during this adventure. Take this salvage. Remember: I'm your friend. You can trust me.