Apex Legends Season 17: Arsenal is nearly here, with less than 24 hours to go before the new season--and all of its wild new features--become available to the playerbase. But with all the focus on the seasonal update's meta-altering changes and Apex's stylish new legend, it can be easy to miss the limited-yet-fascinating information we have on Season 17's upcoming plot developments.

Players have, of course, gotten to know Season 17's new legend, Ballistic, quite well. From the suggestion that he may be taking an anti-aging medication created by Silva Pharmaceuticals to the revelation that Pathfinder was once his housekeeper, players already know Ballistic is full of surprises. But Respawn says even more impactful lore is on the way this season.

During a Season 17 preview event attended by GameSpot, Respawn's team of developers walked attendees through everything there is to know about Ballistic, including details about his design (animating his jacket was surprisingly difficult) and his personality ("James Bond meets John Wick"). But during the post-preview Q & A session, Respawn answered one of our questions with an intriguing surprise: A "lore bomb" is about to drop in Apex Legends.