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Vengeance of
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Vengeance of

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Scry Me to the Moon would be a new installment in the Penguin questline, parodying the paranoia of the era of Sputnik and the Space Race during the real-life Cold War.

It's been a few years since we ruined the T.A.R.D.I.S. back during Back to the Freezer, and the PBJ haven't detected any particularly suspicious KGP activity recently. However, the Fairies of Zanaris have begun to notice strange spikes of magical activity coming from the dark side of Zanaris... and some strange interference coming from the Fairy Ring Network...

The World Guardian (or whatever we call ourselves now that we've lost those powers) would team up with both the fairies and the PBJ -- who have recently recalled a squad of SEALs ( S pecialized E spionage A ction L iaisons) from an operation in the waters surrounding the Motherland (and yes, they are literal seals) -- to engage in a stealth operation (Operation Zanaris Raker) across the undocumented areas on the other side of Zanaris.

Once we arrive, we will discover that the Penguins have in fact been quite busy during the commotion of the Elder God Wars; after finding a way onto Zanaris from spying on us many years ago (how did you think the Penguin spies we sometimes see on Zanaris got there?), they discovered a way to "hack" the Fairy Ring Network by forcing the mycelium of one of the Fairy Rings on Zanaris to merge with that of native fungus from the dark side of Zanaris to create a Fairy Ring site where no one could see them work. In the years following the discovery of this secret teleportation method, they've created a moonbase on Zanaris.

After sneaking into the heart of the base via various hijinks, we will discover the real purpose of this base; a launchpad for giant fireworks loaded with Scrying Orbs. They intend to launch the fireworks so that the explosions will place Scrying Orbs all across Gielinor's orbit, letting them see everything, everywhere, all at once; the perfect surveillance system.

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Vengeance of
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Vengeance of

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The only thing stopping them from launching their "Walleye Project"? A lack of fuel capable of launching the fireworks far enough to escape Zanaris's orbit and into Gielinor's, without going too far and causing the Scrying Orbs to enter Gielinor's atmosphere. But we will discover that KGP scientists on the base are close to perfecting a blend of gunpowder, divine energy from Gielinor, and gas from rotten fish that will be sufficient for their purposes.

Using the Penguin Suit, we will then go undercover, "eliminate" a rookie Penguin scientist by feeding them a poisoned fish that will have laxative-like effects and put him out of commission for a long while, and take his place on the team, where we will proceed, after further hijinks, to help them create the fuel; but only so that we can get close enough to the fireworks to tamper with their detonation mechanisms by smuggling in some super-explosive Chinchompas from a previous failed KGP fuel experiment to eat the wiring, causing the fireworks to explode prematurely during the launch sequence and take out the entire base (after we, the Fairies, and the PBJ/SEALs have teleported back to safety.

Sure enough, we will succeed; the moonbase will be reduced to a giant crater, unsuitable for any future construction, and the Penguins' operation will be a complete failure.

Quest Complete!

Rewards :
- Thieving, Herb, FM, Divination, and Farming XP
- Access to a 13th Penguin Spy for Hide-and-Seek
- 007 agents are more likely to spawn after spying agents
- Access to the Dark Side of Zanaris crater, a skilling/Slayer dungeon where we can mine Zanaris Rocks, burn Penguin documents in case they try to recover any data from the lab, hunt/slay magical wildlife disturbed by the new giant hole in Zanaris, and use Runecrafting to disable ruined Scrying Orbs to negate lingering magical interference
- The Penguin Spy device now tracks Shooting Stars due to the PBJ watching the skies for further KGP activity

19-Oct-2022 20:07:36 - Last edited on 20-Oct-2022 04:25:50 by Vengeance of

Vengeance of
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Vengeance of

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Naturally SMttM will require completion of Fairy Tale Part III and Some Like it Cold, and will probably have requirements of level 55-60 in Farming, Herblore, Thieving, Firemaking, and Divination. By no means an endgame-level quest, but a slight step up from its pre-requisites.

19-Oct-2022 20:07:46 - Last edited on 19-Oct-2022 20:25:11 by Vengeance of

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