iStory:The Private/chapter 304 alternatives

This page notes the different possible versions of chapter 4 of The Private.

Options (I)

Option 1A (explosion case)	Option 1B (ward case [Official case])	Option 1C (cells case)
Rachel chooses to prepare the explosives and blow up the large chemical vat she found. Returning to the chemical vat, Rachel realizes that blowing up the vat will likely kill everyone inside. However, Rachel decides that the people there are just an enemy that isn't dressed for the part so she arms the explosives, throws them next to the tank and flees the building. Outside, she finds armed men piling out of trucks but doesn't see Jim. Gunshots spray dirt into the air around Rachel, and then the explosives go off inside the building. The interviewer then stops Rachel from continuing her story, saying that should be enough.	Rachel chooses to investigate weird moaning that is coming from the medical ward. On a far table, under a dim construction light, Rachel spots a vaguely female shape laying in a tangle of wires and tubes. She appears to be about Rachel's age, light-skinned, but Rachel cannot tell her nationality. As Rachel gets closer, she can see that her "table" is a tray, half-full of a blue-ish chemical that is being pumped in through a tube like a garden hose. Her arms and legs were swollen, bulging, as if full of liquid. The girl has IVs in both arms with her eyes half-open. Rachel notes that she seems unconscious, and then pauses her story to calm herself from the fresh memories. The interviewer asks Rachel what happened next, and Rachel says that she tried to free her. He asks again what happened and she continues that the girl attacked her. The interviewer notes that her reaction was not what she expected. Rachel responds that she thinks the girl was just afraid, but whatever the facility was doing to her made her powerful. The interviewer notes that Rachel did survive. Rachel replies that the girl would have killed her, but the men outside came into the ward and the girl turned on them. When that happened, Rachel took the opportunity to run away. After a moment of silence, the interviewer says that is enough for their needs. Rachel questions why they are stopping, noting she hasn't told him how she escaped.	Rachel chooses to open the cells where the facility is storing the people they experiment on. The interview then stops Rachel from continuing her story, looking curiously at Rachel. He notes to Rachel that she had attackers outside and begins to describe the things in cages. Rachel interrupts that those things were humans, and he replies that they sound like they were changed. The interviewer then asks Rachel where she thought they would go, and Rachel replies that it didn't matter to her--that all she could think about were people in cages that needed help. The interviewer says that is very interesting, almost leaning over the desk at her. He asks Rachel to continue, and she does so. Rachel notes that the prisoners were different now, perhaps crazy, perhaps just afraid, or perhaps a result of what had been done to them. Rachel notes that when she released them, they attacked her and each other. Rachel pauses, noting to herself that the memories are raw and nightmarish, then continues saying that she ran away. The interviewer asks Rachel if she would do the same thing again. Rachel says no, adding that what happened next was horrible. She confirms to the interview that she would likely have left them in their cages, and he tells her he thinks that's enough. Rachel replies that she hasn't even told him how she escaped, and the interviewer flips open a notepad.

All cases (I)

The interviewer then continues Rachel's story for her, thumbing through his notes. He says Rachel found Jim on the hill, and then they made their way toward the border. However, on the way, they were met by a helicopter hired by Jim's employer.

Rachel questions how the interviewer knows that, noting that information wasn't in the official account. The interviewer replies that it certainly wasn't in the account, as officially they crossed the Iraq-Iran border, attacked an Iranian army convoy and were captured. This caused a stir in the local media, and the U.S. government demoted Rachel to Private, punishing her to hush the situation. Rachel responds that the real story is crazy, but they have to believe her, and the interviewer says that they do. Just then, Jim walks through the door and says hello.

As the memories of what happened in Iran come flooding back to Rachel, she asks Jim if he was working for these guys. Jim replies that he wasn't, and that he just started. Jim continues that he told them their story, and they were very interested.

Options (II)

The player is then presented with different options on questioning Jim.

Option 2A (Jeremy case): If Rachel once heard the name "Jeremy Woo"...

The interviewer says he will let Jim and Rachel catch up and leaves the office, saying he needs to speak with his superiors. Once he leaves, Rachel asks if he isn't still working for Jeremy Woo, noting that Jim had said Jermey was pretty persuasive. Jim replies that Jeremy is dead, and explains that some terrorists blew up a dam near where they worked and he was killed. Rachel asks if Al-Quaeda was responsible, but Jim responds that it was a different group and that it wasn't in Iraq. Rachel then asks if the guys responsible were caught, and Jim replies that his company did catch them while staring far away. Rachel says she gets the feeling that his company didn't arrest them. Jim then smiles, saying that they didn't do anything to them--that they just watched. The player is presented again with options for Rachel to question Jim. Option 2A.1 (Company case): Rachel asks if Jim said he worked for a paper company... ...and Jim replies that maybe there was a bit more to it than that, but doesn't add anything more. The player is presented again with options. Option 2A.1A (File case): If Rachel found an empty file in the secret facility... Rachel tells Jim that he doesn't have to tell her anything more about himself or them, but she needs to know about the file she found in the facility that was about her. She says she feels like she might have been singled out, and wants to know if he knows anything. Jim approaches Rachel, and points his finger at her. Speaking in a low voice, he tells her not to ever bring up the file again, and especially not to bring it up in this place. Rachel presses him for what he knows, but Jim refuses to tell her and says it is for her own good that she doesn't know. The interviewer then returns carrying a camera and Jim walks out without even looking back. Option 2A.1B (Interviewer case): The interviewer returns a few moments later... ...and Jim steps away. Option 2A.2 (Followed case): If Rachel was told that she was being followed... Rachel tells Jim that she is starting to piece together some of what happened to her, and notes that her interrogator in Iran said she was being followed. Jim says that is weird. Rachel continues that Jim mysteriously turned up at that time, and she thinks he was following her. Jim claims it was just coincidence, but admits it is true when Rachel tells him she knows he is lying. While sighing, Jim adds that his employer is gone, but she still shouldn't ask him why he was following her. He asks Rachel to put it behind her for her own sake. The interviewer then returns carrying a camera and Jim walks out without even looking back. Option 2A.3 (Interviewer case): Rachel and Jim wait for the interviewer to return... ...and Jim steps away when the interviewer returns moments later.

Option 2B (Company case): If Rachel learned that Jim worked for a paper company...

The interviewer says he will let Jim and Rachel catch up and leaves the office, saying he needs to speak with his superiors. Once he leaves, Rachel comments that here Jim is, working for another security company. Jim then asks if that is what they told her it is. Rachel responds by saying that she is not surprised it's not after seeing him here. She adds that he said he worked for a "paper company" in Iraq and then he got them picked up by a helicopter of the sort she has only seen used by Special Forces. Jim smiles and admits that there is maybe a bit more to that, but doesn't add any more. The player is presented again with options. Option 2B.1 (File case): If Rachel found an empty file in the secret facility... Rachel tells Jim that he doesn't have to tell her anything more about himself or them, but she needs to know about the file she found in the facility that was about her. She says she feels like she might have been singled out, and wants to know if he knows anything. Jim approaches Rachel, and points his finger at her. Speaking in a low voice, he tells her not to ever bring up the file again, and especially not to bring it up in this place. Rachel presses him for what he knows, but Jim refuses to tell her and says it is for her own good that she doesn't know. The interviewer then returns carrying a camera and Jim walks out without even looking back. Option 2B.2 (Interviewer case): The interviewer returns a few moments later... ...and Jim steps away.

Option 2C (General case): Rachel asks what Jim has been up to...

Jim replies that he has been around, noting he he has been doing security work in England and Alaska. Rachel asks what company he was working for, but Jim only says that they went out of business so that is why he applied to work here. Rachel replies that she sees that he is here, and then they both spend a minute in silence. Rachel thinks that Jim is not telling her something and notes to herself that it looks like he had a rough trip. She guesses she knows the feeling he must be having as her previous employer shut down hard as well. The silence is ended when the interviewer returns and Jim steps away.

All cases (II)

The interviewer notes to Rachel that she had an unusual experience in the Middle East that may prove valuable in the days ahead. Rachel responds that his comment is very generous, and that most people just call her a liar. Rachel also asks if she got the job, but the interviewer doesn't respond. After finishing setting up a camera facing a blank wall, he asks Rachel how she explains what she encountered in the facility in Iran.

Options (III)

Option 3A: If Rachel heard about gasoline additives...

Option 3B: Otherwise...

Rachel says that evil people do evil things, like shooting up schools, stealing, raping people and injecting innocent people with gasoline additives. She continues that during her military service, she saw a few varieties of bad guys and that you just have to fight them how you can. The interviewer then asks who do fight when evil just happens, and Rachel asks what he is getting at. He doesn't reply to her question, but says he would like her to join their team.

Rachel says she can't explain it. The interviewer says that is good, and asks if that bothers her. Rachel replies that she looks back and all she has is questions. He responds that his organization is going to help her, and says they would like her to join their team.

All cases (IV)

Rachel congratulates herself on making the team, not realizing how much she needed that. The interviewer then notes that training starts in twenty minutes, surprising her. He adds that she needs to make any desired calls now as she will be unreachable until after her first mission. She asks when that mission will begin, and he says in a number of days. He then directs Rachel to stand in front of the camera and repeat after him.

Rachel thinks now that this is when her new war began.

Notes

• Using Option 1B is specified as the official storyline, and it allows Rachel to discover and rescue a captive girl. Having followed the optimal cases from previous chapters, Rachel should also choose Option 2A.1A and Option 3B. Option 2A.1A allows Rachel to learn that Jim knows something about Rachel's file that was in the facility, but refuses to tell her informing her of the danger of discussing it around their new employers. She also learns that Jim's employer, Jeremy Woo, was killed by terrorists in a dam explosion, and allows the player to realize that Jim is the Primatech contractor that was featured in the previous iStory, Friend or Foe. It also confirmed for the player that the ending of Friend or Foe was one in which the contractor was tied up by the Kill Squad and left to watch the dam get destroyed. Option 3A would have required Rachel to kill the moaning girl by removing the tube attached to her instead of the IVs, but the official storyline for that chapter is that Rachel frees her by detaching the IVs. Going with Option 3B also appears to get the interviewer more on Rachel's side, as he tells her that their organization is going to help her get some answers only in that option.