Ensign Cricket

Ensign Cricket
300px Tugging at his uniform
Region:	Fae Realm
Dungeon:	The Wintertide
Location:	Hidden in a storage locker.
Anatomy:	Fae
Species:	Fairy
Beast Speak:	Yes
Speaks With:	All

“

I'm Ensign Cricket, Sanitation Specialist, and I'm happy to tell you all the secrets! What secret do you want?

— Ensign Cricket

Ensign Cricket is a Spring Fairy hiding on The Wintertide.

Location

Fae Realm - The Wintertide

Ensign Cricket is a fairy hiding inside a storage compartment near the entrance of The Wintertide. To access his compartment, a security door must be hold open using a Security Door Override.

Favor

Ensign Cricket does not use the Favor system.

Quests

Ensign Cricket offers a handful of quests involving the infiltration of The Wintertide.

• Accursed Frost Pigeons To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Comfortable] favor.
  • Kill Security Cocks x5
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Engine Pests

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Friends] favor.

  • Kill Engine Droaches x8
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Ensigns

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Neutral] favor. You must have previously completed Troll Troopers in order to undertake this quest.

  • Kill Ensigns x10
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Fae Bears In The Hold

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Close Friends] favor.

  • Kill Bears x5
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Gross Mortal Bull Men

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Close Friends] favor.

  • Kill Minotaurs x5
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Noisy Arcta Hippogriffs

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Comfortable] favor.

  • Kill Arcta Hippogriffs x10
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Phoenix Firestarters

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Friends] favor.

  • Kill Phoenix Firestarters x8
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Science Deck Sadness

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Close Friends] favor.

  • Kill Abominable Soldiers x10
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• The Big Boss Birdie

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Comfortable] favor. You must have previously completed Noisy Arcta Hippogriffs in order to undertake this quest.

  • Kill Coldfeather
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• The Mad Wizard

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Close Friends] favor.

  • Disable Dalvos's Astral Projection
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket
• Troll Troopers

  To start this quest, talk to Ensign Cricket in The Wintertide. The quest is available at [Neutral] favor.

  • Kill Troll Troopers x8
  • Talk to Ensign Cricket

Events

Winter Celebration

[Friends] Favor -	???
[Like Family] Favor -	???

Conversations

“

You scared me! I thought I was caught! But you're from the ground, right? You're invading!

Drop your weapon and surrender!

Hey, how are you? Yep, I'm invading.

Great! I'll help! I am sooooo bored, you wouldn't believe! Do you know how long we've been floating over this stupid world?

No?

Me either. It's been a long time! Possibly years! The sun rises and sets down there, over and over. And I'm stuck here, doing nothing! This is an exploration ship! It's meant to explore! Or it was, until Winter commandeered it.

Hmm. I have many questions.

I'm Ensign Cricket, Sanitation Specialist, and I'm happy to tell you all the secrets! What secret do you want?

What is this place?

This place? It's a storage closet for emergency medical supplies.

I meant this... ship. What is it?

This is the WNS Wintertide. Well, that's its name now. It's a nethership! It can travel in any realspace or even in structured spacetime windows created by gods. It's not very fast, but it can carry a lot of stuff.

Last season, it was the SAV Murderberry, and we explored the multiverse seeking adventure and technology! It was AMAZING! But most of my Spring crew were sent home and now Winter controls everything. There's a few other Spring fae aboard, but they're assimilating. Boring!

Who made the ship in the first place?

You mean WHAT made the ship. Space bugs!

A long time ago some mortals invaded the fae. They weren't prepared for fairies though. We took their ships, and for a while we managed to keep their space bugs alive to grow new ships. But that was a long time ago. Most Fae ships are pretty old now. We know how to keep them working though.

And...! I hear the Winter Queen has plans to get new ships this season! It should be very exciting!

What's going on here?

You mean... in this closet?

Just kidding. I know you mean 'what is your ship's mission.' Thing is, I don't really know. We were here to transport troops, and we've dumped a bunch off. But why are we STILL here? We just sit in orbit up here. Sometimes we help the crew on the ground, but they're just waiting too.

Spring Fairies get bored easily. But Winter Fairies have more patience. So whatever they're doing, it probably will take a long time. And they don't mind!

So you have no idea why this ship is here?

Well, I'm pretty sure the Winter Queen is communicating with a mortal wizard to create a superpowered army. But other than that, not a clue!

A superpowered army?

Ugh. Yeah! They're horrible. They're not happy soldiers, let's just say. Actually, let's not talk about it, okay?

— Ensign Cricket

“

Non-officer fairies? Oh, yeah, we used to have some of those... I think? It was a very long time ago. But eventually even the biggest fuck-up fae, like me, reached the rank of Ensign. Which means there's nobody lower than Ensign anymore except the trolls. And even some trolls are becoming officers now.

Nobody talks about it, but being immortal causes SERIOUS rank inflation!

— Ensign Cricket

“

I miss back when this ship was the Murderberry. On Spring Court ships, the crew gets to vote on the name. But on Winter Court ships, the captain gets to pick the name. I'm just surprised she didn't name it the Evergloam.

— Ensign Cricket

“

We have an Arcta Hippogriff breeding program on board. Which means parts of the ship are kept even colder than usual. Winter Fae don't mind, but for Spring Fae like me, it's kind of irritating!

— Ensign Cricket

Tips

• To reach Ensign Cricket, you may need to find another Adventurer to hold the door open!.