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Is it just me, or does Obsidian have a creepy and disturbing obsession with hydrospanners? :)

 

Playing through KotOR II, I've noticed that they are mentioned entirely too many times, and in weird cases. I'm telling you, there's something wrong here... :ermm:

It's just you. :)

"Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque

"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation)

Examples...

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Examples...

 

Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r:

What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement...

Each mention of "hydrospanner" is an echo of a previous mention. You'll notice that one particular droid had a hydrospanner stuck inside it. As if it were a wound in the droid.

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What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement...

 

Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together...

 

(Minor spoilers below, so beware.)

 

Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner.

 

Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that.

 

Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"?

 

Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though.

 

Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine.

 

And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!"

 

And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner"

 

Seems like I'm forgetting some.

 

Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere!

:D

More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner?

The term hydrospanner always makes me think of Star Trek.

Still gaming with my 9900k/2080ti/32 ram. One day I suppose a game may inspire me to finally upgrade. Maybe. 

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More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner?

 

Good question. It seems quite versitile, whatever it is. It can fix hyperdrives, repair communication devices, repair or strip down droids, and even double as a torture device. :D

More importantantly what the hell is a hydrospanner?

 

Good question. It seems quite versitile, whatever it is. It can fix hyperdrives, repair communication devices, repair or strip down droids, and even double as a torture device. :D

 

 

Hydrospanner:

 

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:lol: <_< :lol:

 

Why couldn't they just call it a "wrench?" :shifty:

Examples...

 

Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r:

Slowly back away from the machine...

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Examples...

 

Eh, I can't remember them all, but next time you play through the game, keep an eye out for the hydrospanners... and you'll see it.... you'll see it! :ph34r:

Slowly back away from the machine...

 

Did you miss my other post? The evidence is there! The proof!

 

>_<

What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement...

 

Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together...

 

(Minor spoilers below, so beware.)

 

Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner.

 

Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that.

 

Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"?

 

Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though.

 

Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine.

 

And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!"

 

And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner"

 

Seems like I'm forgetting some.

 

Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere!

I'm somewhat at a loss at how you've managed to pseudo-perversify those. :ph34r:

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Hydrospanners make little sense. If a spanner was made of water, wouldn't it just fall apart? And if you used it to fix electrical appliances, wouldn't they short out because of the water?

 

I'm sticking with ordinary spanners, thanks.

Eh.. I think Hydro is short for hydraulic in this case. :blink: So some kind of future improved spanner with vast possibilities it seems.

Don't forget the well-known scene with Kreia about Visas...

Hydro....could be relating to water or oil or sopme other kind of liquid.

 

Spanner..it is a British term for a wrench.

 

WTF would you do with a water wrench?

Hydraulic Wrench.

"Hydro" means:

 

connected with or using the power of water

 

showing the presence of hydrogen

 

"Spanner" means:

 

1. A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object. 2. Chiefly British-A wrench.

 

"Hydrospanner" kinda sounds cool, but I am willing to bet it is some sort of perverted inside joke at Obsidian.

 

 

What like used in expressions and stuff? I know there was that guy in the Khoonda settlement...

 

Well, it's just mentioned an aweful lot. Each example by itself is nothing, but all of them together...

 

(Minor spoilers below, so beware.)

 

Like when you ask Bao-Dur about his arm, and he makes a joke about how it kept dropping his hydrospanner.

 

Or on Nar Shaddaa, Tien(Is that his name) keeps mentioning a hydrospanner. "Where's my hydrospanner?", "If you use the workbench, make sure you put the hydrospanner back in its proper place", stuff like that.

 

Or on Dxun, the mandolorian who's repairing things mentions stuff about hydrospanners. Something about how he was "never very good with a hydrospanner", I think. And isn't there an option for you to say something like "I'm very good with a hydrospanner, let me help"?

 

Isn't there also something about using a hydrospanner to smash motivators on something? Can't quite remember where this occured, though.

 

Not to mention the whole hydrospanner quest on Dantooine.

 

And don't forget how when you fail to repair T3 at certain times, you can say something like "Whoops! Must have left my hydrospanner in there!"

 

And also, when you install the pasifist package in HK-47, he mentions something like "Be careful, I have seen how you use a hydrospanner"

 

Seems like I'm forgetting some.

 

Edit: I also forgot, hydospanners are even in some of the cut content. In the HK-Factory quest that was cut, for example. One of the droids there was apparently supposed to help train droids for torture. This particular droid had a few programming issues, it seems, and mentions something about "Do not spare the fusion torch or hydrospanner!" in a deranged voice. Hydrospanners as torture implements... they're everywhere!

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