Found yourself at all foods during that pickup job? Brick's locked up in there and getting him out is actually pretty straightforward, especially if you poke around a bit. Once things go south with royce make your way to the second combat zone where youll spot brick's cell between two yellow-lit rooms. The fun part is, you've got options here - either hack the terminal if you've got 2 ram for remote deactivation, or grab the code 9691 from a laptop nearby with a pretty obvious email about it.

Now here's something interesting, that laser mine needs dealing with first or poor brick won't make it far. You can either be sneaky and hit the detonator in the next room, or if you've got technical 7, just dismantle the thing right there. Make sure to tell him he owes you one when you let him out, trust me on this.

Later on, this whole thing pays off pretty nicely at the totentanz club during second conflict. With brick back in charge of maelstrom, dealing with nancy gets way smoother than it would've been otherwise. Nothing major for the main story really, but it opens up some nice extra dialogue. Just keep in mind if you skip saving him, you'll be dealing with some not-so-friendly maelstrom folks instead, and yeah, whatever happens with royce is its own thing entirely.