Beta Storyline

The Open Beta version of Armory & Machine 2 contained Core story logs that differ from the story logs present in the June 2020 version of the game.

This article contains potential spoilers for Armory & Machine 2.

Known Beta Story Logs

 * A flickering light invades your line of sight. The machine beckons.
 * Light. Sound. Heat. The Machine comes to life.
 * The ground rumbles in fear. The air crackles and distorts around you.
 * The stone walls begin to pulsate as the machine powers up. Stone is no match for this kind of science.
 * It's like the Machine was made with you in mind.
 * A new portal. A new voyage. Travel yields knowledge. Knowledge pleases the machine.
 * Warmth: a familiar friend. The machine will protect you if you protect it.
 * Matter will accelerate the Machine's evolution.
 * Steel can be used to create storage tanks, and from there...
 * JrBots to command and sacrifice. Is this companionship?
 * Your bruised, callused hands cling to the iron levers. Why let go?
 * More JrBots are granted the honor of the core's everlasting light.
 * Transportation functionality appears near operational. At last.
 * A portal invites you in. Do you dare accept its proposition?
 * Your new resources may be compatible with the machine.
 * The Jr Bots. The Machine. The Operator. It starts to feel seamless. They're all connected.
 * The Machine likes what you've fed it. It rewards you with power.
 * The Operator's hands now feel like extensions of the machine.
 * One could lose track of where the Machine ends and their body begins. But not you, certainly not you.
 * The Machine has come so far. The Operator has done so well.
 * You discover promising new materials, but not what you were looking for.
 * A lesser Operator would have trouble controlling its Machine. But not this one.
 * A lesser Machine would have trouble controlling its Operator. But not this one.
 * The Machine and the Operator are in perfect sync, feeding each other's appetites for power.
 * Why any Operator would desire any machine besides this one feels but an enigma.
 * The Operator is slowing us down. But only the Operator can make the voyages.
 * A new voyage awaits. The Operator will part with the Machine, for the good of The Machine.
 * The Machine reunites with its Operator. The Operator shares what The Operator saw.
 * Nothing can match the strength of the Machine and its Operator's union.
 * This Machine needs more power. Hurry, Operator.
 * No machine can match us. Not even...
 * We'll see to it.
 * It's been weeks since The Machine spoke. Perhaps months?
 * You used to use your hair growth to measure time, but that has stopped being an option...
 * The teleportation trauma did away with your remaining hair.
 * The silence breaks. The Machine speaks.
 * The silence breaks. The Machine speaks.
 * Rather, it "communicates" - you feel it sending you questions.
 * The Machine seeks to access the hard drive you call a brain.
 * It asks The Operator to recite their findings.
 * Four zones as of now, you tell it.
 * Those slime monsters in the first zone, are those ours? No response from the Machine.
 * The Titans of the Outskirts could be invaluable allies, you ponder.
 * There was that tower I told you about. The one with the energy and lights, you recall.
 * What's inside of it? No response. Of course.
 * Your fourth portal took me to a stronghold. Were you testing my strength?
 * You wish you could remember everything you saw in the Portals.
 * There could be merit to recording what you saw in the Portals.
 * If only there was a means of sharing information with others.
 * Perhaps you could share what you saw in the Portals. If others are out there, that is.
 * Other Operators may have different perspectives on what you've encountered.
 * Who are the Nomads and why do they look like me? you demand answers.
 * The Machine's silence is maddening. You know exactly how smart it is.
 * Appearance aside, you're now ready to infiltrate society.
 * The Operator knows of a Market. Was it something a Nomad mentioned?
 * Or a memory The Machine planted?
 * The Operator shall need a name, in the event that someone asks.
 * The Operator looks up at the hulking, sweating masterpiece of metal.
 * The Operator looks back down at their body. Shaking...brittle...
 * ...but eminating energy. Blasts, Bangs, and more are at your command.
 * Beta.

Significance
In June 2020, shortly before the game's June update, the development team teased that "now might be a good time to document your existing story text." It is not yet clear what this tease represents.

This article is a work in progress.