Lloyd

Gender:	Male
Species:	Obi One
Profession and/or purpose:	Scientist
Games seen or mentioned in:	SQ4
Locations seen or mentioned in:	Xenon
Voice Actor(s):	Unknown

Lloyd was one of the lead designers of the Xenon Super Computer Project.

Background

The emblems displayed on Lloyd's uniform showed he was a follower of one of the software shamanism cults.

An apparently level-headed individual, he highly disapproved of his colleagues when they so eagerly moved to load a copy of Leisure Suit Larry 4 onto the computer during the events leading up to Space Quest 12. Apparently Sludge Vohaul had backed up his consciousness onto the game's floppy, which, when installed onto the computer, infected it and took control of Xenon's weather and environmental systems, causing massive damage and enslavement.

When he recorded his message, he had finished the last of his food three days before, his water ran out the morning he recorded his message. He had no choice but to enter the sewers and hope to avoid the prowling slimes. Death was certain for him, and all life as humans knew it.

Lloyd is presumed to be dead by the time of SQ12, but had enough foresight during the attack of the Vohaul virus to plan for his demise and the arrival of any potential individual who might come to save his planet. To this end he created a holographic version of himself, which he hid in a sewer under the streets of Xenon.

Titles and nicknames

• Professor Lloyd
• Professor Loydd
• Professor

Game Involvement

While visiting Xenon in Space Quest 4 (or Space Quest 12, depending on your point of view), Roger Wilco stumbled upon Professor Lloyd's secret lair and activated the hidden hologram. The hologram informed Roger of the grand aspirations for the Super Computer project, and the troubles that befell it when the research team found and installed the infected copy of Leisure Suit Larry 4. This hologram was instrumental to Roger in his quest to save Xenon and his son.

Behind the scenes

This may be a stretch, but given the time travel theme of SQ4, it is possible that Professor Lloyd is a reference to the comic actor Christopher Lloyd. Christopher Lloyd played Dr. Emmett Brown in the “Back to the Future” movies. The hologram Lloyd is also a reference to the Leia hologram directed to Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: A New Hope

A 16-color hires cutscene of Lloyd appears in Planet Pinball: Level I (see namebox).

There was an unused talking animation in the files. The talking animation was reused for the fan-made game Space Quest IV.5, as a stand-in for the game's creator alongside his own voice.

Dialogue

Professor Lloyd's talking animation (256 color VGA), as found in the resources of the Space Quest IV CD version. It is unused in the game.

See Lloyd (dialogue)

Animations

An animation showing Lloyd's mouth moving when he's talking (256 color VGA), as found in the resources of the Space Quest IV original version. It is unused in the game.

An animation showing Professor Lloyd's hologram appearing (256 color VGA), as found in the resources of the Space Quest IV CD and original versions.

An animation showing Lloyd's moving his arms while delivering his speech (256 color VGA), as found in the resources of the Space Quest IV CD and original versions.

An animation showing Lloyd's mouth moving when he's talking (256 color VGA), as found in the resources of the Space Quest IV CD version. It is unused in the game.