05 Shattered Illusion





While tracking the Forsaken, the Gray Ravens find a facility that was used to research M.I.N.D. technology. It housed devices that projected the M.I.N.D. of Constructs to create an augmented reality. Lee and Lucia work together to break the devices and they find Kamui. Lee notices something is off with Kamui because his logs show Kamui turning off his GPS and comms. Parsing through a Corrupted’s memory shell, Lee was able to see that the Corrupted here were ordered by Gabriel, another Ascendant, to research M.I.N.D. technology by taking Construct consciousnesses and uploading them to “containers.” This leads to Lucia questioning if consciousness can be copied. Lee concludes that the consciousnesses stored in this facility belong to the Forsaken and they needed Liv to be able to restore the consciousnesses to their owners. The group heads deeper into the laboratory, passing through several M.I.N.D. projections before reaching the Central Consciousness Container. Watanabe tells them Liv was able to save all the consciousness of the Forsaken but her own was still trapped in the container. The Commandant uses their Mind Beacon to link the Gray Ravens with Liv’s M.I.N.D. to save her.



After Liv wakes up, Watanabe thanks her for rescuing the Forsaken and apologizes to the Gray Ravens for endangering Liv’s life. He promises to assist them in the future if they ever need it.



From the Forsaken and Liv’s perspective, they have arrived at the M.I.N.D. research facility. Watanabe explains that some of his squads wandered in here and had their consciousness stolen by the Corrupted. Since most of the Forsaken constructs’ M.I.N.D. technology is outdated, they aren’t able to retrieve the consciousnesses hence why they needed Liv. They need her to go into the Central Consciousness Container and retrieve the consciousnesses for them. To do this, they need to defeat each pseudo-consciousnesses of each Construct. After Liv saved most of them, the container created a pseudo-consciousness of Liv to try and trap her in there too. Watanabe is trying to create an exit for her but Liv must not be caught in the meantime. As Liv makes her way back to her own M.I.N.D., her pseudo-consciousness reappears and closes off her escape, entrapping Liv in the container.