As the title says, this idea will be quite a long one! This is your only warning about this!
Intro: Once again, as the title says, this suggestion contains stuff that involves The Artifact, Echo Stones, Recon Modules, the Core, and other stuff. This idea, if implemented into SK, will turn the game into multiple chapters, for instance the Rescue Camp is chapter 1, Haven and it's events are chapter 2, ETC, each chapter will have higher level gear, add a new actual purpose for getting the 45k prestige/artifacts, a true use for The Artifact, a way to enter the core, a new standard gear set chosen at the start (in the rescue camp) that levels up as you gain star certification (NOT Cobalt) but does not count for star certification. This will be continued over multiple posts! Feedback would be nice concerning each post.
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Doesn't seem that long :P