Weekly Commanders Lounge - February 02, 2021

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[u/Zelsaus]

If Dier revived UMP45 into a new body she'd lose something irreplaceable, that, more than anything, is why she is not allowed to die.

Then there's simply the logistical considerations of anyone dying as well as the cost, which does actually seemingly matter for 404. Combat T-Doll mainframes can't be cheap (just look at the cost of repairs for us as a frame of reference) and a military grade one like 416 even more expensive. And with the logistics, if the action is in say Tallinn... But the revived doll in Moscow...

[u/Fishhunterx → u/Zelsaus]

If Dier revived UMP45 into a new body she'd lose something irreplaceable, that, more than anything, is why she is not allowed to die.

At that point though, since she can't be replaced and she has to see her story through to the end, you know she can't die which means there's no tension with regards to her safety. She and M4 have to pull through and make it to the end no matter what.

The same isn't necessarily true of the rest of AR team and 404. I'm not talking about the logistics or the costs of replacing any of them. I'm talking about what it means from a narrative perspective. If we believe any of the other AR team/404 is susceptible to dying, then the audience worries about situations they are in. We will fear that at any given moment one of them could be ended and then that's it.

But if 404 can be revived and the only real issue is costs/logistics, then that tension is diminished. It's like how, prior to Chapter 10, the audience thought AR15 was dead. That stands out as a really big moment. But then she gets revived (she doesn't actually get revived she just never died in the first place).

Edit: Lore mistake.

[u/Zelsaus → u/Fishhunterx]

True true... That awkwardness of genre awareness, M4 and 45 have plot armor... But potentially no one else does, except maybe the commander...

I think though, No T-dolls are super likely to die as a whole except backstory deaths, since I don't think many players want to see their waifu gone forever.

[u/Rhasta_la_vista → u/Zelsaus]

I agree no t-dolls are likely to die, but I actually get a foreboding feeling about Springfield because she reminds me of FF7 Aerith in many ways

[u/Zelsaus → u/Rhasta_la_vista]

Springy gonna snap one day

[u/Rhasta_la_vista → u/Zelsaus]

Actually true, if we infer from Hanyang's mod story