Unsolved Questions

Despite being released for 18 years, Star Ocean 2 still has a number of unsolved mysteries and unanswered questions. Some questions are theoretically solvable, while others can only be resolved if future canonical releases address the issue.

Claude's Mother
The identity of Claude's mother was uncertain, however many fans regard the issue as solved through retconning in Star Ocean 5. The most popular candidate was Iria Silvestri, the chief Science Officer under Claude's father. However, Claude's birth date of SD 347 places his birth at the tail end of Star Ocean. At no time is Iria visibly pregnant, and Iria engaged enemies in combat with flips and kicks. (On the other hand, Claude mentions that his mother is a Science Officer).

Game developers began to address the question in 2008. In the re-release of Star Ocean (First Departure), a new ending was added that implies that Iria and Ronixis marry and have a child. In Star Ocean 5, Iria is mentioned as "Ilia Kenny." Still, this does not correct the evidence above that Iria could not have bore Claude during the years SD 346-7. There remains the distinct possibility that Ronixis may have had a child with another woman, or that Ronixis and Iria adopted a child.

Unknown Loot
The following characters have never (on record) been successfully pickpocketted.
 * Leon D.S. Geeste, in the southern section of Salva during a Private Action with Claude Kenni.
 * Claude Kenni, in the northern section of Salva.
 * Ashton Anchors, in the Salva Drift in Salva (the entrance to the dungeon, Salva Drift).
 * Chermes, during a Private Action in Noel's House in Giveaway.