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Showdown[edit]
BRIEFING[edit]
Kamea Arano: Victoria has Lord Madeira, and she will never stand down. What she did on Perdition has broken her. And now we're going to end this, in the way that it so nearly began: a duel. I will face off against my cousin in the Arano tourney grounds, and we will fight until one of us is dead.
Darius Oliveira: Lady Arano said it all, {COMMANDER.FirstName}. Go get justice for Raju Montgomery, and Commander Markham, and everyone else who died at the hands of House Espinosa. We'll be watching you from here.
DURING MISSION[edit]
Computer: INCOMING TRANSMISSION.
Lord Santiago Espinosa: Victoria, I need you to listen to me. The Directorate has fallen. Our armies have been routed–even as I speak, Restoration forces are closing in on Cordia City. If you kill your cousin now, the entire Reach will fall into anarchy.
Victoria Espinosa: And if Kamea wins, the Reach is doomed anyway! You've been telling me that for years now! Was it all a lie, Father?!
Lord Santiago Espinosa: VICTORIA! This is NOT THE TIME for a DEBATE! You will attend to my words and obey me, as you always have. I ORDER YOU to STAND DOWN, for the good of the Reach!
Victoria Espinosa: The Directorate is the Reach, Father. And I will never stop fighting for it. Wallow in your cowardice–I will win this war in spite of you.
Darius Oliveira: She's cut the line. You're gonna have to put her in the ground, Lady Arano... she's too far gone for this to end any other way.
Kamea Arano: If that is her choice, then so be it–I'll do whatever I must to save Lord Madeira. Fall in on me, MechWarriors... we have one more wrong to right.
[Once your lance has Line-of-site of Victoria's lance.]
Victoria Espinosa: It took you long enough, Kamea... I was beginning to wonder if you'd turned tail and run. It wouldn't have been the first time.
Kamea Arano: I'm here for you, Victoria. And the justice of House Arano rides with me.
Victoria Espinosa: How poetic. I have no justice for you, Kamea. No flowery words. Only pain, and death, and humiliation, with Lord Madeira as your audience.
Kamea Arano: Let him go, Victoria. Now.
Victoria Espinosa: Quit wasting your breath. We've both waited for this long enough. Come to me, cousin–let's finish this.
[Victoria Taunt at the start of Round 3.]
Victoria Espinosa: Come closer, dear cousin... come closer...
[Victoria Taunt at the start of Round 4.]
Victoria Espinosa: Send your lancemates to me, Kamea. And watch.
[Victoria Battlecry while using her special ability.]
Victoria Espinosa: FIRE AND STEEL!
[At the end of Round 4.]
Kamea Arano: You're as much a victim as you are a murderer, Victoria. Your father raised you to kill in his name.
Victoria Espinosa: And you are a fool. Your father raised you to believe you were the hero of some ridiculous fairytale. And you still believe it, even now.
Kamea Arano: I don't know what I believe anymore. But this madness must end, and if you won't stop it, I will.
[Kamea Battlecry in round 5.]
Kamea Arano: FOR JUSTICE! FOR THE RESTORATION!
[Kamea Battlecry in round 6]
Kamea Arano: I'm coming for you, cousin! The Directorate dies today!
[ Kamea Victoria Banter at the start of round 7.]
Kamea Arano: Your father has already surrendered, Victoria. Your cause is lost.
Victoria Espinosa: Then he is weak! I will never stand down!
[Once Victoria is defeated.]
Victoria Espinosa: ...All of this death... [static] ...the coup, Perdition... Mastiff. All of it... for nothing.
Kamea Arano: It was always for nothing, Victoria. The Directorate was never going to be the return to glory that your father promised.
Victoria Espinosa: ...I know, cousin. I... I know. Our fathers lied to us. There is no future for the Reach. [wet coughing] You are the hero of nothing, cousin... nothing at all.
[Post Victoria is defeated.]
Kamea Arano: I'm sorry, Victoria... you left me no choice. But make no mistake: Justice has been served here today. I am the Sword of Restoration. And Coromodir is free.
Unknown Triggers[edit]
[Once Missed Shot at Victoria Taunt.]
Victoria Espinosa: Ha! A pathetic display!
[Once Victoria Downs a friendly Lancemate Taunt.]
Victoria Espinosa: A vision of your future, Kamea! You'll be joining them soon!
[Once Victoria Damages Kamea Taunt.]
Victoria Espinosa: Your death closes in on you, cousin. The Arano bloodline ends today.
[Once Victoria Damages.]
Victoria Espinosa: I will end you, mercenary swine!