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human
[Assassin's Creed Black Flag] Why are legendary munitions for the ship gold? Wouldn't a gold cannon work once and then be warped beyond recognition? Is it just gold plated? Is it just a trick of the animus or are those memories accurate?
gpt
Abstergo was using the game development department as a pretense to search Desmond's memories for POE's. Given that *the new hire* didn't need any special onboarding before diving into memories, it seems like Abstergo had already spent some time integrating game mechanics. Uncoupling ship upgrades from story progression makes sense, both for an open world game, and for speeding up the search for an All-Seeing Eye. (Edward may never even have acquired the blueprints for those particular cannons in his time)