List of Inconsistencies & Unanswered Questions

This article lists the unresolved inconsistencies, gaps, and unanswered questions relating to the GTFO story and lore. For other information, see Frequently Asked Questions.

## Unanswered Questions

### The Collectors

There are a number of unanswered questions regarding the The Collectors:

* It is not clear whether they are intentionally collecting the virus, or whether it was accidentally collected.
* The reason behind their crash and "exile."
* Why it was necessary to kill the Daylight Mission.
* The motivations behind helping the prisoners escape to a "clean membrane."

## Inconsistencies

### Warden control in Rundown 8.0

The story of Rundown 8.0 is told from the perspective of the alternative and original prisoners in tandem. However, it is not apparent the how the prisoners receive their objectives:

* In the original timeline; Schaeffer and Henriksson are able to overcome The Warden's control of Biocom, giving them control over the prisoner's objective stack.
* In the alternative timeline; Schaeffer engages with The Collectors, and it is implied, that he or The Collections are able to freely access BIOCOM and control the prisoner's objective stack.

In the merged worldline of Rundown 8.0:

* If original Schaeffer retains control of Biocom, it is not apparent how alternative Schaeffer and The Collectors are able to set objectives for the alternate prisoners.
* Conversely, if alternate Schaeffer retains control of Biocom, it is not apparent how original Schaeffer and Henriksson are able to set objectives for the original prisoners.

The only possible interpretations are:

1. Biocom exists in a state where it is both in control of The Warden and hacked by Schaeffer and Henriksson at the same time.
2. Alternative Schaeffer, or The Collectors, are able to access the same vulnerability created by the original Schaeffer and Henriksson.
3. Schaeffer and Henriksson's hack of Biocom was less an attack of Biocom, potentially a hack of the implants chips on the prisoners — granting control of only the alternate prisoners, and not every KSO.

These interpretations are not supported by in-game lore.

### Logs from Matter Wave Projector

H9K-HYR-1TE and W35-9BV-EUV detail Dr. Durant's status reports from EF01, retrieved from the Matter Wave Projector (MVP). There are two ways to interpret these logs, but both incur inconsistencies:

1. The MVP disappeared with the mission team (supported by W35-9BV-EUV) and that the status reports were retrieved when the MVP was returned with Bishop, or
2. The MVP did not disappear with the team and that the status reports were retrieved from the MVP shortly after the incident (consistent with the in-game experience of the MVP, but not W35-9BV-EUV)

If the first interpretation is to be believed, then it is not possible for the MVP to contain a status report from Dr. Durant which was made after Bishop's departure. Similarly, if the Bishop which returned was not the Bishop which departed, then the status reports may not have been from the same mission team. If the second interpretation is to be believed, then the ALT timeline would have two MVP's, which is also not consistent with any other logs.

### Bishop's age on EF01

Given the significant time discrepancy between both the original and ALT EF01 missions, more than 50 years would have passed in the 6 months between the incident and his jump back to Garganta — heavily implying that the Bishop which returned was not from either EF01 mission.

### Passage of time on EF01

The conclusion of the main story sees the original timeline prisoners jump to the same membrane as the ALT EF01 mission. However, given the significant time discrepancy, from the perspective of the EF01 team, hundreds of years had passed between EF01 mission and the present day. Dr. Durant and his team would be long since dead.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 However, it is possible that Matter Wave Projector allows for jumping in time, not just dimension, and that individuals can jump to an earlier date in the membrane.