While looking for Sandoval I was sent to the Detroit Convention Center to ascertain his whereabouts, having being told that Bill Taggart should know where to find him.
On the way in, Pritchard hinted that I should try to be discreet and that I might be able to find what I need backstage. So I'd intended to find a way to sneak backstage and locate the info that way – no need to give the game away to the opposition, right?
Unfortunately, I opened the wrong door and accidentally found myself having a conversational confrontation with Taggart. While I managed to "win" this and get the information I needed, I wonder if "attacking" him face-to-face in front of a crowd (and on TV? I saw cameras) will have repercussions later on, such as maybe Sandoval knowing I'm coming?
Best Answer
I just replayed through the game again and I now know the exact facts:
If you publicly confront Taggart (or you don't, but you make it all the way to Sandoval without raising anyone to "alarmed"), then when you reach Sandoval, Taggart will be calling him a terrorist on the TV and you will have a social battle in an attempt to talk him out of suicide.
If you don't confront Taggart, and you choose the option to frame Taggart/Sandoval (can't remember which one, because the tape is about Sandoval but Sarif talks to you as if you'd be framing Taggart), then when you reach Sandoval and have been detected along the way (as long as someone goes into alarmed mode, you can still get ghost, but it'll count you as being detected in terms of gameplay events) a cutscene will play and at the end Sandoval will be hostile to you and holding a revolver in your face. Here you can either kill him or subdue him. If you subdue him, the rest of the game (like newspapers etc) is EXACTLY the same as if you'd had the social battle with him.
Not sure what the differences are if you kill him as I was playing a pacifist character and I'm also not sure what would happen if you choose not to frame Taggart/Sandoval, I'll let you guys know on my next playthrough.