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If either the Intimidation of Persuasion options are chosen and passed, the Gondians help the party. Otherwise, they are too scared to fight against the Banites and remain hostile until Black Gauntlet Tamia Holzt is defeated. Upon her death, the [[Motivator]] she carries begins to activate and can be deactivated with an Intellect roll (DC 5). After the battle, the Gondians begin to panic and state that their families are being kept hostage.
If either the Intimidation of Persuasion options are chosen and passed, the Gondians help the party. Otherwise, they are too scared to fight against the Banites and remain hostile until Black Gauntlet Tamia Holzt is defeated. Upon her death, the [[Motivator]] she carries begins to activate and can be deactivated with an Intellect roll (DC 5). After the battle, the Gondians begin to panic and state that their families are being kept hostage.


In order to gain more information, the party must go into the Security Office. The key can be looted off of Tamia Holzt's body, or lockpicked (DC 15). Only one Gondian is inside - Zanner Toobin, who immediately recognizes the party as intruders. He explains more about the Gondian's families being held hostage and beg the party to rescue his daughter. If the party agrees, he will help shut the place down. Unfortunately, Zanner is not sure where the family members are being held and suggests going deeper into the Foundry to find more information.
In order to gain more information, the party must go into the Security Office. The key can be looted off of Tamia Holzt's body, or lockpicked (DC 15). Only one Gondian is inside - [[Zanner Toobin]], who immediately recognizes the party as intruders. He explains more about the Gondian's families being held hostage and beg the party to rescue his daughter. If the party agrees, he will help shut the place down. Unfortunately, Zanner is not sure where the family members are being held and suggests going deeper into the Foundry to find more information.


=== Approaching the Foundry ===
=== In the Foundry ===
After encountering Zanner, there are several avenues to approach disabling the Steel Watch.
After encountering Zanner, there are several avenues to approach disabling the Steel Watch.
* Complete [[Save the Gondians]] and rescue the Gondians and their families
* Complete [[Avenge the Ironhands]] and either complete Save the Gondians along the way, or leave the Gondians to die
* Ignore both quests, kill Zanner and use [[Speak with Dead]] to learn how to disable the Neurocitor in the heart of the control centre, and destroy the Foundry.
* It's also possible to initiate combat between the Banites and the Gondians with a single party member who then will go invisible. The Banites will kill the Gondians, and Zanner will die and it's not possible to speak to him anymore. However a journal can be looted from him that gives part one of a clue. The second part is in the lab, outside the control center back by the "operating  area". On a bookshelf there is a book that reveals Gonds true name, that can be used on the control panel. If the Ironhands quests cannot be triggered, judicious use of invisibility and the above are the only way to do this without engaging the Iron Watch.


=== Destroying the Foundry ===
Completing [[Save the Gondians]] by rescuing the Gondians and their families.
 
Completing [[Avenge the Ironhands]] and either completing Save the Gondians along the way, or leaving the Gondians to die.
 
The Quests Save the Gondians and Avenge the Ironhands do not need to be undertaken to finish Disable the Steel Watch. If the party fails to disable the Motivator and the Gondians die, the party can delve deeper into the Foundry and plant the runepowder bomb. If the runepowder bomb was not taken, Zanner's body can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]] and he provides the code to destroy the Foundry. Otherwise, the party can choose to forsake the Gondians and plant the bomb, killing them in the process.
The Quests Save the Gondians and Avenge the Ironhands do not need to be undertaken to finish Disable the Steel Watch. If the party fails to disable the Motivator and the Gondians die, the party can delve deeper into the Foundry and plant the runepowder bomb. If the runepowder bomb was not taken, Zanner's body can be spoken to with [[Speak with Dead]] and he provides the code to destroy the Foundry. Otherwise, the party can choose to forsake the Gondians and plant the bomb, killing them in the process.


Alternatively, if Zanner's corpse can not be spoken to (for example, because it was destroyed by an elemental spell), a journal can be looted from him where it is stated that the code is the true name of Gond. The true name of Gond is revealed in [[The Many Faces of Gond]] which can be found in the bookcases in the small surgery area in the large foundry area before the room with the Steel Watch Titan.  
Alternatively, if Zanner's corpse can not be spoken to (for example, because it was destroyed by an elemental spell), a journal can be looted from him where it is stated that the code is the true name of Gond. The true name of Gond is revealed in [[The Many Faces of Gond]] which can be found in the bookcases in the small surgery area in the large foundry area before the room with the Steel Watch Titan.  


Going deep within the Foundry, the party needs to sneak or fight their way to the Control Centre Antechamber on the western side of the facility. This leads to a hallway filled with Steel Watcher brains, and the control room beyond.
Going deeper within the Foundry, the party needs to sneak or fight their way to the Control Centre Antechamber on the western side of the facility. This leads to a hallway filled with Steel Watcher brains, and the control room beyond.


=== The Titan ===
=== The Titan ===
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