Big continuity error

[whodat1]

I noticed this on a previous play through but I thought I'd wait and check it again. After I kill Kellogg and take part of his brain to the memory den, I start the journey through his memories. The first memory has little Connie Kellogg sitting in a room with his mom and the radio is on. I went up close to the radio to see what it was playing, Was it part of the memory or background from Dr. Armani's place? It was part of the memory as the dj talked about Shady Sands and doings in the Hub. The next memories had no radio background at all, proving that the radio was part of the memory.

 

That brings us to the final memory, Kellogg and Shaun and the Couser which did have a radio playing in the room, The radio dj was Travis and he was talking about Piper upsetting the Mayor again. Which means that 10 year old Shaun did not go to the Institute 60 years ago!!! He went there relatively recently. Not to mention that Kellogg's terminal's log mentioned that he handed Shaun off and was getting ready to go after Virgil now. So what did he do? Sit on his hands for 60 years. No I don't think so.

 

What this means is the the whole main quest is either a) A Lie, b) Bugged or c) Another Bethesda cock-up.

[Ethreon]

That child is the synth one. Isn't the synth really young, fabrication wise?

[whodat1]

Why would Kellogg be babysitting a Synth?

[Ethreon]

Why would Kellogg be babysitting a Synth?

As he says, order from the Old Man. The most logic reasoning would've been to see how the child interacts with exterior world and humans, helping fine tune the synth brain/reactions. Not sure how much of that actually happened.

Edited May 28, 2016 by Ethreon

[whodat1]

I guess I could understand sending the child Synth out into the Commonwealth for field testing. I just don't see Kellogg as the ideal person for that sort of job. Kellogg is their troubleshooter, their go to guy in the Commonwealth for dealing with problems. If they want data on how the child interacted with the non-Institute world why send him out with a known killer? That seems a bit far fetched to me. I would think that sending out a human scientist or researcher with the child would produce valid data on it's reactions with the world. Sending it out with a psychotic killer, eh, not so much.

 

But on the other hand, the Institute doesn't have a track record of making the best decisions.

[ddavies10693]

The child you see in the memories is %100 confirmed to be the synth version. No conspiracies here, sorry man.

[IlDragoRuggente2]

Why would Kellogg be babysitting a Synth?

 

 

 

According to Kellog; to act as bait for the SS.

[SoftisNeleris]

Okay... big Spoilers here.

So, 60 years ago Shaun was kidnapped. during that time, he worked in the institute and became director, and eventually a child synth was constructed to look like him. Shaun [the real one] released the SS from cryo in Vault 111, and also sent Kellogg to Diamond City with the child synth Shaun. [Real] Shaun also predicted the SS would kill Kellogg and manage to get into his mind, and had that specific memory of Kellogg in Diamond City imprinted in the cybernetic device attached to Kellogg's brain.

[TeamBacon]

It's a trap!

[whodat1]

Okay... big Spoilers here.

 

So, 60 years ago Shaun was kidnapped. during that time, he worked in the institute and became director, and eventually a child synth was constructed to look like him. Shaun [the real one] released the SS from cryo in Vault 111, and also sent Kellogg to Diamond City with the child synth Shaun. [Real] Shaun also predicted the SS would kill Kellogg and manage to get into his mind, and had that specific memory of Kellogg in Diamond City imprinted in the cybernetic device attached to Kellogg's brain.

Is this actually stated in the game or is this a theory? I only ask because the one time that I made it to the Institute things went really badly for my character (hacking Dr. Li's console is apparently a no-no) and I never did have but one conversation with 'Father'.