Greetings fellow mutants and true kins. I have been playing this game for a while and have experienced perma death a couple of times. Yet, there are some extremely strange game mechanics that leave me confused, and I would like your insights on them.
First of all is with Argyve, the town tinker of the village of Joppa. I had a run where I only interacted with Argyve for his quests, then ventured away from Joppa to explore the world. I found a corpse with a broken pair of mechanical wings and a couple of wire strands, so I thought of going back to Argyve to have the wings fixed. Yet when I arrived at Argyve's workshop, I could only see what was left of him:
A totally rearranged corpse, a couple of pieces of armor and a couple of artifacts. Furthermore, the few blocks of wall closest to Argyve are also gone. The first thing that came to mind was that maybe the village of Joppa was invaded, so I surveyed the whole village, yet I found no other casualties.
Could it be that Argyve used a bomb on himself?
The second question that I have is about a strange contraption called a "moon gate". By the time I reached this "moon gate", I've invested a bit into my intelligence attribute, and I got the Tinkering 1 skill. I've been pretty consistent at identifying any strange contraptions or artifacts at this point. Anyways, back to the moon gate: I ventured into a sultan cult's historical site. It was 5 stratums deep, and on the 4th stratum, I found this moon gate. Right next to the moon gate was a Fusion Reactor, fully functional and intact. The moon gate prompted for 50 pieces of the "A" bit to power up, which I offered to it fully. Yet, when I proceeded to activate the moon gate, it showed the following message:
A loud buzzing was heard. A glyph of unauthorized lighted up. (These were not the exact text, but it gives you the main idea)
??? I am so confused. It had a power source, I fed it the required bits, yet it isn't working somehow? Have any of you met one of these before? If yes, have you successfully opened it? And how?
And for my final question, how should I deploy wire?
Thank you.