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                        Plot FAQ for Enter The Matrix
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              For Playstation 2 Computer Entertainment System
                              Version : Final
                     By : StoneKotr (Francis Bilodeau)
                          Created : May 29, 2003
                        Last Update : June 21, 2003
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Well,  I guess  I have  no choice to make this section  because  my FAQ is a
little more popular than  I thought.  Anyway, I  get a lot of questions that
are already answered  in the FAQ  and lots of  questions that  are  not even
related  to the  game.  So, before sending me an e-mail and be ignored, read
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                             Introduction
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Greetings everyone, welcome to  my  third  FAQ  project and my first project
for  a  complete  Plot FAQ  about a game. I am starting to gather experience
in  the  FAQ  writing   domain   because   I   already   made   FAQs   about
WWF  Smackdown!  :  Just Bring It and Final Fantasy X. As always,  I ask you
to be patient with me.  I  don't  have  a  lot of time to put in this FAQ so
don't get too mad  if  I  don't  answer  your  questions.   I  always answer
questions  within a week (7 Days), so if I didn't answered you, it's because
you  haven't  followed  my E-Mail Policy stated above. Enough about this and
on with the content.  You  can  find  in this  FAQ  most of the Plot related
stuff about Enter The Matrix.  So  you will find how this game is related to
the  movie and how the game helps to set up Revolutions. You won't find  any
tips or walkthrough to beat the game here.  There  are  FAQ/Walkthroughs for
that.  If  you  have any questions or suggestions about adding more deepness
to this FAQ, feel free to cooperate by  sending  me  an e-mail!


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                               History
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Version Final 2.0 :
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Greetings again everybody, welcome the a small, but worthy update of my Plot
FAQ. As promised, I have updated with the e-mails that YOU, the readers have
sent me, and I got a lot of them!  I posted the best theories on Revolutions
here, also, I have answered some questions,  they are in the F.A.Q. section.
Enjoy this update and stay tuned for more!

Version Final :
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Well, it was a fast FAQ, that's all I can say. I believe there is everything
in here that is useful for any  person  who  haven't played the game. You'll
know  exactly all there is to know about this game if you read through this.
I'll still update for your theories on Revolutions or your questions though.
So you can send them to me at my e-mail adress stated above.  Also,  be sure
to watch the Animatrix that hits the shelves on June 3 2003!

 - Completed my theory on Revolutions. (01/06)
 - Reformated and corrected the FAQ. (01/06)


Version 1.0 :
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Well this is the first real version of the FAQ,  the  Script  of  Enter  the
Matrix is completed.  This  is  the  first  section  of  the  FAQ. Now, I'll
all I have to do is complete  the  next  three  sections, which shouldn't be
too long. See you soon!

 - Completed the Script of the Enter the Matrix (31/05)


Version 0.1 :
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This  is  basically  a  Beta  version  of  the  FAQ (maybe it won't even get
posted). I only completed the script of the FMVs for Ghost and Niobe.  There
will be a lot more to come in the next few updates, just look  at  the Table
of Contents for that.

  - Completed the main script of  the  game  for  the  same  FMVs  of  both
    characters.
  - There is still one FMV left for Niobe.
  - There is still four FMV left for Ghost.



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                            Table of Contents
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                   I.     Script of Enter the Matrix
                   II.    Theories on Revolutions
                   III.   Frequently Asked Questions
                   IV.    In the next update...
                   V.     About this FAQ
                   VI.    Credits
                   VII.   Final Words



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                     I. Script of Enter the Matrix
                    ===============================

The name of this section speaks for itself.  Here  you can find the complete
story of Enter the Matrix.  The  FMV  scene  are  scripted, so you will know
exactly what there is to know about Enter the Matrix.  The rest  of the game
is resumed in my own words. Of course, you will find a lot of spoilers here,
so if you haven't played the game yet, you'll get spoiled!

Here we go...
Start a new game to see the first FMV.

* Note : Sparks  is  the  Operator  of  the  Logos.  He wasn't introduced in
        The Matrix : Reloaded.


                              -----------
                               FIRST FMV
                              -----------

-The Matrix Screen inside the Logos-

Sparks : Look at them. Like flies to cow pies,  crawling  over every drop we
        ever used.
Ghost  : We don't have a lot of time.
Sparks : A lot of time? Wrong? We don't have a little time.

-Pause-

Sparks : Look, I don't mean to be Mr. Nay Say but do you really think you've
        got a chance in hell of getting to that thing before they find it?
Ghost  : I don't know. But that won't stop her from trying.
Sparks : Come on, Ghost. It's crazy!
Ghost  : Sparks, how long you been operating on this ship?
Sparks : Three years.
Ghost  : Then you ought to know by now,  when she makes up her mind you have
        one choice. You go with her or you get the hell out of her way.

-Pause- -Niobe's piloting the ship- -Ghost is joining Niobe-

Ghost  : We've scouted the post office.
Niobe  : Is the drop still clean?
Ghost  : Niobe, this won't be easy.
Niobe  : Thadeus was my friend. I knew him.  He never used a drop before. He
        didn't trust them.  Whatever  is  in that box cost Thadeus his life
        and the lives of his crew.  And I have a feeling if we don't get to
        it first, it's going to cost us a whole lot more.  So,  are you red
        or blue on this?
Ghost  : You know me, Niobe. It's not a choice. It's a way of life.

-Pause- -Sparks is plugging Niobe and Ghost in the Matrix-

Sparks : Because  I  know  how  valued  my  opinion is on this ship, I won't
        bother to tell you that I think it's insane for you not to wait for
        a support team. And for the record, when I cart your bodies back to
        Zion, do you prefer cremation or the gardens?
Ghost  : Sparks, your faith in us remains a source of personal inspiration.
Sparks : Well, I am what I am and I do what I can.
Niobe  : Then, can you shut up and hit the button?
Sparks : Your wish, Captain, my Captain,  is  my  keystroke,  colon,  double
        backlash, execute, command.

                           ------------------
                            END OF FIRST FMV
                           ------------------


Either if you are Niobe or Ghost, there isn't much of a story here. Once you
get the  package,  you'll  need  to  answer  a  phone call to get out of the
Matrix.  You'll  get pursued by an Agent in the process.  Once  you  finally
complete the level, you'll wake up in the real world...


                              ------------
                               SECOND FMV
                              ------------

-In the Logos-

Sparks : You OK?
Niobe  : Man, reality can be a bitch.
Ghost  : Tell me about it.
Sparks : You want a shot? Dr. Fellgood can fix you up.
Niobe  : Right now, all I want to know is what's on that disk.

-The scene switch to a guy running to commander Lock-

Guy    : Sir! We just received an emergency broadcast from the Logos.
Lock   : She did it!
Guy    : Yes, sir. The last transmission of the Osiris.

-The scene switch to the transmission from the Osiris-

Thadeus: This is Thadeus, Captain of the Osiris.  It is 18:03 on 12-14 and I
        fear this will be our last transmission.  Less  than two hours ago,
        we were pinned  between  two  search units near BZ-218. We tried to
        outrun them on the surface when our sensors went completly berserk.
        We didn't believe  what  our equipment was telling us, until we ran
        smack into the middle of it.  An  army.  Their  army. It's massive.
        Hundreds of times the size of anything we've fought.

Lock   : Oh my god!
Sparks : Oh shit!

Thadeus: We are under heavy pursuit and have sustained  critical  damage. We
        are going to attempt  an  emergency  broadcast in the Matrix. After
        that,  all  we  can do is hope that somehow this disk reaches Zion,
        and if it does, it is not too late.

-End of the transmission-

Niobe  : Drop  down  to  Zion  broadcast.   I  want  this  data  transmitted
        immediately. Emergency encryption.

-Scene swith to Commandant Lock-

Lock   : Lieutenant?
Guy    : Yes, sir.
Lock   : Is the Logos still in contact?
Guy    : Yes, sir.
Lock   : Get me Captain Niobe.

-Scene switch to the Logos-

Sparks : Live feed from Zion. Jesus, it's Deadbolt himself.
Niobe  : Give me that.
Lock   : Captain, you and your crew are to be commended.  What you have done
        may prove to be the turning point in this war.
Niobe  : Do you have a plan, Commander?
Lock   : Right now, I want every ship to return to ZIon.  Full  protocol, as
        fast  as  humanly  possible.  I  leave  the  recall  in your hands,
        Captain.
Niobe  : Yes sir, Commander.
Lock   : And, Captain, Niobe. Please be careful.
Niobe  : As careful as I can be.

                          -------------------
                           END OF SECOND FMV
                          -------------------


What  you  have  learned from this FMV is basically that the package you got
was the discovery of an army digging to destroy Zion.  With that in mind you
need to jack in the Matrix to make a  secret  rendez-vous  to tell the other
captains this dangerous situation. You'll find yourself at the airport where
you learn that a strong police force are after another group of rebel.  They
even captured one of their members named Axel.  The  captain of the group is
named Soren and he'll need your help.  Niobe  decides  to  go after Axel and
Ghost needs to protect Soren and his other team members.  After  succesfully
protecting Soren, Ghost learns that they'll bring Axel  in  a  plane and fly
away. So he takes a car to follow the plane.  Meanwhile,  Niobe  gets inside
the plane to free Axel.  She  is  a  little bit too late and the plane flies
away with her and Axel. An agent also appears onboard after he took the body
of the pilot. She eventually gets a parachute for  Axel  who  jumps down the
plane. Niobe defeats the agent by throwing  him  outside  the  plane and she
jumps off the plane with no pilot.  The  plane  is  crashes  in the city and
Ghost retrives both Axel and Niobe.  Then,  they  get to a subway to find an
exit.


                              -----------
                               THIRD FMV
                              -----------

-Scene happens in a Subway, a phone rings-

Ghost  : All right, Axel. That's your dust-off.
Axel   : You know, there's a lot of  guys  that  wouldn't have done what you
        did. I thank you for it.
Niobe  : You would have.
Ghost  : It was that, or kill you.
Axel   : I'm just glad fate brought you to the airport.
Niobe  : I'm not sure you'll agree with that  tomorrow.  Just  tell  Soren :
        midnight. He'll know the place.
Axel   : Okay.

-Axel answers the phone and disappears- -Ghost replaces the phone-

Ghost  : He is fast, I will say that.

-Ghost answers the phone and disappears- -A strange man appears-

Man    : 72 hours... 72 hours.
Niobe  : What did you just say?
Man    : That's exactly how long Zion lasted last time.
Niobe  : What do you mean, and who are you?
Man    : Me? Nobody, just a spectator enjoying the ride. Hahaha... 72 hours.

-Scene switch to the  people  meeting  at  the rendez-vous- -Niobe and Ghost
arrives-

Guy    : You are here.
Guy(2) : Niobe, Ghost.
Guy    : They're waiting.
Ghost  : Has everyone arrived?
Guy    : All but the Nebuchadnezzar.
Niobe  : Figures. Anything for an entrance.

-Niobe is meeting the other captains-

Niobe  : Captains.
Soren  : Captain Niobe, my crew  and  I  appreciate what you did for us back
        there.
Niobe  : How is he?
Soren  : He's alive. Happy to be alive.
Ballard: Let's get going, because  you  know  Morpheus  is not going to show
        until we get started.
Capt(1): I agree. I don't like us all being in  the same place for too long.
        Why don't you tell us what this is all about, Niobe?
Niobe  : The Machines are digging.

-Scene switch to the machines who are digging- -Scene switch to the Logos-

* There is a jump in time here. In Reloaded, when this scene is happening
 we see Neo fight three agents.

Sparks : Oh shit, no!

-Scene returns to the captains- -Morpheus is there-

Guard  : It's the feds!
Niobe  : Get to your exits!

-Everyone leaves-

                           ------------------
                            END OF THIRD FMV
                           ------------------


You'll find yourself in the sewers with either Ghost or Niobe,  depending on
which character you took. Before either of  them  will be able to get out of
the Matrix, they'll need to help their fellow comrades who  are  having some
troubles. After saving some of them,  both  Ghost  and Niobe will be trapped
together in a dead end where an Agent is firing at them. Hopefully for them,
the KeyMaker opens a secret door  from the "dead-end" and they get away with
him. They are safe from the Agent and the next FMV shows up.


                              ------------
                               FOURTH FMV
                              ------------

-Scene switch to the Logos-

Sparks : Where'd they go?

-Scene returns to Niobe, Ghost and the KeyMaker- -They're in the programmers
hallway-

Niobe  : Where are we?
KeyMkr : The  Matrix  is  structured  like  a  building.  It  rests  atop  a
        foundation that is built upon a substructure.  We're  standing in a
        programmers' maintenance passage. It is how I escaped.
Ghost  : Escaped?
KeyMkr : I have been held captive in a chateau in the  mountains by an exile
        named the Merovingian. He imprisoned me for my keys.

-Scene switch to the cell of the KeyMaker, it's a flashback-

Merov  : You will find I lack the virtues of both tolerance and patience. Au
        travail.

-Scene returns in the programmers maintenance passage-

KeyMkr : But even he cannot keep me from  playing my part in what will come.
        My purpose, I have seen, is entwined with your own.
Niobe  : What purpose?
KeyMkr : It's a very special key, meant only for the One.  Will you bring it
        to him?
Ghost  : What does it unlock?
KeyMkr : The future.

-Two men enters the  programmers  maintenance  passage with guns pointing on
Niobe-

Abel   : Anyone moves, and her brains are a Jackson Pollock.
Cain   : Drop it! (Talks about the gun of Ghost)

-Ghost throws is gun-

Cain   : Hehehe.
Abel   : I see  we're  just  in  time.  You  didn't  think we left that door
        unlocked by accident did you?

-Cain takes the key meant for the One-

Cain   : Ah! I think he did. Look at his face. It's just like a human.
KeyMkr : This mustn't happen.
Abel   : It already has.

-Both Abel and Cain returns to the chateau-

KeyMkr : You must stop them! They'll ruin everything!
Niobe  : What is so important about that key?
KeyMkr : The key is integral to the path of the One.
Ghost  : Why don't you just make another one?
KeyMkr : Once it is used, it cannot be used again! They will bring about the
        end of everything!

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                            END OF FOURTH FMV
                           -------------------


At the Chateau, both characters splits up.  You  will find an explanation of
both characters paths here.


                             --------------
                              NIOBE'S PATH
                             --------------

Niobe tries to find the stolen key and  Ghost  tries to get a good reception
with Sparks from the roof.

Niobe begins her exploration but she soon gets  trapped by Vlad,  a  vampire
program.  Vlad  attacks  Niobe  from  behind and she lose consciousness. She
wakes up in a strange place all tied up.  Fortunately  for  her,  she  frees
herself and attacks Vlad. After winning the battle, the KeyMaker frees Niobe
from the locked place she was trapped into and  he  shows  her  the way to a
mysterious secret passage leading to Persephone's bedroom. But she suddently
gets attacked yet again by Vlad.  After  winning  what  will  be Vlad's last
battle, she heads to the Merovingian's Office.  Here,  she gets an important
phone call by Sparks. You will learn that your fellow friend was captured by
Abel and Cain. Niobe heads to the library where she meets Persephone.

                              -----------
                               NIOBE FMV
                              -----------

-Persephone was awaiting Niobe's arrival-

Perse  : I've been watching you.  You're  looking  for  your friend. But you
        will never find them.

-Niobe points a gun toward Persephone-

Niobe  : Then you're gonna help me.
Perse  : I can have this room full of my husband's men  in  a heartbeat if I
        wanted to. But that wouldn't serve either of us, would it?
Niobe  : What do you want?
Perse  : A long time ago, I did not even know what that question meant. Now,
        it is all I ever think about. I see that you care for your friend a
        great deal. If they were to die, you would feel such terrible pain.
        To be honest, I do enjoy the taste of tears. But there is something
        I enjoy so much more.

-Persephone approches Niobe-

Perse  : You have it. Buried deep inside you. Hidden, perhaps from yourself.
        But I see it, there. Creating such heat.
Niobe  : Back off.
Perse  : You are in love, are you not?  If  you want me to help you, all you
        must do is kiss me, as though you were kissing them.
Niobe  : What?
Perse  : If you kiss me as if you were kissing your true love, I'll tell you
        where your friend is.
Niobe  : How about I shoot you in your kneecaps instead?
Perse  : You are not afraid to kiss a woman, are you?
Niobe  : You're not a woman. You're not even a human.
Perse  : It's just a little kiss...  Or  maybe, you'd rather let your friend
        die.
Niobe  : Fine.

-Niobe gives a quick kiss to Persephone-

Perse  : Oh God, that was awful. I wish you had shot my kneecaps instead.
Niobe  : OK, wait.
Perse  : Don't waste my time.

-Niobe gives a deep kiss to Persephone-

Perse  : Yes. That's nice... Your lover is a man. What's his name?
Niobe  : Jason.
Perse  : No. No, it's not. But I'll bet Jason knows... Come with me.

-Persephone opens a secret passage, Niobe walks in the new area-

                           ------------------
                            END OF NIOBE FMV
                           ------------------


Niobe heads in the Dungeon where she fights Cujo, the prison guardian. After
deafeating him, she finally finds Abel  and  Cain,  who  are  holding  Ghost
captive.  You'll  also  see  the  evil Merovingian who is destroying the key
destinated to the One. When the three men leaves, Niobe gets Ghost's body on
her back and she gets away. Before leaving, you'll see  the  KeyMaker in his
cell. He apologize because your paths were not meant to cross yet.  He gives
a key to the crew to escape the dungeon.  Niobe  and Ghost exits through the
parking lot where the Twins were awaiting them.  Eventually,  you  get  away
from them in a car to find a phone to  get  back  in the Real World. After a
hot pursuit, Niobe finds the exit...

                          -------------------
                           END OF NIOBE PATH
                          -------------------

                            --------------
                             GHOST'S PATH
                            --------------

Ghost needs to head to the top of the  chateau  to get a good reception with
Sparks. Once he gets to the roof, Sparks contacts Ghost,  but  the reception
is still not good. Before the reception gets cutted,  Sparks  tells Ghost to
head to the office.  When  he  gets  there,  Ghost  finds that he his in the
Merovingian office and he learns that Niobe is in trouble.  Sparks will tell
you that she has been captured by Abel and Cain.  Ghost heads to the library
where he meets Persephone.


                              -----------
                               GHOST FMV
                              -----------

-Persephone was awaiting Ghost's arrival-

Perse  : I've been watching you.  You're  looking  for  your friend. But you
        will never find them.

-Ghost points a gun toward Persephone-

Ghost  : Then you're gonna help me.รง
Perse  : I can have this room full of  my  husband's men in a heartbeat if I
        wanted to. But that wouldn't serve either of us, would it?
Ghost  : What do you want?
Perse  : A long time ago, I did not even know what that question meant. Now,
        it is all I ever think about. I see that you care for your friend a
        great deal. If they were to die, you would feel such terrible pain.
        To be honest, I do enjoy the taste of tears. But there is something
        I enjoy so much more.

-Persephone approches Ghost-

Perse  : You have it. Buried deep inside you. Hidden, perhaps from yourself.
        But I see it, there. Creating such heat.
Ghost  : Back off.
Perse  : You are in love, are you not?  If  you want me to help you, all you
        must do is kiss me, as though you were kissing them.
Ghost  : What?
Perse  : If you kiss me as if you were kissing your true love, I'll tell you
        where your friend is.
Ghost  : I could beat it out of you.
Perse  : I like the sound of that, too. But a kiss will do.

-Pause-

Perse  : Are you going to let your friend die over a silly kiss?

-Ghost points down his gun-

Perse  : You have to make me believe.

-Ghost gives a deep kiss to Persephone-

Perse  : Oh. Oh my... Unrequited love.  Such  longing for something you will
        never have.

-Ghost looks troubled-

Perse  : How deliciously tragic.
Ghost  : Now, tell me where my friend is.
Perse  : For a kiss like that, I won't even tell my husband you're coming.

-Persephone opens a secret passage, Ghost walks in the new area-

                           ------------------
                            END OF GHOST FMV
                           ------------------


Ghost heads in the Dungeon where he fights Cujo, the prison guardian.  After
deafeating him,  he  finally  finds  Abel  and  Cain,  who are holding Niobe
captive. You'll also see the evil Merovingian  who  is  destroying  the  key
destinated to the One. When the three men leaves, Ghost gets Niobe's body on
his back and he gets away. Before leaving,  you'll  see  the KeyMaker in his
cell. He apologize because your paths were not meant to cross yet.  He gives
a key to the crew to escape the dungeon.  Niobe  and Ghost exits through the
parking lot where the Twins were awaiting them.  Eventually,  you  ge t away
from them in a car to find a phone  to get back in the Real World.  After  a
hot pursuit, Niobe finds the exit...

                          -------------------
                           END OF GHOST PATH
                          -------------------


* Note, since the key was destroyed by the Merovingian,  the  KeyMaker needs
 to make another one for Neo. We see that in Reloaded where Neo is about to
 get to the Source at the end of the movie.


                              -----------
                               FIFTH FMV
                              -----------

-Scene begins in the Logos-

Sparks : Operator.
Niobe  : Is the exit clean?
Sparks : As vestal as my bunghole.
Niobe  : I'll see you soon.

-Scene switch to Niobe and Ghost in the Matrix. A phone is ringing-

Ghost  : Captain.
Niobe  : After you.

-Ghost answers the phone and disappear-
-Niobe puts the phone back and answers it-
-Scene switch to the Zion terminal control-

Woman  : This is Zion control to the Logos.  Gate 3  is  standing down. Your
        path is cleared to Bay 2. Welcome home.

-Scene swith to Niobe piloting the ship-

Niobe  : Thank you, Control. It's good to be home.
Ghost  : Damn good.

-Ships enters Zion-

Niobe  : Look at that. Almost a full house.
Ghost  : No Neb.
Niobe  : If I was Morpheus, I wouldn' be in a hurry to get back here.
Ghost  : What do you think the commander will do?
Niobe  : I don't know, but I'm staying as far away from that as I can.

                           ------------------
                            END OF FIFTH FMV
                           ------------------


We don't see it, but we are transported an hour or so later, where Ghost and
Niobe splitted up and both got in their rooms.  Depending on which character
you chose, you'll get different FMVs, both are scripted here.


                              -----------
                               NIOBE FMV
                              -----------

-Somebody knocks on Niobe's door, it's Lock- -Niobe opens the door-

Lock   : I need a moment with you.
Niobe  : I literally just walked in.
Lock   : Please?

-Lock enters, both are sitting down on chairs-

Lock   : I  presume  that  you  were  present  during  this  latest  act  of
        insubordination?
Niobe  : I was.
Lock   : You were in charge of the recall. How could you let this happen?
Niobe  : What do you expect me to do, shoot him?
Lock   : Yeah, you'd save me the trouble.
Niobe  : Jason, you can have my testimony at the debriefing.
Lock   : I don't want your testimony.
Niobe  : What do you want?
Lock   : Your help.
Niobe  : All right.
Lock   : Tell me why. Why does he do it? Is it because of us?
Niobe  : No.  It  has  nothing  to  do with you or me. Morpheus does what he
        believes he has to do.
Lock   : Then I'll do what I have to.
Niobe  : You can't.
Lock   : Why?
Niobe  : Because you need him.
Lock   : The hell I do!
Niobe  : Jason, can you honestly tell  me  what  went through your mind when
        you saw the tape from the Osiris?  Excactly.  I  thought  the  same
        thing. Anybody from this city would. Every damn one of them. Except
        him. Morpheus believes we will win this war.  He makes other people
        believe it, too. And that's why you need him.
Lock   : What about you? Do you need him?
Niobe  : All  I  need  is  a  hot  shower and something to eat that requires
        teeth.
Lock   : Thank you for your candor, Captain.
Niobe  : Any time, Commander.

-Both get up-

Lock   : Can I see you tonight? After the gathering?
Niobe  : Of course.

-Lock kisses Niobe-

Lock   : Is something wrong?
Niobe  : No. Nothing. I'm... I'm just tired. I'll see you tonight.
Lock   : All right.

                           ------------------
                            END OF NIOBE FMV
                           ------------------


                              -----------
                               GHOST FMV
                              -----------

-We see Ghost in his room, laying down on his bed,  he's  plugged  in is own
personnal training program.  Trinity  enters  the room and she joins him in
his training program by using the second plug next to Ghost-

-The scene switch to Ghost's training program, it's a chinese garden-

-Ghost is standing upside-down on a rock-

Ghost  : Ow!

-Ghost fells down the rock-

Trinity: You call that concentration?
Ghost  : I didn't think you'd have the guts to come back here after the last
        ass whippin' I gave you.
Trinity: That, dear brother,  was  an  act  of  pure mercy having beaten you
        now... how many times?  Gosh,  I  guess  I  lost  count when it hit
        double digits.
Ghost  : That, dear sister,  was  typical  of  the codding members of my sex
        must bestow upon  members  of  your  sex...  to  cajote  them  into
        playing.
Trinity: Oh yeah, that's it. You've done it again.  You'll  eat  those words
        and half the rocks in this garden.
Ghost  : Come on, Trin! Make me.

-The player is forced to fight Trinity- -After a while Ghost wins-

Trinity: Damn, you are good, Ghost.
Ghost  : You're not bad, just a little distracted.
Trinity: Yeah... I suppose so. Made a mess of your garden.
Ghost  : I kinda like it.
Trinity: Ghost, can I ask you a serious question?
Ghost  : Of course.
Trinity: Do you believe that Neo is going to end the war?
Ghost  : Yes, I do.
Trinity: So do I... but I can't explain how or why.
Ghost  : Kierkegaard reminds us that  belief  has  nothing to do with how or
        why. Belief is beyond reason. I believe because it is absurd.
Trinity: You think it's crazy to believe it?
Ghost  : To believe what?  That  a  single  man can defeat an entire race of
        machines and  end  a war that has endured for over a hundred years?
        Of course.  It's  complete lunacy and that's why we must believe it
        will happen. Faith, by its very nature, must transcend logic.

-Both unplugs from the garden, they are in Ghost's room-

Trinity: When are we going to find you a girlfriend?
Ghost  : Like Augustine, I'm dedicated to a higher purpose.
Trinity: What's that?
Ghost  : Onanism.
Trinity: Is that why so many saints are blind?
Ghost  : Celibacy is a hands-on job.

-Both smiles-

Trinity: Thank you, Ghost.
Ghost  : Any time.

-Trinity gets out of the room-

                           ------------------
                            END OF GHOST FMV
                           ------------------


Either if you have chosed Niobe or Ghost, you will get  the  same  FMV up to
this point.


                              -----------
                               SIXTH FMV
                              -----------

-Scene switch to the Oracle, she's in a room. -Seraph enters-

Oracle : Thank you for coming so quickly.
Seraph : You have no need to thank me. I am forever indebted to you.
Oracle : It is now I who needs your help.

-Scene switch to Ballard- -Seraph approches Ballard from behind-
-Ballard senses him and points a gun at Seraph's head-

Ballard: Who the hell are you?
Seraph : I am Seraph, Guardian of the Oracle.
Ballard: Is that right?
Seraph : I can take you to her. But first, I must apologize.
Ballard: For what?
Seraph : For this.

-Seraph attacks Ballard, after a while, Seraph suddently stops-

Seraph : Good. You do not truly know someone until you fight them. Come with
        me.
Ballard: Only thing you know about me is that I was about to kick your ass.

-Scene switch to the Oracle and Seraph-

Oracle : Time has grown so short. The shadow has already begun to spread.
Seraph : Does the One know?
Oracle : No, not yet.

-Scene switch to Agent Smith, taking the control of Bane-

Bane   : Oh God!
Smith  : Smith will suffice.

-Scene returns to the Oracle and Seraph-

Seraph : Will he succeed?
Oracle : There  are  so  many  factors. Between here and there, there are so
        many choices, and so much fear.

-The Zion gathering passes, the scene switch to Lock and Niobe in a room-

Lock   : Niobe,  I  have  something  to  tell  you.   It's  a   strategy  to
        counterattack the machines using the ship's EMPs.
Niobe  : How many ships?
Lock   : All of them. Except yours.
Niobe  : What?
Lock   : I convinced the Council that the Logos  was  too small, the EMP too
        weak, to have an impact.
Niobe  : That's not true.
Lock   : Maybe. But it's done.
Niobe  : Jason, I'm a Captain, same as every Captain.
Lock   : No, you're not the same. You're the woman I love.
Niobe  : It's not right.
Lock   : I'm sorry, but I had to.  I  couldn't  let  you  go,  Niobe. I just
        couldn't.

-Scene returns to the Oracle-

Oracle : The truth is, that the path of the One is made by the many.

-Scene  returns  to  the  Council and Captains meeting- -The Oracle is still
speaking in the background-

* This scene was in Reloaded, it is  where  Niobe  accepts to search for the
 Neb.

Woman  : Are there two among you who would answer such a call?
Oracle : Each of us has our own steps to take. Our own choices to make.
Niobe  : Captain Niobe of the Logos will answer the Councilors' call.
Oracle : And if but one fails, all fail.

-Niobe, Ghost and Sparks are  boarding the Logos- -Ghost  and  Sparks stares
Niobe-

Niobe  : What?

-Pause-

Niobe  : I told you, all we're going to do is jack in, contact the Neb, find
        out what's happening and jack out.  Any questions? No?  Good.  Then
        move like you got a purpose.

-Both Ghost and Niobe are plugged in the Matrix- -Niobe calls Link,  the Neb
operator-

Link   : Operator.
Niobe  : Link, this is Niobe.  We've  been  sent  to bring you in. I need to
        talk to Morpheus.
Link   : Believe me, Niobe he needs you.
Niobe  : Where is he?
Link   : Just follow the sirens.
Niobe  : Let's go.

                           ------------------
                            END OF SIXTH FMV
                           ------------------


You'll find both Niobe and Ghost  in  the Matrix in pursuit of a truck where
Morpheus fights an Agent on it.  You'll  eventually  catch up with the truck
and follow it from a very near point.  The  mission will then end and you'll
see another FMV that was seen in the movie.


                             -------------
                              SEVENTH FMV
                             -------------


-Morpheus falls on Niobe's car-

Niobe  : You ain't done yet.
Niobe  : Go kick his ass.

-Morpheus defeats the agent.  The  truck  rans  into  another truck, but Neo
saves the KeyMaker and Morpheus-

-Scene switch in the Logos where Sparks unplugs Ghost-

Sparks : Ghost,  can  you  help me out here? She promised and you heard her.
        Jack in, find the One, jack out. End of story.
Ghost  : What happened?
Niobe  : It's Morpheus. He just called.
Sparks : He says he needs your help.  Can  you  imagine what that means? Our
        help? He's got Neo, why does he need you?

-Pause-

Sparks : I  know  you're  both  listening  to  me  about  as  much as you're
        listening to this pole here,  so I'll just tell you what I think. I
        think you just spent eigth of you nine lives  getting out of there,
        and if you turn around  and  go right back in, I don't think you're
        just pushing your luck,  I  don't think you're crazy... I think you
        have a death wish! A major, full-on Bronson!

-Pause-

Sparks : And since your lives obviously mean nothing to you,  I  ask  you to
        try to think of something that does have meaning. Namely, my life.
Ghost  : Sparks, shut up.
Sparks : Yeah, sure, why not?
Ghost  : It's your call, Captain.

-Scene switch to Commander Lock in Zion-

Lock   : Has there been any word from the Logos?
Man    : No, sir. No word from the Vigilant or the Nebuchadnezzar.
Lock   : Damn it, Niobe. What are you doing?

-Niobe and Ghost shows up at Morpheus meeting-

Morph. : Niobe, Ghost. I thank you for coming. Forgive me my urgency, but
        as you know, time is always against us.

-Scene switch to the Hammer (it's the ship that finds Morpheus and his  crew
at the end of Reloaded)-

Man    : Bays One through Five fully armed and loaded.
Captain: Good. We should be in position inside the hour.
Man    : Captain, can I ask you a question? What do you really think of this
        plan?
Captain: If we stay out of each other's EMP range,  if the line holds and if
        we're very, very lucky, I think we got a chance.  And  most  of the
        time, that's all you get.

-Scene switch to Commander Lock who is looking at a projection-

Man    : The latest progections from seismic.
Lock   : How long?
Man    : Less than three hours.

-Scene switch to Bane who is cutting a third line in his hand...-

                          --------------------
                           END OF SEVENTH FMV
                          --------------------


What  Ghost  and  Niobe  have  to  do  here his exactly what they did in the
movie : make that powerplant explodes  so  that  Neo can find the Source. It
will  shut  down  the  electricity  allowing  him  to  open the Source door.
However, it  is  a  lot  harder  than it was the movie. After the mission is
done, both Niobe and Ghost will have placed  the  required bombs to make the
powerplant explodes succesfully.  They  both get away alive and well just in
time to see...


                              -----------
                               EIGHT FMV
                              -----------

-The powerplant explodes, both Niobe and Ghost wakes up in the Logos-

Niobe  : I can't believe it.
Ghost  : We did it.
Sparks : Did what is the question.
Niobe  : What do you mean.
Sparks : I mean it didn't work.  Whatever  was  supposed  to  happen, didn't
        happen. Something's gone wrong.

-Scene switch to various dead bodies in a ship... at the end we see Bane who
is alive and well-

-Scene switch to The Hammer (it's  the ship that finds Morpheus and his crew
at the end of Reloaded)-

-An alarm rings-

Captain: What was that?
Man    : I think it was an EMP.
Captain: How?
Man    : No idea, but right now we can't reach 11, 4, or 7.

-Scene switch to Commander Lock-

Opera. : Sir! We've just lost contact with the Icharus!
Lock   : What!
Opera. : and the Novalis, and the Caduceus!
Lock   : How is that possible?
Man    : I don't understand it, sir, but the line is broken.
Lock   : God damn it, what the hell is happening?

-Scene returns to the Logos-

Sparks : One minute, everything's fine. The next, all hell breaks loose. Now
        there's no sign of Morpheus, Trinity, or Neo.
Ghost  : Everyone's gone.

-Phone rings in the Logos-

Niobe  : Well, then who's that?
Sparks : I don't know.
Niobe  : Well, answer it.

-Sparks answers the phone-

Sparks : Operator.
Seraph : Is this the Logos?
Sparks : Maybe.

-Niobe takes the headphones-

Niobe  : This is Captain Niobe of the Logos. Who is this?
Seraph : My name is Seraph.  I  bring word from the Oracle. You must come at
        once.

-Niobe or Ghost heads at the meeting-

                           ------------------
                            END OF EIGHT FMV
                           ------------------


Here,  you will get a different FMV if you have chosed either Ghost or Niobe
at the begining of the game.  After  you  faced  and defeated Seraph, one of
the two characters will meet the Oracle.  You will find the meeting for both
characters here.


                              -----------
                               NIOBE FMV
                              -----------

-Niobe meets the Oracle-

Oracle : Niobe.
Niobe  : Do I know you?
Oracle : You know me, though you may not recognize me.
Niobe  : Are you telling me that you are the Oracle?
Oracle : I know this won't be easy for any of you. Change never is.  I  wish
        the face you  remember  was  the face that I was still wearing. But
        that face is gone.
Niobe  : If you are the Oracle, tell me if I believe you are.
Oracle : You don't right now, but you will.
Niobe  : Are you going to tell me something to make me believe you?
Oracle : Come on Niobe, you know that I can't do that.
Niobe  : Why not?
Oracle : Because I can't make you do anything.
Niobe  : At least you sound the same.
Oracle : As I said, you may not recognize the face,  but  who  and what I am
        beneath remains the same.
Niobe  : Can I ask what happened?
Oracle : The Merovingian warned me that if I made a certain choice, it would
        cost me. He is, among other things, a man of his word.
Niobe  : What was the choice?
Oracle : The same one  you  yourself will have to make -- the choice to help
        Neo or not.
Niobe  : Then Neo is alive?
Oracle : Yes. He touched the  Source  and  separated his mind from his body.
        Now he lies trapped in a place between your world and ours.
Niobe  : Can we free him?
Oracle : Trinity can.  But she will have to fight her way through hell to do
        it.
Niobe  : Can I help?
Oracle : That's why I called. I cannot tell you what is going to happen. All
        I can do is hope that  if  you  are given the chance, you will find
        the courage to do what you can.
Niobe  : You once told me you knew everything you needed to.
Oracle : I do.  I  know  everything  from the begining from this path to the
        end.
Niobe  : I don't understand.
Oracle : Even I can't see beyond the end.
Niobe  : The end. Are you trying to tell me the world is going to end?
Oracle : Yes, if we cannot save it, it will end.
Niobe  : You mean Neo?
Oracle : I mean we. The path of the One is made by the many.  I  have a role
        to play, just as you have yours.

-Seraph enters the room-

Seraph : It is time.
Oracle : You must go now.
Niobe  : Wait. I need more information. How will I know what to do?
Oracle : There is an old Chinese proverb I've always liked. "The heart never
        speaks, but you must listen to it to know." You'll know, Niobe. You
        always do.

-Niobe  leaves  with  Seraph.  Both  exits  in  the  Programmors maintenance
corridor-

Seraph : I wish you luck and courage.
Niobe  : Thanks. Same to you.

-Seraph leaves Niobe.- -Niobe walks only to get busted by Smith-

Smith  : Damn.  Not  who  I was hoping for. But perhaps you can help me find
        him?
Niobe  : You're an Agent?
Smith  : Oh no, no. Not any more.
Niobe  : Then what are you?
Smith  : Me? I suppose you could say I am the Alpha...

-Another Smith enters-

Smith2 : Of your Omega.

-Another Smith enters-

Smith3 : I am the beginning...

-Another Smith enters-

Smith4 : Of your end.

                           ------------------
                            END OF NIOBE FMV
                           ------------------


                              -----------
                               GHOST FMV
                              -----------

-Ghost meets the Oracle-

Oracle : You must be Ghost?
Ghost  : Who are you?
Oracle : I am the Oracle.
Ghost  : If that's true, then what's my response to that postulate?
Oracle : Truth is an event, and only through experience can  the veracity of
        a truth be verified.
Ghost  : William James.
Oracle : You're asking me to prove it?
Ghost  : Can you?
Oracle : I  can  tell you that I only remember bits and pieces of my past. I
        don't  remember  your  face,  but  I remember your heart. You asked
        me one question,  if  she  would ever love you? I told you, only as
        a friend,  as  her  brother.  Yes,  I remember that smile. I recall
        asking what you were thinking,  but I can't remember what you said.
Ghost  : I thanked you.
Oracle : Why?
Ghost  : Because I felt freed.
Oracle : From what?
Ghost  : Expectation.

-The Oracle smiles-

Ghost  : Can you tell me what happened to you?
Oracle : Two  programs  that  I  trusted  sold  the  termination  code of my
        original shell to the Merovingian.
Ghost  : Why did they do that?
Oracle : For love. For the life of their child.
Ghost  : You knew about it, and yet you let it happen?
Oracle : I had to.
Ghost  : Why?
Oracle : Because the child is important. I can't tell you why, but I believe
        one day, the  child  will  change  both  our  world  and your world
        forever.
Ghost  : Is that why you called for me?
Oracle : No. I am trying to prepare those that stand  in  the front lines of
        our coming trial.  We  stand upon the edge of a precipice, the fall
        from which we will not return.  Each  of us must find courage, when
        we are most afraid to do what we must. That is our only hope.

-Seraph enters the room-

Seraph : We must go.
Ghost  : Thank you.
Oracle : Ghost, you still love her, don't you?
Ghost  : As much as she loves another.
Oracle : That is a hard path to walk.
Ghost  : Nietzsche said  it  best  "One must want nothing to be different --
        not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.  Not only bear what
        is necessary, but to love it."
Oracle : Armor fati.  You're  a  good  man, Ghost. If somehow we do survive,
        if the path does continue, I hope it is made by others like you.

-Ghost thanks the Oracle-
-Seraph and Ghost exits to the programmers maintenance corridor-

Seraph : I wish you luck and courage.
Ghost  : Same to you.

-Seraph leaves Ghost-
-Ghost walks only to get busted by Smith-

Smith  : Damn. Not who I was hoping for.  But  perhaps  you can help me find
        him?
Ghost  : You're an Agent?
Smith  : Oh no, no. Not any more.
Ghost  : Then who are you?
Smith  : Me? I suppose you could say I am the Alpha.

-Another Smith enters-

Smith2 : Of your Omega.

-Another Smith enters-

Smith3 : I am the beginning.

- Another Smith enters-

Smith4 : Of your end.

                           ------------------
                            END OF GHOST FMV
                           ------------------


After  the  FMV,  either  Ghost  or  Niobe (depending on which character you
chose) will be in a hot pursuit against an army of Smiths. You'll eventually
get in a church  in  ChinaTown  where  you  answer a phone to get out of the
Matrix.


                              -----------
                               NINTH FMV
                              -----------

-The scene is happening in the Logos-

Sparks : Niobe, I'm really struggling here.  I'm  trying  to keep up but I'm
        losing the plot.  There's  way too much weird  shit going on around
        here, and  nothing  is going like it's supposed to go. I mean doors
        that go  nowhere  and  everywhere.  Programs  acting  like  humans.
        Multiplying  Agents.  And  now,  picnicking  sentinels.  They  were
        gunning straight for us, then all of a sudden, they just stopped.
Niobe  : Just out of EMP range.
Sparks : What are they doing?
Niobe  : I don't know.  But  I  got  a feeling whatever happened to Soren is
        about to happen to us.
Ghost  : Sparks, I want the ship's guns online right now.
Sparks : Oh when, when will it end?

                           ------------------
                            END OF NINTH FMV
                           ------------------


After the FMV,  you'll  have  the control of the Logos where you need to get
away from the Sentinels.  The  characters will get to an unknown place where
they'll successfully hide from the Sentinels. The problem is that they don't
know where they are...

The game ends on this note, with another FMV.  But  this one is a trailer of
the next movie, the Matrix Revolutions.  So  enjoy  it,  and  see you at the
movies in November!


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                       II. Theories on Revolutions
                      =============================

You can post your intelligent theories on the Matrix Revolutions here.
Just send me an e-mail at [email protected].


Theory on The Matrix Revolutions
--------------------------------

By StoneKotr :

From what is known by now, we know that  Neo used a power outside the Matrix
to destroy  the  Sentinels  that  were attacking him at the end of Reloaded.
Most people wanted to believe that Zion was,  in  fact,  a  Matrix  within a
Matrix. Well, I am completly against that theory  because  it  doesn't  make
sense to me. The fact that everything was  a  big lie since the beginning is
totally unreal. In Enter the Matrix, the Oracle  explains  that  Neo touched
the source and  seperated  his  mind  from  his  body to save his friends by
destroying the machines.  Unfortunately  for  him,  that  "shutdown" command
caused him the coma. Now Neo lies in a world between the  real world and the
Matrix.

The Oracle also states  that  Trinity  shall  save  Neo, which she shall do,
because if she don't, there will be no way to save  the people in the Matrix
(remember the scene with the Architect where Neo had to reload the Matrix to
save the people within the Matrix).  Now,  we  know that Neo will be somehow
saved and reinserted in the Matrix so he'll need to face his  last  nemesis.
Agent Smith.  We  see  a  little  preview  of  that  scene in the trailer of
Revolutions where Smith fights Neo in the rain.

Neo is the One. Smith is Many.
Neo brings the life. Smith brings Death.

My guess here is that Neo will win the battle and put an end to Smith. Then,
to save the Matrix, Neo will  have  to  become the Matrix itself. If he does
this, then he can still be alive, everyone inside the Matrix will still live
and Neo would become like a god, but he will loses everything that makes him
human...


                               +++++++++++


Here's  a  theory  I  found  on  the net a while ago, it's pretty good and I
strongly suggest that you take the time to read it!

This goes deep, so follow me if you will:

The original Matrix starts with Trinity and Cypher talking, the screen shows
"Trace Program" and the date "2-18-98".  The  movie  ends  with Neo making a
phone call, the trace program is initiated and the  date  reads "9-18-99"...
19 months have passed!

If you watch the movie again, you'll see that the time sequence implies that
they found Neo shortly after that  initial  conversation (a few months after
2-18-98 at most). Significant? Yes; I propose that Reloaded  and Revolutions
(which we know occur one after another),  take  place  between  2-18-98  and
9-18-99. Here's why:

Only a few months could have passed  from  the  time  Morpheus  and the crew
'free' Neo to the time Neo  is killed  and  revived in the hallway. Why? for
one,  Neo's  hair  barely  grows  in  that  time  and  that's  not a trivial
observation (it's also obvious that Neo  grew out his hair in Reloaded which
occurs roughly 6 months after he's unplugged).

We also know the W brothers don't put insignificant things into their movies
- the fact that they obviously signal to us that 19  months have passed from
the start of the Matrix to the time Neo makes that phone  call  is there for
a reason.

In Reloaded, Neo says  that  "I wish I knew what I was supposed to do".  The
phone  call  scene in the Matrix, Neo is very sure of what he is supposed to
do, "I'm going to hang up this  phone  and  show these people what you don't
want them to see... a world without you,  without  controls  and boundries".
Why would he  have  forgotten  what to do between M1 and M2? he didn't, that
last scene in M1 occurs after Revolutions!

Finally, at the end of M1,  Neo  states  that  "I  can feel you now, you are
scared". At the end of Reloaded he says, "Something is different, I can FEEL
them now".

One more thing. A game directed by the  W  brothers  called Matrix online is
due in '04 and the timeframe takes place after Revolutions... and the matrix
is alive and well in the game.

My guess is that there is no MWAM,  they  don't  destroy  the Matrix because
they can't unplug  everyone  at  once  and we'll see Neo make that very same
phone call at the end of Revolutions!


                               +++++++++++


This theory is sent by Mark Ford, [email protected]...

The theory that Zion is a matrix  within  a matrix is the most plausible and
most sensible theory out there. First of all, let's us look at the evidence.

The most obvious is when Neo is able to disable  the  sentinels  outside the
known matrix, in the alleged real world.

Another indication is when Neo  is  speaking to the Architect. The Architect
mentions that an intuitive program "stumbled upon  a solution whereby nearly
99% of all test subjects accepted the program,  as long as they were given a
choice, even if they were only aware of the  choice  at  a  near unconscious
level." - talking about the matrix.

But  he  also  addresses Zion. Architect - "While this answer functioned, it
was  obviously   fundamentally   flawed,   thus   creating   the   otherwise
contradictory systemic anomaly, that if left unchecked  might  threaten  the
system itself.  Ergo,  those  that refused the program, while a minority, if
unchecked, would constitute an escalating probability of disaster."

The  systemic  anomaly -  the people that rejected the original matrix - was
inherent in the matrix and would always exist.  Thus the creation of Zion to
house these anomalies.

Architect - "While it remains a burden  to  sedulously  avoid  it, it is not
unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control."   The matrix is about
control a prison for your mind.  The original Matrix could not contain these
anomalies so  Zion  was  created with a level of intricacies that coaxed the
mind into believing that it had been  freed.  The  mind  cannot  rationalize
being  freed  twice  so  it  was  forced to accept the second matrix.  - "it
(anomaly) is not unexpected, and thus not beyond a measure of control."  The
machines are more clever than you think.

Lastly.. the most poignant of the evidences presented is Bain.  There  is no
way a program can come  over  into  the  alleged  "real world" and take over
someone's mind. Remember Agent Smith  mentions  to  Neo before the 100 Smith
fight scene, that "Because of you,  I am no longer an agent of this system."
He says "this system" which leads me to believe that he now has the capacity
to jump from system to system like a program a virus.   We all know that the
only way Agent Smith would be able to jump from the  Matrix  into  the "real
world" was if the "real world"  was  in  fact  NOT  real but another system,
another Matrix another prison for your mind.


                               +++++++++++


This theory is sent by Mile Dobkin, [email protected]...

Whats up dude... Thanks  for  meticulously  writing  down the scripts of the
game, it  has  brought  me  great  insight  that  has  led me to come to the
conclusion, that The real world IS a Matrix within a matrix..

In the Animatrix, "The second renaissance Part 2"  there  is  a scene at the
end  with  a  young  boy  playing  in  the  snow  of  the  "real world" post
destruction. 2 humans let their child play in the snow of a post apocalyptic
earth, ravaged by destruction, littered with radiation, constantly patrolled
by human killing machines... I think not.  This leads me to believe that the
child nor the parents are human.  Matter  of  fact  his  parents  look  like
agents.  Also when the child tries to run away from his  parents  the  anime
cuts to him in a energy pod like the rest of the humans.  Read below for the
explanation as to why he was in a pod.

This fits well with the plot of the game.  The oracle  states  in Ghosts FVM
w/her that the reason her appearance  was  changed  was because two programs
saved their child at the expense of betraying her.  The  two  agents  in the
doorway are those two programs and the kid is their child.  When he tried to
run away from his parents they  decided that this world is to harsh for him,
they should insert him into the main Matrix and give him new parents... ones
that look less aggressive and a world that is less barren and destroyed even
if it is at the expense of not being able to see him or raise him.

Why does this work?  Why  didn't  the  agents  parent  the child in the Main
Matrix like regular parents?  Because what would happen if they had to go on
an emergency mission  when  they  were  with  their child at the zoo?   They
would switch to another body and some stranger would drop dead next to their
kid and he would be alone.  The great thing about the Matrix within a matrix
is privacy, especially on the surface.  No  Zionists  go to the surface, and
the machines don't  mess  with them because they are machines as well.  They
could live a happy  life  with  their child, unless he didn't accept that as
reality.

Now I move on to a "the Kids Story".  We see the same child all grow up.  He
has forgotten most of his child hood  when  he  was playing in the snow, and
forgotten his real  parents... the agents.  All he knows is something is not
right with the world.  That feeling comes from his toddler years when he saw
first  hand  the  destroyed  earth  (which  is fake...a safety net..a matrix
within a matrix.).  That's  the  reason  he  was  able  to self substantiate
himself.  Also since agents cannot  have sex like regular people, they would
have to combine their  personalities  to make him...essentially the boy is a
program within a human body...I'll explain the significance later.

Now the question remains, if the boy is the child of two agents, wouldn't he
also be a program?  He was.  When he was in the safety net he was a program,
however when he  started  to reject his reality, the only choice his parents
had was  to  implant  his  personality  and  mind into a live toddler in the
matrix.  That is why the toddler looks  nothing  like the kid (brown VS blue
eyes, blonde hair vs Brown hair).  That  is  why  the  kid  is so important,
because if the humans fight the machines in Zion the cycle will continue and
it will be rebuilt and destroyed , Neo will be reinserted making the anomaly
even more of an anomaly,  and  the  cycle  will go on endlessly...the humans
will never win.  However if the Boy realizes that  Zion  is also a matrix...
and self substantiates  himself  into  the  "real real world"  then they can
finally defeat the machines.  Also  the  boy  has  the  mind  of two agents,
therefore  he  is  connected  to  the  matrix  just  like  Neo is...but in a
different way.  Once  he  realizes  his  power he may be able to communicate
with the machines...and ask them to free the people  in the matrix so humans
and machine can live together. A Mediator of sorts.  The machines won't kill
him because of his mind, the  humans  won't kill him because of his body...a
perfect happy ending.

What do you think?


                               +++++++++++


This theory is sent by Mark Luban, [email protected]...

You mentioned that you didn't like the  matrix  within  a  matrix theory (me
neither), but you didn't give an alternate explanation. I have one: When Neo
destroyed  Smith  at  the  end  of the first Matrix,  coding  from  Neo  got
imprinted onto Smith  that (from the coding combination)  allowed  Smith  to
commandeer human flesh. Also,  coding  from  Smith got imprinted on Neo that
allowed him to control (or at least short-circuit) sentinels.

If there is in fact a matrix within a matrix, then why does Smith  look like
Bane when he takes over his body and enters the "Real World," and  not  like
Smith. If it's a matrix within a matrix,  Smith  should  still  have Smith's
body. Remember, residual self-image?

I think that Revolutions will be based around the premise that  Neo  has  24
hours to save Zion from the attacking 250,000 unit  machine  army.  I  think
Smith is only significant in the fact that he wants to kill Neo(only because
he wants revenge because Neo killed him and  thus  made  him  no  longer  an
agent), and then will pose as an obstacle.

One addition to my theories: You'll notice in one of the Matrix  Revolutions
trailers that Morpheus makes a comment:

"He fights for us."

Many think this refers to either a Machine  called  Runner (his backround is
described in the Animatrix Episode: Matriculated), or to  Neo.  However,  if
you've seen the Animatrix Episode: Kid's Story, you'll know the backround of
Kid. Even if you haven't seen it,  Kid  makes  an  appearance  in the Matrix
Reloaded when he offers to take Neo's bags when they arrive in Zion. I think
it is Kid who fights for the rebels,  as  opposed to Runner or Neo.  There's
anoher possibility: Seraph, the program written by the Oracle to protect her
from the Merovingian,  is  the  one  who  fights  for  the  rebels.  This is
plausible because I read somewhere that Seraph is  much  more significant in
the Matrix Revolutions than he was in the Matrix Reloaded.

One last thing that it seems everyone else has forgotten  about:  If  you've
played Enter the  Matrix (obviously  you  have),  you'll  remember  the  FMV
sequence  where  Niobe  speaks  with the "spectator along for the ride." How
does he know about the matrix? This man also makes a half-second  appearance
in the Matrix Revolutions trailer, so he is clearly in the  movie.  I  think
he'll have some significance too.


                               +++++++++++


Theory sent by Jean-Philippe C, [email protected]...

I felt that in the conversation with the arch. of the matrix that the oracle
was a creation of his, in order to destroy the matrix once again. As you can
tell she instructs Neo the path, but to me  it's  the path that leads him to
the arch. in order for the arch.  to  explain  the  process of life or death
(save a selected few to reconstruct Zion after its fall / or go back  to the
matrix and die).

Having said this. I think the only reason Neo will contradict the arch.,  by
not dying after he re-enters the matrix, is because throughout the movie  we
are hinted that he is somewhat human inside the  matrix (ie.  bleeding  hand
after blocking the sword). Which brings  me  to  my  next  and final point I
would like to make.

At the end of the Matrix (1) when Neo enters Agent Smith to  "destroy"  him,
we are told in Reloaded  that  something  happened to  Agent  Smith  in  the
process which "unplugged" him from the other  agents.  Every  cause  has  an
effect and every action has a reaction, and what happened to  Neo  is  still
unexplained, but it can be speculated that this is the reason he is somewhat
human in the Matrix and can also explain the  reasoning behind the "EMP"  he
set on the sentinals, which put him in a coma.

I think that the same reason why Agent Smith entered the real world, is  why
Neo has powers outside the Matrix.


                               +++++++++++


Theory is sent by Juan Lara, [email protected]...

Neo is the first human  plugged  into  the  matrix,  in  essence  he  is the
"projector" of the code that runs the Matrix. In a sense he dreams the dream
all humanity is plugged into. We know Neo  has  the  code  embedded  in  his
persona,  and  while  his  consciousness  has  been  altered,  he  is  still
irrevocably human. We also know that the machines could not make a Matrix in
which the human mind could live. The Architect stated it would take a lesser
mind (Human?) to create a Matrix acceptable to Humans.

If the "mother and father programs" created the code for the Matrix, what if
they installed it into a human, plugged that "one" in, and  used his mind as
a filter to project the "reality" of the  Matrix  in  a way a human mind can
accept.  We also are told that humans must have a  conscious  state to be of
use to the Matrix and therefore, Neo must also "live" within this reality or
he would be useless in the projection of the Matrix.  Kind of a dream within
a dream.

This would explain why Neo  has  his  powers  so strongly, can read the code
within the Matrix, has powers outside of the Matrix, and also  be  wanted by
the Architect to disseminate the primary code and reboot the Matrix.

This would apparently force that Zion is also not real, a concept I'm not to
happy with although we are told it has been destroyed 5 times at  least  and
the "Bum" in the game tells us the last one lasted 72 hours.  But  maybe Neo
can enter and exit the consciousness of the Real World in a way akin to what
Smith has done to cross over. (suggestions on this welcome I can feel myself
grasping at thoughts here).  That  would  allow  Zion  to be "Real" yet also
allow Neo to have an affinity or "feel" the machines as we saw in the ending
moments of the movie.

So in short, Neo is the human "Filter" through which the Matrix is projected
and assimilated by the Human Mind.  In that sense  I agree with you totally,
Neo does stay in the Matrix on some level, he keeps it going.

Finally, with the Matrix  online  being  a  continuation,  canonized  by the
brothers, that takes place after the three movies, I assume that the  Matrix
is not shut down at the end of Revolutions but that Neo must still  maintain
it so we can awaken all human minds within.


                               +++++++++++

Well that  was  the  best  reflexions  on  what  we  think  will  happen  in
Revolutions, feel free to participate by sending me your  own  thoughts  and
please correct your grammar!


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                       III.  Frequently Asked Questions
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1. How often do you update ?

A. Well, it's hard to say.  With  my  homeworks and all, I don't really have
  the time to work on the FAQ,  but  when  I have a minute, I am working on
  it. College takes a  lot of my time and I have a life outside FAQ Writing
  so  I am able to work maybe one or two hours per day on this FAQ. Updates
  will occur more  often  on  weekends so log on to gamefaqs.com to see the
  latest update!
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2. Can I play as Neo ?

A. This is an example of e-mail that gets deleted quickly...  First  of all,
  you have a two things against my e-mail policy.  First,  this question is
  about gameplay and my FAQ is about the Plot,  only the plot! Not anything
  else, understood?  Second,  this  is  a  question  that  can  be answered
  everywhere, so it usually gets deleted quickly... and no,  you can't play
  with Neo as of now...
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3. What are your thoughts on what the oracle told ghost about  a  couple  of
  programs that have a child that will be important the future?

A. I really don't know about this,  and  I  didn't bother to think about it!
  I'm really concentrated on what will happen to Neo... If you read the new
  theories on Revolutions, you might find your answer.  Feel  free  to send
  your comments to answer is question more deeply!
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4. Is there a way to watch the  FMVs  without  playing  each  level?  I have
  almost solved it but I wanted to go back and see just the clips.

A. Of course there is one. Once you have completed the game, you can see the
  movies in  the  hacking  mode.  I  suggest  you  read  the Hacking FAQ on
  GameFAQS to see how to get to see them succesfully. Good luck!
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5. I  don't  understand!  I  read  your  FAQ,  but  I  don't  get  the  same
  conversation with Trinity as you have!  Also,  I  didn't  got to meet the
  Oracle with either characters!

A. That's because you lost to Trinity and/or to Seraph. If you lose to them,
  the events in the game will change a little bit.  The  FAQ is made if you
  WIN all the way. If you lose, there's a few points of variant dialogue  -
  notably, if Ghost loses to Trinity in  the  garden  you  get  a  slightly
  different conversation, and the story continues as before.  If  Ghost  or
  Niobe loses to Seraph, you get a different scene where he refuses to take
  you to the oracle, you jack out and chat to Sparks, and then "Tunnels  of
  the Real" starts up. One note - don't save after  losing  to  Seraph,  or
  else "Vertigo" disappears from your level list, and the Oracle  FMV  from
  your FMV folder. You have to go beat Seraph again to unlock them.
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                          IV. In the next update...
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Well, the Plot FAQ is completed. If there is another update, it'll be in the
Frequently Asked Questions or the Theories  on  Revolutions  sections.  Stay
tuned!


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                                VI. Credits
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* Special thanks to everybody who supports me and this FAQ.
* Special thanks to CJayC, the GameFaqs big boss for his great job.
* Special thanks to the Wachowski Brothers for creating the Matrix universe.
* Special thanks to Warner Brothers for publishing the movie.
* Special thanks to everybody that participate in the Theory of Revolutions.
* Thanks to asriel777  from the GameFAQs board for the information about the
 destruction of the One Key by the Merovingian.
* Thanks to Conliffe, Ciaran(LIT), [email protected]  for  telling
 me about the name of the unknown ship, the Hammer and for answering F.A.Q.
 number 5.


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                              VII. Final Words
                             ==================

I would like to dedicate this FAQ to a very special friend of mine, which, I
think, is a person who is  different  from  my  other  friends.  Instead  of
believing in  what could happen in a distant future, you live in the present
and you live for what happen at the moment. I thank you for teaching me that
philosophy.  I'm  sure you will become one of my closest confident if we can
see and talk to each other more soon.

       "Live for the moment, not for hopes that may never happen."

Now, it has been fun making this FAQ folks,  I  hope you have enjoyed it has
much has I have enjoyed making it. I'll tell you this,  if you have any kind
of talent, share it with others by making a FAQ.  It his so much fun playing
a game for others, you have to try this once.  It his possible that you will
see me in another FAQs, because I enjoy making them.  Well, that's about it,
so goodbye everyone !


                          Enter the Matrix Plot FAQ
                                By StoneKotr
                     Copyright 2003 All rights reserved


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