Lorenzo Calvino

"Miyu. This is Dr. Calvino. I'm feeling ill. Not myself today. I think I won't be in for my shift at all."

- Lorenzo Calvino

Lorenzo Calvino is a character in Prey (2017). He invented the Looking Glass used aboard Talos I.

Overview
Lorenzo Calvino is best known for creating the Looking Glass technology. He enlisted assistance from the crew of Talos I's hardware labs, and was well known. At some point he started to work on a new micro lens array with Miyu Okabe. His transcribe suggests that Calvino had begun to suffer from side effects similar to neuromod removal: agitation, memory loss and mental instability; despite the fact that he didn't recall having neuromods removed.

In-game
For the quest Through a Glass Darkly, Morgan Yu must find Calvino's keycard in order to gain access to his workshop in the Hardware Labs. Calvino had been caught in and killed by the hull breach that took out the Waves and Beams lab. Morgan must space-walk to it from the outside to reach him.

In Calvino's lab, Morgan can also retrieve Calvino's special thermos. When put on the scale on Calvino's desk, it unlocks Calvino's secret safe containing two Neuromods and the keycard to his room in the Crew Quarters. This also unlocks the hidden "Coffee Break" achievement.

In the Trauma Center, Morgan can find a recorded interview between Talos I's counselor, Mathias Kohl, and Calvino. Calvino discloses a dream in which he sees a dark shape on his Looking Glass screen and feels like the shape wants to cross the screen and come to Calvino's side. Calvino becomes agitated when Kohl shows him a Rorschach blot, ending the interview.

Personality and skills
Lorenzo Calvino is stubborn and secretive, even before his paranoia mounted in the prelude to the Typhon outbreak. He is a skilled inventor, though somewhat private, and his passion for his work bleeds into his personal life - his room in the Crew Quarters is dominated by Looking Glass equipment. Calvino suffered from chronic forgetfulness as his mental health worsened, exacerbating his poor rapport with his main assistant, Miyu Okabe. This forgetfulness, likely due to the Typhon's psychic influence, brought him despair as he began to lose his grasp on important details of his past and his work.