Kaineng Blackout

Kaineng Blackout

Location

New Kaineng City
(Cantha)

Event type

Meta event

Level

80-80

Total events

23

Kaineng Blackout is a level 80 meta event that occurs in New Kaineng City.

Dynamic events

Before Meta Event Start 15 mins

• The power grid is operating as expected, minus a flicker or two in the lower districts.

Meta Event Start

• The grid has gone haywire. Spread out through the city and restore order for the repair crews!
• Power zones stabilized: x/7
• Grid overwhelmed in: 10:00
  • Complete events to restore order near the Nahpui Lab (80)
  • Current Order Level near Nahpui Lab
  • 
    • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
    • Catch the battery thief! (80)
    • Protect the technicians from the Unchained Risen attackers (80)
    • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
    • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Bori Ward
  • Current Order Level in Bori Ward
  • 
    • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
    • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
    • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
    • Catch the battery thief! (80)
    • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Baedal Hill
  • Current Order Level in Baedal Hill
  • 
    • Catch the battery thief! (80)
    • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
    • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
    • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Lutgardis Plaza
  • Current Order Level in Lutgardis Plaza
  • 
    • Catch the battery thief! (80)
    • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
    • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
    • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
    • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Cobble Ward
  • Current Order Level in Cobble Ward
  • 
    • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
    • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
    • Restrain the haywire vendor mech! (80)
    • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
    • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
  • Complete events to restore order in Gwangsan Hill
  • Current Order Level in Gwangsan Hill
  • 
    • Defeat the pair of Jade Brotherhood thieves! (80)
    • Defeat the sparks before the battery overloads! (80)
    • Protect the technicians from the Jade Brotherhood attackers (80)
    • Jade Brotherhood Agent (80)
  • Complete events to restore order around New Kaineng Municipal Power Planet 01
  • Current Order Level near the Power Plant
  • 
    • Gather the spilled volatile batteries! (80)
    • Defrag the signal fragments and defeat sparks! (80)
    • Catch the runaway custodial mech! (80)
    • Stop the security mech before it self-destructs! (80)

• Something is wrong at the Nahpui and Sunjiang Labs. Aid them!
• Lab events start in: 2:30

• The Labs are under attack! Secure them and bring them back online.
• Labs secured: x/2
• Labs overwhelmed in: 10:00
  • [Group Event] Defend the technicians while they redirect the power! (80) (north side)
  • [Group Event] Prevent Jade Brotherhood from stealing batteries (80) (south side)

• Yao and Mizuki are locking down the breaker boxes, pushing the corruption toward the substations. Aid them!
• Substations secured: x/2
• Grid overwhelmed in: 16:00
  • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the North Lab breaker box (80).
    • [Group Event] Capture the North Lab breaker box (80)
      • Hold the North Lab breaker box (80)
      • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
        • [Group Event] Capture the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
          • Hold the Bori Ward breaker box (80)
          • [Group Event] Escort Yao to the Baedal Hill substation (80)
            • [Group Event] Capture the Baedal Hill breaker box (80)
              • [Group Event] Defeat the jade-tech mechanisms to purge the corruption (80)
  • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
    • [Group Event] Capture the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
      • Hold the Lutgardis Plaza breaker box (80)
      • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
        • [Group Event] Capture the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
          • Hold the Cobble Ward breaker box (80)
          • [Group Event] Escort Mizuki to the Gwangsan Hill substation (80)
            • [Group Event] Capture the Gwangsan Hill breaker box (80)
              • [Group Event] Purge the corruption from the jade tech (80)

• The corruption has nowhere to hide! It's going to emerge at the power plant!
• Time until the corruption emerges: 2:00

• Purge the corruption at the power plant!
• Corruption escapes in: 15:00
  • [Group Event] Destroy the corruption before the system overloads! (80)

If successful:

• The corruption has been eradicated from the city's power grid.

If failed:

• The grid was overwhelmed. Joon isn't going to be very happy about this.

Event schedule

Previous 2 hoursNext 2 hours

00:00 UTC

Related achievements

• Gravity: Catalyst's Authorization Papers — As an elementalist, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Percussive Maintenance: Mechanist's Stamp — As an engineer, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Possession: Specter's Authorization Papers — As a thief, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.
• Purifier: Willbender's Stamp — As a guardian, complete the New Kaineng City map meta-event.
• Quietus: Harbinger's Authorization Papers — As a necromancer, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.
• The Keenest Cut: Bladesworn's Stamp — As a warrior, complete the New Kaineng City meta-event.

Dialogue

Before securing the substations

Yao: Hello? Hellooo? Can you hear me?

Officer Mizuki: Who is this? I don't have time for prank calls.

Yao: Not a prank call. This is Yao from Xunlai Jade, reporting from the Nahpui Lab— see that big switch to your left?

Officer Mizuki: Look, flashing "Xunlai Jade" isn't going to make me trust anything that a disembodied voice has to say.

Yao: I'll explain in a minute, ma'am. I need you to flip that big switch to your left, on the count of—

Officer Mizuki: Listen, kid, I'm not taking orders from a civilian.

Yao: Excuse me, Officer, but we don't have time to argue. There's something loose in the system.

Yao: If we don't expel it right now, things are going to get a lot worse than angry dumpling machines and petty theft.

Officer Mizuki: Fine, okay. The switch to my left?

Yao: Correct. The corruption is going to flee as soon as we release it into the grid, so get ready to move.

Yao: On the count of three...one, two, smile for the camera!

Starting the NPC escort to substations

Yao: I'm still testing a theory, but our corruption is...sentient? Its movements are intentional. Thoughtful.

Yao: I think we can force it out of each sector by locking the corresponding breaker box.

Yao: We don't have a lot of time. How well do you know the route along the power line?

Officer Mizuki: Like the back of my hand. I have to keep those scrapyard mutts from tampering with the substations every damn day.

Yao: Good. You take the three to the south and I'll take the north route. We'll meet at the power plant after— (static)

(North)

Yao: There goes our connection. Eh, the cop seems smart enough. She'll figure it out.

Yao: The first breaker is in the lower district. Hope you've got a raptor, because we've got a lot of ground to cover.

(South)

Officer Mizuki: Yao? Damn, lost the signal.

Officer Mizuki: Well, we'd better hurry. I don't want to see things get any worse. The first breaker box isn't too far from here.

Before starting the final meta event

Officer Mizuki: Yao, I take it? Glad to see you in one piece— heck, I'm glad to see you at all.

Yao: Officer. Welcome to New Kaineng Municipal Power Plant Zero One. I'd give you a tour, but...

Officer Mizuki: Do I even want to know what made that noise?

Yao: Probably not.

Yao: Let's see if I can override the security lockdown...

Yao: There we go. Ready?

Officer Mizuki: Guess so.

Starting the final meta event

Officer Mizuki: You wanna tell me what that thing is?

Yao: Joon sort of made the big guy over there as a...fail-safe, in case the city went under siege.

Officer Mizuki: Under siege from what?

Yao: She was going through a phase. "Oh no, what if the city is overrun by a bunch of ravenous monsters. Ahhh..."

Yao: She calmed down a bit. It's fine. We probably want to take it down, though. Fast.

Officer Mizuki: Lead the way.

After failing the final event

Yao: It...escaped. After all that work. Damn it.

Officer Mizuki: Left a hell of a mess behind, too. I'd better get out there. Check on the streets.

Yao: I'll be here, trying to get the grid back online.

Yao: Be careful.

After the final boss is defeated

Officer Mizuki: I don't know Joon personally, but if that's what she likes to work on for fun...

Yao: It's been a tough year.

Officer Mizuki: Those...sparks. What do you think they are?

Yao: I'm not sure, but they seem to be drawn to the jade. The mechs, the batteries. All of it.

Officer Mizuki: Kaineng is full of the stuff now. If that's really the case...

Yao: Yeah.

Officer Mizuki: If they ever come back... Well, we'll tackle that when the time comes.

Officer Mizuki: Sounds like you've got a lot of work to do.

Yao: And you've got a lot of panicked citizens out there, Officer.

Officer Mizuki: Call me Mizuki.

Yao: Mizuki. I guess I jumped the gun on my last introduction... I'm Yao— your local, mostly friendly agender engineer.

Yao: Give me a ring if you need a hand catching bad guys, yeah?

Officer Mizuki: Will do, Yao.

Speaking to Yao after the final boss has been defeated

Yao: I'd always wondered if this was sustainable- it was already a miracle.

Yao: What would I do if it weren't? I built my life around this stuff...

Yao: Joon built the world around this stuff. Well, our world. Cantha. The rest of Tyria seems to be just fine without it.

Yao: Life without jade tech... I don't know what that looks like, but I guess we have to start imagining.

Yao: I need to track down one of those little guys...the asura? Yeah, maybe they have an alternate power core for my arm.

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New Kaineng City