The Sinking Ship - companion mission | Character creation Shadowrun: Hong Kong Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Tasks: Find Gobbet. Get to the lower deck.
Useful abilities: combat; optional: etiquette Shadowruner/Biotech [5], Decking [1]
Difficulty: Medium
Beginning this quest is pretty difficult. First you have to talk with Gobbet about four times collecting as many information from her as you can. You will find her on the upper deck of the ship in Heoi. After that take her with you for your next mission and after completing it go to her room when you will be called by Is0bel who will tell you that Gobbet is not around. Go to the port where you may find captain Jomo who will take you to another area. Only Is0bel may go with you.
At the beginning you will face five rats; however, during the fight you will be supported by the people from the ship. After a short conversation, follow two strangers toward the South. You will be able to use the pump (to repair it you need to use Intelligence [7] or Is0bel's skill). Five new rats will appear. Go under the deck (M15,2).
Follow your two new friends. You don't need to talk with them since the conversation will give you completely nothing. At the end of the corridor you will find out that they want to betray you. Gobbet will also show up and together you need to kill just one of the traitors since the second one will surrender right after this (yet you still may kill him during the dialogue).
Warning - Gobbet will stop you behind the next door and will ask you to never go further since the floor will surely collapse and kill you all (M15,4). Go only as deep into the room as you need to be stopped by the dialogue. It is important since it gives you new dialogue options later on.
Now you need to get to Cadmus. Even though it is an optional quest, you need to take care of it if you want to find out about how to disarm the trap blocking the path to the lower level. He is behind the door in the South-West corner. To find him you may choose between:
- Speaking to Lees who stands next to the entrance and asking her to let you pass (Charisma [6]/Intelligence),
- Attacking Lees,
- Cutting the red wire (M15,3) to open the gate,
- Looking into the wire box (M15,3) and speaking to Mercurio. He will give explain to you how to use the box to open the gate.
Speaking with Cadmusa will allow you to unlock two side quests: sink the ship and organize a rebellion. Return to Yasmin who was responsible for making the ship's defense system. You will receive the instructions needed to disarm the trap. Go to the trapped room and interact with the only machine in your range (M15,4). The path to the lower deck (M15,5) is now clear.
Get on the lower deck and go to the room in the north-eastern room (M15,6). You will find Malvina who is the Rat King. On your way you will also find 5 rats.
You have to kill her; however, if you take half of her health bar down, she will summon the reinforcements (three mutated rats) and Rat King will hid herself behind a magic barrier which makes her immune to your attacks. Take Gobbet to the desk and take an item (M15,10) from it. One turn later you will be able to destroy the barrier and defeat the boss. After the fight you will return to Heoi and receive 8 Karma.