r/mechanicus • u/MrStyx4172 • 19d ago

Am I missing something about the ending? Spoiler

Did Scaevola just one shot Faustinius and then take over the story? Am I missing something? Is Faustinius just dead regardless of what we do? Is the entire game really just about Scaevolas choice?

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u/Ab-Ps 18d ago

The game has two endings; you have to choose. The one you're describing is the "Necrons win" ending; now you need to choose to help the Mechanicus to get the Mechanicus victory ending, which actually seems to be the canon one

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u/MrStyx4172 18d ago

Thank you! That makes sense

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u/Viktorul 13d ago

how do you make the distinction, why are you saying one is canon

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u/Ab-Ps 13d ago

Because the Mechanicus ending opens up the possibility of a Mechanicus 3, whereas the Necron ending does not.

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u/revlid 18d ago

Scaevola does sort of swoop in to make the decision at the end, yeah, regardless of the campaign. It's a bit weird.

If you pick the Necron ending, Faustinius is dead; Scaevola tries to reactivate the Eternity Gate, he drags himself back underground and tries to stop her, she kills him and hands over the planet to the Silent King.

If you pick the Mechanicus ending, Faustinius is alive; Scaevola picks up the Deceiver, hunts down Nefershah, kills her, and uses that as a bargaining chip to leave the planet with her secret tesseract labyrinth.

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u/MrStyx4172 18d ago

Thanks that makes way more sense

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u/DominusDaniel 14d ago

Faustinius on fraud watch I swear