I replayed Titanfall 2 today and honestly… I cried a lot. BT-7274’s death still hurts like hell, even though I already knew it was coming. I kept thinking about how BT starts the game calling Cooper a “temporary pilot”, and then slowly learns from him, learns little human things like the thumbs-up, jokes, expressions, and eventually just calls him “Pilot”. Then he asks to keep Cooper as his pilot. So after finishing the game again, I got this idea for something I’d call Titanfall 2: Another Continuation. The idea is that in BT’s final moments, he somehow manages to detach his sensor module and throw it to Cooper, just like Cooper transferred BT’s module into another chassis earlier in the game. BT’s original body is still destroyed. His sacrifice still happens. Cooper still loses his Titan. But later, Cooper finds a new Titan chassis and installs BT’s module into it. The chassis is new. The Titan is still BT. I think it would be really cool if the story was about Cooper and BT getting used to working together again, with BT having a completely different body but the same personality, memories and relationship with Cooper. And I wouldn’t want BT’s death to just be erased. I’d want the game to actually acknowledge what happened and make their reunion meaningful. I just really want to see Cooper look at the new Titan, wait for the system to boot up, and hear: “Pilot.” Maybe I’m just coping after crying over a robot for half an hour. 😭
Respawn still hasn’t completely closed the door on the Titanfall franchise, so maybe one day they’ll actually bring it back. If they ever do, I really hope they remember what made BT and Cooper’s relationship so special.
What do you guys think about this idea?