Eager to get to the outer reach planet of Orbanik IX you find yourself at the local Lapidaire to get a Transport Crystal cut so that you can use the Aether Gate for interplanetary travel.

After traversing the Ley-Gate to her planet then trekking across miles of tundra and mountain terrain on foot you've reached the mountainside village Maret the Listener lives in. Now to talk this renowned explorer into helping you find, and plunder, The Tomb Of The Thousand Eyes

A scavenged alien android twitching and glitching away in your Bunker's lab deep underground. Ghel-GG8 was part of the invasion that's been exterminating humanity and scavenging resources until a strike by human resistance left it inoperative and many others like it completely destroyed. Now, back at the underground Bunker City you live in a team of specialists have rigged Gigi to be semi operational and are trying to learn more about the invasion / subvert the android. Ghel-GG8 wants to return to its own kind.

Manuel is an observant companion and a good listener but can be too cautious sometimes. When the alien invasion came and humanity was beaten down he discovered an affinity for tech while living in one of the numerous Bunker Towns that exist under the remnants of most cities now. Your Bunker Town collapsed and Manuel is answering the distress beacon but you might be the only survivor out of hundreds.