Broken Ghost Quest Lore Thread

Lifeline: "Get yuh sorry bum out here, SERGEANT! We gonna have a CHAT!"

I’m bangin’ on Bangalore’s front door for a solid three minutes before she answers.

Bangalore: "What is it, Ajay?"

Lifeline: "How'd that mission of yuh's go this mornin’, hm? See any jump-pads lyin' around?"

I take the folded up letter that was taped to Wattson’s forehead and shove it into her hand.

Lifeline: "It's from Silva. Octane, since I know yuh never bothered to learn his proper name. READ IT."

She does. I know every word she's peepin'. I read it a dozen times on my way here.

Octane: "Hey Che, I finally figured it out. Why you all made me go on that date with Yoko. Sure, you said it was because I already had the date with Yoko."

Octane: "But then I realized it’s because you were keeping me from my destiny. My Destiny to Defy Death. My Triple D’s."

Octane: "I don't sit on the sidelines well. So I'm going in anyway. Because I'm Octavio Silva and if I die today, at least I went out doing what I do best."

Octane: "So if it’s curtains for me today, Che, I need you to know something…"

I snatch the letter back before she can turn it over. That part's private.

Lifeline: "He went into that mess and faced all those prowlers... by himself. Because of what yuh did. And now he's missin'."

Bangalore: "He’s Octane. He’s probably sitting in a tree, drinking a cold one, and tonight when he gets back, he’ll have a nice tan. If not, I’ll send an extraction team."

Lifeline: "Yuh gonna send one now, is what'cha gonna do!"

Bangalore: "They need recovery time. You of all people should know that. I send them back in exhausted, more get injured. You want that blood on your hands?"

Lifeline: "Yuh want Silva's blood on yours? Yuh owe me!"

Bangalore: "I don’t owe you squat."

She pushes me back, and slams the door in my face.

Lifeline: "Hey! I'm not leavin'. Get back out here!"

But she’s not comin’ back. Okay, Che. Ain't got a lot of choices now. Time to do what needs doin'. I patch in to the bar.

Lifeline: "Wraith? Che. I need a thing or two from yuh. . ."

Wraith gives me everything I need on where to find Yoko. Figurin’ the girl knows who I am, but the face she's got when she opens her door don’ look like she’s happy to see me.

Yoko: "Another one? Don’t you Legends have lives?"

Lifeline: "Hey. Yuh probably ain't up for listenin', but I need yuh help--"

She tries to slam the door, but I’m done with doors slammin’ in my face today. In a panic, I grab her by the wrist and yank her into the hallway. The door shuts and locks.

Yoko: "You psycho! Let go of me!"

Lifeline: "Naw. Yuh comin' with me."

Yoko: "You’re not… are you… is this a kidnapping?"

Well, yuh took it this far, Che. In for an inch…

Lifeline: "Yuh seen me on TV. Yuh seen what I can do. Maybe I do worse right now."

She looks terrified. Not my proudest moment. But Silva's life's on the line

When we get back to Bangalore’s, I bang on the door for a third time today.

Bangalore: "Now what?!"

Lifeline: "Chill out, why don’cha! Yoko, meet Anita Williams. You probably know her as Bangalore."

Lifeline: "Wraith filled me in. How yuh told O that yuh wanted a rare Bangalore autograph."

Bangalore: "I don’t do autographs. What in the hell, Lifeline?! This is my home-- "

Lifeline: "Pay attention! Yuh give her yuh autograph, and she gives yuh dirt on Loba, so I can go save O. Everybody gets what they want, and I don' wanna hear no backchat!"

Lifeline: "Maybe yuh don' give a damn about him, but let me tell yuh somethin': he put on pants for you, Bangalore. Sounds damn foolish, but for him that's no small thing. He took yuh seriously."

Bangalore: "Yeah, yeah, and I forced him to go into the portal alone-- "

Lifeline: "No. Yuh didn’t."

Lifeline: "I did."

And so I show her the back of Silva's note.

Octane: "So if it’s curtains for me today, Che, I need you to know something… You cracking accountant jokes tonight hurt the most."

Octane: "Guess this means I get to give you the silent treatment for a change, huh? Doesn't make me feel better though. Maybe a good run will."

Lifeline: "Jus'so, it's my fault. All of it. And I'm sorry. But can we get on with it? There's a fool's life on the line."

I look down at the ground. D.O.C. whirs next to my leg. Ain't a word said for a good, long time. Then. . .

Bangalore: "You got something I can sign with?"

Yoko: "And I’ll tell you what I told Octane. About Loba."

And she does. She also uploads the transcript of the meeting. It’s everything Bangalore wanted and more.

Yoko gets her autograph, and I throw in extra for her troubles. When we get back to Mirage’s bar, the gang’s all there.

Crypto and Wattson are attachin' the Retinal Array and-- wait, retinal? Like eyes?

Lifeline: "This thing has eyes?!"

Gibraltar: "Hah! I said the same thing."

Lifeline: "Well, no time to twitch about it. Gibby, I need backup. We're goin' after Silva."

Gibraltar: "Gibraltar’s always got your back, sistah."

As I head over to Wraith's portal, I hear Bangalore makin' her move.

Bangalore: "Hey, Loba! We got business."

Loba: "Do we? Fine. We can go somewhere private, if--"

Bangalore: "No need. Gather ‘round, Legends. I have a little something to share. The real reason we’re risking our lives out there. And it’s got nothing to do with treasure…"

Seh one. Give her hell, Bangalore. For Wattson. For Silva.

I'm comin' to getcha, O. And yuh better be in one piece when I get there…

...or I'll break yuh myself!

Next: The Lying Liar

@Sir_Named I've discovered another bit of the new legend/artifact hidden in plain sight. If you have a look at the cut picture of the lobby you can see a gold boot/lower limb of a mechanoid to the lower right of Loba. There appears to be another one to the left, but isnt easy to see.

Not my lobby pic.

@OldTreeCreeperI am pretty sure that's a Nessie. 🤔

And that's not part of the artifact 🙂

@BaldWraithSimp it not a nessie. At first I thought it was a golden snake (cobra) statue, like from inside a Egyptian tomb. But on closer inspection, it wasnt golden cobra and its definitely not a nessie. It is in the shape of a boot or a lower robotic limb. It is there and gold because it is in with all the other trove.😃

@Koochi-Q why wouldnt the robot be gold? Or gold plated?   it would be in keeping with the season theme and Loba's desire for nice shiny expensive things.

Ask yourself why is it there? 😃 

Hermes winged shoes/sandals were gold. Perhaps our new fegend will be a bit of a robotic flyer too.

@BaldWraithSimp yes I am old, but its relative. Im young compared to a centenarian😛

@BaldWraithSimp I'm not sure how you have seen the complete artifact. Respawn are know for their red herrings for data miners.

I'll say it again, there's something "afoot" my young watson. 😃

@BaldWraithSimp no thank you as it may or may not spoil, as Wraith would say the "suprise". 😃

And @EA_David may have to smack.your bottom ( meta physically speaking that is) if you did.

@BaldWraithSimp am I seeing things?  😃 I have had the cateracts out and new lenses put in, I'll have you know!

Ahhh, they are filling in the loopholes. But this just makes more questions.
It’s an alternate Hammond that offered Loba the deal? Does this mean like a separate branch of Hammond in the same universe or a Hammond in another universe?
Caustic worked at  Vinson Dynamics, which is apparently a simulacrum company. 
Another thing, apparently modern simulacrums have at least some of their original brain still attached.

Also, Octane is nearly dead and lost his legs again. Maybe they’re going to use this as part of his rework?

Really liked today's game, got the heart started as per usual and took 2 goes to do. 

Wouldn't mind a limited mini game of hunt the dragon, race to 100 kills 😃

I'm so close. Wattson has regained consciousness. She and Crypto have nearly finished assembling the artifact. Everything is going according to plan. In a day or two, I can wave goodbye to the Apex Games and get back to my life in the penthouse. This is truly my favorite place to be...

...on top.

Bangalore: "Hey Loba! We got business!"

This one again. Lovely. One of the people I'm most excited to leave behind.

Loba: "Do we? Fine. We can go somewhere private, if--"

Bangalore: "No need. . ."

Bangalore: "Gather 'round, Legends! I have a little something to share."

Loba: ". . .What?"

Bangalore: "The real reason we're risking our lives out there. And it's got nothing to do with treasure. Turns out Loba here is working on Hammond’s dime."

. . .No. I need to stop this, NOW.

Loba: "Bangalore, whatever you think you know, this is hardly--"

Bangalore: "What? Don't want everyone to know about your deal with the devil?"

Crypto: "What's she talking about?"

Loba: "Nothing. She's talking about nothing. Gossip and rumors."

Bangalore: "I have transcripts, princess."

Bangalore: "When you leveled Skull Town, you said you were taking down a warehouse full of Revenant shells."

Loba: "Because that's what happened. You all saw it."

Bangalore: "But that's not all of it. You were looking for something else. Something called a source code."

Loba: "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Wraith: "The girl from Hammond - Octane's date. She mentioned a source code, too."

Bangalore: "Let's look at the transcript."

Bangalore: "Right here, our Hammond rep says, "We know what you want, Miss Andrade. And that's the source code. Fortunately, we know its location. We'll give you the coordinates. But you have to do something for us.""

Wattson: "Wait. All this. . . it's for Hammond?"

Bangalore: "We've been doing their dirty work for them. Loba just made up the treasure story."

Mirage: "Okay, I'm confused. I know, that never happens. But what's the big deal, Bangs? You were IMC. Hammond's IMC. So what if it's for them?"

Bangalore: "Not this Hammond. I don't know what they are, but they ain't IMC. And that scares me. It should scare all of you."

Bangalore: "They’re about to get their hands on something that potentially threatens all of the Outlands. That sit right with the rest of you?"

Wraith: "They could be conducting an experiment. . . and we’re the guinea pigs."

Bloodhound: "Or a weapon that slatra all."

Pathfinder: "Why lie to your friends, Loba? Why not tell us the truth?"

Loba: "You could never understand. You're an appliance."

Mirage: "Hey, leave that appliance alone! At least he's honest. You could've trusted us..."

Loba: "Trust you? Trust YOU? That demonio has taken hundreds of lives. He took my family from me. And YOU fight beside him, shoulder to shoulder."

Loba: "One of you was even kind enough to show your true colors. You betrayed me to him, and for what? The coins in his pocket? A premium spot on his hitlist? If I was stupid enough to trust any of you, the universe would have destroyed me long ago."

Wraith: "Looks like we were stupid to trust you, too. Not anymore. What's the source code do, Loba?"

Loba: "I finally have the secret to ending his miserable existence. If I tell you, he finds out. I'll never--"

Caustic: "It's his head."

Loba: ". . .No. Damn it, NO."

Caustic: "I had a short tenure at Vinson Dynamics. I am familiar with the intricacies of simulacrum programming."

Caustic: "The "source" of a unit's internal logic - the emotions, the memories, the personality - is the original human brain tissue, built into its cranial frame."

Caustic: "But in Revenant, it would appear his original tissue… his source code… is external to the unit. Fascinating."

Loba: "Damn you…"

Loba: "You've signed my death warrant. When the demonio's little rat brings this back to him, he'll kill me in my sleep. I can't fail."

Bloodhound: "Then do not sleep."

Crypto: "Let's get out of here. I'm done putting this puzzle together."

Wraith: "I wish it was that simple. But we have to complete the artifact."

Bangalore: "Hold up. You want to repeat that, headcase?"

Mirage: "Wraith, maybe try to read the room. Ix-nay on the keep collecting pieces-ay."

Wraith: "Listen, we still don't know what this thing does. If we don't build it, Hammond will find somebody who will. And then we have no way to find out what they're up to."

Bangalore: "You want us to keep doing her dirty work?"

Wraith: "I want us to get to the truth. We build this thing, find out what it is... and we destroy it. Otherwise, everyone in the Outlands could suffer."

Just then, Lifeline and Gibraltar spill out from Wraith's portal. They recovered another piece, and Octane. Most of him, at least. He’s lost a lot of blood. . .

. . .and he has no legs.

The others race into action, working as a team to save his life. For a brief moment, I'm forgotten. I turn around and come face to face with Bangalore. I feel my mouth twist, spitting venom.

Loba: "Beautifully done. The spy will tell the demonio everything. And once he knows what I'm after, he’ll rip me limb from limb."

Bangalore: "Guess you should hit the road then. Get a head start."

Loba: "I'm not going anywhere. Not until that thing is dead."

Bangalore: "Suit yourself. It's your funeral."

As Bangalore walks away, I realize my fate is sealed. No allies. No back-up. I'm a dead woman. But if I go down. . .

. . .I'm taking that bastard with me.

Next: The Oblivious Mole

Interesting theory by MoonTrooper258 on Reddit

"Huh, did somebody leave a window open? I feel like there is a bee buzzing around here." Absolute gold lol