The Long-Failed "Graph Adversarial Technology"...
Last updated 2025-05-13
The Long-Failed "Graph Adversarial Technology"... is a World Quest in Court of Fontaine: Quartier Lyonnais, Fontaine. It is immediately available upon the completion of the Archon Quest Prologue: Act III - Song of the Dragon and Freedom.
Start Location
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Additional context
Steps
- If the player participated in the Graph Adversarial Technology Experiment Log event
- Talk to Lepine-Pauline
- If the player did not participate in the Graph Adversarial Technology Experiment Log event
- Talk to Charlotte
Dialogue
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Quest DescriptionAfter putting in some work, you have collected enough samples. Looks like it's time to follow up with Lepine-Pauline...
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- Quest DescriptionYou and Paimon encounter a strange tale while strolling through a certain part of the Court of Fontaine...
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- Paimon: Okay! That should be all the images we need!
- Paimon: Let's head back and check in with Lepine-Pauline. Maybe she'll have an update for us!
- (Approach Charlotte and Lepine-Pauline)
- Paimon: Huh? Isn't that Charlotte?
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- Paimon: What could she want with Lepine-Pauline...?
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- Paimon: Who's her friend? And what are they chatting about?
- Lepine-Pauline: Pretty please with a cherry on top, Charlotte! Journalist extraordinaire! Please tell me you're joking!
- Lepine-Pauline: I read that a gang of criminals tricked the Gardemeks by disguising themselves as Blubberbeasts... It's true, isn't it? It has to be!
- Lepine-Pauline: I've invested all of my savings into Graph Adversarial Technology, and even taken out a sizeable bank loan!
- Lepine-Pauline: I'm begging you! Begging you like the beggiest beggar in all of begdom!
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- Charlotte: Okay, okay, I need you to calm down a little, Miss Lepine-Pauline...
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- Charlotte: Okay, okay, I need you to calm down a little, Miss Lepine-Pauline...
- (If the player has not met Charlotte yet, an introductory note appears on screen)
Charlotte — Lens of Verity
A reporter for The Steambird, a renowned newspaper in Fontaine. Charlotte has an enthusiastic nature and a keen sense of news. Traveling across the streets of Fontaine, she captures the "truth" of a multitude of matters with her trusty Kamera.
Her lifelong endeavor is to publish authentic and breaking exclusive scoops. In her pursuit of the "truth," she is willing to go beyond the norm, even at the risk of her own safety. She is also well aware of the storms that will be triggered upon the revelation of "truths."
But despite all this, neither the toil of the job itself nor the pressure of external denunciations and threats has ever phased Charlotte in the slightest.
- Charlotte: I admire your passion for your research, and I don't mean to dash your hopes for those, um... big-ticket orders...
- Charlotte: But... I'm afraid I'm not joking. The Blubberbeast incident was a short story mailed to us by an anonymous amateur author, written in the style of a true story.
Amateur author?- Short story?
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- Paimon: Oh... Paimon sees what happened here...
- Paimon: Sounds like the "report" Lepine-Pauline read in The Steambird wasn't in the news section after all...
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- Paimon: Hmm... It sounds like they're just discussing a story, but... why does this Miss Lepine-Pauline seem so distressed?
- Charlotte: Funnily enough, I actually remember being in a meeting where the editing team was debating the potential risk of misleading the public with this story. They even went to the Maison Gardiennage for advice.
- Charlotte: But to our surprise, they fully supported us printing it. They figured that the false intel would be a great way to dupe potential criminals into wearing ridiculous costumes when breaking the law...
- Charlotte: In truth, Gardemeks are extremely sophisticated in their capabilities. They can identify criminals just as reliably as the best human Gardes, so a crude disguise isn't gonna get you far. If anything, it'll just make you stand out all the more...
- Charlotte: Since we ran that story, the Maison Gardiennage has made a slew of arrests including, uh... one "Phantom Blubberbeast," a "Titanic Redcrown Finch," and a "Specterman"...
- Charlotte: So I knew this story had helped out law enforcement, but this is the first time I'm learning of an innocent citizen being deceived by it... And investing so much Mora for nothing...
- Lepine-Pauline: *whimpering*... Aaaaaah...
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- Paimon: Uh-oh... so Lepine-Pauline's whole research project is based on a fictional story?
- Paimon: Which means we're not gonna get a big bonus after all? ...But more importantly, she's gonna lose everything she's invested...
- Charlotte: (Traveler), Paimon! You're back!
- Charlotte: I was in the area taking some photos for a story, when I got talking to Miss Lepine-Pauline about her research. She told me about your collaboration.
- Charlotte: She was hoping I could write an article to spread awareness about image recognition technology. She even paid me for the article and gave me one of her prototype devices before I could get a word in...
- Charlotte: I unfortunately had to dash her hopes, and I'm afraid all your hard work was in vain, too. She's desperately trying to find a way to rescue the project and get you the Mora you're due... I've tried to let her down gently, but she's finding it all very hard to accept.
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- Paimon: Uh-oh, she really sounds like she's in pain... Umm... Paimon thinks we should just ask Charlotte what is going on.
- Paimon: Hey, Charlotte!
- Charlotte: (Traveler), Paimon! It's you!
- Charlotte: I was in the area taking some photos for a story, when I got talking to Miss Lepine-Pauline about her research.
- Charlotte: She read an article in The Steambird about a criminal who evaded Gardemek detection by disguising themselves as a Blubberbeast.
- Charlotte: Inspired by this story, she spent a lot of Mora researching counter-criminal image recognition technology. Her aim was to improve Fontaine's public security by developing a device that could enhance Gardemeks' target-recognition capabilities...
- Charlotte: She was hoping I could write an article to spread awareness about image recognition technology. She even paid me for the article and gave me one of her prototype devices before I could get a word in...
- Charlotte: But unfortunately, it was just a fictional story, and her efforts and aspirations were all in vain... I tried to let her down gently, but she's finding it all very hard to accept.
- Paimon: This is a new situation for us, too...
- Paimon: It's such a pity... It seems like the author was only trying to make the story interesting, and the Maison Gardiennage only had Fontaine's best interest in mind...
- It's no one's fault.
- She is just a victim of a misunderstanding.
- Charlotte: Wait... Miss Lepine-Pauline, what are you doing?
- Lepine-Pauline: I'm gonna pick a fight with a Gardemek, head to the Opera Epiclese, and get a one-way ticket to the Fortress of Meropide.
- Lepine-Pauline: That way, I won't have to repay my debts... It's the only way I can afford to keep on living...
- Charlotte: Whoa, there's no need to go that far! I mean... Come on, look at you. You wouldn't even dent the Gardemek's armor — in all likelihood, they'd only hold you up at the Maison Gardiennage for a few days before letting you out. And then you'd still have to repay your debts!
- Charlotte: ...Actually, instead of going into the technicalities of that... How much did you actually invest? How bad can it really be...?
- Lepine-Pauline: ...T—Two hundred and seventy thousand Mora.
- Charlotte: Okay, well... escaping to the Fortress of Meropide over a sum like that seems like a last resort. Surely there must be other options?
- Lepine-Pauline: Not any more... I used to be an equipment supplier to the Fontaine Research Institute before that blew to pieces, and now I'm just a small-time engineer. I scraped together some savings over the past few years, but I put every last Mora into this project, and now I'm left with nothing!
- Lepine-Pauline: It's not just my savings that are gone. It's my whole future as a Graph Adversarial Technology specialist and my dreams of becoming a billionaire one day!
- Lepine-Pauline: Hah... Haha... Heh... *sobs*
- Lepine-Pauline: My life is over.
- Charlotte: Don't despair, Miss Lepine-Pauline. I think I know a way for you to turn this around.
- Charlotte: This prototype you've given me... the "Kamera Lens for Image Recognition Sample Collection" — it's really quite something. You said you designed it specifically for high-fidelity image capture and analysis, yes?
- Charlotte: The rapid focal length adjustment is a very useful function in its own right. It's sure to make many journalists' jobs much easier... In fact, I'd say it has the potential to revolutionize Fontaine's news media!
- Charlotte: So your research efforts thus far are by no means in vain. The technology you've developed may have many applications that you've never even considered.
- Lepine-Pauline: R—Really?
- Charlotte: Absolutely! I've been working as a journalist for The Steambird for a long time now. No one understands the issues we journalists face on a day-to-day basis better than me!
- Charlotte: So keep calm, take heart, and start thinking about mass production. In the meantime, I'll show your invention to all of my colleagues to drum up interest in your product.
- Lepine-Pauline: I can't believe it...
- Lepine-Pauline: If this is true, then... I can look into setting up a whole Kamera lens development pipeline! My big-ticket orders and billionaire aspirations are still on the cards!
- Lepine-Pauline: Maybe I should consider taking out another loan? That way, I can rapidly improve the lens production process, be the first to market, and prepare to battle for dominance in the Kamera industry!
- Paimon: Come on! Stop daydreaming about your pipelines for a minute... Just take it one step at a time and see how it goes. There's no sense putting all your eggs in one basket before things are even off the ground.
- Being overly ambitious might come back to bite you.
- Slow and steady wins the race.
- Lepine-Pauline: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm... And I can probably speak to some people I know and license my image recognition device to a workshop to raise some funds... Ah, I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner!
- Lepine-Pauline: There's no time to lose — I need to get to work! Early bird gets the worm!
- Paimon: Ugh, can you believe her? She just ran off!
- Paimon: Paimon's pretty sure our advice went in one ear and out the other.
- Charlotte: It's understandable... When inspiration and passion strike at the same time, it's all too easy to throw yourself headfirst into your work and forget about everyone around you. A lot of journalists are the same way when they're first starting out.
- Charlotte: But don't you worry. I'm gonna write an article on all this, and I'll be checking in on her regularly.
- Charlotte: Her research has the potential to benefit the entire journalistic community. I'll give her plenty of input to stop her from going down any rabbit holes, and make sure mass production of her lens can begin as soon as possible.
- Paimon: It's reassuring to know that you'll be looking out for her, Charlotte!
- Go Charlotte!
- Star journalist to the rescue!
- Charlotte: Actually... You know what, why don't you two take this prototype lens? I'm sure you'll have plenty of chances to use it on your travels!
- Charlotte: It takes the right person to get the most out of a new technology. In your hands, it's sure to capture some amazing sights.
- Paimon: Thanks a lot, Charlotte!
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- Paimon: No bonus, no biggie! This makes everything worth it.
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- Paimon: What a nice surprise. We were just curious about what you guys were talking about — totally didn't expect to get a free gift out of it!
- Charlotte: You're welcome. I got something out of this too — the beginnings of a very interesting news story!
- Charlotte: The boundaries between real news reports and news-like fiction must not be blurred, even when there's a compelling justification for doing so.
- Charlotte: Yes, that's how I'll phrase it to the editors when I give them my feedback! Let's hope we won't mislead any more well-meaning citizens in the future!
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
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| English | The Long-Failed "Graph Adversarial Technology"... | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 早早失败的「图形对抗学」… Zǎozǎo Shībài de "Túxíng Duìkàng Xué"... | The Long-Failed "Image Adversarial Technology"... |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 早早失敗的「圖形對抗學」… Zǎozǎo Shībài de "Túxíng Duìkàng Xué"... | |
| Japanese | 早々に頓挫！「画像認識学」… Hayabaya ni Tonza! "Gazou Ninshiki Gaku"... | Early Setback! "Picture Recognition Study"... |
| Korean | 일찍이 실패한 「이미지 식별학」… Iljjigi Silpaehan "Imiji Sikbyeolhak"... | |
| Spanish | El fracaso del contraste gráfico | The Failure of the Graphic Contention |
| French | La technologie de confrontation graphique qui a longtemps échoué... | The Technology of Graphic Confrontation That Failed For a Long Time... |
| Russian | Давно провалившаяся Технология распознавания преступников... Davno provalivshayasya Tekhnologiya raspoznavaniya prestupnikov... | The Long-Failed Criminal Recognition Technology... |
| Thai | "เทคโนโลยีแบบร่างคู่สี" ล้มเหลวตั้งแต่แรก... | |
| Vietnamese | "Đối Chiếu Hình Ảnh" Sớm Đã Thất Bại... | |
| German | Die längst gescheiterten „Grafischen Gegenmaßnahmen“ ... | The Long-Failed "Graphical Countermeasures" ... |
| Indonesian | Pengenalan Gambar Anti-Kriminal yang Sudah Gagal Sedari Dulu | Anti-Criminal Image Recognition That Has Long Since Failed |
| Portuguese | O Fracasso da "Tecnologia de Reconhecimento de Imagem Anticrime"... | |
| Turkish | Başarısız ve Bahtsız "Suç Karşıtı Görüntü Teknolojisi"... | The Unsuccessful and Unlucky "Anti-Crime Imaging Technology"... |
| Italian | La fallimentare "tecnologia per il confronto delle immagini"... |
Change History
Released in Version 4.2