# So is UNATCO actually under construction? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 28, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139 "2018-09-28T21:12:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/1 "2018-09-28T21:12:47Z")
[UNATCO under Construction? - Album on Imgur](https://imgur.com/a/mUBfF3W)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/2 "2018-09-28T22:34:26Z")
Didn’t that only happen _after_ terrorists blew off the statue’s head? Their timeline is all messed up… ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/3 "2018-09-28T23:08:00Z")
No. Blowing up the statue had just recently happened. Liberty Island I guess being symbolic as UNATCO headquarters. On the first mission, the terrorists are still occupying the statue. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/4 "2018-09-28T23:17:10Z")
> [@Quintas](#): > > No. Blowing up the statue had just recently happened. I’m sure that’s not true–in fact, the torch, which was also blown off in the bombing, is mounted in a little cordoned-off are in the base. I’m almost certain that there are also little news blurbs referring to the bombing as happening some time ago. The current terrorist attack is entirely separate from the bombing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/5 "2018-09-28T23:24:30Z")
[Game text](https://nuwen.net/dx.html): > [@](#): > > Few can forget Mead’s impassioned declaration that the shattered Statue of > Liberty would not be repaired but instead stand as a reminder that “terrorism > must be eradicated if we are to be free.” It was shortly thereafter that > Liberty Island was selected as the location of UNATCO headquarters, their > dubious charter highlighted by the mysterious and still largely unexplained > circumstances behind the Statue bombing. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/6 "2018-09-28T23:31:07Z")
Incidentally, I am pleased that someone else remembers one of my favorite games :). ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/7 "2018-09-29T00:16:55Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > [Game text](https://nuwen.net/dx.html): Right you are. Probably my favorite game ever. Strange that I got that detail wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/8 "2018-09-29T03:02:22Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Incidentally, I am pleased that someone else remembers one of my favorite games :). One of the best games of all time. Glad it finally got a worthy sequel. Still haven’t picked the most recent one up though. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/9 "2018-09-29T09:07:38Z")
Mankind Divided wasn’t bad, just a little meh compared to Human Revolution. I liked 'em both, though. I play through the original every year or two. I almost always do as pure a pacifist run as I can manage. The only person you have to kill is Anna Navarre, though supposedly there is some glitch that can get past her. Everyone else can be knocked out or bypassed. In fact, I try to go beyond just a pure pacifist run–not just not killing anybody, but not letting anyone come to harm. That means breaking up gunfights (incapacitating both sides and then knocking them all out), and moving bodies to places where I know they won’t be “killed” (like on the supertanker level, I move the bodies above where the waterline would be once sunk). ---
**Author:** ![Quintas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/10 "2018-09-29T18:20:12Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > Mankind Divided wasn’t bad, just a little meh compared to Human Revolution. I liked 'em both, though. > > I play through the original every year or two. . Have you tried Deus Ex:Revision? Free on Steam if you purchased the original there. Updated graphics and expanded some of the areas. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/11 "2018-10-02T13:48:11Z")
Laputan Machine Or maybe… Flatlander Woman ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-unatco-actually-under-construction/822139/12 "2018-10-02T19:49:36Z")
I never asked for this thread. > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Laputan Machine > > Or maybe… > > Flatlander Woman His “I AM NOT A MACHINE” response before exploding was kind of sad.