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Eighteenth Floor

18th Floor

Where Drick assumes he is going after the ninth floor ends.

Story so far

After Ferdinand said his goodbyes, Drick nodded at Carl. Carl asked whether he was going to the eighteenth floor after this.

Drick shrugged and said he was assuming so, yes. Carl wished him good luck; Drick grunted and walked away.

Role

The deep floor Drick expects to be reassigned to after the ninth ends.

Relationships

Drick — Assumes he will be sent there next.
Carl — Asks him about it and wishes him luck.
Sources — 13 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 5
  • The next floor down, reachable early via the Cosmic Lounge by any crawler not tied to a Faction Wars team.
Chapter 6
  • The ceasefire floor where the team retools in a safe room before recruiting begins and war kicks off.
Chapter 12
  • Layered floor comprising the Over City, the Hunting Grounds and the funnel city of Larracos below them.
Chapter 25
  • Deeper dungeon floor where Nurse Yugoslav sits feeding real-time intelligence to the warlords on Larracos.
Chapter 28
  • The war floor, where the crawler army fights a two-front trench campaign across open plains.
Chapter 35
  • Far deeper dungeon level where Panford already is and where Nihit expects to be sent, apparently as a posting of last resort.
Chapter 40
  • Floor from which King Rust came up at the last minute to join the faction war.
Chapter 52
  • Floor housing the Scolopendra Club, where the final dungeon boss is supposed to wake when a crawler arrives.
Chapter 86
  • The current floor and a Scolopendra level, one of the few places War Crime can be cast at all.
Chapter 93
  • The floor where Tagg's mother waits and where the adjutant Tart has returned, referenced during the retreat.
Chapter 94
  • The floor three of King Rust's marked harem women escaped back to, forever beyond Li Na's reach.
Chapter 95
  • Destination Tagg demands, where he claims a new body and replacement organs can be grown.
Chapter 97
  • Where Drick assumes he is going after the ninth floor ends.
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