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Tartakovsky Dialog

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Conversation key
ice70_tartakovsky_dlg
Package
Rift Station — Streamed subarea — Design, gameplay, and Kismet logic BIOA_ICE60_14_DSG
BIOA_ICE60_14_DSG_LOC_INT.pcc
Organization
Conversation graph; additional records grouped by speaker

Duplicate source rows with identical technical context are collapsed for presentation.

TartakovskyI have not so much time. I die under ice. Is not so bad death. I am born in Arhangelsk. There is closure.E0 · string 30933 · conditional 2996:13 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Can we help?

Shepard says

Is there anything we can do for you?

File location
Response
Reply R0, from link 1
Wheel string
41861
Spoken string
30961
TartakovskyNah, nah. What I ask for, eh? A strong vodka is nice, but it would just leak out.E1 · string 30934
TartakovskyCode is 875-020-079. You tell Mira that, then tell her, "Code Omega local execution." Everything run automatic from there.E3 · string 30936 · transition 987:-1
TartakovskyYou leave quickly, yes? I will become puddle of goo, but I am thinking I will not care so much.E4 · string 30937
TartakovskyI am feeling not so well.E6 · string 30939 · conditional 2567:15 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Give us a minute.

Shepard says

Once the purge is armed we'll have to fight our way out. Give us a minute to patch up and rearm.

File location
Response
Reply R54, from link 1
Wheel string
41900
Spoken string
30981
TartakovskySure, sure. I wait here. I am not so much good for searching now, yes? Haha.E42 · string 30951
InvestigateChoice 2

Wheel

What does the purge do?

Shepard says

I'm not familiar with the purge system.

File location
Response
Reply R56, from link 2
Wheel string
148845
Spoken string
30982
TartakovskyIt creates burst of neutron radiation. Kills everything within the station. Things beyond get genetic damage of varying degree.E44 · string 309524 choices
DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

To hell with this.

Shepard says

I don't have time for this. If the Matriarch isn't here, we're leaving.

File location
Response
Reply R59, from link 2
Wheel string
41899
Spoken string
30979
TartakovskyEhh. I do not want so much to be here myself. But the Mira system, she will not let you leave.E45 · string 30949
TartakovskyIs failsafe, you understand? You leave without arranging to eliminate rachni, maybe they spread.E46 · string 30950 · transition 985:-1
DefaultChoice 3

Wheel

Just tell me how.

Shepard says

How do we set off the purge?

File location
Response
Reply R62, from link 3
Wheel string
41896
Spoken string
30984
Conditional
Function 144, parameter -1
DefaultChoice 4

Wheel

Just tell me how.

Shepard says

How do we set off the purge?

File location
Response
Reply R64, from link 4
Wheel string
172288
Spoken string
172286
DefaultChoice 4

Wheel

How do I trigger the purge?

Shepard says

How do we set off the purge?

File location
Response
Reply R62, from link 4
Wheel string
148846
Spoken string
30984
Conditional
Function 144, parameter -1
Continues at: Entry 47 — no spoken line
DefaultChoice 5

Wheel

How do I trigger the purge?

Shepard says

How do we set off the purge?

File location
Response
Reply R64, from link 5
Wheel string
172584
Spoken string
172286
Continues at: Entry 48 — no spoken line
TartakovskyAre you here to secure the situation?E9 · string 30753 · transition 991:-14 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

Are you all right?

Shepard says

How are you holding up?

File location
Response
Reply R9, from link 1
Wheel string
41929
Spoken string
30991
TartakovskyYou must listen to me. If we do not contain our mistake, they will drop bombs from the battlestations. You understand?E13 · string 307654 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

You let them loose?

Shepard says

You let these things out?

File location
Response
Reply R15, from link 1
Wheel string
41935
Spoken string
30791
TartakovskyEhh. I am only following the orders.E14 · string 30766
TartakovskyBinary Helix found an egg. It was on a derelict ship, thousands of years drifting.E22 · string 30767
TartakovskyThis was rachni ship. Inside they find many eggs in cryogenic suspension.E23 · string 307684 choices
InvestigateChoice 2

Wheel

Where's Benezia?

Shepard says

Wait. Is there an asari Matriarch here?

File location
Response
Reply R17, from link 2
Wheel string
41934
Spoken string
31054
Conditional
Function 2561, parameter 0
TartakovskyAsari? I have not seen one.E15 · string 31053
Liara T'SoniShe is safe, then. At Rift Station.E16 · string 86668 · conditional 415:-1
TartakovskyThis is not important. You must be listening.E21 · string 86670
Continues at: Binary Helix found an egg. It was on a derelict ship, thousands of years drifting.
Squadmate — Ashley Williams, Garrus Vakarian, Kaidan AlenkoShe must be at Rift Station, Commander.E17 · string 86665 · conditional 415:-1E18 · string 86666 · conditional 415:-1E19 · string 86667 · conditional 415:-1
Continues at: This is not important. You must be listening.
Tali'Zorah nar RayyaShe must be at Rift Station, then.E20 · string 86669 · conditional 415:-1
Continues at: This is not important. You must be listening.
DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

If you mean "exterminate."

Shepard says

If by "secure" you mean "shoot every monster I see," sure.

File location
Response
Reply R10, from link 2
Wheel string
41931
Spoken string
30837
TartakovskyI am certain you are having strong feelings. But what has happened here, it is our fault. You understand?E10 · string 307634 choices
InvestigateChoice 2

Wheel

Where's Benezia?

Shepard says

Wait. Is there an asari Matriarch here?

File location
Response
Reply R17, from link 2
Wheel string
41934
Spoken string
31054
Conditional
Function 2561, parameter 0
Continues at: Asari? I have not seen one.
TartakovskyYes. Very tough, to be so long frozen. That it survived the centuries -- this is miraculous.E24 · string 30769
Ashley WilliamsI'm not sure I would qualify this as a miracle.E25 · string 30770 · conditional 415:-1
TartakovskyBinary Helix plan to clone rachni. Mass-produce them. Create an army.E27 · string 30772 · transition 2097:-1
TartakovskyBut when they get here, they find this egg is not a common rachni. It is a queen.E28 · string 30773
TartakovskyAfter she lays eggs, they move her to Rift Station. They are thinking that without her, they can raise the babies to be obedient.E29 · string 307806 choices
Continues at: Binary Helix plan to clone rachni. Mass-produce them. Create an army.
TartakovskyThat is so. Billions of lives lost in that war, on both sides.E26 · string 860323 choices
TartakovskyEhh. This was exactly the wrong thing to do.E30 · string 30788
TartakovskyI am thinking that without a queen, rachni do not develop properly. Her mind is shaping theirs. These rachni are uncontrollable.E38 · string 307823 choices
AgreeChoice 1

Wheel

We can save them.

Shepard says

Then all we need to do is bring her here.

File location
Response
Reply R48, from link 1
Wheel string
41886
Spoken string
30815
TartakovskyNo. I am sorry, but this will not work. E39 · string 30942
TartakovskyThese rachni are beyond saving. It is a sad thing, but they must be euthanized. I am thinking that the neutron purge must be set off.E41 · string 30944 · transition 3525:-18 choices
DefaultChoice 7

Wheel

Just tell me how.

Shepard says

How do we set off the purge?

File location
Response
Reply R62, from link 7
Wheel string
41896
Spoken string
30984
Conditional
Function 144, parameter -1
Continues at: Entry 47 — no spoken line
TartakovskyQueens are born carrying the genetic code of their fathers. Eggs are carried away from the colony to hatch alone.E31 · string 30776
TartakovskyQueens can lay eggs in hours, and have a colony in days. This is how they spread so quickly.E32 · string 1027815 choices
DisagreeChoice 2

Wheel

We'll kill the queen too.

Shepard says

We'll take care of her later.

File location
Response
Reply R41, from link 2
Wheel string
102790
Spoken string
30824
Conditional
Function 2586, parameter 0
TartakovskyNo! Listen. The rachni are intelligent species. They achieve star travel. They are not animals.E33 · string 30755
Urdnot WrexNo. They're more dangerous.E34 · string 30756 · conditional 415:-1
Continues at: I am thinking that without a queen, rachni do not develop properly. Her mind is shaping theirs. These rachni are uncontrollable.
Squadmate — Garrus Vakarian, Ashley WilliamsNo. They're far more dangerous.E35 · string 30757 · conditional 415:-1E36 · string 30758 · conditional 415:-1
Continues at: I am thinking that without a queen, rachni do not develop properly. Her mind is shaping theirs. These rachni are uncontrollable.
Continues at: I am thinking that without a queen, rachni do not develop properly. Her mind is shaping theirs. These rachni are uncontrollable.

Additional dialogue records

Tartakovsky4 lines
Ehh. This is all for me, I am thinking. I try to think of good, inspiring last words. Maybe something li-- ahhhh...

String 30938 · 1 known context · Export #17 · Raw speaker Owner

Mother always say I would meet a bad end.

String 86031 · 1 known context · Export #17 · Raw speaker Owner

Wait. Wait!

String 146270 · 1 known context · Export #17 · Raw speaker Owner

Arming controls are nearby. All you do is insert the key. Then I will give Mira destruct co--. UH!

String 155851 · 1 known context · Export #17 · Raw speaker Owner