Beast Tribes Max-Rank Mega Quest - so many new details!

[Anonymoose]

I do like the theory that Thancred was the one in 1.0 and would have been given a similar "betrayal" story by Tanaka

As much as I like it, it does seem very "darksteelfoil hat." It was always suspected that Nielle's assassination was bought and paid for, and that the fact he was holding Heartstrike at the time might be why his body has never withered. For a time they even suspected his own brother, Colbernoux, ordered the hit. Personally, I've always found it suspicious that Mumuepo met Nielle, walked with him into the tomb, examined heartstrike there and only after that left to go fetch his tomes for their ritual, leaving Nielle alone to be assassinated only moments later. It would be a bizarre coincidence indeed if Nhaza'a Jaab carries a similar sword in a quest that itself is based in Necromancy and it didn't tie into Nielle somehow. It's less interesting, considering Thancred was also nearby and the assassin had his same dagger, but Thancred's always been right-handed. It's also less interesting than the theory that Warburton was the assassin, raised from the dead already, but, hey, open minds and whatnot. We'll see where it goes.

Now all that aside I have to bring up a question about the 1569-II that was damaged by Garleans.

What is the 1569-II? I didn't actually do these quests yet as I had a period of being far too bored with dailies to do them ... daily (/blush). The Garleans may not have been making war on Eorzea after 1557, but they were certainly active. Even after the Battle of Silvertear Skies, Garleans blocked major trade routes, kept a supply base in Mor Dhona, and hunted down Aha Mhigan resistance members. Mor Dhona had several airships stationed there even before the arrival of the VIIth, and we know that Highwind Skyways airships were on occasion shot down.

Airships once connected Eorzea with the other continents, but the Garlean invasion put an end to that. All flying vessels became targets for imperial aggression, and there was no recourse but to suspend all transcontinental routes until such time as safety could be guaranteed.

[FJerome]

What is the 1569-II?

Think you pretty much figured it out on your own, more or less? But the details are that it's a very rare model and sought-after model of airship made by Garlond Ironworks and apparently only four were ever finished due to Garlean attacks.

Re: Garlean activity, though, I thought Al Mhigo was also part of Eorzea?

[axemtitanium]

What is the 1569-II?

It's a Garlond (as in Cid Garlond) airship, not a Garlean airship. Sounds similar but way different.