Guild Wars 2 – Help Brill Alliance study the skritt

“Provoke captivated skritt and calm enraged skritt, intercept skritt thieves, activate monitors, and interrogate IQ Test subjects.”

head to the South from the Rana Landing Complex Waypoint. You will find Researcher Hrappa waiting by the crossroads to the South of the Waypoint. Talk with her to learn more of what is going on here:
Researcher Hrappa: “Brill Alliance is studying skritt behavior. We could use your help with our test subjects.”
Hero A) “What sort of help are you looking for?”
Hrappa: “Our captivation modules keep the skritt engaged. If you like, talk with them, while we observe. Inevitably they become very frustrated and will need to be pacified. Piles of junk also attract skritt thieves. Make sure you teach them a lesson if you catch one.”
Hero: “Sounds enough enough. What else can I help with?”
Hrappa: “There are a few skritt trained for IQ tests. Use your intellect and see what you can get from them. We also have recording devices set up inside the cave and outside of this lab. You can activate them.”

Hero B) “Why are you studying the skritt?”
Hrappa: “We know that Skritt intellect increases exponentially with an increase in the number of skritt in close proximity to one another. We're testing this phenomenon to see if there's a limit to how far it can go.”
Hero: “You mentioned you were looking for help?” - Leads back to Hero A

Head to the North from Hrappa to find the Lab where the research is being done. Look around first for the activity monitors. They are simple devices on the ends of poles spread around the area. As mentioned they are both around the perimeter of the lab and inside the nearby cave. Approach and activate them. This will summon a Skritt Forager (lvl. 7).

You can find the cave to the Southeast of the Lab itself. As you head over there be sure to look around for enraged skritt nearby the captivation modules. You need to fight them down to near death. They will be captivated again after that. Continue up the slope and into the cave after that.

If you want to enrage a captivated skritt just find one you can talk to. From there use one of the personality traits to provoke a reaction from them. All the traits lead to excitement initially but then they will become enraged and attack you, if you hung around.

Finally, around the lab you will find IQ Test Subject Skritt. Just approach and talk with them. After each time is done, they will collapse and become a resting skritt. They stay like this a good while so it is easier to just move onto the next one.

When the quest is done you will get the letter, “Brillant Minds” with 64 copper:
“Thank you for assisting with our research, 'Hero's Name.' It was refreshing to meet another brillant mind. You remind me of myself when I was a progeny. Thanks to your help, I'm confident that if any krewe will solve the mystery behind skritt intellect, it will be the Brill Alliance – Hrappa.”

Researcher Hrappa will now sell the following Karma items:
Skritt Research Footage: 105 karma
Accessory: +4 Precision,  lvl. 7
Skritt Poker: 84 Karma
Sword, Weapon Strength: 154 – 170, Lvl. 7
Skritt Herder: 126 Karma
Greatsword, Weapon Strength: 169 – 187, Lvl. 7
Lemons in Bulk: 35 Karma
Unpack for 25 Lemons