Lucky Montoya

Lucky's remains

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**Lucky Montoya** is a character in *Peril on Gorgon*.

## Background

Lucky Montoya was an old friend of Alex Hawthorne and the fourth best-paid freelancer in the system, placing him in the top percentile. He considered himself a "hot shot fixer" and had a tendency to overstate his abilities, but in reality his aptitudes ranked at or below average. His success as a freelancer had more to do with a pattern of fortunate circumstances. He also had a tendency to encounter situations of extreme danger and had an aura of "rugged individualism" that Wilhelmina considered charming. According to Lex, he could get a little dramatic at times, but was a good guy.

Lucky was hired by Wilhelmina Ambrose to recover her mother's journal. He spent a lot of time coming and going from the Office of Creative Incubation during his investigation. At OCI, he got a hunch to follow up on near the Abandoned Mines but was followed there by marauders. Afterwards, Lucky visited the CHEM Lab, which increased his suspicions about what is going on. He had a theory he wanted to test at a marauder camp, and stumbled onto something big about the purpose of Adrena-Time, however he died at the camp.

A few days prior to the Stranger arriving on Gorgon, Lex was out for a smoke and a stroll when she saw a canid chewing on a human arm and recognized it as Lucky's. He was holding a phonograph that mentioned Alex Hawthorne, so she sent it and the arm to the Unreliable. Lucky gave the tip about Wilhelmina's job in order to settle his "considerable" debt with Hawthorne.

## Interactions with the player character

Lucky left behind several portable phonographs with his notes. Receiving a mysterious package with one of the logs (and his severed arm) from Lex triggers start of the DLC.

### Lucky's audio logs

* Lucky's Notes: More to the Story
* Lucky's Notes: Narrow Escape
* Lucky's Notes: Onto Something
* Lucky's Notes: Smoke and Mirrors
* Lucky Montoya's Last Message

### Lucky's notes

* Note About a Key
* List of Expenses
* Lucky's Case Notes (log)
* Theories & Leads
* Persons of Interest

## Companion reactions

Upon finding Lucky's body:

* Felix: *"Huh, This fella's missing an arm, just like - hey, wait a second. Is that Lucky Montoya?"*
* Ellie: *"Guess his luck ran out after all"*
* Max: *"Not-so-Lucky Montoya, I presume?"*
* Parvati: *"Oh no. This whole time I been hoping he was still alive."*
* Nyoka: *"Well. He's better off than the marauders, at least."*

## Additional information

* Lucky stayed in a room on the third floor of the Sprat Shack. During his stay there, he spent 500 bits on whiskey and ended up a few bits short. He put it on his tab but had to give Lex some collateral for it, so he gave her the Maintenance Room Key.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ADA, on Lucky Montoya, Unreliable
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lex, on Lucky Montoya, Sprat Shack (Gorgon)
3. ↑ Lucky's Notes: More to the Story
4. ↑ Lucky's Notes: Narrow Escape
5. ↑ Lucky's Notes: Onto Something
6. ↑ Lucky's Notes: Smoke and Mirrors
7. ↑ List of Expenses
8. ↑ Note About a Key