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Octane has a few words for his old friend Lifeline, and she’s got plenty to give back.

MESSAGING AJAY

Octane: By the time u read this, I'll be gone...

Lifeline: ????

Lifeline: Silva?!?!?!

Lifeline: HELLO?!?!

Lifeline: If I get to the clinic and ya not there...

Lifeline: O!!!!! WHERE ARE YA?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Octane: Sorry, Chica. I fell asleep on the train.

Lifeline: THOUGHT YA WERE DEAD!

Octane: Who said that? Hospitals r boring. Took my new piernas & bolted.

Octane: New legs work great, BTW. Thx for asking.

Lifeline: Do they now? We wouldn't know because the doctors haven't even checked them out! Get off that train and get back here!

Octane: I would hermana. But u know me. Can't stay in 1 place 2 long. Sore joints. JAJAJAJAJAJAJA

Lifeline: ya think ya funny? What if ya catch an infection? Lose a lot more than ya legs.

Octane: Then u can get me those prosthetics 2!

Lifeline: ya about "2" seconds from getting blocked.

Lifeline: Spoke to ya parents this morning

Octane: ????

Lifeline: Don't ???? me. Ya think I wouldn't try to track ya down? What, ya just meet me yesterday? I told em how ya were brought into the clinic with ya legs almost blown off, how taking a desk job at Silva Pharm was the last thing ya wanted...know what they told me? Guess!

Lifeline: THERE IS NO JOB WAITING FOR YA AT SILVA.

Octane: ???

Octane: Was there supposed 2 be?

Lifeline: There was an offer letter from ya parents by ya dinner tray last night. I saw it when I came to visit. And don't ya go pretending there wasn't. We've known each other too long to pull this crap.

Octane: Don't know what ur talking about. No letter here. Never said anything re a job. U assumed that. And u know what they say re people who don't look b4 leaping, chica. jaja

Lifeline: ......

Lifeline: That's how ya gonna play this? Really?

Octane: Who's playing?

Lifeline: Just found it crumpled in a ball in the garbage can. Last chance to fess up, before I get a better look at it.

Octane: Che. C'mon. U sounding crazy.

Lifeline: Crazy? No. Crazy would be ya dad ending a job offer letter to ya with "We can't wait to board the Octrain".

Octane: Maybe he can't?

Lifeline: That was sarcasm!

Octane: Busted. But look. Know what I had 2 look 4ward to if if wasn't 4 u? PT. Rehab. Worst of all? BEING BEDRIDDEN. U saved my life, Che. I owe u 1.

Lifeline: Ya got that right. I risked my job for ya. So pay me back by NOT doing something as stupid as this again. Using a grenade to launch yourself into a world record...ya damn near died. Wam wit ya?!?

Octane: Just following what that guy in the sim-vid did.

Lifeline: Sim as in SIMULATION. NOT REALITY. What don't miss ya pass ya. Ya have a second chance. Learned ya lesson awa?

Octane: Si. Yes.

Octane: I learned the most important lesson of all...

Octane: ...jump higher before setting off the next grenade.

Octane: JAJAJAJAJA

Octane: What about a jump-pad instead? Trust fund'll cover it.

Octane: Che?

Octane: Come on, amiga. I was joking about the next grenade!

Octane: Ajay...?

X THE RECIPIENT HAS BLOCKED YOU FROM THE CONVERSATION.

Release date: August 19th, 2019

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Around August 2019, Apex added the first of many Town Takeovers themed around a character's lore--its first being Octane's Gauntlet, as a reference to his gauntlet record.

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BIRTH RECORD

LEGAL NAME: Alexander Maxwell Nox

GENDER: Male

GAEA GLOBAL ID: ARN0-225P-ER9

DOB: 25.5.2685

BIRTHPLACE: Hollygrove Children's Hospital, Hollygrove, Gaea

FATHER'S NAME: Arthur Rutherford Nox

MOTHER'S NAME: Katerina Ticacek Nox

DEATH RECORD

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: Research Assistant, Humbert Labs, Zaldana City, Gaea

MARTIAL STATUS: Single

IDENTIFIED BY: Katerina Ticacek Nox (mother)

PLACE OF DEATH: Humbert Labs, Zaldana City, Gaea

CAUSE OF DEATH: Intra-alveolar hemorrhaging leading to a pulmonary edema

CITY AND PLANET OF DEATH: Zaldana City, Gaea

METHOD OF DISPOSITION: Cremation

PLACE OF DISPOSITION: GGTF, Zaldana Division, Zaldana City, Gaea

SENIOR FORENSICS RECORD

DNA recovered from the phalanges found at the scene matched Nox's DNA. While Internal Affairs has been highly vigilant when it comes to this case, and I applaud them for their supervision of Officer Maldera's investigation into Nox's highly illegal activities right under the Task Force's nose, I can assure all involved that in my expert opinion, the John Doe found at the scene is indeed Alexander Nox, suspect in the murder of Dr. Franklin Humbert. I am recommending this case to be closed, per Order 53B-61X

-Dr. Francisco Trejo, Senior Forensics Director, Gaea Global Task Force

EXAMINER'S RECORD

While the decedent's body was burned beyond recognition, simulations performed by the S-563 proved death occured when a toxic inhalant lead to pulmonary edema and intra-alveolar hemorrhaging. The inhalant could not be identified, although it has a sinilar chemical composition to the toxic gas emitted by Scarabaeidae Arachnia, a large forest-dwelling spider found in the Amelia Mountain Rage on Gaea.

Because of the unknown nature of the inhalant, and the decomposition of the body in the fire, we could not pinpoint time of death. Some of the cell decomposition suggests the decedent has been dead for weeks, but that directly contradicts findings from the other bodies collected at Humbert Labs, who had clear TODs based off various M.E. findings.

Officer Victor Maldera requested confirmation that the decedent's body was indeed Dr. Alexander Nox, currently wanted for the murder of Dr. Franklin Humbert. While the damage that occured in the post-mortem explosion rendered the body almost unrecognizable, two fingers were found seven inches from the left hand of John Doe's corpse, severed by the impact of the blast. DNA tests confirm they belonged to Dr. Alexander Nox.

My recommendation is to declare Nox dead. At the request of the Gaea Global Task Force, a second consult was requested from their Senior Forensics Director.

- Dr. Tamara Griffin, Chief Medical Examiner, Zaldana City, Gaea

Release date: July 17th, 2019

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The uncensored version of Octane's 'Record Breaker' loading screen, posted by Campbell White, with the caption:

Octane snapping some selfies on his last night with legs

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(Loading Screen) Record Breaker

Where did you get this photo? I’ve never seen this before. Do you know, I remember everything about this moment. Know what I’m thinking here? Not ‘I can’t feel my legs’ or ‘are those my feet dangling by the bone?’. No, I’m thinking how cool it is that thousands of people are cheering for me, and they’re still not as loud as the heartbeat in my ears. Tha-THUM. Tha-THUM. Tha-THUM. That was the moment I realized: life isn’t worth living, if you don’t know this feeling. Mind if I keep this, compadre? I love this shot. This was the single greatest day of my life. Mi cumpleaños. The day I was born.

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(Loading Screen) Paying Forward

They call us Legends… that’s good for them, but I couldn’t care less. I’m not here for the title. After the war, many people were left with nothing. If you ask me, it doesn’t matter what side they were on. We all had our own part in the war. No one is truly innocent, so we all deserve help. Like I said, I don’t care about the title, but don’t let that fool you, I am here to win...for them. The Legends are out there...they just don’t know it yet.

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(Loading Screen) A Hero's Fall

I call him Jackie, but he’ll slap you sideways if you print that. Stick with Jackson. And he’s not gone. Always equip your Jump Kit first... That Pilot was a stickler for protocol, to the end. Not that it’s the end. I just hope he found some peace. Maybe settled down. He was always great with kids...taught me everything I know. He said sometimes you only have time to chamber a single round. So you have to know how to do it right. The last thing I said to him was he’s worried about nothing. Four and a half seconds later, I’m watching him-- he’s in skyfall. ‘Worried about nothing.’ Do you know how insufferable that boy will be, sitting on ‘I told you so’ for over a decade? I’ll never hear the end of it. Actually, know what? Print ‘Jackie’. It’ll drive him crazy. But this way, he’ll know it’s really me. Sometimes you only have time to chamber a single round. Got to do it right.

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(Loading Screen) Seeking the Creator

I’m Marvin, but my best friends call me Pathfinder. I love being an Apex Legend because that means my banner is on display for everyone in the Outlands to see, especially my creator whoever they are. Competing alongside so many skilled fighters each match is really cool and it makes me very excited to know that I am everyone’s favorite squadmate to fight with; my friend Mirage told me that. He also said that I don’t get sarcasm, which was also nice to hear...I think.

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(Loading Screen) Inventive Spirit

After the funeral, I stood in our kitchen, and it was so... quiet. I had dreamt of quiet like that, but now that I had it, I was terrified. And alone. I sat on the floor, and I know how silly this sounds, but I hid under the table. That was where they found me. Anita. Makoa. Ajay. Even Dr. Caustic, and he hates everybody. They’d just as soon stab each other in the back. Or the front. But they put that all aside. To support me. The electrician’s kid. I thought I knew what family was. But my equations were incomplete. My family is here. At the Games. And now it’s my turn to support them. With every last charge in me.

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(Loading Screen) Liberation

I've seen a world where I’m not a Legend… and I’ve seen a world where I am. We all make choices in our lives, every second, every day, and those choices...they define us, but they don’t control us. We are our future, not our past. No matter what choice you make, the world you’re in is the world you chose… Accept it. One day you’re a Legend, the next you’re something else. So be it, nothing will control me.

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(Loading Screen) Blackheart's Rage

Yes, I’ve heard about criminals posing as Legends, and they’re as derivative as they are pathetic. Take this prison break. I admit there are similarities to my modus operandi, but the cloud formations… that’s where they went wrong. My gas wafts through the air as if dancing with death. Not like the spray of some hick fireman’s two decade old extinguisher, as shown here. Anybody with a tenth of my brain power can see this for what it is: amateurs playing dress-up in a desperate attempt to gain notoriety. But considering your banal, lackluster brand which you dare call ‘journalism’? A tenth of my intellect is giving you far too much credit. Do you have any more questions that might illuminate your ignorance? Very well. Enjoy your day.

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(Loading Screen) Me, Myself, and I

Why did I become a Legend? One reason: women. I kid. Real reason? Beautiful women. Sorry. They say I use humor as a defense mechanism, but hello... self-deprecation is my defense mechanism. Humor’s my crutch. Or maybe my fallback? I don’t know, one of those. I guess at the end of the day, the Games give people a reason to cheer. Aren’t a whole lot of those left in the Outlands these days. Cool to be part of that. All I have to do is die young. So…yeah…anyhoo, I’m just pulling your leg, it’s totally for the babes.

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(Loading Screen) Ravenous

It is a gift to be an Apex Legend, but the true test is in the eyes of the Allfather. Each day brings me closer to honoring my felagi fighters who put have their lives ahead of my own. For them, I am prepared to face every challenge no matter what form the beast of the night chooses to take. As the prey stalks, the hunter hunts. Trust in nature, trust in yourself - that is the path to victory.

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(Loading Screen) Tip of the Spear

Being an Apex Legend takes courage, strength, and confidence…or as some call it, ‘Just being Gibraltar’ heh heh… We all put passion in our matches and fight like each day depends on it; my work with S.A.R.A.S. taught me that. You need to love what you do, care about what you do, and believe in your ability to do what you do; my parents taught me that. Finally, brothas, trust in those around you, protect those around you, and never forget that no matter how big you are, the world is always bigger; the Apex Games taught me that. Let’s go change a life!

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(Loading Screen) Kings Canyon - Classic

Once a simple settlement on the planet Solace dating back to the earliest expeditions to the Frontier, the island known as Kings Canyon didn't thrive until a century later, when the now-defunct IMC built several outposts centered around scientific research and development. In fact, it's rumored that the IMC conducted experiments using phase shift technology here, although explorers have yet to find any evidence that proves this. To blow off steam, IMC soldiers stationed here would compete in gladiator-esque combat in an area they nicknamed 'Thunderdome'. Years later, when the Syndicate commissioned the rebuilding of the island of Kings Canyon as the home of their newest bloodsport, they insisted Thunderdome remain untouched - a tribute to the earliest known predecessor of what we know today as 'The Apex Games'.

(Loading Screen) Kings Canyon - Battle Charge

Native to the Frontier, Leviathans roam the majority of planets that contain rich vegetation. Although classified as omnivores by the IMC’s Animal & Wildlife Research Division, these 400 meter tall creatures mainly consume fruits and vegetables as their primary diet. The majestic Leviathan may seem intimidating due to its gigantic size, but they are hardly aggressive; considered only dangerous when in close proximity to highly populated areas due to overwhelming power of their movements. To protect research facilities, cities and colonies near Leviathan territories, the IMC developed Repulsor Towers (Dog-whistle towers) to emit high-frequency sounds that only Leviathans could hear, which kept the creatures at a safe distance. However if a tower were to fall, please evacuate quickly - your life may depend on it.

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On July 2nd, 2019, the second season of Apex Legends, Battle Charge, officially released, with its second new Legend--Wattson, who grew up in the arena and created the in-game Ring.

The damage done to the Repulsor Tower by Crypto's EMP meant that creatures such as Leviathans and Flyers invaded the arena, thus putting the Games temporarily on hold. The Syndicate added new buildings to the map during this period.

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At some point in late season 1 or early season 2, Crypto's laptop could be found on Kings Canyon.

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