Audio Recording is as follows: Belladonna, Blake. Taurus, Adam. Time: Eight months ago. Location: McCormick Train Station, Atlas.

T: "Take a look at this. Apparently, the humans are heading over to Pandora now."

B: "Pandora? That's even farther out than here. What could possibly be worth going there for?"

T: "Something about some treasure or some god, who cares. Humans will look for anything that doesn't make them feel alone in the universe and avoid their problems. *muffled sound* That's our ride. Let's go."

*12 hours later, aboard the Schnee Javelin Tram*

*static*

B: "Why did you do that?! They were innocent, you said no casualties!"

T: "None of them are innocent! They're on Schnee's payroll, using Schnee weapons, on a Schnee vehicle. Anything associated with Schnee has to be eliminated, Blake. Do you understand? *silence* I said, do you understand?!"

B: "I understand."

T: "Good. Now let's keep moving, and remember, don't hold back."

*static, followed by loud clanking*

B: "We need to get out of here!"

T: "Buy me some time!"

B: "Are you sure?"

T: "Just do it!"

*air slicing, clanking, followed by grunting*

T: "Thanks, Blake. I knew I could...Blake? What are you doing?"

B: "Goodbye."

*air slices*

T: "Blake? Blake?! BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE?!"

*recording ends*

Unknown male: "So James, what do you think of that?"

James: "I'll admit, Roman, I didn't think you had anything substantial when you came to me. But then I looked at her record...infiltration, swordsmanship, and her Semblance. Add her to the list of candidates."

Roman: "Yes, sir. So right now, we've got two Faunus, the fighter, some techie, a thief, and two orphans. I'd heard something from a friend of mine about a Siren on your home turf..."

James: "A Siren? Now, that would be quite a find, wouldn't it? Show me."


Transcript was inspired by the audio logs in the Borderlands games. They'll be used sometimes to relay stuff that happened in the past, and to provide context for certain characters in the future. I realized that I couldn't do the Black trailer any justice, but I also needed to show how Blake would know about Pandora in the first place besides the news. Adam seemed like the best way to get that across.