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-->I installed UNATCO's security myself, it's ''unbeatable''! You're starting to scare me...

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-->I --->I installed UNATCO's security myself, it's ''unbeatable''! You're starting to scare me...



-->'''JC:''' Bravery is not a function of firepower.

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-->'''JC:''' --->'''JC:''' Bravery is not a function of firepower.



--> YK: And you... you... [[BerserkButton are a bad actress.]]
--> [[NothingIsScarier (unknown sound)]]
--> MC: And you have [[{{Fingore}} one less finger...]]

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--> YK: -->YK: And you... you... [[BerserkButton are a bad actress.]]
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[[NothingIsScarier (unknown sound)]]
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MC: And you have [[{{Fingore}} one less finger...]]



--> ...God's got a funny sense of humor sometimes... I'm writing this on the back of an issue of "Tomorrow's Scientist."
--> Hundley sent me to pick up a batch of karkian eggs fresh off the plane; couldn't trust anyone else, Dr. Feng -- that's what he said. Big job. On the way back through the tunnel everything just fell apart, flash of light and noise and suddenly I'm lying here. My legs are broken. It was probably a Triad attack... they've been fighting lately...
--> I thought emergency services would arrive, but no one's come. There's no internal bleeding that I can tell. I started to hear noises a while ago. I think the suspension crate in the car broke open and the eggs are hatching. I can't reach anyone on my phone. It's been eight hours. I slept a little. I can hear the baby karkians -- cries of hunger, precursor to infant food seeking behavior. The irony is this is a perfect environment for them.
--> I saw a shadow of one a little ago. My rough guess is they're developing almost 20% more quickly than expected. Some nasty noises earlier, several of the karkians picking out the weakest of the litter and tearing it to pieces.
--> [[DyingAlone I wish someone would come...]]
* The world of Deus Ex is described by WordOfGod as [[CrapsackWorld "five minutes before the fall of human civilization."]] and it shows. Massive resource shortages, [[CaliforniaCollapse natural]] [[GaiasLament disasters]], colossal class divisions, [[MegaCorp unchecked corporate power]], government [[GovernmentConspiracy "incompetence"]], rampant terrorism, a plague decimating the lower classes and the increasingly [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica brutal]] and [[BigBrotherIsWatching invasive]] suppression of unrest have put human society on the brink of complete collapse. The game's many decaying and desolate settings paint a grim picture, and things only go FromBadToWorse as JC gets [[ConspiracyKitchenSink closer to the truth of what's happening]]. It doesn't help that several plot points [[HarsherInHindsight would be mirrored by real life events after its release]].

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--> ...-->...God's got a funny sense of humor sometimes... I'm writing this on the back of an issue of "Tomorrow's Scientist."
-->
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Hundley sent me to pick up a batch of karkian eggs fresh off the plane; couldn't trust anyone else, Dr. Feng -- that's what he said. Big job. On the way back through the tunnel everything just fell apart, flash of light and noise and suddenly I'm lying here. My legs are broken. It was probably a Triad attack... they've been fighting lately...
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lately...\\
I thought emergency services would arrive, but no one's come. There's no internal bleeding that I can tell. I started to hear noises a while ago. I think the suspension crate in the car broke open and the eggs are hatching. I can't reach anyone on my phone. It's been eight hours. I slept a little. I can hear the baby karkians -- cries of hunger, precursor to infant food seeking behavior. The irony is this is a perfect environment for them.
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them.\\
I saw a shadow of one a little ago. My rough guess is they're developing almost 20% more quickly than expected. Some nasty noises earlier, several of the karkians picking out the weakest of the litter and tearing it to pieces.
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pieces.\\
[[DyingAlone I wish someone would come...]]
* The world of Deus Ex ''Deus Ex'' is described by WordOfGod as [[CrapsackWorld "five minutes before the fall of human civilization."]] and it shows. Massive resource shortages, [[CaliforniaCollapse natural]] [[GaiasLament disasters]], colossal class divisions, [[MegaCorp unchecked corporate power]], government [[GovernmentConspiracy "incompetence"]], rampant terrorism, a plague decimating the lower classes and the increasingly [[OppressiveStatesOfAmerica brutal]] and [[BigBrotherIsWatching invasive]] suppression of unrest have put human society on the brink of complete collapse. The game's many decaying and desolate settings paint a grim picture, and things only go FromBadToWorse as JC gets [[ConspiracyKitchenSink closer to the truth of what's happening]]. It doesn't help that several plot points [[HarsherInHindsight would be mirrored by real life events after its release]].



* If you check Captain Zhao's email on the superfreighter, she'll mention how some government men visited her and said they'd "take care" of her if anything happened to her father, whom MJ12 is tasking with transporting the Gray Death to spray over the U.S. [[ChildrenAreInnocent She's the only one who doesn't know]] that [[IHaveYourWife she's being used as a hostage]], or that [[WouldHurtAChild MJ12 will most likely kill her]] if her father doesn't deliver. In fact, her father's situation is rather terrifying, as he's caught between MJ12 threatening his family and his government, which suspects that he's being threatened but cares more about whether he's loyal than his or his family's well-being.

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* If you check Captain Zhao's email on the superfreighter, she'll mention how some government men visited her and said they'd "take care" of her if anything happened to her father, whom MJ12 [=MJ12=] is tasking with transporting the Gray Death to spray over the U.S. [[ChildrenAreInnocent She's the only one who doesn't know]] that [[IHaveYourWife she's being used as a hostage]], or that [[WouldHurtAChild MJ12 will most likely kill her]] if her father doesn't deliver. In fact, her father's situation is rather terrifying, as he's caught between MJ12 [=MJ12=] threatening his family and his government, which suspects that he's being threatened but cares more about whether he's loyal than his or his family's well-being.
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* If you check Captain Zhao's email on the superfreighter, she'll mention how some government men visited her and said they'd "take care" of her if anything happened to her father, whom MJ12 is tasking with transporting the Gray Death to spray over the U.S. [[ChildrenAreInnocent She's the only one who doesn't know]] that [[IHaveYourWife she's being used as a hostage]], or that [[WouldHurtAChild MJ12 will most likely kill her]] if her father doesn't deliver ([[FridgeHorror which presumably happens once J.C. destroys the superfreighter]]). In fact, her father's situation is rather terrifying, as he's caught between MJ12 threatening his family and his government, which suspects that he's being threatened but cares more about whether he's loyal than his or his family's well-being.

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* If you check Captain Zhao's email on the superfreighter, she'll mention how some government men visited her and said they'd "take care" of her if anything happened to her father, whom MJ12 is tasking with transporting the Gray Death to spray over the U.S. [[ChildrenAreInnocent She's the only one who doesn't know]] that [[IHaveYourWife she's being used as a hostage]], or that [[WouldHurtAChild MJ12 will most likely kill her]] if her father doesn't deliver ([[FridgeHorror which presumably happens once J.C. destroys the superfreighter]]).deliver. In fact, her father's situation is rather terrifying, as he's caught between MJ12 threatening his family and his government, which suspects that he's being threatened but cares more about whether he's loyal than his or his family's well-being.
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* Many of the news bulletins are unsettling. It's mentioned in one NYC report that a recent chlorine spill into the Hudson has rendered drinking water poisonous to "an unknown extent". The bulletin then suggests that anyone made sick by the water heads to a free clinic. A free clinic likely packed out with people [[ThePlague infected by the incurable and deadly Gray Death]]. So you can't even escape death by staying at home, due to supplies dwindling and no fresh water...your only other choice is taking your chances on a daily basis venturing into a crime-torn, disease ridden hellhole.

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* Many of the news bulletins are unsettling. It's mentioned in one NYC report that a recent chlorine spill into the Hudson has rendered drinking water poisonous to "an unknown extent". The bulletin then suggests that anyone made sick by the water heads to a free clinic. A free clinic likely packed out with people [[ThePlague infected by the incurable and deadly Gray Death]]. So you can't even escape death by staying at home, due to supplies dwindling and no fresh water...your only other choice is taking your chances on a daily basis venturing into a crime-torn, disease ridden hellhole.hellhole.
* If you check Captain Zhao's email on the superfreighter, she'll mention how some government men visited her and said they'd "take care" of her if anything happened to her father, whom MJ12 is tasking with transporting the Gray Death to spray over the U.S. [[ChildrenAreInnocent She's the only one who doesn't know]] that [[IHaveYourWife she's being used as a hostage]], or that [[WouldHurtAChild MJ12 will most likely kill her]] if her father doesn't deliver ([[FridgeHorror which presumably happens once J.C. destroys the superfreighter]]). In fact, her father's situation is rather terrifying, as he's caught between MJ12 threatening his family and his government, which suspects that he's being threatened but cares more about whether he's loyal than his or his family's well-being.
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** Take the time to look at a Paris public terminal and you'll find an entry titled "READ ME." [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457289041 Take a look at it]] and you'll find the phrases "ICARUS FOUND YOU!!!" and "RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!!" repeated over and over, in a > shape.

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** Take the time to look at a Paris public terminal and you'll find an entry titled "READ ME." [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457289041 [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/35247586655698743/1066BB42C6B996CD6DFDC94E37FD3E3512A96569/?imw=5000&imh=5000&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false Take a look at it]] and you'll find the phrases "ICARUS FOUND YOU!!!" and "RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!!" repeated over and over, in a > shape.

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