M.O.X.
M.O.X.
“GREE-TINGS, LIFE-FORM! FOR YOUR CON-VEN-IENCE, I RE-SPOND TO THE NAME M.O.X.
— M.O.X.
M.O.X. is a unique ancient golem which was created by the asuran golemancer Zinn. It is in a state of disrepair after 155 years without its master. After the player has completed the story instance Heart of the Volcano on a character, M.O.X. appears in that character's home instance and allows the player to play music from the original Guild Wars game.
Biography[edit]
Early years[edit]
Living World Season 3[edit]
M.O.X. activated greeting mode when it was approached by the Pact Commander in 1330 AE. Deducing that the Commander had arrived for a reason and learning of the quest to access Zinn's vaults, M.O.X. offered an access code in exchange for the Commander reactivating incapacitated golems in the area. It also instructed the Commander to find a key gem from a Webby which had eaten a researcher who had originally stolen the key.
Once the Commander had recovered the key and aided the golems, M.O.X. altered the security on Zinn's vaults to allow the Commander access to them while also revealing the locations of the vaults. Grateful for the golem's help, the Commander suggested that M.O.X. return to civilization with the Vigil who had arrived on Draconis Mons with a submarine. M.O.X. accepted the offer and asked if Webby could come along, only for the Commander to deny any carnivorous spider passage to the mainland.
Once the Commander's mission to Draconis Mons had concluded, M.O.X. returned to Central Tyria with the rest of the party and settled into the Commander's home where it provided additional information about the history of Zinn and Rata Arcanum, offered to play back some of Zinn's favorite music from the past as well as looked after various cats the Commander had adopted during travels. A Webby hatchling had managed to sneak off Draconis Mons undetected by hiding within M.O.X. and kept the golem company in their new home.
Locations[edit]
Story involvement[edit]
Living World Season 3[edit]
- Episode 5: Flashpoint
Dialogue[edit]
- In home instance
- BY YOUR COM-MAND
Do you have any old-time music in your data banks?
- I AM FUL-LY E-QUIPP-ED WITH ALL ZINN'S FA-VOR-ITES, IN-CLUD-ING SOME CLAS-SICS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FIRST?
The Destroyers
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- The Dwarves
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- First Light
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- Guilds at War
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- More choices.
- PER-HAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ONE FROM THIS DA-TA BANK.
- The Golden Sun
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- Gwen Thackeray
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- The Northern Wall
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- The Gardens of Seborhin
- M.O.X.: INI-TI-AT-ING MUS-IC PL-AY BA-CK
- Never mind.
- Tell me, how did you end up in the volcano?
- I AR-RIVED WITH ZINN. RA-TA AR-CA-NUM WAS TO BE HIS SEC-OND GREAT WORK. WHEN RA-TA NO-VUS FELL, IT WAS HIS REF-UGE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PE-RUSE THE ZINN ME-GA HIS-TO-RY ENTRIES?
- Zinn Mega History...activate. (Starts outside dialogue. See below this section.)
- M.O.X.: Z.M.H. ZINN MET-A HIS-TOR-Y. EN-GAG-ING.
- M.O.X.: 1173 A.E. RA-TA NO-VUS OV-ER-RUN BY CHAK. 98% OF RES-I-DENTS DE-CEASED.
- M.O.X.: ZINN TRAV-ELED TO RA-TA AR-CAN-UM AL-THOUGH IT IS STILL IN RAW STAGE OF DE-VEL-OP-MENT.
- M.O.X.: 1175 A.E. GE-NIUS ZINN PER-FECTS HIS TER-RA-FOR-MER DE-VICE. EF-FORTS TO RE-BI-OME THE CAV-ERN BE-GIN.
- M.O.X.: NA-TURE SPIR-ITS RE-ACT NEG-A-TIVE-LY TO PROJ-ECT. 100% OF RES-I-DENTS OF RA-TA AR-CAN-UM DE-CEASED. IN-CLUD-ING ZINN.
- M.O.X.: GOL-EM BRI-GADE LEFT WITH-OUT BOSS. EN-GAGE ZINN'S FU-NER-ARY IN-STRUC-TIONS AND FOL-LOW LAST PRO-TO-COLS.
- I'm glad we found you. You're a little piece of history.
- Have the cats been behaving themselves?
- THEY ARE FAS-CI-NAT-ING. WHEN YOU ARE GONE, THEY SLEEP MOST OF THE TIME, WAKE, AND ZIP A-ROUND LIKE MOD-EL Z.M. GO-LEMS, EAT, AND THEN SLEEP SOME MORE.
- Yeah, that sounds like cats.
- As you were.
The following is the above text repeated, but formatted more for legibility:
- M.O.X.: Z.M.H. Zinn Meta History. Engaging.
- M.O.X.: 1173 A.E. Rata Novus overrun by Chak. 98% of residents deceased.
- M.O.X.: Zinn traveled to Rata Arcanum although it is still in raw stage of development.
- M.O.X.: 1175 A.E. Genius Zinn perfects his terraformer device. Efforts to rebiome the cavern begin.
- M.O.X.: Nature Spirits react negatively to project. 100% of residents of Rata Arcanum deceased.
- M.O.X.: Golem Brigade left with-out Boss. Engage Zinn's funerary instructions and follow last protocols.
Quotes[edit]
- At Ancient Hollow in Draconis Mons
- M.O.X.: WHY CAN WE NOT ALL GET A-LONG?
- M.O.X.: ACT-I-VATE WIS-DOM APP-LI-CA-TION. SELF-DE-TER-MIN-A-TION IS NOT A MAL-FUNC-TION.
- M.O.X.: GREE-TINGS, LIFE-FORM! THE ON-LY WIN-NING MOVE IS NOT TO PLAY.
- When entering the home instance
- M.O.X.: WEL-COME HOME. I HAD TO CLEAN UP A-NO-THER HAIR BALL WHILE YOU WERE GONE.
Notes[edit]
- M.O.X. plays music from Guild Wars Prophecies, Guild Wars Nightfall, and Guild Wars: Eye of the North; however, it does not play music from Guild Wars Factions.
- Sometimes, a friendly Webby Hatchling spawns near M.O.X. when you enter your home instance.
Trivia[edit]
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- M.O.X. is voiced by Peter Jessop.[verification requested]
- The opening salutation "BY YOUR COM-MAND" is most likely a reference to Battlestar Galactica. In the original series the Cylons often used the phrase to signify acceptance of an order.
See also[edit]
- Associated items
