Dr. Mary Somers left another one of her video logs today as a teaser for Apex Legends‘ next season. The recording sheds a sliver of sunshine on Horizon’s background and provides some half-answers about some familiar topics but keeps the mystery alive for the build-up to season seven
The recording shows that Horizon has been stranded somewhere in space for about five months. “I’m scared to try to do the maths on what that point means back home,” the scientist says. She also hints at a possible beloved or close friend within the message. “What I wouldn’t give to be home, clean, and just with him,” she says with a sigh.
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Despite the blurry image, Horizon seems to be trying to repair her drone, Newt, with the assistance of a well-known element: Branthium. The name “Branthium” showed up in Ash’s monologue at the top of The Broken Ghost when the simulacrum said, “all roads cause Branthium.”
“I know there’s how with Newt,” Horizon said. “Just gotta find out how we will fuse the Branthium without critical mass.” The statement indicates that Branthium may be a resource and not a location, as parts of the community previously thought.
The resource can also have powerful energetic properties and will be wont to fuel vehicles or appliances. The element presumably plays a task in Newt’s power supply and a few dialogue hints that it could have even deadlier applications. “At least I didn’t almost nuke my ship today,” Horizon said.
Uranium isn’t the primary correlation between Ash’s voice lines in season five and Horizon’s messages. “A wee little bit of betrayal [inaudible], eh dearie?” she said in her previous message—a word-by-word copy of a neighborhood of Ash’s monologue.
Some fans theorized that Horizon may are responsible for wiping Ash’s memory. That hypothesis would explain the overlap between Horizon’s quotes and Ash’s dialogue. Data miner Shrugtal also postulated that the “he” could be Horizon’s son, still stranded reception.
It’s also possible that the “wee bit of betrayal” in Horizon’s last message led to her isolation in some manner, regardless if she was the victim or the perpetrator. Her predicament could even be caused by an accident with the fusing of Branthium, which supported her “at least I didn’t almost nuke my ship today” remark.
Apex‘s seventh season releases on Nov. 4, which provides fans a quick wait until Respawn answers a variety of those questions (and raises several more).