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| + | |status = Alive |
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| + | |hair color = Brown |
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| + | |eye color = Brown |
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| + | |family = [[Maggie]] - Pet dog |
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| − | |nickname = Slim|status = Alive|hair color = Brown|eye color = Brown|family = [[Maggie]] - Pet dog|affiliation = [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]}} |
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| + | |affiliation = [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]<br>[[Clovis]]' renegade group<br>None - Player choice |
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| + | {{Quote|You wake up one day and find it’s all been a dream, or you wake up and discover you’ve been asleep all the time and the nightmare is real. I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know who I was. A cop dangling on the short end of the stick or a Rep whose memory banks had run out.||Blade Runner (1997 video game)}} |
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| + | '''Ray McCoy''' was the newest addition to the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] [[Blade Runner (police)|Blade Runner]] unit in November [[2019]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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| + | {{Quote|Last time I had a '3' was when some hooker vomited thunderbird on [[Harry Bryant|Bryant]]'s desk, and yours truly led the clean up crew. A year and a half on the job and it was still the dirtiest work I'd seen.||Blade Runner (1997 video game)}} |
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| − | McCoy seems younger and more naive than his film counterpart [[Rick Deckard]], having not actually gained [[Blade Runner (police)|Blade Runner]] status yet. He is instead working towards a promotion to full Blade Runner. He lives with his pet dog [[Maggie]] in apartment 88F (there is some obscurity as to whether Maggie herself is artificial or not). McCoy's name may have been partly inspired by the expression "the real McCoy", especially in relation to the game's question of whether Ray is human or a [[replicant]]. |
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| + | ===History with the LAPD=== |
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| + | In 2019, Ray McCoy was a rookie Blade Runner for the LAPD, the newest one recently promoted but still not a full-fledged Blade Runner. He lives with his dog [[Maggie]] in apartment 88F. McCoy also pilots a spinner, able to quickly navigate Los Angeles until he is framed by his superior Lieutenant [[Edison Guzza]], where then his spinner is confiscated by the LAPD. |
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| + | McCoy's relationship with fellow officers range from amiable to competative. McCoy is on good terms with the lab analyst [[Dino Klein]] as well as [[Jack Walls]], the gun range officer. When it comes to fellow Blade Runner [[Crystal Steele]], McCoy has a sort of rivalry in who can close cases faster. There appears to be sexual tension present between them, indicating a past relationship or fling. |
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| + | ===Relationship with Los Angeles Citizens=== |
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| + | Around [[Los Angeles]], McCoy has history with several inhabitants. [[Murray]] and [[Mia]] seem to know McCoy and indicate prior meetings. The same is true for [[Howie Lee]] and his Chinese restaurant. McCoy also seems to have visited [[Early Q's]] and met with the owner at least once prior to the events of the game, in addition to his bouncer [[Hanoi]]. |
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| + | ===Personality, Traits and Skills=== |
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| + | McCoy is sarcastic and witty; evident by his interaction with the people of Los Angeles and through his in-game narrations. While veteran Blade Runners like [[Rick Deckard]] and Crystal Steele are apathetic and detached from those around them, McCoy is lively, naive, and overall kind to those he meets. He is not afraid to get tough when the situation demands it, and can interrogate properly. He is also well-versed in administrating [[Voight-Kampff machine|Voight-Kampff]] empathy tests, which he can decide to do or not do at several points during his investigation. |
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| + | McCoy's name may have been partly inspired by the expression "the real McCoy", especially in relation to the game's question of whether Ray is human or a [[replicant]]. |
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| + | ==Events of 2019== |
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| + | {{Quote|I was just finishing up my twelfth hour on patrol when I got the call. Welcome relief considering that the most action I had seen all night was a schizoid grandmother doing the shimmy in her underwear in the second sector.||Blade Runner (1997 video game)}} |
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| + | ==On Ray McCoy's Identity== |
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| + | Similar to Deckard's identity in the Director's Cut and Final Cut of Blade Runner (film) and [[Blade Runner 2049]], it is left ambiguous whether Ray McCoy is a human or a replicant. However, there is evidence that supports both sides and a case can be made either way: |
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| + | ====McCoy is human==== |
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| + | * McCoy has history with members of the LAPD and certain people around Los Angeles (Guzza, Dino Klein, Sergeant Walls, Crystal Steele, Murray, Mia, Howie Lee, Early Q, and Hanoi), indicating he's been around longer than just the events of the game. |
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| + | * McCoy has no superior strength and agility in relation to [[Nexus-6]] models present in the game to compare. |
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| + | * Whenever evidence of McCoy being a replicant is brought up in-game, McCoy (and the writing) suggest that there is the possibility of faking evidence in order to turn the LAPD against him. The background deals between Guzza and [[Clovis]] suggest something shady going on as McCoy is investigating, and is not unreasonable to think that he was being set up throughout the game. |
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| + | * McCoy displays empathy towards his dog, Maggie. |
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| + | * McCoy displays genuine remorse and regret when he kills Crystal Steele or 'retires' Clovis, he says "what an waste!". |
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| + | ====McCoy is a replicant==== |
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| + | * The strongest evidence to support McCoy being a replicant comes from a photo Lucy held with her at her bedside, which when further analyzed on the [[Esper analysis machine]] reveals the crashed Moonbus that Clovis (who is in the photo) hijacked, [[Sadik]] in the background and Ray McCoy apparently coming out of the [[Moonbus]], indicating he was with the replicants the whole time. |
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| + | * McCoy has a dream after being knocked unconscious by Clovis and Sadik on the roof of the [[Bradbury Apartments]] that indicates he was present on an [[Off-world]] [[Off-world Colonies|Colonies]], dressed similarly to Zuben, alongside Lucy. |
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| + | * Guzza claims that he saw McCoy's incept photos, indicating McCoy's true nature. Whether or not Guzza, a shady character, was lying is unknown. |
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| + | * Clovis consistently calls McCoy his brother, as he does to other replicants, and claims McCoy doesn't know what he is and that it's not his fault that he is hunting down other replicants. Sadik also asks a nearly unconscious McCoy if he is "ready to give up this fruitless nightmare" and return to his "family". |
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| + | * McCoy is noticeably tougher than any human character in the game, able to withstands several bullet or stab wounds and still keep going. While this could merely be a video game convention (i.e. done to make the game more forgiving to play), it could also indicate he is a replicant with superhuman toughness. |
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| + | * If McCoy allows himself to be bitten by the Peruvian woman's scorpion in Animoid Row, she first expresses horror, expecting him to die as the scorpion is highly venemous. To her surprise, McCoy does not die nor doe he suffer any apparently ill effects. |
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| + | Ray McCoy.jpg|Ray McCoy profile. |
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| + | Ray McCoy Promotional Art.png|Ray McCoy Promotional art. |
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| + | Ray McCoy speaking with Rachael.jpg|Ray McCoy meeting with Rachael. |
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| + | Ray McCoy in the kipple.JPG|Ray McCoy in the kipple. |
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| + | </gallery> |
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Revision as of 06:18, 2 February 2020
"You wake up one day and find it’s all been a dream, or you wake up and discover you’ve been asleep all the time and the nightmare is real. I didn’t know what it was. I didn’t know who I was. A cop dangling on the short end of the stick or a Rep whose memory banks had run out."[src]
Ray McCoy was the newest addition to the Los Angeles Police Department Blade Runner unit in November 2019.
Biography
History with the LAPD
In 2019, Ray McCoy was a rookie Blade Runner for the LAPD, the newest one recently promoted but still not a full-fledged Blade Runner. He lives with his dog Maggie in apartment 88F. McCoy also pilots a spinner, able to quickly navigate Los Angeles until he is framed by his superior Lieutenant Edison Guzza, where then his spinner is confiscated by the LAPD.
McCoy's relationship with fellow officers range from amiable to competative. McCoy is on good terms with the lab analyst Dino Klein as well as Jack Walls, the gun range officer. When it comes to fellow Blade Runner Crystal Steele, McCoy has a sort of rivalry in who can close cases faster. There appears to be sexual tension present between them, indicating a past relationship or fling.
Relationship with Los Angeles Citizens
Around Los Angeles, McCoy has history with several inhabitants. Murray and Mia seem to know McCoy and indicate prior meetings. The same is true for Howie Lee and his Chinese restaurant. McCoy also seems to have visited Early Q's and met with the owner at least once prior to the events of the game, in addition to his bouncer Hanoi.
Personality, Traits and Skills
McCoy is sarcastic and witty; evident by his interaction with the people of Los Angeles and through his in-game narrations. While veteran Blade Runners like Rick Deckard and Crystal Steele are apathetic and detached from those around them, McCoy is lively, naive, and overall kind to those he meets. He is not afraid to get tough when the situation demands it, and can interrogate properly. He is also well-versed in administrating Voight-Kampff empathy tests, which he can decide to do or not do at several points during his investigation.
McCoy's name may have been partly inspired by the expression "the real McCoy", especially in relation to the game's question of whether Ray is human or a replicant.
Events of 2019
"I was just finishing up my twelfth hour on patrol when I got the call. Welcome relief considering that the most action I had seen all night was a schizoid grandmother doing the shimmy in her underwear in the second sector."[src]
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On Ray McCoy's Identity
Similar to Deckard's identity in the Director's Cut and Final Cut of Blade Runner (film) and Blade Runner 2049, it is left ambiguous whether Ray McCoy is a human or a replicant. However, there is evidence that supports both sides and a case can be made either way:
McCoy is human
- McCoy has history with members of the LAPD and certain people around Los Angeles (Guzza, Dino Klein, Sergeant Walls, Crystal Steele, Murray, Mia, Howie Lee, Early Q, and Hanoi), indicating he's been around longer than just the events of the game.
- McCoy has no superior strength and agility in relation to Nexus-6 models present in the game to compare.
- Whenever evidence of McCoy being a replicant is brought up in-game, McCoy (and the writing) suggest that there is the possibility of faking evidence in order to turn the LAPD against him. The background deals between Guzza and Clovis suggest something shady going on as McCoy is investigating, and is not unreasonable to think that he was being set up throughout the game.
- McCoy displays empathy towards his dog, Maggie.
- McCoy displays genuine remorse and regret when he kills Crystal Steele or 'retires' Clovis, he says "what an waste!".
McCoy is a replicant
- The strongest evidence to support McCoy being a replicant comes from a photo Lucy held with her at her bedside, which when further analyzed on the Esper analysis machine reveals the crashed Moonbus that Clovis (who is in the photo) hijacked, Sadik in the background and Ray McCoy apparently coming out of the Moonbus, indicating he was with the replicants the whole time.
- McCoy has a dream after being knocked unconscious by Clovis and Sadik on the roof of the Bradbury Apartments that indicates he was present on an Off-world Colonies, dressed similarly to Zuben, alongside Lucy.
- Guzza claims that he saw McCoy's incept photos, indicating McCoy's true nature. Whether or not Guzza, a shady character, was lying is unknown.
- Clovis consistently calls McCoy his brother, as he does to other replicants, and claims McCoy doesn't know what he is and that it's not his fault that he is hunting down other replicants. Sadik also asks a nearly unconscious McCoy if he is "ready to give up this fruitless nightmare" and return to his "family".
- McCoy is noticeably tougher than any human character in the game, able to withstands several bullet or stab wounds and still keep going. While this could merely be a video game convention (i.e. done to make the game more forgiving to play), it could also indicate he is a replicant with superhuman toughness.
- If McCoy allows himself to be bitten by the Peruvian woman's scorpion in Animoid Row, she first expresses horror, expecting him to die as the scorpion is highly venemous. To her surprise, McCoy does not die nor doe he suffer any apparently ill effects.
Gallery
Ray McCoy profile.
Ray McCoy Promotional art.
Ray McCoy meeting with Rachael.
Ray McCoy in the kipple.