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by Gregg Reece 
Mar 3rd 2010 at 9:00PM
WARNING: This post is chock full of spoilers. Spoilers like you would not believe. If you'd like to be surprised about the Operation Gnomeregan and what is contained within, I wouldn't recommend continuing onward. If, however, you are clamoring for more information, read on!
A lot of new sound bites have popped up in the latest PTR patch build for 3.3.3. After some digging, listening, and arranging, we've figured out the basic script of the Operation Gnomeregan event. There's a lot of good gnomish humor in there as well as an explanation of events to come. Please note that this is just an assembly of transcripts from all of the sound files put in what appears to be a proper order.
Prologue:
Phase One:High Tinker Mekkatorque: Citizens and friends of Gnomeregan, today is the day we take back our city from that vile traitor Thermaplugg. Gather around me as we prepare to reclaim our homeland.
Mekkatorque: No more shall our people live as refugees, as outcasts, as wretched irradiated slaves chained to the yoke of a madman's war machine!
Mekkatorque: The end of Thermaplugg's reign draws near! Gather now at the staging area!
Mekkatorque: Our tactics, our science, our bravery and determination shall prevail! The assault begins in but a moment.
Phase Two:Mekkatorque: Operation Gnomeregan begins now! Initiate phase one: Recapture the enemy airfield. Destroy their rocket launchers to achieve total air superiority!
Mekkatorque: Targets in sight! Squads deploy! Destroy all enemy rocket launchers.
Mekkatorque: Haha! That's one down! Keep attacking!
Mekkatorque: Hahaha! That's another one destroyed! Maintain the assault.
Mekkatorque: Excellent work! Don't let up!
Phase Three:Mekkatorque: The airfield is ours and with it, the skies over Gnomeregan. Now, our multi-bombers can obliterate Thermaplugg's shielded tank-buster cannons. Initiate phase two: capture the surface command post.
Mekkatorque: Our multi-bombers have destroyed the tank-buster cannon shield. Take them down and secure the surface command post!
Epilogue:Mekkatorque: Haha! We've secured the surface! Operation Gnomeregan is proceeding with 93% efficiency! Well done everyone. I'll shut down the defensive radiation pumps. Squads, commandeer the remaining mechanized suits and move up to the main entry.
Mekkatorque: We stand at the brink of victory my friends! Initiate phase three: into the tunnels! Once we've captured the underground railway and loading dock we'll use them to make a rapid attack on the heart of the city.
Mekgineer Thermaplugg [over the city PA system]: Never! Wait? Is this thing on? Is it... this... button? Testing? Testing? Ah-ha. *ahememem* Never! Gnomeregan is mine Mekkatorque! You think you'll just march into my city? Activate the expendable atomic defense system! Drive forth the troggs!
Mekkatorque: My gears... that's got to be every last trogg in the city! SQUADS! Dig in! Frag bombs... and suppressing fire! Hold the line, we won't be turned back now!
Thermaplugg: No, no, no, no! I won't allow you into my kingdom, usurper! I won't allow it! Activate the ultimate atomic protection system! Disintegrate them all!
Mekkatorque: Sweet baby titans! That's got to be the biggest trogg I've ever seen! Keep fireing! Take it down!
Mekkatorque: It's too quiet... where are Thermaplugg's defense forces?
Mekkatorque: What is that? It looks like the radiation bomb that poisoned Gnomeregan... Incoming!
Mekkatorque: It's a trap! That's a fully functional irradiator!
Thermaplugg: It is! And twenty-six more times powerful than the first. You've failed, Mekkatorque. I could have destroyed you before you even set forth into my precious city! Now DIE! .... Hehehehe, I'd love to see that old cog's face... what... it's still on? Well turn it off!
Computer: Irradiator 3000 activated. Attention: Emergency. You now have 10 minutes to reach minimum safe distance.
Mekkatorque: Ten minutes?! HAH! Plenty of time to disarm the device. Hinkles! Hand me that whirring bronze gizmo and some fresh spring water. Cogspin! Toss me that dirty trogg cloth and a handful of copper bolts.
Thermaplugg: Ten minutes!? You left the factory setting on...? Give me that controller! You idiot!
Computer: Attention: Emergency. You now have ten seconds to reach minimum safe distance.
Mekkatorque: Wha-huh! We've gotta get out of here! Lapforge! Beam us back, quickly!
It sounds like we'll be keeping the Gnomeregan instance just where it is with Mekgineer Thermaplugg exactly where he is. However, upper Gnomeregan should be back under the control of High Tinker Mekkatorque and the rest of the Gnomeregan exiles giving them back their own major city. However, this is all speculation and we'll have to wait for the event in order to find out.Mekkatorque: Curses, we had to fall back. ...But Thermaplugg's lost and he knows it. He's only bought himself time... We hold the surface and when the radiation clears, we'll assault and recapture Gnomeregan with a force twice this size!
If you want to hear the sound clips, check out this compilation by Youtube user Oxymoronable.
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
Bedvyr Mar 3rd 2010 9:29PM
I'd have to agree. At least they do it well.
Felix_NZ Mar 3rd 2010 11:03PM
I was actually hoping for a James bond reference (Goldeneye - "The same 10 minutes you gave me James") while reading that. I am disappoint.
Al Mar 4th 2010 12:03AM
"Attention: Emergency. You now have 10 minutes to reach minimum safe distance."
Don't forget Aliens.
ROB13 Mar 3rd 2010 9:33PM
"Ten minutes?! HAH! Plenty of time to disarm the device. Hinkles! Hand me that whirring bronze gizmo and some fresh spring water. Cogspin! Toss me that dirty trogg cloth and a handful of copper bolts."
I've gained a lot of respect for the Gnomes, anyone who can make a MacGyver reference is cool in my book.
Joshua G. Mar 3rd 2010 9:39PM
How about a Gnomeregan raid?
Replace thermaplugg in the 5 man raid with another gnome named, oh I don't know.. "Tinkle Wizzlesprocket"? and make Thermaplugg the end raid boss in the gnomeregan raid :D
As for the horde give em a raid on Echo isles to kill the troll dude. 1 boss in each raid and they have the same basic abilitys! Bassically they'd sorta be like a Obsidian Sanctum type raid for cataclysm :D
What? A man can dream right?
lemur Mar 3rd 2010 9:40PM
This is but a start. Someday, my gnome lock and (future) gnome priest will dance at the recaptured Gnomeragan
seanthehorde Mar 3rd 2010 9:40PM
AMG?!?!!?!? This sounds like they might ACTUALLY be using the Ironforge Airfield finally =D
I hope I'm right.
slythwolf Mar 4th 2010 12:39PM
Ooh, I hope you are too!
uzq Mar 3rd 2010 9:40PM
ELECTRIC JUSTICE!! i just love saying that!
RetPallyJil Mar 3rd 2010 9:43PM
And it's about damned time :) Grats, my gnomies.
Heather Mar 3rd 2010 9:57PM
I'm so excited!
Cyanea Mar 3rd 2010 10:05PM
"We'll assault and recapture Gnomeregan"
What? In another three expansions?
Allok Mar 3rd 2010 10:20PM
FOR GNOMEREGAN!
Damn you Blizzard, you know just the right strings to pull. Now I have to activate my account so my Gnome Mage can secure her own Capital City. It's funny too. this will be happening about the same time that the Goblins will be losing Undermine. HA!
CDave Mar 3rd 2010 10:36PM
Haha I can't wait to do this quest line!
I'm thinking that come Cataclysm, either Gnomes with have their city back with a dungeon inside it (like RFC in Org) that's just part of the current instance, or they'll have their own phased leveling area that involves taking back all of Gnomeregan. Either way it's a vast improvement on the current dwarf-clone start that Gnomes have now.
I can't wait to see how the Trolls turn out now!
Atdt1991 Mar 3rd 2010 11:20PM
Here's what I think will happen: This quest will become active in 3.3.5.
And we'll get Gnomeragan proper for Cataclysm.
No more Gnomey instance.
And I think that'll be great, really. :) Let the instance die, it'll be awesome to have a functioning city!
JoeShmoe64 Mar 3rd 2010 11:04PM
Sounds great!
Also, the music for the event is in the files and can be found on Youtube. Hats off the music team, they managed to take a quirky theme and make it feel like an epic battle, but some parts make you feel progress, ya know? Just listening to the theme makes me feel like the story is beginning to move forward.
arcaneterror Mar 3rd 2010 11:52PM
MEKKATORQUE MISSILE!
Des Mar 4th 2010 12:28AM
As I was looking around Youtube for more juicy spoilers of the Gnomeregan event, I came across http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9LQwg7KVE&feature=related. Check it out, pretty neat.
I have the sudden urge to make a Gnome now.
RogueJedi86 Mar 4th 2010 1:47AM
It's a shame the listed script suggests we don't take Gnomeregan proper. Screw the "we'll take it back for real later on", let's put on radiation suits(like goblins at Area 52) and take Gnomeregan entirely.
RogueJedi86 Mar 4th 2010 2:44AM
The pitch is a bit high, but the gravelly voice and the pacing of his words sounds just like Derek Stephen Prince's Uryu Ishida from Bleach. I'll second your guess of Mekkatorque being voiced by him.