Bar Tab (steps 5-7) Deus Ex: HR Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

(5) Finding Jaya's apartment

Important! All available paths leading to Hengsha Court Gardens buildings have been thoroughly described in Hunting the Hacker main quest (Step 3). Jaya's apartment is located on the top floor of the building, so you'll be visiting the exact same floor you had to get to in order to explore van Bruggen's hideout.

Map legend: 1 - Main passageway guarded by Belltower units; 2 - Stairs leading to the entrance to the building; 3 - Entrance to the first shaft; 4 - Exit from the first shaft; 5 - Entrance to the second shaft; 6 - Scaffolding leading to alternative paths to the building.

Here's a quick reminder - there are two ways of getting to the top level of Hengsha Court Gardens buildings. The first option is to choose the main entrance #1 or the roof entrance. Doing this will allow you to get to the elevator #2.

A second option is to travel through an unused elevator shaft #1 and then to use a small ventilation shaft #2. Either way you must end up on the highest floor.

Experience: 100 experience points.

Map legend: 1 - Exit from the elevator; 2 - Exit from the shaft; 3 - Main entrance to Jaya's apartment; 4 - Jaya.

It doesn't matter which path you'll choose as long as you end up on the correct floor. If you didn't eliminate the guards the last time you were here, then obviously you must continue avoiding them. Proceed towards the apartment located to the right from the elevator (this is the one you've previously ignored) #1. Enter the apartment and approach Jaya #2.

(6) Settling the debt issue

You should of course consider initiating a conversation with Jaya and it's important to listen to what she has to say. Jaya will inform you about the circumstances that forced her to buy the implant. She'll also tell you that Bobby Bao kept some facts to himself, because she paid in full for the social enhancer and now Tong is forcing her to give him extra credits on a monthly basis. The woman finally decided that it's over and that's where you come in. There are several ways how you can resolve this dispute. Don't even think about threatening Jaya to pay up this months' rent, because she would ignore you and refuse to pay up.

Reward: 100 experience points.

If you want to act as a good-hearted hero, then you can offer Jaya your assistance in settling the conflict, so that she won't have to continue paying the rent and Tong and his men will leave her alone for good.

There's one more way to end this conversation and that is to use your Social Enhancer implant. You would have to activate pheromones (press the Z key) and choose an alpha type of personality. Doing this would allow you to convince Jaya to listen to your plan and you could choose between asking the woman to give you credits or the implant she bought from Tong. I would strongly suggest choosing the credits, because that's the only outcome Bobby Bao will find satisfying.

Reward: 750 experience points.

If you don't have anything against aggressive behavior you can skip the conversation with Jaya entirely and attack her. In my opinion it's better to stun her instead of killing her. Once she's down examine her body. It's best to take only the credits, because if you decide to pick up her implant, then this will become Jensen's priority. The bad thing about that choice is that Bobby doesn't want the implant back since it's a source of income for Tong, so he wouldn't reward you for bringing back that particular item.

Reward: 750 experience points.

(7) Going back to Bobby Bao

It doesn't matter which of the actions described in Step 6 (settling the debt issue) you've decided to choose, because you'll have to report back to Bobby Bao either way. This means you must leave the Hengsha Court Gardens building and go back to the Hive nightclub in the Kuaigan district.

Approach the bar and initiate a second conversation with Bobby Bao. If you've somehow managed to collect the credits Jaya owed Tong, then the bartender will be extremely happy and he'll reward you with a Praxis kit. If you've somehow managed to collect Jaya's implant, then Bobby will be mad at you, because that's not the outcome he wanted. This means you won't receive any reward from him (aside from the experience points, of course).

Reward: 1000 experience points.

An alternative way of ending is this quest is to offer Bobby a deal, so that in exchange for your money Jaya will be left alone for good. You can choose this option if you've already talked to Jaya and agreed to do that or if you've decided to grant her help right now (even though you already have her credits or her implant). The bartender will agree to your proposal if you pay him 5000 credits. I would strongly suggest that you agree, because the final outcome will be the same as if you'd succeeded with the mission, so you can count on receiving a Praxis kit from Bobby.

Reward: 1000 experience points.

An interesting thing to know is that you can reclaim the 5000 credits you gave Bobby Bao in exchange for leaving Jaya alone. Starting an open fight in the bar is not a good idea, because you would have been attacked by a large group of bodyguards and Harvesters. A good idea is to hide behind the bar's counter and to stun Bobby with a tranquilizer rifle or a similar weapon #1. This attack will probably alarm several enemies, but you won't have to fight them. Remain in cover and make sure that you're not seen. A camouflage (Cloaking System augmentation) may come in handy here, but it shouldn't be necessary. Wait for the situation to calm down and as soon as the guards have returned to their posts examine Bobby's body #2. He should have the credits on him.