Weekend Warriors

“	"Eat. Sleep. Compete. Repeat. Legends rarely get a day off, but when they do, they make the most of it. Prank calls. Fake caves. Orphans with weapons. It's just another weekend in the Outlands."

Weekend Warriors
Weekend Warriors tab overview.
Info
Season	Season 16
Treasure packs	45
Story
Style	Text
Number of parts	3
Succession
Previous quest	"Reflections of the Moon"
Next quest	"What's Past Is Prologue"

Weekend Warriors is a quest in Season 16.

Treasure Pack Rewards

Players can find Treasure Packs in-game, once per day (players can also purchase all the available Treasure Packs for 25).

Treasure Pack rewards vary, and include Weapon Charms, 2, 15 and Apex Packs.

All of the rewards need a total of 45 Treasure Packs to unlock.

After all the Treasure Packs are collected, the player gets three rewards: the The Dazzler L-Star EMG Skin, an Apex Pack, and 10.

As is the case with Season 15's treasure packs, the treasure packs collection for Season 16 do not feature weapon charms.

Story Progress

-There are 3 chapters.

"Search and Not-A-Rescue"

The narrator is Gibraltar.

Transcript

• This day has been a rough one. It's nice to get off my feet for a sec.
• And at least the company isn't bad.
• "Another cola, my enormous friend?"
• "Don't mind if I do, bruddah."
• "Something on your mind? You're usually all sunshine and shaskas. You seem a little brooding today."
• "...Honestly, it's creeping me out."
• SIGH "You got me, buddy. I've been running search and rescue missions all day with S.A.R.A.S., but it's been a bit of a waste today."
• SHOCKED "Hey, what?! No! Don't say that!"
• "Well, actually, I wasn't there so what do I know. Why do you feel like that?"
• "There's nothing better than the look of relief and hope on someone's face when you come to the rescue. If they turned that feeling into a drink, I 'd chug it down faster than you can say 'Mahalo'"
• "You'd be surprised how fast I can say 'Ma-ha-ha-'"
• "Ma-ho-no. Malark-"
• "..."
• "Carry On."
• "The good news is, there haven't been any serious emergencies recently. But I keep getting called for rescues that aren't really rescues."
• "'A rescue that isn't a rescue...' I know this one... something about a melted block of ice and a train running north..."
• "Heh, it's not a riddle, Witt. I'll give you an example: A guy calls me all distraught, hollerin' so much I can't figure out what's going on. All I can get is 'porch' and 'hurry' and 'help!'"
• "YEESH. Scary."
• "That's what I thought. But once I got there, I saw that a dog ran under his porch and he couldn't reach it. The dog wasn't even in trouble!"
• "When I reached for it, it ran out, no problem. The dog took off, and the guy didn't notice! He just wanted to take a photo with a Legend and he decided this was the best way."
• "Turns out it wasn't even his dog."
• "Then, I get a call from a lady that there's been a building collapse and they need the strongest S.A.R.A.S. agent we've got."
• "And that's obviously you."
• "...So strong..."
• "Yeah, well... I show up with all my gear. My heart was racing and I was ready to jump into action."
• SIGH "... But they had demolished the building on purpose. They were breaking ground on a new apartment complex and wanted a celebrity there."
• "And you know that flash storm that came through this afternoon? I got a call that some kids were too far out in the ocean while there was a lightning warning."
• "They weren't stuck, they were partying on the beach! They were faking to get me there - Wanted me to throw up my Dome Shield like an umbrella for their party and get some Gibraltar autographs."
• "Hmmm, I don't understand why none of them tried to get ME there. Maybe my appearance fee is too high..."
• "It might be time for ol' Gibraltar to hang up his S.A.R.A.S. gear. Being a Legend has made me more of a distraction than a help. Don't get me wrong, false alarms are better than real alarms - I'm glad nobody was in trouble."
• "But I joined the Games to inspire people and bring awareness to S.A.R.A.S., not to pose for photos."
• "Gotta be honest: I don't follow."
• A call is patched in from S.A.R.A.S. I wonder who's trying to get me to speak at graduation or join a family dinner...
• ????: "Please help... I'm in Norlock lake!"
• "Uh huh, You're 'in' the lake?"
• Probably a party boat that needs me to deliver extra sunscreen.
• Wait- I know that voice, I can't place it...
• ????: "Please! My Trident... it... it went off road and into the lake. I can't swim and it's starting to sink!"
• "Okay. Hang tight, bruddah, and try to stay calm. I'm on my way."
• "Gotta jet."
• "I'm coming too! If they're looking for a celebrity, think how pumped they'll be when two of us show up! Maybe I should join S.A.R.A.S...."
• Mirage isn't happy that I'm making him ride in the sidecar of my bike, but if he wants to tag along, we go by my rules.
• We pull up to the lake. I don't see anyone else here. Something's definitely up...
• "Uh, Gibs? If this were some sort of press event or celebrity hang... wouldn't there by more people here? And less lake?"
• ????: "HELP! OVER HERE!"
• To my surprise, I can see a Trident bobbing in the lake.
• I knew I recognized that voice!
• "Michael?! MICHAEL!"
• "Who?"
• I jump into the lake and swim harder than I'ver ever swam before.
• "Wait... NIK'S Michael?! Your ex-boyfriend's kid?! GO TO HIM, GIBBY! SWIM TO THE SON OF YOUR LONG LOST LOVE! SWIM, I SAY!"
• "I'M NOT SO GOOD AT SWIMMING BUT I'M RIGHT BEHIND YOU!"
• "Michael?! Are you-"
• He's barely hanging on to the slow sinking Trident, flapping around and struggling to tread water. I grab him and start swimming us back, fighting the pull of the sinking ship.
• "Almost... oh... nice to meet you... I'll... catch you on shore."
• Wow. Mirage really isn't a great swimmer. He only made it halfway to us! Me, I'm like a guppy in the water, I grab him too and swim us all to shore.
• The three of us stand on dry land, finally on our feet again. Michael's shaken up, but he looks okay. I'm shaken up too - He looks more like Nik everythime I see him. I just saved my ex-boyfriend's son who hates me. This sure isn't how I thought this day would go.
• "Okay, you gonna tell me what happened?"
• Michael: "I... it's you? Just my luck... Ugh, this is so embarassing. Okay, what happened is my friend's dad owns a fleet of Tridents and we uh... borrowed some."
• Heh. Sounds familiar.
• Michael: "It was so stupid but we wanted to see if they would stay afloat over water. And it turns out they do... so long as they don't run out of power. My dumb friends got scared and took off."
• "Ah, I get it now. Look, I know you're not excited to see Gibraltar here. But I've always got your back, whether or not you want it."
• Michael: "Thanks, I guess. Hey, I know I shouldn't ask you this, but..."
• Michael: "Please don't tell my dad? He gets so worried."
• "You sure?"
• Michael doesn't say anything, just hangs his head. I know he's not a fan of secrets...
• "Michael..."
• "... Your secret is safe with me."
• Michael: "I... Thanks. Seriously."
• We say some quick, awkward goodbyes and he takes off.
• I wonder when I'll see him again.
• "Bye, Michael! BYE!"
• "Weird that he didn't want my autograph. Hey Gibs, let's go rescue more fans!"
• HEARTY LAUGH "Let's do it, bruddah."

"We Fought a Zoo"

The narrator is Vantage.

Transcript

• I don't understand days off. Elliot told me they're days to do whatever you want-except break your mom out of jail, for some reason? He suggested I go to a place called "zoo."
• A place full of wild animals in a city? I thought Elliot was teasing me, like when he me cake was gross and he likes gross stuff (it's not and he doesn't).
• But here it is: the Gaea Public Zoo. I can feel Echo romping around in my hood.
• "Someone's excited."
• Echo: "EEK!"
• We can smell the animals from the gates, and I'm sure they can smell us-especially me, since I haven't gotten the hang of the shower or clothing washing devices (why not shower WITH your clothes? Elliot tells me that's not good but couldn't tell my why).
• This should be a huge open space with humans and animals all around, hunting and surviving. Instead, animals are packed into tiny pits, cages, and tanks, with humans packed into sidewalks, watching each other eat snacks from buckets.
• So ... just more city.
• But more that has buttered popcorn! Echo loves buttered popcorn. I toss some up so he can catch it mid-air.
• "Did you know prowler pee smells like this buttered popcorn? But it doesn't taste like it, that's for sure."
• Person: "Are ... are you talking to me? And taking my popcorn?"
• "Yup! Do you know why all the animals are in these cages and pits?"
• Person: "Uh, I guess to keep us safe? Like, from eating our popcorn without asking?"
• "But you'd be mostly safe without the cages, so long you weren't totally stupid."
• Person: "Right. I'm gonna go over there now."
• "Okay, thanks for the popcorn. Bye!"
• "Echo, I don't know. This isn't like I thought it'd be. Like, those arctic prowlers are trapped in a pit. They can't hunt, can't run, can't be themselves."
• "Wait-this is an animal jail! Civilization loves to lock things up, right, popcorn friend?"
• Person: "Did ... did you follow me over here?"
• "Right, Echo-?"
• I toss up a piece of popcorn, but it comes back down.
• "Echo?"
• He's not above me. Sneaky guy ... I blow a command on my whistle, but he doesn't return. My heart starts to thump.
• "Echo? He's not showing up on my radar..."
• I search everywhere, blowing every command on my whistle. I find a footprint in the prowler pits, which leads me to a dropping in the flyer aviary, which leads me to the pygmy leviathan tank when I hear a woman's voice-
• Zookeeper: "Hey! You! Get out of the exhibits! Now!"
• "We're not allowed in the exhibits? These animals should be free. We should be free with them! This is SUCH an animal jail..."
• I climb out of the tank. The uniform person turns out to be a zoo guard - see? Definitely a jail! Still, I tell her about Echo.
• Zookeeper: "Trained as he may be, he's still a wild animal. Did you think maybe he flew away?"
• "He's not wild, he's Echo. He wouldn't leave me."
• Zookeeper: "He doesn't sound so free to me..."
• Something twists in my stomach. Is she right? Animals return to reliable food sources. Was... was Echo just doing that?
• Zookeeper: "If it wasn't for this lifetime ban I'm about to give you, I'd invite you to get your fill of bats in our cavern enclosure."
• "There's a bat cave here? Why didn't you say so?"
• I pull my arm free from the zoo-guard's grip and take off sprinting. I usually hate signs (always telling me what I can't do), but I follow the ones shaped like a bat and they lead me to a door set into a fake boulder with cartoon bats drawn on it.
• I go in, and there's another set of doors. Reminds me of when I visit mom, when you go through doors, then are locked into a little prison of your own before they let you into the visiting room. I shudder.
• It's pitch dark. First I hear sharp clicks, then feel a small gust of wind as wings brush past my head. I catch the smell of buttered popcorn...
• Unless a prowler marked its territory, Echo's here.
• I look through my spotter's lens. It helps me find his position when I'm fighting in Apex matches, so it should pick him up. The little target icon searches the bats dangling from the ceiling" not him... not him... not him-and something hits me. Not physically, but like, in my mind.
• It feels like I'm back on Pagos, inside the GDS Vantage-my mom's prison ship...
• I shake off the feeling as another bat drops from the ceiling to fly past me. Then, my HUD pings something in the crowded ceiling.
• "Echo?"
• When I reach him, I hold out my hand, but see he's tucked under the wings of an older bat. The image of baby Echo crawling out from under his mother's body on the GDS Vantage flashes in front of my eyes, and I wince like it's the sun's glare.
• Zookeeper: "Looks like he's bonded with one of our mother bats..."
• I didn't hear her come in. I expect her to grab my arm. Instead, she puts a hand on my shoulder. I feel the tension slowly melt into sadness.
• "I never thought of Echo like a pet, but maybe he's only with me because I trained him to need me?"
• Zookeeper: "And you think the zoo is bad?"
• Echo looks up at me and reaches for me with one of his little hands, gripping the tip of my finger.
• But he doesn't let go of the bat.
• "I didn't mean to, Echo. I promise I didn't. I guess I told myself I had to take care of you because I killed your mom but it was because I needed you. And that wasn't fair."
• Zookeeper: "You killed his mom? That's horrible."
• "I was hunting! Every calorie counts on Pagos-"
• I stop talking as Echo lets go of my finger to nestle into the bat's fur even more.
• "You... you want to stay here. I... I understand. I'll visit you whenever I visit mom, okay? And when I finally free mom, I'll free you too. You and all the animals here."
• Zookeeper: "No, no you won't. Now let's go."
• I leave the zoo in a daze. It's as though I'm walking through waist-deep snow, numb from head to toe. I hold the whistle in my upturned palm, thinking about all the training, about Echo's little face-when a piece of popcorn lands in my palm.
• Echo: "EEK!"
• "Echo?"
• Echo lands on my forearm, and nuzzles the piece of popcorn towards me. Tears break free of my eyes to stream down my face. Through the teary blur, I can see Echo looks freaked out.
• Echo: "Eek."
• "I can understand not wanting to stay in that animal jail, but you don't have to stay with me. You're free, Echo."
• Echo looks at me, then the popcorn, then me, then eats the popcorn. A laugh escapes my throat and he bounds up my arm, headbutts my face, and dips into my hood. Laughing and crying, I grave a handful of popcorn and shove it into my mouth. It tastes amazing.
• Person: "Listen, lady. You can have my popcorn, okay? Just stop following me!"
• "Thank you!"

"Remnants of Affection"

The narrator is Ash.

Transcript

• "I've got this, best girl friend!"
• "The robot who pulled me from a dumpster springs from my side, grappling past the heavy fire raining down our cover. We are outnumbered, with the useless qualifier we had as our third have gotten himself shot earlier."
• "They're on the move!"
• "I rush to join him when a charge fills the air. My vision begins to shake. It's Crypto and his EMP. If I can strike him or that pesky drone of down-"
• "It all goes black for a moment, then my visuals gradually return. However, what lies before me is not the Apex Games, but a distant memory."
• Dr. Reid: "I'm saying there isn't any way to make this go faster. Peck is the one with all the resources. If you want the Branthium, you shut your mouth and keep sitting on your hands until I tell you it's go time."
• "I lean back in my chair with a sigh. Idiots. All of them. Making a move prematurely would leave us with nothing, and I'm not about to lose the last payday I'll ever need."
• Newton: "Dr. Reid?"
• "Turning back my desk chair, I see the blue eyes of Newton Somers peering around my office door under his telltale reddish-blond mop."
• Dr. Reid: "He enters, carrying a large cardboard box with the ease of a grown man. Of course. He'd sprouted up like a weed over the last few years."
• Dr. Reid: "I see the move is going well."
• Newton: "I guess you could say that. I feel less stressed than you look. Are you okay?"
• Dr. Reid: "Fine. Just having an off-day. How is the new place?"
• Newton: "It's filled with boxes, but I'm settling in. Still have a lot of cleaning to do at the old place, though, and I'm on my own since Grannie's back on planetside."
• Newton: "Speaking of which... I found a bunch of things in mum's stuff I thought you might want."
• "He places the box down at my desk and I glance inside. There are various items inside that I'd forgotten about over the years-old pictures of Dr.Somers and I at the lab, a faded news article about our work, and..."
• Dr. Reid: "These were your mother's?"
• "Newton's face flushes when he sees the item in my hands: a quality pair of nunchaku with engraved black handles."
• Newton: "No, they're mine... I got them when I was fourteen and thought you could use them, I saw them in a window and begged Grannie for weeks to buy them for me."
• Newton: "And.... I MAY have leaned on being sad about mum a little. I can't just throw them away after I made Grannie feel so bad."
• Dr. Reid: "You played your grandmother for nunchaku?"
• Newton: "It was a phase! That you caused, by the way. You looked so cool practicing with swords and knives and nunchucks. I thought I could do it too, but I gave up the second time I hit myself in the face."
• Dr. Reid: "I shouldn't have let you tag along with me when I went to the gym."
• Newton: "Aw, don't say that! Those trips meant I got to spend time with you. Don't pretend like you won't enjoy having me around everyday when I start the internship."
• Dr. Reid: "Hmph. Lilian was the one who insisted after you asked her about it."
• Newton: "I just feel like it's something I have to do. Remember that dream I told you I had? About mum? How she was trying to get back to me-"
• Dr. Reid: "She's gone, Newton."
• Newton: "I know, I know. That's what everyone says, but what if she's not? We think black holes are dangerous because of the way they consume, except we don't actually know what happens beyond that."
• Newton: "Maybe mum came out the other side somehow. Maybe I can see her again one day. If she's out there somewhere, I want to finish her work if it'll help her get back."
• Newton: "And if she isn't, then at least I'll have helped save the Outlands like her."
• "I watch him for a moment, so bright and full of hope, gazing up at the ceiling as though he can see through it, past the sky into the empty cosmos above."
• "It was unfortunate you were in my way, Dr. Somers."
• Dr. Reid: "...I wish the circumstances had been different."
• Newton: "You did everything you could to save her. Still, I'm grateful I had you looking out for me, Dr. Reid."
• Dr. Reid: "Then you understand why I don't want you working on this project. We're searching for a new energy source for the Outlands and any pursuit of power demands sacrifice. I have seen it time and time again. Regrettably, your mother is not the only casualty."
• Newton: "Dr. Reid, did you... lose someone too?"
• "I turn away from him. Always so perceptive, just like his mother."
• Dr. Reid: "My brother, a long time ago. He was the same age you were when your mother passed."
• Newton: "I'm sorry."
• Dr. Reid: "Don't be sorry. You're an adult now. It's time to start looking out for yourself. You are not to become one of those sacrifices."
• Newton: "Of course, Dr. Reid. You don't have to worry about me."
• Dr. Reid: "Says the one who hits himself in the face with nunchaku."
• Newton: "And that's why they're YOURS now!"
• Newton: "Well, I guess I'd better get back to the apartment. There's still a lot of cleaning to do. I'll see you on Monday for my first day?"
• Dr. Reid: "If there's nothing I can say to dissuade from dong this internship, then yes, I'll see you then."
• Newton: "Thanks, Dr. Reid. I'll be a really good assistant, I promise. Just like you were to mum."
• "An ironic statement, I think as he departs, when we were just discussing sacrifices under the powers that be."
• "I will not Newton be another."
• "The memory cuts to static before my vision returns to normal. I see the chaotic energy of the Rift swirling above, with a scuffed Pathfinder hovering nearby."
• "What... is going on?"
• "The match is over. You were unconscious, and I couldn't hold off the other team. Are you alright?"
• "Defeated? Irritated, I sit up, more determined than ever to destroy the piece inside that calls herself 'Leigh.'"
• "Fine. I merely had an off-day."
• "When she is gone, I will bring an end to those."

Quest Rewards

Weapon Skins

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  The Dazzler
  L-STAR EMG

Gallery

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  A holo message on a desk can be seen next to a coffee cup. The message is titled Apex Champion Saves Family and has a picture of Gibraltar rescuing a child. The story featured in it discusses how he came to rescue a family as part of the Search and Rescue Association of Solace.