The entrance to the FARO facilities. It's time to discover the truth.

With the new spear upgrade, I can control a wider variety of machines, which will serve as support in battles where the numerical difference is very significant. For my part, I thought that the variety of machines I could use as mounts had increased, but in reality it remained the same.

After investigating the remains of a camp and a combat zone, I encountered the war chief Sora. This warrior was preparing an attack on an Eclipse camp. These bandits had already been identified as the culprits behind the attack on the settlement.

Evidence of excavation projects to unearth ancient war machinery was found at the camp. The location of a larger camp was also found, which was situated directly in front of the former Faro Automated Solutions laboratories. As its name suggests, this was where the FAROS devices were created, which are still incorrectly referred to as FOCUS today.

I arrived at this place after crossing several ruins of ancient buildings, following the clues found at the camp and others given by Sylens. And yes, the mysterious voice that sometimes speaks to Aloy through the FARO has a name, and that name is Sylens.

To reach the building, I had to cross the Eclipse camp, which, as expected, was well protected. I slowly eliminated each of the soldiers, but right at the end, a surprise awaited me.

Well hidden from prying eyes, the bandits were testing a huge war machine, which FARO identified as a Deathbringer. It has major weaknesses and considerable firepower. I used the hiding places and obstacles in the terrain to damage it with fire arrows and piercing arrows.

After defeating the monstrous machine, I lined up the bandit who controlled it. I approached to inspect his FARO, and as I took it in my hand, a voice referred to Aloy as “the entity” and caused a short circuit in the FARO that nearly burned Aloy's hand.

That event worried Aloy, but Sylens told her to continue, that there were more important things to deal with. So I ventured into the ruins of those facilities and, after climbing over a collapsed bridge, I came to a huge metal door.

This door with bright red lights was identical to the one in the heart of the settlement, and it was also the same as the one Aloy found open on the day she found her FARO.

As I approached the door, a synthetic voice said there was a 98% genetic match and greeted me as if I were Dr. Elisabet Sobeck. The lights changed color and the door opened.

I am eager to tell you what I found on the other side of the door, but you will have to wait for a future post to find out.