In this entry...we come face-to-face with LINC...
Now that you have the cable tied to the pipe support, climb back down using the rungs, then right-click on the cable. Robert will edge his way to the cable, grab on and swing to the door, entering the room where LINC itself is.
When you're in the room, Robert will find the room where LINC is...and his father! Mr. Overmann will tell Robert that LINC wants a replacement for his brain, as his body is old and dying, and that the only thing that will do is Robert due to his being a direct blood relative of Mr. Overmann. He will tell Robert that it sent Reich and his goons to the gap to find him and bring him to LINC, and that the copter crash when you enter the city was caused by him in an attempt to kill you while he still had his faculties so that he could spare Robert the same fate so he wouldn't have to go through the ordeal of being directly interface to LINC. He will also tell you that you should never have come here, that he is responsible for killing both Reich and Anita, the former because he threatened Robert and the latter to ensure that Robert did not come here, and that Robert has basically given LINC what it wants.
Ken will also show up just in time - minus one arm - for LINC to finally reject Mr. Overmann, and without LINC, he will die. From here, tell Ken to quickly sit in the chair. If you take too long or pick any other option, LINC will grab Robert instead, and you will see Robert get taken over by LINC.
By putting Ken in the chair, Ken will be able to interface with LINC and stop it. From here, Robert will talk to his dying father. Mr. Overmann is convinced that LINC was the greatest experiment ever devised due to its ability to tap into the unexplored depths of the human brain and the potential of the subconscious mind, but Robert is convinced that LINC is nothing more than human greed coming home to roost and megalomaniacal. Mr. Overmann says that the fusion was a success, but the computer shared access to his human failings, learned of greed and vanity, and reveled in the power it wielded, leaving him almost powerless. Robert asks who the real monster is: his father, or LINC. Mr. Overmann says that Robert was his only reason for wanting to live, then he passes on.
Afterwards, the room where LINC is located is all cleaned up and de-veined, and Hobbins is working on a monitor. Robert walks in to say goodbye to Hobbins and Ken, then gives Hobbins his wrench back before leaving. From there, Robert leaves the city by plane to head back to the gap. You've just beaten Beneath a Steel Sky!
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