Since the quest department in Fortress Mechanotus seemed so lacking, figured I would fill in a bit.
The quest "Switching Gears" can be obtained from Clockwork Warmarshal at loc:
pos 163.69, -1402.57, 398.13, near the tents when you first zone in. He is also on the maps if you have downloaded those from mapfiend.net.
You say 'Hail, Clockwork Warmarshal'
Clockwork Warmarshal says 'Hello there solider. It's good to see so many Norrathians rally to help stop this menace! Since our crash and my [promotion] to the leader of the Albatross' ground forces I've been overwhelmed with necessary military action and underprovided with forces to complete those actions. I know it's unusual, especially since you are not officially enlisted for this action, but perhaps you could [accept orders] from an old clockwork and help out all of Norrath in the process? Or if you and your allies are truly brave, someone needs to make forays into those dratted [gryospires] if we're to have much of a chance getting reinforcements up here.'
Saying 'Promotion?' -
Clockwork Warmarshal says 'Ah, yes, my promotion. Well, you see, Commander Hugert Tallbottom didn't survive the initial assault. In fact, he was killed when the Albatross crashed. I know it's not my place to speak poorly of gnomish engineering, especially considering that I AM gnomish engineering, but this ship was too hastily put together. Many good gnomes lost their lives before we ever had a chance to engage the enemy. We hold the lines here the best we can, but we no longer have the troops to mount an effective assault.'
Saying 'Accept orders?' -
Clockwork Warmarshal says 'Ah, fantastic! I have a few things that need to be taken care of before we will be able to advance from this position and begin our assault on the fortress itself.'
A Task Select screen pops up with the quests:
Breaking Things Down
Endless Enemies
Hunt a Spy
Switching Gears
Selecting Endless Enemies Quest:
You have been assigned the task 'Endless Enemies'.
Objectives:
Kill 3 Recyclers
Kill 3 Troopers
Kill 3 Consecrants
Kill 3 Steamboilers
Kill 3 Mechanics
Kill 3 Flamemasters
Kill 3 Siege Specialists
Kill 3 Steamwork Mechanics
Kill 3 Steamwork Menders
Kill 3 Steamwork Troopers
Kill 3 Steamwork Strikers
Return to the Warmarshal
Quest Lore: The Clockwork Warmarshal has asked you to defeat a rather large number of Meldrath's Minions. He fears that they will amass sometime soon and come to destroy the crew of the Albatross. He wants you to remove some of them before that happens. He seemed to want hundreds of each type of them destroyed, but will be pleased enough if you can take out what you can.
These mobs are all over the zone.
A good portion of them can be done at the North East pad, and in the North East Pit. The rest are random spawns on the mid and upper levels.
Rewards:
Faction with Strike Force V.
Experience. (Need amount, quest is not complete here yet)
Zeka Clockwise Capping Rotator
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Tanacious of Watchers, lvl 80 Rogue, Cazic-Thule server.
Edited, Nov 30th 2007 1:30am by Tanacious