Jessika Chvatal is a character mentioned in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. She is an assistant to Eugen Weisse in his research on nanoviruses.
Biography[]
Jessika Chvatal was an augmented student at the Prague State University working under Eugen Weisse. However, she and another augmented student named Gustav Apel were suspended from the university due to the university's concerns that the presence on campus of augmented students researching nanoviruses would create anxiety and harm the public's perception of the school. Due to the incident, Weisse was also placed on involuntary leave.[1] Despite the setbacks at the university, Weisse, Chvatal, and Apel continued their work in nanoviruses at a secret lab in the Dávný District sewers.
As part of the research, Weisse ordered a batch of viruses and instructed Chvatal from a storage unit at the Zeleň Apartments.[2][3] However, it turns out that the viruses were live strains, rather than inert, thereby posing a danger to whomever experimenting on them.[4]
Trivia[]
- According to a developer's note found in an unfinished email, the developers planned to write a guilt-inducing message from one of the students to the other relating to the safety of the new batch of viruses. The note indicated that professor Weisse would have informed his students, presumably incorrectly, that the viruses were safe to work on.[5]
- Data found in the game files also indicate that Jessika Chvatal was originally intended to appear as a deceased body,[6] possibly as a result of the viruses she was instructed to retrieve and presumably work on. This concept was not implemented, however, as her body does not appear anywhere in the game.
References[]
- ↑ "Termination Notice" (email on Eugen Weisse's computer)
- ↑ Email on Chvatal's computer
- ↑ "Requested supplies" (pocket secretary message)
- ↑ "URGENT PLEASE READ!" (email on Eugen Weisse's computer)
- ↑ "Conversation History" (cut email)
- ↑ Game asset file ui_text_npc_corpse_en.txt, which includes a list of interaction prompt labels for corpses