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Xenogears - Stealth Mission

Video: The Tournament Alright, it's time for a tournament! But not before a nice little nationalist speech by our good friend Shakhan. Like most nationalist speeches, it sounds nice until you start paying attention to the implications. Yeah...he's definitely not a good guy at all... Ramsus hilariously walks in just to curtly wish him goodbye. Shakhan tries to invite him to watch the tournament, but he bluntly refuses, lol. Miang attempts to soothe things over, but Ramsus, continuing to be a sharp aleck, delivers this absolutely amazing line! With Shakhan so thoroughly humiliated, he has no choice but to silently watch him strut away. Thankfully for him, Miang does choose to stick around and offer him some company. She's even impressed by Fei's physique, catching sight of him just before his first match! Heh, well I doubt they're ever going to end up together, but who knows. And so, we begin the first battle of the tournament! Gonzalez here is a fairly straightforwar...

Xenogears - The Dusky Capital

Video: Bledavik We finally get control over Bart's ship. This doesn't actually open up much, it can only travel through the desert and we aren't obstructed by it exactly. Kislev has tight security on their border, so we can't visit their side. Nothing to do but to steer it to the Avehian capital then. Upon entering the city, we're greeted by a huge plane flying into it. The plane hovers down into an underground hangar. We then cut to its bridge, where we see its captain, Ramsus, and his secretary, Miang, complaining about their arrival being apparently lackluster. They're going to meet Shakhan and one of his generals, Vanderkaum. Outside, Shakhan tries to butter them up, but Ramsus doesn't listen. Instead, he walks up to his general and berates him for his recent failures. He openly despises him, thinking him too brutish and too focused on raw displays of force over proper strategizing. Shakhan accompanies Ramsus as he paces deeper into the base, talking abo...

Xenogears - Aveh March!

Video: Bart's Ship Alright, it's time to explore Bart's wondrous ship. We begin in his huge Gear hangar, so huge that Citan and Fei are shrunk down to blob size in the camera. As expected, it holds Gears, and engineers dedicated to servicing and maintaining them. They chat about the particulars of the Gear they're maintaining, including any amusing stories, technical details, and more. They even let us rename the Gears, if we wish! Apparently, Bart intentionally broke half of his Gear's sight sensors to make an eyepatch! Also, Fei's Gear, Weltall, has some "black boxes" that none of the engineers assigned to it have been able to figure out. Thankfully they don't get in the way of maintenance, but it's still an odd bit of the Gear. One has to wonder just who made it, and how advanced they must've been. Could it be that they're hiding something? The hangar even comes with a well stocked Gear parts shop, selling considerable upgrades for W...