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* NuclearNasty:
** David was killed by being knocked into a puddle of radioactive waste.
** Throughout the case, Amy, the player, and even some of your suspects start getting signs of radiation poisoning, such as coughs and headaches. According to Yann, if you don't get back at the station in three days, [[RaceAgainstTheClock you'll die.]]
** David was killed by being knocked into a puddle of radioactive waste.
** Throughout the case, Amy, the player, and even some of your suspects start getting signs of radiation poisoning, such as coughs and headaches. According to Yann, if you don't get back at the station in three days, [[RaceAgainstTheClock you'll die.]]
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* BrainUpload: You find a video tape of Albert Tesla during the Additional Investigation, where is revealed that he had been working on uploading his mind onto a supercomputer
* CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Neuman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
* CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Neuman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
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* BrainUpload: You find a video tape of Albert Tesla during the Additional Investigation, where is revealed that he had been working on uploading his mind onto a supercomputer
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*TheBusCameBack: Trevor Neuman, who was incarcerated for his involvement with the Utopians back in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase38DeadCarpet Case 38]], returns here.
* CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]],[[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Neuman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
*TheBusCameBack: Trevor Neuman, who was incarcerated for his involvement with the Utopians back in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase38DeadCarpet Case 38]], returns here.
* CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]],
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* TheBusCameBack / CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Neuman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
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Amy and the player arrive to The Wastes to chase after Karen and Frank and stop whatever they are planning to do with the stolen plutonium from the casino heist. However, their progress gets halted when they find the body of David Rosenberg, the tech genius the they met in Innovation Valley, resting on a puddle of radioactive fluid.
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* TheBusCameBack / CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Newman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
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* TheBusCameBack / CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Newman]], Neuman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: You find Karen's phone with a recording of her speaking to the killer, telling them Meteor Systems, their employers, can't help them anymore. Thanks to this, Amy and the player learn that the murdered works for said company.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: You find Karen's phone with a recording of her speaking to the killer, telling them Meteor Systems, their employers, can't help them anymore. Thanks to this, Amy and the player learn that the murdered murderer works for said company.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Compared to his appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict Rhine Canyon]], General Freeman is more tame and willing to help you, even suggesting Amy and the player to leave Rhine Canyon if they want to live. {{Justified}}, though, since Agent Z [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories about aliens]] in Rhine Canyon, so he has no reasons [[FantasticRacism to be hateful or against you.]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: Compared to his appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict Rhine Canyon]], General Freeman is more tame and willing to help you, even suggesting Amy and the player to leave Rhine Canyon the Wastes if they want to live. {{Justified}}, though, since Agent Z [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories about aliens]] in Rhine Canyon, so he has no reasons [[FantasticRacism to be hateful or against you.]]
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* YouAreNotMyFather: Allen was Albert Tesla's son, but he decided to change his surname and join the army to forget about him after his experiments drove his mother insane and she died on an asylum.
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* YouAreNotMyFather: Allen was Albert Tesla's son, but he decided to change his surname and join the army to forget about him after his experiments drove his mother insane and she died on in an asylum.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Compared to his appearance in [[[[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict Rhine Canyon]], General Freeman is more tame and willing to help you, even suggesting Amy and the player to leave Rhine Canyon if they want to live. {{Justified}}, though, since Agent Z [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories about aliens]] in Rhine Canyon, so he has no reasons [[FantasticRacism to be hateful or against you.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Amy:''' The region has been locked down for years. Between the extreme pollution and the vicious sandstorms, only madmen would come here. And I guess that's why it's the perfect place for Frank and Karen to hide!]]
Amy and the player arrive to The Wastes to chase after Karen and Frank and stop whatever they are planning to do with the stolen plutonium from the casino heist. However, their progress gets halted when they find the body of David Rosenberg, the tech genius the met in Innovation Valley, resting on a puddle of radioactive fluid.
!!Tropes:
*AbandonedLaboratory: One belonging to Albert Tesla, a pioneer inventor from the 1960s who one day vanished without trace, appears as a crime scene.
*AnonymousBenefactor: PlayedWith. During the investigation, you receive a phone call from Frank telling you to go to a certain laboratory where you'll find more clues but refuses to tell you anymore, so you know it was him but don't know his reasons for doing so.
*BackForTheDead: David Rosenberg, who hadn't appeared since [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase50ProgrammedToKill the finale of Innovation Valley]], becomes the victim here.
*BioluminescenceIsCool: While giving you the report of David's body, Roxie excitedly remarks how his body glows in the dark.
*BrainUpload: You find a video tape of Albert Tesla during the Additional Investigation, where is revealed that he had been working on uploading his mind onto a supercomputer
*TheBusCameBack / CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Newman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
*CellPhonesAreUseless: {{Downplayed}}: Throughout the case, Amy and the player have to call the lab to receive information about the clues they send to be analyzed, with said calls being distorted and difficult to understand but barely managing to get the job done so you can solve the case. Hannah manages to fix the reception during the Additional Investigation though.
*ChekhovsGun: Remember the BrainUpload experiments by Meteor Systems that you learnt about in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase49ImmortalSin Case 49]]? It turns out that they were trying to recreate Albert Tesla's fifty-year old work with it.
*ClassifiedInformation: {{Defied}} by Amy, who tells General Freeman to stop with his delay tactics and tell them everything he knows. It works.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: The case ends with Amy and the player finding a secret base belonging to Meteor Systems where they'll find more answers about their experiments in The Wastes, but they get stopped at gun point by Karen, who takes them prisoners.
*ContinuityNod: Plenty of them, since all of your suspects have appeared in different district before and so many of the events they were involved with are mentioned again.
**Andy mentions how the player [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm solved the murder of his niece back in Jazz Town.]]
**Amy remembers how Jess [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath wanted to grow corn in the desert.]]
**Colonel Spangler [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase44TheTiesThatBind and his death]] are mentioned when you find a photo of his WeatherControlMachine.
**When discovering about Trevor's research, Russell recalls how he was the one responsible [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase38DeadCarpet for the Utopian's brainwashing in Ivywood Hills.]]
**General Freeman tells you he was discharged from the army on medical grounds [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase45NoPlaceLikeHome since he can't remember anything about what happened in Rhine Canyon.]]
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: David was knocked into a puddle of toxic waste which, according to Roxie, gave him a massive dose of radiation, melted his organs, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and made him glow in the dark.]]
*DeadlyDustStorm: Two of the crime scenes feature sandstorms. And according to Andy, they're also radioactive, which means they're much more dangerous than regular ones.
-->'''Amy:''' A nuclear sandstorm?! Is it as dangerous as it sounds?
-->'''Andy:''' It is! The atmosphere here is full of radioactive particles! If the hurricane-force wind doesn't blow your head off, you'll die of exposure to radiation!
*IDidWhatIHadToDo: Jess killed David because he was getting increasingly paranoid about Meteor System working on Tesla's projects, which she feared was going to delay their work.
*FakeTown: One of the crime scenes is a town used for nuclear experimentation.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: You learn about Albert Tesla in this case, a scientist from the 1960s who one day mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind his lab and unfinished work which now Meteor Systems is trying to continue. Guess [[spoiler:[[ChekhovMIA who appears]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase58TheStingOfDeath the next]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase59TheFinalCountdown two cases]] and is revealed to be [[BigBad the mastermind behind the whole plot?]]]]
*MadScientist: According to Allen, Albert Tesla was dangerous, crazy, and had no conscience, which is why he finds repulsive that people remember him as a great scientist and want to continue with his experiments, which is what David and Meteor Systems have been doing.
*TheManBehindTheMan: Allen is convinced that his father's works are behind everything bad that has been happening in Pacific Bay.
-->'''Allen:''' <Player's Name> you've got to figure out what happened to my father after he vanished! I'm sure... I'm sure he's behind all the bad things that have happened around here!
-->'''Amy:''' What "bad things"? Are you talking about what's happening in the Wastes?
-->'''Allen:''' No, I'm talking about all the evil that has spread throughout Pacific Bay since 1961, the year my father disappeared! All these murders, all these criminals... Can't you see it's unnatural?!
*AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Jess killed David after she saw the results of Trevor's MindProbe on him, which displayed David becoming increasingly worried about Meteor Systems and fearing for his life. Due to this, Jess believed David was going to delay the project to protect himself, so she took him out of the way.
*MindProbe: Trevor had been working on one, which was a previous project that belonged to Albert Tesla. Thanks to this, he and Jess saw that David was worried about Meteor Systems killing them all, which led to Jess killing him to protect their work.
*MyGreatestFailure: General Freeman laments how he failed to protect David Rosenberg like he was asked to, since it means he failed another job after what happened in Rhine Canyon.
*NiceJobFixingItVillain: You find Karen's phone with a recording of her speaking to the killer, telling them Meteor Systems, their employers, can't help them anymore. Thanks to this, Amy and the player learn that the murdered works for said company.
*NuclearNasty:
**David was killed by being knocked into a puddle of radioactive waste.
**Throughout the case, Amy, the player, and even some of your suspects start getting signs of radiation poisoning, such as coughs and headaches. According to Yann, if you don't get back at the station in three days, [[RaceAgainstTheClock you'll die.]]
*ProperlyParanoid: Andy warned David about messing with inventions that could create disasters, which is more than justified since he and his niece experienced first-handed the works of a WeatherControlMachine.
*ScienceIsBad: Allen is convinced that science is the root of all evil, hence why he became TheHermit.
-->'''Allen:''' I don't want to talk about his experiments. Science tore our family apart, and it will ruin the world if we don't get it under control!
*ShoutOut:
** The Testing Site and Nuclear Village scenes are based on model towns used in nuclear experiments.
*** There is an open fridge sitting in the middle of the Testing Site scene, referring to the (very false) theory that hiding in a fridge will protect you from a nuclear blast, this was popularized by the film ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. Another reference to the film is Indiana Jones' hat in the Nuclear Village scene.
** In the Nuclear Village scene, there is a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 fuchsia teddy bear]].
** In the Abandoned Lab scene, there is a picture of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
** In the Tesla's Lab scene, there is a copy of ''Vitruvian Man'' by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
*SignificantWardrobeShift: Amy (and also the player, though we don't get to see them) wear anti-radiation suits for the whole case to protect themselves.
*SplitScreenPhoneCall: How the phone calls for analyzes are seen.
*TapOnTheHead: David was knocked out with a baseball bat before being dumped onto the nuclear waste.
*ThrillSeeker: The reason for Andy being in The Wastes? He wanted to film ''a nuclear sandstorm.''
*TookALevelInKindness: Compared to his appearance in [[[[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict Rhine Canyon]], General Freeman is more tame and willing to help you, even suggesting Amy and the player to leave Rhine Canyon if they want to live. {{Justified}}, though, since Agent Z [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories about aliens]] in Rhine Canyon, so he has no reasons [[FantasticRacism to be hateful or against you.]]
*VaguenessIsComing: Andy tell you that something ''bad'' is brewing inside of The Wastes and the wind is trying to warn you about it.
*YouAreNotMyFather: Allen was Albert Tesla's son, but he decided to change his surname and join the army to forget about him after his experiments drove his mother insane and she died on an asylum.
[[caption-width-right:350:'''Amy:''' The region has been locked down for years. Between the extreme pollution and the vicious sandstorms, only madmen would come here. And I guess that's why it's the perfect place for Frank and Karen to hide!]]
Amy and the player arrive to The Wastes to chase after Karen and Frank and stop whatever they are planning to do with the stolen plutonium from the casino heist. However, their progress gets halted when they find the body of David Rosenberg, the tech genius the met in Innovation Valley, resting on a puddle of radioactive fluid.
!!Tropes:
*AbandonedLaboratory: One belonging to Albert Tesla, a pioneer inventor from the 1960s who one day vanished without trace, appears as a crime scene.
*AnonymousBenefactor: PlayedWith. During the investigation, you receive a phone call from Frank telling you to go to a certain laboratory where you'll find more clues but refuses to tell you anymore, so you know it was him but don't know his reasons for doing so.
*BackForTheDead: David Rosenberg, who hadn't appeared since [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase50ProgrammedToKill the finale of Innovation Valley]], becomes the victim here.
*BioluminescenceIsCool: While giving you the report of David's body, Roxie excitedly remarks how his body glows in the dark.
*BrainUpload: You find a video tape of Albert Tesla during the Additional Investigation, where is revealed that he had been working on uploading his mind onto a supercomputer
*TheBusCameBack / CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm Andy Pascal]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayWhitePeaksDistrict Allen Muir]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayIvywoodHillsDistrict Trevor Newman]], [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath Jess Prakti]], and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict General Freeman]] reappear as suspects. Meteor Systems, the shady tech company you met in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayInnovationValleyDistrict Innovation Valley]], also makes a comeback.
*CellPhonesAreUseless: {{Downplayed}}: Throughout the case, Amy and the player have to call the lab to receive information about the clues they send to be analyzed, with said calls being distorted and difficult to understand but barely managing to get the job done so you can solve the case. Hannah manages to fix the reception during the Additional Investigation though.
*ChekhovsGun: Remember the BrainUpload experiments by Meteor Systems that you learnt about in [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase49ImmortalSin Case 49]]? It turns out that they were trying to recreate Albert Tesla's fifty-year old work with it.
*ClassifiedInformation: {{Defied}} by Amy, who tells General Freeman to stop with his delay tactics and tell them everything he knows. It works.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: The case ends with Amy and the player finding a secret base belonging to Meteor Systems where they'll find more answers about their experiments in The Wastes, but they get stopped at gun point by Karen, who takes them prisoners.
*ContinuityNod: Plenty of them, since all of your suspects have appeared in different district before and so many of the events they were involved with are mentioned again.
**Andy mentions how the player [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase23TheEyeOfTheStorm solved the murder of his niece back in Jazz Town.]]
**Amy remembers how Jess [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase41TheSeedsOfDeath wanted to grow corn in the desert.]]
**Colonel Spangler [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase44TheTiesThatBind and his death]] are mentioned when you find a photo of his WeatherControlMachine.
**When discovering about Trevor's research, Russell recalls how he was the one responsible [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase38DeadCarpet for the Utopian's brainwashing in Ivywood Hills.]]
**General Freeman tells you he was discharged from the army on medical grounds [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase45NoPlaceLikeHome since he can't remember anything about what happened in Rhine Canyon.]]
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: David was knocked into a puddle of toxic waste which, according to Roxie, gave him a massive dose of radiation, melted his organs, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and made him glow in the dark.]]
*DeadlyDustStorm: Two of the crime scenes feature sandstorms. And according to Andy, they're also radioactive, which means they're much more dangerous than regular ones.
-->'''Amy:''' A nuclear sandstorm?! Is it as dangerous as it sounds?
-->'''Andy:''' It is! The atmosphere here is full of radioactive particles! If the hurricane-force wind doesn't blow your head off, you'll die of exposure to radiation!
*IDidWhatIHadToDo: Jess killed David because he was getting increasingly paranoid about Meteor System working on Tesla's projects, which she feared was going to delay their work.
*FakeTown: One of the crime scenes is a town used for nuclear experimentation.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: You learn about Albert Tesla in this case, a scientist from the 1960s who one day mysteriously disappeared, leaving behind his lab and unfinished work which now Meteor Systems is trying to continue. Guess [[spoiler:[[ChekhovMIA who appears]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase58TheStingOfDeath the next]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase59TheFinalCountdown two cases]] and is revealed to be [[BigBad the mastermind behind the whole plot?]]]]
*MadScientist: According to Allen, Albert Tesla was dangerous, crazy, and had no conscience, which is why he finds repulsive that people remember him as a great scientist and want to continue with his experiments, which is what David and Meteor Systems have been doing.
*TheManBehindTheMan: Allen is convinced that his father's works are behind everything bad that has been happening in Pacific Bay.
-->'''Allen:''' <Player's Name> you've got to figure out what happened to my father after he vanished! I'm sure... I'm sure he's behind all the bad things that have happened around here!
-->'''Amy:''' What "bad things"? Are you talking about what's happening in the Wastes?
-->'''Allen:''' No, I'm talking about all the evil that has spread throughout Pacific Bay since 1961, the year my father disappeared! All these murders, all these criminals... Can't you see it's unnatural?!
*AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Jess killed David after she saw the results of Trevor's MindProbe on him, which displayed David becoming increasingly worried about Meteor Systems and fearing for his life. Due to this, Jess believed David was going to delay the project to protect himself, so she took him out of the way.
*MindProbe: Trevor had been working on one, which was a previous project that belonged to Albert Tesla. Thanks to this, he and Jess saw that David was worried about Meteor Systems killing them all, which led to Jess killing him to protect their work.
*MyGreatestFailure: General Freeman laments how he failed to protect David Rosenberg like he was asked to, since it means he failed another job after what happened in Rhine Canyon.
*NiceJobFixingItVillain: You find Karen's phone with a recording of her speaking to the killer, telling them Meteor Systems, their employers, can't help them anymore. Thanks to this, Amy and the player learn that the murdered works for said company.
*NuclearNasty:
**David was killed by being knocked into a puddle of radioactive waste.
**Throughout the case, Amy, the player, and even some of your suspects start getting signs of radiation poisoning, such as coughs and headaches. According to Yann, if you don't get back at the station in three days, [[RaceAgainstTheClock you'll die.]]
*ProperlyParanoid: Andy warned David about messing with inventions that could create disasters, which is more than justified since he and his niece experienced first-handed the works of a WeatherControlMachine.
*ScienceIsBad: Allen is convinced that science is the root of all evil, hence why he became TheHermit.
-->'''Allen:''' I don't want to talk about his experiments. Science tore our family apart, and it will ruin the world if we don't get it under control!
*ShoutOut:
** The Testing Site and Nuclear Village scenes are based on model towns used in nuclear experiments.
*** There is an open fridge sitting in the middle of the Testing Site scene, referring to the (very false) theory that hiding in a fridge will protect you from a nuclear blast, this was popularized by the film ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. Another reference to the film is Indiana Jones' hat in the Nuclear Village scene.
** In the Nuclear Village scene, there is a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 fuchsia teddy bear]].
** In the Abandoned Lab scene, there is a picture of UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla.
** In the Tesla's Lab scene, there is a copy of ''Vitruvian Man'' by Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
*SignificantWardrobeShift: Amy (and also the player, though we don't get to see them) wear anti-radiation suits for the whole case to protect themselves.
*SplitScreenPhoneCall: How the phone calls for analyzes are seen.
*TapOnTheHead: David was knocked out with a baseball bat before being dumped onto the nuclear waste.
*ThrillSeeker: The reason for Andy being in The Wastes? He wanted to film ''a nuclear sandstorm.''
*TookALevelInKindness: Compared to his appearance in [[[[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayRhineCanyonDistrict Rhine Canyon]], General Freeman is more tame and willing to help you, even suggesting Amy and the player to leave Rhine Canyon if they want to live. {{Justified}}, though, since Agent Z [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erased his memories about aliens]] in Rhine Canyon, so he has no reasons [[FantasticRacism to be hateful or against you.]]
*VaguenessIsComing: Andy tell you that something ''bad'' is brewing inside of The Wastes and the wind is trying to warn you about it.
*YouAreNotMyFather: Allen was Albert Tesla's son, but he decided to change his surname and join the army to forget about him after his experiments drove his mother insane and she died on an asylum.
