What are the rewards for Betraying Songbird and for Betraying Reed?

[Darkus56]

All I know is that you get a badge for helping the NUSA after siding with Reed. But if you side with Songbird and kill Reed are there any special rewards? Also does Alex die if you betray Reed?
Edit: Meant to say does Alex die if you betray Songbird.

[Baby2Chill]

A postcard with a message that varies based on whether or not you give Alex the FIA coin, and you get Reed's pistol. I'm pretty sure Alex only survives if you side with Songbird.

[Darkus56]

Originally posted by Baby2Chill:

A postcard with a message that varies based on whether or not you give Alex the FIA coin, and you get Reed's pistol. I'm pretty sure Alex only survives if you side with Songbird.

Is it the coin that the president gives you? When can you give Alex the FIA coin? Sorry I'm asking too many questions then I should.

[Baby2Chill]

Originally posted by Darkus56:

Originally posted by Baby2Chill:

A postcard with a message that varies based on whether or not you give Alex the FIA coin, and you get Reed's pistol. I'm pretty sure Alex only survives if you side with Songbird.

Is it the coin that the president gives you? When can you give Alex the FIA coin? Sorry I'm asking too many questions then I should.

Think she asks to meet after the ending and you can make the choice there.

[r.linder]

Betraying Songbird gives you access to the crafting specs for both the Erebus (iconic SMG) and Militech Canto Mk. 6 (Iconic Cyberdeck), both of which contain an AI from beyond the Blackwall, though you can only craft one or the other in a single playthrough as there's only one behavioral system component (which drops from a Militech Cerberus in the Cynosure core control room, do not forget it because you can't go back and get it unless you rollback saves). Both of them are useful in the right combat build, the Canto is obviously good for netrunners, it only has 4 deck slots but it gives you the Blackwall Gateway quickhack which does good damage and jumps to other targets like Contagion if you have enough RAM (it consumes additional RAM every time it jumps so it's not going to trigger more than 2 or 3 times like that unless you literally cheat in an impossible amount of RAM). The Erebus functions like a normal SMG, but applies the same effect as the quickhack to enemies at low health.

You also get access to the MaxTac Mantis Blades if you accepted Yoko's deal or called Mr. Hands when prompted to find a netrunner that can help with tracking and trapping MaxTac, though there isn't any actual benefit to them over "standard" mantis blades, they just look slightly different. If you did Nix's side jobs (Spellbound and KOLD MIRAGE) you can call on him as one of the netrunner options, he gets the job done the fastest and will give you a Self-ICE when you meet him.

However, you will only get access to The Tower ending if you leave Songbird alive and refuse to end her life at the end of this chain, you only get access to the neural matrix if you betrayed Songbird and then refused her request (King of Pentacles ending). Killing her (King of Cups ending) results in no extra rewards over the other ending, and it's not a good result for pretty much anyone, and both Reed and Myers will not be happy about it.

If you betray Reed, you get access to the King of Swords and King of Wands endings. If you turn Songbird over to Reed (King of Swords) then you get access to the neural matrix but nothing else apart from 3 missable weapons that you can also get in the Wands ending. If you kill Reed and send Song to Tycho, she will send you a post card, a metal pin from Tycho, and a Quantum Tuner cyberware which is actually pretty useful because it reduces cooldowns for other cyberware and you can't get it anywhere else, it's only from this ending quest. But you will not get the neural matrix as Song has already used it on herself, and spoiler alert, she was never telling the truth about saving your life, the neural matrix can only be used ONCE, meaning it was always going to come down to someone being used and betrayed.

[SolomonChild]

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If you betray Reed, you get access to the King of Swords and King of Wands endings. If you turn Songbird over to Reed (King of Swords) then you get access to the neural matrix but nothing else apart from 3 missable weapons that you can also get in the Wands ending. " What are the three missable weapons?

[craigsters]

The Canto Mk.6 and the Blackwall Gateway quick hack or Erebus Weapon if you betray Songbird and end up at Cynosure Facility