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Data Rescue

Bring a Prismatic Punch Card to Master Mechanic Castpipe in Ironforge.
Prismatic Punch Card

Description

When we fled Gnomeregan, we left so much data behind! Vitally important data!

I need the data on a prismatic punch card, from a Matrix Punchograph 3005-D high security terminal, deep in Gnomeregan. You must access the terminal, but to do that you first need clearance... and to get that you must access lower security terminals-- models -A, -B and -C. And to do THAT you need security punch cards, starting with white... and we left all the punch cards in the city.

It's a catastrophe! Can you help?

Reward

You will receive:
Repairman's Cape
Mechanic's Pipehammer
Also, you get: 25

Progress

Do you have the prismatic punch card??

Completion

You did it! You found the prismatic punch card and recovered the lost data! Vitally, critically, immeasurably important data that we could not live another moment without!

Your service to the gnomes will be long remembered, <name>.

Gains

Upon completion of quests, get:

Related

Rating: +120 [-] [+]
By Binary on 12/16/2006 (Patch 2.0.1)
You receive the first card from the wandering elite mobs in the upper level outside of the instance.

Place that card in the card reader outside of the instance. (Run over to the west and get Techbot's brain while you're here).

Each card reader gives you the card needed for the next reader.

The remaining card readers are located inside the instance.

These are all of the translated messages from the five punch cards as well as all the machines:

Tell your friends to play WoW
Play the Warcarft roleplaying game
Kiss me, I'm gnomish!
The Lich King lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gnomeregan forever!
How am I driving?
&lt;insert funny message here&gt;
Thrall and Jaina sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
If you can read this, you're standing too close
The gnome king wears night elf underwear
Help! I'm trapped in a binary punch card factory!
Message to Castpipe: your laundry's ready for pickup.
Rating: +148 [-] [+]
By vvildcard on 09/18/2007 (Patch 2.1.3)
White Punch Card - Drops randomly from a mob outside the instance.
Yellow Punch Card - Use an ""A"" machine near Techbot (Outside the instance)
Blue Punch Card - Use the ""B"" machine just past the Clean Room (Inside)
Red Punch Card - Use the ""C"" machine on Electrocutioner 6000's Platform (Inside)
Prismatic Punch Card - Use the ""D"" machine below Crowd Pummeler 9-60 (Inside)
Rating: +10 [-] [+]
By Trilless on 05/01/2008 (Patch 2.4.1)
You do not need to have completed the ""Castpipe's Task"" Quest to pick this one up. Its a nice direction pointer for those that start out in the Night Elf Starting area, but is not required to obtain this quest.
Show comment   Rating: -2 [-] [+]
By amour on 03/25/2008 (Patch 2.4.0)
Rating: +56 [-] [+]
By littlidabbi on 05/15/2008 (Patch 2.4.2)
You go through Gnomeregan, slaying leper gnomes, troggs and crazed gnomes who think you're troggs. You loot cards and locate protected machines, slowly working your way up each machine until you finally have the last card...

Only to let the Quest giver know his laundry is ready for pickup.
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By armuri on 08/10/2008 (Patch 2.4.3)
Rating: +6 [-] [+]
By Jubjub on 12/21/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
If you are not on the quest, i would advise that you still got all the cards. I was on my paladin (level 21) looted all these cards without the quest and was able to turn in once i got to 25 and took the quest. Also, they do not take up 4 slots in bag anymore, only 1. When you use a new punch machine, the new card will replace the one in your bag.
Show comment   Rating: -2 [-] [+]
By brianfrogge1977 on 12/31/2008 (Patch 3.0.3)
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By Suriea on 12/02/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
Rating: +18 [-] [+]
By Eruanna on 05/16/2009 (Patch 3.1.1)
Confirmed 17-may-09 it DOES count toward Loremaster of Eastern Kiingdoms
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By kgurnhill on 11/06/2009 (Patch 3.1.3)
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By Lithios on 04/17/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Rating: +4 [-] [+]
By SnOwBunZz on 04/20/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
Soloable as a 28 rogue. Watch out for the Mobile Alert Systems as they see through stealth.
Rating: +24 [-] [+]
By kgurnhill on 04/29/2010 (Patch 3.1.3)
You DONT have to be on the quest to pick up the white punch card - you can get the card THEN go accept the quest/hand in the quest isnt required to use the terminals used to make it into a higher Level Card either.
Before i get downrated/Purged AGAIN... i would like to add that i went and picked up the item MYSELF - not an ouside source... so im 100% certain on this one...
Feel free - Downrate as happened last time i posted this..... i just wanna say - GO TEST YOURSELF to those that would downrate this

As you can see ive been downrated too many times even tho the information im posting is 100% accurate - and verified myself!

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