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Suemorphplus2009: /* Striker */

=={{C|1}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C1}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C1}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C1}}|Diary]]''
===Intro===
*01_01_01 Griffin: Give me another reading.
*01_01_02 Shinatama: All systems nominal. She's doing fine.
*01_01_03 Kerr: This is a mistake.
*01_01_04 Griffin: You aren't really in a position to criticize.
*01_01_05 Griffin: The Syndicate is using the warehouse to shuttle contraband. Chung went underground to gather evidence. He failed to report in this morning. Find him and get me what I need to shut the place down or shut it down yourself.
*01_01_06 Konoko: I'm on it.
*01_01_07 Griffin: Update.
*01_01_08 Shinatama: Daodan latency holding at twenty seven point one. Bioplasmic waveforms stable. A class three adrenal spike when you gave the order, but nothing out of the ordinary.
*01_01_09 Kerr: What are you sending her into?
*01_01_10 Griffin: It's a simple bust: in and out. She needs a trial run.
*01_01_11 Kerr: Good luck Konoko.
===Chung's body===
*01_02_01 Konoko: Chung...
*01_02_02 Konoko: It's Chung. I found him.
*01_02_03 Griffin: Dead?
*01_02_04 Konoko: Yes Sir.
*01_02_05 Griffin: Keep moving.
===Warehouse manager===
*c07_02_06civ1 Civilian: Thank you! They're holding the warehouse manager upstairs.

*c07_02_06civmale Civilian: They took over the whole place and they're loading some kind of armored truck. I think they're almost finished. You'd better hurry up. I'll open these doors for you.
===Truck===
*00_01_95 Shinatama: Konoko! Those Syndicate troops are trying to remove evidence from the warehouse. I've scanned the truck and they've almost finished securing their cargo. There's no way to get inside the truck. You've got to find some way to stop it from leaving the building!
===Outro===
*01_03_01 Konoko: I found a datapad...it's an encrypted shipping manifest that links the warehouse to Musashi Manufacturing. I want to go check it out. It's not far from here...
*01_03_02 Griffin: Well done Konoko. Fall back, I'll have you picked up.
*01_03_03 Konoko: Musashi is owned by BGI. According to your latest report BGI is a suspected Syndicate front. If we can prove the connection we can move against them. I can go in and...
*01_03_04 Griffin: Negative. Fall back.
*01_03_05 Konoko: We can't afford to wait for another team to arrive. We have to move quickly or they are going to get away.
*01_03_06 Shinatama: She won't back down. Her adrenals have been rising steadily. Too much stress could destabilize her latency.
*01_03_07 Griffin: All right Konoko. I'm giving you a shot at this.
*01_03_08 Konoko: Thank you Sir. I won't let you down.

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=={{C|2}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C2}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C2}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C2}}|Diary]]''
===Intro===
*01_04_01 Receptionist: Good afternoon and welcome to the Musashi Heavy Manufacturing Concern. How can I be of service?
*01_04_02 TCTF Agent Thorson: Good afternoon ma'am. I'm Agent Thorson...
*01_04_03 Konoko: We are with the TCTF and we hereby order you to cease and desist all operations. We have reason to suspect that this facility is involved in the manufacture of illegal technology!
*01_04_04 Receptionist: Of course officer, I'm sure I can get someone to help you.
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*02_05_01 Barabas: They're here! Finally!
*02_05_02 Muro: Is everything ready?
*02_05_03 Barabas: You know it. They aren't getting out of here alive.
*02_05_04 Muro: Let me know when things start to get messy.
*02_05_05 Barabas: Count on it. When I get through with them they're...
*02_05_06 Muro: Just make sure I'm not interrupted.
*02_05_07 Muro: There may be someone with them, an exceptional agent...
*02_05_08 Barabas: I'm ready for anything. You made sure of that.
*02_05_09 Muro: There is always someone stronger. Have you forgotten?
*02_05_10 Barabas: No. I haven't. I'll be careful.
*02_05_11 Muro: See that you are. You know the consequences of failure.
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*02_05_12 Receptionist: Please have a seat, someone will be right with you.
*02_05_13 TCTF Agent Thorson: What the?
*02_05_14 Konoko: Heads up. We've got company.

===Suspicions===
*02_06_01 Konoko: This is a wild goose chase.
*02_06_02 Griffin: Explain.
*02_06_03 Konoko: This whole place - it's a trap. They planted that datapad.
*02_06_04 Griffin: To what end?
*02_06_05 Konoko: It's a diversion. It has to be. The Syndicate is going to try something big while my team and I are busy here.
*02_06_06 Griffin: I'll try to confirm your suspicions. Until then your orders are unchanged. Find something we can use to shut them down.
*02_06_07 Konoko: Yes Sir.
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*02_07_01 Griffin: You were right. Syndicate forces are attacking a research facility ten minutes from your current position. Get out of there - fast. I sent another team but they're gonna need your help.
*02_07_02 Konoko: I'm on it.

===Deadly Brain detected===
*02_08_01 Shinatama: Pardon me Konoko.
*02_08_02 Konoko: What is it?
*02_08_03 Shinatama: I used a wideband theta scan to locate the control mechanism that was used to activate the facility's defenses. I'm detecting a biomechanical expert system with a full suite of interface overrides and intrusion countermeasures.
*02_08_04 Konoko: A deadly brain? I thought we tracked down the last of them.
*02_08_05 Shinatama: Apparently Muro found one we missed or manufactured one of his own. If you disable the device we should be able to take control of the security system and clear a path to the nearest exit.
*02_08_06 Konoko: Finally, some good news. Where is it?
===Dr. Kafelnikov===
*02_62_06 Dr. Kafelnikov: I warned them not to activate it! It will kill us all!
*02_62_12 Dr. Kafelnikov: Run while you still can!
*02_62_07 Konoko: Why did you build it in the first place?
*02_62_08 Dr. Kafelnikov: Well...uh...you know...
*02_62_09 Konoko: Forget it, just get out of here!
*02_62_10 Dr. Kafelnikov: Here...
*02_62_11 Dr. Kafelnikov: AIIIIIEEEEEEEE!
===The Glorious Deadly Brain Fight (sic!)===
*00_01_106 Shinatama: I've interfaced with the Deadly Brain.
*00_01_107 Shinatama: It's broken out of the Musashi intranet, and is trying to gain access to the local TCTF Public Security Node.
*00_01_108 Shinatama: Turn off those breakers...Fast!
*brain07final Deadly Brain: Am I the Pacific Brain? The Doltish, Shallow-Pated or Hebetudinous Brain? Indeed not. I am the Deadly Brain! Deadly, I say! You haven't a chance.
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*00_01_113 Shinatama: Unfortunately, the Brain's subconscious is attempting to crash the Public News Net. Something about "the glory of instant celebrity."
*00_01_114 Shinatama: Ugh! It's unleasing a torrent of digital images of itself! Stop it!
*brain03final Deadly Brain: Who can resist my subtle charm, my rakish lobes? No one! The world is my oyster, and I...I am the public's pearl.
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*00_01_115 Shinatama: You must have decoupled its core logic on that final pass. The Brain tells me it will irradiate everything within a 50 block radius unless we meet the following demands: it wants feet.
*00_01_117 Shinatama: Clearly it's gone rampant, but it's Xiox destruct mechanism is extremely powerful. Complete the final sequence, and shut that Brain off for good!
*brain08final Deadly Brain: I am a Brain. Hath not a Brain feet? Hath not a Brain hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...

===Outro===
*02_09_01 Griffin: How is she holding up?
*02_09_02 Kerr: According to Shinatama her Daodan latency has crept up to twenty nine but her bioplasmic waveforms are holding.
*02_09_03 Griffin: So she's still stable?
*02_09_04 Kerr: So far as we can tell - yes, but prolonged stress could be dangerous.
*02_09_05 Griffin: She insisted.
*02_09_06 Kerr: This is why I was against moving to Phase Three. We have no right to...
*02_09_07 Griffin: I'm getting tired of listening to your self righteous tirades. Konoko is as much your creature as she is mine.

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=={{C|3}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C3}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C3}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C3}}|Diary]]''
===Barabas===
*00_01_99 Shinatama: The main gates and lobby security doors have been locked through the security controls and something is keeping our agents at bay.
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*03_10_01 Barabas: Let's get it on!
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*03_10_02 Barabas: You're strong, but this isn't over. Not by a long shot!
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*03_11_01 Barabas: She's with them.
*03_11_02 Muro: Who is with them?
*03_11_03 Barabas: The Agent you warned me about. I couldn't take her.
*03_11_04 Muro: Where is she?
*03_11_05 Barabas: She's on her way.
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*00_01_98 Shinatama: Konoko, I'm experiencing a lot of scanner interference. But reports from inside the Research Lab indicate that Syndicate troops are all over the building. I think they're searching for research data, but it's hard to tell.
===Tower===
*03_12_01 Konoko: All clear. Come on in. '''(UNUSED)'''
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*03_12_02 TCTF AGENT: We are under fire out here. They have us pinned down!
*03_12_12 TCTF AGENT: I think the shooters are in the mezzanine level of the foyer! Can you free us up? We're taking casualties down here!
*03_12_03 Konoko: I'll see what I can do.
*03_12_04 Bomb Trooper: Too late. I just triggered my detonation harness. In five seconds you I and will both be dead. The entire tower will be vaporized! Hahahahaha!!
*03_12_05 TCTF AGENT: Uhhh, roger that... Foyer secured.
===Foyer===
*03_12_08 TCTF AGENT: Good work Konoko. You might need this.
*03_12_09 TCTF AGENT: Keep your head down. There are still some Strikers on the upper floors.
===Outro===
*03_13_01 Konoko: Oh no you don't. You aren't getting away that easily.
*03_13_02 Syndicate Henchman: She's right behind us. Should I take her out?
*03_13_03 Muro: No. Have the rest of the men meet us at the airport.
===Misc===
*03_12_06 Civilian: Those maniacs locked us in!
*03_12_07 Civilian: They're moving floor to floor...there's no where to hide!

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=={{C|4}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C4}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C4}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C4}}|Diary]]''
===Intro===
*c00_01_104shinatama Shinatama: This is horrible! Syndicate troops are attacking the airport. I don't know if these numbers are correct, but there might be dozens of casualties! I still can't get a solid fix on Muro's position...he must be using the chaos to cover his escape.
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*04_14_02 Konoko: Muro! Stop!
*04_14_01 Muro: Kill her. I have a plane to catch.
==="Booth" talk===
*04_17_01 Muro: I'm impressed. Your potential is almost as great as mine.
*04_17_02 Muro: Unfortunately that means you could pose a threat to me.
*04_17_03 Muro: I can't allow that.
===Misc===
*04_17_04 Civilian: You are with the TCTF, right? I wish there was something I could do to help.
*04_17_05 Security Guard: Thanks for the assist. It was only a matter of time before they came back to finish me off. Take this VanDeGraf Pistol. You might need it.
*04_17_06 Civilian: Here take this ______
*04_17_07 Security Guard: You might need this ______
*04_17_08 Civilian: I'm glad to see you. I hid back here as soon as the shooting started. Maybe these will help you.

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=={{C|5}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C5}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C5}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C5}}|Diary]]''
===Tips===
*06_20_01 Civilian: Thank god you showed up when you did.
*06_20_02 Konoko: I need your help.
*06_20_03 Civilian: Name it.
*06_20_04 Konoko: The man who did this is on his way out. I need a way to track him.
*06_20_05 Civilian: There is an LSI Tracker and harness in the next hangar over.
*06_20_06 Konoko: Perfect...
*06_20_07 Civilian: Be careful, those maniacs are all over the place, and the security systems are all haywire.
===Outro===
*06_21_01 Syndicate Henchman: I've been monitoring the woman tracking us as you instructed. Scanners indicate a standard comlink as well as a second set of sub dermal transmissions. Analysis suggests that she is neurolinked to an SLD.
*06_21_02 Muro: An android? Interesting. They must be using it to monitor her progress. I want it. Tell Barabas to retrieve it for me.

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=={{C|6}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C6}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C6}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C6}}|Diary]]''
===Level start===
*07_22_01 Konoko: Showtime...
===Syndicate's progress===
*07_23_01 Syndicate Henchman: We've disabled the power substations. Static defenses are down. All units converge.
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*c00_01_105shinatama Shinatama: Konoko hurry! They've landed on the roof, and they're breaking into the Command Chambers. We can't hold them off for long!
===Welder===
*07_26_19 Civilian: We're trapped! They've blown the access ramps and even tried to blow out the elevator!
*07_26_20 Konoko: Elevator?...
*07_26_21 Civilian: Yes, they stopped access to the high security chambers above and below, but the cables held and so the car didn't fall, thank goodness.
*07_26_22 Konoko: Couldn't blow it free, huh?...
*07_26_02 Konoko: Get me a LASER TORCH, quick!
*07_26_03 Civilian: What for?
*07_26_04 Konoko: You wouldn't believe me if I told you!
*07_26_25 Civilian: Here.
===Barabas grabbing Shinatama===
*07_24_02 Shinatama: No! Stay away! Konoko, help! No!
*07_24_01 Barabas: Got ya!

*07_26_06 Scientist: They tore through this place like we weren't even here! You should have seen that monster that grabbed Shinatama!

*07_26_07 Particularly suave scientist: I think they were headed for the roof!
===Barabas===
*07_25_01 Konoko: Shinatama...
*07_25_02 Konoko: You again...
*07_25_03 Barabas: You can't escape me.
*07_25_04 Konoko: Who says I want to escape?
===Outro===
*07_26_01 Konoko: Don't worry Shinatama. I'm on my way.

===Misc===
*07_26_05 Scientist: Konoko! Its good to see you again but I wish you had shown up just a few minutes sooner.

*07_26_08 Civilian: Thank god you're here! Take this ______

*07_26_09 Civilian: Here take this ______

*07_26_10 Scientist: They're maniacs! You got here just in time!

*07_26_11 Civilian: You may need this.

*07_26_12 Cop: Thanks for the help. But I think the real fight is on the floors above us.
*07_26_13 Konoko: I'm going after them, can you stay here with these civilians?
*07_26_14 Cop: Yes, but here take this.
*07_26_15 Konoko: Thanks.

*07_26_16 Konoko: Things aren't looking good.
*07_26_17 Cop: No, we haven't secured a single area -- not even our armory.

*07_26_18 Civilian: I told them we'd just make things worse if we tried to use these guns. You should be the one using this!

*07_26_23 TCTF Agent: Thanks for the assist.
*07_26_24 TCTF TROOPER: Hey, good to see you.

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=={{C|7}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C7}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C7}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C7}}|Diary]]''
===Insubordination===
*08_27_01 Konoko: I'm going after her.
*08_27_02 Griffin: I have dispatched a Strike Team to recover the SLD.
*08_27_03 Konoko: This is personal.
*08_27_04 Griffin: Which is precisely why you should have nothing to do with it.
*08_27_05 Konoko: My mind is made up.
*08_27_06 Griffin: I am your Commanding Officer...
*08_27_07 Konoko: I don't care who you are. My friend is in trouble and I'm going to help her if I can. Stay out of my way.
===Torture===
*08_28_01 Muro: I'm impressed. You're almost human.
*08_28_02 Muro: Curious. Why bother programming you to feel pain so intensely?
*08_28_03 Muro: Of course pain is a necessary response to certain stimuli, but they could have dulled the sensation or given you a threshold that would limit the extent and depth of your agony.
*08_28_04 Muro: I'm glad they didn't.
*08_28_05 Shinatama: Aaaahh!
*08_28_06 Shinatama: Aaaaaahhhh!
===Out of control===
*08_29_01 TCTF Agent: Sir, I'm picking up a power surge from Processor 31-B. It's consistent with the waveforms of a Daodan spike, but far more powerful.
*08_29_02 Griffin: This is getting out of control..
===Misc===
====Power grid====
*08_29_05 Civilian: Who are you?
*08_29_06 Konoko: The person that just saved your life.
*08_29_07 Civilian: Right, yeah. I'm sorry. It's been kind of a rough day.
*08_29_08 Konoko: Tell me about it. I need to get across that power grid out there, any ideas?
*08_29_09 Civilian: Yeah...if I recalibrate these capacitors the power flow will lag for a few cycles until central control reroutes it.
*08_29_10 Konoko: How long is 'a few cycles'?
*08_29_11 Civilian: Not long.
*08_29_12 Konoko: It figures.
====Repurposing====
*08_29_13 Civilian: I noticed those maniacs were making a lot of modifications to the facility before they locked me up. Do you have any idea what the Syndicate wants with an Atmosphere Processor?
*08_29_14 Konoko: Modifications? What kind of modifications?
*08_29_15 Civilian: Hard to tell without getting a look at everything but it looked like they were repurposing it.
*08_29_16 Konoko: Why?
*08_29_17 Civilian: Beats me. All a facility like this can do is suck in air, treat it and then belch it back out.
*08_29_18 Konoko: I don't like the sound of that.
*08_29_19 Civilian: You may need this. '''(UNUSED)'''
====Lost my crew====
*08_29_20 Konoko: Are you alright?
*08_29_21 Civilian: I'm ok, but I lost my crew when these terrorists showed up. Take this, it isn't much but it'll help you find them.
====Cop girl====
*08_29_22 Cop: It's about time! I've been able to keep them from the elevator platform here, but we still have some personnel trapped below.
*08_29_23 Konoko: I'll take care of that.
*08_29_24 Cop: Then take this...
====Good thinking====
*08_29_25 Construction Worker: Yeah. The last thing my foreman told me was to stay out of trouble. And so I am.
*08_29_26 Konoko: Good thinking.
*08_29_27 Construction Worker: Yeah, and in case you're not going to do the same, here...
====Hostage====
*08_29_28 Security Guard: Hey, I saw those killers take a hostage with them into the building -- a little girl, I think.
*08_29_29 Konoko: Shinatama...
*08_29_30 Security Guard: Wait, take this...
====Really really misc====
*08_29_31 Striker: Huh?

*08_29_03 Scientist: Thank god you're here!

*08_29_04 Civilian: Here take these ______

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=={{C|8}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C8}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C8}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C8}}|Diary]]''
===Shinatama's death===
*09_31_01 Konoko: What did they do to you?
*09_31_02 Shinatama: You are not who you think you are.
*09_31_03 Konoko: What?
*09_31_04 Shinatama: You are Mai Hasegawa. Your father...
*09_31_05 Konoko: You're malfunctioning. Let me get you out of this chair.
*09_31_06 Shinatama: Don't! He...hurt me Konoko. Badly. If you try to move me I will probably die.
*09_31_07 Konoko: But why? Why did they do this to you?
*09_31_08 Shinatama: I am an SLD, an android programmed with your brain engrams. I have seen everything you have seen, felt everything you have felt. They used me to monitor the growth of the Chrysalis inside you...
*09_31_09 Konoko: I don't understand.
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*09_31_10 Scientist: Sir...bio-readings indicate that the host is in close proximity to the SLD. The Xiox destruct mechanism is charged...
*09_31_11 Griffin: Did you get a waveform reading?
*09_31_12 Scientist: She's all over the charts, and the change rate is unstable. It is safe to assume that her latency will rise steadily from here on out.
*09_31_13 Kerr: You don't know that for sure.
*09_31_14 Griffin: What is the yield of the device?
*09_31_15 Scientist: 1.21 Gigawatts sir. We're confident it will be enough to destroy her at this proximity. Sir...?
*09_31_16 Kerr: Give her a chance...
*09_31_17 Griffin: You heard the readings, Doctor. I can't afford to let her transformation continue uncontrolled. Proceed.
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*09_31_18 Konoko: Shinatama, what's wrong?
*09_31_19 Shinatama: I have just received a coded self-destruct transmission from TCTF command. I can't stop the sequence, but I can slow it down.
*09_31_20 Konoko: Why! Why are you doing this! Stop it! Stop! '''(UNUSED)'''
*09_31_21 Shinatama: Konoko, I can't delay the self destruct command for long. Get out of here while you can. Doctor Kerr was your father's partner. He has been helping Griffin. He knows everything. Find him. Ask him. '''(UNUSED)'''
*09_31_22 Konoko: I'm not going to abandon you. There has to be something I can do...
*09_31_23 Shinatama: Goodbye Konoko.
*09_31_24 Konoko: No!
*09_31_25 Shinatama: Detonation in twenty, nineteen, eighteen... '''(UNUSED)'''
*09_31_26 Konoko: Goodbye Shinatama.
*09_31_27 Shinatama: Detonation in 30 seconds
*09_31_28 Shinatama: Detonation in 20 seconds
*09_31_29 Shinatama: Detonation in 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1....
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*09_32_01 Konoko: That was close but I'm clear. That access hatch leads to the surface. '''(UNUSED)'''
*09_32_02 Security Guard: No you fool! We're not secured for atmosphere... '''(UNUSED)'''
*09_32_03 TCTF AGENT: If she reaches the access hatch, she'll get away! I know how to stop her!
===Konoko has gone rogue===
*09_33_01 Griffin: Any luck?
*09_33_02 Scientist: Checking broadband...
*09_33_03 Griffin: And?
*09_33_04 Scientist: Registering high frequency waveforms... I have her. The Host survived.
*09_33_05 Griffin: That's it then.
*09_33_06 Kerr: You could have given her a chance.
*09_33_07 Griffin: I gave you both a chance, Doctor. That was my mistake.
*09_33_08 Griffin: I knew it was only a matter of time. It's over. '''(UNUSED)'''
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*c09_33_09griffin Griffin: All units: Konoko has gone rogue. She is a Class B threat and this is a Code Red situation.
*c09_33_09agriffin Griffin: Take her in or take her down. Use any means necessary.
===Misc===
====Just do it====
*09_34_01 Scientist: He was going to KILL me!
*09_34_02 Konoko: Not any more. Now listen, I have to get across -- shut down the power.
*09_34_03 Scientist: The best I can do is recalibrate---
*09_34_04 Konoko: I know, just do it!
*09_34_05 Scientist: Alright.
*09_34_06 Scientist: Better go now. '''(UNUSED)'''
====Quickest way out====
*09_34_07 Scientist: Is it safe now?
*09_34_08 Konoko: Not yet -- what's the quickest way out of here?
*09_34_09 Scientist: Probably the maintenance route for the main line above. But it isn't easy...

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=={{C|9}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C9}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C9}}|Diary]]''
===We'll be ready for her===
*10_34_01 Griffin: Konoko can't hide from us. She is a rogue and she knows it. She can't come in and no one will help her.
*10_34_02 Kerr: She will want to know the truth.
*10_34_03 Griffin: If she's looking for answers she'll try for the secure files in the State Building. And we'll be ready for her.
===I don't have time for this===
*10_34_04 Security Guard: Stop! Don't move a muscle.
*10_34_05 Security Guard: I have two men down over here. Get us some backup, fast!
*10_34_06 Konoko: I don't have time for this.
*10_34_07 Security Guard: Stop or I'll shoot!
*10_34_08 Konoko: Your call.
===Retrieving data===
*10_35_01a Konoko: Here we go...Light security. Nothing special. There it is. My life, all tucked away nice and neat in a classified archive. Time to take back what...
*10_35_01b Konoko: Someone else is in the system. Not good. Stripping away the files I'm trying to download.
*10_35_01c Konoko: Not much more. Just a few seconds... No! Kicked offline. Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me. I wonder what they're protecting?
===Outro===
*10_37_01 Mukade: I have it. Let's move.
===Misc===
====Basement====
*10_38_01 Civilian: Please...what do you want from us?
*10_38_02 Konoko: The restricted access files. Where are they kept?
*10_38_03 Civilian: They're in the basement data vault.
====Command center====
*10_38_04 Civilian: Don't kill me! I'm just a clerk!
*10_38_05 Konoko: I don't want to kill anyone. I just need some information.
*10_38_06 Civilian: I can't tell you anything. I wish I could but I can't. These terminals are for data entry only. I can't access restricted files from here.
*10_38_07 Konoko: So how do I get what I need?
*10_38_08 Civilian: All the high security access terminals are over in the command center. Please don't hurt me. I have a wife and kids...
====Way out====
*10_38_09 Civilian: You're that terrorist!
*10_38_10 Konoko: Is that what they're saying? Fine. I'm a terrorist and right now I'm looking for a way out.
*10_38_11 Civilian: The underground security passage! It gives us direct access to the command offices! Maybe you could get out over there!

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=={{C|10}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C10}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C10}}|Diary]]''
===Chase===
*11_39_01 Konoko: Where...? Ah, over there.
*11_39_02 Konoko: It's strange...I can almost feel him out there, creeping from shadow to shadow...
*11_39_03 Konoko: I lost him. Wait...there he is.
*11_39_04 Konoko: He can't escape me, but why?
*11_39_05 Konoko: There is something familiar about him...I can't quite place it.
*11_39_06 Konoko: It's like this is his territory, and I'm invading.
*11_39_07 Konoko: He's angry. I can taste his frustration.
*11_39_08 Konoko: He knows I can feel him...that we are...rivals? Natural enemies?
*11_39_09 Konoko: I'm backing him into a corner. This isn't going to be pretty...
===Faceoff===
*11_40_01 Mukade: All you have done by hunting me is force me to fight. You should have let me go.
*11_40_02 Konoko: Who are you? Why can I feel you inside me?
*11_40_03 Mukade: Does your blood burn when you kill? Mine does.
*11_40_04 Konoko: Stop it...
*11_40_05 Mukade: We writhe inside as we are torn apart to make way for what we will become. Surrender to it. Let the bliss of oblivion free you of all your doubts and fears...
*11_40_06 Konoko: You are one of Muro's thugs, nothing more.
*11_40_07 Mukade: We shall see...
===Neck break===
*c11_41_01konoko Konoko: My father's file. Griffin encouraged me not to look too deeply into my past. It seems like there's a lot he didn't want me to know... I could feel the Ninja and I knew he could feel me. Why? What am I becoming? Are we the same?
*c11_41_01bkonoko Konoko: No! I have nothing in common with him.
*c11_41_02konoko Konoko: Nothing.

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=={{C|11}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C11}}|Objectives]]''
===Intro===
*12_42_01 Konoko: My father's lab. It is hard to imagine what it would have been like to have known him. Coming here is like walking with his ghost through the past we never shared.
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*12_43_01 Hasegawa: Since the loss of my beloved Jamie I have tried to find a way to excuse my survival.
*12_43_02 Hasegawa: Her sacrifice must have some meaning or the tragedy of it will overwhelm me.
*12_43_03 Hasegawa: I met Jamie when she was a student of mine. She was one of my best. It was also obvious that she was an exceptional person. I fell for her from the start.
*12_43_04 Hasegawa: Jamie was an activist. She knew government was concealing the facts about the environmental crisis. She was determined to set things straight no matter what the cost.
*12_43_05 Hasegawa: Jamie convinced me to join in the struggle. We both knew it was dangerous but we were young and thought we were indestructible.
*12_43_06 Hasegawa: I miss her terribly.
*12_43_07 Hasegawa: We never should have left the city. But we wanted proof of what was being allowed to happen.
*12_43_08 Hasegawa: They called it a Wilderness Preserve. It was one of the Contaminated Zones, the dirty secrets that the government made it easy to ignore.
*12_43_09 Hasegawa: We knew that traveling there would brand us as enemies of the state. We thought we were prepared to deal with the consequences of our choice, but what happened was more horrible than anything we could have ever imagined.
*12_43_10 Hasegawa: On our way into the Zone, Jamie cut her leg. The wound became infected almost immediately. I'd never seen anything like it. She was dying in my arms and there was nothing I could do to save her. All I could do was ease her pain.
*12_43_11 Hasegawa: The world outside the Atmospheric Processors is poisonous. If something isn't done we are all doomed. Jamie's death won't be in vain. I'm going to do something about the nightmare that killed her. Her brother will help me. He misses her as much as I do.
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*12_44_01 Konoko: Jamie Hasegawa. Maiden Name Jamie Kerr. Kerr's sister. Shinatama was right. Kerr worked with my father, but on what?
*12_44_02 Muro: You really don't know?
*12_44_03 Konoko: Tell me...
*12_44_04 Muro: No more time for questions little girl.
===Griffin===
*12_45_01 Griffin: You are such a disappointment.
*12_45_02 Konoko: You lied to me!
*12_45_03 Griffin: I told you what you needed to know.
*12_45_04 Konoko: You used me!
*12_45_05 Griffin: I did my job, which is better than I can say for you.
===Evil Konoko===
*12_46_01 Konoko: Hello Mai.
*12_46_02 Konoko: What?
*12_46_03 Konoko: Mai Hasegawa. That's your name, isn't it?
*12_46_04 Konoko: I'm not sure who I am...
*12_46_05 Konoko: Oh, well let me help you. Ward of the State. TCTF pawn. Murderer. Ring any bells?
*12_46_06 Konoko: Leave me alone...
*12_46_07 Konoko: Can't do that. You are a Rogue Agent. I'm under orders to bring you in.
===Shinatama===
*12_63_01 Shinatama: Konoko...this way...
*12_63_02 Shinatama: Listen to me Konoko... listen...listen...listen '''(UNUSED)'''
*12_63_03 Shinatama: Follow me...
*12_63_04 Shinatama: Over here...
*12_63_05 Shinatama: <giggles>

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=={{C|12}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C12}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C12}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C12}}|Diary]]''
===Griffin's pet doctor===
*13_47_03 Security Guard: Hey, it's me. Let me in.
*13_47_04 Security Guard: All right. Hold on.

*13_47_01 Security Guard: Where's Griffin's pet doctor today?
*13_47_02 Security Guard: Touring the pod wing I believe.

===Meeting Kerr===
*13_64_01 Konoko: Hello Uncle.
*13_64_02 Kerr: What are you doing here? Griffin's men are...
*13_64_03 Konoko: Let me worry about Griffin. Right now I need your help.
*13_64_04 Kerr: Yes, you do. Perhaps more than you know...but I'll need my equipment. And they will try to shut me out so I need you to reroute the power manually.
*13_64_05 Konoko: I'm on it.
*13_64_06 Kerr: I'll meet you in my lab.
===Scanner room===
*13_65_01 Kerr: Get into the chair.
*13_65_02 Konoko: Is this absolutely necessary?
*13_65_03 Kerr: Yes. You've been out of contact since Shinatama was kidnapped. I need to know what is going on inside you.
*13_65_04 Konoko: All right.
*13_65_05 Kerr: This may sting a bit...
*13_65_06 Konoko: What are you doing?
*13_65_07 Kerr: I'm taking a look at the Chrysalis and testing to see how far its integration with your body has progressed.
*13_65_08 Konoko: Integration?
*13_65_09 Kerr: You're stable, but the transformation is farther along than I anticipated.
*13_65_10 Konoko: What does that mean? What's happening to me?
*13_65_11 Kerr: How much do you know already?
*13_65_12 Konoko: My birth name is Mai Hasegawa. You worked with my father, but I don't know what you were working on.
*13_65_13 Kerr: The Daodan Chrysalis. Your father believed that the only way to save the human race from the poisonous atmosphere was to change them so they could adapt to the new world.
*13_65_14 Konoko: Shinatama said that you used her to monitor the growth of the Chrysalis. Is there one of those things inside me?
*13_65_15 Kerr: Yes.
*13_65_16 Konoko: What is it doing?
*13_65_17 Kerr: The Chrysalis is the hyper-evolved clone of its host body. As the host experiences stress or harm it grows to reinforce or replace the body's damaged systems.
*13_65_18 Konoko: Who did this to me? You?
*13_65_19 Kerr: Griffin forced me to do it.
*13_65_20 Konoko: Griffin? But why?
*13_65_21 Kerr: Your father and I were criminals, funded by the Syndicate. We couldn't get backing from any legitimate source. They left us alone for the most part. We didn't think they were interested in our work. We were wrong.
*13_65_22 Konoko: Go on.
*13_65_23 Kerr: They had been watching us very closely. When they figured out what the Chrysalis was they raided our lab. We'd only grown two prototypes, based on the genetic codes of you and your brother...
*13_65_24 Konoko: My brother?
*13_65_25 Kerr: Muro.
*13_65_26 Konoko: You've got to be kidding.
*13_65_27 Kerr: The Syndicate captured your father and Muro. We had never intended to implant those Chrysalises. They had other plans.
*13_65_28 Konoko: Where was I?
*13_65_29 Kerr: I managed to escape with you. I took you to the TCTF. There was no other way to ensure your safety.
*13_65_30 Konoko: And Griffin forced you to implant mine. Why? Insurance?
*13_65_31 Kerr: Yes. We weren't sure what kind of mutation the prototypes would produce. Griffin wanted to make sure we had a match for any weapon the Syndicate ended up with. He's a cold hearted man.
*13_65_32 Konoko: He makes you work for him, doesn't he?
*13_65_33 Kerr: Yes, but it's all right. You have been my only project. I owe it to you to look after you however I can.
*13_65_34 Konoko: Muro and his men. They're monsters... What am I?
*13_65_35 Kerr: You are who you have always been. The Chrysalis can't change that. The effect of the mutation is influenced by the subject's nature.
*13_65_36 Konoko: What?
*13_65_37 Kerr: You are changing...into a more powerful, resilient version of yourself. But whatever your final form, it is an expression of your true nature...
*13_65_38 Security Guard: Target acquired. It's her!
*13_65_40 Kerr: (while jumping in front of Konoko to take bullet) Wait! Noooo...... '''(UNUSED)'''
*13_65_39 Konoko: You'll pay for that! You'll all pay!

===Jump in the goo===
*13_66_01 Konoko: No way out. But something Kerr said. There might be a way. I've got to make it to the biomatter disposal vats.
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*13_66_02 Konoko: The last acid vat may have a drain wide enough...but I've got to reach the center.
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*13_66_03 Konoko: The crane controls...
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*13_66_04 Konoko: I just hope the Chrysalis can keep me alive...
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*13_66_05 Konoko: Father, I pray you were right...
===Target neutralized===
*13_67_01 Security Guard: What do you think?
*13_67_02 Security Guard: Dead. She has to be.
*13_67_03 Security Guard: Shouldn't we check it out?
*13_67_04 Security Guard: How do you suggest we do that?
*13_67_05 Security Guard: Target neutralized. All clear.

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=={{C|13}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C13}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C13}}|Objectives]]''
===Intro===
*14_50_01 Scientist: No waveform readings detected for over 48 hours. Given the magnitude of the last readings we're confident the host was destroyed in the acid.
*14_50_02 Griffin: Continue scanning.
*14_50_03 Scientist: But commander... Yes sir.
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*14_50_04 Konoko: I want some answers and I want them now.
*14_50_05 Griffin: I'm sorry. I can't help you now. No one can.
===Omega Bunker===
*14_51_01 Konoko: You can't escape me. You saw to that.
*14_51_02 Griffin: You are a failed experiment, a calculated risk. Nothing more. I made sure that I would be ready for this day from the very beginning.
*14_51_03 Griffin: Shinatama was in constant contact with you through every stage of your development. No one knows you better. I have wired her to the control system of this assault pod. You haven't got a chance. You never did.
*14_51_04 Shinatama: All system armed and active.
*14_51_05 Konoko: Shinatama...no...!
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*14_51_06 Shinatama: I'm sorry...
*c00_01_100shinatama Shinatama: Kill me Konoko...please!
*c00_01_101shinatama Shinatama: I'm sorry...so sorry!
*c00_01_102shinatama Shinatama: Forgive me...
*c00_01_103shinatama Shinatama: Let me out! '''(UNUSED)'''
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*14_51_07 Shinatama: Level 1 security mode defeated. Switching to level 2.
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*14_51_08 Shinatama: Level 2 mode neutralized. Engage level 3.
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*14_51_09 Shinatama: Warning: target neutralization failed. Daodan symbiote organism present. Engaging Omega security mode
*14_52_01 Griffin: Emergency Override Griffin Alpha Zero. Emergency Override... No! Stay back!
===Griffin's fall===
*14_52_02 Konoko: Gotcha.
*14_52_03 Griffin: This is a bad idea. Put the gun down.
*14_52_04 Konoko: I'm a rogue Agent, haven't you heard? Very dangerous. I'm exactly what you wanted me to be.
*14_52_05 Griffin: So how does this end?
*14_52_06 Konoko: For you? Badly.
*14_52_07 Griffin: That's your call. You can pull the trigger or you can walk away. It's up to you.
====Killing Griffin====
*14_53_01 Konoko: No, it was never up to me. YOU did this. YOU made my own uncle put this THING inside of me. YOU lied to me, betrayed me. You are a monster. And now I'll take care of Muro myself.
====Walking away====
*14_54_01 Konoko: I won't be the monster you thought I would be. Just remember what I am: the woman you betrayed because you weren't big enough to take responsibility for your actions.
===Misc===
====Zombie Shinatama====
*14_54_02 Civilian: Konoko, please don't hurt me. They made me do it, I swear.
*14_54_03 Konoko: Do what?
*14_54_04 Civilian: I knew she was more than an android, to you at least...
*14_54_05 Konoko: What did you do?
*14_54_06 Civilian: Griffin wanted something to use against you...
*14_54_07 Konoko: Get out of my sight. Now!
====Ask your boss====
*14_54_08 Civilian: Please...I surrender. Take my weapon.
*14_54_09 Konoko: This will come in handy.
*14_54_10 Civilian: Why are you doing this?
*14_54_11 Konoko: Maybe you should ask your boss. But don't expect him to tell you the truth.
====A medal in your casket====
*14_54_12 Scientist: I refuse to deactivate this substation. You have no right to do this!
*14_54_13 Konoko: Very brave of you. I bet they'll put a medal in your casket.
*14_54_14 Scientist: Fine. I'll let you in. It doesn't make any difference. They'll get you eventually. You can't escape the TCTF.
====Friends====
*14_54_15 Civilian: Konoko, you should be ashamed of yourself, after all Griffin has done for you!
*14_54_16 Konoko: Ashamed of myself? I'm doing all this to pay him back. Now hand them over.
*14_54_17 Civilian: Alright! Take them.
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*14_54_18 Civilian: Konoko! What's happened to you?
*14_54_19 Konoko: None of your business. Give me the hypos and the force field.
*14_54_20 Civilian: You were one of us. Griffin treated you like a daughter. You should be ashamed of yourself!
*14_54_21 Konoko: Ashamed of myself? Griffin made me a monster when I was 07 years old and imprisoned the only man brave enough to try and protect me. I'm here to settle the score and nobody is going to stand in my way. Now hand them over.
*14_54_22 Civilian: Alright! Take them.
====Shutdown====
*14_54_23 Konoko will need to have some IM talking about how she will disable the power substations in the TCTF HQ so she can get to GRIFFIN. Her interaction with the neutral cha at 530 above is the last step in the process. We'll need three other VO segments: '''(DEV NOTES, UNUSED)'''
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*14_54_24 Konoko: Griffin's barricaded in a high security locked chamber. The Syndicate disabled the building security systems by knocking out the power substations. I'll do the same.
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*14_54_25 Konoko: Sub-station 1...
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*14_54_26 Konoko: Here's that sub-station...
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*14_54_27 Konoko: One more junction...
====Really really misc====
*14_54_28 Civilian: Hey, I'm just here to replace the equipment.
*14_54_29 Civilian: See I'm a nice guy, no need for violence.
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*14_54_30 Scientist: Oh Konoko, I am so sorry. I didn't want to be part of this trap.
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*14_54_31 Konoko: Now what are you doing hiding back here?
*14_54_32 Scientist: Trying to hide.
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*14_54_33 Konoko: Sorry about the mess.
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*14_54_34 Civilian: I'm unarmed! This is all I'm carrying, I swear.

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=={{C|14}}==
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C14}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Objectives#{{C14}}|Objectives]] [[Quotes/Diary#{{C14}}|Diary]]''
===Truck===
*15_57_05 Konoko: I wonder how strong those doors are?
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*15_57_06 Konoko: I don't see a buzzer. Looks like I'll have to knock.
===Scientists===
====What do you want?====
*15_57_07 Syndicate Scientist: Who are you! You're not authorized to be in here!
*15_57_08 Konoko: Who's going to throw me out...you?
*15_57_09 Syndicate Scientist: What do you want?
*15_57_10 Konoko: I'll take whatever you've got. Right now!
*15_57_11 Syndicate Scientist: Ok, please don't hurt me!
====Are you talking to me?====
*15_57_12 Syndicate Scientist: Hey! Have you finished calibrating the...
*15_57_13 Konoko: Are you talking to me?
*15_57_14 Syndicate Scientist: Do..do I know you?
*15_57_15 Konoko: I don't know...do I look familiar? Remind you of anyone?
*15_57_16 Syndicate Scientist: Oh god...YOU! Here take these! Just leave me alive!
====Is that a yes?====
*15_57_17 Konoko: Excuse me doctor, have you seen my brother around?
*15_57_18 Syndicate Scientist: Your brother? What are you talk..oh no!
*15_57_21 Syndicate Scientist: You...you're the other prime symbiote!
*15_57_19 Konoko: Is that a yes?
*15_57_20 Syndicate Scientist: I'm no threat to you. Just take what you want and leave. Please!
===Hacking Sturmanderung===
*15_57_01 Konoko: The Syndicate has been busy. They've taken control of processors all around the world, but why?
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*15_57_02 Konoko: Muro's crazy. I think he's going to reverse the atmospheric processors, and poison the atmosphere. He's trying to kill us all!
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*15_57_03 Konoko: These readings indicate a controlled rise in the toxin levels. I get it: he plans to spill enough poison into the air to kill anyone who won't sell their soul to him for a Chrysalis.
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*15_57_04 Konoko: There's too many stations: they could never be disarmed before Muro activates them. But there is one chance: if I overload the generators I could blow them up before the atmospheric damage is irreversible.
===Final battle===
====Mutant Muro (Griffin dead)====
*15_59_01 Muro: Welcome sister. I am very impressed with what you have been able to accomplish without drawing on the full power of your Chrysalis. You are capable of so much more. Let me show you...
*15_59_02 Muro: Glorious, isn't it? This is the future. Join me or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I have accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing.
*15_59_03 Konoko: He dreamed of life. All you know is death.
====Muro & Griffin & friends====
*15_60_01 Muro: You were a fool to come here alone.
*15_60_02 Griffin: She isn't alone. You are under arrest. This ends here and now.
*15_60_03 Muro: He used you. Join me or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I have accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing.
*15_60_04 Konoko: He dreamed of life. All you know is death.
*15_60_05 Konoko: Surrender. We have you surrounded.
*15_60_06 Muro: Never.
==Outro==
*15_61_01 Konoko: When I blew the processors I bought us some time, but at a horrible cost. The dead and the dying now line the streets but it is impossible to deny the problem any longer. My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all.
*15_61_02 Konoko: Mankind as we knew it is doomed: the Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better.

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==Shinatama==
===Training===
===={{C|1}}====
=====Health meter=====
*00_01_92 Shinatama: Listen Konoko, you weren't in any danger during basic training, but now that you're in the field we'd better review your HEALTH DISPLAY METER.
=====Overpower=====
*00_01_93 Shinatama: Konoko, there's something I have to tell you about hypo sprays. I'm not supposed to talk about this, but data suggests that hypos will work differently on you than on...OTHER people.
*00_01_94 Shinatama: If you use a hypo when you're close to full health you may experience the OVERPOWER effect, a temporary burst of strength and health. It will only last a short time, so try to take advantage of the temporary boost it gives you! But please don't tell Commander Griffin I told you about this.
=====Alarm=====
*00_01_96 Shinatama: Catch him Konoko! Don't let him reach the alarm console and activate it!
=====Civilians=====
*00_01_97 Shinatama: Watch out! If you hurt innocent people then they won't want to help you!
===={{C|0}}====
''Related : [[Quotes/Consoles#{{C0}}|Consoles]] [[Quotes/Moves|Moves]]''
*00_01_29 Shinatama: Hi Konoko, It's me Shinatama!
*00_01_30 Shinatama: I've checked our neural link and it's working perfectly!
*00_01_31 Shinatama: I'm so excited. Commander Griffin has authorized us to run through TCTF training program beta 6!
*00_01_32 Shinatama: That means you're almost ready for field missions!
*00_01_33 Shinatama: But before we begin, you'd better warm-up.
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*00_01_34 Shinatama: Are you ready to begin? Let's go! '''(UNUSED)'''
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*00_01_91 Shinatama: You did it! Great job! Now that your basic training is complete you're ready to take on your first mission. I'm sure Commander Griffin will be very pleased with your performance.
=====Praising=====
*00_01_01 Shinatama: Well done!
*00_01_02 Shinatama: Good work!
*00_01_03 Shinatama: Good job!
*00_01_04 Shinatama: Nice work!
*00_01_05 Shinatama: Nice job!
*00_01_06 Shinatama: That's great!
*00_01_07 Shinatama: That's super!
*00_01_08 Shinatama: That's fine!
*00_01_09 Shinatama: Super!
*c00_01_10Shinatama Shinatama: Great!
*00_01_11 Shinatama: O.K.!
*00_01_12 Shinatama: Okay!

=====Encouraging=====
*00_01_13 Shinatama: You can do it! Keep trying!
*00_01_14 Shinatama: Keep trying!
*00_01_15 Shinatama: This can be tricky, but you can do it!
*00_01_16 Shinatama: Just do your best!

===Prompting===
*00_01_17 Shinatama: I've uploaded a new objective to your Data Comlink.
*00_01_18 Shinatama: Here's a new objective for you Konoko!
*00_01_19 Shinatama: New mission objective.
*00_01_20 Shinatama: New mission data.
*00_01_21 Shinatama: Incoming objective data, stand by.
*00_01_22 Shinatama: Uploading new objective data.
*00_01_23 Shinatama: Please check your comlink Konoko.
*00_01_24 Shinatama: New compass data.
*00_01_25 Shinatama: New compass target.
*00_01_26 Shinatama: Incoming compass data.
*00_01_27 Shinatama: New compass data for you Konoko.
*00_01_28 Shinatama: I've got a new heading for you.

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==Misc==
===Character sound events===
This is probably incomplete, even if we leave various dying sounds out.
====Konoko====
*Rising Fury!
*Devil Spin Kick!
*Hmph!
*You're gonna get beat(en) by a girl!
*So there!
*Hahahahaha!
*Ready to lose?
*Show me what you got!
====Muro====
*Maybe i should start trying.
====Barabas====
*Earthquaker!
*Stronger and stronger!
====Mukade====
*Devilstar! (when throwing a "fireball")
*Muahahahahaha! (when teleporting)
====Striker====
*Striker's slam!
*Yer going down!
*I'll finish you!
*Now i strike!

====Elite Striker====
*No one can defeat ''me''!
*You're done!
*It's over!
*C'mon out...
*Cannonball!

====Fury====
*What was that?!
*Are you hiding from me?
*Oh, please!
*Whatever!
*Ten Shadow Punch!
*Whirl Kick!
*She was weak...
*Oops.

====Ninja====
*Checking...
*Investigating...
*Sound detected...
*I will find you...
*Neutralized...
====Tanker====
*Can't top Tanker!
*Oh, yeah!
*''Come on''!
*Blockbuster!
*Nuclear tackle!
*Where did you go?
*That hurt!
*How'd ''that'' butt-kicking feel?

====Comguy====
*Huh?
*What was ''that''?
*Hey!
*Static Fist!
*Radio Saber!
*You're weak!
*OK, OK, ''don't'' frog blast the vent core!
*She's ''everywhere''!
====Bomber====
*I'll ''find'' you!
*Happy to die?
*We're all doomed!
====Sniper====
*Wait till I reload!
*Searching...
====Engineer====
*Don't make me hurt you!
*Hey, come back here!
====Mystery Man====
*Oops! Sorry about that, Konoko!
===Neutral behaviour events etc===
*16_89_01 Civilian: Look out!
*16_89_02 Civilian: Oh no!
*16_89_03 Civilian: Behind you!
*c16_89_04tctfmale TCTF Agent: Incoming!
*c16_89_04civmale1 Civilian: Over here!
*16_89_05 Civilian: Hey, come here!
*16_89_06 Civilian: Hi there!
*16_89_07 TCTF Agent: Hey Konoko!
*16_89_08 Civilian: Where are you going?
*16_89_09 Civilian: Wait! I'm not finished!
*16_89_10 Civilian: Well, excuse me! (indignant)
*16_89_11 TCTF Agent: Check back with me later.
*16_89_12 Civilian: Look out!
*16_89_13 Civilian: Watch out!
*16_89_14 Civilian: Oh no!
*16_89_15 TCTF Agent: Watch yourself!
*16_89_16 Civilian: Over here!
*16_89_17 Civilian: Excuse me!
*16_89_18 Civilian: Hi!
*16_89_19 TCTF Agent: Konoko!
*16_89_20 Civilian: Where are you going?
*16_89_21 Civilian: Wait! I'm not finished!
*16_89_22 Civilian: Oh, sorry!
*16_89_23 TCTF Agent: Check back with me later.
*16_91_01 Civilian: Here, take this hypo.
*16_91_02 Civilian: You might need this hypo.
*16_91_03 Civilian: Here, take this ammo clip.
*16_91_04 Civilian: Take this ammo clip, it'll help you.
*16_91_05 Civilian: Here, use this weapon.
*16_91_06 Civilian: Take this weapon, I'm sure it'll help.
*16_91_07 Civilian: Here, take this force field.
*16_91_08 Civilian: You need this force field, it'll help you.
*16_91_09 Civilian: Here, take these hypos.
*16_91_10 Civilian: Here, you'll need these ammo clips.
*16_91_11 Civilian: Here, take this force field.
*16_91_12 Civilian: Here, take these weapons.
*16_91_13 Civilian: Here, take these force fields.
*16_91_33 Civilian: Here, take this hypo.
*16_91_14 Civilian: Look, take this hypo.
*16_91_15 Civilian: Here, take this ammo clip.
*16_91_16 Civilian: Hey, you can use this ammo clip.
*16_91_17 Civilian: Hey! You can use this force field.
*16_91_18 Civilian: Here, take this force field.
*16_91_19 Civilian: Look, take this force field.
*16_91_20 Civilian: Here, here's a weapon for you.
*16_91_21 Civilian: Hey, why don't you take this weapon?
*16_91_22 Civilian: Go on! Take this weapon.
*16_91_23 Civilian: You may need this.
*16_91_24 Civilian: You may need this.
*16_91_25 Civilian: Here, take this hypo.
*16_91_26 Civilian: You may need this ammo clip.
*16_91_27 Civilian: You better take this weapon.
*16_91_28 Civilian: You're going to need a force field.
*16_91_29 Civilian: Here, have a hypo.
*16_91_30 Civilian: Why don't you take this ammo clip?
*16_91_31 Civilian: This weapon could be helpful.
*16_91_32 Civilian: Here. Take this force field.

*civfemale_abort Civilian: Wait! I'm not finished!
*civfem_enemy Civilian: Watch out!
*civfem_gift_ammo Civilian: Here, take this ammo clip.
*civfem_gift_force_field Civilian: You need this force field, it'll help you.
*civfem_gift_hypo Civilian: Here, take this hypo.
*civfem_gift_weapon Civilian: Here, use this weapon.
*civfem_trigger Civilian: Over here!
*civmale1_abort Civilian: Where are you going?
*civmale1_enemy Civilian: Look out!
*civmale1_gift_ammo Civilian: Here, you'll need these ammo clips.
*civmale1_gift_force_field Civilian: Here, take this force field.
*civmale1_gift_force_fields Civilian: Here, take these force fields.
*civmale1_gift_hypos Civilian: Here, take these hypos.
*civmale1_gift_weapons Civilian: Here, take these weapons.
*civmale1_trigger Civilian: Over here!
*civmale2_abort Civilian: Wait! I'm not finished!
*civmale2_enemy Civilian: Oh no!
*civmale2_gift_ammo Civilian: Here, take this ammo clip.
*civmale2_gift_force_field Civilian: Here, take this force field.
*civmale2_gift_hypo Civilian: Look, take this hypo.
*civmale2_gift_weapon Civilian: Here, here's a weapon for you.
*civmale2_trigger Civilian: Hey, come here!
*civmale3_abort Civilian: Well, excuse me!
*civmale3_enemy Civilian: Behind you!
*civmale3_gift_ammo Civilian: You may need this ammo clip.
*civmale3_gift_force_field Civilian: You're going to need a force field.
*civmale3_gift_generic Civilian: You may need this.
*civmale3_gift_hypo Civilian: Here, take this hypo.
*civmale3_gift_weapon Civilian: You better take this weapon.
*civmale3_trigger Civilian: Hi there!

Griffin

2010-01-15T04:55:57Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Added value */

[[Image:Angry Griffin.jpg|thumb|192px|right|Commander Terrance Griffin]]

==Bios==
(Copied from [http://www.rockstargames.com/oni/main.html Rockstar's official Oni page], and they might just have taken it from the [[Quotes/Manual#Commander_Griffin|manual]] in a lightly changed way.)
:Regional Commander of the Technology Crimes Task Force. Currently on reserved status in the TCTF Black Ops duty roster.
:As a Regional Commander, Griffin enjoys total control of the personal and equipment within his region.
:A cunning and dogged leader, Griffin's enemies know that he will stop at nothing to maintain order and civil control.

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==Facts==
{{:Quotes/Consoles/level_11a}}

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===Role in Oni===

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===Mission objectives===
* [[Quotes/Diary#Chapter_2_:_ENGINES_OF_EVIL|Chapter 2: ENGINES OF EVIL]]
* [[Quotes/Objectives#Chapter_8_:_AN_INNOCENT_LIFE|Chapter 8: AN INNOCENT LIFE]]
* [[Quotes/Objectives#Chapter_11_:_DREAM_DIVER|Chapter 11 : DREAM DIVER]]
* [[Quotes/Objectives#Chapter_13_:_PHOENIX_RISING|Chapter 13 : PHOENIX RISING]]

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===Diary entry===
* [[Quotes/Objectives#Chapter_1_:_TRIAL_RUN|Chapter 1: TRIAL RUN]]
* [[Quotes/Diary#Chapter_4_:_TIGER_BY_THE_TAIL|Chapter 4: TIGER BY THE TAIL]]
* [[Quotes/Diary#Chapter_7_:_A_FRIEND_IN_NEED|Chapter 11: A FRIEND IN NEED]]
* [[Quotes/Diary#Chapter_14_:_DAWN_OF_THE_CHRYSALIS|Chapter 14: DAWN OF THE CHRYSALIS]]

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===Console===
* Chapter 9 : TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Terrance_Griffin|Terrance Griffin]]
* Chapter 12 : SINS OF THE FATHER
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Sytropin|Sytropin]]
* Chapter 13 : PHOENIX RISING
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Omega_Security_Vault_Retrofit|Omega Security Vault Retrofit]]
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Extraordinary_security_measures|Extraordinary security measures]]
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Rogue_agent_Konoko|Rougue agent Konoko]]
::[[Quotes/Consoles#Emergency_overrides|Emergency overrides]]

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===Speech===
* Chapter 1: TRIAL RUN
::[[Quotes/Speech#Intro)|Intro]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Chung.27s_body|Chung's Body]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Outro|Outro]]
* Chapter 2: ENGINES OF EVIL
::[[Quotes/Speech#Suspicions|Suspicions]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Outro_2|Outro]]
* Chapter 7: A FRIEND IN NEED
::[[Quotes/Speech#Insubordination|Insubordination]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Out_of_control|Out of control]]
* Chapter 8: AN INNOCENT LIFE
::[[Quotes/Speech#Shinatama.27s_death|Shinatama's death]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Konoko_has_gone_rogue|Konoko has gone rogue]]
* Chapter 9 : TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES
::[[Quotes/Speech#We.27ll_be_ready_for_her|We'll be ready for her]]
* Chapter 11 : DREAM DIVER
::[[Quotes/Speech#Griffin|Griffin]]
* Chapter 13 : PHOENIX RISING
::[[Quotes/Speech#Intro_5|Intro]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Omega_Bunker|Omega Bunker]]
::[[Quotes/Speech#Griffin.27s_fall|Griffin's fall]]
* Chapter 14 : DAWN OF THE CHRYSALIS
::[[Quotes/Speech#Muro_.26_Griffin_.26_friends|Muro & Griffin & friends]]

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==Added value==

During the course of the story, Griffin demonstrates a tyrannical personality in which he views [[Konoko]] as an asset, so long as she can be controlled. However, he was easily willing to attempt termination of her, as well as use her best friend [[Shinatama]] in a defensive matrix as a means to try and kill her. He generally is shown using various people as tools and weapons, and seems a perfect counterpart to [[Muro]] in the syndicate.

The odd characteristic that remains uncertain though, is why, assuming [[Mai]] chose to spare his life, did he manage to drop in to battle [[Muro & Friends]] with a TCTF strike team? Did he feel that he owed [[Konoko]] a debt for sparing his life? Did he feel a change of heart? He addresses Muro in one version of the final battle with the fact that [[Konoko]] is not alone. He engages in the battle, though his fate following the final battle is unknown.

----

==Related==
*[[TCTF]]
*[[WCG]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:44:12Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Final encounter */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===

[[Mai]] meets up with [[Muro]] for a concluding battle atop his headquarters in the mountains, the nature of this battle differs depending on Mai's decision regarding the sparing/killing of [[Griffin]] in the previous mission.

====Muro & friends====

Had Konoko spared Griffin's life, Griffin returned the favor of being spared and arrived on the rooftops to join [[Mai]] in the fight against Muro and a group of his troops. Muro scorns at [[Mai]] for forgiving the man who used her, and also that she would be willing to fight for the inferior race (those not enhanced by the Daodan Chrysalis). Muro offers [[Mai]] to join him, stating that a better prospect lies with him. [[Mai]] refuses, and a grand battle occurs between the two teams.

====Mutant Muro====

Assuming that Mai chose to kill Griffin, Muro evolved into a towering muscular, horned form, upon the arrival of Mai in the final battle. In his enormous form, he was protected by his own equivalent of a [[force shield]] most of the time, and could also reach out over great distances with bolts of energy at his foes. His powers seemed to combine the attributes of both [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]] being able to drain energy and heal, as well as slam the ground to generate shockwaves, and possessed horns from his head as well as spikes coming from his back. Muro's mutant form was enormous and heavy, possibly weighing an excess of one ton, and standing more than 3 meters in height. In this battle, he would fight [[Mai]] alone, in a one-on-one battle.
----

==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:42:16Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Muro & friends */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====

Had Konoko spared Griffin's life, Griffin returned the favor of being spared and arrived on the rooftops to join [[Mai]] in the fight against Muro and a group of his troops. Muro scorns at [[Mai]] for forgiving the man who used her, and also that she would be willing to fight for the inferior race (those not enhanced by the Daodan Chrysalis). Muro offers [[Mai]] to join him, stating that a better prospect lies with him. [[Mai]] refuses, and a grand battle occurs between the two teams.

====Mutant Muro====

Assuming that Mai chose to kill Griffin, Muro evolved into a towering muscular, horned form, upon the arrival of Mai in the final battle. In his enormous form, he was protected by his own equivalent of a [[force shield]] most of the time, and could also reach out over great distances with bolts of energy at his foes. His powers seemed to combine the attributes of both [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]] being able to drain energy and heal, as well as slam the ground to generate shockwaves, and possessed horns from his head as well as spikes coming from his back. Muro's mutant form was enormous and heavy, possibly weighing an excess of one ton, and standing more than 3 meters in height. In this battle, he would fight [[Mai]] alone, in a one-on-one battle.
----

==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:36:28Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Mutant Muro */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====
====Mutant Muro====

Assuming that Mai chose to kill Griffin, Muro evolved into a towering muscular, horned form, upon the arrival of Mai in the final battle. In his enormous form, he was protected by his own equivalent of a [[force shield]] most of the time, and could also reach out over great distances with bolts of energy at his foes. His powers seemed to combine the attributes of both [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]] being able to drain energy and heal, as well as slam the ground to generate shockwaves, and possessed horns from his head as well as spikes coming from his back. Muro's mutant form was enormous and heavy, possibly weighing an excess of one ton, and standing more than 3 meters in height. In this battle, he would fight [[Mai]] alone, in a one-on-one battle.
----

==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:31:27Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Mutant Muro */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====
====Mutant Muro====

----
==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:31:02Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Mutant Muro */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====
====Mutant Muro====

----
==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
After Konoko(Mai) presumably chose to kill Commander Griffin, Muro appeared and transformed into a larger more powerful state to battle Mai atop his headquarters in the mountains. In this form, [[Muro]] was covered by a powerful version of the [[Force Shield]] and could manipulate energy bolts against his enemies. [[Muro]] argued, before transforming, that this was the full potential of the Daodan Chrysalis. He was a powerful enemy and quite difficult to defeat in a straight-out assault.

It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Barabas

2010-01-15T04:26:18Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Mission objectives */

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[[Names|Other characters]]
[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Role in Oni===
====Mission objectives====

Barabas was primarily a street thug, and quite possibly an early Syndicate prototype involving the Daodan Chrysalis assigned for work as a professional thug by [[Muro]] for the [[Syndicate]]. His two encounters with Konoko (Mai) occurred during the start of her mission to the lab, followed by his assignment to break into TCTF headquarters and take Konoko's SLD, [[Shinatama]], from her station. After dropping off [[Shinatama]] in a helicopter, he stayed behind to personally settle his score with Konoko. There, on the rooftops of [[TCTF Regional HQ]], he met a defeat when squaring off with Konoko. He was presumably killed or captured in the aftermath of that fight.

====Diary entry====
====Console====
====Speech====
===Name origin===
The name is spelled Barabas in the official part of Oni, but "hidden" resources (scripts, binaries), call him Barabbas, Barabus, or, affectionately, Baba :)

Increasing relevance for the references.
====The Jew of Malta====
It's a [http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/jewofmalta/summary.html theater play by Christopher Marlowe]. Sorta like a pseudo-historical drama.
The name of the protagonist, Barabas, was probably chosen intentionally, with the biblical reference (see below) in mind, so that he is "automatically" antipathic to a Christian audience.
====Karabas-Barabas====
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|}
He's the main bad guy in [[wikipedia:The_Little_Gold_Key_or_the_Adventures_of_Buratino|Zolotoi Klyuchik a.k.a. the adventures of Buratino]], the Russian remake of Collodi's [[wikipedia:Pinocchio|Pinocchio]].

Karabas-Barabas is a puppet master. The puppets of his theater are alive, so he doesn't actually animate them with strings : it's more like he's a tyrant and they are his slaves. The protagonist, Buratino the puppet, finds a golden key that unlocks the door to a hidden, "parallel", much better world, helps the other puppets to run away from Karabas Barabas's theater, and eventually leads them to that other world (narrowly escaping Karabas's pursuit) where they live happily ever after.

Karabas-Barabas's appearance is close to that of an ogre : he's a giant with a very long black beard. His disrespect of puppet life (he wants to throw Buratino into the fire as fuel) enhances this aspect. In that he's close to the Buddhist [[Oni]] which are somewhere in between ogres and imps.

The book itself (and the movies) are morally lighter than Collodi's original, being aimed at young children. Since the book and movies were produced during the Soviet era, they could have ended up ideologically heavy. Of course the tyrannic Karabas-Barabas can be seen as the embodiment of capitalism, and his puppets can represent the working class, but on the whole it's just a regular (quite entertaining) story for children. Big bad guy, little good guys, domination of evil, escape, happily ever after.

There were many unforgettable moments (both in the movies and in the book), quotes and references that made it into the Russian culture, a popular soundtrack, etc.

====Barabbas====
Jesus was crucified on the holy Jewish day of Passover. Traditionally, one of the prisoners about to be executed on that day was released by the Roman authorities, and it was up to the crowd to decide who should be released.
Pontius Pilate let the crowd choose between Jesus (not guilty of anything in particular) and Barabbas (a rioter and a murderer). The high priests who "framed" Jesus manipulated the crowd, which then unanimously demanded Barabas's release and Jesus's crucifixion.
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|http://geyser.oni2.net/oni1/barabas/barabbas.jpg
|}
;[http://www.biblegateway.com/topical/topical_resource.php?source=1&tid=590 Barabbas] (from [http://www.biblegateway.com/ BibleGateway.com])
:'''''A prisoner released by Pilate ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2027:16-26;%20Mark%2015:7-15;%20Luke%2023:18-25;%20%20John%2018:40; Matthew 27:16-26; Mark 15:7-15; Luke 23:18-25; John 18:40;])
A further reference to that episode is found in ''Acts 3:14'' :
:'''''You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
And that's about it for the biblical reference. There was a [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055774/ Barabbas movie] starring Anthony Quinn.

End of story?... that's what I thought, too. That last quote from ''Acts'' is richer than it may seem.

====Jesus Barabbas====
According to e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barabbas Wikipedia] the guy was really called Jesus bar-Abbas (Aramaic Bar-abbâ, "son of the father").

Jesus Christ was referring to God as "Abba" when preaching (in Aramaic). So basically the Jewish crowd had to choose between two guys who bore exactly the same name "Jesus, son of the Father"... however, one of them was a preacher and was called Christ, and the other one was an insurrectionist (i.e. someone who physically opposed the Roman Empire) and was not called Christ. Jesus the rioter was released, and Jesus the preacher was crucified, by public request.

====Barabbas as Jesus's alter ego====
It seems as if Jesus and Barabbas were actually two sides of the same person. The spiritual leader, who preaches new (mostly non-aggressive) beliefs and wants the Jewish people to achieve a kind of ''moral'' freedom, is opposed to the insurrectionnist, i.e. one who'd actually get involved in the ''physical'' liberation of the Jewish people. That ''physical'' "son of God" is what Jesus could have been in the eyes of the Jews, and he was often blamed (by the Jewish people ''and'' by his disciples) for not taking actual ''action'' against the Empire. Jesus's line aroused misunderstanding and frustation even among his most fervent followers (Peter, Judas), and made it easy for the High Priests to manipulate the crowd into rejecting their Messiah (since they weren't exactly happy with him in the first place).

So the episode with Barabbas can just be a parable for the public's rejection of Jesus's pacifism. The story makes it look like the crowd actually made the Romans free one man (a rioter) and crucify another one (a preacher), but it can be seen as if there was a ''hypothetical'', ''rioting'' "Jesus son of God" they ''would'' have freed and followed, and the ''actual'', ''preaching'' "Jesus son of God" they had had enough of and chose to crucify...

This episode about "state mercy" on the day of Passover sounds more like a choice offered ''by'' the crowd ''to'' Jesus :
*"Lead us and we'll follow you... but we want action, not words... so ''stop the BS and get to business''... or die."
or
*"We don't want you to mess with our minds. We don't want any of your so-called spiritual strength. Just make us ''physically'' strong and able to withstand our aggressors. Or die."
By crucifying Jesus, the Jewish people made clear (somewhat radically) that they preferred ''physical power over spiritual alienation''. I think that's what the episode is about.

(I wasn't really speculating up there : Jesus and Barabbas being "the same person" has been widely suggested. It's discussed in some detail in the Wikipedia article, and I only took it a little bit further.)

(And I'm not saying the Jews were ''right'' to crucify Jesus or anything like that, OK? I'm only figuring how they felt about him at the moment.)

----

==Added value==
===Barabas as power without alienation===
Oni's Barabas could illustrate exactly the same thing as that in the "Jesus Barabbas" interpretation detailed above : the will (say, for [[Syndicate]] researchers) to isolate the direct benefit of the [[Daodan]] (resilience, physical strength) from the psychological alienation that a full bodily upgrade would normally generate.

Power, full control, and ''nothing else''. No new beliefs, no paradigm shift, ''no alienation, just power''.
====A failure====
To a degree, that separation succeded (Barabas is more human than [[Muro#Mutant Muro|Mutant Muro]]), but, as we know, this brute, controlled force didn't manage very well in the long run.
*"I'm ready for anything. You made sure of that."
*"There's always someone stronger. Have you forgotten?"
Indeed. Mai beats Barabas, twice. Why is that? Well, a "controlled" [[Daodan]] is certainly confined within some kind of boundaries. A naturally evolving Daodan is ''unbound''.

Let's assume for a moment that Barabas's Daodan is somehow prevented from invading all of his organism (regular injections of medecine, invasive surgery, physical isolation of a fully human brain from a Daodan-enhanced body, synthetic organs that the Daodan biomass can't replace...). What then?
====Insufficient optimization====
Barabas is physically weaker than Mutant Muro because his bones and muscles (and brain!) don't form one hyper-evolved whole. He lacks Mai's and Muro's agility and reflexes, because the (say, electronic) interface between the human brain and the hyper-evolved biomass can't keep up with the stream of information it has to convey. Heck, maybe the human brain's reflexes are not as sharp as those of a brain that has undergone integration... maybe they're ''unadapted'' to the way the biomass has evolved, or at least far from optimal.
====Incomplete integrity====
All this because the Daodan process did not go to completion : the human brain that's "in control" ''does not form a whole'' with the hyperevolved body. A Daodan's cells are totipotent, and a Daodan's brain is supposed to merge with the rest of the organism, to extend into it much deeper than a human nervous system does. One aspect of the Daodan process is the fast regeneration and inter-replaceability of any kind of tissue (the Daodan biomass is actually one such "metatissue" that can serve as any organ on demand). In parallel, there's a ''delocalization'' of intelligence and reflexes. So a complete merging seems necessary for a truly effective and efficient symbiosis.
====Paradigm of controlled technology====
Just as in the biblical case up there, the desire of ''pure physical power without an associated spiritual alienation'', although symbolic of the nature of man and society, is not necessarily a viable alternative. There's a whole dimension of Daodan symbiosis which this approach leaves out. So Barabas is another delusion, another failure. It highlights the limitations of the paradigm of "controlled technology". You discover something which consequences go way beyond your perspective and scope and influence, so you try your best to regulate/limit that technology, achieving some form of control and preventing too radical a change in global policy, way of life, whatever.

Well, that's very tricky. Power ''does'' alienate. And ''great'' power alienates ''greatly''. Especially when the source of power, the breakthrough that generates it, has to do with the human being itself. Alienation of both man and society is at its most literal then.

Cyborgization, Daodan... that's fiction. But what consequences should ''we'' expect in ''our'' world from a major breakthrough in health care or genetic engineering? The question is wide open...

----

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

2010-01-15T04:20:29Z

Suemorphplus2009: /* Alternative Explanations */

[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====
====Mutant Muro====

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==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

Muro may very well have literally have transformed, as elements of his transformation are shown in the cases of [[Mukade]] and [[Barabas]]. Barabas possessing the horned head and significantly tall stature, while Mukade demonstrated lightning-fast strikes and seemingly red aura of energy about him. Muro, however, evolved in this "extra time" to greater power that easily combined the two aforementioned attributes, supposedly demonstrating the "ultimate state" in evolution from the Daodan Chrysalis.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]

Muro

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[[Category:Added value]]
==Facts==
===Hot pursuit===
This encompasses Muro's sightings in {{C2}} through {{C5}}.
====Musashi Manufacturing====
====Vago Biotech====
====Airport====
====Cargo Hangars====
===An innocent life===
While [[Barabas]] has paid the ultimate price for stealing [[Mai]]'s guardian angel, [[Shinatama]] ended up in Muro's hands, and was taken to an [[ACC|Atmospheric Conversion Center]] where, as we discover later, Muro had very specific business, unrelated to Shinatama whatsoever. Whatever he initially wanted with her, the only ingame episode featured in {{C7}}, as [[Konoko|Mai]] infiltrates the complex, is that of Shinatama's torture : Muro lets high voltage electricity from one of the [[ACC]]'s generators through Shinatama's body, amused at the extent to which [[Shinatama]] feels pain. Muro is assisted by a [[comguy]], but there is no mention made of Muro retrieving any information (e.g. about Mai's [[Daodan]] symbiosis), either downloading it from Shinatama's memory banks or extracting it verbally.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Torture|Related speech]]
The electrocuted Shinatama is then left where she is, and discovered by Mai in {{C8}}. Later, Muro can be sighted running to leave the complex, following a course parallel to Mai's : he's accompanied by the same [[comguy]] who assisted Shinatama's torture.

===Mukade===
A mission objective in {{C9}} present [[Mukade]] as having been sent by Muro. The speech quote, however, only says : "Somebody knew I was going to be poking around in there and sent that hacker after me." So the mission objective appears as an attempt to rationalize the events, by assuming Mukade is acting under Muro's orders.
;[[Quotes/Speech#Retrieving_data|Related speech]]
;[[Quotes/Objectives#{{C9}}|Related objective]]

A brief allusion to Muro is made by [[Konoko|Mai]] during her encounter with [[Mukade]] in {{C10}} : "You're one of Muro's thugs, nothing more!" (her wish, again).
===Dream sequence===
Muro appears to [[Konoko|Mai]] as she finishes reading [[Hasegawa]]'s diary.
===Final encounter===
====Muro & friends====
====Mutant Muro====

----
==Added value==
===Violence===
===Altruism===
Wasn't Muro altruistic? As far as we know, he claimed he was.
:(Glorious, isn't it? ''This'' is the future.) Join me, or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water. I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing...
Whether he's offering to [[Konoko|Mai]] ''alone'' to "join him", or has bigger plans, he takes the argument beyond his own person.

It's a "Come with me if you want to live" situation...
He's crazy as f##k, but some kind of altruism ''is'' there.

And plotwise, Muro is more than just a bully. He is violent, sadistic, even, but paradoxically, he wasn't closing up on himself. [[STURMANDERUNG]] was a ''gift'' to the world. The gift of a maniac, but a gift nonetheless.

With [[Hasegawa]] out of the picture (more or less), Muro was officially supervising the [[Syndicate]]'s scientific programme : he had a certain degree of "competence" as far as the [[Daodan]] project went and, in his way, was working towards mankind's salvation, or thought he was.

So, while Muro is best viewed as an embodiment of Mai's violent side, he's a bit more than that, technicaly.
===Mutant Muro===
It has been pointed out that Mutant Muro might be, at least in part, a hallucination brought about by [[Mai]]'s cold-blooded murder of [[Griffin]].

Such a [[Daodan]]-driven hallucination effect can be put in parallel with the [[rooftops]] episode (hunting and killing [[Mukade]]) in two respects.
#The way Mai feels [[Mukade]] may have an underlying physical reality (telepathy, pheromones), but it may also be a psychological effect. At that moment, Mai has to deal with primal, violent instincts. Her mind is set on hunting, chasing, tracking, killing the one who stole her memories. This "predator's craze" can lead to hallucinations (illusions of telepathy, or enhancement/alteration of actual connection), and the Daodan only enhances it.
#When Mai (cold-bloodedly?) kills [[Mukade]], she denies the violent side of her (which Mukade claims is slated to take control of her). This feeds back onto her psychology, so she's less of a killer afterwards... then [[Kerr]]'s death and [[Shinatama]]'s zombification (and second death) set Mai's mind on murder again. If she kills Griffin in cold blood, the killer in her wakes up again, and comes back in the shape of Mutant Muro.

Thus the choice Mai faces in the [[Omega bunker]] is her chance to confirm or withdraw the point she made when killing Mukade and denying her violent side. This leaves two open issues:
#The "right" choice seems to be not to kill Griffin, but doesn't it leave room for further temptation? What will become of Mai if she fails to contain her in a future, similar situation?
#The "wrong" choice alienates Mai deeply, but is that alienation irreversible? Does Mai redeem herself by defeating Mutant Muro (sort of like for Mukade), or is it too late for her to be "saved"? Is she condemned to be haunted by real and unreal violence forever? In her dreams, perhaps?

== Alternative Explanations ==

An alternative logical explanation would suggest that either moral relativism or timing may have played a part in the formation of mutant Muro rather than his traditional form.

In the sense of timing, Mai had a greater period of time collecting the information, because Griffin was killed and otherwise would have provided some assistance in getting Mai to her drop zone in the Syndicate Base, having an estimate already of the location of the base from the tracking of Muro's aircraft. Griffin would also have been bringing his own strike force to assist Mai on the rooftop, as the alternate final battle in which Griffin was spared does show this. However, during the extra time for Mai to jack the data and the aircraft, Muro performed whatever tasks were neccessary, possibly self-inflicted trauma, to stimulate his final mutation upon Mai's arrival.

==Related==
*[[Konoko]]
*[[Hasegawa]]
*[[Muro]]
*[[Mukade]]
*[[Barabas]]
*[[Daodan]]
*[[Names|Other names]]
[[Category:Characters]]