History Headscratchers / FateExtra

** If I remember correctly, the Japanese version mentions that ([[spoiler: "Francis Drake"]]) was a real man, who was a lover of Elizabeth I, and switched places with her. So because all of the actions that were attributed to ([[spoiler: "Francis Drake"]]) were those of the Queen, she is technically the Heroic Spirit.

** Nero does mention that she considers herself to be equally male and female, so that could have something to do with it.

** If I remember correctly, the Japanese version mentions that "Francis Drake" was a real man, who was a lover of Elizabeth I, and switched places with her. So because all of the actions that were attributed to "Francis Drake" were those of the Queen, she is technically the Heroic Spirit.

* Similarly, how is Rider Extra ([[spoiler: aka Francis Drake]]). Again, how did she somehow hide her gender without, y'know, hiding her gender, in a period with decent contemporary records

** That's the scene. The Protagonist's reaction is "note to self, never piss off Caster".

* I've been watching a LetsPlay of Caster, and[[spoiler: I'm trying to figure out when she brings up her...[[GroinAttack Castration fist technique.]]]] I recall a scene in your private room where she's practicing Martial arts and all(in a really scary voice too). Is that it?

** It's actually a case of the translators screwing up. The "just a memory" comment was because they believe that you'll die (and thus are irrelevant). The "ghost in the machine" line was simply a complete screw-up.

** Likely the former, since the Holy Grail War in this universe runs on completely different rules from the original.

* So Extra Caster [[spoiler: Remembers competing in, and winning a previous Grail War? How is that possible? Does the Moon Cell not follow the usual rule of Servants not remembering being summoned before, or does her status as an aspect of Amaterasu (basically a goddess) make her immune to the previous rules?]] I'm pretty curious about this.

** It's possible that they're hackers specialized in information gathering (their non-unique appearance probably means they're not powerful ones, though). The MCs semi-unique appearance as well as some of the other discrepancies would have struck them as odd, which meant they studied the MCs more closely, which lead to them guessing the MCs are virtual ghosts. The others didn't notice because they're focused on the War and their respective opponents.

* How do some of the other Masters, specifically the boy on the second floor by the classrooms (who talks about being there to gather data) and the girl by classroom 1-A seem to know about you being a digital ghost, or at least something like it? They call you "just a memory" and "the ghost in the machine" as soon as the War begins, long before you realize there's anything weird about yourself besides the amnesia thing.

*** It's implied that Assassin knows that you are there; he's amused and wants to see what you can do.

** The lack of shadows is likely a limitation of the PSP's hardware, and even if the walls are transparent (it's also possible that they're only transparent to the players, not the characters), you're usually still out of their line of sight. Also, Julius always struck me as being rather careless, afflicted with a bad case of tunnel vision or simply not being very good at sensing things (he doesn't notice Rin, who should have been in his line of sight, until she introduces herself during the fake Bad End after the second week).

* While stalking Julius and Assassin to discover the source of Assassin's invisibility, you and you Servant "hide in the shadows" to remain unseen. There are no shadows in the field, you're restricted to the actual map which means you can't hide outside of the walls and occasional plateaus (which lack large rocks or other features), and the walls themselves ''are transparent''. [[FridgeLogic How are these trained killers failing to see you?]]

* While stalking Julius and Assassin to discover the source of Assassin's invisibility, you and you Servant "hide in the shadows" to remain unseen. There are no shadows in the field, you're restricted to the actual map which means you can't hide outside of the walls and occasional plateaus (which lack large rocks or other features), and the walls themselves ''are transparent''. [[FridgeLogic How are these trained killers failing to see you, much less detect you?]]

*** It's not as if they don't have time later, though; regardless of how you do have to prep for your current opponent, it's unlikely you don't have time to hunt for info in the library during the subsequent weeks. That said, the later opponents generally require you to fight them in the Arena (and survive, obviously) in order to gather data, so having to do the same with Gawain as opposed to just reading up on him isn't unusual.

*** It's not as if they don't have time later, though; regardless of how you do have to prep for your current opponent, it's unlikely you don't have time to hunt for info in the library during the subsequent weeks. That said, the later opponents generally require you to fight them in the Arena (and survive, obviously) in order to gather data, so having to do the same with for Gawain as opposed to just reading up on him isn't unusual.

**** Well, the protagonist does look up on him a bit if you go to the library after Leo tells you, but that's just his character biography. Also, the protagonist is busy with Shinji at the time, and since Leo isn't their opponent, why bother looking further when they might never fight him at all? At that point, they're still pretty weak, so all their attention is probably focused just on surviving that first week.

*** Won't it still tell you a vast amount about them such as temperament, style and relations with other Servants? Unlike Shinji, Leo doesn't see any need to hide books so it should be easy to go to the library and look up this person.

** Because you only know his name. The protagonist was way too busy with everything to have time to research someone they didn't expect to fight. Also, a name won't tell you how someone fights or what their skills are.

* Why is it that even though you know the identity of Leo's Servant practically from the start of the War you don't get a major boost to the Matrix?