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Dorothy's Vision

• DV-ST-1: Retrograde (Interlude)
  Back in the city at Rhine headquarters, Muelsyse, after connecting with Saria, finds herself pursued. Meanwhile, back at the test site, Ptilopsis falls into the Pioneers' trap and finds herself kidnapped.
• DV-1: Trimounts Streets (Before Operation)
  The Doctor and Mechanist go into the alley to investigate Muelsyse's disappearance, only to find themselves ambushed. Outside the city, the Pioneers seek to bargain hostages for their freedom. They fail.
• DV-1: Trimounts Streets (After Operation)
  Saria shows up and saves the Doctor, at which point the three Rhodes Islanders are shocked to discover the power armor that attacked them had no pilot. Outside the city, the Pioneers receive a stern answer from Ferdinand.
• DV-2: Pioneer Lodge (Before Operation)
  Silence enters the test site to care for the unconscious Ptilopsis, coming face to face with the Pioneers. Just as the deadlock is about to break, the group is attacked by strange creatures.
• DV-2: Pioneer Lodge (After Operation)
  The strange creatures are extremely tough, with the group powerless to resist them. Dorothy makes contact and leads the group deeper into the test site.
• DV-3: Power Armor (Before Operation)
  In the alley, the Doctor, with the other Rhodes Islanders, studies the power armor and the mysterious silver substance within. Outside the city, the Pioneers, now enjoying a moment of safety, refuse to trust Dorothy.
• DV-3: Power Armor (After Operation)
  Back in the city, Saria takes the Doctor and Mechanist to a bar to meet a former scientist, only to get a stern warning. At the test site, Silence notes some similarities between the experiments there and her past with the Diαbolic Experiments.
• DV-4: Empty Alley (Before Operation)
  Ho'olheyak shows up at the bar to stop the former scientist from revealing too much. The Doctor and the Rhodes Islanders give chase, but find themselves once again waylaid by power armor. Back at the test site, Silence and Elena dig into the experiment data and find its goals increasingly suspicious.
• DV-4: Empty Alley (After Operation)
  Back in the city, Saria is about to destroy the power armor, only for the Doctor to stop her at the last minute, saving Muelsyse within. At the test site, the group finally makes it into Dorothy's lab, at which point the Pioneers level their crossbows at her.
• DV-5: Dorothy's Promise (Before Operation)
  It turns out that the Pioneers have been trying to make their way into the lab from the very beginning, believing Dorothy to be the origin of the mysterious creatures. While they swing into action, the creatures appear to demonstrate sentience, moving to protect Dorothy.
• DV-S-1: Dilemma (Interlude)
  Ferdinand has the data recovered from Loken Watertank's experiments for Dorothy, but the reason she needed it surprises him.
• DV-5: Dorothy's Promise (After Operation)
  Silence finally uncovers the true purpose of the experiment and steps up to put a stop to Dorothy. The group struggles to defeat her, while Ptilopsis uses her special sensory abilities to find the missing test subjects. They are sleeping peacefully.
• DV-6: Free From Dream (Before Operation)
  The group learns that the collective consciousness of the unconscious test subjects is what drives the mysterious creatures, revealing the terrifying true purpose of the experiments. Saria guesses at Ferdinand's ambitions, while multiple attempts are made to synchronize with Ptilopsis.
• DV-6: Free From Dream (After Operation)
  The situation appears to be resolving itself as the Pioneers reach an accord with Dorothy, who agrees to terminate her experiments. Ferdinand makes a bold play, sending his men to inject the Pioneer with Transmitter.
• DV-7: Rogue Signal (Before Operation)
  The pioneers who accepted injections begin to pass out one by one. A strange noise is heard from inside the laboratory, and a never-before-seen enormous geometric construct appears. The experiment is now completely out of control.
• DV-S-2: Checks and Balances (Interlude)
  The young seek out those they think are of like mind, but true understanding only comes with time. No matter where they end up, they tend to be genuine when they come back together.
• DV-7: Rogue Signal (After Operation)
  Inside the Rhine headquarters, the Doctor and Saria find Control, who has been unreachable for some time. After so many years apart, the former friends are finally reunited.
• DV-8: Heart Connection (Before Operation)
  The information that the Doctor sends to Ptilopsis forces Control to interfere with the experiment. Back at the site, Dorothy suggests shutting down the system and proactively injects herself with the experimental Transmitter.
• DV-8: Heart Connection (After Operation)
  Dreams, pathways, and visions. Dorothy enters the collective will of the test subjects, breaks the Hub of the geometric construct, and personally destroys her own creation.
• DV-ST-2: Embark (Interlude)
  The dream is over, but no one has yet reached the ends of their respective paths. An anticipated moment approaches.