Wayne Haas Dialogue Challenge

The dialogue challenge with Wayne Haas occurs during the Investigating the Suicide Terrorist mission in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Winning the challenge causes Haas to give Jensen access the morgue in the Detroit Police Station, unlocking The Desk Job achievement. Losing the challenge causes Haas to refuse to give access to the morgue, forcing Jensen to find another way in.

The challenge can always be won by always picking Plead unless Haas says one of the following lines:


 * "My boss wants me to keep people like you…"
 * "I don’t see how I could possibly do this…"
 * "It all comes back to the kid…"
 * "You want to talk about the past? Fine…"

The remainder of this page will show all of Haas' possible responses and the result of picking each choice. Each response is identified by its first words. If Haas' persuasion level is 0 at the end of the conversation, he will ask Jensen to come back later. The conversation can then be retried from the beginning.

First Round
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“This isn’t fair…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

“My boss wants me to keep people like you…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“I don’t believe this. I just got my life back together…”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“I don’t see how I could possibly do this…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“After two years, you’ve got a lot of nerve…”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“I don’t have to take your crap…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

Pheromones
Appease – Haas asks Jensen to come back later and start the conversation over again Charm – Lose the challenge Pressure – Win the challenge, but Haas will attack Jensen during his second visit to Detroit

“Where do you get off bringing the past into this?”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“Look, I’m so tired of having that incident…”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“I’m fully aware of what I did…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

“It all comes back to the kid…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“Everything goes back to that day…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

“You want to talk about the past? Fine…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“What happened wasn’t my fault…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“There’s something I’ve been waiting two years…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

“I took the blame for what happened, but…”
Absolve: +2 Plead: -2 Crush: +1

“What could I have done different?”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2

“Do you know who’s really to blame…”
Absolve: -2 Plead: +1 Crush: +2

“You really don’t get why…”
Absolve: +1 Plead: +2 Crush: -2