Infolink

This article is about the nano-augmentation in Deus Ex. For the mechanical augmentation in Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, see Infolink (DXHR) and Infolink (DXMD).

The Infolink is a pre-installed, non-upgradable augmentation in Deus Ex. JC Denton is equipped with this nanotechnological augmentation at the start of the game. From a story perspective, the Infolink enables JC Denton to remotely communicate with other characters during the course of the game.

Description

One-way micro-transceiver array allows agents in the field to receive messages from Control, and to store and later retrieve relevant maps, conversations, and notes.

<UNATCO OPS FILE NOTE JR133-VIOLET>This is top of the line all the way, so don't expect any upgrades. -- Jaime Reyes <END NOTE>

Effects

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the voice in your head (from an operator, someone here at HQ able to handle the scanning equipment in your skull and broadcast advice over your "infolink") leaps fully formed right into your temporal lobe, bypassing the eardrum and its sensory neurons. And it's perfectly inaudible to everyone around you, of course. Not to mention that the nanites clinging to your axons can both receive and transmit symbolic information, so if you ever need help, don't sweat it; someone at HQ probably already knows.

— Jaime Reyes, "greetings and nanotech briefings" (email on JC Denton's computer)

The Infolink is a passive augmentation that does not consume bioelectric energy. This augmentation serves to explain JC's ability to receive communications from other characters remotely. It has no active gameplay interactions.

Notes

• When JC Denton first meets Alex Jacobson in UNATCO HQ, he makes a comment saying that it (the Infolink) was starting to give him a headache. Whether he means it as a joke or literally, Alex reassures him, saying that it is deactivated when an Agent is off-duty.