5.05 (PBE) Lore Updates: Batra ability teaser included with messages from Phoenix, Skye, and Yoru

Posted by Steve

Monday, August 29, 2022 9:53 PM

A bit late, I know, but the latest progressions in the lore arrived with this weekend's PBE for 5.05. Special thanks to u/NotToDisturb, who reached out to provide the PBE assets. He's also been posting on Twitter about the latest lore updates, and as Reddit video continues to be unreliable, I'll link to his tweets about the voicemails if you want to listen to them.

I'll show the latest bulletin board update first as it provides some context for one of the voicemails - the symbol that at this point we're assuming is tracking the whereabouts of Batra whilst he is on the run has moved eastwards towards Bangladesh:

5.05 Bulletin Board

Next we have a voicemail from Skye immediately following on from this. She's been tracking the REALM convoy that's pursuing Batra and came across a place where there had been a firefight. Here she discovered something odd about the state of the aftermath, referring to something that had happened to the bullets "fired west to east" (from this we can infer she is referring to the bullets fired by REALM at Batra as we've just seen he's been fleeing eastwards). These bunch of bullets she found had unusually dropped in a semi-circle, teasing the powers or tech at Batra's disposal.

Skye voicemail:

Hey, I'm in the mangroves. Took forever, this place is huge! But, I found the spot. The fugitive was here, so was REALM, there was definitely a fire fight.

Here's the weird thing though. I fished up these spent bullets from the water, fired west to east, but they're not scattered like you would expect, they dropped in...a semi-circle. Clearly, they were aimed at the same target so you would expect some grouping. But this is too uniform, I don't know...

Anyway, REALM's convoy turned north. We'll keep on 'em.

This patch's email is also related to the hunt for Batra, with Yoru commenting on the search and the world's reaction to the REALM heist. He also points out that REALM is an Alpha-only organization:

Yoru Email

Finally, there's a voicemail from Phoenix, requesting some time off for himself and some of the agents to attend a concert in Berlin:

Phoenix voicemail:

Ayo Brim, hear me out on this one. We've got a few days 'til our next mission, right? And Killjoy has these tickets to this massive concert in Berlin! Party of the century, mate! And I think it's really important you let me, and KJ, and Raze, and whoever wants to go, see the show. We'll just pop overseas, see the show, get a bite, and head right back. I promise, I'll play it cool, no stunts, no trouble-making, model citizen, yeah?

Thanks boss, you're the man!

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/x03xqk/505_pbe_lore_updates_batra_ability_teaser/
  • https://reddit.com/x03xqk

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