Elusive Target #38: THE HARBINGER - Patient Zero REQUIEM, ft Milla Jovovich (25 February - 24 March 2026)

[linux_penguin]

@linux_penguin

I’m curious about all the new names the added guest npcs have

13 or 14 (one died prematurely) of the Ether crew are named John Doe.

@Jason_Portman

The ether guards selecting the ill people and executing them outside is grim. Hearing those shots during the mission, only to follow them outside and seeing the blood on the wall and firing squad gave me the chills.

The 5 bodybags in the nearby van was really grim too. Wonder who they could be

[Floople]

@Jason_Portman

But I wonder, WHO called them in ? Lilith talks to Gregory to lift the quarantine, so she didn’t do that / wasn’t part of her plan. I initially thought it was part of her plan. So who called Ether, and how did they get in here so fast ? How did they know the virus spread, WITHOUT knowing why ? One mission story has you leak the cult manifesto, so they didn’t know the cause for the outbreak before they arrived.

It was most likely a silent alarm that was tripped by Lilith or 47. After all, the AI was super reluctant to do things without Zachary’s approval, which could indicate that unauthorized access trips some sort of alarm.

Or perhaps you’re right, and it really was WHO. I imagine they wouldn’t want this sort of thing to get out. :3

[blutgeld]

Perhaps who will be revealed in a future ET?

[Floople]

You get frisked in some disguises when attempting to enter through the main gate before Lilith starts making people sick. I think the Mansion Staff disguise is one.

[Heisenberg]

@Zevoros

I wonder how the Carlisles have managed to keep their company. Because in the main story, Arthur Edwards stole all of their assets from them. So I’m curious how the family has managed to come back from that

My guess is, either Edwards didn’t actually get all their assets, just the ones officially on the books as belonging to the Carlisle family over all, and some of the others had their own assets not tied in to the Providence pot for Edwards to take, or when Diana dismantled Providence she returned the assets Edwards took to their original owners to take stock of who all was involved and make the moves necessary to the public leaders to resign. Perhaps she determined that the Carlisle family themselves were basically harmless and would keep to themselves and not ask questions if their assets were generously returned to them.

[Lewisnic1]

@Floople

After all, the AI was super reluctant to do things without Zachary’s approval, which could indicate that unauthorized access trips some sort of alarm.

I’m still wondering, as this is clearly set way after the Hitman III epilogue, who do you reckon was programming the AI as clearly it didn’t recognise Zachery was dead? I guess if the Carlisle family are programming the AI, they won’t have it recognise Zachery’s death given it was Emma that killed him and they’ll want to cover for the family.

[Fe2o31]

same… any word on this one?

[Danger_dog_guy_7]

@Lewisnic1

Can anyone tell me if this skybox ever shows up in the mission. Maybe based on certain triggers or so?

[Floople]

It appears about 30 seconds into the cinematic trailer that IOI put out, but the skybox does not change in the mission as far as I know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-0nWxqL-RY

[anomie]

@Steven_Jones

and having a restricted load out complication on the mercenary

I basically did that. I also found a weird AI behavior that makes it refreshingly easy.

@Olipro

I can’t begin to fathom how you manage to make something that needs such a long delay to give you an entitlement.

I think the in-game unlocks are pushed by the game to the server, while for these account unlocks it seems they scan the database periodically to find everyone who is eligible (and then possibly it has to wait for the game to refresh that data from the server too).

[Louis_Adelman]

As you all know, I defeated The Harbinger and both Contagion levels using the Durain on all 3 runs and finishing mission around 2:42. All SASO and all good, but I didn’t get the chance to until today to see the full mission and all the cool stuff.

I did on Level 1 complete the mission story taking me into the secret room, but first, I got the Ring from Alexa Grave, you need the ring to access the secret door in the library. Where patrick would be from the main mission. To see some parts of other maps brought in to the dungeon was great also seeing the Resident Evil tribute with escaping the light trap was cool.

Getting the Egg, which basically lets you control the target and her guards leave her was really good.

The Nabozov virus from Hokkiado made a return, making the antidote in zachary room, and the 2 plants regrowing to make more antidoe was cool.

I enjoyed it.

[Yacob]

That’s odd bc a regular starting suit doesn’t have that. Thanks for the info though.

[THAT]

One missed opportunity is not using the Patient Zero song once the virus hits.

Hitman Patient Zero Combat & Evasion

This is the callback I wanted, IOI I know you can make this happen

[LandirtHome]

If everyone wants to look into the larger story dynamic;
Here is something:

According to H.E.R.B. three visitors went to the lab the day of the mission by 47’s arrival.
So, who’s the third?

(unless herb is acknowledging Diana as a visitor)

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Fun fact: the laser QTE doesn’t do anything. 47 dodges the laser automatically if needed.

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A poll:

At the start of the level, did you enter the manor grounds:

• through the gates, like a normal person.
• by jumping the wall on the side, by habits.

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Largest disappointment of the mission: no Jeff.

[Floople]

@Floople

@Jason_Portman

But I wonder, WHO called them in ? Lilith talks to Gregory to lift the quarantine, so she didn’t do that / wasn’t part of her plan. I initially thought it was part of her plan. So who called Ether, and how did they get in here so fast ? How did they know the virus spread, WITHOUT knowing why ? One mission story has you leak the cult manifesto, so they didn’t know the cause for the outbreak before they arrived.

It was most likely a silent alarm that was tripped by Lilith or 47. After all, the AI was super reluctant to do things without Zachary’s approval, which could indicate that unauthorized access trips some sort of alarm.

I actually replayed it and listened to multiple Lilith conversations recently. Gregory seems to state that Zachary set up a lockdown for if the lab was tampered with, and that he does not know how to disable it.

[Patrick_McColloch]

H.E.R.B. should definitely be added as the Safe House AI in Freelancer.

[thrison]

Oh neat. If you leak Lilith’s manifesto to the Ether team - when they confront her, you can just shoot her in the face and it won’t void Silent Assassin (since they’re about to shoot her in the face anyway). You get a couple of short unique lines between 47 and the guard that would otherwise shoot her too.

[Dribbleondo]

I started as a guard.

[Dribbleondo]

They actually do reference it! When Nabazov is mentioned by Lillith, a small snippet of the leitmotif plays.

[Frote7]

Its pretty interesting that they gave her guard behaviour

HITMAN WoA - The Harbinger in 1:11 SA