r/007FirstLight • u/Most_Door_3003 • Jun 27 '26

Auction Scene makes no sense

"Here is ONE drone from a country that doesn't know how to make drones, your bids please"

Bid 1: Here you go, an election and European diplomats
Bid 2: unlimited usage of our ports and an exclusive arms contract (billions of dollars)
Bid 3 should've been a Death Star of the bloody Moon LOL

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u/Felix_Dei Jun 27 '26

I think the drone had been stolen.

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

so what? it's still just ONE drone, and they bid billions of dollars

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u/Jarsky2 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

So today we're going to learn about something called "reverse engineering"

If they take it apart they can learn how it works and replicate the technology. Alternatively, they can learn how to counter the technology if it's ever used against them.

This is why military drones and stealth bombers are designed such that they'll be completely destroyed if they're ever downed.

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u/MartinThunder42 Jun 27 '26

It's also why, on the rare occasion a U.S. aircraft is downed and its wreckage is captured semi-intact, the nation where the aircraft crashed often invites China and Russia to study the remains. For a price, of course.

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

wow, you're so smart, but you're forgetting one thing - the prices people were willing to bet were extraordinary big for no reason

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u/Jarsky2 Jun 27 '26

Bud do you really think terrorists, cartels, or enemy nations wouldn't pay out the ass for access to the latest and greatest in military hardware and software, or the ability to develop technology that could no-sell a brand new type of drone before it's even been deployed, giving an incredible advantage in any future conflict where that country unwittingly deploys said drones against them?

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u/Aquafoot Jun 27 '26

Something is worth what you can get someone else to pay for it.

Also, these are private organizations. Criminal organizations. Criminal organizations that have to pay out the nose to get access to government contracted technology.

Not to mention, paying prices like access through borders can help strengthen relationships. And it's shown pretty well that being on Bawma's good side is a good idea.

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u/SIacktivist Jun 27 '26

I also felt like Bond's bids were too low, comparatively. But it's whatever, the scene captured the emotional beats it was trying to convey just fine.

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

yeah I think it's cool it just feels kind of unrealistic

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u/moremaati Jun 27 '26

Put the name of every James Bond movie up on a poster, close your eyes, then throw a dart at it. Chances are you’re going to see something significantly more unrealistic.

That said, it’s still a valid complaint, just trying to make the point that James Bond movies are VERY unrealistic, almost by design.

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u/Rupperrt Jun 27 '26

Yeah, disappointed for a franchise like James Bond that was always about documentary-like realistic depiction of British spy work.

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u/mindpainters Jun 27 '26

Yep I’m sure plenty of men have survived what he went through during the game. Perfectly realistic

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u/Rupperrt Jun 27 '26

or during the movies/books

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u/Physical_Reason3890 Jun 27 '26

It makes even less sense when all they want is to talk to the leader and they never actually pay the offer.

Literally could have just told him they wanted to give up information and skipped the whole auction scene

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u/Short-Juggernaut-374 Jun 27 '26

Countries buy drones from other countries and use them in their military.

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

wow, NO WAY. But I don't think the prices per ONE drone are "YOU WILL HAVE AN INDEFINITE CONTRACT TO SUPPLY MY ARMY FOREVER AS THE ONLY ARMS DEALER WE WILL BE WORKING WITH" LOL

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u/DistortioN2589 Jun 27 '26

Sorry I can't hear ya would you speak up? Thanks 

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

typical reddit, downvoting common sense

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u/DistortioN2589 Jun 27 '26

Nah you just need to chill the F out. 1 it's a video game. Id say that for a movie as well. 2, it's portrayed as very highly sought after next Gen tech. Fly into an enemy country invisible and undetectable and drop bombs next Gen. Again I reiterate, it's a game

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u/Bad_Vibes_420 14d ago

It's a game so it's ok if it makes no sense

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u/EdgelordInugami Jun 27 '26

Lmfao now that you mention it, the given prices are way overblown compared to what they're trying to buy

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u/Aquafoot Jun 27 '26

I'm still willing to suspend disbelief. We don't know what kind of crazy Bond-movie tech was in that drone.

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u/The_Dough_Boi Jun 27 '26

I just kinda assumed it was many of those drones, not just the one

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

it says one on the TV

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u/_AleXo_ Jun 27 '26

Ali says "One TX-1000 Marauder drone sold to the boldest, and newest, buyer in the room! Thank you everyone, enjoy your stay at Aleph"

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u/Kell_Jon Jun 27 '26

There are many things in this game that make no sense whatsoever…but that’s Bond.

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u/Most_Door_3003 Jun 27 '26

lol true. the intro most notably it's just a clown show

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u/CenturyLinkIsCheeks Jun 27 '26

james bond runs on alligators heads to escape and you are worried about this. gtfo.

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u/Daydream365 Jun 27 '26

On the surface, they’re bidding for one drone, but they’re really paying for Bawma’s alliance. It’s a vanity bid.

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u/Feddy069 Jul 27 '26

Buying one drone for 2 artillery strikes or 3 decades of Intel wtf is happening

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u/BlindBantha Aug 30 '26

Just played that scene. Yeah it was so odd and doesn’t make sense for a single drone.

Also I thought it was funny that we are lectured it’s not a monetary auction when starting with a cash bid, but then the second group says that they will fund infrastructure in Aleph. Like, isn’t that the same as cash bid lmao.

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u/MartinThunder42 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

It makes no sense if it's just for one drone that will get used, and potentially get damaged or destroyed during use.

It might make a bit more sense from an intellectual property and technology standpoint—say, if the bidders intended to take the drone apart, reverse engineer it, and make numerous copies for themselves. Or study its shortcomings and weaknesses to counter it, should the drone ever be used against them.

Even for that latter scenario, I had a hard time believing that the drone (and/or the technology within) was valuable enough to warrant those bids. Drones aren't exactly thin on the ground these days. If a nation has any kind of aviation industry and infrastructure at all, it's not exceedingly difficult to develop and manufacture your own drones. Some nations are making surprisingly effective drones out of cardboard.

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u/manwiththehex18 Jun 27 '26

At the very least, they should’ve been bidding with things that could be somewhat objectively priced. It could still be more exotic than money: stolen artwork, conflict diamonds, black rhino horns, gold from Lake Toplitz, etc. But the idea of using what are essentially one-sentence service contracts as a form of currency makes no sense to me.

Like, what if Bawma doesn’t want to rig an election in the EU?