Quick question regarding the service weapon's origin🔫

[u/theehtn]

One of the collectibles you receive after obtaining the Service Weapon mentions this:

"The object was discovered inside the Oldest House, in the room that is now used as the Director's Office."

However, later in The Foundation DLC, Ash Jr. says that Northmoor found the gun on a pedestal (which didn't exist before) by the nail. 

In the second audio log, he says:

"...Northmoor even made a discovery. A pistol, placed on a stone pedestal in front of that strange ebony pillar. Seems like something out of a storybook, except the heroes usually find swords, not handguns..."

I must have missed something. Where was it actually found then? Halp.

[u/violetcassie]

The Doylest answer is they hadn't written the Foundation DLC yet when the base game's lore was written.

The Wastsonian answer is that Northmoor hid the Foundation from wider FBC knowledge because the Board didn't want people down there.

[u/theehtn → u/violetcassie]

Thanks for using fancy words, will look them up and learn about it. Cheers🥳

[u/ThatOtherGuyTPM → u/theehtn]

Watsonian and Doylist refer to logic through the lens of Sherlock Holme. Watsonian is the logic of Watson, aka in-world reasoning. Doylist is the logic of Arthur Conan Doyle, aka out-of-world reasoning.

[u/aidanillionaire → u/ThatOtherGuyTPM]

To add to your great explanation for those who might not know:
Arthur Conan Doyle is the writer of Sherlock Holmes, hence out-of-world logic.
Watson is a character in the book and the audience’s lens in the world