Before the release of Claptastic Voyage, i had been under the impression that Hyperion had wanted the Claptrap line of robots wiped out due to the huge, deadly war waged against Hyperion by Clappies integrating with everything and attacking Hyperion during the events of the Robolution DLC.
The Clappies you see in original storyline TPS all seem to have had a deep fear of integration programmed into them (Clappy who helps you get into Jack’s Office in Home Sweet Home.
And, after passing TPS, you figure Jack was just wiping out the Clappies because he found them annoying.
And then, at the end of TPS, it just reinforces his irrational hatred of all Clappies, and, after finding the H source, he has no further use for them?
Seems like he could have kept pumping out an army of annoying, but effective, Fraggies?
What I find odd is that, until I heard the Echos of Clappy’s transformation, I thought Jack had reprogrammed him to become INAC to wipe out the BL1 VHs to tie up loose ends and make sure something like TPS wouldn’t happen. Then it turns out that, for once, he had nothing to do with it.
But he kills them all because he thinks they’re annoying. Nothing else.
I felt it was pretty much: I have the power to do whatever I want now, I HATE THESE THINGS, and now they are gone, because I HAS POWER!
Whoever turned our clappy into INAC might of been able to bypass those failsafes mentioned in the ECHOS. Those failsafes prevent anyone from tampering with them.
lol “integration”. Maybe that’s why Clappy has so many Viruses in his head. Unprotected integration is serious business!