Metastory With Layla [SPOILERS]

[ClancyDamon]

Can anyone explain what exactly was going on with Layla in the present day metastory segments? I have no idea how/why things worked out as they did. I don't understand why Abstergo tried to kill her, for one thing. I get that she was digging into people who had died and was getting into some company secrets, but that was something she was clearly doing for the past year or so. So, why did they send her to Egypt? They clearly still trusted her enough or didn't know about her personal investigation to give her an official job. The documents on her laptop say it was an official job. Besides, wouldn't Abstergo care a lot more about an Animus that doesn't require someone who is directly related to a memory than an employee asking annoying questions? Then again, haven't they already had that since Black Flag, when the Templars became Ubisoft and decided to take a break from world domination to make video games? In any event, they recruited some random IT worker into the Templars at the end of Rogue, so why not shut Layla up by bringing her into the fold?

And why was she so damn insistent on continuing to dig through Bayek's memories after the failed murder attempt? Did I miss something? I really thought she was doing that solely for the purpose of testing her upgrades to the Animus. She didn't seem to be actually looking for anything historically and I never got the impression she cared about the Assassins enough to want to know their origins. Outside of the obvious "the game would be over if she didn't" real-world explanation, why did Layla go back in and finish Bayek's memories?

Hell, the only thing I understand is William recruiting her at the end. The assassin's would want her technical skills. Outside of that, nothing about Layla or the events around her make any sense to me.

[Tryust]

if you look into the computer in the cave, it as some file saying she's been sent there to find a relic or something, i don't remember very well, i think she then modified her animus to access random people memorys.
she learned by bayek's memorys about the ordre and everything, probably why abstergo wanted to kill her.
when her friend got attacked she got back into the animus to learn more about the ordre.

But i didn't payed that much attention to the present day part, so i might be wrong

Then desmond father arrive and tell you he wants you in the assassins, but that's only because they want you to buy there next game

welcome in 2017 where trailers are 60€ video games

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Tryust:

Then desmond father arrive and tell you he wants you in the assassins, but that's only because they want you to buy there next game

welcome in 2017 where trailers are 60€ video games

You're giving them too much credit. I've been wanting a modern day Assassin's Creed ever since those excellent Desmond sections in 3, but Ubisoft is never going to give us that.

[molamola]

Originally posted by ClancyDamon:

Besides, wouldn't Abstergo care a lot more about an Animus that doesn't require someone who is directly related to a memory than an employee asking annoying questions? ....

In any event, they recruited some random IT worker into the Templars at the end of Rogue, so why not shut Layla up by bringing her into the fold?..

And why was she so damn insistent on continuing to dig through Bayek's memories after the failed murder attempt?

For the first question, yes they did but they already suggested the answer--the lady who kept stealing her tech. One or more of the letters say she came up with something awesome and one of the higher ups took credit for it. Layla really wanted to work on the Animus but was given low level jobs (like going to Egypt) and prevented from being promoted. They mention the Animus division is very secretive. Layla keeps saying that she wants to make her Animus from scratch and awesome (i.e. the non-ancestor thing) so she can unveil it to the company (implying that she's bypassing that lady who keeps stealing her work) and then get promoted to the Animus division. The backstory they seem to be painting for her is that she's like one of those super genius and ambitious tech people who quit school early to go into industry. Her friend on the earpiece also suggested they had a limited amount of time to get whatever they were supposed to get (it is not clear that they were originally meant to get Bayek but maybe some other stuff in the cave)? Maybe they ran out of time which is why they were attacked? That begs the question, though, maybe she should have just taken the sample and tried it at home haha...

The second question I've listed is probably a plot hole. I didn't play Rogue though so IDK. Was that position in the Animus department of Abstergo?

The third one was a bit shaky. She sounded like she was doing an F-you to that lady. She says something like that as she's running back to the Animus and recording herself, "If I die... all of this info will be lost so F- you ____(lady's name I don't remember)___" IMO I think that was a bit shaky motivation, but maybe she thought she couldn't do more or move her portable Animus quickly? She did kill all those dudes though so IDK.

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by fangtasia:

Her friend on the earpiece also suggested they had a limited amount of time to get whatever they were supposed to get (it is not clear that they were originally meant to get Bayek but maybe some other stuff in the cave)? Maybe they ran out of time which is why they were attacked?

Yeah, it is Bayek. In one of the notes she specifically says she went for an Artifact, and it turns out the Artifact is also a Person of Interest - Bayek's mummy. And I just don't believe that even Abstergo would send a hit squad against them just because they were late in getting back. Especially since they made it clear that they were only there for a couple of days at the very most; the field guide says the generator can run for about 5 days (it's still working obviously) and Dee said that Layla was in the animus ("inhabiting the body of an assassin") for a couple days when the hit squad appears. It had to be some other reason.

Originally posted by fangtasia:

The second question I've listed is probably a plot hole. I didn't play Rogue though so IDK. Was that position in the Animus department of Abstergo?

No, it was the Templars. The actual Templars behind Abstergo. The metastory in that game was the same approach as Black Flag - nameless unknown first person guy working for Ubisoft. You debug the story of a rogue assassin who joined the Templars, and then the Templars give the present day "you" a Templar ring and initiation in order to keep you quiet. It'd be easier and more worthwhile to just kill that guy since there's no indication that he had any actual skills. He was just on the clock at the time. That's why killing Layla just doesn't fit for me. She's clearly valuable.

Originally posted by fangtasia:

She sounded like she was doing an F-you to that lady. She says something like that as she's running back to the Animus and recording herself, "If I die... all of this info will be lost so F- you ____(lady's name I don't remember)___" IMO I think that was a bit shaky motivation

That's really my problem with it. Everything we learn in the game is neat for us as players of the series, but in the context of the game's universe, did she learn anything that would be worthwhile to Abstergo/The Templars? Do they really care where the Assassin symbol came from? I guess the best explanation is that Layla thought she was uncovering something really grand and important because she doesn't know about the secret societies, so she just thinks it's worth getting that knowledge. Maybe that is the explanation. It's not actually important or useful to anyone in-universe, but it's new to her so she thinks Abstergo would care.

[Kymilink]

Hi.
I think the hit squad could have been sent just to kill Layla and Dee.
Abstergo may have send her to find something, but really just to kill them. Sofia Rikkin (if it's the woman who stole her work) may wanted to steal her work one more time then sent the squad to make her disappeared. Like she was going to supplant her ?
Sophisticated way to kill Layla, but it's the only explanation I see for that.

[ClancyDamon]

Originally posted by Krono:

I have just decided to believe that it's actually the Assassins that killed her friend and sent those morons after her on a suicide mission while pretending to be Abstergo. The Assassins get a new recruit and Abstergo loses a valuable resource. It makes a lot more sense than Abstergo just randomly deciding to kill off one of their best employees, it might actually be true

This explains everything, and it fits the motives of everyone.

[Krono]

Yay, I feel smart