Dream On

Dream On
Type	Side Job
Giver	Jefferson Peralez
District	Charter Hill
Region	Westbrook
Location	Reconciliation Park
Previous	I Fought the Law

Dream On is the side job in which Jefferson and Elizabeth Peralez ask V to look into a break in at their penthouse in Charter Hill. It follows I Fought the Law, starting with a call from Jefferson a couple of days later. What looks like a simple intrusion turns into evidence that someone is tampering with the couple's minds, and V must decide whether to tell Jefferson the truth.

Story

A Favour for Politicians

Johnny is wary. The journal says the Peralezes may seem decent and down to earth, not snug in the corporations' pockets like the rest. But they are still part of the ruling elite, and if they have to step over V to reach the top, they will not hesitate. V should not believe for a second that they are different.

At the penthouse, Jefferson explains that he saw an intruder in the apartment several nights ago. He shot the man, then lost consciousness. Oddly, their private security firm, SSI, says nothing happened. Jefferson leaves for an election meeting, and Elizabeth helps V look around.

The Apartment

Elizabeth shows V around, then lets V explore. V can scan things like their law school diplomas, their wedding photo and family pictures and ask about them. It soon becomes clear that Elizabeth's memory is muddled, and her stories do not always add up.

Upstairs, V finds patched bullet holes and chemically scrubbed blood. The trail leads past a broken smart glass screen and on to a wall that hides a secret room. Inside, cables lead up a ladder to the roof, where an old fashioned transmitter stands. Johnny says it looks like the kind Militech used in the Second Central American War. Such antennas need a clear line of sight, so V can spot another antenna in the distance, next to a van.

The Van

The van, a heavily modified Emperor 620 Ragnar, is parked in Japantown. When V gets close, it drives off, and V has to follow it to a Maelstrom compound near the All Foods Factory in Northside. V gets to the van and connects to its access point. On one of the agents, V can find an encrypted shard about something called Project Condin.

The van's data shows that a hidden organisation is reshaping the minds of Jefferson, Elizabeth and others, to change their personalities and behaviour. The process has already wiped parts of their memories. V downloads the data, but someone deletes it straight away.

Elizabeth and Jefferson

Elizabeth meets V at a ramen shop in Japantown. She has already noticed Jefferson changing, and fears she is changing too. Knowing her husband, she begs V not to tell him the truth. On the way to meet Jefferson at Reconciliation Park, V's eyes are hacked, and an unknown caller warns V not to cross the line by telling Jefferson what V has learned. A man watches from a balcony across the park.

Dream On Map Location and Walkthrough

Dream On map location:

The Penthouse

Answer Jefferson's call after I Fought the Law.
Go to the Peralezes' apartment, use the intercom and take the lift.
Talk to Elizabeth, then to the Peralezes.
Let Elizabeth show V around, then examine the apartment.
Follow the blood trail in the upstairs hallway by the bedroom.
Repair the broken smart glass screen with enough Technical Ability if desired.
Scan where the trail ends in the media room, move the furniture and find the hidden door.
Force the hidden door with enough Body, or read the last message on the computer in the security room downstairs for the code 6709, unlock the other computer and open the door from the local network tab.
Scan the computer in the secret room and follow the cables up the ladder to the roof.
Examine the old transmitter and find the transmission source, the antenna to the west.
Report back to Elizabeth and leave the apartment.

The Van

Drive to the antenna in Japantown and look for the surveillance van.
Follow the van without losing it. Losing it ends the job.
Enter the Maelstrom hideout in Northside. The scaffolding in an alley to the right leads to the roof.
Connect to the van's access point.
Call Elizabeth.

The Truth

Go to the ramen shop in the Japantown market and sit with Elizabeth.
Talk to Johnny.
Go to Reconciliation Park and answer the unknown caller.
Sit on the bench and talk to Jefferson.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

Tell Jefferson or Not

To tell Jefferson the truth, say that it is not Holt but that he is being brainwashed, that they are in his head, ask about the hidden room, warn him that they are too powerful, and tell him that Elizabeth knows and was protecting him. He is shocked, and angry with Elizabeth. He decides to play along with the people controlling him until he can expose them, risking his life and his family's. Johnny praises V for it.

To keep the secret, as Elizabeth asked, say there is not much to add, that SSI was taking money from Holt, and that the dead cannot talk. Jefferson decides to win the election first and deal with Holt afterwards. Later he deletes his account, and Elizabeth blocks V.

Giving Up

If V cannot find who is behind the spying, V can call Elizabeth and admit it. She is disappointed, says she will tell her husband to look into Holt, and pays V.

Rewards

Completing Dream On pays €$ 13,720, 2,475 experience and 3,711 Street Cred.

The job pays eddies, experience and Street Cred.

Tips

Points in Body and Technical Ability make the search of the apartment easier. Bring a car to follow the van. In the Maelstrom hideout, focus on the two agents who get out of the van to get the PROJECT CONDIN SUSPENDED shard. Knocked out agents die moments later, their heads destroyed by their link to the project.

Characters

The characters who take part in Dream On are listed below.

Name	Image
Jefferson Peralez
Elizabeth Peralez
Mr. Blue Eyes	-

Enemies

V fights these enemies during Dream On.

Name	Image
Maelstrom

Notes

The watcher on the balcony across the park is Mr. Blue Eyes, who may be the unknown caller.

Elizabeth's computer holds her messages with Judy Álvarez about the braindance job in I Fought the Law.

A poem, America: A Prophecy, lies on a bedside table upstairs.

After the job, the Peralez campaign ads stop playing on the screens of the city, as the election is over.

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