A Momentary Taste of Purpleberry

A Momentary Taste of Purpleberry
Murder on Eridanos quest background.
Type	Main quest
Location	Grand Colonial Hotel
Rewards	285,000xp 2,000 bits Grand Colonial Penthouse Keycard
Quest progression
Previous	The Last Role of Halcyon Helen
Next	The Man Who Chafed

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Residue you found on the bottom of Halcyon Helen's shoes indicates she visited Rizzo's Purpleberry Orchard a short time before her death. Perhaps she left a clue there concerning her murder.

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—Start Description

A Momentary Taste of Purpleberry is a main quest in the Murder on Eridanos DLC.

Walkthrough

• Speak to Concierge Halston at the Grand Colonial Hotel reception desk to acquire the Grand Colonial Penthouse Keycard.
• Take the elevator up to The Penthouse suite.
• Interact with the video terminal to contact Administrator Ludovico.
• Go to the Purpleberry Orchards via the Bridge: Hotel to Orchards POI.
• Speak to Sidney Moyano for some quest related info.
• Use the Discrepancy Amplifier on the footsteps on the path.
• Speak to Jacob Yarbough for some quest related info.
• Continue following the path and using the Discrepancy Amplifier on the footsteps until you reach the Conservatory.
• Speak with Carter Reynolds for some quest related info.
• Continue following the path and using the Discrepancy Amplifier on the footsteps until you reach the Nursery Storage.
• Speak with Anna Summers for some quest related info.
• Continue following the footsteps until you reach the Wrecked Picnic.
• Use the Discrepancy Amplifier on the broken Tossball Stick.
• Examine the RR&DD Labs Security Access Card to acquire it.
• Go to the Rizzo's Research and Development District Labs.
• Speak to Dr. Blossom.
• Take the elevator down to the lower floor and either kill or knock them out the frenzied workers.
• Return to Dr. Blossom.
• Search Dr. Blossom's body for Dr. Blossom's Office Keycard.
• Use the Discrepancy Amplifier on the other scientists.
• Use the labs terminal near Dr. Blossom's body.
• Head North out of the lab and use the Discrepancy Amplifier in the small maintenance room.
• Go to Dr. Blossom's office to pick up the Spectrum Vodka Violet.
• Leave the Rizzo's Research and Development District Labs.
• Go to The Hive and sneak in through the East gate to avoid the Waspquito Swarms.
• Enter the building in The Hive and use the Hive Control terminal to end the cycle.
• Return to The Penthouse suite to report to Administrator Ludovico.

Quest Stages

Stage	Status	Description	Log Entry
1		Check into the Penthouse Suite	Following Helen's murder, Administrator Ludovico and Sedrick Kincannon agreed to lock down the spaceport and bridge access to all land complexes. You'll need to check into the penthouse suite and contact Ludovico through the video terminal to unlock the bridge to Rizzo's Purpleberry Orchards. To Check into the penthouse, pick up the room key from the concierge desk. Reward: 12,214XP and Grand Colonial Penthouse Keycard
2		Speak with Administrator Ludovico via the Penthouse Terminal	Call Administrator Ludovico on the video terminal in the penthouse suite to gain bridge access to Rizzo's Purpleberry Orchards in the Eridanos Atmospheric Complex. Reward: 12,214XP
3		Travel to the Purpleberry Orchards.	Head to the Purpleberry Orchards to begin your investigation regarding Helen's recent activities there. Perhaps you'll find some insight into who would have wanted her dead. Reward: 12,214XP
4		Find Helen's Trail	The Discrepancy Amplifier should be able to pick out Helen's tracks based on the scans of her feet that you took. Search the Purpleberry Orchards and see if you can pick up her trail. Reward: 12,214XP
5		Follow Helen's Trail.	You've found part of Helen's trail - footsteps that definitively belonged to her. Follow the direction of the footsteps to find out where she went during her recent trek through the Orchards. Sidney Montoya, the vendor at the Purpleberry Nut Hut, didn't see Helen, but she did see Black Hole Bertie, Helen's boyfriend, apparently buying supplies for a picnic somewhere in the Orchards. Carter Reynolds at the Conservatory said that Helen had bullied her way into a tour of the private Rizzo's Research & Development District Labs in the Orchards. Anna Summers, working in the Nursery Storage, mentioned someone who looked like Helen heading into the Conservatory. Groundskeeper Jacob Yarbough spotted Helen in the Orchards on the night of her death, where she met with Dr. Liora Blossom. Reward: 12,214XP
6		Search the Picnic for Clues.	Helen met someone for a picnic, and it seems to have gone poorly - the site is a mess. Helen's footprints end here, but perhaps she left behind something of interest. Reward: 12,214XP and RR&DD Labs Security Access Card
7		Enter Rizzo's RR&DD Labs	You retrieved a Rizzo's RR&DD Labs security card from the picnic site. It's unknown who dropped it, Helen or her mysterious paramour, but at least you know where to look for your next lead - the Rizzo's Research and Development District Labs in the Purpleberry Orchards. Reward: 12,214XP
8		Speak with Dr. Blossom	Inside Rizzo's Research and Development District Labs, someone named Dr. Blossom asked to speak with you on the intercom. Reward: 12,214XP
9		Deal with the Frenzied Rizzo's Employees.	Dr. Blossom explained that some of the workers in the lab became suddenly violent and asked that you kill or otherwise pacify them. She directed you to a terminal in the utility room that could disperse a sedative to knock them out if you're inclined to spare their lives. Reward: 12,214XP
10		Return to Dr. Blossom	You've dealt with the frenzied lab workers. Dr. Blossom should be open to answering questions regarding Helen. Reward: 12,214XP
11		Search Dr. Blossom's Lab	Dr. Blossom has been murdered! Search her lab information regarding Me. Halcyon. Reward: 12,214XP
12		(Optional) Use the Discrepancy Amplifier to find Additional Clues	Using the Discrepancy Amplifier may shed some light on what happened in the RR&DD Labs. Reward: 12,214XP
13		(Optional) Deal with Waspquito Swarms	Someone has unleashed waspquitos all throughout the Orchards! Find a way to stop the pollenization cycle before you're stung to death! Reward: 12,214XP
14		Report to Administrator Ludovico	You found evidence that a certain research file was downloaded to a data cartridge, then deleted from the terminal. Administrator Ludovico will want to hear the results of your investigation. Reward: 12,214XP, 114,004xp, 2,000 bits

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You updated Administrator Ludovico on your investigation in the Purpleberry Orchards. It seems that Helen was suspicious of some Rizzo's activities, but it's not yet clear what she was trying to find. Whatever it was, someone killed Dr. Blossom and tried to kill you to cover it up.

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Behind the scences

The quest name is a reference to the science fiction novel A Momentary Taste of Being by American author Alice Sheldon, better known as James Tiptree Jr.