Do you perhaps have... any more on your post-ending Talon!106? Or any thoughts about how Raven was downed in that art?
I basically just threw the sentences into a translator and hoped for the best.
The cutscene after the drone ending is what kicked this all off. the one where someone speaks to 106. I built this concept on the theory that the man is a clone of Anton Lazar.
Lazar already had access to cloning and memory-transfer technology. Given the scale of the Syndicate and Horizon’s operations, creating a clone wouldn’t have been that difficult. But the identity of “Anton Lazar” is something that, once erased, can’t simply be reinstated. and the Syndicate wouldn’t allow it too. That’s why the clone acts as a kind of wildcard. Used to make the Syndicate believe Cycle 77 died during a failed brain transfer.
Anyway, back to Talon!106. The conflict between 77 and the Syndicate isn’t over. The fall of TF27’s base is just a small fracture in a much larger machine. And just like the Syndicate, 77 exists in layers: the public face, the secrets of Horizon, and beneath all that, the truth of who he really is. “Anton Lazar” and “Cycle 77” are entirely different entities, both in intention and identity.
This idea grew out of the thought that Talon is a private military unit loyal only to Lazar. A force directly opposing the Syndicate. A group no longer bound to Horizon. And if it was Lazar who uploaded 106’s memories into a new body, where else would he send him?
That said, I don’t think 106 would ever truly see 77 as an ally. At best, it’s a temporary truce based on mutual enemies. But that also means 77 wouldn't treat him like just another expendable “cycle.”
Cycles aren’t afraid of death. To them, death is a reward—the end goal. Serve the organization, fulfill your mission, and die with honor. Maybe 77 shattered that framework by altering what the reward even meant. Who knows?
YAOI TIME: 77 made 106 into a person. Still a skull-crushing psychopath who gets a dopamine rush from violence, sure… but a person nonetheless. And that beautifully assembled disaster deserves someone like Raven. Someone who sees 106 as more than just a weapon.
(When I first imagined this, I thought the Syndicate had recovered Raven. But looking back, maybe it was Talon who got to him first. Still, assuming Raven remained under the Syndicate control…)
Then it turns into a story where Talon and the Syndicate go head-to-head, 106 tips the balance, and Talon sweeps in to recover survivors and prisoners.
The Syndicate, with its endless resources, would’ve just executed them to tie up loose ends. But Talon? They don’t have that kind of luxury. They can’t just print well-trained-soldier and dig up money.
So in the aftermath, 106 and Raven crossing paths again. That’s where the drawing came from.
