How you can fix the mistakes of the confiscation system in episode 5

[Puggy_]

What you need is a mission where you go back to the prison. More specifically a mission where you get into the prisoner’s store room. My idea of how you could implement this is as follows (This is a simple version because complicated but ask if u want more detail on my idea). You arrive at the radio telescope and do whatever, and then are told that they are running low on supplies since the key to the main storage room is missing. The only other option is to get the spare master key, which one of the prison workers had. Since they were all executed, they would’ve been stripped of any valuables. The key had master key written on it so the convicts definitely took it. They would’ve put it in their safe room, with all the other valuables, loot, supplies, and, of course, all the stuff they took from you. That night you get thinking on what to do, and are awoken by jace, who says that since there is an aurora happening, she should be able to access the cameras. There is a cinematic which shows that they have it all in a cell block. You also see that only one person is left to guard. The next morning you head back and get into the prison. The last guard was lumberjack jacket guy (forgot name) and you manage to convince him to let you in and then defect from the gang, on the basis that Mathis is unstable and could turn on him at any point. You then get to go into the prison block and get all the stuff that was confiscated back, as well as some other food, ammo, guns and some good clothing

 

thankyou for reading this if you did, and if a developer saw this, I would love to see your thoughts so maybe I can try to make this into something you would use

[piddy3825]

I want some of whatever you've been smoking...

[SpanishMoss]

Sorry, but your explanation of your idea is unclear.

[UTC-10]

(IMO) The basic premise for the proposal is that the criminal gang would have accumulated a good amount of gear and supplies at the prison AND that Will (and Jace) would somehow be informed that the observatory needed more supplies so they went back to obtain them.   It would probably be difficult as the game does not have a good way to handle "independently" operating NPCs in concert with a character.  Likely it would devolve to Will taking actions with Jace in the background (like episode 4) so it would be no different from a significant quest.  The chain of events of how this quest might proceed is generally laid out. 🙂

Where this would fit into episode 4 I don't know.  Sounds like a proposition for episode 5, since information about the observatory was not made known to Will until near the very end, but that would be the last planned episode so it would be a lot to pack into a single episode especially as (presumably) Astrid is supposed to be reunited with her locked case - Will having brought it to Perseverance Mills - and she can presumably treat this "plague" that was the reason for her to go to Great Bear, and there is still Mathis and his criminal gang to contend with.  😅

[Puggy_]

UTC10 that is exactly what I meant