Pact Vanguard

Pact Vanguard is an area in the southwest of the Jahai Bluffs where the Pact have setup a temporary camp in the shell of their crashed airship.

Locations and objectives

Hearts: Prepare the Pact camp for battle (80)

Waypoints: Soul's Vendetta Waypoint —

Points of Interest: Vanguard Ordinance —; Vanguard Salvage Yard —

Landmarks: Soul's Vendetta

Events: Defend Pact engineers as they repair the gate (80); Escort Eshid back to Soul's Vendetta (80); Escort Sergeant Eshid to the garrison to raid its supplies (80); [Group Event] Escort the DERVs to the Shatterer Trenches (80); Subdue the malfunctioning DERV (80)

NPCs

Allies

Asura

Charr

Airship Salvager

Golems

Humans

Sunspear
Lord Faren (before completing Legacy)

Norn

Vigil Sergeant Eshid

Plants

Sylvan Hound

Various

Services

Foes

Ambient creatures

Branded

Devourers

Elementals

Plants

Jacaranda

Spiders

Ambient dialogue

Vigil Tactician: They're like dandelions, popping up everywhere! Soon as you kill one, there's another!

Vigil Marksman: I'm glad my family's far away. But the poor villages we passed...

Vigil Tactician: We were spoiling for a fight, and the Shatterer STILL took down our ship. Those folks, they're six kinds of helpless.

Vigil Marksman: That's why we're here.

Vigil Recruit: One moment, solid crystal. The next moment, a raging dragon! Teeth as big as swords! Thought I was a goner.

Priory Explorer: You must be new. Aurene's a total teddy bear. When she's not upset, I mean.

Vigil Recruit: You're kidding me. Did I mention the teeth?

Priory Explorer: She's been flying all over Elona. Fighting off Branded. Keeping us safe. You don't believe me, ask anyone.

Vigil Tactician: Got a letter from Brynn.

Priory Scholar: She's, what, seven now?

Vigil Tactician: Nine, if you can believe it. She's growing up, and I'm not there.

Priory Scholar: You're here to help save the world. So she can grow up. Remember that.

Vigil Tactician: So when's the wedding?

Priory Scholar: Well, we had it planned for next week. But he's all the way in Lion's Arch, and I'm out here, and the Shatterer...

Vigil Tactician: Then we'll have to end this quick. Forget the Shatterer—if you have to reschedule, imagine the double catering bills!

Priory Scholar: (shudder)

Vigil Marksman: Impressive.

DERV Engineer: They are, aren't they? When we first recovered these from Rata Primus, we had no idea what to do with them!

DERV Engineer: Then a cross-disciplinary team hacked the Inquest tech. Now they're resistant to the Brand!

DERV Engineer: Once we got the suits to stop attacking us, the College of Dynamics upgraded their weapons suite.

DERV Engineer: If we maintain this level of collegiality, think of the papers! The academic productivity!

Vigil Marksman: Uh, I guess. They shoot things, right?

DERV Engineer: (sigh)

Vigil Marksman: These DERVs ready to go?

DERV Engineer: Not yet. Need a little more assembly.

Vigil Crusader: Thought Marshal Thackeray would be here.

Whispers Creator: The general said he wasn't ready to return. But that's all right. She's got the battle well in paw.

Whispers Creator: Can't believe I missed the Festival of the Four Winds. Again.

Vigil Crusader: Mmm. The snacks, the pretty ships, the snacks, the mixed drinks, the snacks, the sideshows, and... the snacks...

Vigil Crusader: But we had, and have, a job to do.

Whispers Agent (1): Heard some golem's gonna dangle the Shatterer bait.

Whispers Agent (2): Does the Shatterer even notice golems?

Whispers Agent (1): No, but Bloodstone's like catnip to it. And somebody's gotta sprinkle the catnip.

Whispers Agent (2): So pick the most replaceable—I mean armored—unit. Makes sense.

Whispers Agent (1): How's General Soulkeeper?

Whispers Agent (2): Far as I can tell, she's in fine form. Beating the troops into passable shape. Chewing out new recruits and old recruits.

Whispers Agent (1): It's like she was born for this.

Whispers Agent (2): Interesting. I'd expect this to be difficult for her. Given what happened with... you know.

Whispers Agent (1): That's it though. This is her chance. She's here to take a bite out of the Shatterer.

Whispers Agent (2): And after the Shatterer...

Whispers Agent (1): She'll skin Kralkatorrik. And roll his hide into a chew toy for cubs. Don’t mess with the Vigil, that's all I'll say.

Priory Scholar (1): I heard we pinched these golem suits from Rata Primus.

Priory Scholar (2): I heard they couldn't make heads or tails of them until the College of Dynamics stepped in.

Priory Scholar (1): College of Dynamics, huh? Maybe we shouldn't stand so close to them.

Priory Scholar (2): If they were going to explode, they would have by now.

Priory Scholar (1): So how do those anti-Brand synergies work?

Priory Scholar (2): You'll have to ask an asura for the technical answer. The short version is these DERVs run on Brand crystals.

Priory Scholar (1): You mean we modified them to resist the brand?

Priory Scholar (2): Precisely. And there were only two casualties. Shatterer's getting a nasty surprise.

Priory Researcher: The worst bit about this dragon business? Never know when I'm going to eat.

Vigil Marksman: Think there might be food in that garrison?

Priory Researcher: If so, it'll be rotten as week-old fish. Supply lines better clear up soon.

Vigil Marksman: Sir? When it comes to dragons... Aren't our fortifications on the level of... well, a pillow fort?

Veteran Vigil Crusader: That's why the battle won't be here. We'll bait the Shatterer into the cliffs. Then it's ours.

Warmaster Steelburn: Could use some help with salvage and repair.

Vigil Marksman: Shame about the airships.

Veteran Vigil Crusader: Least they got us here.

Vigil Marksman: But how do we get home after the fight?

Veteran Vigil Crusader: That's, uh... Let's focus on one thing at a time, soldier.

Before Eshid's escort event: Vigil Sergeant Eshid: You researchers got any intel that might help the Pact hold on to this camp?; Priory Historian Sivvi: You said we're not going into the garrison. Well, I can't give you information without primary sources.; Vigil Sergeant Eshid: I told you, we don't have the firepower.

Vigil Sergeant Eshid: You want us to go raid the garrison? Find me some trigger-happy hero. Frankly, we could use the supplies.

Priory Historian Sivvi: Do I look like I have extra heroes up my sleeve? Because I don't. That's where I keep my notes.

Priory Historian Sivvi: Or I would, if I had written any notes. But that would have required me to have historical relics to study. See above.

Before completing Legacy: Lord Faren: You needed a hero. That much was clear. So here I am. Use me heroically!; Warmaster Steelburn: Then lug this debris to the gate. Heroically.; Lord Faren: That is work unbefitting the Master of Swords.; Warmaster Steelburn: Then you can keep standing there. No fur off my nose.; Lord Faren: Yes! I shall raise the morale of the troops by cutting a dashing figure! Behold!

Lord Faren: Listen up! We're going to trounce the Shatterer! With fisticuffs! With firepower! Until it cries for mercy!

Lord Faren: But we'll laugh in its face! Like this: ha ha! Then we'll decorate this camp with its head!

Warmaster Steelburn: Brave words for a wounded man.

Lord Faren: It's the duty, nay, the obligation of heroes to encourage the troops.

Objects

Crafting resources

Resource nodes: Mistonium; Cluster of Desert Herbs; Desert Vegetables; Lentils

Jahai Bluffs

Areas	Almorra's Stand • Argon Garrison • Central Brand Scar • Crescent's Prosperity • Displaced Towers • Eastern Brand Scar • Fortress of Jahai • Jahai Keep • Jungle Anomaly • Kodonur Temple • Old Command Post • Pact Vanguard • Prosperity's Approach • Reclaimed Chantry • Rilohn River • Ruined Procession • Shattered Cliffs • Sun's Refuge • Venta Pass • Wurmhaven • Yatendi Village • ???
Renown Hearts	Help the people of Yatendi village • Prepare the Pact camp for battle • Start dialogs between the Elonian factions
Mastery Insights	Jahai Insight: Crescent's Prosperity • Jahai Insight: Fang of the Dragon • Jahai Insight: Harpy Rock • Jahai Insight: Scar Overlook • Jahai Insight: Talon of the Dragon
Adventures	Jahai Bluffs Griffon Expert • Jahai Bluffs Griffon Master • Run Around for No Reason
Achievements	Big Bluffs Hunter • Dark Tools for Dark Times • Full House (Crystal Attunement • Exhibit Aye • Good, Better, Nest • In a Grain of Sand • Memorabilia • Poster Child • Readathon • The Convergence of Sorrow I: Elegy) • Fragments I Have Shored • Garrison Historian • Gentle Hearts • Making Cents of Jahai • Making History • The Convergence of Sorrow II: Requiem • Watchful Eyes • Dailies • More...
Meta event	Dangerous Prey • Hunt the Hunter • The Ancestor Tree

Pact Vanguard

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