11/24/2025 GTA Recap - "And Then It Broke The Timeline"

Eliza sent Saab on a mission to look for a book, the Besties attacked but never entered New Babylon. Saab shows the improvements the vehicles have made, Lang ejects driving his car into the city. Saab sent a few people on a successful Thieves Guild mission, Skipper calls to get Lang's approval to make diesel with Bazim. Saab tells Lang that Skipper is pregnant with an alien baby, Lang doesn't believe him.

Lang wants to call Bjorn to check in, but Bjorn beats him to it. Bjorn was given his job back, but needs to chat in person about the bigger picture. Lang crashes on the way to meet him, Saab helps get Lang back on his feet and fixes the truck. Bjorn checks if Saab can listen in and then tells Lang about the Orb. Lang knows about the Orb, but Bjorn details how they've been able to communicate with the Faceless and hear their future or past plans - they were even able to hear their past selves. Lang wants to know when the big plan is happening, Bjorn needs to organize a few things but maybe within 30 days.

Lang and Saab return to NB and speak with Skipper. Skipper claims he was probed by an alien, and then impregnated. Skipper thinks the timelines are repeating, and that Skipper's baby is either Stag or Stag's baby. Lang brushes off this pregnancy, and thinks that both him and Gigi are playing dangerous games. Lang sees a strange picture of a book in the Liquid Library that Eliza got, he goes to confirm. He notices the NEST logo on the spine, and then reminisces about famous friends. Lang and Eliza meet to secretly discuss their findings, he tells Eliza that Bjorn can be converted into a killing machine with a code word. He suggests that she might be a spy, she's insulted but they're interrupted by the town hall meeting.

Lang gets mad at someone making noise while they're speaking, Saab thinks it's Vill Ager, so they put him in the shame pit. Saab announces AC and Clark as new assistants for the builds, and Carla is announced as the new queen of Bazim's tower. Luciano warns everyone of the Besties, and future conflict. Lang announces a random search and reminds everyone about the gold bar trade they're holding. Nobody is exiled or punished, Lang calls Bazim to chat because he wanted to earlier, but gets annoyed when Bazim forgets that he wanted to chat at all. Lang beats Bazim down and spits on him, but announces to the Range that Bazim fell from the tower and needs help.

Buddha turns into the grinch and crashes a plane into New Babylon, injuring Bazim and others

Lang informs a few people of the attack and tells Bazim that he feels bad for him. Eliza was giving a tour to a new guest, Lang tries to greet them and acts like everything is normal. CJ is awake, Lang takes a drive with her and tells her about Skipper's pregnancy. Lang shows CJ the book spine, and then shows her the only LSBN logo in the entire News building. They notice a bunch of clocks, and an LSBN floor that is inaccessible via the elevator. The roof has a NEST construction sign on it, CJ asks about the 'timelines', but it's not something Lang can explain simply.

Lang and CJ call Bjorn to report everything, Bjorn and Lang spiral into a panic, Lang needs to meet everyone from the Guild as soon as possible. During his panic, Lang gets a burger from Snr Buns and eats it before returning to NB. Luciano and the militia interrogate Lang for his incident with Bazim, Lang denies the claims thinking they have no evidence. Luciano offers to take the fine and no time as consequence, Lang agrees. Skipper gives Lang a book breaking down their plans to manifest lightning for their town, Lang heads to bed