Overseer Maike's dialogue tree is kinda butchered in the code, causing the wrong bits of dialogue to play after choosing certain "Bluff" options. If you choose "It Broke" or "Pens" options, the code doesn't branch properly, causing her response to not acknowledge that you claimed to be wearing a collar previously. I was picking around the publicly available source code, and after seeing the error, tested it in the most recent version. The bug is still there.
To explain: After selecting [Bluff], the PC is presented with 3 options: [It Broke], [Unprocessed], and [Pens]. One of the issues is that [It Broke] is separate from the other two options. By picking it, it plays dialogue of Maike collaring the PC and giving them the spacesuit helmet. However, [Unprocessed] and [Pens] first go into a sex scene, which changes to the dialogue after the sex scene based on which option you picked. However, because [It Broke] is not connected to the after sex scene dialogue, it does not have a check in its dialogue.
Related to the above, it looks like the check for [It Broke] might have also supposed to have a check for [Pens] but doesn't. Based on the change to the dialogue, I suspect this is the case.
This is the dialogue in question that will eventually play after picking [It Broke]:
This is a similar section of dialogue after selection [Processed] or [Pens], with the check for [It Broke]:
TL,DR: When selecting [It Broke], Maike does not acknowledge the player bluffing about previously wearing a collar, despite there being a check in the code to do so.
P.S.: After selecting [Pens], Maike throws the player into the slave pens and locks the door; this is the same tile where the [Free Slaves] option is, so I would guess this is the same door that you need Maike's keycard to open. However, the player is not trapped in the pens and can just leave the tile. I know there is no content involving the player stuck in the pens at this time (and the old reason, skipping the spacewalk by sneaking in/the shortcut to Ardia, has changed how to get there slightly), but it's awkward that you are taken to the pens and locked in, then you are suddenly out of the pens and gained the spacesuit helmet despite it not coming up in the dialogue at all after selecting [Pens} when bluffing.
Attachment: A save file of right before meeting Maike for the first time to see how the dialogue does not change properly in game.
To explain: After selecting [Bluff], the PC is presented with 3 options: [It Broke], [Unprocessed], and [Pens]. One of the issues is that [It Broke] is separate from the other two options. By picking it, it plays dialogue of Maike collaring the PC and giving them the spacesuit helmet. However, [Unprocessed] and [Pens] first go into a sex scene, which changes to the dialogue after the sex scene based on which option you picked. However, because [It Broke] is not connected to the after sex scene dialogue, it does not have a check in its dialogue.
Related to the above, it looks like the check for [It Broke] might have also supposed to have a check for [Pens] but doesn't. Based on the change to the dialogue, I suspect this is the case.
This is the dialogue in question that will eventually play after picking [It Broke]:
This is a similar section of dialogue after selection [Processed] or [Pens], with the check for [It Broke]:
TL,DR: When selecting [It Broke], Maike does not acknowledge the player bluffing about previously wearing a collar, despite there being a check in the code to do so.
P.S.: After selecting [Pens], Maike throws the player into the slave pens and locks the door; this is the same tile where the [Free Slaves] option is, so I would guess this is the same door that you need Maike's keycard to open. However, the player is not trapped in the pens and can just leave the tile. I know there is no content involving the player stuck in the pens at this time (and the old reason, skipping the spacewalk by sneaking in/the shortcut to Ardia, has changed how to get there slightly), but it's awkward that you are taken to the pens and locked in, then you are suddenly out of the pens and gained the spacesuit helmet despite it not coming up in the dialogue at all after selecting [Pens} when bluffing.
Attachment: A save file of right before meeting Maike for the first time to see how the dialogue does not change properly in game.