The Mortimer Letter
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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
The Mortimer Letter is the letter Mortimer wrote and left for Keen to see aboard Omegamatic. However, it seems that Keen forgot the letter, as he was later surprised to hear Molly saying, in the ending sequence of Keen 6 that Mortimer is still alive. The letter is written by using Standard Galactic Alphabet. Transliterated into the Latin alphabet it looks like this: DEAR BILLY
YOU FELL FOR MY ANDROID
DUPLICATE PLOY IN THE MANGLING
MACHINE AND NOW YOUVE FALLEN
FOR IT AGAIN
IM BLOWING UP THE UNIVERSE NOT
THE STUPID GALAXY
THIS WAS JUST A BIG DISTRACTION
DODO
TAG YOURE IT
MORTIMER
PS GANNALECH IS HOW THESE DUMB
SHIKADI PRONOUNCE GRAND
INTELLECT
OR DIDNT YOU NOTICE THAT MISTER
THREE FOURTEEN
Mortimer reveals he has bigger plans than just destroying the Galaxy. He reveals that the Mangling Machine was just a hoax involving an Android Dummy, and also reveals that he is the Gannalech. Why Mortimer left Keen the message is unknown. Perhaps he wanted Keen to know that he is going to destroy the Universe before finally doing so, and make Keen see how intelligent his plots are. Perhaps it is another trick, or a way to get Keen go somewhere and then try to kill him there. As The Universe Is Toast was never made, Mortimer's intentions are not completely clear to fans. The letter also shows a rather simplistic writing style, more typical of a schoolyard bully than a genius, perhaps revealling something about Mortimer's personality. Despite his alliance with the Shikadi, he seems to dislike them. The letter remains mysterious in many respects. |
