Lexi's gravity arm? (spoilers)

[Elegant Caveman]

Where/how/why did Lexi get a gravity arm? Is that explained anywhere?

Jesse's arm is a "Chops special", so why does some random PMC conscript have one? Is there some in-universe explanation I missed, or is it just for the sake of gameplay and we're supposed to ignore that?

[bixnoodles]

have you beaten zone patrol?

[Elegant Caveman]

I think so?

But it's been a while, so I might have forgotten stuff, and there might be a bit that was added after I did so (I know talking with the Sleepers was added after, at least).

Don't mind spoilers, though.

[Cahalith]

I don't recall zone patrol providing us with a definite answer, but since you're effectively an indentured servant, I guess they could've just cut off your arm to make room for cybernetics that make you a more effective tool.

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by Cahalith:

I don't recall zone patrol providing us with a definite answer, but since you're effectively an indentured servant, I guess they could've just cut off your arm to make room for cybernetics that make you a more effective tool.

Probably, yeah.

It just kind of struck me as odd (after nearly 100h of playing... I'm a little slow... lol), since I assume it's not exactly a common procedure/upgrade.

Though IIRC, VAKT's shadowy employer is Cairo? So it's possible they saw what happened to Jesse and how convenient it was for navigating through the zone, and figured their VAKT pawn should be similarly-equipped.

I guess if that was the case, though, I'd have preferred some kind of mention of it ingame.

Like, if I woke up from cryosleep with a gravity arm, I'd have some questions, indentured servant or not.

[RAM RANCH3R]

Don't want to spoil anything but Jess and Lexi are almost one in the same.

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by BOSS&CEO:

Don't want to spoil anything but Jess and Lexi are almost one in the same.

Go ahead and spoil away. If I don't already know it, it's because I missed it, or have forgotten.

I've gone through the campaign multiple times, and I'm running through zone patrol a second time right now.

I've seen them referred to as "siblings", but I don't recall any direct connection, other than crossing paths briefly and both being pawns.

[Elegant Caveman]

Originally posted by BOSS&CEO:

Don't want to spoil anything but Jess and Lexi are almost one in the same.

Oh, I guess this is what you mean?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3433832796

I totally forgot about that. Just got to this part again.

So Chops did make Lexi's arm as well, and apparently there's some connection to the Coral Snake there?

Now I'm just more confused, because I'm not seeing how it connects.

Maybe the Coral Snake has more answers? I guess I'll see when I get back there.

[Cahalith]

I'd have to check again, since my memory isn't what it used to be, but perhaps BOSS&CEO is suggesting that when Jesse finishes the campaign and enters employment with the mysterious strangers at the end, she's given a new identity and transported through time and space to arrive at the planet as "Lexi"? Would fit the game, given how openly it takes inspiration from the Half-Life games. IIRC, zone patrol is set after the campaign, chronologically speaking.

[Elegant Caveman]

Ahh, interesting, hadn't even considered that.

I haven't played Half-Life (well, barely...), so I don't know how that would tie together (I also don't mind spoilers for Half-Life, for what it's worth).

I got the impression that zone patrol kind of happened somewhere in the middle of/at the same time as the campaign, but I could be wrong.

First time I played through, episode 3 wasn't out yet. I played through what there was of the campaign, then zone patrol, then episode 3 when it was released, and that felt fitting to me, chronologically speaking. I may have misunderstood, though.

At the beginning of Familiar Room, the detective says you've been on ice "only a few weeks", and at the beginning of Sister Location, when Jesse meets Lexi, it sure sounds like Lexi's "been through some stuff" already. To me, that slots zone patrol neatly between episodes 2 & 3.

Doesn't mean that the whole time twin theory is impossible, as far as those things go, but it certainly doesn't make it my favorite.

[Cahalith]

Oh, you should definitely take that theory with a grain of salt, I was just trying to think of what BOSS&CEO might have meant.

And like I said, my memory isn't what it used to be. Case in point, I totally forgot you meet Lexi in episode 3. I think my mind is stuck in the state it was in when we were still waiting for the campaign to be finished

[Elegant Caveman]

Hehe, fair enough. ;)

Still! It's a theory.

[Elegant Caveman]

So I misremembered about Vakt's Shadowy employer. It wasn't Cairo, but Coral Snake.

I've gone back to Coral Snake, but that discussion doesn't lead to much in terms of answers. They do mention Jesse destroying the Calico Object, so Zone Patrol at least happens after episode 2.

[RAM RANCH3R]

There isn't a "direct" correlation but "hints". which was what I was trying to get at. You all have seem to put in your own great detective work on the theory. Even bringing up details even I missed!