Did you hear the news? A major character was killed off of a cable tv show and everyone on Facebook is talking about it. Ok, maybe they are talking about Game of Thrones, but a similar thing happened in Defiance this week. It was part of the major story arc for the week. We also had 3 other storylines taking place that I’ll call: Stahma’s Softer Side, Killer Quentin & Bath Time for Young Lovers.

So with the main story we had Sukar die, then come back to life only to be killed by Nolan. But not before he looked like he was going to destroy Defiance, but was really trying to save it. I was kind of luke warm on this story. Irisa got in the middle of it because she had another vision. Maybe if we had some reason why she’s having visions I’d like it a little more. Is it because she’s been dubbed ‘Little Wolf’. Maybe because she was tortured as a little kid. Or it could be just lack of sleep because Tommy is keeping her awake at night. (Doubtful.) I guess that fact that we only see the visions when it’s necessary for the story is what bugs me. I did like the explanation they came up with for how Sukar was brought back to life from the nano robots. I don’t think this story will have much effect on things overall except for Nolan and Irisa growing apart a little more.

A new episode of Defiance didn’t air this week, but we did receive an interesting bit of content in the game. It seems there’s a strange, deadly sickness in Paradise that Eren is struggling to find a cure for. Visiting Iron Demon Ranch, Top-Notch Toolworks, and Shondu’s Consulate will give you a preview of the ailing patients as well as an opportunity to grab three data recorders that are part of a new pursuit. The pursuit’s called “Hunting the Cure” and can be found along with the other Season One episode pursuits. All three data recorders are pretty simple to find in the above noted locations and will also toss out some interesting hints as to the potential source of the disease.

Oh, yeah, and if you want Trion’s amusing, uh, take on the plague, check out this Monday’s Across the Badlands feature on TwitchTV. It’s shorter than most Across the Badlands airings. For a good reason!

If you happened to miss out on the very first Episode Mission of Defiance that explored the origins of Nolan’s crystal that saved the day in the town of Defiance, you’re in luck. Trion is re-releasing the series of missions this weekend. The series will appear after completing the ‘Raiding the Medicine Cabinet’ mission, which is very early on in the game. You’ll have from Friday, May 24th until Monday, June 3rd to complete the mission before it’s taken offline again.

As a note, this mission will only appear for players who have not completed it already. Trion is hoping to one day allow players to replay some of the Episode Missions, but for now, Nolan and Irisa’s shenanigans will only be playable once.

For more information, see the official announcement regarding Rewind Week.

Defiance‘s next major content patch will be arriving this Thursday, May 23rd. In this 1.020 patch we will be receiving an assortment of TV show crossover content that will be made available in the coming weeks as well as the new open world Siege modes and the return of Freight Yard for once and for all. The servers will also be getting a solid amount of performance improvements and voice chat improvements. Additionally, there will be a large amount of bug fixes, balance adjustments, and overall gameplay and UI improvements in this patch. Keep reading for the full list of patch notes, which was made available in this thread on the official forums yesterday.

We get started with a chase scene through the streets of Defiance. The Castithan that is being chased falls down, but tosses out a little mini grenade sort of thing to distract everyone so he can get away. His plan works up till the point where Nolan tackles him. The guy chasing the Castithan catches up and recognizes Nolan. The fought together and are old friends. His name is Eddie and he’s a bounty hunter.

They take the Castithan bounty to the jailhouse. Doc Yewll tends to the Castithan who starts talking to her. He asks if the humans know what she did during the Pale Wars. He know what she did and says he was a big fan. She says that he must have her confused with someone else and leaves. We do learn that the Castithan is named Paul Mattis and he is a weapons designer. He’s wanted by the Earth Republic for war crimes.

It’s mail call time in Defiance and everyone is excited. While most people are getting letters and packages, Nolan is getting ready to escort Rynn to Las Vegas Prison. He’s also guarding the city’s money that Amanda will using to get a train line going through Defiance. Amanda comes across and E-Rep Ambassador that she’s been ignoring correspondence from because she doesn’t want anything to do with the E-Reps. The Ambassador and her two husbands will be traveling with Nolan and Amanda. The only other passenger is a bible salesman.

Meanwhile, Irisa sees someone she thinks she knows. She follow the mystery man into the bar and keeps an eye on him. When he leaves out the back, she confronts him and knocks him out. When he awakes, he’s strapped to a chair in a basement or something. Irisa says she know who he is and she’s going to torture him like he did to her when she was a little girl. He says she’s got the wrong person, he’s just a traveling salesman of trinkets.

A few weeks ago, those who watch Defiance on Syfy were introduced to a character with some less-than great intentions — an Irathient named Rynn. We first met her briefly as part of the group of raiders in the pilot episode, and she made her return when attempting to destroy the town of Defiance by unleashing a massive hive of Hellbugs. As a punishment for her crimes, she was sentenced to two years in Las Vegas prison, but has since escaped custody (we’ll leave the details and spoilers to the recap article being posed very soon).

Last we saw her, she was told that she should consider bounty hunting. We do not know her geographic location at the time of her escape, but we know she has a roller and Las Vegas isn’t too awfully far from San Francisco.

So we were left with two questions…

Just in case you have any lingering questions about how the Salvage Matrix system works in Defiance, Trion released an intel video explaining the breakdowns of the system, which aspects unlock when, and how to break down and modify weapons using the system. One interesting tidbit was revealed in this video which directly corresponds to the topic of an improved Salvage Matrix system that Nathan Richardsson touched on in yesterday’s Letter to the Community.

It seems we’ll be gaining the ability to reset a weapon’s mastery points in the future:

Very cool! Keep reading to take a look at the full video.

In yesterday’s letter to the community posted by Nathan Richardsson, Executive Producer of Defiance, one very interesting set of details was announced– the contents of the first upcoming Defiance DLC (downloadable content) pack. The release date for this first DLC pack, which is being tentatively called “Enter the Castithan”, has not been announced yet, but we do know that there will be three types of content added: Paid DLC content that will set players back $10 unless they have purchased the Season Pass, free DLC content that will be available to all players, and additional, optional in-game store content.

And yes, our first new playable race will be the Castithans! Castithan fans celebrate! So, what other types of content are we going to see? Let’s check it out. Keep reading to take a look.

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