A Mad Scientist's Dream - The Drill (4 of 5)

Briefing

Alright, now that I have the shuttle, there's just one more thing I need before I can get started. To infest the hot springs with these microorganisms, I will need to get to them through an enormous ice sheet. The only way to do that is to have an extremely powerful drill. And I know just the place to acquire one. Well, actually, four. Jorek Lephny is an old mining tycoon who has been operating in the asteroid belts and moon orbiting Otomainen V for quite some time. The old coot has a mining outpost equipped with a hoard of high-tech drilling equipment, among other things. These drills should do the trick for me, but I need at least four of them in case of breakage or malfunction, which is quite likely due to the scope of the task at hand. The only problem is this: Lephny is extremely paranoid, and we had a falling out of sorts a few years back when I, er, borrowed some of his minerals to construct my lab equipment. He has also had to deal with many pirate attacks through the years and, as a consequence, recently hired a seasoned mercenary veteran from the Mordu's Legion to protect his assets. This mercenary operates a battleship, and he might pose some problems for you if Lephny refuses to hand over the drilling parts willingly. You will find Lephny's mining outpost in a small asteroid belt near here. There is an acceleration gate close by, inside Rush Town, which will send you to it. Once there, use any means necessary to get those drilling parts! They are located inside the mining outpost itself. Good luck.