Icebox Map Event or just when the New Agent comes out.

Posted by Steve

Saturday, December 12, 2020 4:50 PM

This is what the Armor Looks like in Icebox in game. I am sure you all are familiar with this. In the game files, this texture is called \"Armor_0_JapanB\"

That begs the question, where's A? And is there a C?
Well, there's no "A" just unlabeled.

Here's \"Armor_0_Japan\" The interesting part is that this is a top-down view. And the arm is like hanging off a table or something. I think this implies that the armor we know will be moved to a different location on a table? Also, another critical piece is that THERE IS NO MASK. What happened to it?

Now here is \"Armor_0_JapanC\" We're back to a regular view, and it looks very disrupted. It's left arm (our right) has its arm sagged down a bit, and the helmet is dropped down and tilted.

Moving on from the armors, now we're going to look into the different pods the armor(s?) are kept in.

\"ArmorRoom_0_SidePod\" | You're already familiar with this. However, something that I noticed was that the silhouette doesn't have the golden horn thingies on top of the helmet. It also looks like its legs attach. This is why I think these are bodies, not other armors. Which leads me to the next image.

\"ArmorRoom_0_SidePodB\" | This appears to be an alternate state of the sidepods. I think that this confirms that these are people, as why would you need to have a feature that locks up a pod in metal, if it was just a suit of armor?

This is my favorite. \"ArmorRoom_0_SidePodBBroken\" | Why the double B's? A typo? Maybe one of the pods is located at B site? Got no clue. But I think that this implies that someone broke one of the people (or a person) out of a side pod (the attackers in the context of VALORANT) and got him out. Then, being in a rush, and not being able to break the other pods since they were encased in metal, took just the mask from the armor, as it's clearly made of a different material than the rest of the armor, and booked it. Of course, all that's a theory, and maybe instead of it being named \"SidePod\" it's the \"CenterPod\" instead? No clue.

Now here are some problems with the theory. TF IS JLATTE? If the agent's name is Jon Stealth, then how would he be able to use the mask? The mask is clearly missing, so where did it go? A future agent? Is Jon just an alias from his real name cause he forgot it or something? Also, how did they get access to that room?

Alright, Now here are some bonus shit that I think matters, but they honestly might not.

Here is \"Armor_15_MidConnectorVistaRoom\" | I dont know where Vista is, and I've never seen this room anywhere. The doorway is slightly off centered, with what appears to be a step leading in. The floors are made of a tile-like metal pattern. The ceiling is the same pattern as well.

Here's the pattern.

The implications of an "Armor_0" and an "Armor_15" confuses me. Maybe it's referring to a specific part of the armor? Like Armor's 1-14 are all just like gauntlets or leggings and shit? And maybe "Armor_15" is just the mask? Maybe there are 15 copies of the armor, and there's another one located in this room, maybe in the other states before in the post?

There is a file in the environment for Icebox called "Vista" which may give us a clue in to where this room is. If it exists at all. Maybe once the armor's been stolen and a pod broken will this room appear.

Here's a top down view of \"Vista_0_DockRailing\"

Here's a top-down view of the dock that points towards the Ship. The railing matches up, right?

However, this is "Vista_0_DockRailing" Not just "Vista"
Weird.

Anyways, here's another thing that might be interesting.
Behind this wall :

Is a computer. But I haven't seen the texture for the monitor anywhere in the icebox files. Maybe it's from a different map?

It also has this weird swiping-shadow effect on it, like a spotlight or something. The shadow goes from the right to the left.

<---------------------------------

Here is it where the shadow is a the far left and going into the right.

Next, I wanna mention the Tactibears. What if they're symbolic of something? Like maybe it's foreshadowing that either in the lore, or we as players, will invade A site and take the armor. Maybe the tactibears represent the people/person that broke out, and wants to save the rest of the people / armor / idfk i'm off the deep end. Also, this tactibear is looking towards A-site, where the armor is stored.

Next, there's this other Tactibear that's under the map. Like trapped. Maybe this represents the people/person the thing that broke out wants to save? The two tactibears are looking close to each other's positions, but I don't know.

Anyways, thank you for reading this post. There is a lot here that's probably already been said already, but I hope you entertain the idea of a mode that let's us stealth through Icebox, hiding from guards to infiltrate a suit of armor or break out some hostages or some shit. Who knows, maybe the armor just doesn't have to do with JLATTE at all.
Thank you for reading.

References

  • https://www.reddit.com/r/VALORANT/comments/kbbnhc/icebox_map_event_or_just_when_the_new_agent_comes/
  • https://reddit.com/kbbnhc

More Like This