Ragol Ring Subplot

[VashYsk]

i corrupted then when i got back my friend gave me all of his rings except black and blue which i got on my own, but before i corrupted i had all rings also. quit asking me questions im so tired it hurts my brain to think of an answer and im going to bed NOW! lol

[Gotien]

yea right, i was saying that last night too but anyways do you have red ring as well?

[Orphen]

Not legitimately, no.

[Gotien]

i know u dont! i was asking Vash cuz if he has it then his collection isnt 100% legit and im gonna laugh and point at him for it! lol

[Orphen]

Well he has a blue and black ring, seeing as to how that is the case, his collection already is illegit.

[NetNomad]

Okay, I'm seriously annoyed at this now. Ever since I read about this subplot... at least six weeks ago... I've been trying to get the Ragol Ring with my Ranger (lv. 89 RAmar). I screwed up in Hard mode so I couldn't get it there, but I did it right in VHard. Just today I finally took out the Gol Dragon in VHard after gaining ten levels since my last attempt (of course the Cure/Freeze I picked up on the way didn't hurt ), and then attempted SoTH. I just beat it about 15 minutes ago... and Kireek did appear and help... but at the end, I got no Ragol Ring. Excuse me, wtf? I seriously hope I didn't spend all the time doing this subplot to wind up with nothing. I even dropped something from my inventory before talking to Sue/Kireek/Elly on the beach, just in case it's like the Soul Eater and you don't get it if you have 30 items. Nothing. What in the world did I do wrong? Argh...

...another question. Any plot enthusiasts here? I can say that I know most of the plot here, but try as I might I still can't figure it all out...
1. What was Osto's motive behind the fourth life form? The apparant time/dedication/[slight insanity] he put into it wasn't enough; the government must've been behind it somewhere... if so, what was theirs?
2. "MOTHER" in SoTH seems to be a totally different project than what Montague described in Soul of Steel. Is there any connection here?
3. Who is giving Sue/Kireek/Black Paper their orders... the administration or the lab? Or some combination of the two?

Maybe this is offtopic... but then again, this is about the subplot...

[Orphen]

The subplot to which everyone is too ignorant to really get to you on, including myself.

[NetNomad]

...I seriously hope you're joking.

I know some people say (some people tell me, anyway) that this game has little/no plot. And that's true if you never play the quests - which is fine for some. But if I wanted a good old repetitive blastfest, I'd play Doom. I can't spend $50 (or even 30 in this case) on a game and not get a decent plot out of it without feeling cheated. And I like PSO's plot, the one that goes on in the background... I just wish I could understand it completely. :ermm:

[Orphen]

And, no. I am not joking. Why would I? I have played all of the quests time and time again as well, you know.

[NetNomad]

Well, can you at least tell me what I'm doing wrong, then? I can always leave the plot speculating for later, but I've been after this Ragol Ring for a while now...