Maggie Robbins is a journalist, possibly the most famous on Earth, owing to her excellent coverage thanks to her persistence and luck.[1] She was also a prodigy at learning new languages. Once she said that she'd never put up with censorship in any short.[2] She was chosen as a civilian observer for the Attila mission.[1][3]
Background[]
Robbins was born in a big New York family of boys, and sensitive parents with some relative economic leisure. At first she proved a bad student in an unsophisticated school with authoritarian and dogmatic teachers. Her skepticism, inquisitive questions and even aggressiveness resulted to scorn and abuse from them, and her grades seemed like she would never succeed at anything. However her parents saw more into her and could afford a more flexible private school, where she finally flourished.[3]
She attended Columbia University, majoring in journalism and minoring in ancient languages. Ludger Brink was guest lecturer in an archeology class she took.[3]
Several of her brothers have country homes and families in rural upstate New York, whom she visits and relaxes with in her short vacations; or meets her college friends who remember her rebellious youth.[3]
While she was working as an entertainment reporter on a local news show in Los Angeles, terrorists took over the TV station. It was Maggie's intrusive character that persuaded the leader to broadcast an thorough interview, allowing him to explain his demands, and alerting the public to his cause. 3 hours later the police broke into the building, and the leader surrenderd, having communicated his cause (or because Police interrogation would not be much worse than the interview). This was her breakthrough, and not long after Robbins went to CNN, where she became the first female correspondent from a battle zone. After a short time she made a brilliant career in electronic journalism.[3]
Maggie maintained a rebellious distrust of authority, skillful inquiry and verbal aggressiveness, which served her in her later career.[3] Once she said that she'd never put up with censorship in any short.[4]
Robbins published some skeptical articles about the funding for the space program. With the arrival of Attila, she suspected some kind of cover-up and pulled a lot of strings to get to go along to the mission--and in the process, make the ultimate exclusive story. NASA thought that if she participated, she would join their cause; otherwise she would be "expendable" loss, and one less critic.[3] She was chosen as a civilian observer for the Attila mission.[1]
She was trained for it. During the press conference, she caused some surprise to Danny for accepting to follow orders and obey astronaut Boston Low like a "good soldier".
Mission[]
However her role expands greatly once they reach the surface of the alien world. Her affinity for languages allows her to build up a working knowledge of first the written and then the spoken language used by the beings who once inhabited the planet.
This becomes particularly useful once the team discovers the entity known as The Creator, who developed two methods for the occupants of the planet to cheat death, first by the life crystals, and then by The Eye which allows those who enter it to shed their physical bodies. Each...have their drawbacks.
Maggie is also capable of perishing twice in the course of the game. The first time is when she tries to open the Eye, which suddenly snaps open and flings her down to the ground below. The second time comes if you break your promise not to revive her with a crystal, whereupon she kills herself by leaping off a cliff, preferring to die rather than end up like the crystal obsessed Brink.
She and Lowe develop a close connection with each other, presumably due to the fact that they end up united against the increasingly dangerous Brink.
Behind the scenes[]
- Maggie Robbins is voiced by Mari Weiss.
- Near the end of the game, when the player attempts to activate The Eye without having aligned all the lenses, Maggie gives an advice to Low; in that line her voice is different, possibly derived by another actress.
- In earlier versions of development her name was Judith Robbins.[5]
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