Truth about Megan Reed [Spoilers]

[himmatsj]

So guys, straight to the point. She's working for the bad guys, isn't she? I mean, when she talks to Page after the end credits, and in Missing Link, where Quinn says in the end "let him find out himself" (I suspect this is about Megan partiality).

Also, who is BoB Page? He was in some emails in ML.

Is Megan's role an opening for a direct sequel? What about Jensen? Any chance he survives and leads the next entry in the franchise?

[MoonUnit]

I thought it was just a lead in to the original Deus Ex.

[Ryat]

Originally posted by MoonUnit:

I thought it was just a lead in to the original Deus Ex.

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Originally posted by himmatsj:

So guys, straight to the point. She's working for the bad guys, isn't she?

Define "bad guys". Deus Ex is about a lot of gray issues. All three games.

[SandaPanda]

Well you are partially right about Megan working for Belltower,but she is forced to do so.. As for what Quinn says, I believe he is alluding to Jenson's genetic makeup which allows his augmentations to be integrated normally without suffering the side effects that normally come with them. Bob Page is the primary antagonist of the original Deus Ex, as for Megan's role in the future, no body knows. There were some theories that she is responsible for the creation of the disease that devastates the world in the original Deus Ex, other than that nothing else. As for Jenson, nothing else is known except that Eidos will be making more games, for the universe so the potetnial does exist for him to return.

[himmatsj]

So wait, this happens before the original?

Also, what about the fact that in the end of DEHR, when everyone with augments goes mad and berserk, why does Adam not go too?

[Twyncyn]

Yes. DEHR Takes place 20? years before DX1.

[SandaPanda]

I believe the outcome of what happens to augmentations is based on the ending you choose. Also only the people who recieved the new biochip went insane, and even if you did, Megan manages to stablize you when you meet her at the ranch.

[p0k314NET]

Megan is (or will be after years research beacuse fiasco of plans from DX:HR) creator of "Grey Death" from DX1, she hasnt ANY objections to use humans to labtest. And, what is most importatn, she do it of her free will.

[Pwrdbygr4vity]

after megan discloses to jenson that she used his dna to make her advancements, w/o telling jenson, that pretty much says she is willing to do whatever it takes. good, bad or indifferent, scientists will always stray outside of morality to acompish there goals, and megan is no exception. other then the love she felt for jenson, i dont think she realized untill it was almost to late, just what her research was doing. esspecially after the kidnapping.

[FamousOutcast]

The after credit scene also helps that theory a bit. I say "theory" cuz no one besides the writers knows what the hell is going on with her

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by FamousOutcast:

The after credit scene also helps that theory a bit. I say "theory" cuz no one besides the writers knows what the hell is going on with her

Deus Ex is filled with double-crossings and double-agents.

[p0k314NET]

Originally posted by Enlightened One (music):

scientists will always stray outside of morality to acompish there goals, and megan is no exception.

Morality is morality and everyone is responsible to it. EVERYONE - and this is btw main point in all DeusEx series and common works like eg famous Blade Runner.

[murph]

Originally posted by himmatsj:

So guys, straight to the point. She's working for the bad guys, isn't she? I mean, when she talks to Page after the end credits, and in Missing Link, where Quinn says in the end "let him find out himself" (I suspect this is about Megan partiality).

Also, who is BoB Page? He was in some emails in ML.

Is Megan's role an opening for a direct sequel? What about Jensen? Any chance he survives and leads the next entry in the franchise?

I've played the original and HR many many times, but I'm def no expert in the plot. Some theorizing, but:

Megan started working for the 'bad guys' after she got kidnapped, and the after-credits dialogue indicates that, after all was said and done, she went on to work with Bob Page. They seem friendly at the end not because they are in complete evil cahoots, but because they worked together previously (as mentioned if you trigger the picture at the start of the game) and had at least some personal relationship. Megan continues to work for Bob because she wants to be on the cutting edge of research, with the best means to do so; even though she may have positive end goals, she is willing to do unethical, etc. things to do so (why she left Adam out of the loop; why she was more willing to help than the other researchers, who appeared more as captives; how she justified and continued her research using human hosts as supercomputer 'slaves', knowing and ignoring the ethics of such).

With Bob being a charismatic, powerful, and manipulative person, he could easily convince Megan to develop the Black Plague from the original Deus Ex if she were told that it would all be for the good of mankind. There are several reasons why Megan is a good candidate for creating the Black Plague - it was developed by the Illuminati/Bob Page, and it is a nanotechnology-based virus. Remember Megan mentioning how she developed a nanotechnology-based 'fix' that she administers to Adam so he isn't affected with craziness as everyone else is? This is one of the only, if not THE only, time that nanotechnology is mentioned in HR, and is basically the central technology of everything in the original Deus Ex.


As per Jenson being the protagonist in the next installment, I'd have to say no. Sure its possible, but its usual in Deus Ex games for each title to have a different protagonist. That doesn't mean that he can't make a guest appearance or anything - JC showed up in the 2nd Deus Ex as an AI I think, but I never really played the whole thing bc its kinda lame.

[ackrueger]

I can highly recommend the DeusEx wikia: it covers all previous installments of the franchise, even The Fall. You can look into certain characters like Bob Page (and the whole Illuminti/Majestic12 background, the development of FEMA etc.) and a few other characters from DX:HR. It is fascinating stuff. (Look for Dr.s Gary Savage and Tiffany Kevanagh too.)

[Moo-Viper X]

I think another truth about Megan is that she used to be known as "Ren" from the Ren and Stimpy show. I mean look at her face, its Ren with lipstick on. I don't know what the hell Adam was thinking, beer goggles don't even begin to excuse hooking up with something so repulsive looking.

[himmatsj]

Originally posted by ackrueger:

I can highly recommend the DeusEx wikia: it covers all previous installments of the franchise, even The Fall. You can look into certain characters like Bob Page (and the whole Illuminti/Majestic12 background, the development of FEMA etc.) and a few other characters from DX:HR. It is fascinating stuff. (Look for Dr.s Gary Savage and Tiffany Kevanagh too.)

Damn, I been waiting for The Fall on Android FOREVER!!! You played it? Any good? I like the fact it takes a different angle at many of the characters present in the HR universe.