When you return back to Garden's front gate after completing the field test, Quistis will leave your party and tell Squall to meet her in the lobby, but before to go and change into SeeD uniform. So now head for the Dormitory. At the Dormitory, position Squall next to the bed and press the action button to choose the 2nd option. When you exit the Dorm, you will be at the Lobby where you meet a new partner..
** FMV ** Squall now begins to show some of his anti-social and general great-to-be around attitude with the newcomer. Squall and Zell seem to share a dislike of Seifer Almasy. After discussing their mutual distastes, Quistis tells them that the leader for the upcoming mission is no other than the man himself. Seifer will come along with his two pals, Fuujin and Raijin, being unfriendly and rude too the group. Just as Zell wants to fight Seifer for calling him a 'chicken punk', the principal of Garden shows up, Cid Kramer. Cid will brief them their mission. After some more talking, the group will leave the lobby and head for the parking lot to get into a vehicle. Inside of the vehicle, there is an extensive conversation between the three, Zell will keep on talking non-stop in his hyperactive nature... Now you will be able to control the vehicle:
Just simply drive your vehicle to the Balamb Town and will eventually end up at a Dock. You have to enter the vessel (a submarine-like ship) (note that you can open up the Junction menu...). Inside the vessel, you will be given the mission details by a SeeD member called Xu.
AIM: To wipe out any remaining enemy soldiers. Keep them from activating the communications system.
After the briefing, Xu will leave. Squall will decide to talk to someone.
After this, enjoy some humourous jokes in the conversation between Zell and Seifer. After another short bit of chin wagging, head outside and you will enjoy a short FMV sequence.
Exit from the landing area and you will fight 2 Galbadian soldiers (G-Soldiers), each of them armed with swords. These two are easy to defeat, just use physical attacks and you will win 2 AP and 2 Potions. Don't forget to Draw Magic from as many foe as possible and stock it for later use. There is a possibility that you will encounter random battles on your travels, so be on your guard. Keep following Seifer and you will encounter another 2 Galbadian soldiers, defeat them. Carry on going and you will finally reach the town, meeting another Galbadian soldier near a car and a shop called 'Noutlius'. At the Town Square (with the fountain) another G-Soldier will attack you (1x Potion and 1 AP). Now your leader will tell you to scout for enemies; at the upper right-hand corner, you will meet another G-Soldier (somewhere near the car).
Keep on heading left across the bridge (note that random battles are more frequent). Once you have caught up with Seifer, talk to the wounded Galbadian soldiers. Talk to the person crawling up the stairs, and you will fight a sub-BOSS - Anacandour...
Continue up the stairs and head for the Communications Tower and you will see 3 Galbadians Soldiers talking about a huge monster that resides there... with your colleagues taking cover. As Seifer leaves, you will see an FMV sequence:
The girl's name is Selphie Tilmitt and she is formerly a member of Squad A (remember the girl Squall gave a tour of Balamb Garden?). She will jump off the cliff and start jumping and smiling. Follow her and proceed near the cliff and choose the first option and she will join your party.
Enter the Tower and you will find Seifer chasing out the G-Soldiers. It is recommended that you have someone with the Item command so you don't have to rely on life magic too much. The action will switch briefly to a conversation between two characters - Major Biggs and Private Wedge. Now head inside the tower draw some magic from the Draw Point. Take the elevator (There is a Save Point located near to the elevator), choosing option 1... ** FMV ** You will now fight Biggs... who is without Wedge...!
When you have finished the BOSS, you will have a short conversation. Seifer will leave and now you will have 30 minutes to head back to the sub-boat. So head to the elevator and press Circle and choose the first option. As you head down, you will see a scene of Biggs summoning a large robotic creature to attack. Back at the ground floor of the tower, save your game and use Potions to restore health before you face the giant crab.
Simply make your way out back to the beach where your sub-boat is, bearing in mind you have only 30 minutes to do so. There will be an FMV sequence of X-ATM092 crushing the car as he advances through the empty streets of Dollet.
** FMV ** Now you are safe and sound. Back at the harbour, Seifer returns back to his normal self. His pals will come to the habour and congratulate him for the victory. Quistis will congratulate all of you for doing a great job.
Seifer, in typical Seifer fashion, drives off in the vehicle, leaving
you all on the harbour with no form of transport. Now you have to walk back to the Garden.
Exit the area and you will be at a cliff side path centred by an inn. The man outside will
suggest staying there to rest.
Leave the inn and continue to leave Balamb City. There is a Draw Point here, so draw some magic. If you talk to the man sitting on the bench, you will find that he is rather familiar with Zell. There is a total of three houses here:
1st House: [on the left]: Weapon Upgrading Shop. After you are done touring the small, yet pleasant town, head up the street and you will reach the Gas Station. There you can rent a vehicle for 3,500 gil. Pick first or second to rent a vehicle OR pick the third to quit. The first option will result renting a blue-green vehicle while the second option will result renting a brown-black vehicle. You aren't going far, so it's not really worth the money. When you reach the worldmap, head back to the Garden, walking along the road if you want to avoid enemies. At the front gate, your teamates will leave you after a hard days work and in eager anticipation for the test results. [ Previous Page | Next Page ] |
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1.3 Dollet Dukedom Parliament
Items In This Area:
Flamboyant and hyperactive, 
Take Note...
Cars are the basic form of transport in Final Fantasy VIII - they allow you to travel
the world in safety. Note that they have a limited amount of fuel (they go much slower
when you run out), so you need to refill in
a town (such as Balamb Town) at regular intervals.
You will now take control of Squall, Zell and Seifer and all you have to do is follow Seifer.
Make sure you have junctioned your 3 Guardian Forces to each character, each with
Draw, G.F. and Item equipped. Split some of Quistis' magic between your characters, and
be prepared to do a bit of Stocking from the G-Soldiers in battle...
Next talk to Seifer... eventually he will comment
that this mission is rather boring. Talk to Zell who is pacing around in his
ever-hyperactive state. After a while, Seifer, in his boredom, starts to irritate
a dog who then starts to bark (to prevent the dog from being hurt, simply talk to it!). With
the dog's barking, 6 Galbadian soldiers storm over to Seifer -
who will chase after them, so follow him.
Strategy
** FMV **
Note: I have replayed the game over and over again and found out that
you need to just to defeat either Biggs or Wedge and Elviole will
automatically appear.
Pay 100 gil to stay in the inn (this will automatically recover all your
lost HP). If you want to save your game, just go up the stairs and use
the save point found at the corner of the room.