Powering The Fast Travel Network

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Powering The Fast Travel Network is a story mission in the Dahl Headlands to activate the Fast Travel Network .

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Objectives [ ]

  • Breakers thrown: 0/2
  • Master switch flipped

Strategy [ ]

After saving Lucky , grab a vehicle from the Catch-A-Ride outside and follow the power lines to the southeast.

The first breaker is easily reachable by jumping onto the platform. Once the breaker is flipped several Scythids will attack.

Head to the next tower down the line. A bandit Outrunner will attack as the tower is neared. Climb the tower and flip the breaker. Once again several Scythid will attack after the breaker is flipped.

After both breakers are thrown, keep following the power lines to the southeast to the Fast Travel Network Hub. The station is protected by a fairly large group of bandits.

The master switch is found by walking up the staircase and to the left of the main building. Flip the master switch to activate the power station. Bandit reinforcements will pop out of the crates downstairs after the switch is thrown. Return to Lucky to turn in the mission and collect the reward.

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You Can Use Fast Travel Anywhere (Almost)

Fast Travel in Borderlands 3 is free and can be done anywhere. Do this by just opening the Echo menu and choosing where you want to Fast Travel to and you're good to go. However, you cannot Fast Travel when riding a vehicle .

Fast Travel To Your Vehicle

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You can also use Fast Travel to instantly teleport to your vehicle. You can do this by opening the ECHO menu and selecting your vehicle, then Fast Traveling to it as you would with a location. You'll then be instantly inside your vehicle and ready to drive.

Can Only Go To Fast Travel Stations

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You can only go to places with unlocked Fast Travel Stations. From there, you can either walk or Digistruct a vehicle to go to your destination. Also worth noting is that you cannot fast travel to New-U Stations (in-game checkpoints).

One-Way Fast Travel Stations

One-Way Fast Travel

Fast Travel Station encountered after boss fights are one-way stations, meaning that you cannot Fast Travel to them . Using them works the same way as using Fast Travel in your ECHO menu.

You Can Fast Travel During Combat

Even in combat, you can still fast travel by opening the ECHO menu. Use this to regroup and get out of unfavorable situations. Note that this is a one-way trip and you might have to manually trek back to your previous location.

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As games grow larger in scale, methods of travel are a very important part of gameplay design. This is usually handled with fast travel, allowing players to instantly teleport from one area to another that they have visited in the past. Borderlands 3 uses this as well and this guide will explain how you can do just that.

Borderlands 3 is split into different areas known as Zones, each of which have different maps and places to explore. Within each of these, you can utilize fast travel, but it is limited to places you have visited thus far.

As you’re making your way through Borderlands 3, you’ll find Fast Travel Stations that you can open for maps, which unlocks a new fast travel location for you to select from. After finding some of these, the way to travel between them is rather easy.

First of all, press the menu button on Xbox One to open the menu system and use the bumper buttons to scroll over to Map option. From here, you can move the cursor until you are on top of a Fast Travel Station, or you can go through the list itself.

Once you have a location highlighted, hold down A and it will warp you to this previously visited location in time no time.

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There are a number of Crew Missions to complete for bonuses in Borderlands 3 , but none offer better rewards than the Typhon Log missions. That’s why we’re here to walk you through where all of the Meridian Metroplex Typhon Log locations are.

All Meridian Metroplex Typhon Log Locations in Borderlands 3

Like with Borderlands 3’s other Typhon Logs, those found in the Meridian Metroplex are scattered throughout the map in the corners of certain areas. Each gives you some back story on the area your in, and finding all three will reveal the location of a weapons cache somewhere in the city.

To get all three though, it’s best to have progressed through the main story to the point where Rhys has invited you to Atlus HQ. This will ensure you don’t have any trouble accessing portions of the area where the logs are located, and will even drop one right into your lap.

Where to Find the First Meridian Metroplex Typhon Log in Borderlands 3

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For the first log, head through the Atlus command outpost where Lorelei is located and take a vehicle north along the city streets until you come to a fork in the road.

Turn right at the fork, and then go down and to the right toward a dead end beneath an overpass. You should discover a new Catch-a-Ride station in the dead-end.

Where you’ll want to go, though, is the overpass above the dead end. To reach it, look for a small, divergent path to the right of the one leading to the dead end. hop out of your car, and then follow it forward toward the overpass. The Typhon log will appear on your map once you make the turn to go above the Catch-a-Ride station.

Where to Find the Second Typhon Log

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The next Typhon Log can be found in the Mercantile section of the Metroplex. This area is accessible once you’ve met up with Zero through Borderlands 3’s main mission, so hold off on trying to go after it until this occurs.

From the Atlus command center, head north along the road and then left at the fork. This will take you to another fork, and you’ll want to turn left down into an underpass.

Continue along the underpass path until you come to a Catch-a-Ride station directly ahead of you. Turn right at the station, and then continue along the path until you come to another Catch-a-Ride station as well as a point where you have to exit your vehicle.

Exit your vehicle and make your way through the area toward the top left corner of the section of the map. This will bring you to a court yard, and the Typhon Log can be found in the far corner of the yard. It can be easy to miss due to the marker’s trigger being finicky, so keep your eyes peeled and don’t be afraid to make a second pass if necessary.

Where to Find the Third Meridian Metroplex Typhon Log in Borderlands 3

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The final Typhon Log is found along the path to Atlus HQ, and if you wait until Rhys invites you to his office as part of Borderlands 3’s main quest, you should be taken right to it.

From the last Typhon log, return to your vehicle and continue north along the road until you come to a cluster of Maliwan shipping containers with a small truck parked next to them.

Exit your vehicle, and then look for a space between the truck and shipping containers you can hop over. The Typhon log will be directly ahead of you on a patch of grass.

Where to Find Meridian Metroplex Dead Drop Cache

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After you’ve found all three of Typhon logs, the location of Typhon’s Meridian Metroplex weapon stash will be revealed. However, reaching it will require some platforming.

To reach it, go to the Meridian Metroplex command center fast travel station. Take a vehicle from the Catch-a-Ride station up the road leading north and stop just before the fork. There will be an area you can enter at the split in the road sans your vehicle.

Head forward until you enter a wide-open courtyard area with an entrance to the Lectra City section of the planet. Go to the bottom right corner of the courtyard and look for some crates you can grapple your way up onto.

Grapple your way up the crates, then look for a walkway along the wall you can jump onto. Jump onto the walkway and continue down it until you come to a red crate. Jump over the crate, and then crouch down under a pipe hanging over the walkway. The cache will be directly ahead of you.

That’s every Meridian Metroplex Typhon Log location in Borderlands 3. For more on the game, check out our other guides on the game like how to get the Cloud Kill and Conference Call .

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Originally posted by JHarlequin : On the biggest maps there are only two fast travel locations and a vehicle if you have one on the map. There just aren't that many fast travel locations. As for holding the use button on a fast travel location and it not traveling, that is a bit of a problem. Haven't seen anything about that yet. Hopefully if it is an issue then it gets figured out. If you are playing with another player, I believe you can't fast travel even on the same map if they are in a menu. Not sure though I haven't done enough multiplayer to be sure.

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Originally posted by GalbiNest : There is a fast travel station right in front of my eyes, but the map doesn't show the station and can't be targeted either. I can still interact with that station and use it to travel to another station, but that particular station is not shown on the map.
Originally posted by Cheesed to meet you? : Originally posted by GalbiNest : There is a fast travel station right in front of my eyes, but the map doesn't show the station and can't be targeted either. I can still interact with that station and use it to travel to another station, but that particular station is not shown on the map.
Originally posted by GalbiNest : Originally posted by Cheesed to meet you? : What map?
Originally posted by JHarlequin : A fast travel point is the gold tech console that opens when you get close and has a holgraphic icon for travel and a name. If you see a gold tech console that opens when you get close but it does not have a name, then it is just a respawn point, not a fast travel point.
Originally posted by Cheesed to meet you? : Originally posted by JHarlequin : A fast travel point is the gold tech console that opens when you get close and has a holgraphic icon for travel and a name. If you see a gold tech console that opens when you get close but it does not have a name, then it is just a respawn point, not a fast travel point.

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Enshrouded: All Fast Travel Point Locations

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Enshrouded has been pretty popular since its launch, as the game managed to reach over 1 million players in less than a week. There are many reasons behind this popularity, but one bold feature of the game is its massive world even in the Early Access phase.

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While the accessible areas of the map in the Early Access version don't even include 50% of the entire map, there is still a lot to explore in Enshrouded that could keep you entertained for over a hundred hours. However, if you want to access key parts of the map earlier, you have to focus on activating fast travel points.

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The closest fast travel point to where you begin the game is the Springlands Ancient Spire . This fast travel tower is located just on the north of the Braelyn Bridge . Activating Springlands will mark a number of new locations on your map, including the Ancient Vault of Alchemist .

If you head west from Springlands, you can discover Egerton Salt Mines , which is a great source for collecting as much salt as you need. Other than that, you can move north to discover lush forests as the next biome in the game, and eventually activate Revelwood's Ancient Spire.

If you head east from where you start the game, you will face a massive Shroud zone, at the center of which a tall Ancient Spire is visible. Low Meadows Fast Travel Point will mark the location of Carpenter on your map, and overall, it serves as a great gliding point to explore the southern areas of the map, though it's fully covered by a massive magma pool in the southeast.

If you increase your Flame Strength Level to 4, you can head north from Low Meadows and discover Pillars of Creation , a massive maze-like cave, that is also the home to one of the tools that Carpenter will need further in the game.

After unlocking the previous Ancient Spires, Revelwood is the first Fast Travel Point that is located in a different biome. Before you can unlock this tower, you will visit the lush forests of Enshrouded, which is by far the most beautiful biome of the game.

Revelwood is set in a new biome, so it has a rich environment for collecting Lump of Clay , Copper , Flax, Strawberries, Indigo Flowers, and several other plants. You will also face new enemies inside this biome that are far deadlier than what you had seen previously.

Heading a long way directly to the east from Revelwood's tower will lead you to Nomad Highlands Fast Travel Point, as well as a new biome in the game. This biome is more like a savanna, populated by both Scavengers and Vukah members. Also, you will face hyenas in this biome, which are quite faster and deadlier than wolves.

Tin and Fossilized Bones are some of the materials that are plentiful in Nomadlands. You will also find new plants like Bell Peppers , as well as new non-hostile birds that drop Feathers and Eggs after their death.

Moving to the southeast from the Nomad Highlands, you will step into the Wastelands, the most dangerous biome of Enshrouded based on the Early Access launch version of the game. You will need Flame Level 5 to search the Shroud zones of this area, but there are some incredibly high-value ores and materials to collect here.

This area features giant hostile birds, poisonous scorpions, and a wide variety of new plants. If you search the southern parts of the Wastelands, you can mine Lapislazuli , which is a highly valuable gem that can be used to craft high-level armor.

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Blanchett will play Lilith, an infamous bounty hunter from a group of women with remarkable powers called the "Siren" class. Photos shared by Lionsgate show stars rounding out the blockbuster's cast include Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Gershon and Florian Munteanu. The studio also released a photo of the cast in their costumes gathered around a manhole looking down.

The movie comes after several video game installments from its original release "Borderlands," which released on Oct. 20, 2009. The original game was developed by Texas-based studio Gearbox Software.

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The film will follow Blanchett's Lilith, a bounty hunter with a mysterious past, who returns to her home planet Pandora reluctantly on a mission to find the missing daughter of a Atlas, played by Edgar Ramírez. She forms an alliance with an unexpected group of misfits to complete her mission, according to a news release.

"Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other," a news release said.

In the original 2009 game, players choose to play as one of four Vault Hunters as they fight various villains from bandits to monsters using an array of weapons and their respective super abilities.

Who do Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Hart, Jack Black play?

Curtis plays Tannis, an oddball scientist who has "seen it all." Meanwhile, Hart plays seasoned mercenary Roland and Black plays wiseass robot Claptrap.

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My wife and I have traveled independently to many European countries and, after reading many of the comments in this forum, feel like we may be able to do so in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well, although we feel somewhat less comfortable than the other countries where we have traveled in Europe.

My biggest question is how much we will miss by visiting the main sites without a tour guide. In the other European countries we have visited on our own we have been comfortable and satisfied with the level of knowledge we have gained by studying and visiting on our own, although we believe a tour guide or tour company in any country would normally be able to provide greater insight than visiting a site on our own, but about in Moscow and St. Petersburg?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Unless you speak at least some Russian and read the alphabet it would be difficult without a guide. Very few signs in English especially in Moscow. Also not too many people speak English there.

I visited St Petersburg last Autumn for a protracted period , and did not find it anymore daunting than any other European city . As Ilja says , learning the Cyrillic alphabet is a big plus . I also found that it was fairly easy to grasp . It will , among other things , enable you to read signs with relative ease . I would answer the main part or your question ( about tour guides ) thus - I am not enamored of tour guides or tours. While I only use a tour under duress ( A sites rules prohibiting an independent visit - ie Glasgow School of Art , Municipal House in Prague , etc ) . Doing your own preparation and homework is the best way , in my opinion . My wife and I ventured through St Petersburg with nary a concern ,and made two day trips outside of the central district ( one was twenty five miles away , and no English speakers in sight ) Figuring out the logistical details , did not present any difficulties . While I never use tours , I am an inveterate eavesdropper , have done so many times , and find , that on balance , the information that they impart is fairly elementary . If you want greater detail , they are unlikely to supply it . I also prefer to go at my own pace , not being rushed and being able to dwell on things that most other visitors barely give a passing glance . If you are interested , let me know . I would be happy to provide you with information that will enable you to travel independently

Thank you, Steven. I am encouraged by your comments and feel the same way you do about tour groups. We are very much willing to prepare in advance and learn the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet to help us have a better experience.

I would be very interested in learning more about your experience in Russia and receiving any additional information you can provide on independent travel there, starting perhaps with obtaining the visa.

I am not opposed to hiring a private or small group guide for a specific site or for a day trip outside St Petersburg and Moscow, but, like you said, I much prefer the freedom of staying at places as long or short as I want and seeing the sites that interest me most. For example, neither my wife nor I are big into shopping, yet most tour itineraries leave afternoon time for just that. Not interested!

Please provide whatever you may feel would be helpful for us.

Russ , I see you are quite near San Francisco - you can start by looking at the VISA procedure , it's fairly straightforward . Since there is a consulate in San Francisco - look here http://www.consulrussia.org/eng/visa-sub1.html

And here - http://ils-usa.com/main.php

Having always traveled independently, we thought we could do a better job than any tour. How misguided (pun intended) we were. Now that we have had the experience of having someone native to the area walk us around and explain things through a personal perspective we realize how much we missed. For St. Petersburg I highly recommend http://www.peterswalk.com/tours.html . This is not a traditional guided tour, but an opportunity to receive some orientation to the area as well as insight into the "Russian soul". I think if you did this upon arrival the rest of your time would be much more meaningful. We really liked the http://www.pushka-inn.com . The location is superb (just around the corner from the Hermitage square), the rooms lovely, the included breakfast at the restaurant next door ample and overall an excellent value. We used this company to get our visa: https://www.passportvisasexpress.com/site/san_francisco_customer_service Note that it costs about the same for a 3-year visa as a one-year, and you never know if you might want to return within that more extended window of time. It is not cheap, so factor that into your planning.

If you like traveling without a guide in other countries and find this satisfying, the same will be true in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Of course it's not either/or - you can certainly take a guided walk or boat tour, for instance.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of learning Cyrillic if you're going on your own. The book I used was Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script, which was great. It breaks down the alphabet into letters that are the same as English, letters that look the same but are pronounced differently, etc. It's out of print, but you can get used copies on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Beginners-Russian-Script/dp/0071419861/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459701143&sr=8-2&keywords=teach+yourself+russian+script

Russia is indeed a bit more "foreign" than say, Italy. However, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, I found enough English to be able to get by. Many restaurants had English menus and/or English speaking staff, for instance. This was most emphatically not true in Vladimir and Suzdal (two cities in the Golden Ring outside Moscow). I went with my sister, a Russian speaker, and if she hadn't been there, I would have been in big trouble. So, if you want to see places outside these two big cities, use a guided tour (even if just for that part). Also, Moscow and St. Petersburg are huge cities. Coming from New York, I wasn't intimidated, but those not used to a megacity may not be so cavalier (even I found them overwhelming at times, especially Moscow).

I found both Lonely Planet and Rough Guide to be helpful, and both to have various errors. Look at both, buy whichever one has a more recent edition, and then be prepared to have to discard some of the advice therein. Also, these places change more quickly than places in Western Europe. Be very careful of outdated advice. For instance, I was there in 2001 and 2010, so I won't give you any specifics on getting a visa - that changes constantly.

Just as a teaser, two things I saw and loved that I doubt would be included in any escorted tour are the Gorky House in Moscow (an Art Nouveau wonder) and the Sheremyetov Palace in St. Petersburg (it's now a museum of musical instruments, and the decor is amazing, particularly in the Etruscan Room).

Thanks for all the good advice. Any additional thoughts are welcomed.

One of history's seminal works pertaining to Russian history and culture and a MUST for anyone contemplating a visit or simply interested , is this fine work from 1980 - http://www.amazon.com/Land-Firebird-The-Beauty-Russia/dp/096441841X

This is about you and not about Petersburg. Do you like guided tours? We don't and didn't find that a guide added to our experience in China where we did hire private guides mostly for the logistics; it was easy to have someone drive us places. But once at a site, we didn't need the guide. I felt the same way about our 9 nights in Petersburg. We did hire a guide for the trip to the Catherine Palace again for the ease of logistics for us Olds. Here is our visit: https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/an-easy-trip-to-the-catherine-palace/ There are also snapshots of the Church on Spilled Blood in this photo journal. Having someone pick us up at the apartment and get us in without line ups and shepherd us through the palace steering clear of the tour groups was lovely. But we didn't need commentary because we can read and prepare.

You certainly don't need a guide for the Hermitage (we spent 4 days there), the Russian Museum, the Kazan Cathedral or Church on Spilled Blood or the Faberge Museum. We enjoyed a number of self guided walking tours including a couple from Rick Steves guidebooks. We took the canal cruise suggested by RS that had an English commentator. I would not take one without that as you will be totally clueless. The commentator was not all that good but at least we had some idea what we were seeing. So for people like us who like to do our own thing and can read a guidebook and don't particularly like to be led about, a tour is not needed. If you enjoy tour groups, then go for it. Petersburg is easy to negotiate. It helps if you can read the cyrillic alphabet and it is also useful to have the google translate ap on your phone. We found ourselves translating packages in grocery stores with it and the occasional museum sign or menu. I have one food I need to avoid and so it was handy to have the translator to talk with waiters (I could either show them the sentence, or play it for them or play it to myself and then repeat it to the waiter -- that all worked well)

Dear Russ, I cannot help you with Moscow, but about four years ago, my husband and I went to St Petersburg on our own. But, we did use a private guide for 4 half days. We both feel that our guide absolutely made our trip (we stayed 6 or 7 nights). We used a company owned by Tatyana Chiurikova, www.tour-stpetersburg.com I cannot say enough good things about her and our experience. I emailed her and we worked out a schedule/ sights that was tailored to our interests. She also offered some recommendations, which we took. The guide will meet you at your hotel. And frequently, at certain places, with the guide, we were able to skip the long entrance lines. We had an half day driving tour of the city (car, driver, & guide). You are taken to & go in places such as Peter & Paul Fortress, some of the cathedrals, etc. We had a half day with the guide at the Hermitage which ensured that we would see the major sights there. And, of course, you can stay after your guide leaves or return another day. Also, we had the guide for Peterhof (a must & go by boat) and Catherine's Palace. I hope that you will go to the website. As I said, our guide made our trip. I am positive that we would have missed quite a bit on our own everyday. And I'm sure we would have wasted a lot of time trying to get to various place.This was the best of both worlds, a guide where needed and plenty of time on our own. Whatever you do, I'm sure that you will love St Petersburg! Ashley

I am curious about the lines as we encountered no lines on our trip -- but it was in September. We got tickets for the Hermitage at machines and skipped those lines and our guide for the Catherine Palace which was our only guided experience (as noted before, chosen for the logistics of getting there) had arranged tickets and we didn't have a line, but then we also didn't see lines. We did not find lines at any other site.

Both Moscow and St Petersburg I've done on my own, that is together with the Dear Partner. I can't remember any problem getting where we wanted to go. The Metro systems are well signed, and with a little exercise and patience you can recognize the station names. With a good map and a good guide - we had the Rough Guides - that part of the logistics is solved. The language is a major problem, but the usual tricks of pointing, looking helpless, and making a joke of it all do wonders. I would hate to be led by a guide, but for others it is a comfortable thought.

We also did both cities on our own. I found the DK Eyewitness guide for Moscow has the best map. I used the one from our library (kept the book at home). Took the smaller RS book for St. Petersburg ( his book on northern cities). His map and restaurant ideas were all good. We also downloaded the Google maps in our Android Samsung tablets/phones for both cities and then could get directions to any place we typed in. The blue ball guided us everywhere. I'm sure we missed somethings by not having a guide, but we just enjoy walking around and getting a sense of a place. If you like art, The Hermitage is great. We went 3 times and still missed alot. In St. Peterburg we stayed at the 3 Mosta which we loved (quite and not far from the Church of Spilled Blood.) We also loved the Georgian food in both cities. There's a great Georgian restaurant near the 3 Mosta hotel. We're now in Belarus- very scenic. Enjoy your trip!!

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