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FAQ Companion Guide v5.0 by Taffer (taffer-six@home.com)
July 19, 2001
"It is not a question about what the Law is, but rather what it is not. The Law is neither noble, nor an end in itself. It is not for the weak-minded or the squeamish. The Law is simply a means for those who control it, namely me, to acquire that which I want. One with your wealth and connections, who is prepared to sacrifice to have a troubling problem resolved, need only describe to me in detail the favor you are requesting."
-- Gorman Truart, correspondence
"The Master Builder came unto us. He built for us a new house, and the house was like His house. And he gifted us with knowledge, and we learned to use
Boiler and Gear. That unto us would come His Paradise, and there would be no pain."
-- from Mechanist Rote Texts for Novices
"Twice moons face darks us showed
Twice thems jackals singsie
Thrice Him harvest failsy blights
Thrice we weeps and chillsing..."
-- Unattributed, Ink on Parchment
"Our focus shifted to those who presented two faces: one manifest yet false, the other hidden yet true. To interfere directly would bring ruin, still, the glyph warnings were absolute."
-- Keepers Annals
"He poured his children's eyes from glass and from steel wrought their hands that none could escape his judgement."
-- The New Scripture of the Master Builder
Table of Contents
=================
Section 1: The Latest From Taffer
Section 2: Opening Notes Regarding This Guide
2.1: Reading This Guide
2.1.1: What This Guide Contains
2.1.2: What This Guide Doesn't Contain
2.2: Contacting the Author
2.2.1: Contact Through Email
2.2.2: Contact Through ICQ
2.2.2.1: Unauthorized Adding on ICQ
2.2.3: Thief II FAQ Mailing Lists
2.2.3.1: Bounced Emails
Section 3: Running Interference (Mission 1)
3.1: Garrett's Words
3.2: Spoken Lines
3.3: Written Material
Section 4: Shipping ... and Receiving (Mission 2)
4.1: Garrett's Words
4.2: Spoken Lines
4.3: Written Material
Section 5: Framed (Mission 3)
5.1: Garrett's Words
5.2: Spoken Lines
5.3: Written Material
Section 6: Ambush! (Mission 4)
6.1: Garrett's Words
6.2: Spoken Lines
6.3: Written Material
Section 7: Cutscene - "Revelations"
7.1: The Prophecy
Section 8 Eavesdropping (Mission 5)
8.1: Garrett's Words
8.2: Spoken Lines
8.3: Written Material
Section 9: Disclaimer
Section 10: Endnotes and Copyright Notice
Section 1: The Latest From Taffer
=================================
Two of the prisoners' lines in Mission 3 have been corrected.
The three prisoners in Mission 3 that have lines...I've done my best to translate them, but one I still can't quite understand. I've done my best, but if anyone knows for sure what it is that is said, please let me know so I can fix the entry here.
You're probably wondering just what the heck this is. Well, it's a sort of
"Companion Guide" to Thief II. Basically what I've done (and will try to continue to do) is to document here the text of every document, scroll, parchment, plaque, letter, report, announcement and palimpsest that I have been able to find in the game. (I'm also attempting to include conversations of note, but I'm undecided if this will continue or not, as it takes nearly a half hour or more do to each long conversation.)
The idea for this came at a point while I was doing the Thief Gold FAQ, but not until late in the game (sometime after I had finished "The Lost City"), and despite my desire to do it there as well, I did not relish the prospect of going through all those missions again to find everything a third (sometimes fourth or even fifth!) time, particularly the undead missions.
I may still go back and do it, although it would be a very slow process, since it would be done while I was also doing the Thief II FAQ. If there is anyone else who wishes to undertake this monumental task, they are more than welcome to do so in my stead.
Since I am doing this Companion Guide as I do the FAQ for Thief II, I will attempt to make the version number for each document identical. I will keep updating the Thief II FAQ version number as I normally do, and simply copy that version number here.
Please note that this is a COMPANION GUIDE only. It is not required to either play the game, nor to use the FAQ I am writing. It's simply just a "bonus supplement".
As always, despite my attempts to be as thorough as possible, something is bound to get by me every now and then. If there's anything missing from this guide that you know of, please let me know about it, and I'll do my best to see it gets included.
Please write in and let me know how you like this Companion Guide. If I get enough of a favourable response, I just may continue doing it! :)
Section 2: Opening Notes Regarding This Guide
=============================================
This guide does not cover the entire game at the moment. It only covers up to mission five, "Eavesdropping". Other missions will be added every now and then, at irregular intervals.
This Companion Guide is based on the PC version of the game. Does another version exist? I don't know.
2.1: Reading This Guide
=======================
I have had a few people email me saying that they had trouble reading the Thief
Gold FAQ through certain programs (such as Internet Explorer). They say they can't read it through their standard viewing programs, as the lines run off the screen. This has so far only come from people who are on my mailing list.
When I type up the guide, I use the WordPad program which came with Windows 98.
I have the View/Options set to "Wrap to ruler". Then I type merrily away, without having to worry about hitting the "Enter" key. Unfortunately, when the document is later viewed in certain other programs, it prints the entire line of text until the end, sometimes continuing off the screen (as described above).
If you are having this problem viewing the guide, then I suggest you do one of two things:
1) Use WordPad to view it, with the View/Options set to "Wrap to ruler",
2) Go to www.gamefaqs.com and download the guide from there.
Apparently (and I don't know how), when the webmaster puts the guide up on his site, this problem of lines not wrapping disappears.
I'm afraid that's all I can suggest at this time.
2.1.1: What This Guide Contains:
================================
This guide contains:
1) Conversations between people that are (basically) one-time "trigger events" (example: the two guards in mission one (Running Interference) when Garrett extinguishes a nearby torch),
2) Anything "written" found in the game, that you need to "use" in order to read,
3) Anything Garrett says.
2.1.2: What This Guide Doesn't Contain:
=======================================
This guide does NOT contain anything said by someone that is a common occurence, such as things the guards say when they are chasing you, or looking for you, or just standing around bored. It also does not contain anything written that you can read without using, such as (for example) writing on the side of a crate, or the words on a wanted poster. (I don't know if such things exist in the game...I'm just giving examples of what won't be included.)
NOTE: If something is relevent to the mission, and not just put in for atmosphere, then I will probably include it, even if it is something that I normally wouldn't.
2.2: Contacting the Author
==========================
You can contact me either through email, or through ICQ.
2.2.1 Contact Through Email
===========================
My email address is: taffer-six@home.com
Please note that this is a new email address. I got a cable modem on July 3rd, and as a result had to change my email address. The old one was kept active up until July 9th. My apologies to anyone who tried to email me at the old address after that time.
I do read all your emails, and I try to reply to every one of them. Sometimes I am unable to reply, simply due to the great number I receive, time constraints, and any number of other reasons. However, any questions sent to me that are already answered in this guide will be ignored.
NOTE: DO NOT SEND ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MISSIONS NOT COVERED IN THIS GUIDE!!!
There is a very simply reason why I ignore these emails. I don't read them.
These missions are not included in the guide yet because I have not PLAYED them yet. And a lot of the emails I used to get like this would say things like "How do I do X on Mission Y? I've done A, B, C and D, and found that J and K are hidden here, but X is still eluding me!" Congratulations, you've just ruined some surprises for me on that mission. Because of this, I now delete a message as soon as I see it is heading in that direction.
I hate having something ruined for me...I like playing the game and finding things out for myself. So do not waste your time or mine by sending in questions for missions not yet covered...they will not even be read.
2.2.2 Contact Through ICQ
=========================
If you want to contact me through ICQ (all single ladies welcome! ), my ICQ number is: 82595656. My handle is "Taffer". Please note that this is a new ICQ number. Please do not try to contact me at the old one, as I no longer access it.
Note that the same rules for email apply to ICQ as well. Also, if you have a lengthy amount of information to send me, I would appreciate it if you would do so using email.
Please Note: I do not use the "Chat" mode on ICQ. I only use the messaging feature. My ICQ settings are currently set up to automatically decline any chat requests.
2.2.2.1: Unauthorized Adding on ICQ
===================================
This refers to people who add me to their contact list using some sort of a hack or crack program, without receiving my authorization first.
WARNING! Do not, I repeat, DO NOT add me to your contact list WITHOUT receiving my authorization first! Several people appear to think it's a real laugh to do this. Well, the first time someone did that to me, they erased my hard drive.
So consider this your first and only warning: Do NOT add me in this manner...request authorization like everyone else. ANYONE who adds me without requesting my authorization will IMMEDIATELY get placed on my ignore list. I will not even bother reading any messages that person may have sent. (This may seem harsh...but if you had had YOUR hard drive erased, I'm sure you would understand completely.)
2.2.3: Thief II FAQ Mailing Lists
=================================
There are TWO mailing lists for those who wish to be notified of updates: a
"Zipped" list, and a "Notify" list.
Anyone who wishes to be put on a mailing list will have to tell me which one they wish to be on. One list of people will receive a zipped email attachment
FAQ Companion Guide v5.0 by Taffer (taffer-six@home.com)
July 19, 2001
"It is not a question about what the Law is, but rather what it is not. The Law is neither noble, nor an end in itself. It is not for the weak-minded or the squeamish. The Law is simply a means for those who control it, namely me, to acquire that which I want. One with your wealth and connections, who is prepared to sacrifice to have a troubling problem resolved, need only describe to me in detail the favor you are requesting."
-- Gorman Truart, correspondence
"The Master Builder came unto us. He built for us a new house, and the house was like His house. And he gifted us with knowledge, and we learned to use
Boiler and Gear. That unto us would come His Paradise, and there would be no pain."
-- from Mechanist Rote Texts for Novices
"Twice moons face darks us showed
Twice thems jackals singsie
Thrice Him harvest failsy blights
Thrice we weeps and chillsing..."
-- Unattributed, Ink on Parchment
"Our focus shifted to those who presented two faces: one manifest yet false, the other hidden yet true. To interfere directly would bring ruin, still, the glyph warnings were absolute."
-- Keepers Annals
"He poured his children's eyes from glass and from steel wrought their hands that none could escape his judgement."
-- The New Scripture of the Master Builder
Table of Contents
=================
Section 1: The Latest From Taffer
Section 2: Opening Notes Regarding This Guide
2.1: Reading This Guide
2.1.1: What This Guide Contains
2.1.2: What This Guide Doesn't Contain
2.2: Contacting the Author
2.2.1: Contact Through Email
2.2.2: Contact Through ICQ
2.2.2.1: Unauthorized Adding on ICQ
2.2.3: Thief II FAQ Mailing Lists
2.2.3.1: Bounced Emails
Section 3: Running Interference (Mission 1)
3.1: Garrett's Words
3.2: Spoken Lines
3.3: Written Material
Section 4: Shipping ... and Receiving (Mission 2)
4.1: Garrett's Words
4.2: Spoken Lines
4.3: Written Material
Section 5: Framed (Mission 3)
5.1: Garrett's Words
5.2: Spoken Lines
5.3: Written Material
Section 6: Ambush! (Mission 4)
6.1: Garrett's Words
6.2: Spoken Lines
6.3: Written Material
Section 7: Cutscene - "Revelations"
7.1: The Prophecy
Section 8 Eavesdropping (Mission 5)
8.1: Garrett's Words
8.2: Spoken Lines
8.3: Written Material
Section 9: Disclaimer
Section 10: Endnotes and Copyright Notice
Section 1: The Latest From Taffer
=================================
Two of the prisoners' lines in Mission 3 have been corrected.
The three prisoners in Mission 3 that have lines...I've done my best to translate them, but one I still can't quite understand. I've done my best, but if anyone knows for sure what it is that is said, please let me know so I can fix the entry here.
You're probably wondering just what the heck this is. Well, it's a sort of
"Companion Guide" to Thief II. Basically what I've done (and will try to continue to do) is to document here the text of every document, scroll, parchment, plaque, letter, report, announcement and palimpsest that I have been able to find in the game. (I'm also attempting to include conversations of note, but I'm undecided if this will continue or not, as it takes nearly a half hour or more do to each long conversation.)
The idea for this came at a point while I was doing the Thief Gold FAQ, but not until late in the game (sometime after I had finished "The Lost City"), and despite my desire to do it there as well, I did not relish the prospect of going through all those missions again to find everything a third (sometimes fourth or even fifth!) time, particularly the undead missions.
I may still go back and do it, although it would be a very slow process, since it would be done while I was also doing the Thief II FAQ. If there is anyone else who wishes to undertake this monumental task, they are more than welcome to do so in my stead.
Since I am doing this Companion Guide as I do the FAQ for Thief II, I will attempt to make the version number for each document identical. I will keep updating the Thief II FAQ version number as I normally do, and simply copy that version number here.
Please note that this is a COMPANION GUIDE only. It is not required to either play the game, nor to use the FAQ I am writing. It's simply just a "bonus supplement".
As always, despite my attempts to be as thorough as possible, something is bound to get by me every now and then. If there's anything missing from this guide that you know of, please let me know about it, and I'll do my best to see it gets included.
Please write in and let me know how you like this Companion Guide. If I get enough of a favourable response, I just may continue doing it! :)
Section 2: Opening Notes Regarding This Guide
=============================================
This guide does not cover the entire game at the moment. It only covers up to mission five, "Eavesdropping". Other missions will be added every now and then, at irregular intervals.
This Companion Guide is based on the PC version of the game. Does another version exist? I don't know.
2.1: Reading This Guide
=======================
I have had a few people email me saying that they had trouble reading the Thief
Gold FAQ through certain programs (such as Internet Explorer). They say they can't read it through their standard viewing programs, as the lines run off the screen. This has so far only come from people who are on my mailing list.
When I type up the guide, I use the WordPad program which came with Windows 98.
I have the View/Options set to "Wrap to ruler". Then I type merrily away, without having to worry about hitting the "Enter" key. Unfortunately, when the document is later viewed in certain other programs, it prints the entire line of text until the end, sometimes continuing off the screen (as described above).
If you are having this problem viewing the guide, then I suggest you do one of two things:
1) Use WordPad to view it, with the View/Options set to "Wrap to ruler",
2) Go to www.gamefaqs.com and download the guide from there.
Apparently (and I don't know how), when the webmaster puts the guide up on his site, this problem of lines not wrapping disappears.
I'm afraid that's all I can suggest at this time.
2.1.1: What This Guide Contains:
================================
This guide contains:
1) Conversations between people that are (basically) one-time "trigger events" (example: the two guards in mission one (Running Interference) when Garrett extinguishes a nearby torch),
2) Anything "written" found in the game, that you need to "use" in order to read,
3) Anything Garrett says.
2.1.2: What This Guide Doesn't Contain:
=======================================
This guide does NOT contain anything said by someone that is a common occurence, such as things the guards say when they are chasing you, or looking for you, or just standing around bored. It also does not contain anything written that you can read without using, such as (for example) writing on the side of a crate, or the words on a wanted poster. (I don't know if such things exist in the game...I'm just giving examples of what won't be included.)
NOTE: If something is relevent to the mission, and not just put in for atmosphere, then I will probably include it, even if it is something that I normally wouldn't.
2.2: Contacting the Author
==========================
You can contact me either through email, or through ICQ.
2.2.1 Contact Through Email
===========================
My email address is: taffer-six@home.com
Please note that this is a new email address. I got a cable modem on July 3rd, and as a result had to change my email address. The old one was kept active up until July 9th. My apologies to anyone who tried to email me at the old address after that time.
I do read all your emails, and I try to reply to every one of them. Sometimes I am unable to reply, simply due to the great number I receive, time constraints, and any number of other reasons. However, any questions sent to me that are already answered in this guide will be ignored.
NOTE: DO NOT SEND ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MISSIONS NOT COVERED IN THIS GUIDE!!!
There is a very simply reason why I ignore these emails. I don't read them.
These missions are not included in the guide yet because I have not PLAYED them yet. And a lot of the emails I used to get like this would say things like "How do I do X on Mission Y? I've done A, B, C and D, and found that J and K are hidden here, but X is still eluding me!" Congratulations, you've just ruined some surprises for me on that mission. Because of this, I now delete a message as soon as I see it is heading in that direction.
I hate having something ruined for me...I like playing the game and finding things out for myself. So do not waste your time or mine by sending in questions for missions not yet covered...they will not even be read.
2.2.2 Contact Through ICQ
=========================
If you want to contact me through ICQ (all single ladies welcome! ), my ICQ number is: 82595656. My handle is "Taffer". Please note that this is a new ICQ number. Please do not try to contact me at the old one, as I no longer access it.
Note that the same rules for email apply to ICQ as well. Also, if you have a lengthy amount of information to send me, I would appreciate it if you would do so using email.
Please Note: I do not use the "Chat" mode on ICQ. I only use the messaging feature. My ICQ settings are currently set up to automatically decline any chat requests.
2.2.2.1: Unauthorized Adding on ICQ
===================================
This refers to people who add me to their contact list using some sort of a hack or crack program, without receiving my authorization first.
WARNING! Do not, I repeat, DO NOT add me to your contact list WITHOUT receiving my authorization first! Several people appear to think it's a real laugh to do this. Well, the first time someone did that to me, they erased my hard drive.
So consider this your first and only warning: Do NOT add me in this manner...request authorization like everyone else. ANYONE who adds me without requesting my authorization will IMMEDIATELY get placed on my ignore list. I will not even bother reading any messages that person may have sent. (This may seem harsh...but if you had had YOUR hard drive erased, I'm sure you would understand completely.)
2.2.3: Thief II FAQ Mailing Lists
=================================
There are TWO mailing lists for those who wish to be notified of updates: a
"Zipped" list, and a "Notify" list.
Anyone who wishes to be put on a mailing list will have to tell me which one they wish to be on. One list of people will receive a zipped email attachment
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