Researcher Tahar, in what remains of Quel'ule, has asked me to try to create a synthetic kaborite crystal by channeling power through the amber lens into the altered minerals I collected. An undertaking which may be highly dangerous...
If you fail to properly counter an event, you will die unless you stop the recipe before the next pulse. If this happens, you can get a new amber lens and material from the boxes on the desk next to Researcher Tahar.
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