am i missing something - spoiler-

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played through twice now once rejected most offers and ended up hooking up with alex and his hacker buddy i forget his name and him coming to my rescuse after saving ternie,

on my second play through i followed the mercs line and worked for the new empire but after ternie gets nabbed i only get the choice to save the hacker and go back onto the same time line as my orginal play through am i missing something obvious or an earlyer choice that sets me on the slightly differnt play thoughs