They changed it for patch 8 to make you use the tadpole for story reasons, until then a warlock could get her out but now the best you can do is unlock the machine without grabbing the rune
Except for barbarian the tadpole is needed to free her before the crash... Another option is just walk past of course
"Sorry...I can't save you." "Nothing personal, its union regulations."
"No persons shall engage in Heroic activities that make other persons?...Is that right?..yes we'll go with that...Persons feel less than heroic around you."
"Bye!...gotta go now...Cheers!".
